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 30 June — 1 July 2007 .
Barn Dance & B.B.Q.
Baptisms during the week
are welcome to attend and your
Just in case you get this newsletter on
We congratulate and welcome into our
support would be appreciated greatly.
Saturday evening and you have not
community Claire Brenda O’Neill,
heard about our Barn Dance & B.B.Q,
daughter of John and Ingrid O’Neill,
Photocopying service
yes it is on this Saturday evening
Putney, London, and Callum Dean
A photocopying service is available at
(30th June) at Fortunes of Ballyhealy
Power, son of Dean and Sonya Power,
the AOH Hall, Bridgetown.
starting at 8.00 p.m. All are welcome.
Gamlingay, England, both of whom
were baptised in Kilmore during the
Kilmore Tops Group
This week’s reflection
week.
Any members of the Tops Group who
If you give God a thimble, perhaps he
would like to take part in the parade
will choose to fill it. If you give God a
St Vincent de Paul
for the opening of the Seafood
five-gallon bucket, perhaps he will
The annual St Vincent de Paul summer
Festival on Thursday (5th) please
choose to fill that. If you give him a
church gate collection takes place this
come to a meeting on Monday night
fifty-gallon drum, perhaps he will
weekend. Thank you for your support
(2nd) at 8.30 p.m. in Kilmore
choose to do something extraordinary
it is much appreciated and enables us
Community Hall.
and fill even that. If God chooses to
to help those in need.
do a miracle, you’d better be ready for
Advance notice
it. Don’t buy a thimbleful of anything,
Children’s Mass
A Security Fair will take place on
buy a fifty-gallon drum.
Our children’s mass continues this
Saturday 15th September from 2-5
Sunday at 12.00 noon in Kilmore and
p.m. in Kilmore Community Hall. For
Our third anniversary
hopefully every Sunday from now on
further information contact Scope.
Our newsletter is four years old this
at the same time.
weekend. So, once again, I think it is
Thank you
very appropriate to say “Thanks” to
Free newspaper
On behalf of the Alzheimer’s Society
Jim Hurley for his untiring work,
The Catholic newspaper "Alive" is free
Wexford Branch, Máire Fortune would
production and magnificent layout of
and copies are available in the church
thank everyone who contributed to
our newsletter each week. Also I want
porches. Do take a copy or two.
the recent Tea/Coffee Morning in
to acknowledge and to say thanks to
Kilmore Community Hall. It was a
our sponsors for the past year. Please
great success and the amount raised
remember that it is a Newsletter and
Lough Derg
was €525.00. Thank you especially to
that it is there for everyone to use to
A pilgrimage to Lough Derg from
Sheila and Margaret for their work on
publish any bits of news or any up
Tuesday 10th to Thursday 12th July.
the morning and also to Anne for her
coming events in the Parish.
Bus leaving St Peter’s Square,
Wexford, at 6.30am via Enniscorthy
baking.
(Abbey Square), Ferns (bus stop),
First Friday
Gorey (Hospital) return to Wexford
Seafood Festival Parade
Next Friday (6th) is the first Friday of
Thursday at 6.30pm. Bus Fare:
Those taking part in the Seafood
the month. All the sick will be visited
€40.00. Island Fee: €45.00. Bookings:
Festival Parade on Thursday (5th) are
on that day at the usual time,
Fr Paddy Cushen, Ferns, (053) 936
asked to assemble at the Hotel Saltees
including the sick in the Mulrankin
6152, mobile (087) 238 7559 or the
at 7 p.m. to leave at 7.30 p.m.
area. Also there will be evening mass
Ferns Parish Office (053) 936 6514.
in Kilmore at 7.30 p. m. There will be
Bookings taken and seat guaranteed
no evening mass in Mulrankin due to
Loan of till needed
with €40 non -refundable deposit.
having a wedding that day.
The Seafood Festival Committee is
looking for a till for takings from the
Grange cemetery patron
sale of seafood platters. If anyone has
Change of Mass time
Thanks to everyone for turning out at
one that they could borrow they
As we leave for Knock next Saturday
the Grange Patron on Friday evening.
would be very grateful. Contact Sylvia
(7th) morning at 8.30 a.m., our mass
It was great to see so many there and
Kehoe (053) 912 9791 or Carmel
in Kilmore Church will be at 8.00 a.m.
people remembering their dead. I will
Keating (086) 250 4364.
and not 10.00 a.m. as normal.
give the amount collected next week.
New address for Scope
Festival Bingo
Tomhaggard Field Day
Seafood Festival Bingo on next
The new e-mail address for Kilmore
A meeting to arrange the Tomhaggard
Sunday (8th) at 8.00 p.m. Raffle,
Scope, AOH Hall, Bridgetown, is
Field Day will be held in Tomhaggard
spots and a cup of tea. Everyone
church on Tuesday (3rd) at 8 p.m. All
welcome.
Around the Parish
Sunday of the Year : (with page number in the Parish Mass Book Year C Part 2). This
[See overleaf for notice of
weekend is the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (page 45) and next weekend is the 14th Sunday in
changes, if any, during the
Ordinary Time (page 47).
coming week.]
Feast days this week : Tuesday (3 rd ) St Thomas, and Friday (6 th ) St Marie Goretti.
Kilmore
Fr. Denis Doyle, P.P.
Newsletter sponsor : This is the second week’s sponsor by a parishioner who wishes to
Telephone:
remain anonymous who is sponsoring our newsletter for two weeks. Thank you.
(053) 913 5181 or
(087) 926 0430.
