Parish Missions
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Vision
Structure of Mission
Available Themes
Door to Door Visits
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Vision
Our Parish Mission Team proclaims the Gospel in a relevant encouraging and challenging way. Recognising our own need for constant conversion and renewal, we seek to present the person of Jesus and our Catholic Faith in an uplifting way, which invites a new openness to the Holy Spirit. We wish to encourage Parish Communities to realise that God has a mission plan for them. We seek to help parishioners deepen their personal relationship with Jesus and the Church.
We see this happening through:
Parish Mission Structure
Phase 1, Pre – MissionIt is vitally important that our missions are well prepared. This means working in partnership with the Priests and laity of the Parish at an early stage. Our Pre – Mission co-ordinator visits the Parish {usually six months to a year before the event} to explain the ethos and practicalities of a Ceili Community Parish Mission. We have a variety of Parish Mission structures (see Available Themes). These themes can be adopted to meet particular needs and local circumstances.
Our Pre – Mission Co-ordinator seeks to:-
Phase 2, Two Week Mission Event.
Week One: House to house visitation and National/Primary school mission.
During the first week of the mission our door to door Visiting Team spend most of their day on door to door visitation. They call on as many parishioners as possibly to pray in the homes and invite people to the Mission services.
Our Primary School Mission Team during this time works in the school(s) with staff and children. This helps to present the Gospel to the whole school community.
Week Two: Mission Services.
The last week of the Mission concentrates on the celebration of our Catholic faith and on-going conversion through:-
Encouraging the faith of priests and people.
The celebration of the sacraments {especially The Eucharist and Reconciliation}.
Preaching.
Liturgy.
One – to - one prayer ministry.
Phase 3, Follow - Up.
As part of Ceili’s ongoing assessment we desire to evaluate our Parish Missions with the Priests parish staff and significant lay people. This gives all concerned an opportunity to talk about the Parish and its needs. It is Ceili’s desire to have on-going follow-up with the parish.
Where appropriate Ceili Community can be available to continue working with and equipping the Parish to become more effective in their mission by providing training in:-
- Basic evangelisation.
- Door to door outreach.
- Making contact with new housing developments.
- Pastoral planning.
- Leadership.
We offer a variety of mission approaches and themes.
Missions can be tailor-made for the Parish so that a choice of services for all Mission Events are optional and can be adapted to suit the Parish’s requirements and needs. At the discretion of the Parish and the Ceili Parish Mission Team, the range of Services may include (as necessary and appropriate):-Option 1 - Missions based on the Beatitudes
(can also be a Novena Mission)
Day 1
Blessed are the Meek
(What Controls Me?)
Day 2
Blessed are those who Mourn
(Facing our Brokenness)
Day 3
Blessed are the Pure in Heart
(Does it matter how I live?)
Day 4
Blessed are the Poor in Spirit
( Is Wealth my Health?)
Day 5
Blessed are the Peace Makers
(Does wrong still exist?)
Day 6
Blessed are those who thirst for justice
(Justice-a Way of Life)
Day 7
Blessed are the Merciful
(God’s Healing Touch)
Day 8
Blessed are those who suffer…
(Living the Gospel in the World)
Day 9
Rejoice and be glad...
(Eucharist, our Bread of Life) or
(Mary, our Model for Life)Option 2 - "Take Ten"
9 Day Novena style Missions based on the 10 Commandments
(Can also be condensed into a one week Mission)
Day 1
(First Choice)
First Commandment
Day 2
(That Perfect Name)
Second Commandment
Day 3
(Relax & Live)
Third Commandment
Day 4
(Rooted in Family)
Fourth Commandment
Day 5
(Hot Heads or Warm Hearts)
Fifth Commandment
Day 6
(God's Affair, My Affair)
Sixth Commandment
Day 7
(Honesty helps 'Honestly')
Seventh Commandment
Day 8
(Truth Decay)
Eighth Commandment
Day 9
(Is Greed our Creed?)
Ninth & Tenth CommandmentsOption 3 - "I Have Come that you may have Life"
7 Day Parish Missions based on the Sacraments
Day 1
Baptism
A special celebration for all especially those Parishioners Baptised in the last five years
Day 2
Confirmation
A special welcome for all especially those Confirmed in the six years
Day 3
The Holy Eucharist
An invitation, explanation and celebration of the Catholic Mass
Day 4
Reconciliation
Open to all especially those who find it difficult and have not been able to come to this loving Sacrament
Day 5
Sacrament of the Sick
Healing and wholeness with Anointing
A special Mass for those suffering in any way.
Day 6
Holy Orders
An explanation and encouragement to those who have received this sacrament and all who are thinking about it.
Day 7
Marriage
A celebration of Family life, commitment to each other, promise to love, share and be true. Mass and special blessing for all married couples with an invitation to all partners who may not usually come to church.Option 4 - What's in a Life?
7 Day Retreat style Missions based on the Life of Christ
Day 1
"A Pre-announced Life"
Focus on Dignity of the Human Person
Day 2
"The Craving for Life"
Focus on Commitment
Day 3
"The Bread of Life"
Focus on the Eucharist
Day 4
"To Honour a Life"
Focus on Resurrection
Day 5
"The Oxygen of Life"
Focus on Wholeness
Day 6
"The Mother of Life"
Focus on Our Lady
Day 7
"Words of Life"
Focus on Reconciliation (Service)Option 5 - Parish Mini-Mission
4 Day Missions based on the Blessed Trinity and Building Community
Day1
"Have We A Father?"
(The Father)
Day 2
Who Do You Say I Am?
(Son)
Day 3
"That’s What I Call Living!"
(Holy Spirit)
Day 4
"What Holds Us Together?"
(How Do We Build Community?)Option 6 - Mission Geared to a busy city parish
Weekend 1
Building Catholic Community in a secular society.
Tuesday
"Time for Me"
(The need to find time for God in our busy lives.)
Wednesday
"At one with God"
(Recognising Sin in our secular society.)
Thursday
"Time for God"
(Exploring ways to pray in a busy lifestyle.)
Friday
"Healed by God"
(Healing the broken areas of our lives.)
Final Weekend
"Let us give thanks and praise."
(Eucharist as the 'source and summit' of Catholic Community)Door to Door Visitation
“The Mission of being the primary cell of society has been given to the family by God himself. This mission will be accomplished if the family, by the mutual affection of its members and by family prayer, presents itself as a domestic sanctuary of the Church; if the whole family takes its part in the Church’s liturgical worship; if finally it offers active hospitality, and practices justice and other good works for the benefit of all its brothers and sisters suffering from want."(Decree on the Apostolate of Laypeople. #11)
The praying in and blessing of a home is a very important and memorable occasion in the life of a Christian family. That is why it is right for us as members of Ceili Community, to make it a vital part of our Parish Mission strategy.
Purpose and Aims of a Home Visitation
- To be obedient to Christ’s command.
- To present the person of Christ in a home setting.
- To work as a collaborate Model of Church.
- To make personal contact with people.
- To pray in the home.
- To show that the Church cares.
- To encourage those who attend Mass.
- To make contact with those who have “lapsed”.
- To help publicise the Mission.
Some Volunteer Visitors
What are people saying about our missions?
“A Mission well prepared, well organised, relevant and entertaining”. (Priests of Cavan Cathedral)“I have been out and about since the Mission ended and heard nothing but praise for the Preached Mission in the Churches and the catechising in the Schools by the school mission team” (Fr Donal Hannon Swanlinbar, Co. Cavan)
“Down to earth Mission with fantastic work done by the Door-to Door Visitation Team. Good content during the Preached Mission week with excellent handout after each session - tremendous help given to people through the Prayer Ministry”. (Priests of Long Tower Parish Derry City).“The style and content of Ceili’s Mission fitted our Parish. The Priest, teachers and Parishioners were delighted”. (Fr Seamus Heaney PP Delvin Co. Westmeath.)“A most professional approach to Mission in its preparation and execution. The congregation were held by the themes. The Missions to our schools were vital for this area”. (Priests of Togher Parish Cork City)“The Priest, Sisters and Parish Pastoral Council were fulsome in their praise for your work. No negative vibes at all. It is satisfying to hear good news in troubled times”. (Fr. Tom Carroll PP Holy Family Parish Limerick)Bookings
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