Graiguecullen Bingo Bench Or Are We Preparing Our Minds
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Diocesan Designated Liaison Person: Ms Joan Treacy 085 8021633 Rev. Fr. John Dunphy: Phone: 059 / 9141833 / 9182882 Priest on Call for Carlow Area: (Emergency Only) Phone: - 087/2588118 Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help:-The final The Graveyard Masses are as follows: night of our Novena takes place this Monday night. The Sleaty-Friday 8th June @ 7.30pm rosary is recited at 7.10pm and Mass begins at 7.30pm in Leaugh-Wed 20th June @ 7.30pm. St Clare’s Church. St. Mary’s-Monday 9th July @ 7.30pm This year’s Theme is: K & L Annual Diocesan Collection for our “Witnessing the message of Jesus in the Ireland of Today” Retired Priests takes place this weekend 3rd/4th June to assist in the ongoing support of our Retired priests. GUEST SPEAKER this week is: Envelopes are available in parish envelope boxes or Andrea Begley at church doors. Thank you for your support. Winner of “The Voice UK” 2013 Holy Communion to the sick:- Holy Communion The Eucharist is an 'every will be brought to the sick and housebound on this An Every Day Miracle: th th day miracle'. The trouble is that for many of us, the Tuesday & Wednesday 5 /6 June. Eucharist has become so routine that we can easily fail Monthly Youth Mass for June will take place on th to appreciate its true significance. Sun 17 June at 11.30am in St Clare’s. This is part of our parish programme and all children who have If we really want to rekindle the wonderment of that daily or weekly received Confirmation and their families are expected miracle, we have to start nurturing a life changing appreciation of the to attend. (Please note change of date and time) Eucharist and of the Mass. Key to appreciation is preparation. If the Eucharist is food for our minds and our souls, it’s important not to fill Priest’s Summer Collection:- this quarterly up on junk beforehand. Do we turn up for Mass in the right frame of collection takes place at all Masses next weekend. mind ready to give genuine thought to our prayers and to the readings, Envelopes available in boxes or alternatively or do we arrive with our heads full of trivia… life’s junk food. special envelopes at church doors. Your support, Chances are that if we arrive at Mass with our heads full of unrelated financial or otherwise is greatly appreciated. thoughts we will spend our time simply going through the motions. We Graiguecullen Evergreens Holiday:- leaving might as well not be there in the first place. Swimming Pool Carpark on Monday 11th June In the moments before Holy Communion when we are kneeling quietly @ 10am. Contact 91 40330. in the bench with heads bowed, are we simply kneeling quietly in the Graiguecullen Bingo bench or are we preparing our minds. We need to be preparing to This Tues 5th June @ 8.30pm in St Fiacc’s Hall receive Jesus’ real presence into our bodies and into our lives. We need Jackpot €2,390 in 50 No’s. to be remembering Jesus’ sacrifice and the reasons he made it. At the Check on Double No & win €1,370 Last Supper Jesus charged us to keep his memory alive. In celebrating Great Prizes to be won Bring a friend the Eucharist we celebrate the memory of his passion and death. As we Remembrance Mass for all parents who have break bread and drink wine in his name we recall Jesus’ opposition to lost a baby before, during or after birth takes religious sham, his commitment to forgiveness and inner healing, his place on Sunday 24th June in St Clare’s Church determination to overcome sin and his ultimate sacrifice. @ 11.30am. Anyone who would like to design a How do we behave after Communion? Do we hurry back to our seat patch for our remembrance quilt is welcome to do and continue chatting to the person in the next bench? How do we so. The square must be 6”x6” and can be left into behave after the Mass has ended, do we make a hasty exit keen to get the parish centre before Wed 13th June. on with the rest of the day, or do we remember that we are taking God out into the world with us? This is an urgent appeal from St. Clare’s Hospitality. We are currently making up to 50 food Jesus is with us to the end of time, and one of the ways he is with us is parcels a week as well as feeding around 80 in our through the Eucharist. The sooner we start appreciating this every-day food kitchen each day. We are very low on the miracle the sooner our lives will change for the better. following items & would be so grateful if you could G/K PARISH FAMILY BBQ DAY: - As we continue our help us with coffee, tea, baked beans, spaghetti, preparations for the world meeting of families which will take place in peas, sweetcorn, jam & biscuits. Again we thank you Dublin in August our parish is holding a family Parish BBQ Day on Sun most sincerely. Without your constant help & 1st July. The day will begin with our usual family mass at 11.30am and generosity we would not be able to run St. Clare’s Hospitality. Thank you. this will be followed by a free barbecue in the grounds of the swimming Pre-Baptism Meeting:-The next meeting of pool. The day will include lots of entertainment and fun for all who parents who are presenting their children for attend. It is a great opportunity for us to gather as a parish family and Baptism will take place on Monday 2nd July at celebrate together. 