18/03/2018 :: The 5th Sunday of Lent
Welcome!
The priests of the South Galway parishes will be rotating this weekend for the Masses and so we welcome Fr. Barry Horan, P.P., Clarinbridge.
Holy Week Liturgies
| Tuesday 27th | Easter Penitential Service 7:30pm :: St. Colman’s Church, Gort. |
| Thursday 29th Holy Thursday |
The Last Supper :: 7pm :: Ballinderreen |
| The Last Supper :: 8:30pm :: Kinvara | |
| Friday 30th Good Friday |
Stations of the Cross :: 10.30am :: from Blake Manor Nursing Home to the Church (weather permitting) |
| Celebration of the Lord’s Passion :: 12 noon :: Ballinderreen | |
| Celebration of the Lords Passion :: 3pm :: St. Joseph’s, Kinvara. | |
| Stations of the Cross :: 7pm :: St. Joseph’s, Kinvara. | |
| Saturday 31st Holy Saturday |
Easter Vigil :: 7pm :: St. Joseph’s, Kinvara. |
| Easter Vigil :: 9.15pm :: St. Colman’s, Ballinderreen. |
1st Confessions
The Children of Ballinderreen will make their First Confessions on Wednesday 21st March at 7pm.
Rest In Peace
We Pray for
Richard Higgins, Athenry,
brother of Sadie Keane, Northampton.
who died recently.
Sincere sympathy to Sadie and her Family.
May Richard Rest in Peace.
Anniversaries & Intentions
| Please pray for the following for whom Mass will be offered | |
March |
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| Vigil Mass 7.00pm Kinvara [St. Joseph’s] |
People of the Parish |
| Sunday 18th 9.00am Doorus |
Nora Keane, Aughnish & deceased family members |
| Sunday 18th 10.30am Ballinderreen |
Tom Joe Connolly, Caherpeake, Months Mind Tom & Bridget Helebert & James Bendon, Caherpeake [Anniversary] |
| 12.00 noon Kinvara [St. Colman’s] |
Mass |
| Tuesday 20th 11am Ballinderreen |
Confirmation No 7pm Mass |
| Wednesday 21st 9am Ballinderreen |
Mass |
| Thursday 22nd 10am Kinvara [St. Joseph’s] |
Patrick Casey, Craughwell [Anniversary] |
| Friday 23rd 10am Kinvara [St. Joseph’s] |
Private Intention |
| Saturday 24th 7pm Kinvara [St. Joseph’s] |
Mick & Mary McInerney, Leeha North [Anniversary] Teresa, Lilly & Peter Ford, Kinvara [Anniversary] |
| Sunday 25th 9.00am Doorus |
Bridie & Larry Nicholas |
| Sunday 25th 10.30am Ballinderreen |
John & Nora Killoran, Ballinderreen [Anniversary] Michael Joe & Nora Mai Murphy, Keamsella [Anniversary] Agnes O’Connor & her parents Thomas & Ellie O’Connor, Ballinderreen [Anniversary] Bridget Fogarty, Ballinderreen, [1st Anniversary] |
| 12.00 noon Kinvara [St. Colman’s] |
Thomas, Mary Ann, Paddy & Martin Kelly, Cappamore [Anniversary] Mary & Martin Linnane, Inishrue [Anniversary] Jimmy & Mary O’Donohue, Cappamore [Anniversary] |
Last Sunday’s Collection
Kinvara: € 1,248.48
Ballinderreen: € 581.35
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.
Confirmation
The girls and boys from Ballinderreen will be confirmed on Tuesday 20th March at 11am. The celebrant will be the new Bishop of the diocese, Bishop Brendan Kelly.
Rosary at the Mass Rocks for Life and Faith
Join us on Sun. 18th March at 2.30pm. Ballybritt Racecourse, Emmanuel House, Clonfert, Ballinasloe, Rusheen Bay, Knocknacarra & Old Church, Home Farm, Moycullen
Divine Mercy Novena
Starts Good Friday 30th March—Sunday 8th April
Féileacáin (stillbirth and neonatal death association of Ireland)
are holding their rescheduled Spring Remembrance Service in The Church of the Holy Family Mervue, Galway on Sunday 25th March at 4:00 pm. All are welcome. For further information please contact 085 2496464.
Choir Practice
Wednesday 21st March at 7pm
Positive Spirit
Kinvara Alive AGM
Sunday 25th March at 8pm, meeting room, Kinvara Community Centre. All welcome. If you would like to put your name forward to join the committee, please send an email to info@kinvaraalive.com or contact the secretary at 086-0841218.
Kinvara Young at Heart Club AGM
Tuesday 27th March, 8pm, Pastoral Centre Kinvara. Everyone Welcome.
Village Spring Clean
will take place on Saturday 24th March at 11am.. We would appreciate as many as possible to help for an hour on that morning.
Positive Spirit
Kinvara Exhibition
West meets East II Anne Korff at KAVA (Kinvara Area Visual Arts) The exhibition opens Friday 23rd March at 8pm in The Courthouse, Kinvara and continues until Sunday 8th April. Open daily from 11am – 5pm. For more information www.kava.ie
Free Croi Public Talk
Monday 9th April in Lough Rea Hotel, entitled “Taking Control of Heart Disease”. Advice will be given from consultant cardiologist Dr. Jim Crowley. Call (091) 544310 or book online at www.croi.ie.
The rescheduled fundraising Fashion Show
(An evening of Fashion and Fizz) will take place in Sullivan’s Hotel Gort on Saturday March 24th. Prosecco and Shopping from 7pm. Fashion show with Catwalk Model Agency from 8pm, featuring Galway and Clare’s top boutiques. Tickets are €20, and are available from Sullivan’s Hotel reception, or at www.eventbrite.ie. All proceeds in aid of The Irish Kidney Association.”
Volunteers Needed – Bag Pack for NCBI
The National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI) is looking for volunteers for its fundraising bag pack in Tesco Galway on Saturday 14th April. If you can volunteer for a couple of hours please contact Collette McEntee on 01 882 1970.
A new Rainbows Ireland Programme
is scheduled to launch in Gort Resource Centre, Thursday April 12th 2018. Suitable for children aged from 7-12 years, Rainbows offers a confidential 9 week listening and peer support group assisted by experienced and trained facilitators, in order to aid children in understanding bereavement and parental separation. Information evening for parents / guardians, Wednesday 21st or Thursday 22nd March at 6.30pm in Gort Resource Centre. For more information, please contact 091-630902 / 085-2022066 or rainbowsgort@gmail.com www.rainbowsireland.ie
RHS Home Care
are now recruiting new Healthcare Assistants in your area and would love to hear from you. Potential applicants must have the required Fetac/QQI level 5 (two modules completed care skills and care of the older person). Please email you CV to jobs@rhshomecare.ie or call Aoife on 090 66 25988
Ballinderreen Lotto
No’s 7, 12, 16, 29..No winner.. 4 match 3’s Caroline Hynes, Stephen O’ Sullivan, Mattie Larkin & Stephen & Ann Moran. Jackpot €2,900 draw in Raftery’s Sat 17th
Positive Spirit
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