28-02-2010 Newsletter

Bunclody Notes

• Saturday Feb.27th
  11.00 a.m. James Delaney
  7.00 p.m. Annie O’Neill, Corragh (Month’s Mind) Pat Rooney,(1st Anniv), Michael Somers, Carrigban, Willie Mahon
• Sunday Feb. 28th
  9.00 a.m. Elizabeth Foley, Craan
  12 Noon James & Sarah Bond, Irish St.
• Tuesday March 2nd
  9.00am. Nicholas Browne
• Thursday March 4th
  9.00a.m. Eileen Black
• Saturday March 6th
  11.00am. Patrick Handrick
• Sunday March 7th
  9.00am. Owen & Lizzie Thorpe
  12.00 Noon Frances Hayes

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

..every Monday from 9.30 a.m. to 8.00p.m. in the church of the Most Holy Trinity.

Ferns Assisted Pilgrimage to Lourdes

Fundraiser Draw and Dinner Dance
Friday 5th March in The Ferrycarrig Hotel.
Music by: Theresa and The Stars, At: 8.00pm. Sharp. Tickets: €20.00

Available from: Michael Jordan -- 087/2379035
Clonard Parish Office-- 053 9123672, Margaret Purcell-- 053 9141060

All Assisted Pilgrims who are applying to travel to Lourdes in May are asked to have their forms returned to Fr. Roger O’Neill, New Ross.
(Chaplin to the Assisted Pilgrims) before March 1st please.

First Friday March 5th :

Fr Jones & Fr. Doyle will visit the sick and housebound

Parish Council Meeting :

Thursday March 4th at 8.00 p.m. in the Pastoral Centre.

St. Vincent de Paul:

Meeting on Thursday 4th March at 8.00 p.m.

Trócaire:

‘A cloud came and covered them with shadow; and when they went into the cloud the disciples were afraid’ (Luke 9:34). In today’s Gospel we are invited into the world of Peter, John and James who followed Jesus up the mountain to pray. During this ritual however, the disciples found themselves surrounded by a dark cloud. Can you imagine how they felt? Lost, alone, insecure, petrified into silence……. The feelings associated with entering a dark cloud of uncertainty are often reflected today thy those who are physically weak and ill from chronic hunger. Not only are they hungry in body but they are also psychologically hungry, craving the security of knowing where the next meal will come from. Please support Trócaire’s Lenten campaign this year in whatever way you can

MASS OF HEALING

.. will be held on Tuesday 9th March in The Church of The Most Holy Trinity. Time of Mass to be arranged.

World Day of Prayer

..on Friday 5th March 2010. Service takes place in St. Mary’s Church, Bunclody at 8.00pm "Let everything that has breath Praise God." Prepared by the Women of Cameroon. Women & Men welcome.

Special Ministers for the Month of March

St mary Magdalene kilmyshall

• Saturday
  7.30pm Feb.27th Josephine Murphy, Dunne Family, Ryan Family Nan Doyle
• Sunday
  10.30am Feb.28th Ellen, Mike Taylor & Dec’d. Members of the O’Connor & Taylor Family.
• Saturday
  7.30pm. Mar.6th Jack & Kitty Kenny Elizabeth Nolan ,Half Way House
• Sunday
  10.30am. Mar. 7th Michael & Kathleen Doyle (Kyle), Ellen Reck & Dec’ Members of the Reck Family

First Friday 5th March

Fr. Barros will visit the sick and housebound.

Eucharistic Ministers for Kilmyshall for March are

• Saturday night: Patrick Murphy
• Sunday morning: Nellie Long

Eucharistic Adoration

..in the Oratory, Kilmyshall every Tuesday from 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.

Kilmyshall Choir

..has practice every Wednesday after 7.30 p.m. Mass.

Enrolment Forms

..are now available from Kilmyshall N.S. for the 2010/2011 school year. Contact 9377451

Bunclody Union Parish Auction

..will be held on the premises of W.D. Rothwell & Co. Ltd. on Saturday 6th March at 2.00pm. Your support would be greatly appreciated.

