23-05-2009 Newsletter

BUNCLODY MASS INTENTIONS

Deceased:

Pray for Peig Grey, Parkbridge who died during the week, R.I.P.

Special Ministers for the Month of June

Ministers of the Word

• 7.oo p.m. Lucy Wall - Murphy
• 9.00 a.m. Kitty Mahon
• 12 Noon Sarah Burke

Eucharistic Ministers

• 7.oo p.m. Goretti Kavanagh / Maureen Byrne
• 9.00 a.m. Ellen Delaney
• 12 Noon Marie Hayes / Maura Quinlivan

Altar Servers

• 7.oo p.m. Team B
• 9.00 a.m. Team C.
• 12 Noon Team A.

Flower Society

• Delia Breen
• Kate Stephenson
• Mary Ellen Atkinson

The Holy Rosary

..will be recited for the Month of May at Our Lady’s Altar, St Mary’s Villas commencing each evening at 7.00 p.m. and on Saturdays at 6.oo p.m.

Ferns Diocesan Liturgy Group

..are holding a Holy Hour for the feast of Corpus Christi in St Aidan’s Cathedral Enniscorthy, June 4th at 7.00 p.m. The Holy Hour will feature music from a new album " Divine Friendship : Let Love Embrace You".All are welcome.

St Mary Magdalene Kilmyshall

Kilmyshall Committee Meeting:

On Monday May 24th at 8.00 p.m.

Kilmyshall Choir

..will have choir practice every Wednesday after the 7.30pm. Mass at 8.00pm.

MINISTERIAL VISIT Kilmyshall N.S.

..received the Green Flag on Wed. 20th May in Croke Park and we are honoured to have Minister Trevor Sargent coming to raise the flag and turn the sod of our sensory garden on Monday the 25th May at 12.15pm (approx). We are extending an invitation to all parents and members of the Community to attend. In honour of this distinguished visit and to thank the children for all the hard work in getting the green flag we will close the school after the visit - at approx. 1.00pm.

MS Ireland

(Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland)

Will hold their annual Church Gate Collection on Saturday 6th. and Sunday 7th June. Please Support

Diocesan Pilgrimage Day In Knock:

Please join us for our Diocesan Pilgrimage Day in Knock on July 5th. We invite all those from the parish who would like to make this Annual Trip together as a community. The bus will leave at 7.00 a.m. from Church of The Most Holy Trinity, Bunclody on Sunday 5th July .The Cost will be €15.00. Names and Deposit taken at Parish Office. For further information contact Mother Light on 085 1697990.

St Vincent De Paul :

Meeting On Thursday May 28th at 8.00 p.m. in Bunclody Parish Office

Kildavin Country Market

Open every Saturday Morning from 11a.m. - 1.00 p.m. Come along and meet friends and local producers. Contact: 053 9375873

Prayer Group:

..each Thursday at 10.30 a.m. in the F.C.J. Convent Chapel during school term.

Irish Blood Transfusion Service:

The mobile unit will visit the Millrace Hotel on Wednesday June 3rd from 4.30 p.m. - 8.30p.m.. Only 4.1% of the population donate blood and 3,000 donations are needed each week. Most of us have the intention of giving blood, its just a matter of doing it - now the opportunity is here please think about donating, you’re just the type we need.!

Alzheimers Tea Day

..was held on May 7th. in Redmond’s lounge. A big Thank You to all who attended and supported this worthy cause. All money contributed will be used in Co. Wexford. The sum raised was €354, while a very enjoyable "cuppa" was served by Bunclody Prayer Group. Thanks also to Nell Redmond for her help and hospitality.

Storytelling

..on Thursday 28th. May at 8.00pm. in St. Aidan’s Hall, Irish Street, Bunclody. All are welcome.

Whist :

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

Kildavin Afterschool Facility Ltd.

..have a vacancy for an Afterschool Leader. The successful candidate will be responsible for the day to day operation of the After School Service in consultation with the Management Committee. Childcare Qualifications desirable. Must have relevant experience in a childcare setting and good book keeping, administration and report writing skills. Hours of work 1pm. - 6pm. Mon-Fri. Apply in writing with CV to Una Townsend, Ballypierce, Bunclody, Co. Wexford before 5th. June 2009

Wexford Region Dyspraxia / DCD Parent Support Group.

Our next meeting is on Monday June 8th. 09 from 8.00pm - 10.00pm at Back of VEC, The Enniscorthy Education Centre.

Bunclody Library

• Film Club: Will show ‘Miss Pettigrew lives for a day’ on Thursday 28th. May at 7.00pm. To book phone: 053 9375466
• Storytime for under 7’s -Wednesdays at 4.00 p.m.
• Senior Chess Club - Thursdays form 6.30 p.m. onwards until 9.00 p.m.
• Junior Chess Club - Saturdays at 11.00 a.m.
• English Conversation - Tuesdays at 7.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
• Reading Groups for adults and children - Contact Library for details.

All are welcome to these free events. Should you require additional support to enable you to participate fully in any of our events, please contact the Librarian at 053 9375466

The Deep End ? Strange Attraction

In his book, Jesus Today, Albert Nolan writes, ‘it seems that systems of various kinds often exist in a state of chaos or, as they say, "on the edge of chaos," and then suddenly and unpredictably there emerges something called a "strange attractor" that rearranges the chaos into some new order.

‘ Today, on the feast of the Ascension we celebrate not the arrival but the departure of the strange attractor: the Risen Lord.

Change ‘systems’ to ‘individuals’ above and you have many a person’s life story. Confusion and doubt are necessary for intellectual and psychological growth. As Timothy Ferris writes in Coming of Age in the Milky Way, ‘ Yet it is turmoil and confusion and not calm assurance that mark the growth of the mind’

Into our personal confusion steps the ‘strange attractor’. As we flounder, his helping hand pulls us up and out of our confusion - not , however, on to a placid and permanent plateau, but to a higher level of confusion. No sooner are our feet placed firmly on Mother Earth than we are whisked to heights that make us dizzy. If our faith doesn’t s-t-r-e-t-c-h our mind, we’re not people of faith, but people of reason.

Belief in the Ascension should make us gasp. Do we realise what we’re saying we actually believe in! First: that someone flatline dead didn’t just revive and return to his former state but resurrected to a higher, super-human, everlasting one. Second:having done so, then ‘ascended’ to a totally new quantum-leap environment we call ‘heaven’.

Wow! Wow! Wow! is all I can say. Fr. Tom Cahill SVD

Please Note:

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

Sponsorship of the Newsletter for the month of  May is:

Cahill Bros. Glass & Glazing Market Square, Bunclody. 053 9375890

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