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 1-2 March 2008 .
Happy Mother’s Day
Reflection and prayer for Lent
Her love is like an island in life‟s ocean
“The person who gives with a smile is the best giver, God loves a cheerful giver
vast and wide. A peaceful, quiet
and smile”.
shelter, from
Lord, I take the gift of life, health, education and water for granted. Make me
the wind, the
more conscious of the value of these gifts. May my support of Trócaire this Lent
rain, the tide.
bring new life to people who are parching for what I throw down the drain or
„Tis bound on
discard from my water bottle. I have the power to give new life to so many by
the north by
sharing what I have and using well the scarce commodity that is water in our
hope, by
world today.
patience on
the west, by
Drugs Awareness meeting on Monday
tender counsel
Just a reminder to everyone that our Drugs Awareness Meeting takes place this
on the south
Monday evening (3rd) in the community hall at 8.00pm sharp. Our panel of
and on the east by rest. Above it like a
speakers is Tommy Redmond (Co Wexford Community Drugs Worker), Niamh
beacon light, shine faith and truth,
Clancy (Drugs Outreach Worker for Wexford), a member of An Garda Síochána
and prayer. And thro‟ the changing
and Paul O‟Shea a member of Narcotics Anonymous .
scenes of life, I find a haven there.
May we wish all of them a very happy
and blessed Mother‟s Day.
Health and Community Centre in Brazil
This is a photo of the Health and Community Centre as promised last Sunday. As
you can see it is a huge building, in fact it is a two story building 40metres long by
First Friday
12metres wide. At the
Friday (7th) is the first Friday of
lower end, which you
March; all the sick will be visited at the
cannot see, it is a three
usual time on that day including the
storey building with a
sick in Mulrankin. Evening mass in
room 20metres by
Mulrankin at 7.00pm and Kilmore at
12metres. This project is
7.30pm.
not the one I went back
out to open a few years
Church Area Committee
ago, but another one
There will be a meeting of the above
and this one has also
committee next Tuesday evening (4th)
been built entirely with
in the parochial house at 9.00pm.
Irish money. €35,000
was contributed by the
Photocopying and fax
Irish government and
Photocopying and fax services are
the rest was made up of
available at the AOH Hall.
donations from Kilmore.
The room on the bottom
Trócaire boxes available
(20m x12m) will be a training centre where hopefully people will learn a trade of
one kind or another. The first floor has a reception area, and three rooms each
If you didn‟t get a Trócaire box yet
with its own toilet and shower: one for a doctor, one for a dentist and one for an
please take one as you leave the
optician. There are also public toilets and showers, and a special needs toilet and
Church and by our sacrifices for Lent,
shower. Also on this floor there is a kitchen and a refectory which can seat up to
try to really help someone less well off
80 people. Hopefully, we will soon be in a position to be able to give a meal a day
than ourselves.
to the street children. Then the top floor is open plan; the only area closed is the
toilet area. The top floor will be used for meetings, training days, reunions, etc.
Children’s Mass continues
So, yes this is where your “fast” money has been going each year and thanks to
Children‟s Mass continues this Sunday
everyone for your generosity and support. Our next task is to furnish it and
at 12 noon. All children most welcome.
hopefully this year‟s fast will help enormously with that!
Mass times for Lent
Good Friday Fast sponsorship cards now available
During the Lenten season we will have
Our yearly sponsored twelve-hour fast is being organized again this year on Good
evening mass in Kilmore at 7.30pm on
Friday, from 9.00am till 9.00pm. This year‟s fast is once again in aid of Fr Denis‟s
Tuesday and Friday and in Mulrankin
mission in Brazil and Kilmore Outreach Programme for Uganda. For those who are
on Tuesday at 8.00pm and on Friday
thinking of doing the fast this year, sponsorship cards are available from this
at 7.00pm.
weekend in the sacristy in all churches in the parish.
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 4th Sunday of Lent (page 80) and next weekend is the 5th Sunday of Lent (page 82).
changes, if any, during the
coming week.]
Newsletter sponsor : This is the third 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 : Wednesday (5th) St Kieran and Friday (7th) Saints Perpetua and
Telephone:
Felicity.
(053) 913 5181 or
(087) 926 0430.
This week we pray for the souls of . . .
Masses
John McNamara , Wales, 7.30pm mass Saturday 1st,
Mon - Friday: 9.00am.
Philomena Moffet (n é e Westnott), formerly Mulrankin, 11.00am mass
Saturday: 10.00am and
Mulrankin, Sunday 2nd,
7.30pm.
