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 11-12 August 2007 .

Holy Day this week

Children’s Mass

Healing weekend

Wednesday (15th) is the feast of the

The children’s mass continues this

A healing weekend is being held at

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Sunday as normal at 12.00 noon. All

Knock Shrine, Co Mayo, on August 24-

and is a Holy Day of Obligation.

children are welcome.

26. The package for the weekend

Masses in Kilmore on Tuesday evening

includes two nights bed and breakfast,

at 7.30pm and Wednesday morning at

Missionaries of Africa

two four-course dinners, two light

10.00am and in Mulrankin on

The missionaries who visited our

meals, coach fare and tips, all for only

Wednesday morning at 11.00am and

parish last weekend would like

€140. The weekend Leader is Fr

Wednesday evening at 7.30pm.

to express their sincere thanks

Ronnie Mitchell. Speakers include

to the people of the parish

Linda Schubert from the USA, Noel

This week’s reflection

who responded to their appeal so

Byrne, and others. For further

The most important thing in any

generously. The total collection for

information and for booking please

prayer is not what we say to God, but

parish was €3785.21. So, many thanks

contact Mary Curran at (053) 914

what God says to us. We are apt to

for your generosity and you have their

7111. A non- refundable deposit of €20

pray and then hurry away without

assurance that they will remember you

reserves a place.

giving God a chance to answer. I have

and your loved ones in their masses

so many things to do today; I dare not

and prayers.

Security Fare

ignore my time with God.

A Security Fair will take place on

Free newspaper

Saturday 15th September in Kilmore

Jackpot reaches €10,000

The Catholic newspaper "Alive" is free

Community Hall from 2.00pm to

The winning numbers in last week’s

and copies are available in the church

5.00pm. Further details available from

community lotto were 2-10-13-26.

porches. Do take a copy or two.

the Kilmore SCOPE Information

There was no jackpot winner and we

Centre, Bridgetown, ‘phone (053) 917

had seven match-three winners who

5722.

Bates’ Family Reunion

each received €30.00. The winners

Any Bates family member who would

were Aoibhne Kehoe, Enda Bourke,

like tickets for the Buffet and Dance in

Good luck ladies

Mary Tuohy, John Whelan (G.A.A.),

the Stella Maris Centre on Saturday

Kilmore Ladies Intermediate football

Paula Dempsey (Tops Group), and

25th August is asked to please contact

team is competing in the county semi-

Susan Nash and Ger Clooney (Kilmore

Bebe at (053) 913 5477 or (086) 817

final next Wednesday evening (15th)

Parish). Ticket sales were up from 949

5898.

in Clongeen at 7pm. Your support

to 974. Next week’s jackpot will be

would be most welcome.

€10,000.00. Thank you for supporting

our Community lotto.

The Padre Pio Glove

The St Pio glove will be in the home of

Photocopying service

Sophie Quirke, Batchelors Hall,

A photocopying service is available at

Baptism during the week

Hayestown, Wexford, this Sunday

the AOH Hall, Bridgetown.

We congratulate and welcome into our

(12th) from 11.30am to 5.30pm.

community Cillian James Bates, son of

Everybody is welcome. For more

Theology from home

Colin and Grace Bates, Tullabards,

information or directions, telephone

You can now study theology, either

who was baptised in Kilmore during

Sophie on (053) 914 3429.

for its own sake or for a degree, from

the week.

the comfort of your home! The

Dominicans in Tallaght are offering a

Pilgrimage

full programme through distance

season starts

learning – following the method of the

Open University – comprised of fifteen

on Wednesday

-week modules and supported by a

at Our Lady’s

network of centres around the

Island

country. This coming autumn the

modules on offer are Introduction to

Both the programme

Scripture and Introduction to

for this year’s

Theology, which can be studied

pilgrimage season and

together, or one at a time. For further

a letter from Bishop

information, contact The Priory

Brennan about the

Institute, Tallaght Village, Dublin 24,

pilgrimage are set out

telephone (01) 404 8127/404 8124, or

overleaf.

e-mail enquiries@prioryinstitute.com.