1. religion and spirituality
2. christianity
3. catholicism

SUNDAY MASSES
St. Mary’s: Saturday 6pm
Sunday 8am, 11am, 1pm
St. Oliver’s: Saturday 7pm
Sunday 10am, 12 noon
Our Lady’s Hospital: Sunday 9am
WEEKDAY MASSES
St. Anne’s:
8am (Mon-Fri)
St. Oliver’s: 9:15am (Mon-Fri)
St. Mary’s:
10am (Mon-Sat)
CONFESSIONS
St. Mary’s: Sat 12noon-1pm
St. Oliver’s: Sat after 7pm Mass
Christian Unity Week (18th – 25th Jan) will be marked
in Navan with an ecumenical service in St Anne’s
Church at 7.30pm this Sun 18th Jan. The preacher will
be Canon Mark Lidwill of the Church of Ireland.
St. Mary’s Cemetery: Visitors to the cemetery are
invited to use the new trolleys positioned at the
entrance to bring flower pots, etc. to their graves. Due
to the risk of damage to grave kerbs, we ask visitors to
avoid driving into the cemetery unless absolutely
necessary.
St. Oliver’s Children’s Choir resumes Wed next 21st
Jan 7 – 7.45 pm. Next Mass is Sunday next 25th Jan at
12noon.
Fostering Services: By becoming a foster carer you
can provide a stable, secure and loving environment
for children in a time of need and make a difference to
their lives.
A representative from Fresh Start
(www.freshstart.ie / 059 91 39454) will speak at Masses
next weekend.
FIRST CONFESSIONS
ST. MARY’S CHURCH
Gaelscoil Éanna:
Tues 20th January, 8pm
Cannistown:
Tues 27th January, 8pm
St. Anne’s:
Wed 28th January, 8pm
Scoil Mhuire:
Tues 3rd February 8pm
St. Joseph’s Mercy:
Wed 4th February, 8pm
ST. OLIVER’S CHURCH
St. Oliver’s:
Wed 21st January, 8pm
Scoil Naomh Eoin:
Thurs 22nd January, 8pm
St. Paul’s:
Thurs 5th February, 8pm
 Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord 
Una Sherlock, Kennedy Crescent;
Valarie King, Blackcastle Demesne;
Lill Macken, Castlepark, Slane.
ST. MARY’S PARISH OFFICE
Open: Mon 11am-1pm; 2-5pm
Tues-Fri 9am-1pm; 2-5pm
Tel.:
046-9027518
Fax:
046-9071774
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.navanparish.ie
Navan Parish
DUTY: Fr. Stephen Kelly
FUNERALS: Fr. Declan Hurley
Hymn for Today
Christ be beside me, Christ be before me,
Christ be behind me, King of my heart;
Christ be within me, Christ be below me,
Christ be above me never to part.
Christ on my right hand, Christ on my left hand,
Christ all around me shield in strife;
Christ in my sleeping, Christ in my sitting,
Christ in my rising light of my life
Reborn through Water and the Holy Spirit:
Naomi
Vanessa
Ciechanowicz;
Vincentas
Kuchalskis; Thomas Desmond Church; David
Thomas & Logan James Doyle-Daly
A one -year course in Ministry and Evangelisation
by
Maryvale
Institute
(Birmingham)
in
Castlepollard. The first Study Day will take place on
Sat next 24th Jan to introduce students to the Course.
Contact 087-9868125 [email protected] or Fr.
Seamus Heaney 087-2626738 [email protected].
SINCERE THANKS: Collection bottles in shops in
town for €405; Committee & Students of National
Learning Network, Mullaghboy for €60; both to
Meals-on-Wheels.
BAPTISMS IN ST MARY’S PARISH: Due to large
numbers, the Baptism Course is limited to 8
couples each Wed night. Couples must register for
the course by calling to the parish office with the
child’s birth certificate, prior to attending.
Navan Male Voice Choir is currently recruiting
new members. Contact [email protected]
Meeting of Parish Bereavement Support Group on
Mon 26th Jan at 8pm in Parish Room of St. Anne’s.
Rosary St. Mary’s Church every evening 6.30pm
PARISH BOOKSHOP: January Magnificat is
available. Open 10.30am-1pm & 2pm-5pm Mon-Sat.
COMMUNITY NOTICES
Bingo every Monday night in St. Mary’s Community
Centre at 8.45pm. Snowball – €2,500. €650 if not won.
€75 a line. Panel prizes of €150 and €280. Up to €650
extra if you check on lucky no.
O’Mahony’s GFC Bingo: Tuesday at 8.45pm.
Simonstown GFC Bingo: Thursday at 8.45pm.