This week we pray for the souls of . . .
Masses
Vincent Byrne , Ballygrangans, 7.30pm mass Saturday 30th,
Mon - Friday: 9.00am.
Saturday: 10.00am and
John Pierce , 10.00am mass Sunday 1st,
7.30pm.
Dick Roche , Cleariestown, 11.00am mass Mulrankin, Sunday 1st,
Sunday: 10.00am.
Pat and Mary Harpur , Millroad, 9.00am mass Monday 2nd,
Marie Beier (nee Pierce), Hamburg and Gollough, 7.30pm mass Friday 6th,
Readers
Jack and Margaret Bates , Ballyseskin, and Gerry Bates , Sarshill, 7.30pm mass Sat 7th,
30th: Peter Bates
1st: Rose Hurley
John and Kathleen Donnelly , Sarshill, 10.00am mass Sunday 8th,
7th: Máire Fortune
Eileen Cardiff , Ballycapogue, 11.00am mass Sunday 8th,
8th: Rita Power
Jim and Elizabeth Sheil , Ballygrangans, whose anniversaries occur at this time, and
Eucharistic Ministers
Fintan Newport , Sligo and formally Mayglass, who died recently.
30th: Bernie Rowe and
We also remember, and pray for, all our loved ones who died and all those whose anniversaries
Anne Cousins
1st: Rose Hurley and
occur about this time. May they rest in peace.
Pádraig Flynn
7th: Tomás Power and
Year 1
Year 2
Christine Murphy
Parish lottery results
8th: Pearl Bates and
The winning numbers in last week’s community
Number of tickets sold
48,963
48,293
Rose Hurley
lotto were 9 – 18 – 22-25. There was no jackpot
winner and we had five match-three winners
Income
€97,927.00 €96,584.00
Adoration : Thursday
who each received €40. The winners were, Eliz
10.00am to 9.00pm.
Expenses
O’Keefe (Scope), Mick Rubotham (Scope), Alan
Jones (G.A.A.), Dean Martin (Stella Maris), and
Prize money paid
€17,459.00 €17,020.00
Mulrankin
Kathleen White (Kilmore Parish). Ticket sales
Current jackpot
€8,000.00 €8,600.00
Masses
were up from 935 to 940. Next week’s jackpot
Paid to Clubs &
€48,806.00 €47,719.00
Mon - Friday: 9.45am.
will be €8800.
Organisations
Sunday: 11.00am
Our lotto celebrated its second anniversary this
Printing of tickets
€8,311.00 €8,709.00
Readers
week, and it goes without saying it has been
1st: Mary Doyle
an excellent year. The success of our lotto is
Licence fee
€490.00
€0.00
8th: Aidan Miskella
due to the support it has received from
Stationery purchased
€33.00
€27.00
Adoration : Tuesday
everyone during the year, so, many, many
Bank charges
€88.50
€463.27
9.30am to 12 noon and
thanks again to all who support it. A special
6.00 to 9.00pm.
word of thanks is due to all ticket sellers who
Donation to Day Care at
€0.00 €3,030.00
week in week out never fail with their
Wexford Hospital
commitment to sell a book or books, also to
Kilmore Quay
those who help out with the draw each week
End-of-year bonus to
€10,000.00 €12,000.00
Fr. Jim Cogley, C.C.
Clubs & Organisations
many thanks. The attached table gives a
Telephone:
Total expenditure
€93,187.50 €97,568.27
(053) 912 9638 or
breakdown of our accounts.
(086) 247 1063.
Masses
Table Quiz on Friday 6th
Tues - Friday: 9.30am.
A special Seafood Festival Table Quiz is being held on Friday 6th July at 9.00 p.m. at Hotel Saltees.
Saturday: 6.30pm.
A table of four costs €16. All are welcome.
Sunday: 10.30am.
Adoration : Saturday
Seafood Festival starts
2.00pm to 6.30pm.
The 22nd annual Kilmore Quay Seafood Festival takes place this year from 5th to 8th July.
Programmes are now available. We need many hands on deck to make our festival a success.
Tomhaggard
Without YOU there would be no festival. There is a Seafood Festival Buffet Roster in the Stella
Maris Centre for anyone wishing to help in serving seafood from Thursday 5th July to Sunday July
Masses
15th from 12.30 to 7.00 p.m. each day. There are two shifts 12.30-3.45 and 3.30-7.00 p.m. So if
Monday: 9.30am.
Saturday: 7.30pm.
anyone would like to give a hand serving seafood, clearing tables, or taking money - we need
three persons on each shift - we would greatly appreciate if you could go along to the Stella Maris
Adoration :
Centre coffee shop and put your name on the roster with the day and time you would like to help.
Monday
We kick off on Thursday 5th at 1.00 with seafood platters on sale in the Stella Maris Centre.
9.30am to
At 7.30 p.m. the parade starts from Hotel Saltees with floats and street theatre. At 8.00pm the
7.00pm.
official opening is by Mick Wallace (Wexford Youths) with music on the cross with Lorraine Rankin
and MUCH MUCH More. See our programme which is available in local shops. Make a note in your
The Gospel this
diary for two Seafood Cookery Demonstrations in the Stella Maris Centre: Saturday July 7th at
3.30 p.m. with Nicky Cullen and wine tasting with Wilhelm Wines, and Sunday 8th July at 4.00
weekend is from
p.m. with Phelim Byrne. Tickets are €5.00 each and are available in the Stella Maris Centre.
Luke 9:51-62.
Limited numbers. The proceeds this year are going towards a Children’s Playground.