St Mary's Parish, 82 West Street, Dunstable
Canon Tony Brennan Tel: 01582 662710
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: www.stmarys-dunstable.org
Parish Office Hours – Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 9.30 am – 1.30 pm
Parish Safeguarding Rep – Lin Bateman 07985922706
Diocesan & Pastoral website – www.northamptondiocese.org
Luton & Dunstable Deanery – www.lutonpastoralarea.org

 

FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT - 3RD DECEMBER 2023 

 

Sat 2nd  

      5-5.30pm

      6 pm

Confession followed by The Rosary

Pat & Marie O’Rourke Rip & Anne Fisher (Health)

 

Sunday 3rd

      9.30 am          

      11.30 am

Harvey Pereira & Emmanuel & Adeline Pereira RIP

followed by coffee morning

Rosalyn Leddy (Ann) & Maureen McKiernan (health)

 

Mon 4th

      NB 10am

Funeral – Mary Pereira

 

Tues 5th

      9.30am

      7pm-8pm

David Cheshire (B’day Rem)

In Thanksgiving to the SVP donators

Holy Hour and Confessions

 

Thurs 7th

      NB 8.30am

Joseph Matlak (B’Day Rem) & Rosaleen Gilmore (1st Ann)

 

Fri 8th

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

      NB10am

 

Cathy Canning (B’day Rem) & Laurie McHugh (Health)

Followed by a special coffee morning for our Feast Day

 

 SECOND COLLECTION THIS WEEKEND – SVP

 

 ADVENT SERVICES – Holy Hour Tuesdays, 5th, 12th, and 19th 7 pm-8 pm with confession.

Anointing of the sick – Tuesday 19th at 10 am. Confession Saturday 23rd Dec 10 am-11 am

Advent Penitential Service - Monday 18th December 2023 – 7.00 pm

at Holy Ghost, 33 Westbourne Road, Luton, LU4 8JD

BISHOP’S DAVID’S ADVENT MESSAGES – this week HOPE visit https://youtu.be/hT3iebbySDg?si=DcWo4ABCQrIBBA69

 

OLIVE WOOD CARVINGS FROM THE HOLY LAND ON SALE 9TH/10TH DECEMBER

Good Shepherd Company from the Holy Land (Bethlehem) based in Nottingham. To support and help the Christian families in the Holyland, to stay at work as olive wood carvers is one of the most important sources of income for them. Thank you for all your help and support.

 

SVP – meeting in the parish centre on Monday 4th at 7 pm.

KNIGHTS OF ST COLUMBA – meeting in the parish centre on Monday 4th at 7.30 pm

 

CONFIRMATION PREPARATION - St Mary’s confirmation program is now open for registrations of interest until Christmas.  Candidates must be in year 9 or above, and regularly attending mass at St Mary’s.  We have limited places, so please register your interest as soon as you can, and we will confirm places on Jan 4th. Registration is via the link on our parish website under ‘Faith Formation – Confirmation’: https://stmarys-dunstable.org/faith-formation/confirmation

 

SVP RAFFLE - Tickets for a Luxury Christmas Hamper, and other prizes, will be on sale in the church porch, on Tuesday/Sunday coffee mornings, and from the office during office hours only. If you have any suitable raffle prizes to donate, please drop them in to office.

 

CARITAS – LOVE CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGN – You can donate items to the parish office for Christmas ‘Bags of Kindness’ from Infants to elderly living in poverty or alone, as well as young carers and children from broken homes or in care this Christmas. There is a suggested list of gifts on the noticeboard. Gifts are to be handed in by 12th December. Gift bags are available in the Church porch.