Alphonsus Lambe Commeration Mass in Church of
the Immaculate Conception, Coole, Sun next at 11am.
Bus leaving Fair Green at 9am. Fare €10.
Pilgrimage in the footsteps of Pope Paul VI led by Fr.
Gerry MacCormack to Bellagio on Lake Como, Italy
from 24th–31st Aug. Booking MAP Travel, 018783111
or Tel 042-9667314.
Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 4th-12th Sept 2015 led by
Sr. Consilio Rock and Frs. Dwayne Gavin and Gerry
MacCormack. €1250 plus taxes. Booking with MAP
Travel 01-8783111 or Tel 042-9667314.
Over 55's Exercise class every Wed at 11am in
Community Centre (upstairs) in Navan.
Overeaters Anonymous, every Thurs, Unity Hall,
Windtown, 8pm.
Pilgrimage to Fatima 8th – 15th Oct 2015 - 7 nights –
€819. Discount if paid in full by 31st Jan. Contact
046-9023493. Spiritual Director Fr. Declan Hurley.
Slimming World every Mon 5.30 pm & 7.30 pm in
Scoil Naomh Eoin. Tel: 087-1354297.
New Year Career Opportunity: Over 25 on a Social
Welfare payment for 12 months you may be eligible
to join community employment & train as a care
assistant with EDP Healthcare. Tel: 046-9071938.
Navan Branch Irish Red Cross AGM on Mon 26th
Jan 8pm in Newgrange Hotel.
Monthly Meeting of Red Cross Friendship Club on
Sun next at 3pm in the Community Centre.
RehabCare’s The Meadows Children’s Respite
Service. A special screening of “Unbreakable” in
Solstice Arts Centre, 7pm on Thurs next 22nd Jan.
Adm €10 from Solstice Arts Centre. Tel 046 9092300
www.solsticeartscentre.ie.
Meath LSP: Fitness Made Easy 5 week gym
introductory programme for adults (50+) Tues next
20th Jan - 11am in Club Active. Free Meet n’ Walk
Wed 21st Jan, Town Hall at 7pm. Please bring a Hi
Vis Vest. 046-9067337 or [email protected].
Butterfly Women’s Group: Wed from 9.30–11.30am
in the Unity Centre, Windtown.
LITURGICAL NOTICES
SATURDAY:
SUNDAY:
St. Mary’s 6pm
Deividas Palukaitis, Blackcastle Lodge (Month’s Mind)
St. Mary’s 11am
Vaughan Jenkins, Bellewstown, Trim Road (First Anniversary)
St. Oliver’s 12noon Austin Kiely, Ballinasloe (First Anniversary)
St. Mary’s 1pm
Finbar O’Brien, Briarwood Lawn, Mulhuddart (Month’s Mind)
SATURDAY:
St Mary’s 10am: Anniversaries occurring: James (Jim) Bennett - Rose Walsh – Paddy Carolan
– Mary McEvoy – Jimmy & Peg Connolly – Sheila Creedon née Roberts – James & Bridget Morris – Paddy & Mary
Anne Murphy – James Watters – Elizabeth Reilly – Danny O’Hare – James & Gabriel McGurl – Brendan Reilly –
Patsy Kennedy – Martin McCafferty – Mary McGoona – Edward Moyles – Peggy Moran & Nugent Family – Marie
Lyncy – Patsy Ratty – William Kelly – Michael Landers – Hugh Brady – Kathleen Brady – James & Alice Pearse –
Helen Lynch – Rosie Foley – Paddy Callan – Rose Brennan – Teresa & Michael Cassidy – Anna May Proctor (2) –
Joe Byrne – Rosa O’Brien - Alfie & Kathleen O’Reilly – Carew Family
St. Mary’s 6pm
Mary McDonnell, Woodlands (Month’s Mind)
SUNDAY:
St. Mary’s 11am
Kevin Thompson, Emmet Terrace (First Anniversary)
St. Mary’s 1pm
Waller Sheils, Boyne Valley Estate (First Anniversary)
St. Mary’s 5pm
Polish Mass. Divine Mercy at 4.45pm
MASSES: Rose Gavin – Willie Clarke – Ann McNulty – Mattie McGoona – Helen Borez – Mary Nelson & Tommy
Clarke req of residents of Emmet Tce (14) - Frank Rafferty – Audrey Gibney – James, Gertrude & Bernie Lane.
THANKS TO ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED TO LAST SUNDAY’S COLLECTIONS:
OFFERTORY (plate collection): €4,456.00
DEVELOPMENT FUND: (envelopes): €2,790.00
THIS WEEK’S SPONSOR OF THE SUNDAY MESSAGE:
SEAN McGRANE – VICTUALLER
5 Ludlow St, Navan Tel: 046-9029136