Anam Cara are holding an online Bereavement Information Evening on Tuesday 3rd of September at 7pm. Our guest speaker for this month’s talk is Bryan Nolan. Bryan has an M.A .Healthcare Chaplaincy DCU , Certified Healthcare Chaplain, End of Life and Grief and loss specialist, Training, and facilitation expert. The link to join is below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqf-6gqT4vGtf09D7YFGe9vJbbfNz82QEA
Unfortunately, this year’s parish pilgrimage to Lourdes is cancelled. Marian Pilgrimages will contact those who had paid a deposit to arrange a refund or a place on an alternative pilgrimage.
This day is a holy day of obligation for all Catholics. A Vigil Mass will be celebrated in St. Brigid’s Church on Wednesday August 14th at 7.30pm. Mass of the Solemnity will be celebrated in St. Brigid’s Church on Thursday August 15th at 10am.
From simplycatholic.com:
From Aug. 6 through Aug. 14, this prayer can be recited daily in preparation for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and to seek her intercession in our lives:
O Mary, Queen Assumed into Heaven, I rejoice that after years of heroic martyrdom on earth, you have at last been taken to the
Cappogue Patrun: Mass & Blessing of Graves on Saturday August 10th at 11am.
Pope Francis has in recent years designated the Sunday closest to the Feast of Ss. Joachim and Anne as ‘World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly’. The National Pilgrimage of the Catholic Grandparents Association takes place that day in Knock and indeed the theme of Reek Sunday is also
