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Newbridge Credit EWBRIDGE Union Ltd. NN MOOREFIELD ROAD, NEWBRIDGE. Telephone 045-433848 Fax: 045-433814 Email: [email protected] PPARISHES INFORMATION PACK 2005 “Why should I join the Credit Union??” * Higher returns on Savings * Stable Rates * Uncommitted Savings Withdrawal on Demand * Life Savings Insurance - FREE OF CHARGE St. Conleth’s Parish Church * Low Interest Loans * Loan Protection Insurance - FREE OF CHARGE * Members Monthly Car Draw * Prompt Personal Attention * Confidentially / Strict Privacy Dominican Church Cill Mhuire, Ballymany * Payroll Deduction Schemes * Standing Orders to save and / or pay off a loan * Open 42 hours per week - including lunch time * Savings Stamps Scheme m1.00 * VHI/Bupa Group Schemes. * Travel Insurance St. Patrick’s Church “Not for Profit, Not for Charity, but for Service” *Call to our office for further details* WELCOME YOU WELCOME TO OUR COMMUNITY WELCOME TO OUR COMMUNITY Christian Community Emergency Numbers he idea of community in the Christian context finds its origins in the AMBULANCE, FIRE & GARDAI. 999 Tscriptural ideal found in the recorded actions of the early followers of Christ. We are told that in meeting together they supported each other CHILDLINE . 1800 666 666 and shared everything in common. DOCTOR ON CALL (KDOC) . 1890 599362 The former Beirut hostage, Brian Keenan, spoke of the richness that is found in diversity and so it is with our Parishes. In Newbridge one finds GARDAI NEWBRIDGE . 045 431212 a multitude of people all possessing a variety of gifts and talents. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (GARDA UNIT) . (01) 475555 Areas like music, singing, reading and floral arranging all come to mind. NAAS HOSPITAL . (045)897221 The willingness of people to become involved and participate in the areas mentioned in this leaflet, make for the creation of a community POISONS INFORMATION SERVICE . (01) 8379964 that is vibrant and alive but also a community where one finds a spirit of PRIESTS EMERGENCY NUMBER . 087 255 4908 warmth and welcome. RAPE CRISIS CENTRE. 1800 778 888 If you are interested in getting involved in any of the parish activities or community groups, please contact: SAMARITANS. 1850 405060 “Visitation Group” SAMARITANS NEWBRIDGE BRANCH. 045 435299 c/o Parish Office Parish Centre SOUTH WESTERN AREA HEALTH BOARD . 045 880400 Station Road NEWBRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE . 045 446350 Newbridge Co. Kildare WOMEN’S AID. 1800 341900 (or any of the churches) WOMEN’S REFUGE . 045 488461 WELCOME TO OUR COMMUNITY WELCOME TO OUR COMMUNITY “Where two or three meet in my name, I shall be there with them.” Matthew 18:20 “He who sees me, sees the Father.” John 14:9 Contents Page “I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd is one who lays down his life for his Welcome . 2 sheep.” John 10:11 St. Conleth’s Parish - The Parish Team . 3 “I tell you most solemnly whoever listens to my words, and believes in the one Parish Centre and Parish Office . 4,5 & 6 who sent me, has eternal life.” John 5:24 Religious Communities . 7 “He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me and I in him.” John 6:56 Parish Pastoral Council . 7 “When you seek me you shall find me, when you seek me with all your heart, I Baptisms . 8 will let you find me.” Jeremiah 29:13-14 Weddings . 8 Funerals . 8 ST. PAUL’S PRAYER Regular Devotions . 8 This, then, is what I pray, kneeling before the Father, from whom every family, whether spiritual or natural, takes its name: Out of his infinite glory, may he Parish Choirs . 9 give you the power through his Spirit for your hidden self to grow strong, so that Money Matters. 10 Christ may live in your hearts through faith, and then, planted in love and built on love, you will with all the saints have strength to grasp the breadth and the Other Parish Services. 11 length, the height and the depth; until, knowing the love of Christ, which is Church Services . 12 & 13 beyond all knowledge, you are filled with the utter fullness of God. Glory be to him whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or Secondary Schools. 14 & 15 imagine; glory be to him from generation to generation in the Church and in Primary Schools. 16 & 17 Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen. Special Schools. 17 Glory be to the Father, Church of Ireland Union of Parishes . 18 and to the Son, Community, Voluntary and Support Groups . 19 & 20 and to the Holy Spirit. Family Prayers . 