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 19-20 April 2008 .
Mass changes
Junior Choir rehearsals
to volunteer. Everyone young and old
There will be no morning mass in
Our junior choir rehearsals continue
to come together and do a little for
Kilmore or Mulrankin, Monday to
this Monday evening in Mulrankin
your area. Contact the Information
Friday this week. Morning mass in
church from 5.00pm to 6.00pm. These
Centre on (053) 917 5722.
Kilmore on Saturday morning as usual,
rehearsals are going very well and we
at 10.00am.
invite all children of the parish from
English classes
2nd class upward and teenagers who
A woman is available to teach English
This weekend’s reflection
are interested in music and singing to
to non-nationals. If interested contact
This sense of peace is the real
join us. You are most welcome.
the Information Centre on (053) 917
hospitality we need to offer people
5722.
when they come into our lives,
Trócaire boxes please
hospitality is not simply being
Trócaire boxes are still coming in.
Photocopying
“chronically nice” to strangers.
Thank you. If yours is not back yet,
A photocopying service is available in
Instead, it is offering others a gentle
will you return it as soon as possible
Bridgetown at the SCOPE Information
space where they can feel welcomed
please, as I would like to give the final
Centre, telephone (053) 917 5722.
for who they are now. The only
figure as soon as possible.
certain test by which we can ascertain
Going to college?
our sincerity towards people is the
Hurling helmets
If you are thinking of going to college
feeling with which we receive the
The Kilmore School Junior hurlers are
in September, County Wexford
news of their happiness, or their rising
looking for any helmets that people
Vocational Education Committee would
in the world, especially if fortune has
may no longer be using. Children’s
like to invite you to an Information
raised them a degree above our own
helmets are preferable, but we may be
Night on grants. Grants staff plus the
level.
able to adapt adult ones for the older
revenue commissioners will be on
children. Please drop them to the
hand to answer any queries you may
Children’s Mass
office at the school. Thank you.
have. All sessions start at 7.30pm.
Children’s Mass continues this Sunday
Venues and dates are: Enniscorthy
at 12 noon. All children most welcome.
Kilmore Utd Soccer Club
Vocational College on Wednesday 23
May we wish all team members and
April, Wexford Vocational College on
Parish lottery results
mentors of Kilmore United Soccer Club
Monday 28 April, Coláiste an Átha,
The winning numbers in this week’s
the very best of luck in the Leinster
Kilmuckridge on Wednesday 30 April,
community lotto were 8-14-20-25. We
Junior Shield final which is being
and New Ross Vocational College on
had no jackpot winner and we had no
played this Sunday at Lea Victoria
Wednesday 7 May. Everyone is
match-three winners. Ticket sales
Park, Tullamore, at 3.00pm. Well done
welcome. Further information at
were up from 907 to 920. Our jackpot
to all concerned with the club and we
www.cowexfordvec.ie.
now stands at €6,400.00. Thank you
hope you bring the Cup back to
for supporting our community lotto.
Kilmore.
Good luck ladies
Best wishes to the ICA Kilmore Quay
Good Friday fast
Bridgetown opening
ladies who are competing for the
As we are trying to finalise the amount
Bridgetown Vocational College’s very
Baumann Cup for music. The ladies
raised from the fast, we would
impressive new extension will be
will be singing two songs from
appreciate if there are any outstanding
officially opened by Minister for
musicals plus two songs as Gaeilge in
cards not returned, please return them
Education and Science, Mary Hanafin,
the Eleanora Gibbon competition also.
in the coming week. Thank you.
next Friday (25th) at 9.30am. Costing
They will be accompanied by their
€4.7 million, the 1,800 metre squared
musical director, Eileen McCarthy. It is
a great
Set dancing continues
new building is a great addition to the
honour for
Set dancing continues on Friday nights
excellent facilities available at the
the Guild
in the Community Hall at 8.30pm. All
college.
to
are welcome.
Parish Clean-up 2008
represent
County
Church gate collections
The Parish Clean-up will take place on
Wexford in
The Church Gate collection this week-
the 7th May. Could you help in the
these com-
end is in aid of St Patrick’s Special
clean-up of our village and
petitions
scheduled to
School, Enniscorthy. Your generous
surroundings areas of the parish? We
be held in Abbeyleix, Co Laois, next
support would be greatly appreciated.
need your help and the help of others
Saturday (26th).
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 5th Sunday of Easter (page 136) and next weekend is the 6th Sunday of Easter (page 138).
changes, if any, during the
coming week.]
Newsletter sponsor : This is the second week’s sponsor by a parishioner who wishes to
remain anonymous and who is sponsoring our newsletter for three weeks. Thank you.
