Castlepollard Parish Newsletter 26 April 2009

NEWSLETTER

CASTLEPOLLARD, CASTLETOWN & FINEA PARISH

26^th.April.2009.THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER and Feast also of Sts;Anacletus, Stephen of Perm, and Marcel.Trocaire Collection may also be handed in this weekend.Baptisms at 12.15.p.m.

AT THIS TIME OF YEAR THE WHOLE PARISH COMMUNITY REJOICES WITH THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FOR FIRST CONFESSION AND FIRST HOLY COMMUNION.

For some time now, at home and in school and parish, the children in 2^nd class have been making ready for these two vital Sacraments in their lives.We rely heavily, in preparation, on the work of the teacher in the classroom, which is deeply appreciated, but must be fully assisted by the complete support and cooperation of the parents and what happens at home spiritually.Our meetings and rehearsals will help to have everything fine tuned for each ceremony and all will work out well.We have very good musical input and the other schoolchildren and teachers and assistants lend a very positive dimension to all the work and making ready for the two great ceremonies and we thank them all.

Stressing that the two great moments are not just each, a one day affair, we insist that there are very important patterns and practices that can be maintained in home, school and parish to ensure, that the children develop a strong religious faith and practice centered on the Mass and these two key Sacraments in their growing lives. And so, at this time, when talking with parents and working together for the good of the child, we must emphasise that taking the child to Mass and Sacraments on a weekly basis is essential; praying with them in the home; working with them on their religion programme at school,as homework comes home for this; showing a deep interest with them in the content of what is being learned, grasped and understood and helping them to see that religion and life combine and are not separate departments at all, in daily living, is a must for parents, who are genuinely interested in the whole development of their child, as a person.We all know that religion is caught not just taught and so, good example of adults, and particularly of parents and grandparents, in living the faith, is the best classroom and learning context for knowing the faith and owning the faith, with regard to how young people merge into belief and practice.The parish community also have a very impacting role in welcoming and sustaining the faith growth of these children.We ask the parish community to show this hospitality by praying for them and their families and warmly greeting and affirming them on the two joyous occasions.The encouragement given by your own faith practice in the parish will bear more fruit than you can imagine.And so, with all of you, we wish the children and their families all God`s graces and blessings for these two memorable days launching them into strong faith life for the years ahead.

Sunday Masses

10.15 St. Peter's Centre. Weekday Mass 8.15.a.m. St.Michael`s

11.00. Castletown or Finea Saturday Mass at 10.a.m.

11.15. St.Michael's Confessions. 10.20.a.m.; 3.00.p.m. and

Vigil 7.p.m. St. Michael's 6.45.p.m. and 7.30.p.m. Sats.

Vigil 8.p.m. Castletown or Finea.

Adoration. 3-8.p.m. Mon-Thurs incl.

10.a.m.-12 noon. Tues and Wed.

LITURGICAL CALENDAR FOR THE COMING WEEK IN THE PARISH

Collection for April 18^th./19^th.;Weekly Envelope €967.00 and Offertory Collection €Trocaire). Thanks to all who generously contribute each week and to each collection.April; Month dedicated to The Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus.Year of intense prayer for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life..Year of St.Mark in the Liturgy.Year of St Paul in the Universal Church.U.N. Year of Astronomy.Year of St.Bernadette in Lourdes

Sunday 26^th.THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER and Feast of Sts;Anacletus,Stephen of Perm and Marcel.Trocaire Collection taken up this weekend also.Baptisms 12.15.p.m.

THE PASCHAL SEASON CONTINUES

Monday 27^th. Monday 3^rd.Week of Easter and Feast also of Sts;Asicus and Zita.

Tuesday 28^th.Tuesday 3^rd.week of Easter and Feast of Sts;Peter Chanel,Louis-Marie Grignon de Montfort,Vitalis and Valeria.

Wednesday 29^th.Wednesday 3^rd. Week of Easter and Feast of Sts; Catherine of Siena, Patroness of Europe and Italy, Robert of Molesmes and Antonia.

Thursday 30^th.Thursday 3^rd.Week of Easter and Feast of Sts;Peter of Verona, Pope Pius V and Joseph Benedict Cotolengo.Legion of Mary Meeting.Room I. First Pauline Talk at 8.p.m. MCH. Parish Centre.

Friday.1^st.Friday 3^rd.Week of Easter and Feast of Sts;Joseph the Worker,Peter Martyr,Marculf and Sigismund of Burgundy.First Friday of Month.Calls to ill and housebound and List of Dead Mass at 7.30.p.m.

Saturday 2^nd.Saturday of 3^rd.Week of Easter and Feast of Sts; Athanasius and Zoe.Mass at 10.00.a.m.Confessions after Mass, and at 3.p.m. and before, and after the Vigil Mass. 7.p.m.

Sunday 3^rd.FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER.and Feast of Sts;Philip and James, Apostles.ANNUAL WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS TO PRIESTHOOD AND RELIGIOUS LIFE. Collection for support of educating the seminarians of the diocese at all Masses. Baptisms at 12.15.p.m.

MASS INTENTIONS (26^th.April to 3^rd. May 09.)

Sunday.26^th.Readings.Acts.3.13-15,17-19. Ps.4. I Jn. 2.1-5.Lk.24.35-48.Mass.at 10.00.a.m.Ann.Kitty Scott nee Reynolds, Church St and Cambridge. Confessions after Mass and at 3.p.m.Vigil Mass at 7.p.m.Ann.Decd.members Fitzsimons family Martinstown and Castlepollard.10.15.a.m. St.Peter`s.St.Michael`s.11.15.a.m.Ann.Cornelius Ring ad Marion Kennedy Glenview. Trocaire Collection may be handed in today as well.12.15.p.m.Baptism.Maryvale Course weekend.

Monday: 27^th.Readings;Acts 6.8-15.Ps.118.Jn.6.22-29.Mass at 8.15.a.m.

Tuesday 28^th.Readings.Acts.7.51-8.1 Ps.60. Jn.6.30-35.Mass at 8.15.a.m.

Wednesday 29^th.Readings.Acts I Jn.I.5.-2.2. Ps.102.Mt.11.25-30.Mass at 8.15.a.m.

Thursday 30^th.Readings.Acts 8.26-40.Ps.65. Jn.6.44-51.Mass at 8.15.a.m. Pauline First Talk Parish Centre MCH at 8.p.m. All welcome.Legion of Mary meet in Parish Centre Room 1 8.p.m..

Friday 1^st. Readings.Acts;Acts 9.1-20.Ps.116. Jn.6.52-59. Mass at 8.15.a.m. List of Dead Mass at 7.30.p.m. and Ann Gus and First Anniv.Maura Blacoe.Kiltoom.

Saturday 2^nd.Readings.Acts.9.31-42.Ps.115.Jn.6.60-69 Mass at 10.00.a.m.Ann.Peter Cassells, Lough park. Confessions after Mass,at 3.p.m. and before and after Vigil Mass at 7.p.m. Ann.Michael O Reilly, Loughpark.

Sunday 3^rd.Readings.Acts 4.8-12.Ps.117.I Jn.3.1-2.Jn.10.11-18. St.Peter`s. at 10.15.a.m.Mass at 11.15.a.m.Ann.John and Anne McLoughlin, Loughpark.Baptisms 12.15.p.m.Please continue to pray for all who are ill and those who care for them in the parish and elsewhere.

R.I.P.

Please pray for all who have died in recently,all whose anniversaries occur around this time and all whose remains are interred in our cemeteries,

May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace.

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTICES FOR THE WEEK.

