December 2011 – Antrim Parish

A Pastoral Program to prepare for the 50th International Eucharistic Congress (IEC2012).

18/09/201217/12/2011 by ddelargy

The 50th International Eucharistic Congress is not envisaged as a weeklong event but as a spiritual journey of preparation.

RAISING THE FESTIVE SPIRIT

06/05/201215/12/2011 by ddelargy

Christmas Bazaar time in Antrim Parish came around again on Sunday past, much to the delight of the enthusiastic crowd who flocked to St Joseph’s Hall to sample the seasonal fare. Books, bags, beads and buns were plentiful among the various stalls, which offered up great promise for the milling bargain hunters. Younger members queued … Read moreRAISING THE FESTIVE SPIRIT

CHRISTMAS BAZAAR 2011

06/05/201212/12/2011 by ddelargy

Thank you – Sincere thanks to all those involved with the Christmas Bazaar last weekend, to the many people who donated prizes, gifts and items for the stalls, to the organising committee and volunteers who helped on the day and especially to the Parish Community who supported the Bazaar in such large numbers and therefore … Read moreCHRISTMAS BAZAAR 2011

Saint of the day

St. Lydwine: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, April 14, 2021 14/04/2021

St. Lydwine is the patroness of sickness Lydwine of Schiedam was born at Schiedam, Holland, one of nine children of a working man. After an injury in her youth, she became bedridden and suffered the rest of her life from various illnesses and diseases. She experienced mystical gifts, including supernatural visions of heaven, hell, purgatory, […]

Pope Saint Martin I: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, April 13, 2021 13/04/2021

Martin I lay too sick to fight on a couch in front of the altar when the soldiers burst into the Lateran basilica. He had come to the church when he heard the soldiers had landed. But the thought of kidnapping a sick pope from the house of God didn't stop the soldiers from grabbing […]

St. Julius: Saint of the Day for Monday, April 12, 2021 12/04/2021

Julius whose feast day is April 12th. Julius was the son of a Roman named Rusticus. He was elected Pope to succeed Pope St. Mark on February 6, 337. Julius was soon involved in the Arian controversy when Eusebius of Nicomedia opposed the return of Athanasius to the See of Alexandria in 338. Eusebius and […]