COMMUNITY NOTES , & Tournafulla / GAA Lotto results for draw that took place Monday 21st Jan 2019 numbers drawn 5,21,22,25 No winner lucky dips Mikey Finnegan Tour, Larry Mountcollins Begley Mountcollins, Paddy Cahill , Con Murphy Mountcollins . Promoter Parish Newsletter 26th & 27th January 2019 Dave O Connell …. Jackpot €4900 . Thank you for your support Co Parish Priests: Fr. Tony Mullins Tel : (087) 2600 414 Camogie Skills and fitness training for adults … continues Monday evenings in the Fr. Denis Mullane Tel: 087-262 1911 - 069 84021 Ball Alley whilst the Minors go on Tuesday and u14's on Thursday evening. Fr Brendan Duggan Tel (087) 0562 674 Glengurt National School : School Enrolments for 2019 …. Enrolment for the Fr. Thomas Hurley PE Tel: 068-30292 school year 2019/20 is now open. Canon James Ambrose Tel: 087-774 0753 or 069-62350 . Please visit www.glengurtns.scoilnet.ie to complete the online application form. Priest on duty for the area Sunday : Fr . P . Bluett 086 - 8726488 Alternatively, a hard copy of the application form can be collected from Una in the office.

Templeglantine Family Boxes for 2019 3rd If you have not received / collected your family Box of envelopes for 2019 there is still Most Holy Trinity Church an opportunity to do so this weekend . Outstanding boxes are in the Church Porch S Templeglantine Thank you . U Date for your Diary. n Weekend Masses: Saturday 23rd February, we have pleasure in presenting The Abbeyside Players in D Sat Vigil Mass 6pm John B Kean's "The Chastitute". The play, with adult content is being staged in the A Sunday Morning Mass 10.am Community Centre and commences at 8.30. You are guaranteed lots of laughs. Tick- Y ets are on sale from Miranda on 087 6807394,Janet on 0876496463, Niamh on 0872682381, Siobhan on 0876628570, Mags on 0879761739 and Mary on I 0876377310. This is our first fundraising event of the year and we look forward to n seeing you there. St. Patricks Church O Tournafulla R Restoration Collection : D Thank you for your contribution to the January collection last weekend. Any outstand- I Weekend Mass: ing envelopes can be handed in at Masses or to the office. Thanks for your support. n Saturday Evening 7.30pm A Baptisms for the Area : R Anyone who would like Y Two months notice is needed for Baptisms in Our Lady of the to receive Holy the Area Communion in their t Assumption Church. own home please Templeglantine : 1st Saturday of the Month I Mountcollins contact Anne Conroy Tournafulla : 2nd Sunday of the Month m (086 3756606) Mountcollins : 3rd Sunday of the Month e Weekend Mass Sunday Morning 11am

TEMPLEGLANTINE GAA : Spin results Wed 23rd January 2019 …… Leah Murphy €55, Cait O Donnell €50 , Tony Wall €50 . Spinning next week for a jackpot of €7,200 are Thomas White Jnr , Barnagh , Lucija Kirylo , Abbeyfeale , Joan O Connor , Glantine February 1st Feast of Saint Brigid Promoters Prize : Ger Mac . Saint Brigid always recognized Christ in the sick and the poor. Newsletter Info: if you wish to include any local event in the newsletter please email: Let us pray to her for the grace of clear vision, even when we encounter [email protected] or phone Ann 086-379 4646 ,Eileen 087-622 2508., Helen 087 -975 1453 and Mary Christ in a distressing disguise and for the grace to be patient, kind, and 087 –949 8730 Items of a few lines only as space is limited. Deadline Wednesdays @ 6pm gentle with those entrusted to our care. Thank You. Sacristans: Believing in God - how do you do that? Mountcollins: Catherine Lenihan 087-277 3332 Tournafulla: Margaret O’Sullivan 087-695 3071 Believing in God means: I put all my trust in the One who loves me the most. I accept Templeglantine: Noreen Fitzgerald 087-248 9113 what God reveals of himself. I try to do what he tells me. Church bookings: Wedding, Baptism and Masses please contact the above. For info on Weddings Believing in God means to feel secure in him. God loves us. We do not need to be and Appointments Ann 086-3794646 / Eileen Moroney 087-622 2508 afraid. Together with Him we can bring out the best in us! "Your faith has saved Office Hours: Office Hrs 9am-5.30pm on Thursday’s you!" Jesus said this sentence over and over after He had healed people. He says it to a Appointments & Information: Contact Ann on 086-3794646 healed woman (Mt 9:22), he says it to a blind man (Lk 18:42), he says it to a leper (Lk 17-19). Tournafulla Church: Masses for The week The Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) was arrested and sentenced to Readers: 2nd Feb death during Adolf Hitler's dictatorship in Germany. In jail, amidst fear of death, he

