18-05-2008 Newsletter

BUNCLODY MASS INTENTIONS 

Eucharistic Adoration

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

Irish Catholic:

..please leave your name into the Parish Office if you would like to subscribe to the Irish Catholic.

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.

The Corpus Christi Procession

..will take place of Saturday evening May, 24th.,after 7pm. Mass. We hope there will be a good turn out this year for the procession and look forward to seeing our young children who recently made their First Holy Communion.

Irish Cancer Society

..will hold their church gate collection weekend on 24th. and 25th. May.

Lourdes Pilgrimage 2008:

There are over 1,200 people from our Diocese now in Lourdes. This Special Jubilee Year. There are over 100 sick, ("Assisted Pilgrims") making this Spiritual Journey. We at home can link up with this Pilgrimage in Lourdes and be united as a Family in Prayer, By saying The act of Consecration Prayer for the five days 17th to 22nd May. These prayers are available in the porch of the church, you are invited to take one home, and maybe give one to a neighbour or someone you might know that is sick and would like one.

The students chosen to travel to Lourdes as helpers for the Pilgrimage from the Vocational College are Deidre Mernagh, Kelly Fortune, Paul Browne, Michael Smyth. And the F.C.J.: Amy Molly, Eileen McCrea, David Roche, Keith Donoghue. We wish them well.

Kilmyshall Church Notes

• Saturday 17th. 8pm. Martin Murphy, The Laurels and deceased members of the Murphy family.
• Sunday 18th 10.30am. Christy, Mary, Katie and William Atkinson, Gurteen.
• Saturday 24th. 8pm. Matthew & Marie Byrne, Caimtaigue.

Thursday 22nd at 8pm.,

Information Meeting about the trip to Switzerland will take place in Kilmyshall Hall.

Corpus Christi in Kilmyshall:

Mass at 10.30am followed at 11.15am., by Procession through Ballyphilip Heights accompanied by members of Ballindaggin Pipe Band.

Parish Council of Kilmyshall:

..at their recent meeting the officers for the council were chosen-

• Chairperson - Nicky Cummins.
• Vice- Chairperson - Margaret Doyle.
• Secretary - Mary Jordan.
• Vice - Secretary Joanne Kenny.
• Treasurer - Philomena Coleman.
• Vice- Treasurer - Margaret Reck.
• P.R.O. - Michéal Mahon.

Other members of the Kilmyshall Parish Council are Bernie Cullen, Kathleen Crean, , Gabriel Wade, Tom Byrne, Pat Crean, Martina Kelly, Harold Bumann.

Used Clothing Collection Drive

..for homeless orphans in Kenya. We will take away your unwanted: Used clothing, Clean & dry ladies mens and childrens Household textiles: Clean & dry curtains, towels and bedlinen. Used footwear: Shoes clean & dry ladies, mens and childrens. Collection Point: Bunclody Church Yard Friday 23rd. May before 12.00noon.

The National Alzheimer’s Tea Day

..was held in this area in Redmond’s Lounge, on Thursday, May 1st. Run by the Prayer Group, annually, the morning was a wonderful success, where people came together to support this worthy cause, while enjoying a "Cuppa" and a char. The amount raised was €460 which will be used in the Wexford area. Very grateful thanks to all supporters of this essential cause. thank you to Matt Redmond for the use of his premises, and to Nell Redmond for her hospitality and help as always. Thank you to all.

The Prayer Group

..meet every Thursday morning in the F.C.J. Convent at 10.30am.

Cemetery Visits:

The Cemetery gates will be open each Sunday from 9am. to 6pm. To avoid cars being interfered with visitors may drive into the Cemetery so that they can keep their cars in view. Week-days open 9am to 5pm. NO VANS ALLOWED

Storytelling

..will take place on Thursday 22nd. May in St. Aidan’s Hall, Irish Street at 8.00pm. Storytelling will continue throughout the summer months on the fourth Thursday of each month. Why not come along and enjoy the craic.

HERE WHEN YOU NEED US:

Call is a Lo-call, confidential phone line you can call when you’re feeling down. You might be worried about something - family, money, work, relationships, exams, your health - or maybe you’re just feeling fed up and can’t put your finger on why. You may be lonely.

Sharing your feelings with your friends or talking with your family can be difficult sometimes - pretending everything is okay seems by far the easiest way to deal with things. Maybe you’re afraid to tell those close to you what’s really on your mind - you don’t want them or maybe you just don’t know how to explain the way you’re feeling.

That’s when you might want to talk to someone at CALL. They’re available to listen to you when you’re feeling low, stressed or worried. They can also suggest services in County Wexford that may help you with more specific problems.

The CALL service is completely private & confidential. You don’t even have to give your name. CALL is there to listen to your every evening between 7pm & 10.30pm. So the next time you feel down, it might help to talk to CALL on 1890 22 55 55. Sometimes You Just Need Someone To Talk To….

The Deep End • God by Any Other Name

Trinity’, a cold, abstract word is all head and no heart. Putting ‘holy’ before it, even ‘most holy’ doesn’t do much for it. ‘Holy’ is a little on the remote side too. Listen to today’s first reading (Exod 34: 4-6,8-9) and see if calling the God we meet there ‘Trinity’ does God justice.

Putting names on God (we have to use at least one to know whom we’re talking about) does God no favours - nor us either. It can give the illusion of comprehending God to a degree that may not be true. It takes mystery from God. It seems to make God more approachable - or should that be manageable? But removing God’s mystery removes God’s challenge.

We call God, ‘Father’. We call God, ‘Love’. these are the closest approximations of human language to what God is. But even these fail to do God Justice. God is everything good that these words could ever imply, and more besides. ‘Father’ and ‘Love’ are but tips of icebergs in a sea of mystery. Today we celebrate God as is: Father, Son, and Spirit. We celebrate God’s mystery and unknowability. For, if God could be ’known’, God would not be God. Our journey to the ‘God in a cloud’ of Exodus peaks when we meet the God in our heart of today. Breathtaking!

Please Note:

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

Sponsorship of the Newsletter for the month of  April is courtesy of
Jack Maher, Maher Foodstore. Main Street, Bunclody

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