Gardiner Street Parish

Monthly Blessed Fr. John Sullivan Mass

Monthly Blessed Fr. John Sullivan Mass at 1pm on Saturday 16th June will be celebrated by Fr. Dermot Mansfield S3 and afterwards Leicester University Chamber Choir will sing for about 30 minutes from their Sacred repertoire

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Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine

Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine on Sunday 22nd July from Gardiner Street and with St Joseph's East Wall. The story of Knock began in August 1879, when 15 people witnessed an apparition at the gable wall of the parish church. On giving their testimonies the witnesses described a heavenly vision of Our Lady/ St Joseph, St John the Evangelist and a Lamb on an altar surrounded by angels. Pick up a brochure at the front desk and secure your place(s).

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Holy Wells Day

On Sunday 17th June 2018, the annual National Holy Wells Day will be celebrated. There may be 3,000 Holy Wells in Ireland - we invite people to visit their local Holy Well and pray for the protection and fair distribution of water. This invitation is to pray and act for all of creation. The Resource page ofwwwjovjnasisterearth.com offers a short ritual you might perform on the' day. An ecumenical initiative of Loving Sister Earth and the Columba Centre. Derry

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Charismatic prayer group

every Monday night from 7.45pm to 9.15pm. Come and join us for prayer and praise and share scripture.

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Last week’s Collections

Last week's Collections, Church €1134, Share €488 Thank you. The Blue Bag is for the Church Collection (St Francis Xavier's Gardiner Street).

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World Meeting of Families

A gathering in preparation for the World Meeting of Families at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, 19-20 June 2018. Keynote Speakers: Prof. Julie Hanlon Rubio (St Louis University, Missouri) & Prof. Martin M. Lintner (Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Brixen). Workshops:

• ‘Living the Gospel of the Family’ (Bairbre Cahill, writer and facilitator)
• ‘Real Families, Real Issues, Real Responses’ (Mary Johnston, ACCORD)
• ‘Families: a Global Perspective’ (Colm Hogan, Trócaire)
• ‘Conscience and Moral Discernment’ (Martin Lintner)

Discussion facilitated by Anne Codd.  Registration fee €15 (including lunch & teas/coffees). Tickets available on Eventbrite www.eventbrite.ie Job Vacancies for the Event - Full job descriptions and more information on vacancies available on www.worldmeeting2018.ie/jobs

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GDPR DATA PROTECTION at Gardiner Street: A new European Data Protection law, the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), is being introduced on 25 May 2018.  This new law applies to any organisation, including our parish that manages and processes people’s personal information.  We are now working on ways of ensuring that what we do with your information is compliant with this new law.  It is a work in progress and over the next few months we will keep you informed through the parish website and in the newsletter as policies are put in place.  If you have any questions about this please do not hesitate to contact the parish office at the front desk up the steps to the left of the church.  Quick Note For detailed information on how we use your data and your rights under the General Data Protection Regulations please see the DATA PRIVACY NOTICE on the parish noticeboard in the Pope Francis Corridor and on the Website  https://gardinerstparish.ie/about/privacy-policy-page/

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SAFEGUARDING

A note on the progress to date on safeguarding is available on the noticeboards at the back of the Church and also on the Pope Francis Corridor. Have a quick look and find out what's been happening.

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ECOTIP

Instead of throwing out the dishwashing water, could you use it water your garden? For more tips and ideas see our Eco Parish page