Baptism preparation course on Third Wednesday at.8.p.m.

Those with babies for Baptism should register for this course

in the Parish Centre, two weeks beforehand.It will be run by the Multy Group,Wed,May 20^th.at 8.p.m.Parents, who have no babysitters, may take the baby along.

Parish Centre Programme for week;Apr.26^th.to May 3^rd.

Monday 27^th. Room I 7.30.p.m. Lir Park Residents Meeting.Bowles MCH 8.p.m.

Tuesday 28^th.Dancing Class 8.30.p.m. to 10.00.p.m. MCH.Room I. 8.30.p.m. A.A. Meeting will take place.

Wednesday 29^th.Dancing 4-5.p.m. MCH. Bowles MCH. 8.p.m.

Thursday 30^th.Dancing 4-6p.m. MCH.Legion of Mary Meeting Room I.8p.m. MCH. Pauline Talk. 8.p.m.

Friday 1^st.Block Booking .Gardening Club 8-10.p.m.

Catholic Newspapers available each weekend in parish. Please support.

Please purchase the paper in the church or from the kind members of the Legion of Mary who sell them in the parish.We thank them for this.

Altar Servers Group for the
week.Apr.26^th.Group 6.Boys. Barry Higgins; Joseph Rabbitt; Lee Kiernan;Aaron O Reilly and Darragh O Reilly.Servers are expected to be present on their week of duty.

Alcoholics Anonymous Group weekly meeting in Parish Centre.

AA group will continue here on Tues,28^th.at 8.30.p.m. in Room I. Parish Centre.To get information,please tel. 087.6282646 Bill..

Pope`s intentions for your prayer for the month of May.

That,the laity and Christian Communities may be responsible promoters of priestly and religious vocations. That,the recently founded Catholic Churches, grateful to the Lord, for the gift of faith,may be ready to share in the universal mission of the Church,offering their availability to preach the Gospel throughout the world.

The Year of St.Paul in parish and area. Events planned and in place.

Talks on St.Paul in the Parish Centre commence on Thursday 30^th.All welcome.Please come along to this very interesting and valuable time in our parish and deanery at 8.p.m..

Pioneer Gold and Silver Jubilarians; make contact re Pins for May.8^th..

The local branch of the Pioneers wishes to hear from all who are 25 and 50 years pioneers before end April so that their pins can be arranged for conferring on May 8^th.Confirmandi will also be enrolled that night.

Castlepollard Gardening Club May 1^st.8.-10.p.m. MCH.Parish Centre. A Speaker from Birdwatch will give a talk and presentation on birds.A Competition for the night will take place and all are welcome.

Notices in porch re Southill Support Services and Knock Shrine Programme for 130^th.Anniversary year and Youth Service there as well, to read for yourselves in due course.

Annual Lough Derg local pilgrimage. May 26^th. 2009. Details for date.

Please contact Mary Fivey. 96.61506 or Mary Mulligan 043.81136 for booking from now on for Tues 26^th May.

Oldcastle Vintage Tractor 3 County Run. 26^th.April 2009. 2 p.m.

Please support this venture arriving in Fore for one hour.All welcome

School enrolment for Sept.2009.Application forms now at school.

Parents are reminded they are welcome to call to school for forms, with a view to enrolling children for new school year in September.

Castlepollard, Castletown & Finea Parish Newsletter 19 April 2009

NEWSLETTER

CASTLEPOLLARD, CASTLETOWN & FINEA PARISH

19^th.April.2009.SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER, LOW SUNDAY, DOMINICA IN ALBIS and Feast also of Sts;Emma, Expedit,Pope Leo 1X and Alphege.Divine Mercy Day.Trocaire Collection Day.

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY AND TROCAIRE DAY FOR THE POOR OF THE WORLD BASED ON LENTEN FASTING.

It is entirely in order that the Trocaire Collection, the annual contribution from fasting for Lent, given to help the poor and needy, should take place on Divine Mercy Sunday each year.Under the auspices of the Irish Episcopal Conference, Trocaire, based at Maynooth College, coordinates this global effort each year.The process of collecting makes its way to each parish through a package with information and a box for collection included.Each family received a box this year, as last, in this parish.They were asked in the family to contribute to it each day or week, over the Lenten season, by giving what they saved in making Lenten sacrifices in the name of Jesus, who lived the mystery of the desert in fasting and prayer for forty days and forty nights. The time has now come to present this gift to the poor.Please ensure the Trocaire box is left in this weekend or up until the first Sunday of May at weekends in the churches or during the week to the parochial houses.Do not please, even with your best intentions, leave the box in the church during the week, putting it on altar rails, main altar or into sacristy, for obvious reasons.The counters would prefer that you convert the coins into notes for easy accumulation for banking in the account; please do that for us.The monies are coordinated well by the Trocaire office in Maynooth and get directly to the source of the problems, in the needy areas of the world,under their tutelage.It is a work of great mercy and compassion and it gels well with the Sunday we are celebrating in honour of Divine Mercy. This devotion promoted by St Faustina and endorsed heavily by Pope John Paul the Great and Servant of God, is now well established in the Church, as is this Sunday dedicated to it each year universally in the Church.Mercy and compassion, the special attributes of God, filter into our lives by way of response to this call.If we have compassion for our brother or sister in need and see the importance of his/her situation in relation to being our brother or sister in Christ, giving to their need is a great act of Christian mercy and love.

So our response to Trocaire is a mirror of Divine Mercy in our lives in the Church and in the world. Thank you.

Fr.Patrick A. Moore P.P.VF.

Parochial House.

044.9661126/0872510855.

Email: moorep@eircom.net

Fr. B. Condron.C.C.

Castletown Finea.

043.81141.

Sunday Masses

10.15 St. Peter's Centre. Weekday Mass 8.15.a.m. St.Michael`s

11.00. Castletown or Finea Saturday Mass at 10.a.m.

11.15. St.Michael's Confessions. 10.20.a.m.; 3.00.p.m. and

Vigil 7.p.m. St. Michael's 6.45.p.m. and 7.30.p.m. Sats.

Vigil 8.p.m. Castletown or Finea.

Adoration. 3-8.p.m. Mon-Thurs incl.

10.a.m.-12 noon. Tues and Wed.

LITURGICAL CALENDAR FOR THE COMING WEEK IN THE PARISH

Collection for April 11^th./12^th.;Weekly Envelope €878.00 and Offertory Collection €Easter Offerings). Holy Thursday Poor. €658.15. Good Friday Bishop`s Collection for Holy Land.€888.34.The report on 9 weeks of envelope collection tells us that 562 boxes were delivered to homes in Castlepollard area of parish.In the 9 weeks only 180 are being returned.We are very grateful to those who generously and loyally respond to the upkeep of their parish and care enough to do so. April; Month dedicated to The Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus.Year of intense prayer for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life..Year of St.Mark in the Liturgy.Year of St Paul in the Universal Church.U.N. Year of Astronomy.Year of St.Bernadette in Lourdes

Sunday 19^th.SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER.LOW SUNDAY. DOMINICA IN ALBIS, DIVINE MERCY DAY. TROCAIRE SUNDAY and Feast of Sts;Emma, Expedit.Leo IX and Alphege.Trocaire Collection taken up today.Baptism 12.15.p.m,4^th Anniv.of election of Pope Benedict XVI.

Monday 20^th. Monday 2^nd.Week of Easter and Feast also of Sts;Bueno, Syriacus,Adalgisa,and Agnes of Montepulciano.First Confession Meeting with parents in school at 8.p.m.

