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5th November 2017

IMPORTANT

We remember all our benefactors and friends each

day in our Masses and prayers

Mass Office and Friary Shop Open Monday - Friday

(only) 10.30am—2.00pm

May the Virgin Mary help us to

take the first step each day in

order to build peace in love,

justice and truth.

NOVEMBER DEAD

LIST

Forms are now available in the Church Porch for

The November List

of the Dead

CHRISTMAS NOVENA OF MASSES ***************

Christmas Novena of Masses Cards are now available in the

Mass Office.

12 cards in each pack (Mass on each card)

€15.00 per pack (collected directly from shop)

€20.00 per pack (by post including p&p)

THE REMEMBRANCE TREE

The Remembrance Tree is an

Opportunity for us to remember our

friends and family who have gone

from us.

The name tags are available beside

the Tree. Please write the names you

want Remembered and place the tag

on the Tree.

BL. JOHN DUNS SCOTUS (1265-1308) Friar Minor - November 8

Born in Scotland of an Irish family that had settled there, John Duns received his early education in Dumfries. Join-ing the Franciscans, he was ordained on St Patrick’s Day, 1291 in Northampton (England). He continued his studies in Paris and Oxford, lectured in Cambridge in 1301 and

taught at the Sorbonne, Paris the following year where he became known as Scotus because of his country of origin. The fame of his genius and learning spread rapidly. In 1306 in Paris, he championed Mary’s Immacu-late Conception, refuting all objections against this prerogative, though it was not until 1854 that the dogma was solemnly defined. The Church’s approval of his Christocentric teaching (the primacy of Christ) was given by the institution of the feast of Christ the King in 1925. In 1307 Scotus moved to a teaching post in Cologne and soon afterwards he died there. Known as the Subtle and Marian Doctor, his immemorial cult was con-

firmed in 1993 by John Paul II.