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Mass intentions for the week from 14th November 2020

Again this week, due to the government level 5 Covid 19 restrictions, Masses are online only, i.e., without a congregation. Saturday evening Mass intentions are combined into one Mass at 7pm, and Sunday Mass intentions are combined into one Mass at 10.30am. There will be no problem if you prefer to make a change. Just make contact.

Saturday 14th Nov, 7pm: Henry McLoughlin, Colooney, 10th anniversary;

Martin Forde, Killina, anniversary;

Martin & Nora Connolly and Delia Hansbury, Shesseragh, anniversary.

Sunday 15th Nov, 10.30am: Bridie Linnane, Nogra, 5th anniversary;

Jack & Angela Scarry, Galway, RIP, on the occasion of Jack’s birthday;

Gerald Martyn, Mulrook, anniversary;

Bertie O’Connor, Ballybuck, anniversary;

Bridget & John Quinn, Ballybuck, anniversary.

Tuesday 17th Nov, 7pm: John Day, Ballinderreen, 6th anniversary;

Pete Callanan, Northampton and his daughter Mary Callanan Bigg, anniversary;

Thomas Lyons, Ringlawn, Kilcolgan, anniversary.

Wednesday 18th Nov, 7pm: People of Ballinderreen Parish

Thursday 19th Nov, 7pm: Parish November Lists of the Deceased

Friday 20th Nov, 7pm: People of Kinvara Parish

Saturday 21st Nov, 7pm: David Callanan, 17th anniversary;

Tom McCormack, 6th anniversary and David McCormack, 2nd anniversary, Northampton;

Gerald Quinn, 6th anniversary, and his wife Ann, Mulrook.

Sunday 22nd Nov, 10.30am: Those whose funerals took place in Ballinderreen Parish and Kinvara Parish since this time last year.

Parish Envelope Boxes 2021

The parish envelope boxes for 2021 are being prepared at the moment. Please consider joining the envelope system if you are not already receiving a box each year. To receive a box, please email your name, address and telephone number to bkoffice@parishes.galwaydiocese.ie or telephone 086 85 77 644.
(Only those who have not received a box in previous years need to do this. If you are already registered for the system from previous years, you will receive a box again this year.)
Sincere thanks to those who are using the envelopes, and leaving them in during the Covid shutdown. These contributions have ensured that the parishes have not fallen into financial difficulty so far. Using the envelopes also facilitates the parishes in availing of the Revenue tax-back, which is a good help.

Mass intentions for the week from 7th November 2020

Masses are online only during the Level 5 restrictions, i.e. without a congregation. Saturday evening Mass intentions are combined into one Mass at 7pm and Sunday Mass intentions are combined into one Mass at 10.30am. If you wish to make a change, that will be no problem, just make contact.

Saturday 7th Nov, 7pm: November List of the Dead.

Sunday 8th Nov, 10.30am: Ethna & Tomás Dalton, Ardee, anniversary (Ethna’s 1st anniversary);

Kathleen Clifford, Galway, 3rd anniversary;

Mike Hynes, Mulrook, anniversary;

Mary & Philip O’Dea, Mountscribe, anniversary.

Tuesday 10th Nov, 7pm: November List of the Dead.

Wednesday 11th Nov, 7pm: People of Ballinderreen Parish.

Thursday 12th Nov, 7pm: November List of the Dead.

Friday 13th Nov, 7pm: People of Kinvara Parish.

Saturday 14th Nov, 7pm: Henry McLoughlin, Collooney, 10th anniversary;

Martin Forde, Killina, anniversary;

Martin & Nora Connolly and Delia Hansbury, Shesseragh, anniversary.

Sunday 15th Nov, 10.30: Birdie Linnane, Nogra, 5th anniversary;

Gerald Martyn, Mulrook, anniversary;

Bertie O’Connor, Ballybuck, anniversary;

Bridget & John Quinn, Ballybuck, anniversary.

We remember in our prayers Breda Quinn, Gortnaclough, whose funeral took place in St Colman’s Church, Kinvara on Wednesday, Micheál Linnane, Ballyclera, whose funeral took place in St Colman’s Church, Ballinderreen on Friday, and Michael Horan, Finglas, Dublin, father of Maeve Cairney, Cantor in St Colman’s Church, Kinvara.

May their souls, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Service to dedicate November as a month of prayer for the dead and the bereaved

This Sunday, 1st November 2020 at 3pm, simultaneous with parishes and Cathedrals around Ireland, a special prayer service will be posted on the Ballinderreen and Kinvara Parishes Facebook page to begin the November month of prayer. It has been pre-recorded (so it might start in a different way to the live-streamed liturgies), with parts of it filmed in some of the cemeteries of Ballinderreen and Kinvara Parishes. Thank you to the parishioners who braved very bad weather to film the prayers.
To access the Facebook page, click here.
Bishop Brendan Kelly has written a pastoral letter to mark this month of November. You can read it here: https://www.galwaydiocese.ie/…/pastoral-message…

First Anniversary of Fr Tony Minniter

The picture shows Fr Tony with Pope Saint John Paul II after the Pope ordained him to the priesthood in St Peter’s Basilica, Rome, on 26th May 1991.