21, 22, 23 & 24 Amen. Emergency Numbers. Inside Back Cover 24 1 WELCOME TO OUR COMMUNITY WELCOME TO OUR COMMUNITY “This is your mother.” John 19:27 Welcome PRAYER TO MARY Mary, Mother of Jesus, I want to live and love like you, I want to love the Father, I want to love like Jesus. Dear Friend and Neighbour, Mother of Jesus, blessed are you, On behalf of the clergy and parishioners of St. Conleth’s & St. Patrick’s Mother of Jesus, and my mother too, help me to live like Jesus, Parishes, we warmly welcome you to our community. and help me to live like you. The information enclosed will provide you with a general background to “Anyone who welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.” our parishes, their structures, the services available, religious and Matthew 18: 5 support activities currently operating in Newbridge. You join the community at a time of great changes and developments. EVENING THOUGHTS But it is also a time of opportunity and challenges. We hope you will This evening, Lord, I give you thanks. not hesitate to offer and share your gifts and talents with the The light is fading, the sun is gone. community. I ask your forgiveness, Lord, The Parish Centre (045 431121) and the Parish Office (045 431394), both for my failure in your service this day. I see that you were present to me this day situated on the Station Road, can be contacted to give you more in the love of those I met, information and advice. Please call in or phone. in the call to sympathise and console. We wish you and your family peace and contentment and we hope that I remember, Lord, in your presence those who have no friends, your time living in our community will be happy and fulfilled. no food, no home, no shelter. I put to rest with you the troubles of this day. I ask the peace of your presence until the new day dawns. May the protection you give at the end of the day _______________________ _________________ be with me and my family Very Rev. J. McDermott, P.P. Rev. Dr.John Marsden all the days of our lives. (St. Conleth’s Parish) (St.Patrick’s Parish) 2 23 WELCOME TO OUR COMMUNITY WELCOME TO OUR COMMUNITY “Be still and know that I am God” Psalm 46:10 St.Conleth’s Parish PRAYER OF FRIENDSHIP THE PARISH TEAM Don’t walk in front of me: I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me. I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend. Make me aware, O Lord, of V. Rev. J. McDermott, P.P. the eye that beholds me, Chapel Lane 431741 the hand that holds me, the heart that loves me, Rev. Ned Murphy, O.P. the Presence that enfolds me. Prior Newbridge College 431248 “Does a woman forget her baby at the breast or fail to cherish the child of her womb? Yet even if these forget, I will never forget you.” Is. 49.15 Rev. John Dunphy, C.C. The Oaks 434069 PRAYER IN DIFFICULT TIMES Rev. Brian Kavanagh C.C. The storms rage about me, keep them, Lord, without me. Chapel Lane 438036 Troubles would confound me, let them not surround me. Rev. Paddy Byrne, C.C. 433979 Evil would ensnare me, let it not come near me. Chapel Lane Calm the wind, make the waves cease; Enfold me, O Lord, in your peace. Sr. Maureen Fitzgerald 431842 “Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you Sr. Eileen Murphy 431939 rest.” Matthew 11:28 SoonJu Lee Maria 435382 ST. PATRICK’S BREASTPLATE (Lay Missionary) Christ be with me. SonSuk Chong Sophia 435382 Christ be beside me. (Lay Missionary) Christ be before me. Christ be behind me. Marguerita Bedding 087 6107528 Christ at my right hand. (Lay Pastoral Worker) Christ at my left hand. Christ be with me everywhere I go. PRIEST ON DUTY (087) 2554908 Christ be my friend for ever and ever. 22 3 WELCOME TO OUR COMMUNITY WELCOME TO OUR COMMUNITY The Parish Centre Family Prayer President Mary Robinson officially opened Newbridge Parish Centre in To create an atmosphere for prayer, light a candle and place it in the May 1992. The refurbished building is one of the oldest and most historic centre of the room. Leave a few moments of silence to become still and in the town and has served the parish in different roles for over 150 years. aware of God’s presence with us. It is located on the ‘Station Road’ next to College Park on what is officially known as Charlotte Street. All of us gathered as one people, let us join hands and pray the words of Jesus: Our Father… The building is home to many groups and organisations, including the Parish Office, and is usually a ‘hive of activity’. Select any one of the Bible quotations below and ask the Holy Spirit to bring it The Parish Centre came into existence to cope with the ever-growing alive in your heart.