DOWN & CONNOR
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08/11/2026
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DIOCESAN NOTICES AND LEAFLETS are available on the parish website : www.saintannesparish.net Journey in the Footsteps of Venerable Matt Talbot The Knights of St Columbanus invite everyone to an evening of Faith, Hope and Reconciliation on
Friday 6th November, from 4pm, in St Mary Star of the Sea Church, Killyleagh.
The evening includes veneration of Matt Talbot's relics, Confessions and Benediction, followed by a film screening and Q&A with Michael Murphy at 7pm in St Mary's Hall.
All welcome – come for the whole evening or drop in at any time.
Refreshments available. Suggested donation £3. Mass for Seafarers and Fishers Sunday, 15 November 2026, at 11:00am at St. Peter’s Cathedral, Belfast, to be presided over by Bishop Alan McGuckian, Bishop of Down and Connor.
This special Mass is an opportunity to pray for seafarers, fishers and their families, remembering especially those who have lost their lives at sea.
All are warmly welcome. Pioneer Association - Mass to Remember Deceased Members A Mass to remember all deceased members of the Pioneer Association will take place on
Friday 20 November in St Agnes' Church, Andersonstown Road, Belfast at 7 pm. Light refreshments afterwards.
All Pioneers welcome. November Short-Term Pledge The month of November offers a special opportunity to make a small sacrifice in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
We invite parishioners and friends to consider taking a Short-Term Pledge throughout November.
Pioneer Offering - "I promise, in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and with the help of the Blessed Virgin Mary, to abstain from all intoxicating substances until the end of November.
Please consider joining with others in prayer, sacrifice and support for those affected by addiction.
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St Malachy’s Parish Bulletin 24 ALFRED STREET, BELFAST, BT2 8EN
stmalachys@downandconnor.org Website: https://www.saintmalachysparish.com/
Sunday 1st November 2026 We want St Malachy’s to be a Living Community of Faith, centred on the person of Jesus Christ where all people are accepted, made welcome a nd called to New Life ….……….….….………….…….….….………….….….….…….…….……….….…. The Parish Bereavement Ministry If you would like to contact us please phone 07954350848
Monday/Tuesday/ Thursday & Friday 1pm No Mass on Wednesdays Saturday Vigil 5pm
Sunday 10.30am Baptism 2nd & 3rd Saturday of the month at 2pm Confession -
Saturday 4.15pm - 4/50pm If you would like to be added to the list of Parishioners who receive home visits please contact the parish office Last Week’s Collection Offertory: Second Collection: [Please note money has not yet been counted] Second Collection will be the Monthly Stipend Many thanks Recently Deceased Frank Cunningham Tony Matthews Liam Hall Patricia McCann
Mary Joe Fox Oscar Fox Holly Knox Robert Montgomery Florrie Montgomery William Pollock Frankie Hawkins Billy Harper Geordie Hanna Molly Hanna Henry McFadden Isobel McCoy Sean Hughes Margaret McKinney Belle Borland Ronnie King Ronnie Hughes John Forsythe Sean McDaid Roseleen Md Daid John Curran Sactuary Lamps Catherine Clinton Bridget, Theresa & Davy Campbell Patricia Walker & Family Henry McFadden Day Pilgrimage to Knock on
Monday 2nd November for Feast of All Souls, leaving St Agnes at 7:30am. Price £30 (includes tea and scone).
Contact Pat 07946917354 or Harriet 07812098991THE FEAST OF ALL SAINTS On the Feast of All Saints, we celebrate the countless men and women who have gone before us in faith and now share in the joy of heaven.
Some are well-known saints whose names we recognise, while countless others lived quiet, ordinary lives of extraordinary love and faithfulness.
This beautiful feast reminds us that holiness is not reserved for a chosen few, but is the calling of every one of us.
The saints were not perfect people, but people who allowed God's grace to transform their lives.
As we celebrate their example and ask for their prayers, may we be encouraged to follow in their footsteps, remembering that we too are called to become saints.
Saint Malachy's https://www.saintmalachysparish.com
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PLENARY INDULGENCES FOR THE SOULS IN PURGATORY EXPL AINED “The doctrine and practice of indulgences in the Church are closely linked to the effects of the sacra ment of Penance” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 147 1). “An indulgence is a remission before God of the tem poral punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of rede mption, dispenses and applies with authority the tr easury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints” (Code o f Canon Law, canon 992).
Indulgences are understood as a gift from God, thro ugh His Church, to help us in our desire for eterna l salvation.
While our sins are absolved in the sacrament of Pen ance, we are called to atonement for our sins, an a spect of our human nature. “While patiently bearing sufferin gs and trials of all kinds and, when the day comes, serenely facing death, the Christian must strive to accept t his temporal punishment of sin as a grace.
He should strive by works of mercy and charity, as well as by prayer and the various practices of penance, to putoff comp letely the ‘oldman’ and to put on the ‘newman'” (CCC, no. 14 73).
