Let Us Pray for the Dead 2017-18

May He support us all day long, 
till the shades lengthen and the evening comes, 
and the busy world is hushed, 
and the fever of life is over,              
and our work is done.

Then in His mercy may He give us a safe lodging, 
and a holy rest,
and peace at the last.   (John Henry Newman)

Saggart Cemetery (New Section)

Amy Quinn	Richard Grace
Jennie Mansfield	Thomas Browne
Liam Russell	Patricia Timmins
Richard Walsh	Michael Kelly
Annie Timmons	Mary Hollingsworth
Thomas Molloy	Sean Fagan
Jessie Murray	Kathleen Walsh
Patrick Moriarty	Mary Kavanagh (Cooney)
Celine Delaney	Laurence Walsh
Richard Anthony Kenna	Sean Hackett
Brian McKee	Marie Kelly
Anne (Golly) Murphy	Denis Lawlor
Stephen Kenna	Kevin McGurk
Jeremiah Roche	Karen Plunkett
William Crofton	Sharon Middleton
Kathleen Attley	Richard Morton
Joanna Joy	Margaret Proctor
James Mullally	Margaret Stack
Bridget O’Rourke	Anthony McDermott
Christopher Lucey

New Cemetery, Newcastle

William Shorten	Robert Farrell
Patrick McGarry	Ann Coffey
Sean Fitzgerald	Joseph Blackmore
Colin Prendergast	Breda Heffernan

Also prayed for at the Remembrance Mass in Newcastle on Friday 23rd was an East European man called Agris (a Latvian first name) who.worked in Greenogue Business Park  He was found dead in the car in which he lived (located on the Village Green) in late May. The facts of this sad case were reported in the Tallaght Echo for June 1st.  A collection was taken up in Newcastle to pay for the funeral expenses. His son took the ashes home.

Farewell-Evening Photos

Fr Aloysius Zuribo,  Mr Matt O'Sullivan,  Fr Michael Shortall

Handing Over :
Fr Colin (incoming), Fr Aloysius (outgoing)

Susan Reid,  Doreen Murphy,  Mary McNulty  
Ann Murphy,  Pat Redmond

Farewell and Welcome

Farewell, Fr Mchael, and thank you for your twelve years' valuable service to the parishioners here, the more recent ones in a part-time capacity following your appointment to the staff of Maynooth College. Michael has written about his vocation and his work here. An example of his good work among us taken at random from the internet can be found in an article from the Irish Independent (22 July 2008) reporting on a funeral in St Mary's (see here).

Farewell, Fr Aloysius, and thank you too for your six years' valuable service to us here in the united parishes of Saggart/Rathcoole/Brittas and Newcastle. Read Fr Aloysius's very interesting vocation story here.

A Farewell evening will be held in St Mary's GAA Hall, Saggart, Friday 2 November, 8 pm. See newsletters (right sidebar).

Welcome, Fr Colin (Rothery), coming to us from St Peter and Paul's, Balbriggan. Fr Colin and Fr Aloysius were ordained on the same day in 2009. Fr Colin's equally interesting vocation story can be found in the Irish Independent under a photo of the two priests outside the Pro-Cathedral on their ordination day.

We welcome too Rev. Don Devaney, the first deacon to come to our parish.  He was ordained deacon on the 4th June this year (read a report here).