Cathedral Parish Bulletin

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SUN DAY CO LLECTION ~ 7th September - €6,344
PARISH EXP ENDITURE ~ €44,170.83 (includes €30,831.82 Parish Insurance)
DONATIONS: 1 x €250, 1 x €50, 2 x €40, 3 x €10 and 2 x €5
SACRED VESTMENTS (LATE DONATIONS): €220
Thank you for your gift to God and His Church
We deeply appreciate your continued Spiritual and Financial support .
To BOOK A BAPTISM please phone the Parochial House on 9121021. Please
remember: Godparents: ( 1 male and 1 female over the age of 16).
BAPTISM PREPARATION ~ We have uploaded a number of videos under
‘Featured Videos ’ for Parents, in Preparation for their child ’s Baptism on our
website: www.steunanscathedral.ie Parish Office Hours: Monday to Thursday: 9.30am - 4.30pm/Friday 9.30am – 1pm
Phone: 074 - 9121021
Parish Email: office@steunanscathedral.ie
Website: www.steunanscathedral.ie St. Eunan ’s Cathedral
Live Web Streaming from the Cathedral ~ churchservices.tv/letterkenny
DONEGAL GROUP 173 RISE AND SHINE TRUST (formerly The Irish
Handicapped Children ’s Pilgrimage Trust/The Irish Pilgrimage Trust) are
celebrating forty years of taking young people with special needs to Lourdes. A
special Mass will be held on Saturday 26th September in the Church of the Irish
Martyrs, Letterkenny at 12 noon with concelebrants: Bishop Niall Coll and Bishop
Donal McKeown, Bishop of Derry and Priests who travelled to Lourdes over the
years. Families and helpers who travelled with us over the years are very welcome.
There will be a CLEARANCE SALE of gifts, bric -a-brac and lots more on
Saturday 10th October in St Mary ’s Hall, Convoy from 11 am to 3 pm. All are
welcome. All proceeds are to help Mary's Meals feed more children.
MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT WEEKEND ~ Take time out for just the two of
you. Whether newly married or many years together, rediscover the love that brought
you together. The weekend will take place from the 2nd - 4th October at Focolare
Centre, Prosperous, Co. Kildare. Apply online: www.marriageencounter.ie or Phone:
087-6299153. Places are limited.
NEED HELP WITH YOUR MOBILE PHONE OR DIGITAL DEVICE?
Register for Age Action ’s free one -to-one digital skills tutoring in Letterkenny
Central Library (Wednesday ’s 10.30 am - 12.30 pm). To register, please phone: 091 -
527831 or email: aaw@ageaction.ie
ABIDE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE: Will take place from the 20th - 22nd
November at the Great Northern Hotel, Bundoran. Speakers include: Fr. Barry
Braum, Fr. Mark Wharton, Nashville Dominicans etc, Mass will be celebrated by
Bishop Fintan Gavin, from Cork & Ross Diocese. please visit: Abide in His Love at
eventbrite.ieRegistration link: https://abideinhislove.eventbrite.com St. Eunan ’s Cathed ral
Letterkenn y
NE WSLE TTER
Sunday 13th Sept emb er 2026
Twenty Fourth Sunday in O rdinary
MUSIC MINISTRY SEMINAR
The Diocesan Church Music Group will hold a Seminar for all those involved
in Music Ministry in Parishes throughout the Diocese on Saturday 10th
October in the Mount Errigal Hotel beginning with registration at 10 am.
The purpose of this seminar is to offer a new Mass setting which might
interest you and provide some general music, with an emphasis this year on
Responsorial Psalms. An additional theme of the Seminar this year, is Music
for Weddings and Funerals. We will introduce and reintroduce appropriate
music for these important liturgical occasions in the liturgical life of every
parish. Whilst this is a specific topic, sometimes outside of the remit of parish
choirs, all the music we will be offering will be suitable for use on Sundays
and other occasions throughout the year.
• The Seminar is open to Choir Directors, all Choir Members,
Organists and Church Musicians.
• We also welcome all who sing or play an instrument at weddings
and funerals but who may not be directly associated with music
ministry on a regular basis.
A new directory for music appropriate for use at weddings and funerals will be
launched by Bishop Niall Coll at the Seminar. It will provide suggestions for
music for weddings and funerals as well as giving musicians and singers
references for listening to and obtaining music.
• We would ask all Choir Members, if interested in attending this
Seminar, to please give your name, to your Choir Director.
• For individuals, who provide music on other occasions, we ask that you
contact the Parish Office, leaving your mobile number and email address
as soon as possible.
• The cost of this Seminar is €35 per person, which the Parish will be
covering for those who are involved in its music ministry . Cathedral https://www.steunanscathedral.ie/newsletter/

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DOES YOUR CHILD NEED A SCHOOL BUS? A meeting will take place
this evening, Sunday 13th September at 7 pm in Meeting Room 2, Community
Centre, Pearse Road, Letterkenny. All Parents affected are invited to come along.