Kilmore
This week we pray for the souls of . . .
Fr. Denis Doyle, P.P.
John Murphy , Libgate, 7.30pm mass Saturday 19th,
Telephone:
(053) 913 5181 or
John O’Connell , Cahirciveen, 11.00am mass Mulrankin, Sunday 20th,
(087) 926 0430.
John and Elizabeth Cogley , Whitehill, 10.00am mass Saturday 26th,
Robin and Patrick Roche , Ballyseskin, 7.30pm mass Saturday 26th,
Masses
Fr Pat Furlong P.P ., 10.00am mass Sunday 27th,
Mon - Friday: 9.00am.
Pat Kehoe , 11.00am mass Mulrankin, Sunday 27th,
Saturday: 10.00am and
7.30pm.
Daniel Davis , Ballylibernagh, 12 noon mass Sunday 27th,
Sunday: 10.00am.
Lizzie Power , Ballyhealy, and John Wall , Rathyork, whose anniversaries occur at this time,
and
Adoration : Thursday
Johnnie Kehoe , Cleariestown, who was buried during the week.
10.00am to 9.00pm.
We also remember, and pray for, all our loved ones who died and all those whose anniversaries
Mulrankin
occur about this time. May they rest in peace.
Masses
Tues - Friday: 9.45am.
Guillemot Golf Society news
Sunday: 11.00am
Their was a good turn out on Sunday 6th April in Rathaspeck, the first outing of this year’s
Adoration : Tuesday
calendar of events. (1) Trish Boyd, (2) Joe Lawlor, (3) Niall Crosbie, (4) Liam Murphy. FN Kevin
9.30am to 12 noon and
Sheil. BN Dermot Kelly. Juniors: (1) Mark Evans, (2) Darren Doyle, and (3) James Murphy. Our
6.00 to 9.00pm.
next outing is on next Sunday 20th April in Rathaspeck. Tee time is 7.30 to 8.30am. All new
members welcome.
Kilmore Quay
Fr. Jim Cogley, C.C.
Irish Blood Transfusion Service needs volunteers
Telephone:
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service will be visiting the Talbot Hotel as follows: Sunday (20th) from
(053) 912 9638 or
12 noon to 4 pm. Monday (21st), Tuesday (22nd), Wednesday (23rd) and Thursday (24th) from
(086) 247 1063.
4.30pm to 8.30pm. The IBTS is at present experiencing difficulty in collecting enough voluntary
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blood donations in order to meet hospital requirements of 3000 units of blood a week. Blood
Tues - Friday: 9.30am.
donors are always needed!
Saturday: 6.30pm.
Sunday: 10.30am.
Home is where we are nourished, where we rest, and are restored.
Adoration : Saturday
Her parents had died and with their passing went the family home also. The house that she grew
2.00pm to 6.30pm.
up in was put on the market and new owners moved in. No longer would she be able to visit
there, to sit at her place at the table and have a cup of tea; to relax on the sofa before the
Tomhaggard
television where she had wasted so many hours as a child; or go upstairs to her room and find it
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exactly as she had kept it before she finally left the nest all those years before. The old homestead
Monday: 9.30am.
had gone now, and all she had were the memories.
Saturday: 7.30pm.
Our homes, our houses, are of critical importance to us. For most of us, they are by far the most
Adoration :
valuable possession we have. But they are important to us not just because of the money we have
Monday
invested in them or the huge mortgages we might have had to take out in order to buy them, they
9.30am to
are important to us because the home is where we are nourished, where we rest, where we are
7.00pm.
restored. The home is where we experience love and acceptance and support; where we find
comfort, security, and peace; where we feel at home, literally.
Readers of the Word
In today's Gospel, Jesus offers reassuring words to his disciples and to us. He tells us that he is
preparing a place for us in heaven. But notice the image he uses to describe heaven ² he uses
Kilmore
19th: Niall Crosbie
the image of a house; he describes heaven as his Father’s house.
20th: Pearl Bates
The house or home is wonderful image for heaven. Think of heaven as your home. The ideal
26th: Susan Evans
home you are destined to live in as a place full of love, energy, togetherness, and mutual support.
27th: Frank Lonergan
Now that is one home we definitely don’t want to lose.
Mulrankin
20th: Aidan Miskella
27th: Mary Kehoe
Eucharistic Ministers
Kilmore
19th: Patricia Bates and
Martin Bates
20th: Rose Hurley and
Mary Power
26th: Bernie Rowe and
Teresa McDonald
27th: Pádraig Flynn and
Pearl Bates