7pm in the parish centre. Anniversaries READERS – ST CLARE’S Sat 2nd 6.30pm Mikey O’Regan, Killeshin Rd (Birthday Rem) Sat 9th June Fr. John Fingleton, Killeshin Rd 6.30pm: Mary Hand, Lillian Fogarty Laurence Dowling, St. Fiacc’s Tce Sun 10th June Larry Condon, St. Catherines, Canada 9am: Poor Clare Sisters (Kieran Lawler, 152 Duggan Ave)-(Christy Kelly, Coolane) 11.30am: Martin Watchorn, Sean & James & Anastacia Malone & their son Edward, Coolane Margaret Costello READERS – HOLY CROSS William, Margaret & Ronald Nolan, 31 Pacelli Ave th (Liam & Catherine Rice, 3 Talbot Tce)-(Baby Calum Core Lawler, Heatherhill Sq) Sun 10 June 10.15am: Roisin Malone, Sadhbh (Michael & Elizabeth Dowling, 55 St. Fiacc’s Tce also their Moran, Cara Maher daughter Angela & son Henry) EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Sun 3rd 9am Joseph Bolger, 11 Church St also his sons, Tony, Mike & Pat ST. CLARE’S 10.15am (Ned Burke, Ardenteggle)-(John Kehoe, Springhill) Sat 9th June Martin & Katie Rice, Ardenteggle 6.30pm: Jade Nolan, Bridget 11.30am Sean & Mary Dillon, Pearse Rd Scully(C), Mary Tierney, Aoife Harry Byrne, The Beeches, Staunton Ave Whelan David (Davy) Hutchinson, Dunloe, Crossneen Sun 10th June John Holland, 6 Kennedy St also his brother James Holland, Quinagh 9am: Patricia Gilchrist, Cem Crowe, James Cleary, Graiguecullen & Dublin, also his wife Carmel Mary Kelly (Kieran Lawler, 152 Duggan Ave)-(Patrick Brennan, Ballickmoyler Rd) 11.30am: Fergal Doyle (C), Liz Mon 4th 7.30pm Baby Lydia Clair Scully, 5 St Lazerian’s Tce Hosey, Jenny Hutton, Hannah Tues 5th 10am Baby Lydia Clair Scully, 5 St. Lazerian’s Tce Keogh, Paul McKevitt, Aisling Fri 8th 7.30pm Baby Olivia Kinsella, Graiguecullen (Sleaty Cemetery Mass) Hurley Sat 9th 6.30pm ((Months Mind & Birth Rem) Liam Dunphy, St. Fiacc’s HOLY CROSS th House & Ballinahill) Sun 10 June Marie Lambert, California 10.15am: Ciara McDonald, Stephen Paddy Brennan, Mullins Lane (Birthday Rem) Dwyer, Geraldine Brennan th Sun 10 9am Elizabeth Byrne, Lower Rossmore Marian Movement of Prayers for 10.15am Eileen O’Regan, Killeshin Road Priests takes place in St Fiaccs Trevor Amond, 106 Rochfort Manor, Graiguecullen, formerly Ballygowan, Milford House, Graiguecullen on Tuesday James McGrath, Pacelli Ave, Graiguecullen 5th June at 7 30pm. Mass, Rosary Clare Nolan (née Guinan), 122 J.K.L. Avenue, Carlow and Benediction. All Welcome Finbar Comerford, 64 St. Brigid's Crescent, Bagenalstown, Co Carlow Weekly Collection Graiguecullen Community Childcare (St Fiacc’s Primary School) now taking enrolments Red Bag: € 776.00 for Sept 2018 for 2 Free ECCE Preschool years for children born in 2015 (2 free years) and Blue Bag: €1,762.00 children born in 2014 (1 free year) with no extra charges. Also enrolling for Junior We thank you for Preschool for children aged 2½ free with medical card and social welfare. CCSU weekly rate €32.20 with no medical card/GP Visit Card or social welfare. your continued support. Info 059 9137105/ 085 1155646. Exhibition of Paintings by Lily The Eist Cancer Support centre would like to sincerely thank everyone who supported our O’Rourke Cathedral Parish annual flag day held last weekend. We are so grateful for the support of the community always. Centre College St Carlow, Thurs The centre opens Monday to Friday 10 am to 5 pm and provides practical help and emotional 7th June-Sat 10th June. 11am-5pm support for anyone in our community who needs it. Phone 0599139684. Thurs 7th. 11am-7pm Fri 8th-Sun Killeshin Village has been entered in to the IPB Pride of th Graiguecullen Swimming Pool 10 . Preview evening from 7pm Place Competition 2018. Pride of Place acknowledges th Summer Swim Camps on Thurs 7 June. Exhibition of the work communities are doing all over the island of new works in Landscape, EVENING CAMPS Ireland. If you would like to get involved and support Seascapes & flowers using the 6 – 6.45 pm your community please come along to a public meeting mediums of Oil, Watercolour and CAMP 1: 2nd – 6th July hosted by Laois County Council on Wednesday 6th June Pastels.