19-04-2009 Newsletter

BUNCLODY MASS INTENTIONS 

St Joseph’s Young Adult Faith Group:

Meets on Friday at 7.30 p.m. in the Church of the Most Holy Trinity.

EASTER DUES MAY BE LEFT IN AT THIS TIME

Feast of Divine Mercy Sunday 19th April 2009.

Devotions will be celebrated in the Church of the Most Holy Trinity Bunclody at 2.45 p.m. Devotions will be celebrated in St. Michael’s Church, Gorey from 2.30pm.- 4.30pm. Led by Fr. Jim Doyle. Blessing of Divine Image, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Stations of the Cross, Confessions and Mass.

Wexford 100 annual Motorcycle Rally

..in aid of The Irish Pilgrimage Trust and Co. Wexford Community Workshop, Enniscorthy will take place on Sunday 26th. April 09. The Rally will leave Castlebridge, Co. Wexford at 2.00pm.and will pass through Wexford, Enniscorthy, Gorey, Arklow, Woodenbridge, Rathdrum, Laragh, Hollywood, Baltinglass, Tullow, Bunclody and return via Enniscorthy, Wexford and arrive back to Castlebridge by 7pm. Volunteers will be collecting along the route and your support will be very much appreciated.

If anyone would like to participate in the Rally, Sponsorship cards can be had from Ella Hudson at 087/9714617 or James White 086/8318558

St Mary Magdalene Kilmyshall

Irish Wheelchair Association

Church Gate Collection on 25th and 26th April 2009. The funds raised will help the association to continue and expand on a wide range of essential services for people with physical disabilities in Co Wexford.

Carrigduff Residents Association:

AGM will be held on Wednesday 22nd April in The Slaney Room , The Millrace Hotel. We are hopeful for a good turnout and to elect a new committee on the night.

HWH/Bunclody

Ladies Football Training for under 12’s in GAA grounds on Monday evenings at 6.30pm. Training for under 14’s & 16’s on Wednesday evenings at 7.00pm. New members welcome.

HWH/Bunclody GAA Club : Boys Under 8’s Hurling & Football starts on Saturday 25th April at 11.00 a.m. On Every Saturday at 11.00 a.m. and every Thursday at 7.00 p.m. ( excluding Bank Holiday Weekends)

Kinderland Montessori & Creche :

Bookings are now being taken for September 2009. Contact 087 6890952

Bunclody Horticultural Society:

Meeting on Monday 20th April at 7.15 p.m. in Redmond’s Main St. Frances Mc Donald from Bay Gardens, Camolin will give a talk at 8.00 p.m.

Storytelling Houses in Co.Wexford:

..meets on Thursday April 23rd at 8.00 p.m. in St Aidan’s Hall , Irish St, Bunclody.

Special Olympics Ireland:

Supervalu Carrigduff, Bunclody are holding a Non Uniform Day on 24th April in aid of The Special Olympics, please show your support.

DARTS FINAL

..on Saturday 18th. at 7.30pm. in The Loch Gorman Arms, Gorey. BEST OF LUCK TO TIM’S LADS

The Dyspraxia Association of Ireland

Wexford Support Group

A Talk on " Practical Ideas for Home and School" will be held on Thursday 30th April 2009 from 7.30 p.m. - 9.30 p.m. at Seafield Golf and Spa Hotel, Ballymoney , Gorey.Admission by ticket only €20. Speaker : Prof. Amanda Kirby. Booking and enquiries to Veronica Murphy on 08 7 9745861

Whist :

Continues every Monday night at 8.30 p.m. in St. Aidan’s Hall, Irish St. Bunclody.

Margaret Nolan Chiropodist

..will be on Holidays from 5th - 12th. May and will be closed during this time.

First holy communion :

Prayer books, rosary beads & cards are now on sale in the parish office.

Irish Guide dogs

..for the blind, fund raising concert with Stephen Murphy and guests, all kinds of everything show, music, song and dance in the riverside Park Hotel, on Sunday April 26th. at 8.00 pm. Admission: €12.50 Door Prizes and raffle. Tickets available at the Riverside Park Hotel, Whites for music or at the door. Your support would be greatly appreciated.

Kildavin Country Market

Open every Saturday Morning From 11a.m. - 1.00 p.m. Home Baking, Fresh Breads, Jams, Cheese, Chutneys, Honey, Fresh Vegetables  Local Produced Beef and Lamb, Handmade Cards, Crafts, Flower Arrangements, Plants & Herbs. Tea, Coffee and Cake €1 Come along and meet friends and local producers at Kildavin Country Market   Contact: 053 9375873

The Deep End ? Locked Doors

I don’t know if you’re into symbolism, but try this for size: locked doors that mean nothing to the resurrected Jesus. Signifying security to the disciples, they are of no hindrance whatsoever to the power of Jesus’ resurrection entering that sealed room in today’s Gospel reading (John 20:19-13), or to that same power going out.

John doesn’t describe Jesus as walking through the doors. No Hollywood special effects here. He states simply that Jesus ‘came and stood among them’ (v.19). Such simplicity conveys clearly just how insignificant locked doors are.

So how about our ‘locked doors’? God’s word is telling us that God’s power can be with us even though we are locked into ourselves. We don’t have to open them first for God to enter!

Just think of that and what it implies! We can burden ourselves with all sorts of baggage on our journey through life. We can lock our people and events from our mind and heart to preserve our sanity or our comfort. We can circle the wagons and live in fear of life’s threats and dangers. We can turn from life and its challenges. Our locked doors can be all sorts of things: prejudices, fears, neuroses, mé -féin-ism, anger whatever. Now this is the important bit of the symbolism. We don’t have to unlock those doors for God to come and stand with us. In fact, we wouldn’t be able to. Mission doesn’t demand perfection. The disciples got their mission behind locked doors. So do we: to proclaim that God stands among us. Fr. Tom Cahill SVD

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

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