Tuesday 21^st.Tuesday 2^nd.week of Easter and Feast of Sts;Anselm of Canterbury and Silvius.Diocesan and parish financial meeting Mullingar Park Hotel 12 noon.

Wednesday 22^nd.Wednesday 2^nd. Week of Easter and Feast of Sts; Soter, Caius, Conrad,Theodore,Epipodius and Alexander.St.Joseph`s Young Priests`s Society at 7.p.m. Room I. Meeting.

Thursday 23^rd.Thursday 2^nd. Week of Easter and Feast of Sts; George, Adalbert and Severus.First Confessions at 7.30.p.m.Legion of Mary Meeting.Room I.

Friday.24^th.Friday 2^nd. Week of Easter and Feast of Sts;Fidelis, Ivo and Melito.Maryvale Course weekend in Parish Centre.

Saturday 25^th.Saturday of 2^nd. Week of Easter and Feast of Sts; Mark the Evangelist and Ermin.Mass at 10.00.a.m.Confessions after Mass, and at 3.p.m. and before, and after the Vigil Mass. 7.p.m.Maryvale Course all day.Parish Centre.

Sunday 26^th.THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER.and Feast of Sts; Anacletus, Stephen of Perm and Marcel. Baptisms at 12.15.p.m. TROCAIRE COLLECTION may be handed in this weekend also.

MASS INTENTIONS (19^th.April to 26^th.April 09.)

Sunday.19^th.Readings.Acts.4.32-35.Ps117.I.Jn.5.1-6.Jn.20.19-31 Mass.Sat.at 10.00.a.m.Ann. Decd members of Finglas and Boylan Families. Confessions after Mass and at 3.p.m.Vigil Mass at 7.p.m. Ann.Jack and Mary Melia, Kinturk.10.15.a.m. St.Peter`s. St.Michael`s.11.15.a.m. Ann.Thomas and Dympna McIntyre Trocaire Collection Day.12.15.p.m.Baptism.

Monday: 20^th.Readings;Acts 4.23-31.Ps.2.Jn.3.1-8.Mass at 8.15.a.m.First Confession Meeting for Parents 8.p.m. St.Michael`s N.S.

Tuesday 21^st.Readings.Acts. 4.32-37.Ps.91.Jn.3.7-15.Mass at 8.15.a.m.Ann. Kevin Smyth,Church St. No Maple Court Mass until Tues 5^th.May.

Wednesday 22^nd.Readings.Acts Acts 5.17-26.Ps.33.Jn.3.16-21.Mass at 8.15.a.m.St Joseph`s Young Priests`Society Meeting at 7.p.m. Room I.Parish Centre.

Thursday 23^rd.Readings.Acts 5.27-33.PS.33.Jn.3.31-36..Mass at 8.15.a.m.Private intention.First Confession Ceremony at 7.30.p.m. Legion of Mary meet in Parish Centre Room 1 8.p.m..

Friday 24^th. Readings; Acts .5.34-42.Ps.26.Jn.6.1-15. Mass at 8.15.a.m. Ann.Mat and Pat Farnan and Brigid Donoghue Ballymanus.Maryvale Course, Parish Centre. 4^th.Ann. of commencement of Pastoral Petrine Ministry of Pope Benedict XVI.

Saturday 25^th.Readings.Acts.IPeter.5.5-14.Ps.88.Mk.16.15-20 Mass at 10.00.a.m.Ann.Kitty Scott nee Reynolds, Church St and Cambridge. Confessions after Mass,at 3.p.m. and before and after Vigil Mass at 7.p.m. Ann.Decd members Fitzsimons Family, Martinstown and Castlepollard.Maryvale Course Parish Centre.

Sunday 26^th.Readings.Acts 3.13-15,17-19. Ps.4. Jn.2.1-5.Lk.24.35-48. St.Peter`s. at 10.15.a.m.Mass at 11.15.a.m.Ann.Cornelius Ring and daughter Marion Kennedy, Glenview.Baptisms 12.15.p.m.

R.I.P.

Please pray for all who have died in recent Johanna Boylan, Glenview,all whose anniversaries occur around this time and all whose remains are interred in our cemeteries,

May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace.

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTICES FOR THE WEEK.

Baptism preparation course on Third Wednesday at.8.p.m.

Those with babies for Baptism should register for this course

in the Parish Centre, two weeks beforehand.It will be run by the Multy Group,Wed,May 20^th.at 8.p.m.Parents, who have no babysitters, may take the baby along.

Parish Centre Programme for week,Apr.19^th.to April 26^th.

Monday 20^th. Bowles MCH 8.p.m.

Tuesday 21^st.Dancing Class 8.30.p.m. to 10.00.p.m. MCH.Room I. 8.30.p.m. A.A. Meeting will take place.

Wednesday 22^nd. Dancing 4-5.p.m. MCH. Bowles MCH. 8.p.m.

Thursday 23^rd.Dancing 4-6p.m. MCH.Legion of Mary Meeting Room I.8p.m.MCH.

Friday 24^th.Block Booking .Mary vale Course.

Saturday.25^th.Maryvale Course 9.30.a.m. to 6.p.m. MCH.

Catholic Newspapers available each weekend in parish. Please support.

Please purchase the paper in the church or from the kind members of the Legion of Mary who sell them in the parish.We thank them for this.

Altar Servers Group for the
week.Apr.19^th.Group 5.BoysAndrew Keating.Alan O Reilly and Jimmy Holtkamp.Servers are expected to be present on their week of duty.

Alcoholics Anonymous Group weekly meeting in Parish Centre.

AA group will continue here on Tues,21^st..at 8.30.p.m. in Room I. Parish Centre.To get information,please tel. 087.6282646 Bill..

Pope`s intentions for your prayer for the month of April.

That,the Lord will bless the farmers with an abundant harvest and sensitise the richer populations to the drama of hunger in the world.

That,Christians who work in the areas where the conditions of the poor,the weak and the women and children, are most tragic,may be signsof hope,thanks to their courageous testimony to the Gospel of solidarity and love.

The Year of St.Paul in parish and area. Events planned and in place.

Talks on St.Paul in the Parish Centre are now for booking.Please use the booking form in church.

Pioneer Gold and Silver Jubilarians; make contact re Pins for May.1^st.

The local branch of the Pioneers wishes to hear from all who are 25 and 50 years pioneers before end April so that their pins can be arranged for conferring on May 1^st. Confirmandi will also be enrolled that night.

Annual Easter Offerings.Envelope available in church for those who need it..This is an Offerings time and we appreciate all who take care to give Offerings. Please use box in box of envelopes.There are envelopes in the churches, if you mislaid your envelope.There are quite a number of households, who have not given Easter Offerings to date.We need your kind support.

Whist Drive Mon.20^th April 9.p.m. in aid of Motor Neuron charity and Hospice Homecare will be held in Parochial Hall, Pakenhamhall Rd.Please support.

Parish Newsletter 5 April 2009

NEWSLETTER

CASTLEPOLLARD, CASTLETOWN & FINEA PARISH

5^th.April.2009.PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD`S PASSION and Feast also of Sts;Vincent Ferrer,Nicetas and Didymus.Blessing of Palms and Procession.The Great or Holy Week commences.

OUR PROGRAMME FOR HOLY WEEK. IN THE PARISH.

We welcome all parishioners to take part in Holy week and the ceremonies to celebrate the Passion,Death and Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ.The following is our programme for Holy Week;

PALM SUNDAY. Masses at 7.p.m., Vigil; 10.15.a.m. St.Peter`s and 11.15.a.m. with Blessing of Palms and Procession involving schoolchildren.

