08-06-2008 Newsletter

BUNCLODY MASS INTENTIONS    

Eucharistic Adoration

..takes place in The Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Bunclody every Monday from 9.30am. to 8.00pm.

Kilmyshall Church Notes

• Saturday 7th 8pm. Mass For Harnold Bumann and Patsy Slye.
• Sunday 8th 10.30am John Aidan Nolan.
• The Plaque in memory of Fr. Kelly and Fr. Quigly will be put in place this Sunday 8th June.
• Tuesday 10th 9.30am Special Intention
• Saturday 14th 8pm. Nancy Murphy.
• Sunday 15th 10.30am James Farrell.
• Monday 16th No Mass In Kilmyshall
• Tuesday 17th Mass at 7.30am

Kilmyshall National School Track

..suits are now available in Matt Mernagh’s Price €39.99.

Kilmyshall Parents Council

..are holding an Ice Cream Sunday in aid of Downs Syndrome Ireland in St. Aidan’s Hall, Irish Street, Bunclody on Monday 16th. June from 10.00am. to 12.00 noon. Please come along and support this worthy cause.

Please Note: the Parents Council are holding a road awareness day at Kilmyyshall N/S on Monday 30th June at 10am.

Our Annual Fundraiser on the 26th April made a total €1,210.-- we the parents council would like to thank all who supported us and to all the parents that helped and to Joe and Catherine O’Reilly and their staff for the use of their premises on the day.

Prayer for Priests

"You came from among us to be, for us, one who serves. We thank you for ministering Christ to us and helping us minister Christ to each other. We are grateful for the many gifts you bring to our community: for drawing us together in worship, for visiting us in our homes, for comforting us in sickness, for showing us compassion, for blessing our marriage, for baptising our children, for confirming us in our calling, for supporting us in bereavement, for helping us to grow in faith, for encouraging us to take the initiative, for helping the whole community realise God’s presence among us.

For our part, we pray that we may always be attentive to your needs and never take you or others for granted. You, like us, need friendship and love, welcome and a sense of belonging, kind words and acts of thoughtfulness. We pray, also, for the priests who have wounded priesthood. May we be willing to forgive and may they be open to healing. Let us support one another during times of crisis.

God our Father, we ask you to bless our Priests and to confirm them in their calling. Give them the gifts they need to respond with generosity and a joyful heart. We offer this prayer for our priest, Who is our brother and friend, Amen.

Prayer for Exams

"O God of Wisdom, I thank you for the knowledge gained and the learning experiences I have received these past number of years. I come to you this day and I ask you to illuminate my mind and heart. Let your Holy Spirit be with me as I prepare for exams, guiding my studies, and giving me insight so that I can perform to the best of my ability. Please grant me the strength to handle the pressure of these final days, the confidence to feel secure in my knowledge, and the ability to keep an appropriate perspective through it all. Help me to keep in mind what is truly important, even as I focus my time and energy on these tests in the immediate future.

Bunclody Envelopes For May

• 4th €1,157.00
• 11th €1,13.00
• 18th €1,137.00.
• 25th €1,381.00

Whist Drive in St. Aidan’s Hall

..every Mon. night at 8.30pm. Sponsorship Welcome.

Special Needs Assistant

..wanted for September 1st. 2008 for Our Lady of Lourdes National School, Hospital Hill, Bunclody. Applications in writing to Rev. Chairperson, BOM, The Presbytery, Bunclody on or before 15th. June 2008.

Bunclody Swimming Pool

Applications are invited for the following positions for Summer 08 Manager, Lifeguards, Parks Tennis Coaches, Apply with C.V. to the secretary, Bunclody Swimming Pool Committee, Carrigduff, Bunclody, Co. Wexford.

Bunclody Swimming Pool

Silver Circle Draw 30th May, 2008

• 1st Susie Kelly €700.
• 2nd Mary Ellen Atkinson €300.
• 3rd Neal & Aoibhe Redmond €100
• 4th Aoife Mahon €50
• 5th Mary Canning €50

The Irish Blood Transfusion Mobile Unit

..will visit the Millrace Hotel in Bunclody on Wednesday 18th June, 2008. From 4.30pm to 9pm. We would like to encourage people to donate blood especially young people who have not considered doing so before.

Dog Grooming Bunclody

Ring Trish @ 087 6629901

Bunclody I.C. A:

..meeting on Monday 9th June in the Vocational College at 8pm. Competition: The nicest rose. The yearly Fee will be collected at this meeting.

MS Ireland

Will hold their Church Gate Collection on Saturday /Sunday 7/8th June, 2008. Please give generously.

Rehab Foundation

The Annual church Gate Collection in aid of the Rehab Foundation take place on Sat/Sun 14/15th June. Rehab are providing training for people with special needs through our many services being provided throughout County Wexford. The Church Gate Collection is one of our principal means of raising funds during the year.

The Deep end * Keeping Low Company

About forty years ago I read The Two-Edged Sword by the Jesuit biblical scholar John l McKenzie. At this remove I can recall only one sentence from it. One that’s still as sharp today as the two-edged sword he was writing about then. It still penetrates deeply, and pains. That sentence reads: ‘Jesus was often accused of keeping low company. Many of his followers, however, seem to have risen above that criticism.’ Ouch!

Today’s Gospel (Matt 9:9-13) puts me in mind of it. ‘I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.’ One way of knowing that it’s God word we’re hearing and not our own, is when it’s difficult to take. We hear what the word is saying, but don’t like it. We try to explain it away, water it down, or ignore it - but can’t. It won’t go away - now, or ever. It packs the same punch forty years down the line.

When that word penetrates so does God’s Spirit, directing it, planting it, nurturing it. It changes us when we trust it. Matthew trusted it as he heard Jesus call: ‘Follow me’. And, it changed him . From stagnating at a tax booth he became energized to journey into the unknown.

That’s another way of Knowing that it’s God’s word we hear: it’s open-ended . It can take us anywhere especially to places we would never dream of going on our own.

Please Note:

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

Sponsorship of the Newsletter for the month of  June is
Doyle’s Monumental Works Ltd., Church Rd., Bunclody, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford Phone: 053 9377193

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