Hilda Jackson wrote an absolutely incredible song: "By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered, and Mags Curtin Templeglantine: Anniversary Masses confidently waiting, come what may, we know God is with us night and morning, and Eucharistic Ministers Mon 28th Jan 10am Morning Mass Eilish Harnett never fails to greet us each new day." Pat Harnett Tues / Fri 11am Mass with Fr Hurley Alter Servers: Team B Sat 2nd Feb 6pm Mary O Shaughnessy Eucharistic Adoration & Denis Murphy, Barnagh , A/V We pray : Sometimes, for a moment, I pause, in the midst of the troubles of the day; I Tuesday Sun 3rd Feb 10am Patjoe & Billy Browne , & close my eyes and ears, and for a moment I am happy; for I am not alone; You are there, 10am - 12pm James & Mary O Connor Charlestown , A/V my God. Amen. Tune in next week for more of the 12 Questions! Tournafulla: Mountcollins : Fri 1st Feb 10am Morning Mass Feast of St Brigid Eucharistic Sat 2nd Feb 7.30pm Tommy Vaughan Hartnett , Where No Sound Is Heard Adoration Carlow / Tournafulla , A/V Will resume in February Nora , Patrick & Michael Collins , A/V It is little wonder that so many people seek the solitude of Mountcollins walks and treks on the sea shore or other outer spaces in Templeglantine : Thurs 31st 10am Morning Mass quest of solitude. Confucius once said ‘it is good to listen to Readers : 2nd/3rd Feb solitude’. Nelson Mandela in the quietness of his prison cell Martina O Sullivan Sun 3rd Feb 11am Michael & Catherine Lenihan , Lower Road , A/V claims ‘he found God’ which helped him during the twenty- Marie Gleeson seven years of isolation in prison in South Africa. Eucharistic Ministers : Margaret Collins / Ultan Mulcahy .Mary Buston Going back in history ancient monks and mystics receded to Eucharistic Adoration May they Rest in Peace quiet places to study, reflect and pray. It was from that kind of solitude they felt Monday We offer sincere & prayerful sympathy to the relatives of Michael the voice of God speaking to them in diverse ways. Pilgrimages are very much part 4pm - 7pm Hickey who has died in Scotland (brother of Pat Hickey Tem- of our Christian way of life when we consider Lourdes, Knock, Fatima, Medjugorje.

pleglantine) & Nellie Mary O Donoghue of Dromroe Tournafulla Muslims also conduct an annual pilgrimage to Mecca. People when they go on pilgrim- age can relate to their experience of that kind of engagement and relish the rich- Baptismal Info Evening who was laid to rest during the week ness and healing power that it brings. Feb 12th Abbeyfeale Lord Grant them eternal peace and joy & to their family & friends , March 12th Tournafulla strength & comfort. Not to discount the example of Christ himself when he went to a lonely place to pray in communion with God the father. People living alone and in isolation will find In the Sacristy at 8pm Congratulations to the babies (who were Christened on some comfort by the fact that they are free from the hassle of the world beyond. Offertory the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord 13th January ) Past Weekends Psychologists tell us, that the quiet hours of sleep are necessary for one’s well be- Templeglantine : Baby Liam Óg Congratulations to Parents Andrea & Liam ing and they further recommend periods of quiet and rest. Important also is the Offertory €700 Baby C .J Congratulations to Parents Christopher & Shelly time that people engage with family members especially when they feel depressed Tournafulla/Mountcollins : or downtrodden. ‘ Weekly Offering €805 Baby Natalia Congratulations to Parents Pawlet & Jolanta Baby James Congratulations to Parents Cora & James What is this life if full of care, We have no time to stand and stare A poor life this Míle Buíochas if full of care we have no time to stand and stare’