10/12/2017 :: 2nd Sunday of Advent
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Sacrament of Reconciliation will be held in St. Colman’s Church, Gort. Monday 18th Dec. at 7.30pm
Baptism
Congratulations to
Conor Shiels, Mulrook East, Kilcolgan
who was Baptised recently. We welcome Conor into our Christian Community
Anniversaries & Intentions
| Please pray for the following for whom Mass will be offered | |
December 2017 |
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| Saturday 9th Kinvara [St. Joseph’s] |
Michael & Mary Kate Leech, Main Street Patrick Kilkelly, Shanclough, Kinvara, [2nd Anniversary] |
| Sunday 10th 9am Doorus |
Tom Fahy, Rinneen [Anniversary] & deceased family members |
| Sunday 10th 10.30am Ballinderreen |
Peggy Hiney (nee Martyn), Mulrook & Dublin, who died recently, sister of Katie Martyn |
| 12.00 noon Kinvara [St. Colman’s] |
Mary Ellen & Tom O’Dea, Newtown [Anniversary] |
| Tuesday 12th 7pm Ballinderreen |
People of the Parish |
| Wednesday 13th 9am Ballinderreen |
Mass |
| Thursday 14th 10am Kinvara [St. Joseph’s] |
People of the Parish. |
| Friday 15th 10am Kinvara [St. Joseph’s] |
Mass |
| Saturday 16th 7pm Kinvara [St. Joseph’s] |
Michael Staunton, Loughcurra, Months Mind & his wife, Kathleen [Anniversary] Padraig & Kathleen Naughton & John & Bridget McInerney [Anniversary] Frances Keane, The Cottage, Kinvara [Anniversary] & deceased members of the Keane family. |
| Sunday 17th 9am Doorus |
People of the Parish |
| Sunday 17th 10.30am Ballinderreen |
Mark Fordham, Keamsella, [2nd Anniversary] |
| 12.00 noon Kinvara [St. Colman’s] |
Francie Ryan, Main Street, Kinvara, Months Mind Tom Burke, Moy [Anniversary] |
Last Sunday’s Collection
Kinvara: € 1,148.42
Ballinderreen: € 710.01
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.
Weekly Envelopes
Will be available for collection in the three churches after each Saturday & Sunday Mass.
Readers
Required to read at mass on Sat. evenings. Please contact Catherine in the parish Office before Fri. 15th Dec.
Silent Retreat
Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius: Will take place at the Alexian Brothers Monastery, Knock, Co. Mayo, for women aged 18 years and up. From December 28th 2017 to January 1st 2018. Places are limited. Please book early. For more information contact 085-8235525.
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Family Mass
We are looking for volunteers to participate in our monthly Family Mass, if you are interested, please contact Catherine in the Parish Office.
Tea & Coffee
Will be served in the Acorn Centre after the Family Mass today. All Welcome.
Annual Mass Remembering all Babies
Who died on or around the time of birth (stillbirth, neonatal, miscarriage) will be held on Sunday17th December, 6pm in the Chapel of St. Columbanus, NUI Galway (University Chapel). Parents, Grandparents, Siblings, family and friends are all warmly invited to this special mass. Contact Roisin 083 032 2262
SVP
Ballinderreen annual Christmas food appeal for SVP: Non perishable foods may be left into Church or Parish office from now until noon on the Dec. 19th.
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Christmas Lunch Club
Friday 15th December at the new time of 1.30pm in Ballinderreen Community
Centre. All Welcome. Please contact Laura on 0857893385 or Mary on 0879444898 before 4pm on Thursday to book your place.
The Annual Christmas Swim
In aid of COPE takes place as usual at Tarea Pier after Christmas Day Mass approx. 12 noon. Please support this worthy cause.
Young at Heart Christmas Party
This Monday 11th January, in Keogh’s, Kinvara, at 1.30pm for Christmas dinner followed by live music, and Dancing. All Welcome.
Wellbeing Workshop
Starting Tuesday 9th January at 7.30pm – 9.30pm for 7 weeks. Contact Séamus for more information on 087-2274108 or seamusgruane@gmail.com
The magic of Christmas
Will arrive in Kinvara this weekend with the return of Christmas market, which will run 9th & 10th December and 16th & 17th December at the Kinvara Community Hall, from 11am – 5pm each day.
Social Media Marketing & PR
Social Media Marketing and Public Relations Day Seminar: For community clubs & voluntary organisations. Mon. 18th Dec., Enterprise & Tech Centre, Creagh Ballinasloe. Contact Colm for more information on 085 764 8377.
Radio Maria Ireland
Is an Irish run Catholic talk-radio station. Their mission is to help spread the Gospel message of Joy, Hope, and Charity with a mixture of prayer, catechesis, and uplifting sacred music, The station is on air 24/7 and is available to download free by app Radio Maria world family, to your phone or tablet. Just click listen live on www.RadioMaria.ie. You can also hear it directly on phone no 01/4373277 for the price of a phone call. Also www.radiomaria.ie
Educational Evening
On boosting your children’s immunity naturally this winter. Northampton N. S., Kinvara, Tuesday 12th from 7pm to 9pm. Presentation by Marguerite Brady Mc Cormack who is a nurse, holistic therapist and natural medicine teacher. To book your place contact Jennifer 0878336688
“House Maids in Ethiopia” fundraiser
Two large organic spelt flour Christmas cakes: Will be raffled Christmas Eve in aid of House Maids in Ethiopia. Cakes and raffle tickets available in Harvest Moon, Kinvara and Open Sesame Gort. Please support.
Ballinderreen Juvenile Hurling
2018 fundraiser calendar for sale in Apple Green, Kerrigan’s Londis and Jordan’s.
Singing Circle
Christmas get together, Wed 13th at 8pm in the Acorn Centre. All welcome.
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Kinvara Singers
Group meets every First Monday in Green’s Pub for a night of songs and merriment.
Ballinderreen Lotto
Numbers No’s. 8,15,17,31. No winner. 2 lucky dips.Carmel Trowell & Ciara O’Grady. Jackpot €7,700 & draw to take place in Raftery’s 9th.
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