Mass times and intentions for the week from 29th October 2022

Saturday 29th October, 7pm, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Lily Crosse, Convent Park, Kinvara, 3rd anniversary;

Thomas & Mary Shaughnessy and Una and Paddy Sullivan, Kinvara, anniversary.

Sunday 30th October:

9am, Doorus: Willie O’Connor, Newtownlynch, months mind;

Pat Keane, Aughinish, and deceased family members, anniversary.

10.30am, Ballinderreen: Fr Tony Minniter, former Parish Priest of Ballinderreen, 3rd anniversary;

Edward & Nora Fitzgerald, Ballinderreen, anniversary;

John & Mary Silke,  and Patrick Silke, and Ann Riordan, Lisheeneenaun, anniversary.

12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: Breda Quinn, Gortnaclough, 2nd anniversary;

Agnes & Paddy Joe Flanagan, Ballycleara, and deceased family members, anniversary.

All Saints Day, Tuesday 1st November:

10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Mass.

7pm, Ballinderreen: Mass.

Wednesday 2nd November: N.B. There will be no Mass on Wednesday this week.

Thursday 3rd November: N.B. There will be no Mass on Thursday this week. (Adoration as normal, 10.30am to 7.30pm in the Adoration Chapel.)

Friday 4th November, 10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: People of Kinvara Parish.

Saturday 5th November, 7pm, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Mass.

Sunday 6th November:

9am, Doorus: November Novena for the Lists of the Deceased.

10.30am, Ballinderreen: Gerald Martyn, Mulrook, anniversary;

Micheál Linnane, Ballycleara, 2nd anniversary;

Sarah Fordham, Tyrone, Kilcolgan, anniversary;

Ethna & Tomás Dalton, Ardee, anniversary.

12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: Anthony Taylor, Manchester & Muckinish West, 1st anniversary;

Jim & Tom Linnane, Ballycleara, anniversary.

Solemnity of All Saints, Tuesday 1st November 2022

‘The Forerunners of Christ with Saints and Martyrs’ by Blessed Fra Angelico (1387-1455), now in the National Gallery, London.

Masses for the Solemnity of All Saints will be as follows:

10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara. We welcome back Canon Frank Larkin, former Parish Priest of Kinvara, as celebrant for this Mass.

7pm, Ballinderreen. We welcome Bishop Brendan Kelly, retired Bishop of the Diocese, as celebrant for the Ballinderreen Mass.

Vacancy: Parish Secretary position for Ballinderreen and Kinvara Parishes

Sincere thanks to Catherine Leahy for her wonderful presence and work as Parish Secretary since 2015. Catherine will soon be moving on to take up a new career opportunity. We appreciate her kindness to all who had contact with the Parish Office and her great loyalty and dedication, and we will all miss her from the Parish Office.

The position therefore becomes vacant soon. This part-time position is for four hours, four days a week, 9.30pm to 1.30pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in Ballinderreen Parish Office and on Thursdays and Fridays in Kinvara Parish Office. Applicants are expected to have excellent personal skills, sense of discretion, good computer skills and office management skills. Any queries or requests for full details can be sent to Fr Hugh Clifford P.P. by email at bkpp@parishes.galwaydiocese.ie

To apply, please send a CV, before Friday 11th November 2022, to: Fr Hugh Clifford P.P., Parochial House, Kinvara, Co. Galway H91 YC3V.

Mass times and intentions for the week from 22nd October 2022

Saturday 22nd October, 7pm: May & Raymond Monahan, Kinvara, anniversary;

Michael & Kathleen Staunton, Loughcurra, 5th anniversary.

Sunday 23rd October:

9am, Doorus: People of Kinvara Parish.

10.30am: Mary & Jim Quinn and their son James, and John Quinn, Tyrone, Kilcolgan, and deceased family members, anniversary;

Christy Kavanagh and his parents Elizabeth & Thomas Kavanagh, London and Carlow, anniversary.

12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: Joe Curley, The Quay, Kinvara, months mind.

Monday 24th October, 12 noon, St Joseph’s Kinvara: Funeral of Thomas Tannian, RIP, Killina.

Tuesday 25th October, 7pm, Ballinderreen: Darragh Feeney, Mulrook and Tom & Mary Ann Quinn, Kilcolgan, anniversary;

Bridie Joyce (neé Lyons), Clarinbridge, anniversary.

Wednesday 26th October, 9.15am, Ballinderreen: People of Ballinderreen Parish.

Thursday 27th October:

10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Bridget & John Joe O’Connor, Leeha South, and deceased family members, anniversary.

2pm, Doorus: Funeral of Margaret (neé Mahon, formerly Geeha) and Andrew Durcan, UK.

Friday 28th October, 10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Deceased members of the Kealy family, anniversary;

Katherine Walshe, Clarinbridge, RIP.

Saturday 29th October, 7pm, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Lily Crosse, Convent Park, Kinvara, 3rd anniversary;

Thomas & Mary Shaughnessy and Una and Paddy Sullivan, Kinvara, anniversary.

Sunday 30th October:

9am, Doorus: Willie O’Connor, Newtownlynch, months mind.