CATHEDRAL CLEANING will take place on Tuesday 15th September from
4 pm. We encourage as many as possible to come along and lend a hand!
The NSC are hosting a HEALING SERVICE from 7 pm to 8 pm on Tuesday
15th September, which can be viewed on: https://www.churchservices.tv/
ballyfermot and also on Radio Maria. Led by Fr. Pat Collins C.M. Prayer Petitions by
email to: info.newspringtime@gmail.com
WE INVITE YOU TO COME & SEE what the Encounter School of
Ministry Course is all about . Join us on Thursday 17th September from 6.30pm
(first half hour is prayer and worship) to 9.00pm at All Saints Church,
Newtowncunningham. Participants can attend up to 3 classes without committing to
pay for the course. If a participant decides to enrol before the application deadline of
October 1st, tuition fees will then be applied. If a participant decides not to cont inue,
there is no obligation. More information or register here: https://encounterschool.org/
donegal/ or email donegal@encounterschool.org.
BAKE SALE in aid of Little Blue Heroes will take place on Saturday 19th
September from 12 pm - 4 pm in Foróige, Spencer House, High Road, Letterkenny.
Some of our amazing young people from Foróige will be baking homemade treats for
this event. Your support would be appreciated. For more information or to donate
baked goods, please email: sinead.mccormack@foroige.ie
A TRIDUUM in preparation for the FEAST OF ST. P ADRE PIO will take place
at the Franciscan Friary, Rossnowlagh from Sunday 20th September until
Wednesday 23rd Wednesday . There will be Mass, Homily and Blessing with his
Mitten at 7.30 pm each evening. Preacher will be Fr. Pius McLaughlin, OFM who
met St. Padre Pio. All are very welcome for these prayerful celebrations.
HUMAN LIFE INTERNATIONAL IRELAND: Presents Fr. Lawrence
Carney (USA), international speaker and author of “The Secret of the Holy Face ”,
will be visiting Ireland in September. He will speak at the Blessed Sacrament Chapel,
Knock on Friday 25th September at 6.45 pm and at the Canal Court Hotel, Newry,
on Tuesday 29th September at 6.45 pm. They will have a First Class Relic of St
Thérèse for veneraton. Free admission. Donations welcome. For further details,
please visit: www.humanlife.ie or phone 0949375993.
A CHURCH GATE COLLECTION will take place for the RE-
DEVELOPMENT OF ARDS FRIARY next weekend, 26th and 27th September .
Your support would be greatly appreciated. Elusive Theatre will be hosting a ‘LIVING HISTORY PERFORMANCE’
about the building of St. Eunan's Cathedral based on a script from Kieran Kelly
on Culture Night, Friday 18th September at 6.15 pm and 7.30 pm. All are welcome.
The CONWAL SINGERS will perform in St. Eunan ’s Cathedral on Friday 18th
September (Culture Night) at 8 pm. Sunday 13th September ~ Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary
Masses: 8 am, 10 am, 12 noon and 6 pm
Baptisms: 2.30 pm
Monday 14th September ~ The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
8 am Mass ~ Special Intention
10 am Mass ~ Special Intention
Tuesday 15th September ~ Our Lady of Sorrows
8 am Mass ~ Special Intention
10 am Mass ~ Priest ’s Intention
Holy Face Prayer Group after 10 am Mass and Rosary
Legion of Mary Meeting ~ 10.30 am in the Pastoral Centre
Wednesday 16th September ~ Ss. Cornelius and Cyprian
8 am Mass ~ Dariusz Kos RIP
10 am Mass ~ Peter Browne RIP
7.30 pm ~ Confessions
Thursday 17th September ~ St. Robert Bellarmine
8 am Mass ~ Mick Gallagher RIP 10 am Mass ~ Priest ’s Intention
8 pm ~ Charismatic Prayer Group in the Conference Room
Friday 18th September
8 am Mass ~ Living Members of the Raphoe Diocesan Society
10 am Mass ~ Hugo McNulty RIP
7 pm Mass ~ Michael Sweeney (Month ’s Mind Mass) , Agnes Geary, Art
McLoone, Anne McLoone, William Devenney, James McTaggart, Edward
McCauley, Carmel McCallion, Joseph Ward, Katie Ward, Maud Gormley and
Colman Barrett RIP
Saturday 19th September ~ St. Januarius, bishop and martyr
10 am Mass ~ Special Intention Nuptial ~ 1 pm
Confessions: 12 noon - 1 pm and 7 pm
Baptisms: 4 pm Vigil Mass ~ 6 pm
Sunday 20th September ~ Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Masses: 8 am, 10 am, 12 noon and 6 pm
Baptisms: 2.30 pm
MASS FOR THE FEAST OF ST. EUNAN will be celebrated in St. Eunan ’s
Terrace (off Convent Road) on Wednesday 23rd September at 7 pm .