MONDAY OF HOLY WEEK.Mass at 8.15.a.m.Novena 9^th night at 7.30.p.m. with 5 Confessors for Holy Week Confessions.

TUESDAY OF HOLY WEEK.Mass at 8.15.a.m.

WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK.(Spy Wednesday)Mass at 8.15.a.m.Calls to ill and house bound 9.15.a.m. to 1.00.p.m.Chrism Mass Cathedral at 7.30.p.m.All welcome.Adoration ends until Easter Tuesday.

THURSDAY OF HOLY WEEK.(Holy Thursday)First Day of Easter Triduum. Practice for Servers at 10.30.a.m.Confessions 6-7 p.m. Fr Janusz. 7.15.p.m. to 7.45.p.m. Confessions. 8.00.p.m. Mass of Lord`s Supper with Washing of feet, Collection for poor and Solemn Procession to Altar of Repose.Adoration until 10.30.p.m. at this altar.

FRIDAY OF HOLY WEEK.(GOOD FRIDAY).Day of Fast and Abstinence.Stations of Cross St Peter`s 10.30.a.m.,Veneration of Cross and Holy Communion for residents and staff. Maple Court 11.15.a.m. approx. Servers Practice 12 noon.Confessions 12.30.p.m. and 2.15.p.m.

Celebration of the Lord`s Passion at 3.00.p.m.Veneration of Cross and Holy Communion.Collection for the Holy Places in Holy Land at behest of Bishop each year.6.p.m. Annual Ecumenical Stations of the Cross in Public Square and both churches. 8-9.p.m. Taize Prayer around the Cross.9-9.30.p.m. Confessions.

SATURDAY OF HOLY WEEK.HOLY SATURDAY. Practice for servers at 10.30.a.m. Confessions after practice.Easter Vigil Mass at 9.p.m. Confessions at 8.15.p.m.No Mass at 7.p.m.

EASTER SUNDAY.masses at 10.15.a.m. St.Peter`s and 11.15.a.m. St.Michael`s. Easter Day is an Offerings Day.

Fr. Barry, Fr Tom and Fr.P. wish all parishioners and families a gracefilled, joyful and peaceful Easter feast, with all the graces of the Risen Lord, in this year of St.Paul in the Universal Church.

Fr.Patrick A. Moore P.P.VF.

Parochial House.

044.9661126/0872510855.

Email: moorep@eircom.net

Fr. B. Condron.C.C.

Castletown Finea.

043.81141.

Sunday Masses

10.15 St. Peter's Centre. Weekday Mass 8.15.a.m. St.Michael`s

11.00. Castletown or Finea Saturday Mass at 10.a.m.

11.15. St.Michael's Confessions. 10.20.a.m.; 3.00.p.m. and

Vigil 7.p.m. St. Michael's 6.45.p.m. and 7.30.p.m. Sats.

Vigil 8.p.m. Castletown or Finea.

Adoration. 3-8.p.m. Mon-Thurs incl.

10.a.m.-12 noon. Tues and Wed.

LITURGICAL CALENDAR FOR THE COMING WEEK IN THE PARISH

Collection for March.28^th./29^th. March;Weekly Envelope €723.75. and Offertory Collection €724.88.(includes €49.57. St.Peter`s .). report on 9 weeks of envelope collection tells us that 562 boxes were delivered to homes in Castlepollard area of parish.In the 9 weeks only 180 are being returned.We are very grateful to those who generously and loyally respond to the upkeep of their parish and care enough to do so. April; Month dedicated to The Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus.Year of intense prayer for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life..Year of St.Mark in the Liturgy.Year of St Paul in the Universal Church.U.N. Year of Astronomy.

Sunday 5^th.PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD`S PASSION and Feast of Sts;Vincent Ferrer,Nicetas and Didymus.Blessing of Palms and Procession.The Great or Holy Week Begins.2.30. Walk in aid of Kilafree work takes place.Please support.

THE SACRED SEASON OF HOLY WEEK COMMENCES.

Monday 6^th. in Holy Week and Feast also of Sts;Pope Celestine 1, William of Eskill and Avia.9^th.night of Pauline Novena 7.30.p.m. Paul…Ambassador Christ.Fr.M.Walsh P.P. preacher.5 priests for Confessions to prepare for Easter.

Tuesday 7^th. in Holy Week and Feast of Sts;John Baptist de la Salle and Hermann.

Wednesday 8^th. in Holy Week and Feast of Sts;Julia Billiart, Walter and Albert.Calls to ill and housebound 9.45-1.00.p.m. Maple Court Mass at 3.p.m.Chrism Mass Cathedral 7.30.p.m.All welcome.

Thursday 9^th. in Holy Week and Feast of Sts;Mary Cleopas, Wandra and Francisca.Legion of Mary Meeting.Room I. 7.p.m.Holy Thursday.

Friday.10^th. in Holy Week and Feast of Sts;Fulbert of Chartes, Terence and Macarius.Good Friday.

Saturday 11^th.in Holy Week and Feast of Sts;Stanislaus, Guthlac and Gemma Galgani No Mass at 10.00.a.m.Confessions after Practice at 10.30.a.m. and before the Vigil Mass. Confessions at 8.15.p.m.Vigil Mass at 9.p.m.EASTER VIGIL.

Sunday 12^th.EASTER DAY OF THE LORD`S RESURRECTION and Feast also of Sts;Alferius, Zeno and Constantine.Paschal Season commences.Offerings Day.

MASS INTENTIONS (5^th.April to 12^th.April 09.)

Sunday.5^th.Readings Passion of the Lord according to St.Mark. Mass.Sat.at 10.00.a.m.Ann.Winnie Smyth.Loughpark. Confessions after Mass and at 3.p.m.and before and after Mass at 7.p.m. Vigil Ann.Charles and Una Fagan, Millcastle St.St.Peter`s 10.15.a.m.Special Intention. St.Michael`s.11.15.a.m. Ann.Mary Mac Keoin, Church St.

Monday: 6^th.Readings;Is. 42.1-7.Ps.26. Jn.12.1-11.Mass at 8.15.a.m.Ann. Kevin Martin late The Square Bank of Ireland House.7.30.p.m.9^th.Night of Pauline Novena followed by Confessions for Easter with 5 Confessors.

Tuesday 7^th.Readings.Ia.49.1-6.Ps.70.Jn.13. 21-33,36-38.Mass at 8.15.a.m.Ann Kay and Madge Fagan, Green St.

Wednesday 8^th.Readings.Is.50.4-9.Ps.68.Mt.26.14-25.Mass at 8.15.a.m.Ann. Sonny Smyth,Loughpark.Maple Court Mass 3.p.m. 7.30.p.m. Chrism Mass Cathedral.

Thursday 9^th.Readings.Ex.12.1-8.11-14. Ps.115. I Cor.11.23-26.Jn.13.1-15.No Mass at 8.15.a.m 8.00.p.m.Mass of Lord`s Supper.Legion of Mary meet at 7.p.m. Room I.Parish Centre.

Friday 10^th. Passion of the Lord Jesus according to St.John No Masses.Times of ceremonies on front page of Newsletter..

Saturday 11^th.Readings.Various for the Vigil as in booklet provided. Confessions and Vigil times are in front page of Newsletter.

Sunday 12^th.Readings.Acts 10.34,37-43. Ps.117.Col.3.1-4.Jon.20.1-9. St.Peter`s. at 10.15.a.m.James and Lily Thornton,Pakenhamhall Rd.Mass at 11.15.a.m.Ann.James Grimes Glenview.Offering Day.

R.I.P.