Alchoholics Anonymous :

Local Meetings: are held on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 8.30 p.m. in Brennans’, Market Square , Bunclody.

Our Lady of Lourdes N.S.

Enrolment forms are now available for the new school year in September 2010/2011. Contact 053 9377380

Whist

..continues every Monday night in St. Aidan’s Hall, Irish St.

Bunclody Prayer Group

..meet every Thursday at 10.30 a.m. in the FCJ Convent Chapel during term time.

Wexford Region Dyspraxia /DCD

Parent Support Group next meeting is on Monday 8th. March 2010 from 8.00pm. -- 9.30pm. at Back of the VEC. The Enniscorthy Education Centre. Contact: Veronica @ 087/9745861 or 053 9376373

The recent Ferns diocesan church collection

..for Haiti is expected to top €160,000 as the current figure collected has amounted to €157,480. Fr. John Carroll (diocesan representative to Trócaire) said "it represents a clear sign of a very generous Christian response from the people of the diocese."

Wexford Savannah Connection.

Rev. Mgr. Joseph L. Keogh will give a talk on Wed. March 3rd at 8.00 p.m. in The Riverside Park Hotel ,Enniscorthy.

Enniscorthy Branch of Irish Guide Dogs

.. for the blind are holding a fundraiser event in association with Charity Celebrity Wannabe 2010 in The Riverside Park Hotel, Enniscorthy on Sunday March 7th from 9.00 pm -- 11.00pm. No cover charge. Donations welcome. Raffle tickets on sale for bumper prizes. Please support this worthy cause.

Diocese of Ferns Ecumenical Committee

Ecumenical Tour of Dalmatian Coast including Dubrovnik, Split, Zadar, Mostar. Stunning architecture beautiful scenery & good company led by Rev. Nigel Waugh & Rev. Aidan Jones. Flights, 4 Star hotels, air conditioned coach, local guides, 10 days September 20th ~ 29th. halfboard. €1395 pps plus taxes. For details without obligation, contact:

Fr. Jones on 053 9377319 or Rev. Waugh on 01 2874515.

Bunclody Vocational College

..is in the running for the overall prize in the inaugural Le Crunch Soundbites Post-Primary Student Radio Ad Awards, as heard on Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show on Today FM. The strength and good humour of the healthy eating message of 2nd Year Students Mark O’Connor and Jody Rush put them into the final four of the event that attracted over 400 entries. The Ad can be heard on www.ouitolecrunch.com and the public are invited to cast its vote for their favourite ad. We wish them the best of Luck.

Bunclody & District Active Retired:

Meeting on March 1st in Redmond’s Main St. at 3.00 p.m. Guest of the evening will be Mr Nicky Furlong. He is a well -known Wexford Historian and will give a talk on Wexford’s Local History. The deposit for the Cork trip in June will be taken up.

SUNDAY MASS

Anybody 50 or older can remember when attendance at Sunday Mass was the norm for all Catholics. To miss it, unless you were sick , was unheard of.

To be a "practicing Catholic" meant you went to Mass every Sunday. Over 75% of Catholics did so. That should still be the case. But , sadly, it is not.

If you want your faith to wither up and die, quit going to Sunday Mass, As the body will die without food, the soul will expire without nourishment. That sustenance comes at the Sunday Eucharist.

These are some excuses that are used by people who no longer attend the Sunday Mass:

"Sunday is our only free time together" ( Great, what better way to spend it than by praying together at Mass0

"I pray my own way". ( Nice idea. But, odds are, you don’t)

"The sermon is boring". ( You may have a point)

" Until the Church changes its teaching, I’m staying away" ( Don’t we go to Mass to ask God to change us, not to tell God how we want him and his Church to change to suit us?

"Everyone there is a hypocrite and always judging me" ( Who’s judging now?)

Please Note:

All items for the Newsletter must be in before Lunchtime on Wednesday.
May be sent by email to: bunclodyparishoffice@eircom.net

Sponsorship of the Newsletter for the month of  March is:

Bunclody Vocational College Irish St., Bunclody.
Contact: 053 9377950

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