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 23-24 February 2008 .
Reflection and prayer
Mass times for Lent
the school for an application form or
“Unless there is room in our reality to
During the Lenten season we will have
contact the school on (053) 913 5230.
embrace and touch the lives of those
evening mass in Kilmore at 7.30pm on
Parents who have already completed a
who have no chance without us,
Tuesday and Friday and in Mulrankin
form for enrolment will be contacted
unless we reach out our hands from
on Tuesday at 8.00pm and on Friday
in due course.
our world and touch the lives of those
at 7.00pm.
whose worlds we cannot begin to
Drugs Awareness meeting
comprehend, we deny something
Recent Baptism
What can you do if your child starts
essential in ourselves.”
We congratulate and welcome into our
taking drugs ? Come along to an open
Lord, I have so much in material terms
community Sarah Agnes Cousins,
information meeting on Monday 3rd
and yet I am never completely
daughter of Paul and Nessa Cousins,
March at 8.00pm in
content. I do not appreciate how
Bastardstown, who was baptised in
Kilmore Community
fortunate life has been for me. In the
Kilmore last weekend.
Hall. A panel of
face of those less well off, I see your
speakers will
challenge to take my head out of the
‘Alive’ newspaper
share information
clouds and face the reality of my
on all aspects of
The Catholic newspaper "Alive" is free
extravagance and wastefulness. For all
substance misuse.
and is available in the church porches.
the people who are suffering as a
We cannot do it
Do take a copy or two as you leave
result of climate change that they may
alone. We all need
the church.
find comfort in God’s love and our
information and support. All are
practical support.
welcome.
Parish lottery results
The winning numbers in this week’s
community lotto were 3-7-16-21. We
Good Friday Fast
Our yearly sponsored twelve-hour fast
had no jackpot winner and we had
is being organized again this year on
eight match winners who each
Good Friday, from 9.00am till 9.00pm.
received €100.00. The winners were
This year’s fast is once again in aid of
Colin Kennedy, Janice Jordan and Pat
Fr Denis’s mission in Brazil and
Carley (G.A.A.), Willie Murphy, Emma
Kilmore Outreach Programme for
White and Kay Wickham (Kilmore
Uganda. Last year’s fast raised
Parish), Tom Roche (Stella Maris), and
€8576.00 and sincere thanks to all
Dillon Crowley (Scope). Ticket sales
who endured the day without food
were down a little from 930 to 917.
and also to those who sponsored
Our jackpot now stands at €4,800.00.
people or gave donations for these
Thank you for supporting our
two very worthy causes. For those
community lotto.
who are thinking of doing the fast this
year sponsorship cards are available
Photocopying and fax
from this weekend in the sacristy in all
Photocopying and fax services are
churches in the parish.
available at the AOH Hall.
Set dancing on Friday
Service of Light
Set dancing starts in Kilmore
As you know Confirmation takes place
Community Hall next Friday (29th)
in the parish on Friday 14th March. In
from 8.30pm until 10.30pm under
Trócaire boxes available
preparation for this sacrament a
instructor John Doyle. It will run for 10
If you didn’t get a Trócaire box yet
Service of Light will take place in the
weeks and then break for summer and
please take one as you leave the
Parish Church, Kilmore, next Thursday
return in September. It costs €5.00
Church and by our sacrifices for Lent,
(28th) at 7.00pm. All are welcome to
per night to include a cuppa and
try to really help someone less well off
attend.
biscuit. All are welcome to come along
than ourselves.
and enjoy the dancing whether you
Primary school enrolment
are amateur and want to learn, or you
Children’s Mass continues
Would parents please note that we are
are already well trained in the art of
Children’s Mass continues this Sunday
currently taking applications for
set dancing, it all makes for a fun
at 12 noon. All children most welcome.
admission to school for the new school
night out and maybe down the line we
year and invite you to either call into
will get the old ceile’s back.
Around the Parish
Sunday of the Year : (with page number in Parish Mass Book Year A, Part 1). This weekend is
[See overleaf for notice of
the 3rd Sunday of Lent (page 77) and next weekend is the 4th Sunday of Lent (page 80).
changes, if any, during the
coming week.]
Newsletter sponsor : This is the second week’s sponsor by a parishioner living abroad
who looks forward to reading our newsletter on the internet each weekend and who is sponsoring
our newsletter for three weeks. Thank you.
Kilmore
Fr. Denis Doyle, P.P.
Feast days this week : Saturday (1st) St David.
Telephone:
(053) 913 5181 or
This week we pray for the souls of . . .
(087) 926 0430.
John Kehoe , Lannaghbeg, 7.30pm mass Saturday 23rd,
Masses
Kitty Reville , Grange, 10.00am mass Sunday 24th,
Mon - Friday: 9.00am.
Tommy , Katie and Kathleen O’Keefe , Mulrankin, 11.00am mass
Saturday: 10.00am and
Mulrankin, Sunday 24th,
7.30pm.
Vats Lava Powasky , 7.30pm mass Friday 29th,
Sunday: 10.00am.
John McNamara , Wales, 7.30pm mass Saturday 1st,
Adoration : Thursday
Ellen Kehoe , Bridgetown,
10.00am to 9.00pm.
Jane Hughes , Gollough, whose anniversary occurs at this time and,
Attracta Furlong , Tullibards, who died during the week.
Mulrankin
We also remember, and pray for, all our loved ones who died and all those whose anniversaries
Masses
occur about this time. May they rest in peace.
Tues - Friday: 9.45am.
Sunday: 11.00am
Adoration : Tuesday
Leinster quarter-final
9.30am to 12 noon and
Kilmore United are the sole representatives from Wexford left in the Leinster Shield competition.
6.00 to 9.00pm.
They will try to get in to the last four this Sunday (24th) when they take on Glencormac United
from Wicklow. The match is at home at 2pm, so all support is needed.
Kilmore Quay
Heart Health meeting on Tuesday in White’s Hotel
Fr. Jim Cogley, C.C.
A public information evening on Heart Health is being held on Tuesday (26th) at 7.30pm in
Telephone:
White's Hotel, Wexford. Refreshments will be available from 7pm. Everyone is welcome and
(053) 912 9638 or
(086) 247 1063.
admission is free.
Masses
Spring Course: Raising Confident, Competent Children
Tues - Friday: 9.30am.
The Co Wexford Education Centre, Milehouse Road, Enniscorthy, is holding a Spring Course titled
Saturday: 6.30pm.
Sunday: 10.30am.
“Raising Confident, Competent Children” with tutor Peadar Maxwell, Psychologist, on Wednesday
(27th) from 7.30pm until 9.30pm Admission is free of charge. The talk focuses on the building
Adoration : Saturday
blocks for success, social skills, problem-solving skills and becoming independent. The seminar
2.00pm to 6.30pm.
comprises a 60-minute presentation and a 30-minute question and answer session. If you would
like to book please go to our website www.ecwexford.ie and fill-in the online booking form or
Tomhaggard
telephone Samantha at (053) 923 9100.
Masses
Monday: 9.30am.
Saturday: 7.30pm.
Adoration :
Monday
9.30am to
7.00pm.
Readers of the Word
Kilmore
23rd: Laura Hayes
24th: Frank Lonergan
1st: Pádraig Daly
2nd: Rita Power
Mulrankin
24th: Mary Kehoe
2nd: Patricia O’Byrne
Eucharistic Ministers
Kilmore
23rd: Bernie Rowe and
Teresa McDonald
24th: Mary Power and
Pádraig Flynn
1st: Tomás Power and
Marian McGlynn
2nd: Pearl Bates and
T. J. Power