Clane & Rathcoffey Clane & Rathcoffey Parish Newsletter Parish

Our Faithful Departed….. John Roddy, Coill Dubh ………..may he rest in peace, Amen Clane & Rathcoffey Masses for the Week Clane Saturday 14th May 6.30pm Reuben Thomas, Mick Gormley, Kathleen Cribbin, Parish Newsletter Pat Cribbin, Brendan Cribbin, Patrick Butler, Clane Church 1884 ––– 2011 Rathcoffey Church , 1710 ––– 2011 Lil McCormack, Frances Gill Fourth Sunday of Easter 15th May 2011 Mass Book, Page 143

Sunday 15th May 9.30am Paddy & Kay Lyons, Josephine Murray 11.30am William & Mamie Mahon, Parish Contacts Deceased Members of the Marron, Shortt and Keegan families Monday 16th May 7.30pm Tom Dunne Fr Paul O’Boyle Parish Novena Tuesday 17th May 10.00am Martin Cribbin (Birthday Remembrance) Prosperous Road, Clane Phone: 045 868249 Wed 18th May 10.00am Tommy Slevin, Cecelia Roche, Martin Dowling

Thursday 19th May 10.00am Trish O’Neill Our Annual Parish Friday 20th May 10.00am Sick of the Parish Youth Ministry Co-ordinator Novena to Our Lady Saturday 21st May 10.00am Service of the Word and Holy Communion Parish Office, Main Street, Clane 6.30pm Adrian McMenamon, Louise Fall (Birthday Remembrance), Phone: 045 861393 continues this Monday,

Catherine Martin, Ronan O’Donovan, Mick Doherty, Damian McCaffrey May 16th 2011 with Mass Paddy Larkin, Paul Devine (Birthday Remembrance), Parish Manager Annette Hansford, Patrick Duffy, Parish Office, Main Street, Clane and Benediction at Adele O’Rafferty (Months Mind Mass) Phone: 045 861393 Sunday 22nd May 9.30am First Communion Mass 7.30pm in Clane Parish 11.30am Aidan Kealy, Ann McCabe, Church. Deceased members of the Shortt Family, Weekend Mass Times Rathcoffey Clane Sunday 15th May 10.30am People of the parish Saturday 6.30pm Our guest speaker this Sunday 22nd May 10.30am people of the Parish Sunday 9.30am week in Ronan Sweeney, 11.30am Saturday 21st Sunday 22nd Sunday 22nd Sunday 22nd 6.30pm 9.30am 11.30am 10.30am Rathcoffey Kildare Senior Footballer. Sunday 10.30am Clane Clane Clane Rathcoffey Ministers Brid Lombard Eleanor Cunney Siobhan Keogh Parish Shop and Office of the Damian McCaffrey Laura Duffy Colette O’Byrne People are invited to Michael Behan (Snr) The Parish Centre Eucharist Noirin O’Hagan Rose Ennis Sean O’Hara Alvagh Cronin Main Street Clane John Duffy Anne Fadden Bernadette Plunkett place their prayers and Claire O’Neill Assumpta Flynn Patricia Richardson OPENING HOURS petitions at Our Lady’s