The 10.30am Mass on Sunday, 1st November 2020 (Solemnity of All Saints) will be offered for Fr Tony Minniter, former Parish Priest of Ballinderreen, as his first anniversary Mass. The Mass will be without a congregation due to the Covid-19 restrictions, but will be live-streamed on the Facebook page. To access it, click here.

Mass intentions for the week from 31st October 2020

Masses are online only during the Level 5 restrictions, i.e. without a congregation. Saturday evening Mass intentions are combined into one Mass at 7pm and Sunday Masses are combined into one Mass at 10.30am. If you wish to make a change, that will be no problem, just make contact.

Saturday 31st Oct, 7pm: Mary Walsh, The Quay, Kinvara, months mind;
Michael Staunton, Loughcurra, 3rd anniversary;
Thomas & Mary Shaughnessy, Kinvara, and Una & Paddy Sullivan, anniversary.
Sunday, 1st Nov, 10.30am: Fr Tony Minniter, former Parish Priest of Ballinderreen, 1st anniversary.
Tuesday, 3rd Nov, 7pm: November List of the Dead.
Wednesday, 4th Nov, 7pm: People of the Parish (Ballinderreen).
Thursday 5th Nov, 7pm: November List of the Dead.
Friday 6th Nov, 7pm: People of the Parish (Kinvara).
Saturday 7th Nov, 7pm: November List of the Dead.
Sunday 8th Nov, 10.30am: Ethna Dalton, Ardee, 1st anniversary, and her husband Tomás;
Mike Hynes, Mulrook, anniversary;
Mary & Philip O’Dea, Mountscribe, anniversary;
Kathleen Clifford, Galway, anniversary.

November Masses for the Dead

The November Lists of the Dead are now available in the porches of St Colman’s Church, Ballinderreen and St Joseph’s Church, Kinvara. Nine Masses will be offered during November for those named on the lists. You can leave the lists in the letterbox of the Presbytery in Kinvara or the letterbox of the Parish Office in Ballinderreen.

The dates of the Masses, which will be live-streamed will be: Tuesday 3rd, Thursday 5th, Saturday 7th, Tuesday 10th, Thursday 12th, Thursday 19th, Tuesday 24th, Thursday 26th and Sunday 29th November 2020.

May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Mass intentions for the week from 24th October 2020

Masses are online only during the Level 5 restrictions, i.e. without a congregation. Saturday evening Mass intentions are combined into one Mass at 7pm and Sunday Masses are combined into one Mass at 10.30am. If you wish to make a change, that will be no problem, just make contact.
Saturday 24th Oct, 7pm: May & Raymond Monahan, Kinvara and deceased members of the Monahan and McLynn families, anniversary;
Thomas & Margaret Kavanagh and their daughter Marie, Newtown, anniversary.
Sunday 25th Oct, 10.30am: Lily Crosse, Convent Park, Kinvara, 1st anniversary;
Breeda Callanan, Keamsella, months mind;
Jim & Mary Quinn, John Quinn, James Quinn and deceased members of the Quinn family, Aran Quay, anniversary;
Sarah Fordham, Tyrone, Kilcolgan, and her husband Patrick, anniversary;
Patty McGrath, Dublin, 2nd anniversary.
Tuesday 27th Oct, 7pm: People of Ballinderreen Parish
Wednesday 28th Oct, 7pm: Those now deceased who attended the Mass at Poulnagean Mass Rock in 1992, seen in recent video.
Thursday 29th Oct, 7pm: Sarah Maloney, Traught, 1st anniversary.
Pat & Nora Keane, Aughinish, and deceased members of their family, anniversary.
Friday 30th Oct, 7pm: Martin Tannian, Killina, and Wolverhampton, UK, recently deceased.
Saturday 31st Oct, 7pm: Mary Walsh, The Quay, Kinvara, months mind;
Michael Staunton, Loughcurra, 3rd anniversary;
Thomas & Mary Shaughnessy, Kinvara, and Una & Paddy Sullivan, anniversary.
Sunday, 1st Nov, 10.30am: Fr Tony Minniter, former Parish Priest of Ballinderreen, 1st anniversary.

Level 5 restrictions from midnight on Wednesday, 21st October 2020

Ireland will move to Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions on Wednesday at midnight, i.e. morning of Thursday 22nd October 2020. Therefore, in Ballinderreen and Kinvara Parishes, Mass will continue to be celebrated online only, i.e. without the congregation present. At Level 5, attendance at funerals is restricted to 25 people. (Amended to 25 on 20th Oct.)
For your convenience, here is the overall official list of restrictions:
and here is a helpful gathering of most of the information into one place, provided by the Irish Independent:
Please note that anybody travelling into the country from another country, who has not restricted their movements for 14 days should not attend a funeral or wedding. See: