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PARISH OF DOWNPATRICK
Psalter Week 4 ,Year B
Missal Pages 388 - 409
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Sunday 22nd& 29th December 2002

COLLECTION: Wk:7 Offertory £2179, Loose Plate £619, Weekly Average of Standing Orders & Annual Payments £183, Total:£2981

PRIEST ON DUTY:
Sun/Mon 22/23rd December: Fr.F. Glavin Tel: 028 44613203
Tues/Sat 24/28th December: Fr. D. Watt Tel: 028 44615871
Sun/Mon 29/30th December: Fr. T. McDermott Tel: 028 44615206
Tues/Sat 31st/4th January : Fr. J. McCallum Tel: 028 44613430
Parish Office open Mon - Fri 12 Noon - 1pm & 6.15 - 7.15pm, Tel: 028 44612084
Please Note: Parish Office CLOSED Christmas Eve & Christmas Day, also Closed New Years Eve & New Years Day.

YOUR PRAYERS ARE REQUESTED FOR:
RECENTLY DECEASED: William Morrisson, Margaret McDowell, Peter McManus (Tasmania), Robert (Robbie) Fitzsimons (Ardglass),
MONTH'S MIND: Desmond Murphy, Joan Casey,
ANNIVERSARIES:Florence Carson, Joseph Gordon, Pat Liggett, Teresa Byrne, William & Margaret Collins, Francis Vance, Emmett Perry, Annie Tully, John Perry, David Perry, Agnes Carson, Colm Fay, Harry McCartan, Richard Fitzsimons, Alex McMullan, James McKendry, Carmel Halfpenny, Kathleen Reilly, Mary Ann McQuade, Liam Mackel, Elizabeth Major, William McConvey, Teresa McKeating, Annie Curran, Ursula Curran, Noel Galbraith, Terence Walsh, Frances O'Hanlon, Winnie Reid, Mary Reynolds, Joseph Deegan, Jean Stratton, Elizabeth Stratton, Redmond Burns, Margaret Carville, Desmond Robinson, John & Molly Jamison, James McDonnell, Mary McNulty, Joseph Walsh, Mary Keown, Alex McDowell, Annie McDowell, Roy Radley, Peter McCormick, Raymond Magee, Nora Watson, Louis Collins, Mary Agnes Bryce, Mary Ann Laverty, Patrick Ellesmere, John Ellesmere, Minnie Ellesmere, Rose Creaney, Peter McGeown, Gerry Blaney, Gerard Sharvin, Annie Davey, Susan Davey, Hugh Davey Snr, Patrick Teggart, James Teggart, Mary Ann Craig, John Quail, Joseph McLaughlin Snr, Joseph McLaughlin Jnr, Maura Savage, Edward McAllister, Kathleen Mullan, William Galbraith, Liam McGlogan, William Fisher, Alan Gordon, Robert & Brigid Curran, Senan Sharvin, Colette McMullan, William Annett, Eamon Kearney, William J. Kearney, William Kearney, Margaret Kearney, Gerard McMullan, Hugh Henry Kelly, Jeannie Cunnigham,

BAPTISMS: PLEASE NOTE: 4 Weeks notice required for Baptisms.

CHRISTMAS COLLECTION:
For the Priests of the Parish will be taken up on 25th December 2002.

FIRST FRIDAY:
Friday 3rd January 2003. Masses & Confessions at usual times. Sick Visitation as usual.

MONTHLY STIPEND:
For the Priests of the Parish will be taken up on Sunday 5th January 2003

ST. PATRICK'S REPOSITORY:
St. Paul Sunday Missals, Diocesan Directory & Diocesan History Books all on sale now.

PARISH BULLETIN:
The Bulletin today December will cover both 22nd & 28th December. The normal weekly bulletin will resume from Sunday 5th January 2003.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL:
24 Hour Helpline, Tel:028 44616557, leave a message on the answering machine and someone will deal with your request as soon as possible.

DOWNPATRICK THIRD WORLD GROUP:
Members of the group would be pleased to accept any old Irish Currency - Punt or Coins, the currency should be left with any member of the Group or at the Divine Mercy Centre. The amount raised from old currency to date is E250.

APOSTOLIC WORK:
The members of Apostolic Work would like to thank everyone who helped in any way with their Christmas Sale. The amount raised on the night of the sale and from donations was £910.

SACRED HEART MESSENGER CALENDARS 2003:
Now on sale in the Repository at £1.50 each. Christmas Blessings also on sale.

ST. MICHAEL'S PARISH CENTRE:
Will be closed from 20th December, reopening on 6th January 2003.

PATRICIAN YOUTH CENTRE:
NEW YEAR DISCO on Saturday 4th January, 8pm - 11pm, year 8 Upwards. Admission £3, "Starlight Roadshow"

THE FUREYS AND DAVEY ARTHUR IN CONCERT
Celebrating 25 years
The Patrician Youth Centre presents Ireland's Finest International Folk Group, The Fureys and Davey Arthur, in the Abbey Lodge Hotel on Friday 7th February. Tickets on sale now, contact 028 44615488

MINISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST AT ST. PATRICK'S:
The new rota is now available from the Sacristy.

MARIE CURIE CANCER SHOP:
Urgently require donations of good quality second hand clothing and household items for their shop in Market Street. Funds raised from the shops funds Marie Curie nurses who provide practical nursing care at home and in the local hospice for cancer patients and funds research into the causes and treatment of cancer. Volunteers are also required to work in the shop for a few hours per week. For more information please call into the shop or telephone Joan at 44839424.
FINE AMNESTY:
At your local library from 16th December until 18th January 2003. Return any overdue books - FINE FREE!

VIGIL MASSES:
The congregation of St. Brigid's and St. Colmcille's have voted by a large majority to change the times of the Vigil Mass from 7.30pm to 6.30pm. Some people have said that we should leave one Mass at 7.30pm to provide a choice but that would mean telling one congregation that even though they voted for a change it would not take place and obviously we couldn't do that. The new Mass time will come into effect from 4th January 2003.

AFTER SCHOOL CHILD CARE CLUB:
In the Scout Hall, Thomas Russell Park. Some places are available for the new term commencing in January 2003, for details contact Elizabeth at 44619706 or 44839841.

SAFE DRIVING:
Chris Rea's song "Driving Home for Christmas" sums up the bittersweet aspects to our attitudes behind the steering wheel - delighted to be on the move towards home and family but frustrated about everyone else heading in the same direction!
" Driving home for Christmas with a thousand memories, I take look at the driver next to me. He's just the same.......top to toe in tailbacks, Got red lights on the run, driving home for Christmas.............
ENJOY YOUR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS - SAFE DRIVING!

CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM BISHOP WALSH ON BACK OF BULLETIN.

PATRICIAN YOUTH CENTRE PRESENT:BEAUTY & THE BEAST - PANTOMIME in The Great Hall, Downshire Hospital on Friday 17th & Saturday 19th January 2003 at 7.45pm. Matinee on Sunday 19th January at 3pm. Tickets available from Patrician Youth Centre, Tel: 028 44615488

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