Kilmore

Parish Church

Fr Denis Doyle, P.P.

Newsletter

Weekly newsletter of St Mary's Church, Kilmore, Co Wexford.

Fr Denis Doyle, P.P. Telephone: (053) 913 5181 or (087) 926 0430.

Website: www.kilmoreparish.com. E-mail: newsletter2@eircom.net.

This issue dated the weekend of 28-29 July 2007 .

First Friday

Healing the Family Mass

Certificate in Pastoral

Next Friday (3rd) is the first Friday of

This special Healing the Family Tree

Ministry course

the month. All the sick will be visited

mass is held on the First Friday of the

We at Wexford Campus IT Carlow are

on that day at the usual time,

month in the Stella Maris Centre at

delighted to announce that we will be

including the sick in the Mulrankin

7.45 p.m. and is facilitated by Fr Jim

running the Certificate in Pastoral

area. There will be evening mass in

Cogley.

Ministry course again during the

Mulrankin at 7.00 p.m. and in Kilmore

coming academic year. Last year the

at 7.30 p.m.

Photocopying service

course proved to be a resounding

A photocopying service is available at

success and having taken on board

This week’s reflection

the AOH Hall, Bridgetown.

some of the constructive comments

When someone asks how you are, and

from participants, we have made

your reply is “Bad” you are being

Grandparents’ pilgrimage

some small adjustments to the course.

selfish, for there are many that are

The First National Grandparents’

This course is designed to facilitate

much worse off than you. When a

Pilgrimage takes place on Saturday

the human, spiritual and pastoral

smile is not forthcoming from another

22nd September at Our Lady of Knock

development of

be generous and offer them your

Shrine, Knock, Co Mayo. Dr Michael

participants at a time

smile instead. No one needs a smile

Neary, Archbishop of Tuam, will lead

when there is

more badly than one who is not able

the pilgrimage. Key Note Speaker:

growing awareness of

to offer one to others.

Dana. Stations of the Cross and

the importance of

Rosary at 2.00 p.m. followed by

collaborative ministry

Parish lottery results

Pilgrimage Mass and Anointing of the

in the Church. This

The winning numbers in last week’s

Sick at 3.00 p.m. Choral singing by the

programme is built around those

community lotto were 2 – 15 – 16 – 27.

Mayo School of Music Youth Choir, Cill

elements, which are considered

There was no jackpot winner and we

Aodáin Choral Society and Our Lady’s

relevant for effective pastoral ministry

had two match-three winners who

Choir, Castlebar.

in contemporary Ireland.

each received €100.00. The winners

Who might be interested? All who

were Elizabeth O’Keeffe (Scope), and

School Improvements

wish to gain a deeper appreciation of

Fr Denis (Kilmore Parish). Ticket sales

Just to let everyone know what will be

the necessity of fruitful collaboration

were up from 946 to 989. Next week’s

happening around our school over the

between lay and ordained ministries,

jackpot will be €9600.00. Thank you

next few weeks. Back in April we were

those who are involved in parish

for supporting our Community lotto.

granted funding to insulate the school,

ministry e.g. readers, Eucharistic

yes, as incredible as it may sound,

ministers, members of pastoral

Children’s Mass

there was no insulation in our school,

councils, and teachers of Religious

The children’s mass continues this

this will mean boring the outer walls

Education and those involved in

Sunday as normal at 12.00 noon. All

to pump in the insulation, which also

pastoral programmes.

children are welcome.

means we will need to re-plaster the

Subjects addressed include

outside of the school. Also we have

Introduction to Ministry, Building

Missionaries of Africa

been funded to provide bus parking as

Community, Understanding the Bible,

A member of the Missionaries of Africa

well and that will entail a bus bay,

Liturgy and Worship, Canon Law,

will preach at all masses in the parish

capable of taking three buses and

Pastoral Leadership, Faith Formation,

next weekend (4th & 5th August).

hopefully some mini-buses. This work

Liturgy, and Pastoral Skills.

will be all starting D.V. next week.

Course Times: Monday evenings 7.00

Thank You from St Mary’s

p.m. to 9.30 p.m. (Beginning Monday

Day Care Centre

October 1st).

Everyone at St Mary’s Day Care

Cost: €350.00 per year. We have 36

Centre, Tagoat, would like to thank

places available and places will be

you for your generosity to their recent

allocated on a strictly first come first

church gate collection. The amount

basis. We already have 10 people on a

raised was €507.80. This money is

waiting list from last year. For further

greatly appreciated and will help with

information or to receive an

heating and food costs. Without these

application form, contact Wexford

funds, St Mary’s could not run as a

Free newspaper

The Catholic newspaper "Alive" is free

Campus, Summerhill Road, Wexford.

charity organisation for the elderly.

and copies are available in the church

Telephone (053) 912 2992 or email

porches. Do take a copy or two.

wex@itcarlow.ie.

Around the Parish

Sunday of the Year : (with page number in the Parish Mass Book Year C Part 2). This

[See overleaf for notice of

weekend is the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (page 54) and next weekend is the 18th Sunday in

changes, if any, during the

Ordinary Time (page 57).

coming week.]

