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Closing Mass of Thanksgiving
Monday 27th September 2004
Celebrant -
Most Rev. Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin
Archbishop Martin greets
parishioner Joan Wylde on 27th September 2004
May 1st
2004
- Opening Mass
Celebrant Fr. Kevin O'Shea, CM
Main Celebrant Fr. Kevin O'Shea, CM Provincial, with Fr. Brian
Moore, CM Parish Priest and Fr. Eamon Flanagan, CM, Curate
Gathering for a cuppa afterwards...
Parish Visit to
Vincentian Grave Glasnevin Cemetery
June 13th
to give thanks for those Priests and Brothers who served at St. Peter's
Annual Golf Classic
July 2nd -Corrstown Golf Club
July 4th -
Garden
Fete
Our Garden Party had all the
ingredients of a great day.. the Artane Senior Band, the O'Dea/Kenny Irish
Dancers, Indian and African Dancers and lots more. Unfortunately the
heavens opened and we had continue indoors !
August
Outing to Killaloe
September 2nd
- 7th Vincentian Pilgrimage to Lourdes
September
11th - Vincentian Pilgrimage to Knock
September
20th - 24th Series of
Lunchtime Spiritual Talks
Further
discussion on the mind of St. Vincent de Paul !
- Brian O'Reilly, National President, SVP with Fr. Frank Mullan, CM guest
speaker
Thank you to our
guest speakers (listed below) who nourished us with spiritual insights.
The
mind of St. Vincent de Paul
: Fr.
Frank Mullan, CM.
“I
would like to embrace the whole world in a network of love” (Blessed
Frederick Ozanam)
:
Ms. Columba Faulkner, National Secretary Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
Mental
Health Services - Past/Present/Future
: Mr.
Martin Farrell, Director of Nursing, Mental Health Services North West
Dublin.
Community and Young People / St. Vincent and Young People
:
Gordon Mulligan
- Vincentian Lay Movement.
The
Christ of St. Vincent de Paul
: Fr.
Michael McCullagh, CM.
Photo Exhibition - A Vincentian Mission – Past, Present and Future
On
1st May, 2004
we launched our Photo Exhibition and we are delighted to display our
memories of St. Peter’s in Photographic form as part of our 150 years
celebrations.
Our
sincere thanks to Joan Sutton and Muriel Somers for their time and work in
collating all the material and presenting it for us so beautifully. We also
thank all those who contributed their precious photos and memories. We hope
that these photos will evoke many happy memories of times past and help us
to celebrate our past, present and future here at St. Peter’s.
Publication of 150 yrs
Souvenir
Booklet
We are
currently compiling a Sounvenir Booklet marking our 150 years of Vincentian
Mission. We hope it will be available before Christmas 2004.
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Vincentian
Mission
- Past, Present, Future
Parishioners enjoying the exhibition of
Photos
On May 2nd 1854
Archbishop Paul Cullen, Archbishop of Dublin, entrusted the suburban
Church of St. Peter the Apostle, then a chapel-of-ease to the Church of
St. Paul, Arran Quay to the Vincentian Community. We read in the
instruction document, “He (Fr William Yore) made this offer to enable us
to entrust forever the Church of St. Peter to the Fathers of the
Congregation of the Mission of St. Vincent de Paul.” The primary purpose
of this “instruction” was for the pastoral care of all living in the
Phibsborough area but the charism of St. Vincent de Paul brought a
missionary dimension to the work of the Vincentian Community.
St. Peter’s became
the Irish base for Parish Missions preached throughout Ireland as well as
a base for Ministry to the Travelling Community. Another early development
was the apostolate to the Deaf Community in collaboration with the
Dominican Sisters. St. Peter’s Luncheon Club and Phibsborough Aid was set
up as a pastoral and social support in the Phibsborough area. In 1998 the
work of the Vincentian Refugee Centre was established at St. Peter’s. The
vision of St. Vincent went beyond the shores of Ireland with the
establishment of Vincentian Missions to Australia, China and Nigeria. The
Faith Community of St. Peter’s has given ongoing support to this
missionary work.
I believe it is
significant that this 150 years celebration coincides with the enlargement
of the European Union which will see Ireland becoming a more multicultural
society. This is a blessing and a challenge, a blessing that will bring a
richness of faith and worship and a challenge to be understanding and
welcoming to the people of the new member states living in our area. St.
Peter’s, Phibsborough over the past 150 years has been and continues to be
a centre of diverse mission, for this we give thanks. Can we as a faith
community continue to listen to the voice of the Good Shepherd “because
the Lamb who is at the throne will be their shepherd and will lead them to
springs of living water and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.”
Fr. Brian Moore, C.M.
1st May 2004
Opening Mass of Celebration - St. Peter's Phibsboro
Doreen Morrissey with Fr. Andy Spelman at the 150 years celebration
Dancing
the night away
September
24th
2004
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Parish
Dinner Dance
Westmanstown
Parchment Entrusting the Church of St. Peter’s to the Congregation of the
Mission
Paul
Cullen, by the Grace of God and favour of the Apostolic See, Archbishop of
Dublin and Primate of Ireland, greetings to each and everyone who sees,
reads or bears this announcement.
The Very Reverend Father William Yore, our Vicar
General and Parish Priest of the Church of St. Paul in this city, has
willingly offered to us the suburban church of St. Peter, the Apostle,
situated in Phibsborough, which up to the present was a chapel-of-ease to
the Church of St. Paul. He made this offer to enable us to entrust for
ever the church of St. Peter to the Fathers of the Congregation of the
Mission of St. Vincent DePaul. He had many reasons for making this
offer. The principal one, as he explicitly stated, was that the
Vincentian Fathers with great benefit to the faithful had administered
there to the care of souls for many years already. He was confident that
arrangement would make better spiritual provision for those who attend St.
Peter’s, and those who reside a long distance from the parish church.
By this
letter, we now entrust St. Peter’s to the Fathers of the Congregation of
the Mission of St. Vincent de Paul, with due regard to the rights of the
Parish. We pray earnestly that God in His compassion and mercy would
grant every heavenly blessing to their ministry.
Accordingly we give instructions for the publication of this document
which bears our personal signature and official seal.
Dublin
2nd May AD 1854
New Eucharistic Ministers
Our
congratulations to our new Eucharistic Ministers: John Morrissey, Barbara
Morrissey, Petronilla Martin, Okeremute O. Okergha, Fatima John, Stephanie
Rosney, Sara Akumulgam, Jacqueline Evbodaghe & Anthony Cummins who were
commissioned by Archbishop Diarmiud Martin on September 27th.
150
Years Celebration Success
My sincere thanks to
everyone who helped to make our 150 years celebration a great success. It
was a great opportunity to reflect on the past, to enjoy the present
moment and look forward with hope to the future mission of St. Peter’s
Church. My particular thanks to the planning committee: Joan Brennan,
Dolores Kennedy, Marie Mills, Pat McNulty, Sr. Madeleine Sheridan, Muriel
Somers, Phyllis Somers and Joan Sutton for all their efforts in making the
various celebratory events a great success.
Fr. Brian Moore, CM.
A
Journey of Faith
Reflection by Fr. Brian Moore, CM to close the celebrations on 3rd October
2004
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