Please pray for all who have died in recent times, all whose anniversaries occur around this time and all whose remains are interred in our cemeteries,

Edward Brady,Stonetown and U.S.A.,Maureen Gaffney,Water Lane.Maurice Fagan,Rathwire, brother of Clare Nangle,Cardinal
Umberto Betti.O.F.M resident in Florence

May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace.

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTICES FOR THE WEEK.

Baptism preparation course on Third Wednesday at.8.p.m.

Those with babies for Baptism should register for this course

in the Parish Centre, two weeks beforehand.It will be run by the Coole Group,Wed,April 15^th..at 8.p.m.Parents, who have no babysitters, may take the baby along.

Parish Centre Programme for week,Apr.5^th.to April 12^th.

Saturday 4^th. Polish Social evening 9.p.m. MCH.

Sunday 5^th. Tea for Kilafree Walkers.3-4.p.m.

Monday 6^th.Bowles MCH 8.p.m.

Tuesday 7^th.Dancing Class 8.30.p.m. to 10.00.p.m. MCH.Room I.7.p.m. Lir Park Residents Association. 8.30.p.m. A.A. Meeting will take place.

Wednesday 8^th.No Dancing 4-5.p.m. MCH. Bowles MCH. 8.p.m.

Thursday 9^th.No Dancing 4-6p.m. MCH.Legion of Mary Meeting Room I.7.p.m.MCH.

Friday 10^th.Block Booking .

Catholic Newspapers available each weekend in parish. Please support.

Please purchase the paper in the church or from the kind members of the Legion of Mary who sell them in the parish.We thank them for this.

Altar Servers Group for the
week.Apr.5^th.Group 2.Girls.Laura Coyle. Amy Gahan and Cameron Birney.Servers are expected to be present on their week of duty.

Alcoholics Anonymous Group weekly meeting in Parish Centre.

AA group will continue here on Tues,7^th.at 8.30.p.m. in Room I. Parish Centre.To get information,please tel. 087.6282646 Bill..

Pope`s intentions for your prayer for the month of April.

That,the Lord will bless the farmers with an abundant harvest and sensitise the richer populations to the drama of hunger in the world.

That,Christians who work in the areas where the conditions of the poor,the weak and the women and children, are most tragic,may be signsof hope,thanks to their courageous testimony to the Gospel of solidarity and love.

The Year of St.Paul in parish and area. Events planned and in place.

Talks on St.Paul in the Parish Centre are now for booking.Please use the booking form in church.Thanks to all who made the Novena such a great success

Final reflection on the Seven Deadly Sins for Lent. Final one; Sloth.

Sloth.(acedia) a sadness that leads to despairing; a listlessness, disappointed and disillusioned, a struggle of the inner man.It has also been called melancholy, the mind losing the sweetness of tranquillity and is supplanted by grief resulting from agitation.A strange kind of fruitless disquiet comes with it and restlessness and distraction ; we re-order our books and change the furniture around and when we have finished, we do it again;we flick aimlessly through the T.V.channels. It is also seen as the failure to use one`s talents and gifts, failing to achieve full potential.It is a root sin of laziness and indifference. In religion it shows itself as a refusal to enjoy the goodness of God and His creation and as an apathy that discourages all religious expression., at worst being disgusted with the spiritual and divine.It has also been described as a spiritual black hole, energy falling into a sterile, unproductive space; the mind collapses in on itself and self-hatred is not far away. Listlessness, pointlessness, meaninglessness can be symptoms of sloth.People are roused out of sloth by positive thinking and creative activity.Spiritually the resolution of sloth is found in measuring ourselves according to what God is and wants and being filled with the Christian virtue of hope.

Parish Newsletter 15 March 2009

NEWSLETTER

CASTLEPOLLARD, CASTLETOWN & FINEA PARISH

15^th.March.2009.THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT, and Feast also of Sts;Longinus,Isaac of Spoleto,Louise de Maurillac,Clement Hofbauer and Lucretia.

A MEDITATION ON THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS FOR LENT.

Last week we meditated on the first Capital or Deadly sin,Pride, and saw how it, as a root of evil, can bring us down and away from God. God sees to it that the haughty are taken down a step and the humble exalted.Pride has no place in the life of a Christian, since it rejects others and their efforts.

The next deadly sin to consider for Lent, is covetousness.Covetousness ( avaritia ) or greed is a sin of excess..As greed, it is applied to acquisition of wealth in particular.It also relates to the desire to acquire more and more possessions.The world, at present, is suffering badly from the fallout of greed.The whole economic crisis has been caused by greed or covetousness. People could never feel satisfied,wanting more and more and accumulating.Spending rather than saving became a way of life for too many.People took on too many jobs and took short cuts in carrying out work and contracts and duties.Reliability and keeping ones`s word went off the map.Overcharging and putting up prices became the order of the day.Above all greed drove people away from God;every moment of time was used to make money; even the Lord`s day and God, for many, was put on the back burner.People had little time for one another either and got into a fever of tension, called stress.Marriages went to the wall in some instances and family life was well and truly shattered for too many.The bubble had to burst and burst it did.Writ large for all of us is the outcome of greed or being covetous.St.Thomas Aquinas said that greed is a sin against God because it condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things, in other words, a strange god takes over in place of the true God.In Dante`s Il Purgatorio, the penitents were bound and laid face down on the ground for having concentrated too much on earthly thoughts.The word avarice related to greed and covetousness, being the Latin root for it, is more a blanket term to describe many other examples of greedy behaviour which include, disloyalty,deliberate betrayal,treason for personal gain, for example through bribery.Scavenging and hoarding of materials or objects,drug dealing and drug wars, theft and robbery, especially by means of violence, trickery, or manipulation of authority are all actions that may be inspired by greed.The opposite to greed is charity or generous love and is the great cementer of relationships in all spheres of life;it, and not greed, is the motif of the Christian life.Beware of greed it makes a stone of the heart.!

Fr.Patrick A. Moore P.P.VF.     Fr. B. Condron.C.C.

Parochial House.            Castletown Finea.

044.9661126/0872510855.         043.81141.

Email: moorep@eircom.net

 

Sunday Masses

        10.15 St. Peter's Centre. Weekday Mass 8.15.a.m. St.Michael`s

        11.00. Castletown or Finea Saturday Mass at 10.a.m.

        11.15. St.Michael's Confessions. 10.20.a.m.; 3.00.p.m. and

        Vigil 7.p.m. St. Michael's 6.45.p.m. and 7.30.p.m. Sats.

        Vigil 8.p.m. Castletown or Finea.

        Adoration.     3-8.p.m. Mon-Thurs incl.

        10.a.m.-12 noon. Tues and Wed.

 

 

LITURGICAL CALENDAR FOR THE COMING WEEK IN THE PARISH                

Collection for February 7^th.March.8^th.March;Weekly Envelope €875.00. and Offertory Collection €705.61.Thank you for supporting the Weekly Collections and Lenten Offerings Collection; we are most deeply grateful.A report on 8 weeks of envelope collection will issue end March. Month of March dedicated to St Joseph.Year of intense prayer for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life..Year of St.Mark in the Liturgy.Year of St Paul in the Universal Church.U.N. Year of Astronomy.

Sunday 15^th.THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT and Feast of Sts; Longinus, Isaac of Spoleto,Louise de Maurillac,Clement Hofbauer and Lucretia.

THE SACRED SEASON OF LENT CONTINUES.

Monday 16^th.Third Week of Lent and Feast also of Sts;Heribert and Syriac.7.p.m. Vigil Mass of St.Patrick`Day.