10.30am, Ballinderreen: Fr Tony Minniter, former Parish Priest of Ballinderreen, 3rd anniversary;

Edward & Nora Fitzgerald, Ballinderreen, anniversary;

John & Mary Silke,  and Patrick Silke, and Ann Riordan, Lisheeneenaun, anniversary.

12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: Breda Quinn, Gortnaclough, 2nd anniversary;

Agnes & Paddy Joe Flanagan, Ballycleara, and deceased family members, anniversary.

 

Mass times and intentions for the week from 15th October 2022

Saturday 15th October:

1.30pm, St Colman’s, Kinvara: Funeral of Jim Brogan, The Quay, Kinvara.

7pm, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Joe Corless and his son Kieran Corless, Main Street, Kinvara, and deceased family members, anniversary;

John Glynn, Mountscribe, 3rd anniversary, and his wife Nora, Mountscribe;

Thomas  & Margaret Kavanagh and their daughter Marie, Newtown, anniversary;

Sarah Moloney, Traught, anniversary.

Sunday 16th October:

9am, Doorus: Paddy Costello, Aughinish South, and deceased family members, Aughinish and USA, anniversary;

Michael & Maureen Collins, Geeha, anniversary.

10.30am, Ballinderreen: Bridget Greaney, Caheradoo, anniversary;

John, Michael and Eddie Clasby, Toureen, anniversary;

Suzanne Stafford, Dublin, anniversary.

12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: Funeral of Eilish Bermingham, Convent Road, Kinvara;

Bernard Murphy, Carrowgarriff, 3rd anniversary;

Eddie & Katie Connolly, Killina, anniversary;

Mattie & Mary Rose Silke, Funshin, anniversary.

No Mass on Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th October. Adoration will take place as usual in Ballinderreen from 6pm to 7pm on Tuesday.

Thursday 20th October, 10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: People of Kinvara Parish.

Friday 21st October, 10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: People of Ballinderreen Parish.

Saturday 22nd October, 7pm: May & Raymond Monahan, Kinvara, anniversary;

Michael & Kathleen Staunton, Loughcurra, 5th anniversary.

Sunday 23rd October:

9am, Doorus: Mass.

10.30am: Mary & Jim Quinn and their son James, and John Quinn, Tyrone, Kilcolgan, and deceased family members, anniversary.

12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: Joe Curley, The Quay, Kinvara, months mind.

 

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament takes place every Thursday from after 10am Mass until 7.30pm in the Adoration Chapel at St Joseph’s Church, Kinvara. All welcome to call in for some time in prayer at any time during the Adoration.

Mass times and intentions for the week from 8th October 2022

Saturday 8th October:

11am, Ballinderreen: Funeral of John Moran, UK and Ballinderreen.

7pm, St Joseph’, Kinvara: Mary & Michael Ryan, and Mary & P.J. Burke, Killina, and deceased family members;

Tommy & Tessie Kavanagh, Trellick, anniversary.

Sunday 9th October:

9am, Doorus: People of Kinvara Parish.

10.30am, Ballinderreen: Pete Lane, Mulrook, 1st anniversary;

Frank Moran Snr & Frank Moran Jnr, Newtown, Kilcolgan, anniversary;

Margaret Sweeney, Toureen, 3rd anniversary;

Tom Connolly, Liskevin, 14th anniversary.

12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: Mass.

Tuesday, 11th October, 7pm, Ballinderreen: Mass.

Wednesday 12th October, 9.15am, Ballinderreen: People of Ballinderreen Parish.

Thursday 13th October, 10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: People of Kinvara Parish.

Friday 14th October, 10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Mass.

Saturday 15th October, 7pm, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Joe Corless and his son Kieran Corless, Main Street, Kinvara, and deceased family members, anniversary;

John Glynn, Mountscribe, 3rd anniversary, and his wife Nora, Mountscribe;

Thomas  & Margaret Kavanagh and their daughter Marie, Newtown, anniversary;

Sarah Moloney, Traught, anniversary.

Sunday 16th October:

9am, Doorus: Paddy Costello, Aughinish South, and deceased family members, Aughinish and USA, anniversary;

Michael & Maureen Collins, Geeha, anniversary.

10.30am, Ballinderreen: Bridget Greaney, Caheradoo, anniversary.

12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: Bernard Murphy, Carrowgarriff, 3rd anniversary;

Eddie & Katie Connolly, Killina, anniversary.

Rosary on the Coast 2022

As part of the Rosary on the Coast, happening around Ireland at the same time, the Rosary will be recited at the pier in Kinvara, in the area opposite the Pier Head Restaurant, on Sunday 9th October 2022 at 2.30pm. Thanks to Mary Nolan for organising it. All welcome.

First Holy Communion Dates 2023

Thanks to the school Principals for their cooperation in getting the dates for First Holy Communion organised for Kinvara and Ballinderreen Parishes for 2023. Confirmation dates will be announced by the Diocesan Office in due course.

The First Holy Communion dates are (all Saturdays at 11am):

6th May: Doorus NS (in Doorus Church)

13th May: Ballinderreen NS (in Ballinderreen Church)

20th May: Northampton NS (in St Joseph’s Church, Kinvara)

27th May: St Joseph’s NS, Kinvara (in St Joseph’s Church, Kinvara)