Gathering of Baptism Teams – Clonliffe, 30 April 2015 Introduction: two challenges in baptism ministry today; Parents who do not go to church; how to engage with them The faith community’s lack of connection with baptism; how to engage with them SEVEN IDEAS The Initial Contact The initial contact needs to be personal rather than(…)
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Gathering for Funeral Ministry Workshop
Gathering of Funeral Ministry Teams 22 April 2015 – Prayer Moment One Sign of the Cross In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Greeting May the God of hope give you the fullness of peace, and may the Lord of life be always with you. And with your(…)
Rite of Ordination
Ordination to the Priesthood of Br. James Mary 28th April 2015. The Introductory Rites Archbishop: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. C Amen Archbishop: Peace be with you C And with your spirit. Archbishop: To prepare ourselves to celebrate these sacred mysteries, let us bow down in all humility(…)
Reconciliation Service – The Lord’s Prayer
Penitential Service Gathering Song Come Bring Your Burdens To God (South African Traditional) All sing: Come bring your burdens to God, Come bring your burdens to God, Come bring your burdens to God for Jesus will never say no. Opening Prayer Let us pray, All say: God of mercy and compassion, we know that our faults weigh(…)
Praying with the Mystics
Praying With The Mystics Lent 2015 Song You Are the Centre (Fountain of Life, Music for contemplative Worship – Margaret Rizza) All sing: You are the centre, you are my life, You are the centre, O Lord, of my life. Come, Lord, and heal me, Lord of my life, Come, Lord, and teach me, Lord(…)
Diocesan Advent Service 2014
DIOCESAN ADVENT SERVICE – 29 November 2014 Proclamation Isaiah 61:1-2 The spirit of the Lord has been given to me, for the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to bring good news to the poor, to bind up hearts that are broken; to proclaim liberty to captives, freedom to those in prison; to(…)
Feast of St. Laurence O’Toole 2014
St. Laurence O’Toole – Patron of the Diocese of Dublin 14th November observed in Dublin as a solemnity Liturgy of the Word First Reading: Ezekiel 36:24-28 (Lectionary, vol. III, p. 509) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 22. R v 1 (Lectionary, vol. III, p 518) The Lord is my Shepherd; There is nothing I shall want Second(…)
Diocesan Advent Service 2010
(Procession in dim light – Four Advent candles, Book of the Gospels – Archbishop) Entrance Song Wait for the Lord (Taizé) All sing: Wait for the Lord, whose day is near Wait for the Lord, keep watch take heart Opening Prayer Let us pray, Father in Heaven, Increase our longing for Christ our Saviour and give us(…)
Gathering of Funeral Ministry Teams
Gathering of Funeral Teams November 2014 We remember…We believe…We serve Opening Song Jesus Remember Me (Taizé) All sing: Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom (A short procession of people carrying a lectionary, a candle, a white cloth, a bowl of water and a(…)
Let Peace Begin With Me
War and Peace – 2014 The beginning of the Great War in 1914 – ‘the war to end all wars’ – is being commemorated in many different ways throughout the year. The 70th anniversary of the ‘D Day’ landings in Normandy was also marked on 6 June. It is a good time for us to(…)