Community Notes , & Enrolment 2020/2021 Glengurt NS's enrolment process for the academic year Pastoral Unit of , & 3 Parishes. 2020/2021 is now open. The application process this year can be completed online by visiting www.glengurtns.scoilnet.ie and following the links to Enrolment. Parish Newsletter 7th & 8th March 2020 Co Parish Priests: Templeglantine GAA Draw Results : Wed 4th March : Eileen Kelly €50, Liz Cahill €50 , Brid- Fr. Denis Mullane Tel: 087-262 1911 - 069 84021 get Flaherty €50. Spinning next week for a Jackpot of €1,700 are… Ned Flaherty , Knocknasna, Mary Murphy , Cards , Katie White , Glenderough. Promoters Prize: Marion O Sullivan . Fr Tony Mullins Tel 087 - 2600 414 Theology on Tap Young adults are invited to Theology on Tap at Bobby Byrnes on Tuesday 10 Fr Brendan Duggan Tel (087) 0562 674 March beginning at 8pm. Paul César, former convict and gang member will be sharing the story Canon James Ambrose Tel: 087-774 0753 or 069-62350 . of how God touched him at the moment when all seemed lost. Finger food will be provided. For more information, contact [email protected]. Priest on duty for the area Sunday : Fr . J Cussen 087 7810 960

Traditional Irish concert on in the River Island Hotel Castleisland Saturday 14th March 8p.m. sharp. Tickets €10 are available at Gaelscoil Aogáin and at the door on the night. Tournafulla S Most Holy Trinity Church Wren Boys will perform on the night. E Templeglantine St Ita’s Day Care Sunday March 8 Afternoon Tea Dancing in Fr. Casey's to Mike Condon . C O Weekend Masses: N Sat Vigil Mass 6pm Harnett Reunion 2019 D Sunday Morning Mass 10.00am Harnetts from all over the world are traveling for this gathering, so please come along ans show them a warm welcome. This gathering is not confined to Harnetts but is open to everybody. S U St. Patricks Church Genealogy Day, Devon Hotel, Friday July 12th at 10am to 6pm . Free admission. See N Tournafulla the Patie Boy Harnett Historical Collection. D Harnett International Variety Show, Halla Tadhg Gaelach Trounafulla, Fri July 12th at A Weekend Mass: 8pm Admission €10. Y Sunday Morning 11.00am Gala Banquet Devon Hotel Saturday July 13th at 7.30pm Banquet menu, Reunion cake, wine and live band included. Tickets €40 now on sale at Ann Lyons, Abbeyfeale and O Batt Harnett, Abbeyfeale F Our Lady of the

Assumption Church. THE SAINT JOHN’S BIBLE HERITAGE PROGRAM L Mountcollins 7.00p.m. Keynote Address: From Inspiration to Illumination, an Introduction to The E Saint John’s Bible, by Tim Ternes, the Director of The Saint John’s Bible in Minnesota. N Weekend Mass 8.15p.m. Break-out Sessions - participants choose between: 1. The Calligraphic Nature T Saturday Evening 7.30pm of the Bible: Susie Leiper, one of the artists who worked on the Bible. 2. Bringing Jesus to Life: Dr Jonathan Burroughs, Lecturer in Theology & Religious Studies at Mary Im- maculate College. Date: March 10th 2020 T116, Tara Building, Mary Immaculate College, Note : Changeover of Masses this weekend Campus Cost: €20.00 Tournafulla / Mountcollins

Newsletter Info: if you wish to include any local event in the newsletter please email: Wit & Wisdom: [email protected] or phone Ann 086-379 4646 ,Eileen 087-622 2508., Helen 087 -975 1453 and Mary 087 –949 8730 Items of a few lines only as space is limited. Deadline Wednesdays @ 6pm Ní thagann ciall roimh aois!! Thank You. Sense does not come before age!! Sacristans: Reflection Second Sunday of Lent Templeglantine: Noreen Fitzgerald 087-248 9113 Mountcollins: Catherine Lenihan 087-277 3332 I resort to a sermon by Pope Francis about Lent for Tournafulla: Margaret O’Sullivan 087-695 3071 our few words this week. Church bookings: Wedding, Baptism and Masses please contact the above. For info In an Ash Wednesday sermon he reminds us that on Weddings and Appointments Ann 086-3794646 / Eileen Moroney 087-622 2508 human beings are made Office Hours: Office Hrs 9am-5.30pm on Thursday’s “for the eternity of Heaven, not for earthly deceit”, Appointments & Information: Contact Ann on 086-3794646

