COMMUNITY NOTES , & Tournafulla / GAA … Lotto results for draw that took place Monday Mountcollins 18th Sept 2017 numbers drawn … . 1,7,14,22 No winner. Lucky dips. Nora Hurley, NCW. John Larkin, Tour. M.A Cooper, Mountcollins. Pat Parish Newsletter 23rd & 24th September 2017 Murphy, Mountcollins Promoter. Seamus O' Sullivan. Next wks jackpot €1,100 …. Parish Priests: Draw in Tommy Micks Fr. Denis Mullane PP Tel: 087-262 1911 - 069 84021 Fr. Thomas Hurley PE Tel: 068-30292 REUNION OF CLASS OF ’84. Did you sit your Leaving Certificate at St. Josephs Sec- Canon James Ambrose -Weekend Assistant : ondary School, in 1984 or were you part of that class along the way? If so, Tel: 087-774 0753 or 069-62350 do join us at our reunion celebrations on Friday night October 20 @ 8pm, in "The Winners Circle Bar”. Tickets €10 to cover finger food and DJ. Please reply before Friday October 6 by text to any of the following numbers: Annette 087 2025359, Maura 085 8473160, Christiane 087 9421608 or Mary 087 2724388. 25th Most Holy Trinity Church Irish Heart Foundation certified Training in CPR, use of Defibrillator and Phecc ( treatment of stroke) will take place in ADSAR building Killarney road Abbeyfeale Templeglantine on Wed 27th Sept from 6pm to 10pm. Recertification will also take place at this time S U Weekend Masses: for anybody who needs re cert after two years training. Anybody interested in joining Sat Vigil Mass 6pm Mountcollins Community Response group or members who are waiting to be trained n Sunday Morning Mass 10.30am are welcome to attend. Members of group who need two year recertification should D also attend. Please contact Mary Lyons 087 7710327 to book a place A The Munster Pioneer Gathering takes place on 1st October 2017 in Woodlands Y House Hotel in , Co . Registration is at 10.30 a.m. Tickets for the Gath- St. Patricks Church th ering cost €30 each and the closing date for the purchase of tickets is Monday 25 . For In Tournafulla further details contact Sorcha 0863642619 [email protected], or Sr. Mary Bridget [email protected] Weekend Mass: O Saturday Evening 7.30 pm GOD HAS NO COUNTRY AT GLÓRACH: Donal Courtney brings his one man play, God R has no Country to the Glórach Theatre, Abbeyfeale on Thursday, September 28th at 8.30 pm. The play looks at the extraordinary life of Kerry man, Monsignor Hugh D O'Flaherty, who defied the fascists in Rome during World War II. Booking essential at I n 087 1383940. Our Lady of the A GLÓRACH FILM NIGHTS: Next up is ‘Singing in the Rain’ which will be screening Assumption Church. on Wednesday, October 4 at 8 pm. R Mountcollins Templeglantine GAA Spin Results Wed Sept 20th : James & Maura €50 , Alan Kelly Y €50 , P J O Connell ,€50 . Spinning next week for a jackpot of €7,700 are Frank Weekend Mass Guiry , Knockaderry , James & Maura Cards , Anne Sweeney c/o Gerard Daniels . t Sunday Morning 11am Promoters Prize Mary Murphy I TAI CHI CLASSES; will take place on Tuesdays from 10-11am in the Halla Inse m Ban. All welcome. Contact John Sherlock for info: 086-8382221 E Sean Nós Dancing Classes for Children will resume at halla Tadgh Gaelach, Tourna- fulla on next Tuesday evening starting 26th September. Enquiries Cotact Catherine Words of Wisdom: on 087-9555801 ‘’ You pay God a compliment ‘When you talk, you are only re- by asking great things of peating what you already know. Him.’’ But if you listen, you may learn - St Teresa of Avila something new!’

