23-12-2007 Newsletter

BUNCLODY MASS INTENTIONS                  .  

Eucharistic Adoration

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

Masses for Christmas Week

• Saturday 22nd. Dec. 7pm Vigil.
• Sunday 23rd. Dec. 9am & 12 Noon.
• Christmas Eve 24th. Dec. 9pm Vigil.
• Christmas Day 25th. 9am, 10.30am & 12 noon.
• St. Stephens Day 26th. 11am.
• New Years Day 1st. Jan. 08 11am.

Seasons Greetings

Fr. Jones, Fr. Doyle and Fr. Barros would like to extend "Seasons Greetings" to all the people of Bunclody / Kilmyshall Parish. We wish you Peace, Happiness, Good Health and Prosperity this Christmas and in the New Year. We take this opportunity of thanking you all for your co-operation and support. May 2008 be kind to us all as we continue on the Pilgrimage of faith into our Father’s House.

Special Ministers for January.

Eucharistic Ministers:

• 7pm. Frank Mulrennan Ann Behan
• 9am. Annie Meyler Mick Roche
• 12pm. Liz Dockrell Joe Egan

Ministers of the word:

• 7pm. Gertrude Rowlands
• 9am. Lucy Wall Murphy
• 12pm. Kitty Mahon.

Altar Servers:

• 7pm. Team A
• 9am. Team B
• 12pm. Team C

Flower Society:

• Anne Roche.

Kilmyshall Church Notes

• Saturday 22nd Dec. 8pm.
• Sunday 23rd. Dec. 10.30am.
• Sunday 23rd. Dec. 8.00pm.
• Monday 24th. 9am. Christmas Eve Vigil.
• Tuesday 25th. 10.30am. Christmas Day Monaghan Family, & Morrissey Family. Blessing of Children’s gifts.
• Wednesday 26th. 10.30am. St. Stephen’s Day. John Monaghan.
• Thur. 27th. 9.30am. and Fri. 28th 9.30am.
• Sat. 29th. 8pm. Patrick Murphy, Cashel
• Sun. 30th. 10.30am. Nellie, Lizzie & Stasia Dunne.
• Mon. 31st. 9.30am. Mass, afterwards Visits to the sick and housebound.
• Tues. 1st Jan. 9.30am. Mass

Prayer and Carol Service

..in Kilmyshall Church. All Invited.

From the 2nd. to the 4th (2nd, 3rd, 4th) there will be no mass in Kilmyshall.

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

Surgery hours for Christmas

Christmas Eve: Walk in (open surgery) with all Doctors from 9am to 11.30am.

Closed from lunchtime.

Closed Christmas Day and St. Stephen’s Day. Care Doc. available during these times. Phone: 1850 334 999

Open Thur. 27th. and Fri. 28th. usual service. Emergency Sat. 29th.

Closed New Years Day.

Senior Citizens Annual Party

..on Sunday 20th. January 08 at 4pm. in The Millrace Hotel. Music: John Murray. All Senior Citizens and new Senior Residents in the area most welcome. Tickets will be available after Christmas at the Post Office.

Blessed Well Ballinacoola

Monthly Rosary at the blessed well Ballinacoola is on 26th. Dec. St. Stephen’s Day beginning at the Gurteen entrance to the well @2.30pm.

Medjugorie Pilgrimage 2008

26th. April - 3rd. May €599 Inc. €80.00 deposit secures a seat. Contact: Anne Murphy 053 93 77632

Bunclody Credit Union

• Times For Christmas
• Monday 24th Dec. Closed
• Tuesday 25th Dec. Closed
• Wednesday 26th Dec. Closed
• Thursday 27th Dec. Closed
• Friday 28th Dec Open
• Saturday 29th Dec. Open
• Monday 31st Dec Open
• Tuesday 1st Jan. Closed

Bunclody & District Active Retirement

..wish all members and friends a very Happy Christmas and look forward to a Happy and active 2008.

WHIST DRIVE

..in St. Aidan’s Hall on 31st Dec. @ 8.30pm Proceeds in aid of Chernobyl children & Cancer care.

Kildavin / Clonegal TURKEY TROT 10Km

Sponsored Walk. St. Stephen’s Day in Bunclody Golf Course. Sign in at 11.00am.

Study Theology from Home

Spend time learning more about the Faith, take up the study of theology through distance learning, either for its own sake or for a degree. The Priory Institute, under the care of the Dominicans, is offering a programme of Theology especially for lay people, with a network of student support services spread all around the country. If you would like to know further, send for details to: The Priory Institute, Tallaght Village, Dublin 24, Phone 01- 4048127, or 01- 4048124. E-mail: enquiries@ prioryinstitute.com

Used stamps

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

Bunclody Community Games.

Indoor soccer: for boys U13’s & U15’s on Sunday morning’s at 11am in soccer pavilion, Church Rd. Please note: soccer County finals on 12th & 13th January in Bunclody.

Margaret Nolan (Chiropodist)

Surgery closed on Fri. 21st. at 5.00pm. and re-opens on Thur. 3rd. at 9am.

The Good News And Comfort Zones

A gem of Cherokee wisdom goes as follows: When you were born you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die the world cries and you rejoice. Christmas, in its own way, confirms that we can do just that. That is what the Good News proclaims: death is not the end of everything, but the beginning of something new. Death is our passage to the rejoicing.

Our faith is not for pessimists unless, that is, to transform them into optimists. Recently I came across an amusing definition of a pessimist as one who feels bad when he feels good for fear he’ll feel worse when he feels better. No, our faith is not for those. Our faith instils joy, optimism, hope, vision, and trust. Otherwise, how could it be considered good news?

Some people, it seems just cannot be happy being happy. They seem to feel there’s something wrong with it. God doesn’t want us to be happy in this vale of tears. A modern-day spin on this dreary spirituality is the blithely imposed duty to leave our so-called comfort zones.

I say, Thanks be to God for them. Just try living without any of them!

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