Naas, SSSallins and TTTwo Mile HHHouse SSSummer Newsletter Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) 10th July 2011 Priest on Duty: Fr. Bogdan Wawrzaszek: 045 879792 Parish Office: 045 879730 Parish Website: www.naasparish.ie and email [email protected] No: 1311
Summer Weekly Mass Schedule Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 7.30a.m 7.30am 7.30am 7.30am 7.30am 10a.m. 10am 10am 10am 10am 10am 10am Sallins 10am Sallins 11am (Ballycane) 7.30pm No Evening Mass 7.30pm No Evening Mass 7pm (Ballycane) (Parish Church) (TMH )
Please note: The Saturday Evening and Sunday Mass Schedule is as usual.
What am I sowing? THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY WELCOMES YOU WITH GREAT JOY ! The farmer in today’s Gospel sows his seeds Naas : lavishly. In fact, you could say that what he did Aine Marie O’Carroll, Morell Crescent was wasteful. He scatters seeds all over the Charlie William Sex, St Conleth’s Place place – on the edge of the path, on rock, on Fern Joan English, The Gallops shallow soil, as well as on the rich soil. And he Harry James Spellman, Osberstown reaps what he sows. The rich soil produces a Devin Noel Gerard Kenny, Millbank fine crop, but the rest of the seed produces Robert Mark Domican, Mill Lane Daniel Anthony O’Brien, Straffan Way nothing of value. It is lost. Sallins : When we listen to today’s Gospel, it might be Emma Coburn, Sallins Park useful to compare ourselves to the farmer. All THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM : of us by the way we live sow seeds, and the For those requesting the Sacrament of Baptism two seeds that we sow can be for good or ill. weeks notice is required. More details from the What seeds are you sowing? What values, Parish website; www.naasparish.ie attitudes, and qualities are you planting in your children, in your family, your friends, work colleagues and community? What kind of F INANCE : witness are you for the Gospel message? What Sallins: Envelopes: €310 Baskets: €838 : kind of harvest are you producing? The Gospel Naas: Development Fund €4,034
today invites us to ask these questions and to be Offertory: €3,047 honest in answering them. Two Mile House: € 345
FEAST AND MEMORIAL DAYS Veritas, Sallins Road, Naas DURING THE COMING WEEKWEEK: New Opening Hours: Monday 11th: St Benedict, Abbot, Patron of Europe Friday 15th: St Bonaventure, priest /doctor of the Church Monday to Friday: 9am to 5.30pm Saturday 16th: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Saturday: 10am to 5pm. GAA Lotto Results : “THOSE WHO DIE IN GRACE GO BUT TO GOD Sallins : AND GOD IS VERY NEAR ” 11/07 (3-25-27). No Winner. Jackpot €4,150 Naas : Tom Wilson, Moone and late of 30/06 (9-18-27-28) No Winner!! Jackpot: €2,800 The Sycamores Splotto /Ballycane Celtic: MAY HE REST IN PEACE 03/07 (11-14-20-24) No Winner. Jackpot €5,200
SALLINS : Weekday Masses on Tuesday and Thursday only at 10am for the duration of the Summer. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction on Friday coming, 15th July at 7.45pm. Auction and Raffle in aid of Sallins Lourdes Fund takes place on Thursday 14th July in Flanagan’s Mill at 9pm. Donations very welcome to Rita at 045 861070 or Martin at 045 885966. Thank You : to all who contributed to the Cemetery Maintenance Collection on Sunday last at Bodenstown. Sallins Conference of St Vincent de Paul may be contacted at 085 7052294 .
NAAS : St Joseph’s Young Priest Society next meeting Thursday coming, 14th July at 8pm in the Parish Centre at the Church of the Irish Martyrs, Ballycane. Adoration from 8pm to 9.30pm Annual Pilgrimage to Our Lady’s Island takes place on Sunday 24th July. Bus departing at 11am. For bookings/details phone Peggy at 879526; Gretta at 875432; or John at 866233 Cemetery Mass in St Corban’s Cemetery takes place on Wednesday 17th August at 7.30pm (there will be no evening mass in the Parish Church on this evening). A reminder to attend to family graves during the summer. NAAS AND TWO MILE HOUSE PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES from 16th to 22nd August . Cost €760, full board. Bookings through Abbey Travel at 045 897756...... 5 Seats remaining. Thank You from the residents of Fishery Lane to the Naas Tidy Town Volunteers who so generously gave of their time in giving Fishery Lane a wonderful ‘spring clean’ Very much appreciated by all residents.
Two Mile House : Parish Pastoral Council ; next meeting on Tuesday next, 12th July, at 8.15pm in the school staff room. Community BBQ ; Many thanks to those in the GAA who organised the recent community BBQ. There was a great turn out of young and not so young! Fr. Paul’s Carlow jersey added a particular dash of colour to the occasion! A great evening was had by all. We look forward to seeing it as an annual event on our calendar from now on. Congrats to all involved.
GENERAL : Engaged Couples Course: next available course will take place on the 12th and 13th August 2011. Courses are held in the meeting rooms at the Church of the Irish Martyrs, Ballycane. Application Forms from the Parish Office, Sallins Road; phone 045 879730. Medjugorje Youth Festival 2011 from July 31st to August 7th. A new spiritual experience of Faith, Fun, Friendship. Cost €629, JWT half Board. Contact Michael 087 2497617. Cystic Fibrosis : Tractor, Car, BIKE, Pony & Trap Run, anything that moves” in aid of Cystic Fibrosis on Sunday 31st July. Signing on at the Village Pump Pub, Main St, Rathangan from 12noon. For further information phone Val on 086 2303374 or email: [email protected]. Kildare with Foróige are currently setting up a Foróige Club in Naas and will be holding a public meeting on Monday 18th July at 7.30pm in the Naas Community Centre, Sallins Road, Naas. For further information email: [email protected].