15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings  NM p. 887;

Readings OM 843

Preface I NM. p. 499

Eucharistic Prayer III NM 475

First Reading Deuteronomy 30:10-14
Moses tells the people that in their observance of the Law, God is very close to them.

Psalm 68

Second Reading Colossians 1:15-20
Jesus Christ is God made visible, and it is he who holds all  things together. As the Church is his body, so Jesus Christ is the head.

Gospel Luke 10:25-37
The key to life, and the key to eternal life, is not in the observance of thousands of laws, but essentially in loving God and neighbour with our whole heart. In answer to the question, ‘who is my neighbour?’ Jesus tells the beautiful story of the Good Samaritan — the stranger who helped, when all others passed by.

Music

Opening: 708 Holy God, we praise thy name
Kyrie: Taizé
Gloria: Lourdes
Psalm: said
Gospel Acclamation:  Bodley
Offertory: 603 Blest are you Lord,
Communion: 979 O the Word of my Lord
Closing: 960 Guide me O, thou great Redeemer

Thank you to all who donated to the Ilula orphanage appeal at the Outdoor Mas on 16 June: over €350 was raised for this worthy project in Tanzania. Details of a sponsored 10k jog being made by Helen Clarke of our parish can be found here: City Jogging 2013 Form

Printed sponsorship forms will be available at church over the weekend.

This is very short notice, but here you can find details of a 5-day individually guided retreat in English, at La Pairelle Retreat Centre near Namur, Belgium. Whilst it might be too late to fit this retreat into your timetable, if you are interested, it might be worthwhile checking the website from time to time for other English language retreats.

Christian Meditation

Our group meetings for July are 2nd, 9th & 16th, all in St Alphonse, 32 rue des Capucins (the main door of the couvent, next to the church door). Meetings are at 7pm, and last approximately 1 hour.

Please email Marcella McCarthy marcellacreed@hotmail.com if you intend coming…or just simply turn up.  If you are interested but find this day or time inconvenient please email your preference to Marcella and it may be possible to change the dates and times thereafter.

[The first information meeting about the above was held on Monday  evening (17.06.13) at 34, rue des Capucins.   It was well attended with representatives of both the Anglican and Catholic communities as well as the simply curious.  M. Eric Dotuche, WCCM National Co coordinator for both Belgium and France led the meeting.  It began with an informative DVD on the life and work of John Main and the World Community of Christian Meditation which was followed by  a Q&A session.  It concluded with a short meditation session.]

SAFEGUARDING

Our Parish Council has identified the issue of Safeguarding as one to be addressed urgently, and has begun working towards formulating and implementing a full Safeguarding Policy. Cheryl Kouba and Robert Foley have begun work on this, consulting the Anglican community (who have a full policy in place) and the archdiocese here, which has its own policy. Once our guidelines are in place, and we have begun implementing them, details will be made available to parishioners.

One aspect of a policy is to have a trained Safeguarding representative as a point of contact between ourselves and the diocese, whose contact details are publicised in the parish, and with whom any concerns can be raised. As we have not reached that point yet,  the Council have agreed to be points of contact, and will refer issues raised as appropriate.

If you do have concerns regarding inappropriate behaviour by, or towards members of our community, please do not hesitate to share them.

Safeguarding is for the protection of our children, young people, vulnerable adults, all of us who are in contact with them (catechists, priest, etc) and for the safety of our community.

Best wishes,

Fr Ed