th Fr. Tom Crean, P.P., 087-2482090 PARISH of KENMARE Fr. Liam Lovell, C.C., 087- A Vocations Information Evening will take place on Friday, 20 May at 7pm in St. Brendan’s 1640967 Pastoral Centre, Tralee. To book a place, contact: (Kenmare Pastoral Area includes the Parishes of Kenmare, Kilgarvan, Glengarriff (Bonane), Sneem & Tuosist) Vocations Director, Fr. Liam Lovell, 087-1640967 / email: [email protected] 064-6641352 / Fax 064-6641925 / email: [email protected] / www.kenmareparish.com World Day of Prayer for Vocations: th 15 May 2011 ~ Fourth Sunday of Easter ~ ~ ~ Mass Leaflets for Children (on stand at the back of the church) The number of men and women choosing their notions of self-fulfilment in order to the vocation to priesthood and religious life is immerse themselves in another will, the will of The ‘LOOK’ leaflet is for pre-Communion children & The ‘IXӨYΣ’ leaflet is for older children. decreasing. This does not mean God is no longer God.” Particularly in these times when the voice   calling. God calls most people to follow Him, to of the Lord seems to be drowned out by “other Recent Death: We pray for Valentine Cimpoies, 21 Ard Bhearna, Kenmare, who died during the week. respond to His love, to serve Him in their family, voices” His invitation to follow Him may seem May he Rest in Peace. in their place of work, in their local community, too difficult. That is why, Pope Benedict but He still calls people to priesthood and stresses, every member of the church should feel Mass Intentions this Week religious life. There are many factors today, responsibility for promoting vocations. It is Holy Cross Sat 8.00pm Patrick Doyle, Gortalassa Anniversary however, that make it difficult for people to hear important to encourage and support those who Sun 9.30am Patrick O’Sullivan (Boula) ” and answer that call. show signs of a vocation to priesthood and Sun 12noon Billy Lynch ” Pope Benedict has written a letter especially religious live. Mon 10.00am Deceased members of The McSwiney Family ” for World Day of Prayer for Vocations – the He says it is essential that every family and Ken McKay, Josephine Daly, Pat O’Shea and theme of which is “Proposing Vocations in the parish would become more attentive to Tues 10.00am deceased members of staff of Kenmare Bay Hotel. local church.” promoting vocations. We must help our young Wed 10.00am Patrick, Nora & John O’Sullivan, Cappamore. Anniversary In his letter the Holy Father suggests that we people understand that “entering into God’s will Thu look for inspiration to Jesus, in the Gospel. The does not crush or destroy a person but instead 10.000am r work of carefully encouraging and supporting leads to the discovery of the deepest truth about Fri 10.00am Owen Smyth, Cleady Anniversary vocations begins with prayer. Before choosing ourselves… and to be generous in our His closest followers Our Lord spent the entire relationships with others.” Proposing vocations Sat 10.00am Paddy (P.D.M.) O’Sullivan 1st Anniversary night in prayer. in the local church means having the courage to Direendaragh Sat 6.30am Vocations to the priesthood and religious point out the challenging way of following Templenoe Sun 10.45am Tim O’Mahony Anniversary life are first and foremost the fruit of constant Christ. prayer lifted up to the “Lord of the harvest.” The Second Vatican Council reminded us Thank you for your contributions to the Offertory Collection & Parish Development Fund. The call to complete commitment to God that “the duty of fostering vocations pertains to 8 t h May Offertory Collection Parish Development Fund - Weekly Envelopes Total and to the extension of His Kingdom seems the whole Christian Community.” Bishops, Direendaragh €72 € 66 € 138 daunting. It is in fact a challenging and uplifting priests, parents, members of Parish Pastoral Templenoe €96 €147 € 243 invitation. He invites those whom He calls Councils have a duty to pray for and to foster Kenmare € 1,032 € 1,500 € 2,532 to “leave behind their own narrow agenda and vocations to the priesthood and religious life.”

Congratulations to the FIRST HOLY COMMUNICANTS from Prayer for Vocations: Cahir National School, St. Francis’ Boy’s N.S. & St. Clare’s Girls N.S. Through the intercession of Pope John Paul II who received their First Holy Communion at Holy Cross Church, Kenmare, yesterday. may each of us answer our call to holiness. May the men and women called to priesthood “They are children of God, for so indeed they are - - - and religious life have the courage to say ‘yes’. in Holy Communion, they now share the banquet of Christ’s sacrifice, In 2010, the Mission Sunday ‘Propagation of the Faith’ collection, in the Kerry Diocese, amounted to calling God their Father in the midst of the Church” (Baptismal prayer). €58,208. This collection goes towards the support of priests, seminarians, religious and catechists in distant missionary lands which is organised by the Pontifical Mission Society. Fr. Gary Howley, the Your Box of Weekly Parish Envelopes: National Director would like to thank all those who contributed for their great generosity despite very The boxes of Parish Envelopes, for the coming 12 months, are on difficult financial times. their way. We are grateful to all who are helping to distribute An Bíobla Naofa – The Holy Bible. Available on the Internet – free of charge. them. Free Bible Software. Bible software programs like e-Sword allow multiple Bible versions or languages (English, Irish, Polish, etc) to be used, even at the same time. Other features include commentaries, dictionaries, maps, cross-references, search capabilities and saving personal study notes. Go Bible allows Sunday, 15th May: Today is a day of prayer for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life. An Bíobla Naofa to be viewed on mobile phones/PDA. www.anbioblanaofa.org. There will be a prayer service at Muckross Abbey, Killarney today at 1pm followed by a walk to Franciscan Friary with outdoor Mass at 3.30pm.  Kenmare Tidy Towns: Many thanks to all who participated in the clean-up (½ ton of rubbish collected) between Kenmare to Blackwater Bridge last week.  Carnegie Arts Centre: Film: Of Gods and Men – Thursday, 19th May at 8pm. Music: Iarla O’Lionaird & Band – Sunday, 22nd May at 8pm. Bookings: 064 66 48701 / info@carnegieartskenmare.