Tuesday 17^th.Third Week of Lent and Feast of Sts;Patrick,National Patron.Masses as on Sundays and Parade at 5.30.p.m.

Wednesday 18^th.Third Week of Lent and Feast of Sts;Cyril of Jerusalem and Salvadore.Confessions in .N.S. 7.p.m. St.Joseph`s Young Priests` Society Meeting and 8.p.m.Pre-Baptism Meeting.

Thursday 19^th.Third Week of Lent and Feast of Sts;Joseph.Legion of Mary Meeting.Room I. 8.p.m.

Friday.20^th.Third Week of Lent and Feast of Sts;Cuthbert Magnus, Herbert,Claudia and Leontius.

Saturday 21^st.Third Week of Lent and Feast of Sts; Enda, Serapion,Clement and Blessed John of Parma.Mass at 10.00.a.m.Confessions after Mass and before and after Vigil Mass. Confessions at 3.p.m.Vigil Mass at 7.p.m.

Sunday 22^nd.FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT (Laetare Sunday.)and Feast also of Sts;Benevenuto,Lactean,Rita, Lea and Sophia of Kiev. Mothers`Day.12.15.p.m. Baptism.

 

MASS INTENTIONS (15^th.March to 22^nd. March 09.)

Sunday.15^th.Readings Ez.20.1-17.Ps.18.I Cor.1.22-25.Jn.2.13-25. Mass.Sat.at 10.00.a.m.Ann.Decd.Castlepollard Branch members of I.C.A. Confessions after Mass and at 3.p.m.and before and after Mass at 7.p.m. Vigil Ann.Sean Murphy late of the Square.St.Peter`s 10.15.a.m. St.Michael`s 11.15.a.m.Ann.Laura McCormack, Stonetown.

Monday: 16^th.Readings;2 Kg.5.1-15.Ps. 41-42.Lk.4.24-30.Mass at 8.15.a.m.Mass at 7.p.m. Vigil of St.Patrick`s Day. Ann. Joe Kennedy,The Square.

Tuesday 17^th.Readings.Jer.1.4-9.Ps.116.Rom.10.9-18.Mk.16.15-20.Mass at 10.15.a.m. St.Peter`s.11.15.a.m.St.Michael`s with blessing of Shamrock.Ann.Maureen Fagan,Church St.

Wednesday 18^th.Readings.Deut.4.1,5-9.Ps.147.Mt.5.17-19..Mass at 8.15.a.m.Maple Court Mass at 3.p.m.. Confession N.S.7.p.m. St.Joseph`s Young Priests` Society Meeting.Pre-Baptism Meeting 8.p.m.

Thursday 19^th.Readings.2 Sam. 7.4-5,12-14,16.Ps.88.Rom.4.13,16-18,22.Mt.1.16,18-21,24..Mass at 8.15.a.m.Ann.Patrick and Mary Fagan,The Square.Legion of Mary meet at 8.p.m. Room I.Parish Centre.

Friday 20^th.Readings.Hos.14.2-10.Ps.80.Mk.12.28-34.Mass at 8.15.a.m. Ann.Agnes and Frank Halligan,The Square.

Saturday 21^st.Readings.Hos.5.15,6.6.Ps.50.Lk.18.9-14.Mass at 10.00.a.m Ann.Moss Finglas, Green St. Confessions after Mass and at 3.p.m.and before and after Vigil Mass 7.p.m.Ann.Helen McCormack, Loughpark.

Sunday 22^nd.Readings.2 Chron.36.14-16,19-23.Ps.136.Eph.2.4-10.Jn.3.14-21. St.Peter`s. at 10.15.a.m.Mass at 11.15.a.m.Ann.Bert Matthews,London.Baptism 12.15.p.m.

 

 

 

 

R.I.P.

Please pray for all who have died in recent times, all whose anniversaries occur around this time and all whose remains are interred in our cemeteries,

 

May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace.

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTICES FOR THE WEEK.

Baptism preparation course on Third Wednesday at.8.p.m.

Those with babies for Baptism should register for this course

in the Parish Centre, two weeks beforehand.It will be run by the Castlepollard Group,Wed,Mar.18^th.at 8.p.m.Parents, who have no babysitters, may take the baby along.

Parish Centre Programme for week,Mar.15^th.-.Mar.22^nd.

Monday 16^th. Bowles MCH 8.p.m.

Tuesday 17^th.Dancing Class 8.30.p.m. to 10.00.p.m. MCH.8.30.p.m.Room I. A.A. Meeting will take place.

Wednesday 18^th.Dancing 4-5.p.m. MCH. Bowles MCH 8.p.m.Pre-Baptism Meeting 8.p.m. Room.I. and Gun Club Meeting 9.p.m.

Thursday 19^th.Art Class MCH. 10.30.a.m. to 12.30.p.m.Dancing 4-6p.m. MCH.Legion of Mary Meeting Room I.8.p.m.

Friday 20^th.Block Booking .

Catholic Newspapers available each weekend in parish. Please support.

Please purchase the paper in the church or from the kind members of the Legion of Mary who sell them in the parish.We thank them for this.

Altar Servers Group for the
week.Mar.15^th..2009.Group 4.Ciaran Fagan, Oisin Weitzman,Jason Hannon and Michael Carroll.Servers are expected to be present on their week of duty.

Alcoholics Anonymous Group weekly meeting in Parish Centre.

AA group will continue here on Tues,17^th.at 8.30.p.m. in Room I. Parish Centre.To get information,please tel. 087.6282646 Bill..

Pope`s intentions for your prayer for the month of March.

That,the role of women may be more appreciated and used to good advantage in every country in the world.

That,in the light of the letter addressed to them by Pope Benedict XVI, the bishops, priests, consecrated persons and lay faithful of the Catholic Church in the Popular Republic of China, may commit themselves to being the sign and instrument of unity, communion and peace.

Fatima Pilgrimage 7^th-14^th.May 2009. Details in Church Porch Notices.

For those details, please contact Maura at 0868069891/0449371170.

Confirmation meeting and day with a call for help for hospitality.

Confirmation is on 26^thMarch at 11.00.a.m. There will be hospitality for all three parishes in the Parish Centre afterwards.The Parents Council are requesting cakes, buns and other goodies for the day from parishioners for this.Please support their efforts in welcoming all and serving the all important refreshments, after wards.Extra help is also needed for this and for cleaning up grounds and church for pastoral visit of bishop and Confirmation families and visitors

The Year of St.Paul in parish and area. Events planned and in place.

There will be a Novena on some themes of St.Paul`s life and teaching here in the church with a different speaker during Mass each of the nights, commencing on March 25^th. and ending on April 6^th.The Novena will pray for all who are ill, those who have faith and family problems and for a deepening of our own individual faith.We expect parishioners and others to come to this time of indulgenced prayer in this special Year of St.Paul, who is a very powerful saint. Talks on St.Paul in the Parish Centre are now for booking.Please use the booking form in church..

The icon of St.Paul, will travel through the deanery commencing in April and ending in June, with special ceremonies when it is in the churches of each parish.Then, the talks on St.Paul, for which we will have to book, will be 30^th.April,7^th and 28^th.May.

Parish Bulletin 8 March 2009

NEWSLETTER

CASTLEPOLLARD, CASTLETOWN & FINEA PARISH

8^th.March.2009.SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT, and Feast also of Sts;Senan and John of God and Silvanus.

A MEDITATION ON THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS FOR LENT.