Tournafulla Church: Masses for the Week The beginning of Lent, said the Pope, is like “a piercing sound - that of a Readers: Sun 15th March Templeglantine: trumpet that does not please the ears.”. This “loud sound” is a Helen Kelliher , “summons to stop”, a “wake-up call for the soul”. Catherine Curtin Mon 9th 10.00am Morning Mass , Eucharistic Ministers followed by Adoration until 11.00am Lent is a “time to rediscover the direction of Life.” Nora O’Sullivan & Kath- Tues - Fri 11.00am Mass with Fr Hurley Indeed, the Pope reminded his listeners, “we will take no wealth with us from this life. leen Moroney Sat 14th 6.00pm Tom Roche , Tullig South , 1st A/V Earthly realities fade away like dust in the wind,” he said, while the “culture of appear- Tues: Ann Curtin & Eilis Sun 15th 10.00am Mass for the intentions of the people ance, prevalent today is a great deception.” “If we become attached to things of this Harnett world, we will become enslaved to them. Eucharistic Adoration Tournafulla: Friday after Mass Fri 13th 10.00am Morning Mass For the Pope, the time leading up to Easter is an invitation to “free ourselves from the followed by Adoration vanity of acquiring.” Mountcollins : Sun 15th 11.00am Jackie Long , The Village , Therefore, the Pope explained that the “three steps that the Lord invites us to undertake Eucharistic Mary O Sullivan , & the deceased without hypocrisy and pretense: ……… almsgiving, prayer and fasting, Adoration members of the O’ Sullivan family, “ which bring us back to “the three realities that do not fade away …………... Continues Wednesdays Tournafulla . God, my neighbour, my life.! 7pm - 10pm Mountcollins : Trócaire was established in 1973 as the overseas development agen- Thurs 12th 10.00am Morning Mass cy of the Catholic Church in Ireland. The organisation was created as Templeglantine : Sat 14th 7.30pm Ita Guina , Castlemahon & Mountcollins a response to the widening gap between rich and poor and our collec- Readers : 14th/15thMarch Mary Lenihan , Lower Road , A/V tive duty to reduce it. Around the world, families are living under constant threat of con- Mary Fitzgerald Billy & Eileen Murphy ,The Village , A/V flict, drought and land grabs. In the face of these threats, many women hold their fami- Tadhg Ó Maólcatha Nicholas Quirke , The Village , A/V lies together, battling enormous odds to provide for their children. Lent 2020 highlights Eucharistic Ministers the different ways in which women keep their families safe and protect their futures. Go Carol Larkin /Mary Confirmation : to www.trocaire.org for further information. Buston . Ultan Mulcahy Congratulations to the boys and girls who were con- Eucharistic During Lent 2020 we tell the stories of Madris in Kenya and Angela in Honduras as a Adoration firmed in ceremonies in Tournafulla Church and way to celebrate the strength of women all over the world who are overcoming the odds Monday Templeglantine Church on Tuesday last , 3rd March. (after 10am Mass) to protect and provide for their families. The Lenten Dues Collection : Angela from Honduras tells us “‘We have a small stream that we use for water. We Baptismal Info Thank you to all who contributed to the Lenten Dues collection Evening : knew it was polluted when we started getting rashes, including the children. We used the last weekend. Any outstanding envelopes can be handed in at water to wash clothes and dishes – it was not drinking water, thankfully. “ This problem Tournafulla / weekend masses or to the sacristies. Mountcollins : arose because of a logging company who is working near their land. Angela is being Thank you for your continuous generosity & support . helped by Trociare to stand up to these companies. March 10th Athea : April 14th Evening of Adoration, Templeglantine for the Madris from Kenya is a farmer with 5 children, at present they are praying for rain as Please book your place Wednesdays of Lent. All welcome in the sacristy from 7- they are looking out on sandy brown ground due to drought. Please join them in prayer with Teresa 8pm. The Rosary &/or Stations of the Cross from 7.30 for rain. 087 151 3565 pm will be broadcast on the home radio system.