Mass Intentions		Mass Intentions for the coming week
6.30 p.m. (vigil)	Enda Rogers	Monday	Margaret Kearns
9.00 a.m.	Altar List of the Dead	Tuesday	Mass for the people of the parish and district
11.00 a.m.	Ann & James Marmion & Teresa O'Neill	Wednesday	Tom & Gertrude Farrell & deceased family members
12.30 p.m.	John Paul Fitzsimons	Thursday	Thanksgiving Mass
5.30 p.m.	Pauline Gallagher	Friday	Noel Farrell & Noel Meehan
		Saturday	Joan O'Hara (Months Mind)

Recently deceased Brigid Graham

Months Mind   Joan O'Hara   Anniversary Pauline Gallagher (1st Anniversary) Ambrose Dunne

Baptisms: One months notice is required.  When booking your child's baptism please bring the birth certificate with you.  Next meeting for parent/godparents for March baptisms will take place on Thursday 4th March at 8.00 p.m. in the church.

Saturday	17th April 2010	FULL
Sunday	18th April 2010	1.45 p.m.
Saturday	8th May 2010	4.00 p.m.
Sunday	9th May 2010	1.45 p.m.
Saturday	22nd May 2010	4.00 p.m.
Sunday	23rd May 2010	1.45 p.m.

Baptism:  Baptism is the first of the sacraments of Christian Initiation, the others big Confirmation and First Communion.  Initiation into Christian beliefs, values, thoughts and behaviour begins in early childhood.  a Christian home is the ideal setting.  Parents who value their faith and Church membership would desire to ass on this faith to their children as much as they would seek the best schooling and medical care for them.

Eucharistic Adoration will take place every Sunday during Lent  from 4-5pm.

 

Accord: Marriage Preparation  Course telephone 4784400 or email www.marriagepreparation@dublin.Accord.ie

Mass in Polish Language Sunday next 14^th March at 6.45 pm (Spowiedz 6.15pm)

CHY2   TAX   SCHEME.  As you may be aware, the parish qualifies for a refund of PAYE tax paid by Parishioners on their qualifying contributions, if these total €250 or more in a tax year.   This is an important source of funding towards the cost of running the parish. For the 2008 Tax Year our Parish received a CHY2 Tax Refund of €34,418.00  If you have received a 2009 chy2 Form from us,  do please complete and return it to us as soon as possible.  We thank all those who have already done so,  and a very sincere thanks to all our contributors

Members of the Finance Committee will be available at an “Information table “ at the back of the Church after all Masses over the next two weekends to answer any questions parishioners may have.

Daily Mass times during Lent:

Brackenstown  10.00 a.m. : Rivervalley:      10.00 am and   7.30 pm. : Swords:   8.00 and 10.00 a.m. Monday to Friday , Saturdays 10.00 a.m.  

Love Your School : Vote for St. Cronan’s Junior National School  Brackenstown in AIB Better Ireland Awards.  Vote online at :   www.betterireland.ie or Text  SWORDS B to 51303.  Please vote early and as often as you can and pass  these details on to family,  friends  and work colleagues  etc.,  Thank You !

New Altar Servers - Meeting on Wednesday next 10^th at 3.00 p.m. in the Church

National Conference- “Bullying in the home and the Workplace” to be held on Tuesday 9^th March from  7.30pm – 10.30 pm in Croke Park Conference Centre, Croke Park, Dublin 3. (Entrance by Jones’s Road)   Admission €15.00 .  There will be many Professional Guest Speakers present.

Stations of the Cross : The Family Mass Team would like to invite children to take part in the Stations of The Cross on Good Friday the 2^nd April.  If interested, do please give your name to a member of the Family Mass Team.  All children most welcome.

Living Links invitation to an Information meeting Monday 8^th March at 7.30 pm.  Venue:  St. Colmcille’s Girls National School, Chapel Lane, Swords.  The Topic Becoming A Living Links Volunteer.  Are you interested in supporting those who are concerned, bereaved or worried about suicide? Contact: Email: info@livinglinks.ie   Web: www.livinglinks.ie

Presentation of the Creed : Gareth Condon is preparing to receive the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and First Eucharist at the Easter Vigil in a few weeks time.  In preparation for this,  there will be a Mass on Tuesday 9^th March at 7.30 pm during which the Creed will be presented to Gareth. As a sign of support for Gareth who is being received into our Church, do please come and participate in this Mass.

Evening Prayer in St. Cronan’s.  Our seminarian Paul Ludden is leading Evening Prayer of the Church here in St. Cronan’s on Friday March 12^th at 7.30 pm.  We ask you to join us for this and to support Paul in his journey to the priesthood.  “When the people are invited to the Liturgy of the Hours and come together in unity of heart and voice,  they show forth the Church in its celebration of the mystery of Christ”.  (Sacrosanctum  Concilium 26,84)

St. Vincent de Paul Monthly Collection takes place this weekend.