Society of St. Oliver Plunkett: 2015

31 December 2015

3rd January - Holy Name of Jesus

             Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus
                   Celebrant: Rev. Thomas O'Toole
                              Sunday January 3rd at 5pm
                                     St.Patrick's Church
                                   College Rd., Kilkenny
                        Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

In the Name of Jesus let every knee bow, of those that
are in Heaven, on Earth, and under the Earth: and let
every tongue confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the
glory of God the Father.

26 December 2015

27th December - Sunday within the Octave of Christmas

    Sunday within the Octave of Christmas
                  Celebrant: Rev. Thomas O'Toole
                           Sunday December 27th at 5pm
                                    St.Patrick's Church
                                  College Rd., Kilkenny
                     Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

While all things were in quiet silence and the night was in
the midst of her course, Thine almighty Word, O Lord,
leaped down from heaven from Thy royal throne.

24 December 2015

24th December - Chirstmas Mass

                                  Christmas Mass
                   Celebrant: Rev. Thomas O'Toole
                             24th December at 9.30pm
                                   St.Patrick's Church
                                 College Rd. Kilkenny
                        Preceded by carols at 9.10pm

O come let us adore him!

20 December 2015

                       Fourth Sunday of Advent
                   Celebrant: Rev. Thomas O'Toole
                           Sunday 20th December at 5pm
                                     St Patrick's Church
                                   College Rd. Kilkenny
                       Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the
clouds rain the Just: let the earth be opened and bud forth a Saviour.

10 December 2015

13th December - Third Sunday of Advent

Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday)
Celebrant: Rev. Thomas O'Toole PP
Sunday 13th December at 5pm
St.Patrick's Church
College Rd. Kilkenny
Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

Rejoice in the Lord always: again I say, rejoice.
Let your modesty be known to all men:
for the Lord is nigh. Be nothing solicitous: but in every
thing by prayer let your petitions be made known to God.

03 December 2015

6th December - Second Sunday of Advent

Second Sunday of Advent
Celebrant: Rev. Thomas O'Toole
Sunday 6th December at 5pm
St.Patrick's Church,
College Rd. Kilkenny
Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

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People of Sion, behold the Lord shall come to save the nations:
and the Lord shall make the glory of His voice to be heard,
in the joy of your heart.

27 November 2015

Annual Candlelight Rosary Procession - Feast of the Immaculate Conception 8th December

The annual Candlelight Rosary Procession, organised by the Kilkenny Fatima Apostolate will take place in Kilkenny on Tues.,8th December,the feast of the Immaculate Conception. The procession will leave the Parade, Kilkenny at 8pm, proceed through the town and finish at the Black Abbey for Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and investiture in the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. All are invited to attend.

Our Lady of Fatima, Pray for us!

Benedict XVI on the Litrugy

“The Church stands and falls with the Liturgy. When the adoration of the divine Trinity declines, when the faith no longer appears in its fullness in the Liturgy of the Church, when man’s words, his thoughts, his intentions are suffocating him, then faith will have lost the place where it is expressed and where it dwells. For that reason, the true celebration of the Sacred Liturgy is the centre of any renewal of the Church whatever.”

"The Holy Mass, celebrated in the respect of the liturgical norms and with a fitting appreciation of the richness of the signs and gestures, fosters and promotes the growth of Eucharistic faith. In the Eucharistic celebration we do not invent something, but we enter into a reality that precedes us, more than that, which embraces heaven and earth and, hence, also the past, the future and the present."

"This universal openness, this encounter with all the sons and daughters of God is the grandeur of the Eucharist: we go to meet the reality of God present in the body and blood of the Risen One among us. Hence, the liturgical prescriptions dictated by the Church are not external things, but express concretely this reality of the revelation of the body and blood of Christ and thus the prayer reveals the faith according to the ancient principle 'lex orandi – lex credendi."

"And because of this we can say "the best catechesis on the Eucharist is the Eucharist itself well celebrated" (Benedict XVI, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Sacramentum Caritatis," No. 64).
"It is necessary that in the liturgy the transcendent dimension emerge with clarity, that of the mystery, of the encounter with the Divine, which also illumines and elevates the "horizontal," that is the bond of communion and of solidarity that exists between all those who belong to the Church."

"In fact, when the latter prevails, the beauty, profundity and importance of the mystery celebrated is fully understood. Dear brothers in the priesthood, to you the bishop has entrusted, on the day of your priestly Ordination, the task to preside over the Eucharist. Always have at heart the exercise of this mission: celebrate the divine mysteries with intense interior participation, so that the men and women of our City can be sanctified, put into contact with God, absolute truth and eternal love."

Society of St. Oliver Plunkett

Pope Benedict XVI