Parishes of Narraghmore & Moone

Bulletin 6th Sunday of Easter - May 25th/26th 2019

Mass Intentions that you may know. Also, please reassure Please join us in honouring Our Blessed Saturday & Sunday them that the Parishioners of Athy, Lady. Ballymount - Ann & Tim Hickey (A), Narrahgmore & Moone will be praying for Contact: Carmel 087 9132950 Eithne, Ita & Michael Hickey (A), John them during the course of their exams. ************** Teehan (A), Joe Hickey (A) ************** Moone Church Restoration - Open Meeting Crookstown - Breda Leigh – Parishes of Lipstown, Michael Delaney - Ballytore The Moone Church Restoration Hill (A), Chris Daly - Ballytore Hill (A), Narraghmore & Moone - Committee held a very successful and Nicholas Dowling (A) Fundraiser. very positive first Parish Open Meeting Kilmead - Maureen Kelly – Booleigh to outline the situation regarding Moone st (1 A), Kay Donovan (A), Brigid Behan VENUE: Newbridge Greyhound Parish. This was held on Wednesday (A), Nora Bagnall (A) and deceased Stadium, Newbridge, Co. Kildare 22nd of May in Moone church. members of the Kiernan & Bagnall This well attended meeting began with families. DATE: Friday May 31st 2019 words of welcome from the Chairperson Moone - Johnny Pierce - Back Moone rd Doors Open at 7.00pm - First of Moone Church Restoration (3 A), John & Elizabeth O’Neill - Killelan (A), Mary O’Neill - Coolrake Race 8.00pm Committee - Nicola Martin and a (A). moment of prayer. Fr Liam thanked all TICKETS: €20 parish volunteers and all those who Weekday (includes entry to Dog Track & support the parish, making it the parish Crookstown: Wed & Fri 9.30am - Draw) that it is today. He then set the context Donor’s Intentions PRIZES: for the restoration project, giving some ***************** 1st PRIZE €1000 historical background to Moone parish Question: There are two & Church along with the reality of some 2nd PRIZE €500 books that are used during pastoral challenges facing Moone parish mass. What are they called? PLUS 10 x €50 PRIZES today. For example, it is geographically ************** Tickets available from the Parish a very large parish but sparsely First Holy Communion Office in Crookstown and after populated. Congratulations to the girls and boys mass in each of the churches. from across our parishes who celebrated The chair of the Parish Pastoral Council Firsth Holy Communion in the past few TEL: 059 8623154 - Marcella Moore, detailed the life of the weeks. Also a gentle reminder that the parish and stressed the need for more final mass of the parish programme for volunteers to keep serving the parish Holy Communion will take place on the Your support is greatly community. feast of Corpus Christi, which will be celebrated on Saturday/Sunday June appreciated. Vivian Cummins - local conservation 22nd / 23rd. architect, then addressed the meeting **************** giving a condition report on the church A Gift for Exam Students Costal Rosary Ireland - Athy building. He then outlined the proposed A Exam Students prayer card is available Rosary at Our Lady's Grotto, (Opposite restoration works and what the estimated for all exam students. Please take one for Municipal Offices), Rathstewart, Athy, cost would be. yourself if you are sitting exams or take at 8pm every evening during the month Fr Liam then gave a presentation on one and pass it on to any exam students of May. Parish Finances and informed the

