Firies / Ballyhar Parish Newsletter

FIRIES / BALLYHAR PARISH NEWSLETTER Fr. Tadhg Ó Dochartaigh P.P. Parish Office – Open this week: Mon, Wed, Thurs and Fri. (9.30am to 12.30pm) Tel: 066 9764122 E-mail: [email protected] Diocesan Website: www.dioceseofkerry.ie Phyllis and Geoff Matthews would like to thank everyone for their Sat/Sun 13 th /14 th January 2018 Mass cards and sympathy. It was much appreciated. Firies Church th Reminder: There are still some Parish Envelope boxes Sat 13 Jan 7.30 pm Kathleen Callaghan, Gerah awaiting distribution. Would the volunteers please collect Sun 4th Jan 11.30 am Catherine & Michael Casey, Rossmore them from the church porch in Firies. Thank you. Mon 15th Jan 10.00 am Michael Kelliher, Gurrane Tue 16th Jan 7.30 pm Joan & Patrick McCarthy ARDFERT RETREAT CENTRE – 0667134276: 1. The Pillars of an Gerah and Active Spiritual Life: 2018 Course by Fr. Sean Sheehy, starts 17th Catherine & Eoin Harkin, Coventry January, continues Jan through March, every Wed. 7.00pm-9.00pm. 2. Wed 17th Jan 10.00 am No Mass The Practice of Lectio Divina: Fr. Brendan Clifford OP, Thurs. 18th Jan, Fri 19th Jan 7.30 pm John Horgan, ‘The Garage’, Clounmellane 7.00pm-9.30pm. 3. Self-Care Day: Offering wellness skills that can be Sat 20th Jan 7.30 pm Kay, Margaret and Tom O’Brien, Molahiffe readily incorporated into ones life to nourish our physical and emotional Sun 21st Jan 11.30 am Cathy & Timothy Horgan, Bushmount well-being. Facilitated by Anna O'Donoghue and Betty Garnett Sat. 20th Jan., 9.45am-4.00pm. Contact 0872498061.08724980618 or 087 2498061 Ballyhar Church. Sun 14th Jan 10.00 am Maureen Clifford, Clune st Sun 21 Jan 10.00 am Daniel O’Meara, Lisheenaceanna Adult Eduation night classes in Killarney Community College enrolment is now open. Please call to school office Monday – Friday, 9.30 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament - Fri evenings from 7pm to am to 4.00 pm. For further details please Telephone: (064) 6632008 or e- Mass time: 7.30 pm. mail [email protected] Confessions: Sat. before Vigil Mass. Rosary during Exposition: 1st Fri of each month. Pulsewave Ireland Heart & Artery screening in Kerry next week. The Bpro Servers: certified to measure CASP to 99.17% in comparison to an angiogram and th Sat 20 Jan: Elaine McM, Noel McM, Nicola D as seen on TV. As Heart Disease is still the biggest killer in Ireland we try st Sun 21 Jan: Maria O’S, Ella M, Clodagh O’S to make it affordable for everyone to be screened. Normal cost of screening is €50 per person, Parish offer €30 per person for that we check Ministers of the Eucharist: Sat 20th Jan your Blood Pressure, Heart Rhythm, Casp of heart, arterial flexibility and Group 2 Blood flow. We can access the risk of heart attack or stroke with a simple Sun 21st Jan: Group 3 non-invasive test. Venues as follows: Tuesday 23rd January Killarney Court Hotel Killarney, appointments available from 11am to 8pm daily Call 087- 7151623 to make an appointment spaces are limited The Screening is medically approved and each person will receive a detailed printout which Deanery Duty for Sun 14th January: Fr Jim Lenihan, Killarney. Tel: 064 they may discuss with their own GP. 663 1014 Mob: 087 650 1998 Listen to Horizons on Radio Kerry, Sunday mornings at 9.00 am - communicating the Christian message. The Newsletter is available on the Parish website.

Sunday funerals in the Diocese of Kerry From the 1st September 2017, “No funerals (Mass, Liturgy or burial) will take place on a Sunday in the parishes of the diocese”.  This applies from Saturday mid-afternoon.  Removals to the church can take place on either Saturday or Sunday evening.  This change is necessary for many reasons: related to good Liturgy; related to factors in individual parishes; and related to the availability of priests.  Parishes are reminded that there be no exceptions to this diocesan regulation.  As regards Holy Days of Obligation the rule will apply to Christmas Day and St Patrick’s Day. On the other Holy Days of Obligation for flexibility reasons the decision is left to the local parish (while discouraging such funerals for liturgical reasons).  I realise many will have reservations about this decision. It has been taken after extensive consultation with laity and clergy throughout the diocese. “Just as Jesus died and rose again, so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep; and as in Adam all die, so also in Christ will all be brought to life.” (The Roman Missal 2011, page 1280) BISHOP RAY BROWNE