Lent is a time to tame the wild beasts in our lives.Over the centuries, these have been associated with what came to be known as the Seven Deadly Sins or the Seven Capital Sins. An article appeared in a newspaper last week depicting them and, strangely, analysing them on the basis of which of them were easier for men or women, related to their different makeups,to commit.This article stated that some people had forgotten what the seven sins and the opposite virtues were.So, perhaps we should take a brief look at them both.All of us should know that the seven are; pride; covetousness; lust; anger; gluttony; envy and sloth.In opposition to them the virtues are known as Humility;Charity;Chastity; Patience;Temperance;Kindness and Diligence. The list goes back to the 6^th C to Pope Gregory the Great and again comes up in Dante`s Divine Comedy. The Catechism of the Catholic Church and the recent statement of Bishop Gianfranco Girotti of the Sacred Penetentiary in the Vatican, include in these seven deadly sins, modern sins such as environmental pollution,genetic manipulation,obscene wealth,infliction of poverty,drug trafficking,morally debatable experiments, and violation of the human rights of nature.This all makes a great deal of sense, but the basics are still the same ; the roots are clear.

Pride;(superbia) It is considered to be the most serious; it was the sin of Lucifer who became Satan.It is the desire to be more important or attractive than others, failing to acknowledge the good work of others and having an excessive love of self, keeping God out of the picture.Vanity and narcissism are prime examples of the sin of pride. It has nothing to do with a positive appreciation of self, healthy self esteem and an awareness of talents given as gifts by God,all of which are necessary for good healthy human growth.It is,in fact, assuming that all we have and are is due to self and no one else, not even God and that frame of mind eventually gets a fall.The book of Proverbs states that one of the six things the Lord hates is the proud look.The devil, the father of pride, tried to tempt Jesus, in the desert, to sin by pride,but failed, since Jesus referred all that He had and was, was due to the love of the heavenly Father.Once we see how much we need God, how much we owe Him, how much we depend on Him and how much He loves us, we will be able to conquer the temptation to commit the deadly sin of pride.Pride always gets a fall.

Fr.Patrick A. Moore P.P.VF. Fr. B. Condron.C.C.

Parochial House. Castletown Finea.

044.9661126/0872510855. 043.81141.

Email: moorep@eircom.net

Sunday Masses

10.15 St. Peter's Centre. Weekday Mass 8.15.a.m. St.Michael`s

11.00. Castletown or Finea Saturday Mass at 10.a.m.

11.15. St.Michael's Confessions. 10.20.a.m.; 3.00.p.m. and

Vigil 7.p.m. St. Michael's 6.45.p.m. and 7.30.p.m. Sats.

Vigil 8.p.m. Castletown or Finea.

Adoration. 3-8.p.m. Mon-Thurs incl.

10.a.m.-12 noon. Tues and Wed

LITURGICAL CALENDAR FOR THE COMING WEEK IN THE PARISH

Collection for February 28^th.February /1^st.March.Weekly Envelope €1465.00. and Offertory Collection €\Lenten Offerings.Thank you for supporting the Weekly Collections and Lenten Offerings Collection; we are most deeply grateful.A report on 6 weeks of envelope collection will issue mid March. Month of March dedicated to St Joseph.Year of intense prayer for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life..Year of St.Mark in the Liturgy.Year of St Paul in the Universal Church.U.N. Year of Astronomy.

Sunday 8^th.SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT and Feast of Sts;Senan,John of God and Silvanus.

THE SACRED SEASON OF LENT CONTINUES.

Monday 9^th.Second Week of Lent and Feast also of Sts;Frances of Rome,Catherine of Bologna,Pacian, Veremund and Aibert.

Tuesday 10^th.Second Week of Lent and Feast of Sts;John Oglivie,Forty Martyrs of England and Wales and Macrinus.Liturgy Committee meet at 7.p.m. Room I.Parish Centre.

Wednesday 11^th.Second Week of Lent and Feast of Sts; Aengus, Constantine,Sopohorinus,and Candidus.

Thursday 12^th.Second Week of Lent and Feast of Sts; Maximilian,Theophanes,Pope Innocent I,and Seraphina.Legion of Mary Meeting.Room I. 8.p.m.Diocesan Meeting of St.Joseph`s Young Priests` Society with Mass followed by meeting in Parish Centre.

Friday.13^th.Second Week of Lent and Feast of Sts; Euphrasia, Roderick,Sabinus, Joseph of Arimathea and Blessed Ida of Louvain.

Saturday 14^th.Second Week of Lent and Feast of Sts;Maud,Leobinus,Mathilda and Eutychius.Mass at 10.00.a.m.Confessions after Mass and before and after Vigil Mass. Confessions at 3.p.m.Vigil Mass at 7.p.m. Polish Mass at 8.p.m.

Sunday 15^th.THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT and Feast also of Sts; Longinus,Isaac of Spoleto,Louise de Maurillac,Clement Hofbauer and Lucretia.

MASS INTENTIONS (8^th.March to 15^th. March 09.)

Sunday.8^th.Readings Gen.22.1-29-13,15-18.Ps.115 Rom.8.31-34.Mk.9.2-10. Mass.Sat.at 10.00.a.m.Ann.Jimmy McGlynn, Water Lane.Confessions after Mass and at 3.p.m.and before and after Mass at 7.p.m. Vigil Ann.John O Rourke, Shrunaheala.St.Peter`s 10.15.a.m. Ann. Michael, Margaret and Martin Fagan.St.Michael`s 11.15.a.m.Ann.May Blacoe. Church St.

Monday: 9^th.Readings;Dan.9.4-10.Ps.79.Lk.6.36-38.Mass at 8.15.a.m.Ann. Decd.members of Smyth Family,Loughpark.

Tuesday 10^th.Readings.Is1.10,16-20.Ps.49.Mt.23.1-12.Mass at 8.15.a.m. Ann.Joe Shiels, Glenview.Maple Court Mass at 3.p.m.Liturgy Meeting at 7.p.m.Room I.Parish Centre.

Wednesday 11^th.Readings.Jer.18.18-20.Ps.30.Mt.20.17-28.Mass at 8.15.a.m.Ann.Oliver Halpin, Church St.

Thursday 12^th.Readings.Jer.17.5-10.Ps.1.Lk.16.19-31.Mass at 8.15.a.m. Legion of Mary meet at 8.p.m. Room I.Parish Centre.8.00.p.m. St.Joseph`s Young Priests` Society Mass and Meeting afterwards in the Parish Centre.

Friday 13^th.Readings.Gen.37.3-4,12-13,17-28.Ps.104.Mt.21.21,33-43,45-46..Mass at 8.15.a.m.

Saturday 14^th.Readings.Mic.7.14-15,18-20.Ps.102.Lk.15.1-3,11-32.Mass at 10.00.a.m Ann.Decd. Members of Castlepollard Branch.I.C.A. Confessions after Mass and at 3.p.m.and before and after Vigil Mass 7.p.m.Ann.Sean Murphy, The Square.Polish Mass at 8.p.m..

Sunday 15^th.Readings.Ex. 20.1-17,Ps.18.I Cor.1.22-25.Jn.2.13-25. St.Peter`s. at 10.15.a.m.Mass at 11.15.a.m.Ann.Laura McCormack, Stonetown.

R.I.P.

Please pray for all who have died in recent times,
Noel O
Connor, Mullingar,Rose Clarke nee Paterson, Birmingham and late Glenview.all whose anniversaries occur around this time and all whose remains are interred in our cemeteries,

May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace.

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTICES FOR THE WEEK.

Baptism preparation course on Third Wednesday at.8.p.m.

Those with babies for Baptism should register for this course

in the Parish Centre, two weeks beforehand.It will be run by the Castlepollard Group,Wed,Mar.18^th.at 8.p.m.Parents, who have no babysitters, may take the baby along.

