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Mass times and intentions for the week from 18th January 2025

Saturday 18th January, 7pm, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Stephen Warde, Convent Park, 5th anniversary;
Martin and Ellen Nilan, Boherbee, 3rd and 35th anniversary;
Mary Agatha O’Grady Savage, Main Street, Kinvara, and deceased members of the O’Grady and Savage families, anniversary;
Frank and Mary Fahy, Kinvara West, anniversary;
Keelin Frawley, Gortskeagh, anniversary.
 
Sunday 19th January:
 
9am, Doorus: Mattie Corless, Mountscribe, 3rd anniversary;
Patricia Kinnane, Aughinish and Leixlip, anniversary;
Martin and Mary Delaney, Mountmellick, anniversary.
 
10.30am, Ballinderreen: Thomas Shiels, Killeenhugh, anniversary.
 
12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: John Walsh, Ardrahan, 1st anniversary;
Christy Linnane, Inishrue, 2nd anniversary;
Betty and Paddy Joe Griffin, and Stephen and Eileen Griffin, Kinvara, and deceased family members, anniversary.
 
Tuesday 21st January, 7pm, Ballinderreen: Mass.
 
Wednesday 22nd January: No Mass in Ballinderreen this morning.
 
Thursday 23rd January, 10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: People of Kinvara and Ballinderreen Parishes.
 
Friday 24th January, 10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Mass.
 
Saturday 25th January, 7pm, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: John and Katie Whelan, Carnamadra, and deceased family members, anniversary.
 
Sunday 26th January:
 
9am, Doorus: Nora Curtin (née Walsh), Ennis, anniversary.
 
10.30am, Ballinderreen: Patsy and Teresa Fawl, Mulrook, 4th and 3rd anniversary;
John Lane, Mulrook, 5th anniversary.
 
12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: Geraldine Linnane, Parkmore, 1st anniversary;
Ann O’Connor Dunford, Moy Road, 10th anniversary;
John and Kathleen Sullivan, Crushoa, and deceased family members, anniversary.

Mass times and intentions for the week from 11th January 2025

Saturday 11th January, 7pm, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: John Conole, Main Street, Kinvara, months mind;
(Deceased members of Kinvara Bridge Club, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the club’s founding: postponed)
 
Sunday 12th January:
 
9am, Doorus: Offered for those to whom the Parish Christmas Novena Mass cards were sent.  (9th of 9)
 
10.30am, Ballinderreen: Paddy Ganly, Ballinderreen, 7th anniversary;
Mary Anne, Tom, Stephen, Thomas, and Bobby Gill, Keamsella, anniversary;
Patrick Leonard, Headford, anniversary.
 
12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: Paddy Naughton, Shanclough, months mind.
 
Tuesday 14th January, 7pm, Ballinderreen: Mass.
 
Wednesday 15th January, 9.15am, Ballinderreen: People of Ballinderreen and Kinvara Parishes.
 
Thursday 16th January, 10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Mass.
 
Friday 17th January, 10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Mass.
 
Saturday 18th January, 7pm, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Stephen Warde, Convent Park, 5th anniversary;
Martin and Ellen Nilan, Boherbee, 3rd and 35th anniversary;
Mary Agatha O’Grady Savage, Main Street, Kinvara, and deceased members of the O’Grady and Savage families, anniversary;
Frank and Mary Fahy, Kinvara West, anniversary;
Keelin Frawley, Gortskeagh, anniversary.
 
Sunday 19th January:
 
9am, Doorus: Mattie Corless, Mountscribe, 3rd anniversary;
Patricia Kinnane, Aughinish and Leixlip, anniversary.
 
10.30am, Ballinderreen: Mass.
 
12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: John Walsh, Ardrahan, 1st anniversary;
Christy Linnane, Inishrue, 2nd anniversary.
 

Mass times and intentions for the week from 4th January 2025

Saturday 4th January, 7pm, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Raymond Monahan, Kinvara, 20th anniversary;
Patrick and Delia Burke, Leitrim, Loughrea, anniversary.
 
Sunday 5th January:
 
9am, Doorus: Louise O’Connor, Newtownlynch, months mind.
 
10.30am, Ballinderreen: Mary and Tom Joe Connolly, Caherpeak, anniversary;
Mary and Martin Keenan, Tyrone, Kilcolgan, anniversary;
John Killoran and his parents John and Nora Killoran, Ballinderreen, anniversary.
 
12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: Offered for those to whom the Parish Christmas Novena Mass cards were sent.  (5th of 9)
 
Solemnity of the Epiphany, Monday 6th January:
 
10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Mass.
 
12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: People of Kinvara and Ballinderreen Parishes.
 
7pm, Ballinderreen: Offered for those to whom the Parish Christmas Novena Mass cards were sent.  (6th of 9)
 
Tuesday 7th January, 7pm, Ballinderreen: Mass.
 
Wednesday 8th January, 9.15am, Ballinderreen: Offered for those to whom the Parish Christmas Novena Mass cards were sent.  (7th of 9)
 
Thursday 9th January, 10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Offered for those to whom the Parish Christmas Novena Mass cards were sent.  (8th of 9)
 
Friday 10th January, 10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Mass.
 
Saturday 11th January, 7pm, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: John Conole, Main Street, Kinvara, months mind;
Deceased members of Kinvara Bridge Club, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the club’s founding.
 
