06-01-2008 Newsletter

BUNCLODY MASS INTENTIONS                  .   

Eucharistic Adoration

..takes place in The Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Bunclody every Monday from 9.30am to 8pm.

Parish Pastoral Council

The first meeting of the new Parish Pastoral Council was held on Thursday 3rd. January 2008. The following were elected officers:

• Chairman :Mr. Joe Byrne, Ballinavocran
• Vice Chairman : Mr. Jack Maher, Mill Road
• Secretary : Mrs. Julie Black, Clonmullen
• Ass. Secretary : Mrs. Mary Hogan, Hospital Hill
• Treasurer : Ms. Mary Canning, Main Street.

Dates for your Diary:

• Parish Ecumenical Service for Church Unity Week on Tuesday January 22nd. 2008 in St. Mary’s, Bunclody at 7.30pm.
• Parish Mission conducted by the Friars of the Atonement. Beginning on Friday March 6th. 2008
• Ash Wednesday : February 6th. 2008.

Medjugorie Pilgrimage 2008

26th. April - 3rd. May €599  Inc. €80.00 deposit secures a seat.
Contact: Anne Murphy 053 93 77632

Kilmyshall Church Notes

• Saturday 5th. January 8.00pm.
• Sunday 6th. January 10.30am. The Epiphany of the Lord.

Senior Citizens Annual Party

on Sunday 20th. January 08 at 4pm. in The Millrace Hotel. Music: John Murray. All Senior Citizens and new Senior Residents in the area most welcome. Tickets available at the Post Office.

Bunclody Ladies Football Club Annual A.G.M.

Will be held in Redmond’s Lounge Sunday 6th Jan. @ 3pm. We encourage all supporters and parents to attend.

HWH / BUNCLODY

Coiste Na nOg AGM on Friday 11th January 08 in Redmond’s Lounge at 8.00pm. New members welcome. For further information contact: Gabriel Wade@ 086/8347106 or Michael Kehoe@ 086/8365265.

CONGRATULATIONS

..to the under 18’s football team for getting through to the final of The Jim Byrne Cup. More details next week.

TEDDIES FOR TRAGEDIES

Teddy Bears or soft toys needed. Must be clean and in good condition and suitable for babies or young children. Teddies can be knitted also. Knitting instructions available in the Parish office if anybody is interested in knitting teddy bears. Contact: 053 9376190

Doctors who treat children in the third world countries are asking for them, as they have found that children who have their own teddies to cuddle in their cots get better quicker than those who don’t have one. Each child keeps his own teddy and can take it home. So the doctors need a continual supply.

Anybody who has teddy bears to donate to sick children contact the parish office @053 9376190 and arrangements can be made to pass them on to the collectors.

Ballon Computer Centre

Computers made Simple Basic Course Wed.16th. Jan. 08 10.00am to 12noon. This course is suitable for absolute Beginner, No computer knowledge is necessary. Funding is available to Homemakers, Unemployed, Farmers and People with a Disability. Why not avail of this great opportunity. To book a place contact: Eileen 059 9159447 Email:ballonbts@gmail.com 

Christmas Tree Recycling

Christmas trees may be left at Ryland Rd., Bunclody before Wed. Jan. 9th. 08 for shredding by Wex. Co. Council. The trees will be turned into garden mulch

Used stamps

for the Missions gratefully accepted. Contact: Jack McDonald, Irish Street.

Bunclody & District A.R.A.

Meeting will be held on Monday 7th Jan. @ 3pm in Redmond’s, Main St

Bunclody Community Games.

Indoor soccer: for boys U13’s & U15’s on Sunday morning’s at 11am in soccer pavilion, Church Rd. Please note: soccer County finals on 12th & 13th January in Bunclody.

All Kinds of Everything

Someone once described love as the ability to see butterflies in caterpillars. I think that holds true for faith too. The feast we celebrate today, the Epiphany, is a good example of that.

Epiphany, a strange sounding word of Greek origin, simply means seeing something, or someone, more clearly than ever before. Its sudden, and it takes your breath away. Something we are very familiar with we suddenly discover has more to it than we thought. Someone we thought we knew inside out suddenly gob-smacks us into seeing that we can’t take her, or him, or anyone else for granted ever. Mystery rules, ok! That’s epiphany. We need constant contact with mystery so life’s richness isn’t diluted.

After their vision, the three wise men in today’s gospel reading (Mt 2:1-12) have their dream. It warns them to avoid Herod. Some people can’t cope with mystery. Their attitude is all wrong, their values are all wrong, they are all wrong. As the wise men avoided Herod, so too must we, with whatever name or in whatever form he may appear. He’s the one who tramples on caterpillars and thinks butterflies are for the birds. Clearly, besides mystery we also need our dreams.

Please Note:

All items for the Newsletter must be in before Lunchtime on Wednesday.

Sponsorship of the Newsletter for the month of January is
Byrne & Byrne Ltd. Ryland Road, Bunclody.

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