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Parishes of Narraghmore & Moone Bulletin - 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time - August 24th/25th2019 Mass Intentions St Colmcille’s School in Moone will hello if you are passing and in need of a th Saturday & Sunday reopen on Wednesday the 28 cuppa, the kettle is always on. St Ita’s School in Kilmead and ************ St Laurence’s School in Crookstown Ballymount - John Hickey - th Moone Shone on the Roses th will both reopen on Thursday the 29 . Calverstown (20 A) We keep all the school communities; Crookstown - Michael Farrell - teaching staff, SNA’s, admin and support Huge Congratulations to everyone Boleybeg (A) John Hickey - staff, the students and their families, in involved in organising the visit of Calverstown (20th A) our prayers as they begin another year. the Rose of Tralee We also remember all those who will be contestants to Kilmead - Roberta Kelly (A) starting and returning to secondary Moone last Moone - Kathleen Kane – Timolin (A) school. Tuesday, it was a Caroline Kavanagh, Christy, Christine, ************** great event, with Ann, Catherine & Brian Mulhall, Ann & fun for all, despite Dominic Dempsey, James Kavanagh, his the weather. wife Helen and their daughter Mary. The Carlow Michael Kelly (A) and deceased Ukulele Collective provided great members of Kelly & Doyle families. entertainment in Moone Village as Bridget Leigh (A) Elizabeth (Lizzy) th the Roses arrived, and when the Kinsella – Ballyvass (60 A) Collective took a break we had our Weekday very own Community Garda - Crookstown: Wed & Fri 9.30am - Sean O’Mahoney who gave a Donor’s Intentions rousing rendition of ‘The Rose of ***************** Tralee’ followed by ‘Limerick, Question: The lovely Hymn/ you’re a lady’ - well done Sean. Prayer that we sing/say just Well done too to the Irish Dancers before the consecration at mass, who danced beautifully in pouring the Holy, Holy. Where does it rain. The Roses, after posing for come from? many photographs and selfies, ************** moved off in a fleet of vintage cars Moone Holy Hour and their tour bus to the High Cross The monthly hour will take place in The where music was provided by the Church of the Most Blessed Trinity in Lawler family. We wish all of the Moone on Sunday September 1st from 5- contestants, especially our local 6pm. Kildare Rose, Emer Fogarty, well This is a time of quiet prayer in the in the contest and hope that they presence of the Blessed Sacrament have enjoyed their time, not only in followed by Benediction. Everyone is Kildare but all over. welcome so why not come along and take some quiet time for yourself alone with God. Relocation of the Parish Pastoral The Crosscare Annual Collection ************* Worker’s Office for Community, Homeless and Youth Parish Schools Reopening The office of the Parish Pastoral Worker services will take place in churches After what seems like a very short has relocated around the corner and is throughout the Dublin Diocese on the summer break, or maybe not, our parish weekend of Sat 31st August and Sun now located across the hall from the st schools will reopen in the coming days: Parish Office. Please drop in and say 1 September 2019. Last year Crosscare saw almost 1,000 people accommodated In an attempt to support Paula, Mossie Conor McCann - Parish Pastoral in their homeless services and at the same and their 3 children a ‘GoFundMe’ page Worker - Narraghmore & Moone time they helped 78 families and over 100 has been set up wit the aim of raising 086-7905654. Email: individuals move into their own homes. much needed funds to support the family. [email protected] Through their food banks and meal You can contribute at: gofundme.com Natasha Geoghegan - Parish Pastoral services, over 175,000 meals were and there you will see Paula’s Recovery Worker - Athy & Barrowhouse distributed to those in need and 14,000 Fund. There is a link to the Go Fund Me parcels of food were delivered to families. site on the parish Facebook page. If you 087-6730300. Email: Over 4,000 young people were supported have any questions Please contact Conor [email protected] through Crosscare’s Youth Work service the Parish Pastoral Worker. Parish secretaries through voluntary youth clubs and ************* Ber Murphy & Trish Holligan - . summer projects. 