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ST ALOYSIUS PRIMARY SCHOOL
Please come to our Nursery Unit Open Day.
Monday 9 December from 10.30am – 11.30am or 1.30pm – 2.30pm.
7 Ballinderry Road, Lisburn, BT28 1TB. 028 9266 2293

HOLY TRINITY NURSERY SCHOOL
4, Trinity Terrace, Lisburn. Contact No. 028 9267 2080 Open Day, Tuesday 10th December, 10am – 12 pm.

CARING TO THE END: WHY EUTHANASIA IS NOT AN ANSWER TO SUFFERING
Speakers: Dr Dominic Whitehouse (Palliative Care Consultant) and Jack Valero (communications expert and founder of Catholic Voices) 7pm, 29 November 2024

Location: St Malachy’s Parish Hall, 24 Alfred St, Belfast BT2 8EN (public transport options and free parking nearby after 6pm) For more information contact – emily@faithversed.com or 07481940689

FINDING HOPE. 11AM – 3.30PM, 30 NOVEMBER 2024.
Begin Advent by taking time out to relax, to think and pray, to be with God. Slow down. Be surprised by God with us in these uncertain times. Find hope. A day of song, prayer, scripture and story, peace and quiet, led by Breige O’Hare. Bring your own lunch. Tea/co?ee provided. Ring Clonard reception 02890445950 to book.

Thursday mornings 10.30am  – 12 noon in St. Patrick’s Church.

November is always an appropriate time to honour the dignity and legacy of all those who have gone before us. From 1786 an assembly of priests and people, faithful to one another and with whispered prayers in their hearts, have been frequenting this church.

At 10.00am Mass on Tuesday we will have a short service, dedicating on display, some of the sacred vessels and missals used by them since 1840. We will also erect a small plaque in memory of the three priests buried within the walls of this church.

CARING TO THE END: WHY EUTHANASIA IS NOT AN ANSWER TO SUFFERING
Speakers: Dr Dominic Whitehouse (Palliative Care Consultant)
and Jack Valero (communications expert and founder of Catholic Voices) 7pm, 29 November 2024
Location: St Malachy’s Parish Hall, 24 Alfred St, Belfast BT2 8EN (public transport options and free parking nearby after 6pm) For more information contact- emily@faithversed.com or 07481940689

The Annual Mass for Deceased Clergy and Religious will take place on Tuesday 19th November 2024 in St Peter’s Cathedral (Belfast) at 7.30pm.

COLUMBANUS FESTIVAL 22-24 NOVEMBER 2024

A range of events including a special Mass to install a St Gall relic in St Comgall’s Church Bangor.
There will be a lecture about the incredible collection of Irish manuscripts and writings in the Abbey Library, St Gallen, Switzerland. Full details on the website
https://friendsofcolumbanusbangor.co.uk/2024/10/06/columbanus-festival-2024/

TODAY IS DESIGNATED AS WORLD DAY OF THE POOR. A DAY ESTABLISHED BY POPE FRANCIS IN 2017 FOR CATHOLICS TO
REFLECT ON HOW POVERTY IS AT THE VERY HEART OF THE GOSPEL.

The theme for 2024 is “The prayer of the poor rises up to God” (Sirach 21:5).
“The poor hold a privileged place in God’s heart,” Pope Francis said in his message for the day. “God knows the sufferings of his children because he is an attentive and caring father. As a father, he takes care of those who are most in need: the poor, the marginalized, the suffering, and the forgotten. No one is excluded from his heart, for in his eyes, we are all poor and needy. We are all beggars because without God, we would be nothing.”