20-01-2008 Newsletter

BUNCLODY MASS INTENTIONS                  .     

Eucharistic Adoration

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

40th. Ferns Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2008.

150th. Anniversary of the Apparitions. Led by: Most Rev. Denis Brennan, D.D. Pilgrimage Director: Rev. Richard Lawless, C.C. Enniscorthy May 17th. --- May 22nd. €700.00 Direct Flights to France Approx. 2 hours Air Travel Good Hotels near Grotto Under the direction of the Clergy of the Diocese.

Walking tour of Lourdes Daily Programme. All Bookings and Payments to O’Leary Travel Agency Ltd. Application forms for pilgrims and assisted pilgrims available in the Parish Office

World Youth Day

World Youth Day is firmly established as one of the great legacies of Pope John Paul 11 to the church and to young people. The preparations are well under way for the next World Youth Day in Sydney from July 15-20 in 2008. Bishop Denis Brennan is delighted that young adult pilgrims from, virtually, every parish in this diocese will accompany him to this universal youth pilgrimage and festival of faith, which will be attended by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. Our Bishop Denis is issuing a letter to be read out in all churches in the diocese on the next weekend January 19th/20th 2008 authorising a collection to be taken, in aid of World Youth Day, in every parish and curacy on the weekend January 26th/27th.

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 19th January 8.00pm.
• Sunday 20th January 10.30am.
• Sunday 27th. January 10.30am.
• Rev. Fr. Michael Kelly C.C. (1st. Anniversary)

Gabriel Barros Phone: 053 9377188 Deacon Harold Bumann Phone:053 9377188

Senior Citizens Annual Party

Sunday 20th January 08 at 4pm, in the Millrace Hotel.

Music is by John Murray. All senior citizens and new senior residents in the area most welcome. Tickets available at the post office. Spot prizes or donations can be left at the post office.

Weekly Envelope collection

..for the month of December

• 2nd. Dec. -€1444
• 9th. Dec. -€1345
• 16th. Dec -€1300
• 23rd. Dec -€1181
• 30th. Dec. -€1496

Bunclody Horticulture Society

Meeting Monday 21st Jan, @ 8pm in Redmond’s, Main St.

VOCATIONAL COLLEGE BUNCLODY

Bunclody Vocational College are holding an Enrolment Evening in the College for First Year Students on next Thursday 24th. January from 4.00pm. to 6.30pm.

F.C.J. Secondary School Enrolment

Application for Enrolment The Application for Enrolment Night at F.C.J. Secondary School, Bunclody, for 1st Year of  September 2008 will take place on Monday, January 21st, in the F.C.J. Gym. This meeting will be for parents only. An information night for students and parents will be held at a later date. Details of the school’s Admission Policy (December 2007) are available on their website: www.fcjbunclody.ie

STORYTELLING

In Clonegal House of Stories, Clonegal, Co. Wexford on Monday 21st. January at 8.00pm. In St. Aidan’s Hall, Irish St., Bunclody on Thursday 24th. January at 8.00pm. Please come along and enjoy the fun.

U 18 Gaelic Football Jim Byrne Cup Final.

Half -way House/ Bunclody V Shelmailers in Oilgate on Sunday 20th. at 2.00pm. Please come along and support the Team.

Bunclody Library Reading Circle

Would you like to get into the habit of reading? Are you confused about what to read? Would you like to read something different? Would you like to turn reading into a social event? Bunclody Library invites new members of its Thursday evening Reading Circle. The circle meets once a month at 7.30pm. in the library. For more information please phone 053 9375466.

Launch of new storytime in Bunclody Library.

A new afternoon storytime for under 7’s is being launched in Bunclody Library on Wednesday 30th. January at 4pm. Children are welcome to come and join in the fun...colouring, stories and song. This storytime will replace the morning session on Thursdays. For further information please phone 053 9375466.

Eileen Aroon Festival

The Annual General Meeting of the Eileen Aroon Festival Committee will take place on Wednesday January 23rd. at 9.00pm.sharp in Redmond’s, Main Street, Bunclody. All those interested in ensuring the continuation of the Festival are invited to attend.

For details contact Barbara-Anne Murphy 087- 6736966 or Michael Kehoe 086- 8365265.

Bunclody Active Retired Members:

The James Galway Concert in the National Concert Hall, Dublin, on the 17th April tickets €45. Those interested in going to this Concert please give in your names and ticket money to Kathleen Murphy 087-9623132, or Joan Nally 053-9377801 as soon as possible.

Used stamps

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

The Good Way

Charm: you have it, until you know it. It’s the same with humanity. Better than others be pleased with us for having it than we draw their attention to it in ourselves. If its there, it will out as will God’s purpose in human affairs.

Take, for example, the reading for the fourth Sunday of last November: It is you who shall be shepherd of my people Israel, you who shall be ruler over Israel (2 Sam 5:2). Here we have God’s will for King David as ruler of his people Israel. He must act like a shepherd! Not the first model that springs to mind nowadays for civil power.

That same inscrutable intent is evident in today’s gospel reading (Jn 1:29-34). God wants his son to be like a lamb! How humble can you get? God really does things in strange ways. You want a ruler. You get a shepherd! Someone comes on a world-changing mission and he is to act like a lamb! Doesn’t make sense. But then it’s not supposed to at least not by human reckoning.

God uses the lowly to confound the great. He always has, and always will. The ball is in your court.

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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