Newsletter sponsor : This is the second week’s sponsor by a parishioner who wishes to

 Kilmore

remain anonymous who is sponsoring our newsletter for two weeks. Thank you.

Fr. Denis Doyle, P.P.

Telephone:

Feast days during the week : Tuesday (31st) St Ignatius of Loyala. Wednesday (1st) St

(053) 913 5181 or

Alphonsus Liguori. Saturday (4th) St John Vianney.

(087) 926 0430.

Masses

This week we pray for the souls of . . .

Mon - Friday: 9.00am.

Saturday: 10.00am and

 Bridie and Pat Bates , The Hill, 7.30 p.m. mass Saturday 28th,

7.30pm.

 Margaret Horan , Dublin, 10.00 a.m. mass Sunday 29th,

Sunday: 10.00am.

 Eileen O’Keeffe , Ballycapogue, 11.00 a.m. mass Mulrankin, Sunday 29th,

 Alice Devereux , Ballyseskin, 9.00 a.m. mass Tuesday 31st,

Readers

 Fr Donald McDonald , 9.45 a.m. mass Mulrankin Thursday 2nd,

28th: Laura Hayes

29th: Frank Lonergan

 James and Elizabeth Boggan , Ballygrangans, 7.30 p.m. mass Friday 3rd,

4th: Pádraig Daly

 Robin Roche , Ballyseskin, 7.30 p.m. mass Saturday 4th,

5th: Mary Power

 Cormac O’Brien , Sarshill, 10.00 a.m. mass Sunday 5th,

 Jimmy Devlin , Lannaghbeg, 12 noon mass Sunday 5th (Month’s Mind),

Eucharistic Ministers

28th: Christine Murphy

 Bridget Kielty , The Commons, 11.00 a.m. mass Mulrankin, Sunday 5th, and

29th: Pearl Bates and

 Patricia Russell , Swords, Co Dublin, and Noel Cloney , Crossabeg, whose anniversaries

Rose Hurley

occur at this time.

4th: Bernie Rowe and

Anne Cousins

We also remember, and pray for, all our loved ones who died and all those whose anniversaries

5th: Pádraig Flynn and

occur about this time. May they rest in peace.

Pearl Bates

Adoration : Thursday

Tickets are €10 and are

10.00am to 9.00pm.

available from

Peggy's, Bridgetown,

 Mulrankin

P.J’s, Kilmore,

Masses

Nicky Cullen’s,

Tues - Friday: 9.45am.

Kilmore Quay, and

Sunday: 11.00am

Odlums,

Baldwinstown.

Readers

29th: Patricia O’Byrne

5th: Ina Neville

Your support for this

worthy cause would be

Adoration : Tuesday

greatly appreciated.

9.30am to 12 noon and

6.00 to 9.00pm.

 Kilmore Quay

Fr. Jim Cogley, C.C.

Telephone:

(053) 912 9638 or

Social and Family Affairs. Further information

(086) 247 1063.

Guillemot Golf Society news

available from the SCOPE Information Centre

Masses

There was a good turn out last Sunday (21th)

on (053) 917 5722.

Tues - Friday: 9.30am.

at Abbey par 3 in Fethard. The results were:

Saturday: 6.30pm.

Murt Clooney 36pts, Brendan Doyle 36pts, and

Sunday: 10.30am.

Niall Crosbie 34pts. Gross Marty Walsh 29pts.

This weekend’s Gospel

FN Trish Boyd 19pts. BN Peter Doyle 16pts.

Prayer is at the heart of Christian life.

Adoration : Saturday

Juniors: Darragh Bates 33pts and Darren

2.00pm to 6.30pm.

In today’s Gospel, the disciples observe Jesus

Doyle 31pts. Our next outing is next Sunday

at prayer. It is something they must have seen

(5th) in Rathaspeck. Tee time is 7.30 to 8.30.

 _Tomhaggard

many times, and it must have made a

Kevin Sheil to organize prizes. We are just half

profound impression on them. They wanted to

Masses

way through this year’s season and the player

be able to pray like that too. So, when he had

Monday: 9.30am.

of the year standings are joint 1st place Derek

Saturday: 7.30pm.

finished, one of them approaches him and

Evans and Toddy Whelan, 2nd place Niall

asks him to teach them how to pray. Jesus

Adoration :

Crosbie, 3rd place Joe Lawlor, 4th place Murt

teaches them the Our Father.

Monday

Clooney. and 5th place Brendan Doyle.

9.30am to

Why don’t

7.00pm.

Senior SmartPass Card

you think of

This scheme allows you to travel for free on

someone who

the various travel services operating within

needs your

The Gospel this

Northern Ireland using a Senior SmartPass

prayers and

say the Our

weekend is from Luke

card. To qualify for free travel within Northern

Ireland you must be aged 66 or over and have

Father for

11:1-13.

a free travel pass from the Department of

them today?