RESIDENTIAL WEEKEND RETREAT at Mount St. Joseph's Abbey
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DUNAMAGGAN PARISH NEWSLETTER 10/11 OCTOBER 2015 **************************************************************************************** MASSES DURING THE WEEK: Monday, Tuesday & Friday: Dunamaggan at 9.30 a.m. Wednesday & Thursday: St. Joseph’s Home at 12.10 p.m. Saturday: Kilmoganny at 7.00 p.m.; Sunday: Kilmoganny at 9.30 a.m.; Dunamaggan at 11.00 a.m. Holy Hour each Wednesday from 3.00 - 4.00 p.m. St. Leonard’s Church, Dunamaggan. **************************************************************************************** ANNIVERSARIES: Seamus Power, Oldcastle, mass at 7.00 p.m. Sat. 17th; Patrick O’Meara, mass at 7.00 p.m. Sat. 17th; Rev. Jim Forristal mass at 11.00 a.m. Sun. 18th. **************************************************************************************** MINISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST: St. Eoghan’s Church, Kilmoganny St. Leonard’s Church, Dunamaggan Saturday Evening Sunday Morning Sunday Morning Oct 10/11 Margaret Enright Mary Cummins Jenny O’Brien Oct 17/18 Siobhan O’Donovan Anne Flemming Treasa Leahy Oct 24/25 Melissa Enright Mary O’Shea Myra O’Neill **************************************************************************************** READERS St. Eoghan’s Church, Kilmoganny St. Leonard’s Church, Dunamaggan Saturday Evening Sunday Morning Oct 10/11 Loraine Moore Willie Kearney Pascal Grace Oct 17/18 Nora Cummins Claire Byrne Nellie O’Shea Oct 24/25 Eugene O’Donovan Marian Kelly Aoife Power **************************************************************************************** SCHEDULE OF SERVERS: St. Leonard’s Church, Dunamaggan Week Begin Oct 18thJoe Fitzpatrick, Megan Fallon, Clara Whelan-Foxe, Gavin McMahon “ “ Oct 25thBen Kinsella, Rachel Brennan, Tom Kinsella, Seán Lawton. “ “ Nov 1st Jimmy O’Neill, William Browne, John Hayes, Noah Gilmore, Aidan Ryan “ “ Nov 8th Shannon Wall, Cathal Walsh, Sam O’Shea, Ross O’Neill **************************************************************************************** Wednesdays: Bridge at 8.00 p.m. Saturdays: Bingo 8.30 p.m. Jackpot €190 this week: Pool Number €960; Pete’s No. €400 Sundays: Progressive 25’s at 8.30 p.m. **************************************************************************************** DKK LOTTO: The winning numbers were: 7, 13, 18. There was no jackpot winner. The following won €30 each: Rose Brennan (Jimmy McCormack, Kilm.); Maisie Condon (Jimmy McCormack, Kilm>); Sean Delaney (Sean Delaney); Patricia Coffey (Cis Ryan); Tom McCormack (Townsend’s Bar). Next week’s Jackpot is worth €2,350. The venue is Shirley’s. **************************************************************************************** ANNIVERSARY MASSES: When more than one anniversary is included at a weekend mass, those prayed for will be included in masses during the following week. ***************************************************************************************** PAT WALSH COMMITTEE MEEETING will take place on Tuesday 13th October at 8.00 p.m. in St. Leonard’s Hall, Dunamaggan. ***************************************************************************************** RESIDENTIAL WEEKEND RETREAT at Mount St. Joseph’s Abbey, Roscrea from th th Friday 16 October – Sunday 18 . Given the renewed emphasis upon the family, which has been led by Pope Francis, Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea, County Tipperary, St. Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn, County Waterford, and Integritas, Stoneyford, County Kilkenny, seek to explore how family homes can become more like a ‘domestic church’ and how this aim can be supported and guided by the wisdom of the Cistercian monastic tradition. This residential weekend will explore the vows of monastic life and how they assimilate to the vows of marriage and to the commitment to family life in parenting and in maintaining the holding environment of a family home. From Friday evening to Sunday afternoon, this weekend of prayer, presentations and group reflection will be held alongside the framework of Divine Office celebrated by monastic community at Mount St. Joseph Abbey. It will involve the participation of M. Marie Fahy, Abbess, St. Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn, Dom Laurence Walsh OCSO from Mount St. Joseph Abbey and Patrick Treacy from Integritas. In order to reserve a place, please contact Eileen from Monday to Friday, between 2.00 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. at 0505-25600. A reservation can also be made by e-mail to [email protected] The cost of the weekend per person is €140.00. ***************************************************************************************** ZOMBIE BALL: Kilmoganny fundraising committee will hold a `Zombie Ball` in Dunphy`s Lounge, Kilmoganny on Sat 31st Oct at 9.00 p.m.. Thrilling night in store. Adm 5 euro. Music by Tim Chambers. .All welcome. ***************************************************************************************** HISTORY OF DUNAMAGGAN: The next meeting will take place in St. Eoghan’s Centre, Kilmoganny on Tuesday 20th October at 8.00 p.m. All are welcome. ***************************************************************************************** LOOKING AFTER YOUR MENTAL HEALTH: Learn how to become aware of, prevent and maintain your mental health - a talk on Friday October 16th in St Eoghan’s Centre Kilmoganny at 7.30 p.m. All Welcome (including teenagers) and it is Free of Charge. Dunamaggin LGFC & GAA are organising the event. ***************************************************************************************** Foróige is seeking enthusiastic people who would like to make a difference in young people’s lives by donating just a few hours a week. It is looking to set up a Volunteer Led Foróige Club in Kilkenny City. To find out more about becoming a leader and how you can get involved please contact Pierce Dunne, Foróige Regional Youth Officer, on 086 7805202 or via email to [email protected]. Are you a parent of school aged children? Would you like to learn some techniques to address issues of communication, discipline, decision making, relationships, self-control and school success? The Foróige DRUM Youth and Family Project plan to roll out the Common Sense Parenting (CSP) programme in autumn 2015 and are currently seeking participants. The skills covered in this parenting programme can be applied to every family. The proactive skills and techniques taught in CSP classes have helped parents from diverse backgrounds create healthy family relationships that foster safety and well-being at home, in school and in the community. To find out more about this programme and how you can get involved please contact Kate Carroll, Foróige DRUM Youth & Family Project, on 086 7736975 or via email to [email protected] ***************************************************************************************** MONTHLY MASS IN WESTCOURT to pray for the intercession of Blessed Edmund Rice in our lives and for his canonisation will take place in Westcourt on Monday, 12th October 2015 at 7.30pm. Please note the change of date. All are welcome. ***************************************************************************************** CYCLE FOR SYRIA: The transition year students in Scoil Aireagail are proposing a “Cycle for Syria” and they have organised four stationary bikes on which they are hoping to get local celebrities, the local community to cycle with the students the 5,300 kms to Syria. The launch is on Saturday 17th October at 11.00 a.m. and four of our past pupils, Joey Holden (captain), Michael Fennelly, Paul Murphy and Colin Fennelly, All Ireland Champions are starting the cycle. The event is being covered by the Irish Examiner and KCLR. We would be delighted if members of the public would come into the school and help with the cycle. Sponsorship cards are available from the school and there will also be buckets beside the bicycles. The telephone number of the school is 0567768632 .