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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.
Christmas Times 2024
Ballinderreen Parish Christmas Foods Appeal
The Ballinderreen Parish appeal for non-perishable foods, to be given to the Society of St Vincent de Paul, has now begun. The food items donated will be used to make sure that anybody who does not have enough can be provided for by SVP this Christmas.
If you would like to contribute some non-perishable food items, they can be left in the box provided in Ballinderreen Church.
Mass times and intentions for the week from 14th December 2024
Saturday 14th December, 7pm, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: James Keane, Moy, anniversary;
Tom Burke, Moy, anniversary.
Sunday 15th December:
9am: Delia Mahon, Geeha, 3rd anniversary.
10.30am: Pete and Mary Quinn, Ballinderreen, anniversary;
Billy Carr, Keansella, 4th anniversary;
Bridget, Martin, and Edward Roache, Castlebar, anniversary.
12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: Nora and Jack Conole, Crushoa, anniversary
Dr Frank Greene, Kinvara, anniversary.
Monday 16th December, 11am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Funeral of Breda O’Connor, Billericay, UK.
Tuesday 17th December, 7pm, Ballinderreen: Mark Fordham, Keamsella, 9th anniversary;
John and Bridget Hansberry, Windfield, Moylough, and deceased family members, anniversary.
Wednesday 18th December, 9.15am, Ballinderreen: Parish Mass cards for special intentions.
Thursday 19th December, 10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Finula Hackett, 1st anniversary.
Friday 20th December, 10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: People of Kinvara and Ballinderreen Parishes.
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.
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception 2024
Bishop Michael Duignan has made this clarification regarding the celebration of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception this year:
‘The Feast of the Immaculate Conception has the rank of a Solemnity and is celebrated on 8th December, but when that date is the second Sunday of Advent, it is transferred to the following day, Monday 9th December 2024. On its ordinary dating it is in Ireland a Holy Day of Obligation, but not when transferred to the following day. This year the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated on Monday 9th December 2024 and is not a Holy Day of Obligation.’
Therefore, there will be a Mass for the Solemnity in St Joseph’s Church, Kinvara on Monday 9th December 2024 at 10am, but it will not be a holy day of obligation.
Mass times and intentions for the week from 7th December 2024
Saturday 7th December, 7pm, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Mass.
Sunday 8th December:
9am, Doorus: Michael (Mick) Curtin, Doorus, 11th anniversary;
Fr Seán Ó Gormaile, Tuam and Wales, and deceased family members, anniversary.
10.30am, Ballinderreen: Mass.
12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: Petie Giles, Convent Road, Kinvara, months mind;
Patrick and Bridget Connolly, Main Street, Kinvara, anniversary;
Deceased members of the O’Connor family, New Line, anniversary.
Monday 9th December, 10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Mass for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. (See separate post for explanation of this year’s arrangements.)
Tuesday 10th December, 7pm, Ballinderreen: Mass.
Wednesday 11th December , 9.15am, Ballinderreen: Ann, Kate, Bridget, and Edward Kenny, Castlebar, anniversary;
Patrick (Paddy) Laffey, Ballinrobe, and deceased members of the Laffey family, anniversary.
Thursday 12th December, 10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: People of Kinvara and Ballinderreen Parishes.
Friday 13th December, 10am, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: Mass.
Saturday 14th December, 7pm, St Joseph’s, Kinvara: James Keane, Moy, anniversary;
Tom Burke, Moy, anniversary.
Sunday 15th December:
9am: Delia Mahon, Geeha, 3rd anniversary.
10.30am: Pete and Mary Quinn, Ballinderreen, anniversary;
Billy Carr, Keansella, 4th anniversary;
Bridget, Martin, and Edward Roache, Castlebar, anniversary.
12 noon, St Colman’s, Kinvara: Nora and Jack Conole, Crushoa, anniversary.
Parish Christmas cards available
Parish Christmas cards are now available in the porches of Ballinderreen Church and St Joseph’s Church, Kinvara. Cards €3 each. Nine Masses will be offered for those to whom they are sent, during the Christmas season. An honesty system is in place, so please put the money in the brown envelopes provided (Don’t use the white envelopes belonging to the cards!) and put them in the door of the Parish Office in Ballinderreen or the Parochial House in Kinvara.
As you can see, a new variation on the design is available in Kinvara, while, for Ballinderreen we have a design that was particularly well-liked some years ago.
The proceeds go to the upkeep of the Churches and the mission of the parishes.