Nicholas Furlong , Mulrankin, 9.45am mass Mulrankin, Monday 3rd,
Sunday: 10.00am.
Pat and Katie Keating , The Village, 7.30pm mass Saturday 8 th ,
Adoration : Thursday
William Doyle , Whitehill, whose anniversary occurs, and
10.00am to 9.00pm.
Dick Lambert , Rathangan, who died during the week.
Mulrankin
We also remember, and pray for, all our loved ones who died and all those whose anniversaries
occur about this time. May they rest in peace.
Masses
Tues - Friday: 9.45am.
Sunday: 11.00am
Jackpot now €5000 in the Parish lottery
Adoration : Tuesday
The winning numbers in this week‟s community lotto were 2 -10-15-28. We had no jackpot winner
9.30am to 12 noon and
and we had seven match winners who each received €30.00. The winners were James O‟Keeffe,
6.00 to 9.00pm.
Joe Coleman and Jason Sinnott (G.A.A.) Sam & Betty Devlin and Tommy Roche (Kilmore Parish),
Denis Dunne (Ladies Football) and Caoimhe Dempsey (Tops Group). Ticket sales were down a
Kilmore Quay
little from 917 to 907. Our jackpot now stands at €5,000.00. Thank you for supporting our
community lotto.
Fr. Jim Cogley, C.C.
Telephone:
(053) 912 9638 or
Set dancing on Friday nights
(086) 247 1063.
Set dancing continues next Friday night in Kilmore Community Hall from next Friday night from
Masses
8.30pm until 10.30pm under instructor John Doyle. It will run for 10 weeks and then break for
Tues - Friday: 9.30am.
summer and return in September. It will only cost €5.00 per night to include a cuppa and biscuit.
Saturday: 6.30pm.
All are welcome to come along and enjoy the dancing whether you are amateur and want to
Sunday: 10.30am.
learn, or you are already well trained in the art of set dancing, it all makes for a fun night out.
Adoration : Saturday
2.00pm to 6.30pm.
Computer Course
Our fourth Beginners class starts next Tuesday night in the community hall from 7.00pm to
Tomhaggard
9.00pm. This class is now full. Names are still being taken for the Digital Imaging course, so if it is
Masses
of interest to you please call Catherine or Dianne at the information centre (053) 917 5722.
Monday: 9.30am.
Saturday: 7.30pm.
Spectators welcome at Bridgetown handball
Adoration :
A new handball competition has been created to commemorate the great handballer John Doyle
Monday
from Traceystown. The finals of the challenge between Bridgetown and Castlebridge will be
9.30am to
played on Wednesday (5th) in Bridgetown ball alley. Games commence at 4.00pm and are
7.00pm.
expected to conclude by 8.00pm. John‟s nephew Robert will present the trophy and the
committee of Bridgetown handball club would like to welcome any spectators who wish to attend.
Readers of the Word
Alive’ newspaper free in the church porch
Kilmore
The Catholic newspaper "Alive" is free and is available in the church porches. Do take a copy or
1st: Pádraig Daly
two as you leave the church.
2nd: Rita Power
8th: Patricia Boyd
9th: Jane Crosbie
Important meeting for carers on Monday 10th
Kilmore SCOPE has organised a meeting to address all issues related to caring. The meeting will
Mulrankin
2nd: Patricia O‟Byrne
be held in Kilmore Community Hall on Monday 10th March at 7.30pm. A representative of the
9th: Jim Roche
Carers Association from the Wexford Resource Centre will address the meeting and will answer
questions afterwards So, if you are caring for a person you may be entitled to an allowance or
respite grant. It can be a husband, wife, relative or just a neighbour; questions may be answered
Eucharistic Ministers
at this meeting. Brochures and application forms will be available on the night. They may also be
Kilmore
obtained at the Information Centre in Bridgetown, phone (053) 917 5722. All are welcome to
1st: Tomás Power and
attend this meeting.
Marian McGlynn
2nd: Pearl Bates and
T. J. Power
Tickets for the Tops go on sale in local shops
8th: Christine Murphy and
This year‟s first Tops show takes to the stage in Taghmon on Wednesday 12th March. Tickets for
Anne Cousins
the show go on sale on Monday (3rd) and will be available at P.J. Murphy‟s Post Office, Kilmore,
9th: Rose Hurley and
Brady‟s Foodstore, Kilmore Quay, and Peggy Bates‟ Post Office, Bridgetown. Tickets cost €10 for
Mary Power
adults and €5 for children. The second show will be staged on Wednesday 26th March.