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 24-25 November 2007 .
Special Feast Day
supporting our Community lotto. All
‘Alive’ newspaper
This Sunday (25th) is the feast of
ticket sellers please note that the draw
The Catholic newspaper "Alive" is free
Christ the King.
takes place at 9.00pm. Please return
and is available in the church porches.
your tickets on or before 8.50pm, as
Do take a copy or two as you leave
tickets have to be counted and
the church.
checked. Your co-operation would be
much appreciated.
Blood donors needed
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Children’s Mass continues
will be visiting the Talbot Hotel,
The Children’s Mass continues this
Wexford, 25-29 November. Clinic
Sunday at 12 noon. All children are
times are as follows: Sunday (25th) 12
most welcome.
noon to 4 pm. Monday (26th),
Tuesday (27th), Wednesday (28th)
Holy Rosary each morn
and Thursday (29th) 4.30-8.30 pm.
For the month of November the rosary
Donor Information Line LoCall 1850
will be recited for the Holy Souls
731 137. The IBTS is at present
before mass each morning in both
experiencing difficulty in collecting
Kilmore and Mulrankin.
enough voluntary blood donations in
order to meet hospital requirements of
Savings Bank deadline
3,000 units of blood a week. It is
Our savings bank in Kilmore and
important that we all remember that
Mulrankin/Tomhaggard closes this
patients always need our blood and
weekend (24th/25th) and we ask all
this need never stops regardless of
card holders with savings to hand in
what else is going on in the world.
their saving cards, so that your card
can be checked with our register and
Choral Concert
then hopefully all payments will be
Our Coral Concert this year takes
There will be a special celebration in
paid on the week ending 7th-9th
place at 8pm in the Parish Church on
the parish Church. We begin with
December. The cover charge is again
Thursday 6th of December. This year
Benediction at 2.00pm followed by
only €1.
the proceeds go to our Tops Group
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
whose members are celebrating
which concludes at 6.00pm with
“Twenty years of Tops”. What a
Benediction again. All are welcome.
Bingo this weekend
You are invited to play Bingo in the
marvellous achievement and they
Stella Maris Centre this Sunday (25th)
deserve our support! So please
This week’s reflection
at 8pm. All are welcome.
reserve Thursday 6th for them.
Remembering is a beautiful thing. It
will be the little things that you will
remember, the quiet moments, the
Kilmore Community Alert
smiles, the laughter. And although it
meeting on Thursday
may seem hard right now, it will be
A meeting of Kilmore Community Alert
the memories of these little things that
will be held in the AOH Hall,
help to push away the pain and bring
Bridgetown, at 8.00pm on Thursday
the smiles.
(29th). All committee members are
asked to attend. The meeting will also
Parish lottery results
be open to the public. We would
The winning numbers in last week’s
appreciate a few more members,
community lotto were 6-7-14-26.
particularly persons to represent the
The Choral Concert features special
There was no jackpot winner and we
Ballyhealy and Tomhaggard areas.
guest George Lawlor, Kilmore Parish
had three match-three winners who
Choir, the Bridgetown Vocational
each received €70. The winners were
Congratulations lads
College Choir, Kilmore Tops through
Tony and Angela Furlong (G.A.A.),
We congratulate the minor hurlers
the Ages, the Kilmore Children’s
Nick Sinnott, (G.A.A.), and Keith Hore
who won the County Final on Sunday
Group, and a host of local talent.
(Ladies Football). Ticket sales were up
last beating Rathgarogue/Cushinstown
Admission is €10 for adults and €3 for
from 1108 to 1122. Next week’s
with only one point to spare. Well-
children. Tickets are available in the
jackpot will be €13,000. Thank you for
done lads!
local shops.
Around the Parish
Sunday of the Year : (with page number). This weekend is the Solemnity of Christ the King
[See overleaf for notice of
(page 93 in Parish Mass Book Year C, Part 2) and next weekend is the 1st Sunday of Advent (page
changes, if any, during the
26 in Parish Mass Book Year A, Part 1).
coming week.]
Newsletter sponsor : This is the first week’s sponsor by a parishioner who wishes to
remain anonymous who is sponsoring our newsletter for two weeks. Thank you.
Kilmore
Fr. Denis Doyle, P.P.
Feast Days this coming week : Sunday (25th): Christ the King. Friday (30th): St
Telephone:
Andrew, Apostle.
(053) 913 5181 or
(087) 926 0430.
This week we pray for the souls of . . .
Masses
Peggy Power , The Lake, Bridgetown, 7.30pm mass Saturday 24th,
Mon - Friday: 9.00am.
Myles and Peg O’Rourke , Wexford 10.00am mass Sunday 25th,
Saturday: 10.00am and
Patrick and Mary Grannell , Bridgetown, 11.00am mass Mulrankin,
7.30pm.
Sunday 25th,
Sunday: 10.00am.
