Carbury ParishA Newsletter Sunday 3 rd April, 2016 Our Churches: & Kilshanroe

Very Rev Fr. John Fitzpatrick P.P. Tel: 046 9553355 Very Rev Fr. Alphonsus Murphy P.E. Tel: 046 9553020 Parish Website: www.carburyparish.ie Email: [email protected] Carbury Parish. & Leighlin Website: www.kandle.ie Parish Office Opening Hours: 9.30am to 2pm, Monday to Friday.

For all bookings, newsletter items, and general queries please call 046 9553355

Derrinturn Church Mass Times Kilshanroe Church Mass Times Monday 9.30am Monday Tuesday 9.30am Tuesday

Wednesday 9:30am Wednesday 9am

9.30am Thursday Adoration for Priestly Vocations 8.45pm Friday 9.30am Friday Saturday 10am &7.30pm Saturday 7.30pm Sunday 8am & 11am Sunday 11am

Next Week’s Gospel: John 21:1-19

Second Sunday of Easter Divine Mercy Sunday (4/3/16) Are you like Thomas? Do you need to see to believe? Pray for faith and trust.

Dates for First Communion 2016 for our Parish are as follows Date Time School Church Sat 30th April 11am Derrinturn Derrinturn Sat 14th May 11am Killina & Ticknevin Derrinturn Sat 28th May 11am Kilshanroe Kilshanroe

Thank You: On the 1st anniversary of Pauline Cummins, her family would like to extend their thanks and appreciation to all who sympathised and helped them during their sad time. It was such a great comfort to the family. Thanks also to Fr Fitzpatrick PP for all his help and a special thanks to Fr Murphy PE for his guidance and help throughout. He celebrated a beautiful Mass at Pauline’s funeral. The holy sacrifice of Mass will be offered for your special intention.

Priesthood; Kildare and Leighlin: Are you interested in exploring the call to priesthood? Why not join an afternoon of prayer and reflection in the Church of the Irish Martyrs in Ballycane on Sunday May the 1st at 2.30pm. For more information please call Fr Ruairí Ó Domhnaill on 045 897470 or email [email protected]

Medical Missionaries of Mary are an international congregation of women religious serving in fourteen countries around the world. Sisters from twenty countries are trained in a variety of health related professions. With Mary as their model their special concern is with the care of Mother and child and fostering family life. A sister from the Medical Missionaries of Mary will visit our Parish this weekend to appeal for support for their work. For more information please visit www.mmmworldwide.org

Anniversary Mass List April 2016 Derrinturn Kilshanroe Sat 2nd April 10.00am Pauline Cummins, Rathmore, 7.00pm Confessions st Easter Saturday 1 Anniversary. 7.30pm 7.00pm Confessions. 7.30pm Mary Carroll, Coonough, Months Mind. Bilch Hogan, Coonough, Months Mind. John and Jane Kearney, . Paddy Garrigan, Dreenane.

Sun 3rd April 8.00am John & Teresa Daniels. 11.00am Connie Marsh. Divine Mercy 11.00am Sunday Mon 4th April 9.30am Mass for the Sick and their Carers. St Isodore Tues 5th April 9.30am Remembering our Living on the Mass St Vincent Card List. Weds 6th April 9.30am 9.00am St Paul Tinh 9.30am Mark Clooney, Mullingar, Thurs7th April st St John 1 Anniversary.

Fri 8th April 9.30am Sarah Duffy, Ballyhegan. St Dionysius Sat 9th April 10.00am Molly, Kit & Mick Dempsey & 7.00pm Confessions St Waldertrudis deceased members of the Dempsey family. 7.30pm Jack McNally, Dunfierth. 7.00pm Confessions. 7.30pm Dick & Kathleen Cully, Mick & Eilish Cully, James & Eileen Cully, Coonough. Jimmy Cummins & his wife Helena & their daughter Alice & daughter in law Rose. Sun 10th April 8.00am 11.00am Tom Duffy, Cloona, 1st Third Sunday of 11.00am Margaret Pender, Ballyshannon. Anniversary. Easter Austin F. Groome.

Communion Preparation Mass.

Please remember in your prayers Seamus Cooke – Robertstown (father of John Cooke Coonough) who was interred last Sunday in Allen Cemetery after 11am Mass. Please remember also, Kieran Skelly Ballyhagan and Sally O’ Neill Ballybrack. May they Rest in Peace.

Society of St Vincent de Paul Branch, would like to thank everyone in Carbury Parish who so generously donated food and clothes to them during the collection held over the past few weeks in our Churches. As the food was collected in Derrinturn, it was redistributed to families in the same area. The clothes are already on display in their shop on JKL Street in Edenderry. Please call in and visit the shop which is open daily 9.30am to 5.30pm. SVP would like to especially thank the ladies who organized the collection on their behalf and who took time off to deliver the donations to their premises. They would also like to thank the parishioners who so generously donated. Your support is greatly appreciated. Once again, many thanks, Rory O Kennedy, President, Society of St Vincent de Paul, Edenderry.

