Frequently Asked Questions – Page 2

“Lead us not into temptation”.

15/01/2013 by ddelargy

How could God lead us into temptation?

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT MASS CARDS

29/01/201320/10/2011 by ddelargy

People frequently ask about regulations pertaining to having Mass said for a particular intention and the sale of Mass Cards.

What is the Parish Policy on Church Door Collections in the Parish

29/01/201313/01/2011 by admin

There is an increasing number of requests from different charities to hold a church door collection for their particular cause. Usually, these are very good and worthwhile, but it is difficult to accommodate all the requests especially since the St Vincent de Paul Conferences depend on their church door collections for the support and care of those in need.

Saint of the day

St. Fillan: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, January 19, 2021 19/01/2021

Fillan, son of Feriach and St. Kentigerna, was also known as Foelan. He became a monk in his youth and accompanied his mother from Ireland to Scotland where he lived as a hermit near St. Andrew's monastery for many years, and then was elected abbot. He later resigned and resumed his eremitical life at Glendochart, […]

St. Volusian: Saint of the Day for Monday, January 18, 2021 18/01/2021

Bishop of Tours, France. A senator at Tours, he was initially married, supposedly to a most unpleasant wife. Named bishop of the city in 488, he was forced to leave the see in 496 by the Arian Visigoths, and went to Spain. He died perhaps in Toulouse, or in Spain, possibly as a martyr.

St. Anthony the Abbot: Saint of the Day for Sunday, January 17, 2021 17/01/2021

Two Greek philosophers ventured out into the Egyptian desert to the mountain where Anthony lived. When they got there, Anthony asked them why they had come to talk to such a foolish man? He had reason to say that -- they saw before them a man who wore a skin, who refused to bathe, who […]