12/11/2017 :: 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Baptism
Congratulations to
Ronan Meehan, Ballyclera,
and
Curtis and Poppy Rogers, Cloughballymore
who were Baptised recently. We welcome Poppy, Curtis and Ronan into our Christian Community
Wedding
Congratulations to
Joanne Huban
and
James O’Sullivan
who were Married in Limerick recently
Anniversaries & Intentions
| Please pray for the following for whom Mass will be offered | |
November 2017 |
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| Saturday 11th 7.00pm Kinvara [St. Joseph’s] |
Tommy & Tessie Kavanagh, Trellick [Anniversary] Pete Callinan & his daughter Mary, Northampton |
| Sunday 12th 9am Doorus |
Mary, Padraic & Anthony Quinn, Doorus [Anniversary] Miko Fahy & deceased members of the Fahy & Quinn Family & Ambrose McNulty, Nogra Bridie Linnane, Nogra [2nd Anniversary] |
| Sunday 12th 10.30am Ballinderreen |
Mikie Hynes, Newtown, Kilcolgan Mary & Bill Ward, Kinvara [Anniversary] |
| St Colman’s 12.00 noon Kinvara [St. Colman’s] |
Bertie O’Connor [Anniversary] Deceased members of the O’Connor Family, New Line |
| Tuesday 14th Ballinderreen |
No Mass This Evening |
| Wednesday 15th 9am Ballinderreen |
Willie & Winne Fordham, Ballinderreen [Anniversary] Mary & Tom Gilboy & deceased Family, Ballinderreen |
| Thursday 16th 10am Kinvara [St. Joseph’s] |
Thomas & Mary Kelly, Cahermore |
| Friday 17th 10am Kinvara [St. Joseph’s] |
Private Intention Special Intention |
| Saturday 18th 7pm. Kinvara [St. Joseph’s] |
Martin Ford, Killina [Anniversary] David Callanan, Caherglissane [Anniversary] Martin, Mary, Joseph & Mike Halvey, Main St. [Anniversary] Tom McCormack, Northampton [3rd Anniversary] |
| Sunday 19th 9am Doorus |
Martin & Mary Delaney & deceased Family members |
| Sunday 19th 10.30am Ballinderreen |
Karen Day, Tyrone & Manchester [Anniversary] Gerald Quinn, Mulroog [Anniversary] John Day, Ballinderreen [3rd Anniversary] |
| St Colman’s 12.00 noon Kinvara [St. Colman’s] |
Phillip O’Dea [1st Anniversary] and his wife Mary |
Last Sunday’s Collection
Ballinderreen: € 645.00
Kinvara: € 1,164.41
A sincere ‘Thank you’ for your kindness, generosity and support.
All the money collected in the weekend collections goes towards the maintenance and upkeep our Parish and Churches.
The World Meeting of Families
The World Meeting of Families will take place in Dublin on the 21st -26th of August 2018. It is expected that Pope Francis will attend so we are beginning our preparation now for that event. Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation “The Joy of Love” (Amoris Laetitia) offers his vision for family life. In the newsletter each week we will share with you a paragraph from this document. Each family is unique and special and Pope Francis affirms this while concentrating on the good news. Enjoy the extracts.
This week’s extract
Pope Francis on addiction: “Drug use is seen as one of the scourges of our time, causing immense suffering and even breakup for many families. The same is true of alcoholism, gambling and other addictions. The family could be the place where these are prevented and overcome, but society and politics fail to see that families at risk lose the ability to act to help their members … we see the serious effects of this breakdown in families torn apart, the young uprooted and the elderly abandoned, children who are orphans of living parents, adolescents and young adults confused and unsupported.”
Amoris Laetitia/ The Joy of Love chapter 2 p.51
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Road Safety Authority
Memorial Service for ‘World Remembrance Day for Road Traffic Victims: Clayton Hotel, Galway. Sunday, 19th November 2017 2pm to 3pm
Ardrahan Church of Ireland
will hold a concert on Saturday 18th November at 7.30pm. Everyone welcome.
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Galway/Clare Easter Pilgrimage Group
to Fatima—(last remaining seats): 28th March to 2nd April 2018 for 6 days ex Dublin, Led by Fr. Kevin O’Boyle. €599 pps includes Hotels, Return Flights, Buses and Food. Also included is Mass in St. Anthony’s Church in Lisbon where Saint Anthony was born. Stations of the Cross and Mass in Fatima. €100 deposit secures place. For Brochure contact James Treacy 0860572216 or 061921470.
St. Brigid’s Meditation classes
Will be held every Thursday for the next 5 weeks both in Kinvara Thurs. evenings & Loughrea Thur. mornings. Spaces limited. Donation of €10 per class. Contact Marguerite Brady 0860356970
Ballinderreen Healthy Club Project
Welcome back the Kitullagh Choir for a Christmas Coral Concert in St. Colman’s Church Sat. Dec 9th, 8pm – 10pm. Tickets €10 must be purchased in advance and will be on sale after Mass Sundays in Acorn Centre from Sun 5th Nov. Contact Mary 085-7219832 or Claire 087-1304114.
