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 5-6 April 2008 .
This weekend’s reflection
welcome and appreciated and as you
pioneers to also apply to the branch.
“One’s life has value so long as one
know many hands make light work.
Those wishing to obtain any of those
attributes value to the life of others,
Once again may I appeal to people to
pins please contact Padraig Flynn, Hon
by means of love, friendship,
take all dead wreaths and rubbish
Secretary, The Hill, Kilmore, as soon
indignation and compassion.”
home. It seems no matter
as possible. The annual Mass will be
how often this is asked for a
arranged in the future when
Junior choir starting up
few people continue to use our
presentations of the pins will be made.
cemetery as a dumping ground. So
A junior parish choir is being
please take all rubbish home.
set up; first rehearsal will
Huge problem worldwide
take place in
During the Lenten Trócaire campaign
Mulrankin church on
Good Friday fast
there was much comment about the
Monday evening
If you have not returned your card,
impacts of climate change on poor
(7th) from 5.00pm to
you may do so at any time please.
peoples. If you want to know more
6.00pm. All children
Hopefully we will have a figure in a
about the causes of climate change
from second class
couple of weeks.
you are cordially invited to attend a
upward and teenagers are most
public lecture titled "The Greenhouse
welcome.
Dates for your Diary
Effect and Global Warming" by
▪ First Holy Communion
Professor Ray Bates from Kilmore
Quay. The lecture is on Thursday 10th
Children’s Mass
Saturday May 24 th .
April at 8.00pm in McLure Suite 2 at
Children’s Mass continues this Sunday
▪ Patron Kilmore Cemetery
Whites of Wexford. Admission is free
at 12 noon. All children most welcome.
Sunday May 25 th .
▪ Patron Grange Cemetery
and all are welcome. For further
information please contact Jim Hurley
Parish lottery results
Friday June 27 th .
at (053) 912 9671.
The winning numbers in this week’s
▪ BBQ and Barn Dance
community lotto were 9-10-17-27. We
Sunday August 3 rd .
had no jackpot winner and we had
Easter at St Aidan’s
A DVD of the Easter Ceremonies at St
two match-three winners who each
Aidan’s Cathedral is
received €100.00. The winners were
Set dancing continues
Set dancing continues on Friday nights
now available. To
Johnny Doyle (Ladies Football Club)
in the Community Hall at 8.30pm. All
order your copy of
and Tom Kelly (Athletic Club). Ticket
are welcome.
the DVD, contact
sales were up from 801 to 909. Our
Adeline or Eliza at
jackpot now stands at €6,000.00.
St Aidan’s
Thank you for supporting our
Trócaire boxes please
Cathedral,
community lotto.
Trócaire boxes are still coming in.
Thank you. If yours is not back yet,
telephone (053) 923 5777.
Church Area Committee
will you return it as soon as possible
please?
There will be a meeting of the above
Leinster Shield Final
Kilmore United play Ballycumber
committee with members of the RNLI
Rovers in Tullamore at 3pm on 20th
committee to organise our
Church gate collection
April in the Leinster Junior Shield Final.
forthcoming BBQ and Barn Dance on
Self Help Development International
One hundred and sixteen teams
next Thursday evening at 8.00pm at
will hold a church gate collection next
entered and then there were two and
the parochial house.
weekend (12th & 13th). Funding
support provided to Self Help enables
the local boys from Kilmore are still
there. In our 15-year history the 20th
Work at the cemetery
the charity to implement long-term
development programmes amongst
April will our greatest day to date. The
Our patron takes place on the last
Africa’s poorest communities.
20-player squad are all from the parish
Sunday in May DV. As you know, our
and all areas of the parish are
cemetery is a credit to everyone and
represented on the squad.
to keep it that way we need a bit of
Kilmore PTAA news
Unfortunately, we lost the toss to have
work done here and there so this work
Kilmore Pioneer Total Abstinence
the match played in Wallaces’
will commence next Saturday (12th) at
Association wishes to advise members
that it is the time of year when all
Ferrycarrig Park, but we are hoping
10.00am weather permitting. If the
still that many people will travel and
weather is bad on Saturday, work will
those who wish to obtain Gold or
Silver pins and diplomas to contact the
support the lads on the day. To book a
commence on Monday evening (14th)
seat on the supporters’ bus text your
at 7.00pm. All voluntary help most
branch concerning the above. Also
those who wish to become full
name to (086) 813 9842.
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 Easter (page 131) and next weekend is the 4th Sunday of Easter (page 134).
changes, if any, during the
coming week.]
Newsletter sponsor : This is the third week’s sponsor by a parishioner who wishes to
remain anonymous and who is sponsoring our newsletter for three weeks. Thank you.
Kilmore
Feast days : Monday (7th) St John Baptist de la Salle. Friday (11th) St Stanislaus.
Fr. Denis Doyle, P.P.
Telephone:
This week we pray for the souls of . . .
(053) 913 5181 or
Walter Pierce , Ballyhealy, 7.30pm mass Saturday 5th,
(087) 926 0430.
William Boyle , England (formerly Rackardstown), 10.00am mass Sun 6th,
Masses
Michael Hassett , Rathronan, and John Jo Howlett , Rathyork, 11.00am
Mon - Friday: 9.00am.
mass Mulrankin, Sunday 6th,
Saturday: 10.00am and
Sister Bernard O’Connell , Cahirciveen, 9.45am mass Mulrankin, Tuesday 8th,
7.30pm.
Seamus Crosbie , Littletown, 7.30pm mass Mulrankin Friday 11th,
Sunday: 10.00am.
Peter Bates , Grange, 7.30pm mass Saturday 12th,
Adoration : Thursday
Carmel White , Moortown, 11.00am mass Mulrankin, Sunday 13th,
10.00am to 9.00pm.
Pope John Paul 11 , William Boggan , Ballygrangans, Margaret Rossiter , Rackardstown,
Patrick Murphy , Mount Henry, Ann Kehoe , Oldhall, John and Elizabeth and Cyril Kehoe ,
Mulrankin
Cousinstown, whose anniversaries occur at this time, and
Masses
Eamonn Murphy , Mayglass, who was buried during the week.
Tues - Friday: 9.45am.
Sunday: 11.00am
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.
Adoration : Tuesday
9.30am to 12 noon and
6.00 to 9.00pm.
Kilmore Quay
Where do you recognise Christ?
Fr. Jim Cogley, C.C.
Telephone:
(053) 912 9638 or
(086) 247 1063.
Masses
Tues - Friday: 9.30am.
Saturday: 6.30pm.
Sunday: 10.30am.
Adoration : Saturday
2.00pm to 6.30pm.
Tomhaggard
Masses
Monday: 9.30am.
Saturday: 7.30pm.
Adoration :
Monday
9.30am to
7.00pm.
Readers of the Word
Kilmore
5th: Sheila Reid
6th: Pádraig Flynn
12th: Máire Fortune
13th: Rose Hurley
Mulrankin
6th: Jim Roche
13th: Mary O’Brien
Eucharistic Ministers
Kilmore
5th: Tomás Power and
Marian McGlynn
6th: Mary Power and
Pádraig Flynn
12th: Christine Murphy &
Marian McGlynn
13th: Pearl Bates and
T. J. Power