St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Glasthule.

The Word Today
Jesus spoke for himself. He spoke on his own authority. He made no distinction between his word and God's word. He was God's mouth, God's voice, God's authority. Small wonder if Christ's teaching did impress them. After all it was weighted with eternity.

Wednesday next: Feast St. Brigid,
Thursday : Presentation of the Lord and Blessing of Candles  Friday is the Feast of St. Blaise and Blessing of the throats at the 10am. Mass

Eucharistic Ministers
The February Roster is now available for collection in the Pastoral Centre and the Sacristy.

Last week's Collections
First Collection: €1,317
Share €800
Thanks for your generosity.

Stained Glass Collection
The monthly collection for the Stained Glass Fund takes place after all the Masses this weekend.

World Day of the Sick:
The Diocesan celebration of the 20th World Day of the Sick will be held in Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Mourne Road, Drimnagh on Sunday 5th Feb at 3pm. Archbishop Martin will be the main celebrant at Mass which will include a celebration of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.  Extensive parking will be available in the school grounds on Sperrin Road, beside the church. Refreshments will be served after Mass.

Carmelite Vocation? Next weekend
10th -12th February 2012 experience our cloistered contemplative life during a Monastic Weekend at the Carmelite Monastery, Delgany Co Wicklow. Single women (25-45 age group) interested in finding out more about a Carmelite Contemplative vocation are invited to share in our life of prayer, liturgy and work for a few days.
www.carmelitemonasterydelgany.ie

AA Meetings:
Take place in the  Parish Pastoral Centre every Thursday night from  8-10. All are welcome.

Coffee Morning:
Angela Haskins is holding her monthly Coffee Morning this Sunday for St Conleth's College Uganda Project. The project supports the 500 pupil Kitatya Secondary School in Kayunga.

B.E. - Beginning Experience :
B.E. Is a support group for those coping with the pain of loss of their life partner, through Death, Separation or Divorce. Few people are able to cope alone with the pain of loss.  This is a healing ministry, which helps to resolve the grief that goes with the end of a marriage or relationship. A team, who are themselves widowed, separated or divorced share their experiences with you. Next Coping Programme will commence on Wednesday 15th February 2012, for 7 Wednesday evenings, at 7.30pm in White Friars Community Centre, Aungier St., Dublin 2. For further information phone 6790556 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Coffee Dock Volunteers Roster
The February Roster is now available in the Parish Centre. Thank you all for lending a helping hand.
We are looking for more volunteers to help in the Coffee Dock.
If you are interested please leave your details in the Parish Office.
St Joseph's Young Priests' Society
are holding their next meeting in the Pastoral Centre on Friday 5th February. All are welcome to attend.

Winter Concert Greystones Orchestra
Peer Gynt Suites 1&11 -Grieg
Symphony No. 2-Beethoven
Conductor Ronan O'Reilly Sat next 5th Feb in Our Lady Queen of Peace Church Putland Rd, Bray at 8pm Tickets €15 (Concession €12) Contact 087 2564052

Test Your IQ :
Q In which battle did Napoleon die? His last battle.
Q What is the main reason for divorce?  Marriage!
Q How can a man go eight days without sleeping? No problem, he sleeps at night.
Q If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples and three oranges in other hand, what would you have? Very large hands.
Q How can u drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it ? Any way you want, concrete floors are very hard to crack.