The Grannell Family , Bridgetown, 9.45am mass Mulrankin, Tuesday 27th,
Readers
William and Josie Winters , Ballygrangans, 7.30pm mass Saturday 1st,
24th: Sheila Reid
Nigel Hoddell , The Hill, 10.00am mass Sunday 2nd,
25th: Rita Power
Kathleen Doyle , Bridgetown, (Months Mind) 11.00am mass Mulrankin, Sunday 2nd,
1st: Máire Fortune
Emily Kehoe , Dublin, whose anniversary occurs at this time, and
2nd: Jane Crosbie
Jimmy Stamp , Mulrankin, who was buried during the week.
Eucharistic Ministers
We also remember and pray for Catherine Lambert , Cousinstown, Paddy Kavanagh ,
24th: Teresa McDonald &
Tullibards, Jane Hughes , Gollough, Jimmy Devlin , Lannaghbeg, Liam Sheil , Rackardstown,
Tomás Power
Peter Bates , Grange, Sonny Barry , Kilmore Quay, Nick Bates , Dublin (formerly Grange),
25th: Pádraig Flynn and
Pat Boyle , Rackardstown, Jim Condon , Seaview, and Ita Gorman , Ballask, all of whom died
Martin Bates
1st: Marian McGlynn and
during the year.
Christine Murphy
We also remember, and pray for, all our loved ones who died and all those whose anniversaries
2nd: Pearl Bates and
T.J. Power
occur about this time. May they rest in peace.
Adoration : Thursday
communities in the developing world. This
10.00am to 9.00pm.
Tops Group rehearsal
Children's rehearsal continues this Sunday
year’s Global Gifts include chicks that will
(25th) in Kilmore Community Hall from
provide eggs for families devastated by HIV
Mulrankin
12.30pm to 1.30 pm.
and AIDS in east Africa, school packs for
Masses
Burmese refugees, seeds and trees for families
Tues - Friday: 9.45am.
in central Africa, survival kits for refugee
Sunday: 11.00am
Far East and Africa
families in Uganda returning home having been
We promote just two religious magazines in
driven out by war, the gift of care for mothers
Readers
the school, namely Far East and Africa. Both
and newborn babies in Somalia, weaving looms
25th: Mary O’Brien
are glossy and contain lots of photos and
2nd: Marie Meleady
to help women in Guatemala earn a living, the
interesting articles and have children’s sections.
gift of a brighter future for young people in
Adoration : Tuesday
They keep readers informed of the changing
Liberia through skill training, the gift of water
9.30am to 12 noon and
challenge facing the missionary and give them
to help communities all over the world, and
6.00 to 9.00pm.
a sense of belonging in the work of the Church
houses for families in India. To purchase a
by supporting mission enterprises. You can get
Trócaire Global Gift log onto www.trocaire.org/
eight issues of Far East for an annual
Kilmore Quay
globalgift or call 1850 408 408.
subscription of €10.00 and nine issues of Africa
Fr. Jim Cogley, C.C.
Telephone:
for €9.00. Beat that for value! If you are
Local secretarial
(053) 912 9638 or
interested please send in subscriptions as soon
(086) 247 1063.
as possible to Mr Joe Caulfield.
services
Masses
Both a photocopying service and
Tues - Friday: 9.30am.
FDYS (Youth Work Ireland)
a fax service are available
Saturday: 6.30pm.
The FDYS is offering a Free and Confidential
at the SCOPE
Sunday: 10.30am.
Youth Counselling Service for those aged 11-25
Information Centre, AOH
Adoration : Saturday
years. If you need space to talk, and to have
Hall, Bridgetown, ’phone
2.00pm to 6.30pm.
someone listen and take you seriously contact
(053) 917 5722.
Mairéad at (053) 912 3262. The service is
Tomhaggard
available in Wexford, Enniscorthy, Gorey and
Gala Christmas Concert
New Ross.
The ninety-five Ferns Diocese representatives
Masses
for Sydney World Youth Day (WYD) are busy
Monday: 9.30am.
Saturday: 7.30pm.
Bookings for 2008
fundraising for their trip. Róisín Dempsey and
Please note that the diaries for 2008 are now in
Fr. Jim Fegan present a Gala Christmas Concert
Adoration :
and anyone wanting to book masses at any
at 8pm in St. Aidan’s Cathedral on Sunday 16th
Monday
December with all proceeds in aid of the Ferns
9.30am to
time for next year can do so now.
World Youth Day Pilgrimage. Tickets €20 from
7.00pm.
Trócaire’s Christmas gifts
the Cathedral Office and WYD people.
“Lord, I thank you for
Trócaire offers a range of ethical gifts that
people can purchase for friends and family this
Kilmore Parish Journal
the gift of faith. Help
Christmas, which Trócaire will distribute on
The launch of the Kilmore Parish Journal takes
me to live the faith I
their behalf to vulnerable families and
place on December 8th in Hotel Saltees,
profess.”
Kilmore Quay, at 8pm.