meeting what the overall and initial Lawler, Billy Kane Tuesday & Thursday: 9.30am - Liturgy fundraising targets would be. The Secretary Catriona Dunne of the Word with Holy Communion. overall target is €250,000. Chair Nicola Martin Tues. 7-8pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament The Moone Church Restoration *********** Kilmead: Committee proposed Phase 1, which is Local Link Bus Service Sunday 10.30am A Local Link Bus Service is available completing all of the works except the Thursday 9.30am - Liturgy of the Word re-slating of the main roof of the church every Friday running between Narraghmore/Ballitore/Moone. The with Holy Communion. and the heating system. This will cost service can operate from door to door as Prayer Meeting - Wednesday 7.30pm approximately €120,000. Thanks to well as hail and ride. The Free Travel Moone: money already in Moone restoration Pass is accepted on the service. If you Sunday 12noon. Holy Day: 11am account, which includes €6,000 from the want to use the bus contact Local link at Tuesday & Friday 10am - Liturgy of the Tractor Run, given over two years, our 045 980383 to book a place. Word with Holy Communion. initial target to proceed with these works ************ ********************* is €80,000. Online Garda Vetting Vinny Farrell & Dan O’Keeffe, Online Invitations from the National The Parish Team: members of the restoration committee, Vetting Bureau have begun to be Fr Liam Rigney PP - 087-2607377; then gave a short presentation on received by many parishioners. Firstly Email: [email protected] Fundraising, particular mention was you have 30 days to complete the online Fr Tim Hannon CC - 059-8631698 given to the fundraising night in vetting form. Secondly, if you have any Fr Francis McCarthy CC - 087- 6978143 Newbridge Grey Hound stadium on difficulty with the form or if you cannot st Conor McCann - Parish Pastoral May 31 . They then opened the floor to open the link please contact me, Conor - Worker - Narraghmore & Moone questions and many very valuable the Parish Pastoral Worker, I am more 086-7905654. Email: comments, suggestions and offers of than happy to help. [email protected] support were made from the floor, ************** Natasha Geoghegan - Parish Pastoral which the committee will follow up on. Fancy a cuppa? Worker - Athy & Barrowhouse Thanks were expressed to the local Don’t forget that the Piers Community 087-6730300. Email: public representatives and candidates Café is open in the old Post Office in [email protected] who attended the meeting and also to the Moone. Café opening Parish secretaries people who have already made hours are: Ber Murphy & Trish Holligan - . donations. It was noted that the first Monday to Friday 9am - Mon, Tue, Wed & Fri 10am - 4pm. donation received was from a member 1pm. Friday: 2pm - 4pm S.s. Mary & Laurence Church, Crookstown, Tel: 059 8623154. Email: of the Church of Ireland. The meeting and Sunday: 11am - 1pm.The Parish [email protected] concluded with another moment of Lotto, which supports the Parish **************** prayer and refreshments were served in Finances, is also available in the Piers Trocaire Box. the parish hall. Café. Don’t forget to return your Trocaire box Thanks to everyone who made this open ************* either to the parish schools or to the meeting a very positive start.‘Tús maith Crookstown/Ballymount parish office. Thank you for supporting is leath na h’oibre.’ Monthly Parish Lotto - April this worthy cause. *********** Results: *********** New ‘GoFundMe’ Page Numbers 13-17-33. Answer: False. Did you know Moone Church Restoration Committee €20 winners: that the two books used are called the Lectionary and the Missal? The have set a new Facebook Page on which Violet Allan c/o M. Cullen there is a link to a GoFundMe page so missal is the book on the Altar table Rosarie Mackey c/o A Callaghan and it contains the all the prayers of that people, at home or abroad, can Anne Kelly B’mount c/o M. Cullen the mass as well masses for all make online donations. There is a link Daisy O’Connell c/o M Doyle occasions such as weddings, on the parish Facebook of you can find Louis Eyton Byrne c/o M.Cullen funerals, the other sacraments as them on Facebook - Moone Church well mass for special occasions and ************** Restoration Committee. votive masses. The lectionary is the Mass & Church Service Times: book that contains the scripture ************ Ballymount: readings and this comes in three Moone Church Restoration Sunday 8.30am volumes. Again it contains the Committee Members Crookstown: readings for all the Church’s Fr Liam Rigney, Vincent Farrell , Joan Saturday 7pm (Vigil) seasons and special events and Dunne, Karl matuschka, Dan O keeffe, Wednesday & Friday: 9.30am sacraments. David Tomlinson, Kevin Doody, Eugene