Sunday 12th January:
 
9am, Doorus: Offered for those to whom the Parish Christmas Novena Mass cards were sent.  (9th of 9)
 
10.30am, Ballinderreen: Paddy Ganly, Ballinderreen, 7th anniversary;
Mary Anne, Tom, Stephen, Thomas, and Bobby Gill, Keamsella, anniversary;
Patrick Leonard, Headford, anniversary.
 
12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: Paddy Naughton, Shanclough, months mind.

Epiphany 2025

Solemnity of the Epiphany, Monday 6th January 2025.
 
Mass times:
10am, St Joseph’s Church, Kinvara
12 noon, St Colman’s Church, Kinvara
7pm, Ballinderreen Church.
 
‘The sight of the star filled them with delight, and going into the house they saw the child with his mother Mary, and falling to their knees they did him homage. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.’
Matthew 2:10-11

Doorus Thanks to On

Sincere thanks to On O’Connell for making the beautiful Christmas floral window displays for Doorus Church. We appreciate your kind good will towards the Catholic community at St Kieran’s Church.

New Year 2025

There will be a Mass at midnight in St Joseph’s Church, Kinvara, to mark our entry into 2025. (i.e. the midnight between Tues 31st December and Wed 1st January.)
On New Year’s Day itself, there will be Mass to begin the new year with the Lord in Ballinderreen Church at 10.30am (i.e. not the usual Wednesday time), and in St Colman’s Church, Kinvara at 12 noon.

Mass times and intentions for the week from 28th December 2024

Saturday 28th December, 7pm, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Michael McCormack, Cartron, Kinvara, months mind;
Gerry Forde, Parkroe, anniversary;
Kathleen and Michael Staunton, Loughcurra, 18th and 7th anniversary.

Sunday 29th December:
 
9am, Doorus: Tom and Kathleen Mahon, Geeha, anniversary.
 
10.30am, Ballinderreen: Jo Finnegan, Drumacoo, months mind;
Elisabeth Shiels, Athenry and Mulrook, 1st anniversary.
 
12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: Cathal Mitchell, Loughcurra and Australia, 1st anniversary;
Sr Mary De Lourdes, Cork, anniversary.
 
Tuesday 31st December, 7pm, Ballinderreen: People of Ballinderreen and Kinvara Parishes.
 
Wednesday 1st January 2025:
 
12 midnight, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Mass for the beginning of the new year.
 
10.30am, Ballinderreen: Mass. (Please note later time than usual Wednesdays.)
 
12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: Offered for those to whom the Parish Christmas Novena Mass cards were sent.  (2nd of 9)
 
Thursday 2nd January, 10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Offered for those to whom the Parish Christmas Novena Mass cards were sent.  (3rd of 9)
 
Friday 3rd January, 10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Offered for those to whom the Parish Christmas Novena Mass cards were sent.  (4th of 9)
 
Saturday 4th January, 7pm, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Raymond Monahan, Kinvara, 20th anniversary;
Patrick and Delia Burke, Leitrim, Loughrea, anniversary.
 
Sunday 5th January:
 
9am, Doorus: Louise O’Connor, Newtownlynch, months mind.
 
10.30am, Ballinderreen: Mary and Tom Joe Connolly, Caherpeak, anniversary;
Mary and Martin Keenan, Tyrone, Kilcolgan, anniversary;
John Killoran and his parents John and Nora Killoran, Ballinderreen, anniversary.
 
12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: Offered for those to whom the Parish Christmas Novena Mass cards were sent.  (5th of 9)

Mass times and intentions for the week from 21st December 2024

Saturday 21st December, 7pm, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Paddy Kilkelly, Shanclough, 9th anniversary.
 
Sunday 22nd December:
 
9am, Doorus: Parish Mass cards for the deceased.
 
10.30am, Ballinderreen: John Martyn Senior, Mulrook, anniversary.
 
12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: Mass.
 
Christmas Eve, Tuesday 24th December:
 
5pm, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Christmas Eve Mass. (Offered for the People of Kinvara and Ballinderreen Parishes.)
 
7pm, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Christmas Eve Mass. (Offered for Bernadette Simons, Dublin, recently deceased.)
 
9.15pm, Ballinderreen: Christmas Eve Mass.
 
Christmas Day, Wednesday 25th December:
 
9am, Doorus: Christmas Mass.
 
10.30am, Ballinderreen: Christmas Mass. Offered for those to whom the Parish Christmas Novena Mass cards were sent. 
 
12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: Christmas Mass. Offered for:
John and Margaret McHugh, Leitrim, anniversary;
Ann Robertson, Scotland, anniversary.
 
Thursday 26th December: No Mass this Thursday.
 
Friday 27th December, 10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Special intention.
 
Saturday 28th December, 7pm, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Michael McCormack, Cartron, Kinvara, months mind;
Gerry Forde, Parkroe, anniversary;
Kathleen and Michael Staunton, Loughcurra, 18th and 7th anniversary.
 
Sunday 29th December:
 
9am, Doorus: Tom and Kathleen Mahon, Geeha, anniversary.
 
10.30am, Ballinderreen: Jo Finnegan, Drumacoo, months mind;
Elisabeth Shiels, Athenry and Mulrook, 1st anniversary.
 
12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: Cathal Mitchell, Loughcurra and Australia, 1st anniversary;
Sr Mary De Lourdes, Cork, anniversary.