The Church sets forth the following conditions for a plenary indulgence to be granted ( Indulgentiarum doctrina , norm 7): 1 Be in a state of grace when the indulgenced work is completed; 2 Have the interior disposition of complete detach ment from sin, even venial sin; 3 Have sacramentally confessed one’s sins; 4 Receive the Holy Eucharist; 5 Pray for the intentions of the Pope.
The Church also adds some extra clarification to some of these conditions: A plenary indulgence can only be acquired once day ( ID, norm 6).
One may make a sacramental Confession and receive Holy Communion “within several days before or after the prescribed work” ( ID, norm 8).
One sacramental Confession can satisfy the requi rement for several plenary indulgences, but separate receptions of Holy Communion and prayers for the Holy Father are required for each plenary indulgence (ID, norm 9).
An Our Father and a Hail Mary are suggested prayers for the Pope’s intentions ( ID, norm 10).
Indulgences can either be applied to oneself or to the souls of the deceased, but not to other living persons (ID, norm 3).
It is worth noting that some indulgences can only be applied to the souls of the faithful departed, like the ones offered by the Church in early November for the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls).
NOVEMBER SHORT TERM PLEDGE The month of November offers a special opportunity to make a small sacrifice in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
We invite parishioners and friends to consider taking a Short-Term Pledge throughout November.
Pioneer Offering: “I promise, in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and with the help for the Blessed Virgin Mary, to abstain from all intoxicating substances until the end of November.” Please consider joining with others in prayer, sacrifice and support for those affected by addiction.
November Lists of Deceased. List of deceased and envelopes are available at the church doors.
Please take a list home and fill it in with he names of deceased loved ones, and place in the envelope provided, and place in the box at the sanctuary.
Box available during masses and removed afterwards.
Donations are optional. These envelopes will be opened and the sheets placed on the altar and the names therein remembered at all masses during the month of December. “Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May their souls and those of the faithful departed
”Knock All Night Vigil New departure from Clonard Monastery only at 1pm.
Monday 7th December returning to Belfast.
Tuesday 8th December at noon. Price £75. Includes Dinner and Breakfast. to Book phone Brendan on 028 9066 5211 between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. £20 deposit required.
Deposits can be paid at Shearers Butchers, Andersonstown.
Vigil Starts at 11pm and consists of the Rosary, Stations of the Cross, Benediction and finishes with Mass 4am Food Bank As always we had a great collection of food and donations of £506. We sent 2 Tescos orders to the food bank with multiples of the following items: Long life milk, juice, coffee, oats, tins of stewing steak, beef casserole, chicken in white sauce, tinned vegetables, tinned fruit, biscuits, shampoo, shower gel, toothpaste, washing detergent.
Thank you so much for your unwavering support ever month.
Our Next Collection will be 31st October & 1st November Pioneer Association - Mass to Remember Deceased Members of the Pioneer Association,
Friday 20th November at 7pm, St Agnes’ Church, Andersonstown Road, Belfast. Light refreshments afterwards.
All Pioneers welcome. Visits to Housebound Fr McCann will hopefully visiting housebound this week on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Annual Mass of Deceased for the Parish will be held on
Monday 16th November 2026 at 7pm. Those who were buried over the year will be remembered in a special way.
Those of our families and friends who have passed on with the sign of faith will be prayed for during the mass.
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Downpatrick Family of Parishes of Saul & Ballee and Kilclief Feast of All Saints
Sunday 1st November 2026
for the coming week: Date St Patrick’s Saul Stella Maris Strangford St Joseph’s Ballycruttle St Malachy’s Kilclief St Tassach’s Carlin
Sunday 1st November 9.30am 12noon 11am
Monday 2nd November 10am 7.30pm
Tuesday 3rd November 10am Weds 4th November 10am
Thurs 5th November
Friday 6th November 7pm 9.30am
Saturday 7th November 5pm 6.30pm
Sunday 8th November 9.30am 11am 12noon Masses are available to view online at www.saulandballeeparish.com and www.churchmedia.tv Eucharistic Adoration in St Patrick’s Church, Saul Over the winter months, from and including
Tuesday 27th October, Eucharistic Adoration will be held in St Patrick’s Church Saul from 10.00am to 3.30pm. There will also be evening Adoration each Tuesday from 7.00pm to 8.00pm to facilitate those who are working.
Eucharistic Adoration is an opportunity for everyone to respond to Jesus words to his disciples “Could you not watch with Me one hour”. Our Lady of Knock Novena each Monday evening in Stella Maris, Strangford at 7.10pm . The Sanctuary Lamp in St Patrick’s Church, Saul has been lit for private intentions.
If you would like it lit for your intentions please contact the Parish office.
The cost is £5 per week. November Dead Lists are available in the churches.
These can be returned through the collection plates or the letterbox at the Parochial house.
November issue of My Day by Day is now available for collection Sick and housebound Parishioners will be attended this week Parish Office will be closed on
Tuesday 3rd November – re-open
Wednesday 4th November Saul and Ballee https://www.saulandballeeparish.com