Seamount College
TY and 2nd year students will stage the very popular ‘Grease’ musical this year: With loads of sing along songs and dance routines it promises to be a great evening’s entertainment. Kilcornan Hall, Clarinbridge at 7:30pm sharp, Thurs. 16th & Fri. 17th Nov. Tickets from the school 091 637362. Adults €12 & student €7. All welcome!
Ballinderreen Community Centre
AGM: will be held next Wednesday 15th November at 8:30pm in the Community Centre. All are welcome.
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Cards
Social 25 has started back on Wed evening at 7.30pm. This week it will be in Jordan’s. Tea and coffee provided. All welcome .
Ballinderreen Singing Circle
Resumes next Wed. 15th at 8pm in the Acorn Centre.
Ballinderreen N.S.
The Board of Management of Ballinderreen N.S. Would like to thank everyone involved in the recent Strictly Come Dancing and all who contributed to it.
Kinvara Bridge Club
Monday nights, 7pm, Merriman Hotel. New members welcome. Monday mornings 11am-1pm., same venue: ‘Play Bridge with Guidance’. Marie O’Shaughnessy or ‘ Bridge for Beginners with Moya Mac Eoin.
The Iona Institute
A talk by John Waters and David Quinn. ‘How we killed God (and other tales of modern Ireland)’ Tuesday, November 21st, Menlo Park Hotel, Galway, at 8pm. Admission: Free
Foróige
Big Brother Big Sister Programme (GYDP): now based in Galway is seeking adult volunteers For more information please contact: Mary (086 047 1420) mary.gaughan@foroige.ie
The launch of South Galway Stories Book 3
Will take place in Tarpey’s Pub in Ardrahan Sat. Nov. 18th at 7pm. Stories from Kinvara, Ballindreeen, Kilcolgan, Loughrea, Gort, Kilchreest and Ardrahan. All welcome
Ballinderreen Lotto
Numbers No’s … 15,25,28;32.. No winner. 2 lucky dips.. HKN Syndicate & Tom Walsh
Jackpot €7,300, draw will take place in O’Donoghue’s, Sat 11th
Holy Well Project
Ireland’s National Monuments Service documents the early nineteenth-century locations of over 2900 holy wells.
A new project which encourages large-scale participation through tools of the digital age is being started. Employing revised questions from 1934, the information gathered will be a publicly-accessible database donated to UCD’s National Folklore Collection.
Local researchers will be capturing accounts of the prayer “rounds” unique to each holy well site, patron saints, associated flora and fauna, and cures. The mobile-phone-friendly Omeka website can also receive audio clips of pronunciations of well names and their townland locations, video clips of interviews, pattern days, or persons demonstrating the rounds, and photographs of well sites, votive offerings and any associated stations.
Please see the attached PDF for more details.
Dates for your Diary for 2018
COMMUNION
Northampton N.S.: Saturday 26th May
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Ministers of the Word
Kinvara FM
Is pleased to announce that you can now listen to it on the internet every Saturday and Sunday from 12 noon to 8pm. The Saturday Vigil Mass from St Joseph’s Church can now be heard every Sunday at 12 noon on 92.4 FM. Please pass on this news to those in the community who are unable to attend Mass.
Items at the back of Church
You are welcome to take, free of charge, the prayer cards and religious magazines etc. left at the back of the Churches (except the Irish Catholic, which has to be paid for).
Coeliac Hosts
Please indicate to Priest or Minister of Holy Communion as you receive.
Car Parking in Ballinderreen Church grounds
Please do not block the exits in the Church Car Park
Loop Hearing Aid System
This system is now installed in St. Colman’s Church, Ballinderreen, St. Colman’s Church, Kinvara and St. Joseph’s Church, Kinvara. However, this system will not be available in St. Kieran’s Church, Doorus as the Church is too small for it to be effective.
In order to avail of this facility please switch your Hearing Aid to the ‘T’ position.
Induction loop systems are invaluable in assisting hearing aid users to understand spoken language, particularly in situations where there is background noise. Hopefully, this will be of great benefit to all hearing aid users.
Notices for the Parish Newsletter
The deadline for notices for the Parish Newsletter is 12 noon on Thursday. Community notices are welcome when there is space, and if suitable for a Church newsletter. Please try to keep them as brief as possible. Notices of a commercial nature cannot be included in the Newsletter.
Communion
Please walk up on the right and down on the left to ease congestion
Parking, St. Colman’s Church Kinvara
For Health & Safety reasons, please do not park along the wall to the left hand side of the barrier. Thank You.
Please Note
Church gate collections are to be taken up after Mass.
Parish Office
Parish Office Opening Hours:
| Tuesday & Wednesday | Ballinderreen | 9.30am—12.30pm |
| Thursday & Friday | Kinvara | 9.30am—12.30pm |
Parish office phone no. 086-8577644