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onleth’s Pa C ri t. sh CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR. S 2019/2020 NOLLAIG AGUS ATHBHLIAIN Newbridge Kildare Co. Parish Website: www.newbridgeparish.ie Lotto: [email protected] Diocesan Website: www.kandle.ie NEWS & VIEWS DECEMBER 2019 Parish Team Phone Numbers Parish Office Fr. Paul Dempsey, P.P. Fr. Michael Cudzilo C.C. Sr. Eileen, Parish Sister Parish Office Tel. 045 431741 Tel. 045 438036 Tel. 045 431939 Tel. 045 431394 MargaritaBedding Fr. J. McDermott, P.E.C.C. Fr. Eugen Dragos Tamas Parish Pastoral Minister Pastoral Office Tel. 045 903889 Tel. 045 433979 Tel. 087 6107528 Fax: 045 486171 Donal Mahon Fr. Paul Lawlor, O.P. Rev. Deacon Jim Stowe Parish Administrator Parish Centre Tel. 045 487200 Tel. 045 431394 Tel. 087 2124515 Tel. 045 431121 Emergency Number: Priest on call 087-2554908 M ASS TIMES BAPTISMS ST CONLETH’S CILL MHUIRE DOMINICAN CHURCH Saturday: Vigil Mass Saturday: Vigil Mass Saturday: Vigil Mass Ruby Cooke – Robertstown 6.00pm 8.00pm 7.00pm Nevaeh Eve Walsh McEnroe – Millfield Manor Sunday: 8.30am 11.00am Sunday: 9.30am 10.30am Erin Antoinette Kavanagh – Athgarvan Road Sunday: 10.30am 12.30pm 7.00pm 12 noon 5.30pm Theo Graham Slattery – Suncroft Elija Matulyte – Páirc Mhuire Donnacha Brennan – College Park St. Conleth’s Parish James Keogh – Páirc Mhuire Social Evening in Hotel Keadeen Ruth Elizabeth Hosback – Kilbelin Abbey Robyn Ashleigh Finnegan – The Elms Friday January 31st at 8.15pm Remy-Alexa Tammy Fitzpatrick Kavanagh – If a group wishes to reserve a table please inform Páirc Mhuire the Parish Centre Receptionist of same when purchasing tickets. Klaudia Klimczak – College Orchard Tickets €25 (includes 3 Course Meal and Band) Alannah Gloria Poole – College Farm Available from the Parish Centre 045 431121 Aria Kate Poole – College Farm Anna Catherine Healy – Belmont Green Raffle on the night for Newbridge Parish Lourdes Fund Tallie Suzanne Moran – Millfield Manor Lewis James Whitworth – Wellesley Manor Immaculate Conception December 8th Maya Doran Jervis – Cedarwood Park The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, 2019, Mollie Mae McLoughlin Mulpeter – Standhouse Not a Holyday of Obligation this Year. Rise The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is normally a holyday of obligation. But as 8th December is the Second Sunday of Advent, the solemnity is transferred DEATHS to Monday 9th December, and is NOT a holyday of obligation. Masses will be at the usual times: 9.30am in St. Conleth’s Church and 10am in Cill Mhuire. Mary (Molly) Conroy – Moorefield Park Séan Garrett – Páirc Mhuire We welcome two new members to the Parish Team Martha O’Donnell – Piercetown Catherine F (Kay) Cullen (née Nolan – Curragh Grange Charlotte Vard Fr. Piotr Jakubiak & Rathangan Charlotte is originally Piotr hails from Lublin in Kenneth (Francis) Mulhall – St. Joseph’s Ave & from Limerick but has South East Poland and has Wiltshire, England lived in Newbridge for the recently come to live in New- Bob Duggan – Highfield Estate past 19 years. A past pupil bridge. Having had a mirac- Laurence (Larry) Kearns – Old Connell & Rathmines, Dublin of Scoil Mhuire and Holy ulous recovery from a very Michael Lambe – Lumville House, The Curragh Family Secondary School she has studied serious illness, he entered the seminary in Alex Whelan – Páirc Mhuire Psychology and Catechetics and is skilled in 2001 and was ordained in 2008. He worked RSM Retd. Edward (Mossie) Whelan – Langton Park IT. She has been leading Confirmation Re- in three parishes before coming to Ireland Rose Armstrong – Roseberry treats for the past five years and was a founder and was Chairperson of the New Evangelisa- Patrick (Paddy) O’Brien – Mount Carmel & formerly member of the Amadeus Youth Group and tion School in his diocese as well as running of Caragh Youth Choir. Most recently she has devel- retreats with young people. He will be serving Sally Cormack – Goresbridge, Kilkenny oped our new Parish App. She is currently a as the Polish Chaplain in our diocese as well Sr. Claire Marie O’Connell – Holy Family Convent member of the Diocesan Safeguarding Com- as working as part of our Parish Team and is Kitty Cox – Piercetown Conleth (Con) Farrell – Piercetown mittee. Charlotte enjoys spending time with living in the Presbytery in Ballymany. He en- Margaret O’Meara (nee Ryan) – England & formerly of her beloved dog Suzy and is an avid rugby fan joys learning new languages and is currently the Crescent supporting Munster!! ! studying English with impressive results. Patrick Dowling Jnr – Allenview Heights Ann Nolan Dempsey – Kilbelin Cross REPUBLIC OF IRELAND SUPPORTERS CLUB NEWBRIDGE Patrick (Peadar) Brennan – Ryansfield MASS FOR DECEASED MEMBERS Margaret Cullen – Langton Park Michael Fleming – Fengrove & formerly of Dunlavin ON SATURDAY 7th OF DECEMBER 2019 Frank Malone – Rathangan at 7pm in Frank (Frankie) Keogh – Blessington CILL MHUIRE CHURCH, Patsy (Patrick) Clarke – Kilcullen Patricia (Pattie) Rafter – The Grange & formerly of BALLYMANY, NEWBRIDGE Dublin & Mayo ALL ARE WELCOME Ann Campbell – St. Dominic’s Park 2 NEWS & VIEWS DECEMBER 2019 EDITORIAL Breda Reid And so, folks, to my farewell. This is my last issue News & Views. May the Spirit of Christmas bring you peace I have decided to retire and let a new pair of hands take over at the helm. Believe it or not it is ten years since Sadie Barlow asked me May the Gladness of Christmas bring you hope to take over the reins from herself. I have really enjoyed editing May the warmth of Christmas bring you love News &Views and learned so much in the process. But I always Merry Christmas said that once I stopped getting the same level of enjoyment out of it, I would stop. I think I have taken it as far as I can. A new editor with new ideas will be able to take it to bigger and better heights. This time last year I was preparing to travel to Rovaniemi Finland And that new editor is Brenda Drumm. to visit the great man himself. The trip was a gift from my daughter Brenda lives in Newbridge with her Emma and her husband Carlos. I accompanied them, their two husband Bryan and two children, Emma daughters, Isabella and Natalia and Carlos’ mum, Maria. Believe and Cathal. She is Communications it or not we were actually praying for snow in Finland before we Officer and Digital Media Manager with left! Seemingly, global warming had delayed the onset of snow the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference and it didn’t arrive till the first week in December, two months in Maynooth, a job she had held for late! Luckily it arrived in time for us. Finland is a beautiful the past 19 years. She was media and country but the lack of daylight in winter months would not suit communications manager for the World me at all. While we were there, the sun rose around 10.00 am and Meeting of Families 2018 and the papal set at 1.30pm. I’d be eating Vitamin D by the bucketload if I lived visit. She is currently chair of Newbridge Parish Pastoral Council there. and a member of In Caelo Choir. She presents a monthly podcast We visited Santa’s underground workshop the day after we arrived. called Faithcast and writes a digital media column for Intercom I thought the first thing we would do was visit Santa, but no, the magazine. She presented Religion Matters on Kfm Radio from girls were happy-out making Christmas decorations, going to Elf 2010-2017. school and decorating cookies. We were about three hours there A cancer survivor, Brenda is a busy bee most of the time. She before they decided to go to Santa’s cabin! I was astonished. I had likes walking and swimming and is an avid photographer! She been certain it was the first thing we would do. Anyway, when we is really looking forward to being involved in News & Views. I eventually entered his living room tears sprung to my eyes. Yep, am content in the knowledge that the magazine is in very safe and at 65 years of age I finally got to meet the legend and was totally capable hands. overcome. There wasn’t a bother on the girls! At this point I wish to thank Fr Joe and Fr. Paul for trusting and While we were there, we also got an opportunity to step into the allowing me a free rein over the years, thanks also to the staff in Arctic Circle; so, two items were knocked off the bucket list. the Parish Centre and Parish Office for their support. Thank you Unfortunately, the aurora borealis made no appearance but a jaunt to the News & Views committee, Margarita, Vincent, Lorcán and in a reindeer sled made up for the disappointment. Raphael, to Citizens Information and Accord for supplying me with input for each issue, to Sr. Catherine for her unwavering, reliable and thoughtful column each month and to all our contributors down through the years. To our local photographers who were so generous with their photographs, thank you. Thanks to Donovan Printing and latterly Mochua Printers for their professionalism and skill, thanks also to our advertisers without whose support News & Views would not survive. To our distributors, those who come to the parish centre to help sort the 7000 copies into groups and those who go door to door on a regular basis, I cannot fully express our gratitude for your service. And finally, thanks to you our readers. Just remember News & Views is your parish and community magazine. Please bear it in mind when your group, or club or organisation is planning an event or celebrating achievements. It is a wonderful instrument to communicate your news to our town and its inhabitants.