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FR DAVID WRITES
I hope that everyone had a good start to the new term at school or college this week. Welcome back if you have returned recently from your summer holidays. Last week, we welcomed back the 11.15am Music Group, and today the Choir returns to the 9.45am Mass. Thank you singers and musicians for your contribution to the liturgy.

FR TOM WRITES
At the heart of our readings this week is humility; the soil in which Christian virtue grows. Humility is not weakness or self-abasement but recognising all that we are comes from God. To humble oneself is to acknowledge our dependence on God, to see the dignity of those around us, and to serve without grasping for recognition. Let us pray for humble hearts, so Christ may increase in us and joyfully live for God and for those around us.

BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY
Tomorrow (Monday) is the August Bank Holiday. Mass will be at 10 am. Please note that the parish office and the parish centre will be closed all day on Monday. 

ASSUMPTION 
The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a holy day, is on Friday. Masses here will be celebrated at 8 am, 10 am, and 7 pm. The car park will be open for all Masses.

FR DAVID WRITES
Welcome to the summer holidays! I hope the end of term went well for everyone involved and that everyone is able to enjoy some rest and relaxation insofar as this is possible. Whether you are going away or staying at home, summer is a special time for everyone to experience a change in the usually frenetic way of life. I would like to thank everyone who sent me kind wishes, prayers and cards for my recent birthday. Many thanks and best wishes to Fr Johnson who returned home on Friday morning. May God bless us all in these summer days. 

FR TOM WRITES
This Sunday, the Feast of St Joachim and St Anne, we celebrate the World Day for Grandparents. The day is a joyful encounter between young and old, emphasizing the importance of grandparents and the elderly in families and communities.  At times we take grandparents for granted, or we leave it too late to recognise how important they are in our lives; this Sunday let us give thanks for all we receive through our grandparents, and pray that those who have gone before us may now be enjoying their eternal reward in Heaven. In turn, we pray that grandparents may continue to form the younger generations in the knowledge and love of God.

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Prayer Intentions

Those who are unwell, including:

Nora Mitchell, Mary Gilbride, Ronnie Lynch, Bridgette Martin, Callum Stone, Donal Kennedy, Veronica Keville, Angela Mangan, Marie Coutinho, Andrea Jordan, Ifte Alam, Nadim Alam, Sheila Casey, Emma Lake, Guido Fichera, James Brady, Theresa Dillon, Lawrence Robinson, Luisa Busandri, Martin Donoghue, Lucy Jones, Megan O’Brien, Alison Hughes, Silveria Vieira Papel, Scott Rollo, Joe Heaney, Sean Casey and Kay Heery.

 

All those who have died recently, including:

Renato Fernandes, Bridget Fitzmaurice Rigby and Giovanni De Cesare.