400 teenagers and their Function to mark the Retirement families found the help and support they Mon, Tue, Wed & Fri 10am - 4pm. of Ed Kirwan S.s. Mary & Laurence Church, needed in Teen Counselling. Parents Association are organising a Please help Crosscare to continue with Crookstown, Tel: 059 8623154. Email: this vital work in our parishes and function in Athy Golf Club on Saturday [email protected] communities by raising awareness in 14th September to mark the retirement of **************** advance of the annual collection in the Mr. Ed Kirwan. Tickets at 15 euro can be Thought for the Day coming weeks. Donors can also contribute purchased from the any member of For a long time, Western Christianity on line at www.crosscare.ie Parents Association or from the School. ************ was marked by a deep pessimism. Most ACTIV8 is a new course from the Office of our support. were surely going to hell! In sum, we of Evangelisation and Ecumenism to ********* seem to have moved from clarity and enable individuals and parish Moone Parish Summer Draw pessimism to agnosticism and optimism. communities grow their capacity to share & Cake Sale A necessary rebalancing, of course, but faith with others. There are eight sessions Takes places after 12noon mas TODAY with the attendant risk of complacency, th once a month stretching over eight Sunday August 25 . convinced as we are, and ought to be, of God’s boundless mercy, love and months. The course will explore how Your support would be greatly compassion. These gifts, on the other faith can grow: connecting with new appreciated. ways of praying, the use of social media hand, should not trigger a kind of lazy and optimising the potential of Sunday. ********** confidence but should invite even greater In this course participants will grow in Blood Donation Clinic engagement, commitment and costly discipleship. God desires the whole the skill of faith sharing and confident Give Blood in St Laurence’s GAA person, all that I am. dialogue with fellow travellers and complex on Thursday August 29th from seekers. There will be an Enquiry 4:30pm - 8pm. Evening on the 4th September in Holy Prayer: Cross Diocesan Centre, Clonliffe Road at *********** God of costly love, help us to take up the 7.30pm. To register for the enquiry Mass & Church Service Times: path of discipleship and respond to your evening or for the full course please Ballymount: Son’s call by giving our whole selves to email [email protected]. Sunday 8.30am you and the Gospel. Amen. ********* Crookstown: Fundraising for Paula Doyle Saturday 7pm (Vigil) In October 2018, Paula became suddenly Wednesday & Friday: 9.30am and critically ill with a serious Tuesday & Thursday: 9.30am - Liturgy Answer: Did you know that the neurological illness. Paula was in of the Word with Holy Communion. Holy, Holy, as it is commonly called hospital, away from her husband and Tues. 7-8pm Exposition of the Blessed comes from the bible, from the Book children, for nine months, in Tallaght Sacrament of Revelation? It based on Rev. 4:1- Hospital initially, followed by treatment 11. in the National Rehabilitation Hospital Kilmead: The book of Revelation or the in Dun Laoghaire. Paula now needs Sunday 10.30am Apocalypse as it is also known as, is significant support if she is to live safely Thursday 9.30am - Liturgy of the Word at home. with Holy Communion. often misunderstood to be a vision of the end of time. But the book of This illness has been completely life Holy Hour - Wednesday 7.00pm changing for Paula, Mossie and their Revelation is more correctly Moone: understood as the ‘vision of John’ three young children. Her children's Sunday 12noon. Holy Day: 11am world has been turned upside down. seeing the Heavenly liturgy. But Sadly, Paula's illness has had a huge Tuesday & Friday 10am - Liturgy of the what John is actually seeing is the impact on her parenting role and her Word with Holy Communion. liturgy that we celebrate every children have had to adjust both to her ********************* Sunday and indeed every day. When absence from the family home and to her The Parish Team: we look closely at the book of new condition. While her family hope Fr Liam Rigney PP - 087-2607377; Revelation what we actually see is the mass, and indeed many of the that Paula's condition may improve in the Email: [email protected] prayers that we use at mass come future, she currently needs further Fr Tim Hannon CC - 059-8631698 specialist support and constant from the Book of Revelation. supervision to ensure she is safe and Fr Francis McCarthy CC - 087- Especially the Lamb of God and cared for. 6978143 Holy, Holy. .