{"id":409,"date":"2019-12-06T14:19:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T14:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lucansouthparish.net\/?p=409"},"modified":"2019-12-06T14:20:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T14:20:14","slug":"8-december-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lucansouthparish.net\/index.php\/2019\/12\/06\/8-december-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"8 December 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Collections<\/p>\n<p>Family Offering<br \/>\nEnvelopes: \u20ac670<br \/>\n(Envelopes &amp; Standing Orders finance the running costs of the Church)<\/p>\n<p>1st Collection (Diocese)<br \/>\nBlue bag: \u20ac305<br \/>\n(Priest salaries and sick &amp; retired priests of the Diocese)<\/p>\n<p>2nd Collection<br \/>\nSHARE &#8211; \u20ac175<br \/>\n________________________________________<br \/>\nADORATION &amp; PRAYER<\/p>\n<p>*Divine Mercy Prayer Group<br \/>\nMonday nights;<br \/>\n7:30pm \u2013 8:30pm<br \/>\n*Scripture Sharing<br \/>\non Tuesdays;<br \/>\n9:45am \u2013 10:45am<br \/>\n*Adoration<br \/>\non Fridays; from<br \/>\n9:45am \u2013 3:00pm<br \/>\n________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>BAPTISM<\/p>\n<p>Parents who wish to have their child Baptised are invited to attend a meeting beforehand. The next meeting will take place in the Church this Wednesday 11th December at 7.30pm<br \/>\n________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Christmas Mass Bouquet Cards<\/p>\n<p>Christmas Mass Bouquet cards are available this week in the Parish office. All Masses on Christmas Eve &amp; Christmas Day will be offered for the intentions of those on our Mass Bouquet list.<br \/>\nMass offering \u20ac5<br \/>\n________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Advent Candles<\/p>\n<p>Advent Candles for use in the home are available from the Parish Office or the Sacristy, cost \u20ac10.<br \/>\n________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>St Vincent de Paul<\/p>\n<p>The Annual Christmas Appeal by St Vincent de Paul takes place at all Masses this week-end. As they say &#8211; \u2018Christmas is not the same for everyone\u2019<br \/>\nThis year\u2019s collection is of critical importance&#8217; as the organisation is experiencing a huge increase in calls for assistance.<br \/>\nPlease be as generous as you can.<br \/>\n________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Penance Service<\/p>\n<p>A combines Penance Service for all 3 Lucan Parishes will be held in St Patrick\u2019s, Esker on Wed. 18th December at 7pm<br \/>\n________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Look out for your Neighbour<\/p>\n<p>As we are now coming into the darkest evenings of the year, please be mindful of your neighbours who may be elderly or less inclined to venture out at this time. Why not drop in and check on them and perhaps offer to drive them to Mass if they need assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Ministers of the Eucharist would be happy to bring Holy Communion to anyone who is sick and housebound, just contact the Parish Office.<br \/>\n________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Youth Conference<\/p>\n<p>An International Youth Conference for all 16 \u2013 35 year olds will take place at Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co Kildare from 27th \u2013 30th December www.afcmteamireland.org<br \/>\n________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>COLOURING COMPETITION<\/p>\n<p>We are running a Christmas Colouring Competition for all the children in the Parish &#8211; please pick up your free colouring sheet. ________________________________________<br \/>\n________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Birthday Cards for Jesus<\/p>\n<p>We are inviting all the children in the parish to make a birthday card for Baby Jesus. These cards can be placed at the Christmas tree at the Christmas Eve Family Mass. ________________________________________<br \/>\n________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>COELIAC<\/p>\n<p>Gluten free hosts are available for anyone with coeliac condition or on a gluten free diet<br \/>\n________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Child Protection<\/p>\n<p>Please see the Child Protection noticeboard at the back of the church for helpful information. Volunteers who work with children in our parish are Garda vetted and we regularly organise safeguarding training sessions for volunteers.<br \/>\n________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>ACCORD<\/p>\n<p>Accord &#8211; Catholic Marriage Care Lucan,<br \/>\n\u201cif you can\u2019t talk to each other talk to Accord\u201d. Professional counsellors available for couples and individuals who are experiencing difficulty in their relationships.<br \/>\nPh.01-6010844<br \/>\nwww.accord.ie<br \/>\n________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Financial Debt Burdens<\/p>\n<p>If you are experiencing financial debt problems; please contact any of the following services to assist you to get back on track financially:<br \/>\nwww.backontrack.ie<br \/>\nwww.mabs.ie<br \/>\nwww.isi.gov.ie<br \/>\n________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>ADORATION<\/p>\n<p>Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Chaplet of Divine Mercy takes place here each Monday &amp; Thursday 2pm \u2013 3pm.<br \/>\nWe would like to invite some new people to come and join us for this quiet time with the Lord.<br \/>\n________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>CARE FOR THE CHURCH<\/p>\n<p>We would ask you to keep an eye on the Church anytime you are passing. Please report any suspicious activity to the Garda\u00ed in Ronantown;<br \/>\nPh. 01 6667700<br \/>\n______________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Parish Choirs<\/p>\n<p>The parish choirs practice here in the Church every week.<br \/>\nAdult\u2019s Choir on Monday evenings.<br \/>\nChildren\u2019s &amp; Youth Choirs on Friday evenings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collections Family Offering Envelopes: \u20ac670 (Envelopes &amp; Standing Orders finance the running costs of the Church) 1st Collection (Diocese) Blue bag: \u20ac305 (Priest salaries and sick &amp; retired priests of the Diocese) 2nd Collection SHARE &#8211; \u20ac175 ________________________________________ ADORATION &amp; PRAYER *Divine Mercy Prayer Group Monday nights; 7:30pm \u2013 8:30pm *Scripture Sharing on Tuesdays; 9:45am<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lucansouthparish.net\/index.php\/2019\/12\/06\/8-december-2019\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-06 10:11:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucansouthparish.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucansouthparish.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucansouthparish.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucansouthparish.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucansouthparish.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucansouthparish.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucansouthparish.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions\/410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucansouthparish.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucansouthparish.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucansouthparish.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}