Parish of Kilmovee
Church of the St. Celsus’ Church, Immaculate Kilkelly
Conception,
Kilmovee
St. Patrick’s Church, St. Joseph’s Church Glann
Urlaur
3rd Sunday of Advent – 16th December 2012
AS WE PREPARE TO WELCOME CHRIST ….
It might be a good time to look at what it means to be one of his followers!
What does it mean to be a Christian in today’s world? What has it always meant? Someone answered it like this:
WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY?
In the home it is kindness: In the business it is honesty; In society it is courtesy; In work it is fairness; Toward the unfortunate it is sympathy; Toward the weak it is help; Toward the wicked it is resistance; Toward the strong it is trust; Toward the penitent it is forgiveness; Toward the successful it is congratulation; And toward God it is reverence and obedience. ParishRtin Mission Statement IRISH DRAMA CLUB silent, we cannot hear it even though Foras na Gaeilge Afterschool Irish it is screaming all around us in our Drama Club will start on Thursday own area. The dedicated, 17th January 2012 from 6 – 8pm for confidential and caring work carried raise be children in 6th class as well as 1st out by our members of our local and 2nd years. The aim will be to conference is voluntary. This Jesus have a play for the Feile Drama in weekend the 15th and the 16th Kilmovee and to do games, drama December (Saturday evening and Christ, and song. It will cost €10 for five Sunday morning) the Saint Vincent classes and there will be fifteen De Paul collections are at all the now classes in total. To register please local Churches, Kilkelly, Kilmovee , Pand forever contact Kilmovee FRC on 094- Glann and Urlaur before each Mass. 9649814 Please support your local Saint Vincent De Paul conference. It is greatly appreciated and you will be RECYCLING CENTRE Kilmovee Recycling Centre is reaching out and helping people in pleased to announce that it is now your community. PLEASE PRAY FOR accepting papers, magazines and We remember all whose cardboard for recycling. Thanks to CHURCH CLEAN UPS anniversaries occur around this time. Barna Waste Recycling, this service In preparation for Christmas there May they rest in peace. is currently free of charge. If you will be a clean-up in Kilkelly church need any help, please ask one of the on Thursday 20th December at CHRISTMAS MASSES staff at Kilmovee Community Centre 8.00pm and in Glann church after the The times of Christmas Masses are as for assistance. 8pm mass on Monday 17th follows: Kilmovee: Christmas Eve December. 8pm and Christmas Day 10am. Urlaur: Christmas Day 11.30am. CHRISTMAS CONCERT Kilkelly: Christmas Eve 9pm & Kilkelly National School will host Christmas Day 11.30am, Glann: Christmas Carols in Kilkelly church Christmas Day 9.45am on Tuesday 18th December at 8.00pm. All are welcome to come KILMOVEE.INFO A reminder, as we face into the last and join in. kilmovee.info has now been online week of Advent that on December for 3 years and is the official 23rd between 5pm-6pm priests from Community website run on behalf of St Joseph’s Cluster (parishes of- Kilmovee Community Council. Bohola, Carracastle, Charlestown, There are a number of ways to Kilmovee, Kiltimagh and Swinford) interact with the site @kilmoveeinfo will be available in all churches in all on twitter or kilmovee.info on those parishes to celebrate the facebook. Are you on a committee of Sacrament of Reconciliation. A a local organization? Well why not website has been compiled to give submit your event or news to us we'll further information and to assist publish it within 24 hours. Contact us those who might wish to prepared for on [email protected] this celebration. The address is www.thelightison.achonrydiocese.org
25 CARD DRIVE The weekly Friday night 25 Drive will take a Christmas break after the 21st December game and will resume on Friday the 11th January 2013. Thank you for your support. The CHILDREN’S winners on Friday 7th Dec were: 1st ART & CRAFT Prize: Martha Durkan & Mary Kilmovee FRC will run a children's URLAUR GATHERING McVann 2nd Prize: Tom Grady & Sr Christmas art and craft evening on A simple flier that you may include Brendan Fri 21st Dec in Kilmovee Communi- with your Christmas Cards to those ty Centre from 6-8pm. The cost is €3 abroad will be available for LOCAL ST. VINCENT de PAUL collection after Mass at the back of per child or €5 per family. Partic- The work of Saint Vincent de Paul is ipants must book in by calling the church this weekend and during very important at any time of the year the week. Please take a few and Kilmovee Family Resource Centre on but especially at this time of the year. 9649814 by Wed the 19th of Dec. spread the word. The suffering of poverty is often MINISTRIES NEXT WEEK Christmas gift for family and friends donation of €289 for the proceeds at home or abroad. Halloween party to Highland Lodge. URLAUR: SS Reader: Adrienne Keegan IN HOSPITAL COMMUNITY ALERT Eucharist: Nuala Hawkins Please remember to let one of the (Message from Kilmovee Community Alert Offertory: Volunteers priests know if a family member or Committee): “It is with sadness and Servers: As Arranged neighbour is in hospital and would shock that we must inform our local like to be visited. Unless we are told, residents that due to cut backs KILMOVEE: Monitored Alarms will not be SS Reader: James Hunt quite often there is no way of knowing. supplied to Pensioners by the Eucharist: Maureen Duffy Department until further notice. As Offertory: Volunteers soon as the scheme is re-activated we Servers: C Roddy, T Higgins, OFFERTORY ENVELOPES The boxes of Offertory Envelopes will notify residents.” D Cafferky, L Frain for 2013 are available in all our GLANN: churches this weekend. We invite CHRISTMAS PARTY SS Reader: Rita Flatley you to take your own box and Christmas Party night of social Eucharist: Mary T Duffy perhaps boxes for family members or dancing in Tooreen Hall, next Friday Offertory: Volunteers neighbours as this will help with night December 21st starting at Servers: E. Bolton and M. Sweeney 9.30p.m. Tea and homemade festive their distribution. Thank you very KILKELLY: much for your continued support of goodies plus free raffle. Music by SS Reader: Mary Kelly our parish, its priests and its work. Night Owl. All welcome. Contact Eucharist: Francis Henry Your kindness is deeply appreciated, 086 176 3344 for more details. Offertory: Volunteers not least in these uncertain and Servers: As Arranged difficult times. If you are new to the MAYO STROKE SUPPORT parish and would like to receive a GROUP box of envelopes for 2013, please let Mayo Stroke Support Group will SHAMROCKS LOTTO either priest know. resume their 2013 meetings on The numbers drawn for Saturday 8th Thursday 31st January 2013, in The December were 8,11,20,42,.There MINISTRY ROTAS Tennis Club, Castlebar between was no winner. Next weeks jackpot These are available in Kilmovee 11.30am – 1pm. The support group is is €1850. Church and on our parish website for adults living with the experience under the Church Area name. Rotas of stroke and their families/carers CHRISTMAS EVE will be set in place for Urlaur in the and friends. It aims to facilitate GATHERING new year and added to the website. social activities, provide information, The rotas for Kilkelly will also be raise awareness and offer support A number of people has expressed added in the new year. A reminder and practical advice on living with interest in and willingness to help that our new parish website address stroke. For further information, with a short and simple Gathering at is www.kilmoveeparish.com please contact Niamh (094) 9049342, The Crib in Kilmovee Parish Church Barbara (096) 21511, Ailish (094) on Christmas Eve. Perhaps we 904 9172 or Alanna (094) 904 2368. might have a short meeting about this after Mass on Sunday 23rd. Ideally it would be good to have some KILMOVEE CHOIR musicians and singers willing to help There will be a practice for Christmas Mass (and Christmas Eve with Christmas Carols and maybe Gathering at The Crib) on next someone to read a prepared reflection. Time to be finalised but Wednesday evening at 8pm in the possibly early afternoon - maybe Church. All members asked to 2ish!!! Ideas on time welcome TAKE A BOW attend. Help welcome too :) during the week and we can make a Well done to the teachers and pupils decision in time for next weekend’s of Tavrane and Kilmovee National COMMUNITY BINGO bulletin. Schools for a very memorable and Please continue to support the local simple presentation of the Nativity Bingo on Sunday evenings in PARISH MAGAZINE Story (Tavrane) and a well staged Kilmovee Community Centre. As The 6th edition of Kilkelly / concert (Kilmovee) during the week. the year ends, it is certainly Kilmovee Its People and Its Places You all did very well and gave much appropriate to thank all involved in Parish magazine is now on sale enjoyment to many people. running this weekly event that is so enjoyable for many people and so locally. This years edition is 128 pages in full colour and is packed THANK YOU beneficial to many worthwhile projects in our community. Thank with interesting stories, articles and A sincere thank you to the pupils of you for your hard work and photos from the parish - past and 6th Class of St. Therese’s N.S. and dedication. present. It would make an ideal their parents for the generous
Kilmovee,2012 Kilkelly Glann and Urlaur Rtin CHURCH DIARY THIS WEEK
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Kilmovee
Sunday 16th December 10.00am Peter Caulfield, Carralackey Monday 17th December 10.00am Tommy Coffey, parents Bridget and Jim and deceased family, Magheraboy. Tuesday 18th December 10.00am Martin and John Cassidy, Ballyglass Wednesday 19th December 10.00am Martin and Gerard Caulfield, Carralackey Wednesday 19th December 8.00pm Choir Practice Thursday 20th December 10.00am People of The Parish Friday 21st December 10.00am Michael, Kate and Pat Cassidy, Clooniron Saturday 22nd December 11.00am Nicholas Regan, Culclare Sunday 23rd December 10.00am Mike Hunt, Sraheens
St Joseph’s Church Urlaur
Saturday 15th December 7.00pm People of The Parish Saturday 23rd December 7.00pm John Keegan and father, Paddy, Aughadeffin
St Celsus Church, Kilkelly
Sunday 16th December 11.15am Maureen O’Grady Newport Tuesday 18th December 9.00am Mary Kearns, Carrabeg Wednesday 19th December 9.00am Mary Forkan, Carrabeg Thursday 20th December 9.00am Bridget & Joe Tigue, Culmore Thursday 20th December 8.00pm Cleanup of the Church for Christmas Friday 21st December 8.00pm Grennan & Fagan Families Sunday 23rd December 11.15am Joe Glavey, Kilkelly
St Patrick’s Church, Glann
Saturday 15th December 8.00pm Philomena & Patrick Cox, Tavrane Monday 17th December 8.00pm Thomas Flatley, Glann Monday 17th December 8.30pm Clean up & Choir practise for Christmas Saturday 22nd December 8.00pm Beatrice & John Tigue & Christos Michael
Priests’ Phone Numbers
Fr Vincent Sherlock P.P., Kilmovee 094-964 9137 Fr John Maloney C.C., Kilkelly 094-936 7031
Newsletter Items Any items for the newsletter should be given to Fr. Sherlock or Fr. Maloney by Thursday evening at 8pm or emailed to [email protected] We would be grateful if notices could be emailed.
Parish Website - www.kilmoveeparish.com Diocesan Website - www.achonrydiocese.org Parish Bulletin - kilmoveeparish.com/newsletter (NEW LINK)
Primary Schools
Kilmovee 094-986 1282 Tavrane 094-964 9065 St. Theresa’s, Kilkelly 094-936 7371