Sacristans: SEEING YOUR LIFE Mountcollins: Catherine Lenihan 087-277 3332 THROUGH THE LENS OF THE GOSPELS Tournafulla: Margaret O’Sullivan 087-695 3071 Matthew 20:1-16 Templeglantine: Noreen Fitzgerald 087-248 9113 ‘I was there first’. Envy easily comes to the surface when faced with the good fortune Church bookings: Wedding, Baptism and Masses please contact the above. For info on Weddings and Appointments Ann 086-3794646 / Eileen Moroney 087-622 2508 of others, especially when compared to what seems less favourable treatment of our- Office Hours: Office Hrs 9am-5.30pm on Thursday’s selves. Can you recall that feeling in yourself and what it did to you? Can you also recall Appointments & Information: Contact Ann on 086-3794646 times when you were content with your lot, even though it seemed others had greater gifts, better opportunities, etc. A parent or teacher who gives a lot of time to a difficult child does not love the others Tournafulla Church: Masses for The week Readers: Sept 30th/Oct 1st less, but if we are one of those other children we may not see that. Recall a ‘Jesus per- C. Collins/L. Lenihan Templeglantine: Anniversary Masses son’ in your life who helped you to overcome feelings of envy and helped you appreci- Mon 25th 10am Morning Mass ate that the apparently more favourable treatment of another did not mean a lessening of Eucharistic Ministers Tues - Fri 11am Morning Mass with Fr. Hurley love for you. L. Lenihan/H. O’Callaghan Sat 30th 6pm Mass for the people of the Parish Sun 1st O10.30am Mass for the People of the Parish This leads us to the core message of this parable, namely, that God’s love is a free gift Alter Servers: Team A and not earned. Recall moments when you were particularly conscious of the gifts that No Eucharistic Adoration: Tournafulla: God has given you by counting all the blessings that you have, no matter how small. Fri 29th 10 am Morning Mass (not Tuesday) ‘It is too late now’ are words sometimes uttered to justify doing nothing about a situa- Mountcollins : Sat 30th 7.30 pm Pat Rohan , Tournafulla , tion. This parable tells us that where love is involved, it is never too late. Can you recall Eucharistic Adoration Tim , John , Stephen & Margaret Larkin , times when you got a positive response after taking action when you thought it was ‘too No Adoration The Commons , A/V late’? Jack & Ellen Morrissey , The Cottages , A/V Templeglantine The Morrissey Family in England , A/V Readers : Sept30th/Oct1st Mountcollins: Lorna Larkin Thurs 28th 7pm Evening Mass World Meeting of Families Conference: “When we talk to parents whose children are preparing for sacraments we always tell Mary Larkin Sun 1st Oct 11am Betty Brosnan , Knockane , M/M Eucharistic Ministers : them that their family home is one of the holiest places their child can be. Does that sound Carol Larkin , Maura Sexton a bit mad? I don’t know about your family home but ours wouldn’t strike anyone as your Ita O’ Donoghue typical idea of a holy place! There are piles of clothes to be ironed, dishes to be dried, No Eucharistic Adoration muddy sports gear to be cleaned, a dog who seems to lose more hair every day that she Restoration Collection this Weekend . Thank you for your has on her body and a fridge that mysteriously empties as soon as I do the shopping! So continued support how can this be a holy place? Family life is the place where we meet God in the bits and Baptismal Info Evening pieces of everyday. We meet him in the daily challenges to love, forgive, nurture and The Next Info night We welcome into our Christian Community grow together. In the middle of school runs, meals cooked, stories read, homework Oct 10th through the waters of baptism : checked, cuddles given and dreams nurtured. We glimpse the face of God who created us Templeglantine Baby Michael Mulcahy and calls us to the fullness of life. …In all those ways we show love for each other in fam- ily life – even when it is a struggle to do so – become ways of echoing God’s love in the Congratulations to parents Donna & Bobby world.” Last weeks Offertory Congratulations To Templeglantine Jacinta McCarthy & Christian Deehan Weekly Offering €745 who were married in Templeglantine Church Tournafulla/ last weekend. And also to Templeglantine Childrens Choir is back after the Mountcollins Maria Daly Abbeyfeale & Brian McCarthy summer break ! Weekly Offering €1,250 Riverside Drive who were married in Valentia Island last Choir practice every Tuesday in the Church from Míle Buíochas Lourdes Pilgrimage: Any youths interested in going to Lourdes in 6.45 pm to 7.45pm sharp. June 2018 should make contact with your Sacristan please as places New members (children from 2nd class upwards in will be booked in Nov and are limited. any primary school ) are most welcome .