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PARISH OF DOWNPATRICK
4th Sunday of Advent & The Feast of The Holy Family
Psalter Weeks 4 & 1 ,Year C
Missal Pages 390 - 393 & 410 - 413
Sunday 21st & 28th December 2003

COLLECTION WK 7: Offertory £2433, Loose Plate £770, Weekly Average of Standing Orders & Annual Payments £183, Total: £3,386

PRIEST ON DUTY:
Sun/Mon: 21/22nd December Fr. F. Glavin Tel: 02844613203
Tues/Sat: 23/27th December: Fr. P. Sheehan Tel: 02844613430
Sun/Mon: 28/29th December: Canon B. Murray Tel: 02844612443
Tues/Sat:30/3rd January: Fr. F. Glavin Tel: 02844613203
PLEASE NOTE: PARISH OFFICE CLOSED: CHRISTMAS EVE, CHRISTMAS DAY, NEW YEARS EVE & NEW YEARS DAY.
Parish Office Monday - Friday 12 Noon - 1pm & 6.15 -7.15pm Tel: 028 44612084

YOUR PRAYERS ARE REQUESTED FOR:
RECENTLY DECEASED: Jim Mullan,
MONTH'S MIND:Carrie Stephenson,(Wales),
ANNIVERSARIES:Annie & Hugh Davey, Francis Vance, Elizabeth Smyth, William Galbraith, Edward McAllister, Mary Reynolds, Patrick & Bridget Molloy, John & Mary Jamison, James McDonnell, Molloy Family, William Gracey, Teresa McKeating, Elsie Lowry, Mary O'Sullivan, Bernard McMinn, William McConvey, Ursula Curran, Sammy York, Annie York, Isabell Mahon, Maura Savage, John Kearney, Joseph Deegan, Noel Galbraith, Daniel Flannery, Susan Flannery, Margaret & Dympna Weyman, Thomas Rooney, Annie & Alex McDowell, Roy Radley, Liam McGlogan, Richard Fitzsimons, Alex McMullan, Joseph Williams, Patrick Teggart, James Teggart, Mary Ann Craig, Carmel Coffey, Redmond Burns, Edward & Agnes Morgan, Brigid Blaney, Gerard Blaney, Margaret Blaney, Eleanor Jantz, Brian Galbraith, Alan Gordon,Margaret & William Collins, Emmet Perry, Annie Tully, John Perry, David Perry, Agnes Carson, Gerry Tully, Seamus Denvir, Raymond Magee, Peter Burns, Henry Sage, Nora Watson, Teresa Kelly, Peter McGonnell, Hugh Henry Kelly, Jean Cunningham, Gerry Blaney, Pat Liggett, Teresa Byrne, Mary Maguire, Bridget Rooney, Patrick Ellesmere Snr, John Ellesmere, Minnie Ellesmere, William Mooney, William Fisher, John Mullan Snr, John Mullan Jnr, James Kelly, George Peacock, Desmond Robinson, Margaret Carville, Terence Walsh, Peter McCormick, Liam Mackel, Elizabeth Major, Mary Anne McQuaide, Carmel Halfpenny, Frances O'Hanlon,

BAPTISMS: Shannon Doran, Shay Blaney, Madison Rodgers,
PLEASE NOTE: 4 Weeks Notice Required for Baptisms.

FIRST FRIDAY:
Sick Visitation will take place as usual during the week of 1st January. Masses & Confessions at usual times.

PARISH CAROL SERVICE:
In St. Patrick's Church on Sunday 21st December at 7pm.
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM BISHOP WALSH:
See back of Bulletin.

ST. PATRICK'S EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS:
Rota are now available from the Sacristy.

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT:
Every Saturday in St. Patrick's Church from 12 noon to 1pm.

BIBLE ALIVE:
For Advent 2003 and January 2004, Reality Magazine now available at the Repository.
Sacred Heart Calendar Now on Sale also.

CHANGE OF MASS TIMES IN PARISH:
The New Sunday & Holy Day Masses come into effect on Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th January 2004. The new times will be as follows:
St. Patrick's: 6.30pm, 9am, 10.00am, 12 Noon.
St. Colmcille's: 6.30pm & 11am
St. Brigid's: 6.30pm
St. Malachy's: 10.30am

1000 CLUB:
Results for the Weekly 1000 Club Draw will no longer be placed on the notice boards, they will appear in the Bulletin instead.
Winners for 20/12/03:
274/£200 Miss Cecelia Carson, Stream Street,
068/£20 Mr William McConvey, Lyn Doyle Place
186/£20: Mr D. Sheppard, Dillon's Avenue
527/£20: Mrs McKeown, Killard Avenue
150/£20: Ciaran Singh, Ardilea Park,
Promoter: £20 Mrs M. Canavan
Winners for 27/12/03
006/£100: Harry Robinson, Gallaun
557/£20: Philomena Tierney, Fountain Street,
567/£20: Sarah McGrath, c/o C. Smyth
458/£20: Bernie Smyth, Iveagh Park
314/£20: Marie McIlroy, Benderg Avenue
Promoter: Mary Maguire.
PLEASE NOTE: Winners should collect their cheques from the Sacristy at St. Patrick's.

PARISH BULLETIN:
This bulletin covers 21st & 28th December. The next bulletin will be on 4th January 2004.

PATRICIAN YOUTH CENTRE:
ANNUAL PANTOMIME: Jack & The Beanstalk in the Great Hall, Downshire Hospital on Friday 16th & Saturday 17th January 2004 at 8pm, and Matinee on Sunday 18th January at 3pm.
THE FUREYS & DAVEY ARTHUR IN CONCERT in The Abbey Lodge Hotel, Downpatrick on Friday 6th February 2004. Tickets available from usual Outlets. An Ideal Christmas Present!
The Youth Centre will be closed fromTUESDAY 23rd December and will Re-open with a NEW YEAR DISCO on SATURDAY 3rd JANUARY 2004. 8pm - 11pm. Age form 1 upwards. Admission £3. EVERYONE WELOCME.

STAMPS FOR THE MISSIONS:
Save your stamps from all those Christmas Cards! Leave them into the Sacristy or the Repository and help the Missions.

BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE:
The next Blood Donation Session will be held in Down Parish Hall, Church Street, Downpatrick on Monday 29th December from 2.30pm - 4pm & 5.30pm - 8pm. In order to maintain the vital supply of bloods to our hospitals, the Blood Transfusion Service needs the support of not only existing donors, but also of new donors. Please come along - It could save a life!

DOWNPATRICK THIRD WORLD GROUP:
Would like to thank all those who supported their recent Street Collection for Concern World wide held on 6th December, we would also like to thank those who helped with the Packing of Goods event at Safeway on 13th December. The total amount raised was £2223

ST. MICHAEL'S PARISH CENTRE:
The Centre will be closed from Friday 19th December until Monday 5th Januray 2004.

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Parish Office, Parochial House, 54 St. Patrick's Ave, Downpatrick, Co. Down, N. Ireland BT30 6DN

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