Ministers Comhaltas Charlotte Hackett Rose Sullivan Lucy Travers Monday to Friday 9.30am – 4pm of the Word PJ Kirby Maire Weedle Saturday 10.30am – 1pm Altar. Basket John Duffy John Sullivan Sean O’Hara Collectors Joe Horan Darragh O’Brien Jack McCormack Phone: 045-861393 (May) Michael Wallace Charlie Flynn Philip Comerford Email: [email protected] Service of the Word and Holy Communion Sat 21st Sheila Briody, Anna Connolly www.claneparish.com PARISH LOTTO DRAW Clane & Rathcoffey Parish Lotto Clane Parish Shop Many thanks to those We would like to remind all those Items for the Parish Saturday 22nd who contributed, Tuesday 10th May 2011 Newsletter must be in to and those who who wish to renew their Annual Mamie O’Connell collected and counted 1, 5, 24, 28 Subscription or return ticket stubs the Parish Office by Clane Altar Society No winner of this weeks Jackpot can do so at the Parish Shop during the 12 noon on Wednesday Maura Tutty Basket € 1399.43 Email [email protected] Envelopes € 837.35 3 x €50 prize winners week or in the Parish Centre each Margaret Meehan Helen Berns, Matt Cribbin, Tuesday between 7.30pm and 8.45pm. Niamh & Aoife Fennessy Annual End of School Year Summer Party and RATHCOFFEY G.A.A. LOTTO RESULTS Promoters Draw – 2 x €50 prize winners 8th May 2011. Jackpot: € 11,200 Parish Concert Talent Show will take place in the th Numbers drawn: 4, 5, 22, 23 Mary Kelly, Sally Sheridan A Musical Evening will take place in Clane Westgrove Hotel on Sunday 19 There was no winner. 2 x €25 prize winners Parish Church on Friday May 20th 2011 at June. Please call 086 0619086 now if you Noel Fogarty, Brig Cuddihy 7.30pm, featuring the Clongowes Wood wish to perform on the day. All acts In-house winner, Terence Shanley Sellers Prize: Breda Noonan College Orchestra, the Millicent Singers, welcome. Event organised by Clane St. Next week’s Jackpot : €20 to each of the following; Natasha Kinnane, Maynooth Brass Band, our Parish Choirs Patrick’s Day Festival Committee. € 9,750 and Folk Group, a Jazz Quartet, the Rip Ann Gill, Tommy Berns, Laura Heslin. Jackpot next week: € 11,300 Weekly Lotto tickets are available from Roaring Marys, Clane Comhltas and many more. Tickets, at €10 each and family Kare will be holding a Charity Race your local Promoter or the Parish Shop. tickets for €20 are available in Clane Parish evening at the Curragh Race Course rd Minimum €300 worth Shop. All are welcome. on Friday 3 June 2011. The tickets An Evening of Music & Song with The of prizes every week. Proceeds in aid of Clane & Rathcoffey cost €15. Contact Ken Kavanagh on Millicent Singers & Guests: Mary McCague, Parish Development Fund. 045 448700 or go to www.kare.ie Violin & Eimear O'Grady, Cello. Friday 27th May at 8pm in Caragh Church. A very warm welcome to all the Vocations Sunday Tickets €15, on sale in Marrons Pharmacy, boys and girls receiving their First The Diocese of Kildare & Leighlin has seven Serenity Prayer Hughes Pharmacy & McKenna's Hardware, students for the priesthood, studying in Maynooth God, grant me the serenity Holy Communion in Clane this and in Rome. There are approximately one hun- to accept the things I cannot change, or e-mail [email protected] or phone weekend, to their families, and dred students for the priesthood in Ireland today. the courage to change the things I can, 086-8338626 with your ticket requirements.) their teachers. On this Vocations Sunday we remember all who the wisdom to know the difference, encourage Vocations to the priesthood as we build living one day at a time, A special Thank You to the many people who Enjoy this very special day. a Church and a parish where the gifts of all are enjoying one moment at a time, attended the Mass to mark the 150th anniver- welcomed and placed at the service of others. accepting hardship as the pathway to peace, sary of the birth of Fr John Sullivan SJ. Many taking as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I thanks to everyone who helped in any way. O great St Joseph of Cupertino, Fr. Liam Lawton is offering a workshop to would have it, th Who by your prayers, obtained from God present the new Mass settings on Wednesday, 25 Trusting that He will make all things right May in Clane Parish Church at 8pm. Cost per if I surrender to His will, Rathcoffey Camogie Club Easter Draw that you should be asked at your person €15 for a book of the Glendalough Mass & that I may be reasonably happy in this life, 1st Prize—Eddie Travers, 2nd Prize—Amy Toman, CD, Fr. Liam’s composition. All members of and supremely happy with Him forever 3rd Prize—Caroline Connelly examination the only proposition you Parish Choirs are encouraged to attend. in the next. Many thanks to all who supported the raffle knew, obtain for me that I may succeed and cake sale on Good Friday. like you in the examination for which I Scoil Mhuire Best wishes and congratulations SMA Pilgrimage to Knock am preparing. to our 6th year students at Scoil Mhuire, who are On Saturday 28th. May Collection for Uganda graduating this year. Fr Paul will celebrate a Bus leaving from Kilcock Anthony Marron will hold his annual Church graduation Mass in the school on Wednesday Further information please contact Gate Collection next weekend, May 21st - 22nd. Our exam book is now open in the next, 18th May at 7.30pm. Best of luck in the 01—6287275 or 086—3271563 The proceeds will be used to help poor children Parish Church. Please include the names Leaving Certificate and into the future! access basic education. It will also be used to of anyone who is sitting exams this year, BOYNESIDE TUG OF WAR CLUB help AIDS sufferers and their families. and we will remember them at all Knock Youth Festival ARE HOSTING Masses in the parish. 24th—26th June for 18—35s AN IRISH TUG OF WAR ASSOCIATION Contact Trish in the parish office for details LEINSTER CHAMPIONSHIP PULL For more information ON SUNDAY 15TH MAY FROM 12:30PM WWW.CLANEPARISH.COM Thought for the Week AT EDENDERRY RUGBY CLUB WWW.RATHCOFFEYPARISH.COM EDENDERRY, CO.OFFALY. WWW.KANDLE.IE (Diocesan website) Love; if you give it away, it comes right back to you. (Luke 6:38) COME ALONG FOR A FUN FAMILY DAY!