04-05-2008 Newsletter

BUNCLODY MASS INTENTIONS

PLEASE NOTE:

Monday 5th May is a Bank Holiday, Mass will be at 11.00am.

Eucharistic Adoration:

There will be no adoration this week due to the Bank Holiday.

Mass in Polish:

..takes place in the Most Holy Trinity Church every Saturday at 5pm.

The Rosary:

..will be said each evening for the month of May at the Grotto, St. Mary’s Villas, at 7pm. and on Saturday at 6pm. Please come along and join in. All are welcome.

St. Vincent de Paul (St. Theresa’s Conference)

..will hold their next meeting on Thursday next May 8th, at 8.30pm., in the Parish Office.

The Irish Cancer Society

..will hold their Annual Church -gate Collection on the weekend of May 24/25th. Please give generously.

Bunclody & District Active Retired Association:

..will hold their usual monthly meeting in Redmond’s Main St. on Tuesday, May 6th., at 3pm. The €55, cost of the Wicklow Way trip, which includes Coach Tour and Dinner, will be collected at this meeting.

Kilmyshall Church Notes

• Saturday 3rd May 8pm. Mogue Kearns, Moire Ann Doyle
• Sunday 4th 10.30am. First Holy Communion Mass, Liam Coleman, Margaret Keogh, Bridget Coleman
• Mon. 5th. 9.30am. Annie Dunne
• Tues. 6th. 9.30am. Nicky Carr
• Wed. 7th. 9.30am. Patsy Slye
• Thur. 8th. 9.30am. Tina Fitzhenry
• Fri. 9th.9.30am. Special Intention
• Sun. 11th. 10.30am. Mass for the members of the Parish Council.

New Parish Council Members

.. include: Mary Jordan, Bernie Cullen, Kathleen Crean, Margaret Reck, Margaret Doyle, Joanne Kenny, Gabriel Wade, Michael Mahon, Nicky Cummins, Tom Byrne, Pat Crean, Martina Kelly, Philomena Coleman.

Kilmyshall National School Parents Council

..would like to sincerely thank Joe O’Reilly and Staff of Super Valu, Bunclody, and all the people who supported their recent fundraiser. The amount raised was €326.00

Kilmyshall I.C.A.

..will hold their monthly meeting on Wednesday 7th May at 8pm. in the Parish Hall.

The Children from 2nd Class in Kilmyshall National School

..will be receiving their First Holy Communion on Sunday at the 10.30am Mass. Please remember them in your prayers. Shannon Plunkett, Katie Lawlor, Rebecca Murphy, Jamie Kavanagh, Keith Connell and Emily Parr.

The Ferns Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes

..takes place from 17th. to 22nd May 2008 when over 1100 people, led by Bishop Denis Brennan, will visit the holy shrine during this Jubilee year, the 150th. anniversary of the Apparitions. You may not be able to travel but you are encouraged to join the pilgrims in prayer. The theme of the pilgrimage this year is "Nourished by the Eucharist". Let us pray. In Lourdes Mary proclaimed herself as the "Immaculate Conception". This is a cry of hope: evil, sin and death are no longer victors. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. St. Bernadette, pray for us.

Our Lady Of Lourdes National School

The Children from 2nd Class in our Lady Of Lourdes National School will be receiving their First Holy Communion of Saturday, May 3rd at 11am. Please remember them in your prayers:

Bunclody /Kilmyshall Under 8’s Football & Hurling

..training takes place every Thursday evening at 7.15pm & Saturday from 11am in the GAA pitch. There is no training on a Bank Holiday Weekend.

Bunclody Swimming Pool

Silver Circle Draw 25th April 2008

• 1st. Kate & Fran Stephenson - €700.
• 2nd. Melanie Corcoran - € 300.
• 3rd. Eamon Dunbar - €100.
• 4th Ann Steemers - €50.
• 5th. Mary Deegan - €50

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The Deep End - Three little words

Today’s Gospel reading (Matt 28: 16-20) puts me in mind of a tongue-in-cheek Irish invention: an inflatable dartboard! For even if an author seems to score an own goal it is Matthew today. To believe in life after death is difficult enough. To believe that a specific man rose from the dead, lived among us afterwards, then ascended into heaven is gob smacking. At least, it should be. Therefore, you’d think that Matthew would help us to believe in Jesus’ resurrection. But no! Au contraire! He sneaks in three little words: ‘but some doubted’. Now, how could anyone - knowing that Jesus had died on a cross, yet seeing him before their very eyes - possibly doubt? What did they doubt: their own eyes, that the man before them was Jesus, that he had truly died, or what? Matthew doesn’t say.

Interestingly, these doubters don’t go away. Jesus commissions them too, it seems. Doubt isn’t an obstacle to the mission of making disciples of all nations. And what a relief that is! You don’t have to know it all. You don’t have to be rock-hard certain of everything. You can doubt and follow, perhaps even lead. Your doubting can make you seek out Jesus, until you find him. Matthew’s own-goal is actually his winning strike. Thank you, Matthew, for those three little words.

Please Note:

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Sponsorship of the Newsletter for the month of  April is courtesy of
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