St. Nicholas Of Myra, Carrick on Suir & St. Patrick’s, Faugheen Parish Newsletter 27th May 2018 St. Nicholas Church St. Patrick’s Church Gospel Summary Today’s Gospel passage is the conclusion of Matthew’s Gospel. In the Bible, this event is titled The Commissioning of the Disciples. They are indeed commissioned to make disciples of all nations, to baptize, and to teach to others what Christ has taught them. Jesus promised that he would always be with them as they carried out the mission of the Church. Reflection for Parents As parents, we are commissioned by the Church to be the first and most significant teachers of the faith for our children. We present our children to the Church for Baptism, we teach them the Commandments, and we share with them the Good News of Jesus Christ. We show them how to live as Christ’s disciples in the world today. In this way the Church on Earth grows and is strengthened. Take time this week to think about how you are fulfilling your commission to be the first and foremost teacher of the faith for your child. What more can you do to fulfil your role? Bringing the Good News Into Your Family This solemnity celebrates the Holy Trinity—God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Work together to create a Holy Trinity mobile. Invite family members to use small squares or circles of construction paper to draw symbols for the Persons of the Holy Trinity. For example, you might draw favourite parts of creation to symbolize God the Father, a cross to represent God the Son, and a dove or a flame to symbolize God the Holy Spirit. Write the title “The Holy Trinity” in one square or circle. Use yarn and dowels or coat hangers to create your mobile. Hang the mobile in a place where all family members will see it and will be reminded to celebrate the work of the Holy Trinity. Please take this newsletter home AnniversariesChoose Life - Cherish them both Altar Society Members Tony Power Sean Barrett Phil Coffey, Margaret McNamara, Kay Maher Helen O’Brien & Bill O’Brien, Ballyneale & Kathy Wall John ‘Jackie’ Hogan, Collins Park Eucharistic Ministers for the 3rd June PJ Hannigan, Tracey Park 7.30pm Nora Keegan, Martin Kiely & Philomena Patrick Harrigan & Jimmy Harrigan, Pearse Square Coffey Tony Skelly, Main Street 11.30am Sonya O’Connor, Kathy Wall & Joan Dunne Michael Nolan, Chapel Street Readers for the 3rd June Kathleen Turner, Reading Marie Duggan, Bansha 7.30pm Teresa Joy Kathleen McGrath, Main Street & her son Peader 8.30am Nicholas Power McGrath, Carrick John O’Donnell, Killonerry 11.30am Sarah Dunne Jane Robinson, Tracey Park Martin Colleton, Clairin, Paddy Power, Ballinurra Communion to the Sick on 3rd June Eugene O’Keeffe, Marie Larkin, Aine O’Neill May they all rest in peace. & Josephine Shortiss Carrick-on-Suir 'Amoris' World Meeting of Families The Pope is Coming! To attend all or part of the World Meeting of Family events you can register now for the Pastoral Congress on www.worldmeeting2018.ie Places for the Congress are booking up fast, 20,000 are coming from abroad already. The biggest group booked are teenagers! You are guaranteed a ticket for the Festival of Families in Croke Park, Saturday August 25th if you register for the Congress. The Final Mass on Sunday August 26th, will be celebrated by Pope Francis. They are expecting 500,000, the choir alone will be 5,000. Many of our local choirs are invited to take part. The free tickets for this Mass are not available yet. The parish has booked a bus, for the Saturday and Sunday. If you can’t register at home, please call into the Parish office Stacey would be delighted to help you to register. If you would like to avail of the free bus that has been arranged, you need to give your details to Stacey, as the bus is booking up already. You are also invited to attend our Parish Conversation “The Joy of Love” for the Parish of St. Nicholas and St. Patrick’s. Venue: Nano Nagle Centre Week 6 Our final Conversations ….Thursday 31st May 7.30pm to 9.30pm. You are invited and most welcome Tea, Coffee and refreshments will be provided each evening. FACEBOOK page @carrickfamilies Exam Time Camp Creideamh Over the next few weeks our young Camp Creideamh Faith Camps for teenagers will take place again people will be sitting the State in Knockadoon (East Cork) over the dates 3rd – 9th Jun(Boys Exams. This year we will Camp) and 10th – 16th June (Girls Camp). For those who are introduce the Prayer Cross for them. You will be Post-Primary school age. Activities will include catechesis, prayer, sports, able to purchase a candle and write the young hillwalking, kayaking, swimming, music, arts and crafts and other persons name on it. We will remember them in prayer during the exam days, the Prayer Cross activities. For booking go to website: www.campcreideamh.ie will be placed in front of the Altar. For more info ring Fr. Eamon Roche on 086 9972539. Carrick-on-Suir Library Facebook page. St. Nicholas Church & Faugheen Parish News Carrick-on-Suir Library would like to thank everyone who supported our Parish Office tea day in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society. We raised €265.25 on the day Parish Office located in the Sacristy Open 9am - 5pm daily & closes at which was gratefully received by Catherine Bartels 4.30pm Friday Tel: 640080 or email: [email protected] on behalf of the South Tipperary Alzheimer Society’s Le Cairde Day Care Centre. Our Priests of the Parish Fr. Paul 640168 Fr. Selvanathan 649836 Fr. Jimmy 087 8229774 Weekly Collection €1,402 In the event of an emergency, please call 640080 Thank you for your generosity to your parish. WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES Icon of the Holy Family The Icon has now started to travel to each Saturday Vigil: 7.30pm Sunday: 8.30am & 11.30am diocese in Ireland to encourage reflection and prayer as part of the journey of Weekday Masses preparations to WMOF2018 The icon is 10.30am accompanied by petition boxes, where Confessions: Saturday 12—1 families can write their intentions and prayer. It will be in our Parish on the 28th May, please come along Eucharistic Adoration with your intentions & prayers. Monday to Friday : 8am-8pm The Local Employment Service (LES) St Patrick’s Church, Faugheen This is a free support service developed to meet the needs of Sunday : 10am people who are unemployed and in receipt of a Department Eucharistic Adoration of Social Protection payment (e.g. Jobseekers, Lone Parent Tuesdays from 10-11am & 7-8pm etc.) We can assist with CV preparation, job applications, interview preparation, information on training courses, Feat of Coru Chriti June 3rd referrals to ETB courses, advice and referral to CE Thank you to everal peole ho olunteered to Schemes and access to job vacancies. organise a Coru Christi roeion on June rd. We are based in the Nano Nagle Community Resource We inite eerybody and artiularly the irst oly Centre (Ground Floor) and are open Mon– Fri 9am- 5pm Counion failies to take art lease assemble Closed 1pm-1.30pm Tel: 051-649516, outie the Sacrity Door at 11.a, and e ill Annie Dalton (Employment Guidance Officer) roe through the arark, aroun he Level an back for Ma Look forward to seeing you Thank you. Christine Rockett (Administrator). St. Nicholas Church Gutters You may have noticed that the gutters on our Church are in very bad repair. The finance group has sought three tenders to get the gutters painted and cleaned. The first quote was €26,000, the second quote was, €18,500 and the lowest was €9,250 all plus vat. We have given the job to the lowest tender. We were fortunate to receive a donation recently of €5,000 for the upkeep of the Church, which will really help with this project. For those who would like to be associated with the repairs, we will place a secure collection box in the Church, for you. Once again, thank you for generosity to the parish. We hope the work will commence soon, the contractor is waiting for fine weather!!! Talk on Dementia Family Carers Ireland Dr. Sabine Eggers, will give a talk on Family Carers Ireland is the National Voluntary dementia, in Faugheen Hall, on Tues Organisation for family carers and in South Tipperary the day May 29th at 8pm She will speak about causes of Association has a Resource Centre in 8 Sarsfield Street, dementia ,symptoms, treatments, maintaining the Clonmel. Phone 052 66170454 or Facebook pg family memory, support organisations etc. carers Clonmel. The centre manager is Richie Molloy and the association holds a Family Carers Support Group Our Parish would like to thank Lidl for their kind meeting at the Nano Nagle Centre on the second Tuesday and generous monthly donations of magazines of every month where family carers get a chance to meet which are donated to Greenhill Nursing Home, St. up and discuss various issues around the whole area Brigid’s Hospital, the Day Care Centre and Mooncoin of caring. Nursing Home. These magazines provide varied reading material for the residents and are greatly appreciated. Our Newsletter Unfortunately the publishers of our newsletter are closing down. We will have to go back to a black and white, small format again from next week. I would like to sincerely thank the publishers and advertisers, as it meant we had a free newsletter each week.