Derrinturn Tidy Towns is having its annual clean up on Saturday 9th April. They will be meeting at the car park beside the Church from 10am until 12 noon. Anybody willing to give a hand or help out during the clean up would be most welcome. Derrinturn Eucharistic Ministers & Readers for weekend of 9th and 10th of April Mass Time Readers Eucharistic Ministers Saturday 7.30pm Mary Baldwin Kate Crowe & Marian Dolan Sunday 8am Mary Malone Samantha Feely Lenihan Sunday 11am Mark Murray Muriel Skelly & Fidelma Mallen

***** Derrinturn Church Cleaning Group 2 to meet Tuesday & Friday *****

Kilshanroe Eucharistic Ministers & Readers for weekend of 9th and 10th of April Mass Time Readers Eucharistic Ministers Saturday 7.30pm Kathleen Dempsey Rita Clarke Sunday 11am Irene Hurley Tommy Holton

Ticknevin Community Group are holding a meeting in Ticknevin School on Tuesday the 5th of April at 7pm. All are welcome to attend.

Collections Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th March 2016 Collections Amount Collections Amount Derrinturn Basket €1040 Development €1270 Kilshanroe Basket €505 Mass Cards €25 Easter Station €740 Easter Collection €1950 Trocaire €1427 Christmas Day €20

Carbury GAA Lotto: This week’s lotto results were as follows, numbers drawn were 3, 15, 20, 25 and the bonus was 19. Four people correctly matched three numbers this week and each received €50. Next week’s prizes: Match four Numbers to win or share €16,200.

Make-A-Wish Ireland has one simple aim – They grant the wishes of children aged between 3 and 17 years living with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy and create extraordinary memories for them and their families. Volunteers are needed for ‘Wish Day’, their annual fundraising day, on Friday 8th April 2016.There are a number of ways to get involved and support them: select a location nearby and volunteer to sell their badges there for the day; hold a coffee morning or bake sale in aid of Make-A-Wish or hold a ‘Jersey Day’ or a similar themed day in aid of Make-A Wish. Money raised on the day goes to continuing to grant wishes to our brave wish children. If you can commit to the full day or even a few hours selling badges, please visit www.makeawish.ie to register online. Alternatively contact Emma Horgan: [email protected] or call 01 2052012 for more details. On behalf of everyone at Make-A- Wish; their wish children and their families, thank you for your support, this is as always much appreciated.

Rugby Club Lotto Draw: There was no winner of the Lotto Jackpot when the draw was held on Tuesday, 29th March. The numbers drawn were 04, 06, 07 and 25. Two people correctly matched three numbers and won €75 each. The winners were Mervyn McGahey c/o Mervyn McGahey and Enda Lewis c/o Enda Lewis.The Jackpot now stands at €11,700.

The 'Safer Roads' exhibition takes place on Sunday 10th of April from 2pm to 6pm in the Punchestown Event Centre. This is an interactive and informative show, organised and coordinated by Kildare County Council and supported by An Garda Síochána and the Road Safety Authority. Safer Roads also involves many other stakeholders of road safety and the transport industry, all of whom continue to work to make our roads safer. Admission is free; however, you must register to attend. For more information please contact Declan Keogh, Kildare County Council Road Safety Officer on 045-980421 or visit the Website: www.saferroads.ie

Thank You: Carbury Ladies Gaelic Football Association would like to thank everyone who supported their recent cake sale. Your continued support is much appreciated.

Trócaire would like to thank everybody once again for their generous support of their Lenten Campaign. Trócaire boxes can now be left back to our churches. Last year alone, thanks to the support from the Irish public and others, they were able to support 2.4 million people to improve their lives through various interventions including, 45,000 families across the world given access and control of their local resources, including land and water, whereas before they had been excluded and exploited. Protection to over 700 human rights defenders who were attacked in Guatemala. Support to over 6,000 women who survived violence and abuse, including access to healthcare, counselling and legal aid.

ICA meeting will be held in the Old Schoolhouse in Carbury on Tuesday the 5th of April at 8pm. New members are welcome to attend.

St Luke’s Hospital will be holding it’s the annual remembrance ceremony for families who have been bereaved by the death of their child through miscarriage, still-birth or early infancy death. This ceremony will take place on Wednesday, April 13th in St Fiacre’s Church, Loughboy, Kilkenny at 7.30pm. While we issue a special invitation to families who have been bereaved during the past year, this ceremony is for all families who have been bereaved, regardless of how long ago. Refreshments will be available for everyone after the ceremony.

Earth Day takes place on Friday the 22nd of April in the Bog of Allen Nature Centre, Rathangan from 10am to 4pm. It will raise awareness of the growing problems associated with air, water and soil pollution. Visit the peat-free wildlife gardens between 10am and 4pm and get a master class in producing your own compost, how to rainwater harvest, planting for biodiversity and air quality in your own garden. For more information call 045 860133 or email [email protected] All are welcome to attend.

St Marys Secondary School Parents Association presents Liam Lawton in concert with the RTE Concert Orchestra plus special guests. The concert takes place in St Marys School Auditorium in Edenderry on Thursday the 5th of May. Doors open at 7.30pm and the concert starts at 8pm. Tickets are available from St Marys Secondary School who can be contacted on 9731457 or in Carbury Parish Office on 9553355. For more visit www.liamlawton.com

LEARNING ABOUT THE MASS WITH KATH AND QUMEN

The Liturgy of The Eucharist – We Bring Our Gifts

During this part of the Mass we move from the ambo to the altar. We have heard the Word of God and now we come to share in the Bread of Life at the altar. The first part of the Liturgy of the Eucharist is about preparing the gifts that we bring to the altar. The most important gifts that we bring are the bread and wine. The bread is placed on something which looks like a plate. We call this a paten. The wine is in a glass jug. These gifts are placed on the altar. One of the first gifts that you will notice being prepared is the gift of money. You will see people moving through the church with a basket or a bag for the collection. Everyone is asked to put some money into the basket or bag. This money helps to pay for all the things that are done in the Parish.