Parish Centre Programme for week,Mar.8^th.-.Mar.15^th.

Monday 9^th. Bowles MCH 8.p.m.

Tuesday 10^th.I.C.A.Meeting, Room I. 10.30.a.m.Dancing Class 8.30.p.m. to 10.00.p.m. MCH.8.30.p.m.Room I. A.A. Meeting will take place.

Wednesday 11^th.Dancing 4-5.p.m. MCH. Bowles MCH 8.p.m.

Thursday 12^th.Art Class MCH. 10.30.a.m. to 12.30.p.m.Dancing 4-6p.m. MCH.Legion of Mary Meeting Room I. 8.p.m.St.Joseph`s Young Priests`Society Meeting at 8.3.0.p.m. MCH.

Friday 13^th.Block Booking .

Sat 14^th.6-10.p.m. Reserved booking.

Catholic Newspapers available each weekend in parish. Please support.

Please purchase the paper in the church or from the kind members of the Legion of Mary who sell them in the parish.We thank them for this.

Altar Servers Group for the
week.Mar.8^th..2009.Group 6 Boys.Barry Higgins; Joseph Rabbitt;Lee Kiernan; Aaaron O Reilly and Darragh O Reilly.Servers are expected to be present on their week of duty.

Alcoholics Anonymous Group weekly meeting in Parish Centre.

AA group will continue here on Tues,10^th.at 8.30.p.m. in Room I. Parish Centre.To get information,please tel. 087.6282646 Bill..

Pope`s intentions for your prayer for the month of March.

That,the role of women may be more appreciated and used to good advantage in every country in the world.

That,in the light of the letter addressed to them by Pope Benedict XVI, the bishops, priests, consecrated persons and lay faithful of the Catholic Church in the Popular Republic of China, may commit themselves to being the sign and instrument of unity, communion and peace.

Fatima Pilgrimage 7^th-14^th.May 2009. Details in Church Porch Notices.

For those details, please contact Maura at 0868069891/0449371170.

Confirmation meeting and day with a call for help for hospitality.

Thanks to all who helped with the meeting for Parents on March 5^th at 8.p.m. in Parish Centre,and to all who helped with refreshments afterwards which is deeply appreciated.Confirmation is on 26^thMarch at 11.00.a.m. There will be hospitality for all three parishes in the Parish Centre afterwards.The Parents Council are requesting cakes, buns and other goodies for the day from parishioners for this.Please support their efforts in welcoming all and serving the all important refreshments, after wards.Extra help is also needed for this and for cleaning up grounds and church for pastoral visit of bishop and Confirmation families and visitors

The Year of St.Paul in parish and area. Events planned and in place.

There will be a Novena on some themes of St.Paul`s life and teaching here in the church with a different speaker during Mass each of the nights, commencing on March 25^th. and ending on April 6^th.The Novena will pray for all who are ill, those who have faith and family problems and for a deepening of our own individual faith.We expect parishioners and others to come to this time of indulgenced prayer in this special Year of St.Paul, who is a very powerful saint. Talks on St.Paul in the Parish Centre are now for booking.Please use the booking form in church..

The icon of St.Paul, will travel through the deanery commencing in April and ending in June, with special ceremonies when it is in the churches of each parish.Then, the talks on St.Paul, for which we will have to book, will be 30^th.April,7^th and 28^th.May.

Mullingar Choral Society. Presents Mendelssohn`s Elijah. 08.03.09.

This magnificent performance will be at 8.p.m. in Christ the King Cathedral.Tickets are €20 available at Arts Centre, Day`s Bazaar and at door on night.Please support.

Castlepollard Hurling Club.Underage A.G.M.G.A.A.Complex.11.03.09.

Parents of all underage hurlers are invited to attend this vital meeting at 9.p.m.as well as all other parties, with a vested interest in the underage scheme.Please come along.

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Parish Newsletter 8 February 2009


NEWSLETTER
CASTLEPOLLARD, CASTLETOWN & FINEA PARISH
8th.February .FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, and Feast also of Sts;Jerome Emiliani,Josephine Bakhita,John of Matha and Honoratus.Anointing of the Sick for World Day of Prayer for the Sick.150 Year Celebration for Lourdes ends this week.
17th. WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE SICK.HELD ON THE FEAST OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES EACH YEAR IN THE CHURCH.HOW IS IT HELPFUL TO ILL PEOPLE?
Pope John Paul established World Day of Prayer for the Sick 17 years ago with a view to helping all who were ill at home and in hospital feel they were always included in the prayers of the Church.It was arranged as well that the World Day of Prayer would be held in Lourdes and in another city in the world on the same day.The Cardinal in charge of the Commission for Pastoral Care for all Health Care Personnel and the sick themselves,Lorenzo Barragan from Mexico and living in Rome, would represent the Holy Father at the different venue each year, while the Lourdes ceremony would go on as usual on its own.At these celebrations great emphasis is placed on the Sacraments of Confession and the Anointing of the Sick and the Mass is also celebrated, during which the annual Message for World Day of Prayer for the Sick from the Pope is read. This year that message in not yet to hand and extracts will be published in next week`s newsletter, if we receive it on the day.
World Day of Prayer for the Sick, really concentrates on giving those who are ill a clearer identity with the life, death and Resurrection of Jesus.It proclaims that that unity with Christ in His sufferings makes their suffering help to build up what is lacking in the Body of Christ.Christ died an ignominious death on the Cross, after much agony and torture of a heinous kind, for the days beforehand. He did not suffer from disease of any kind nor from an accident of one sort or another.But all who do then,as members of His Body, The Church, represent Him in suffering.His redemptive suffering is joined with theirs, making theirs also salvific and with generous purpose, in the context of redemption. The sick who unite their suffering with those of Jesus, now have a calling of great worth and become effective instruments for Christ`s work.
World Day of Prayer for the Sick also draws into its net of prayer all who care for the sick in the, spiritual, medical and ancilliary services and all who worry about those who are ill, as well as all involved in caring and every other back up service for the ill, the housebound, those who are impaired in any way,and all who suffer from various terminal diseases.It is indeed a day of great charity and bringsblessings.


Fr.Patrick A. Moore P.P.VF. Fr. B. Condron.C.C.
Parochial House. Castletown Finea.
044.9661126/0872510855. 043.81141.
Email: moorep@eircom.net

Sunday Masses
10.15 St. Peter’s Centre. Weekday Mass 8.15.a.m. St.Michael`s
11.00. Castletown or Finea Saturday Mass at 10.a.m.
11.15. St.Michael’s Confessions. 10.20.a.m.; 3.00.p.m. and
Vigil 7.p.m. St. Michael’s 6.45.p.m. and 7.30.p.m. Sats.
Vigil 8.p.m. Castletown or Finea.
Adoration. 3-8.p.m. Mon-Thurs incl.
10.a.m.-12 noon. Tues and Wed.

LITURGICAL CALENDAR FOR THE COMING WEEK
FEASTS OF SAINTS AND IMPORTANT CELEBRATIONS

Collection for January 31st./February 1st.Weekly Envelope,€1356.20. and Offertory Collection €.Candlemas Offerings. Thank you for supporting the Weekly Collections and the Candlemas Offerings,for which we are most deeply grateful. Month of February dedicated to the Purity of The Blessed Virgin Mary and the Sacredness of Human Life.Year of intense prayer for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life..Year of St.Mark in the Liturgy.Year of St Paul in the Universal Church and 150th.Ann of the Apparitions by Our Blessed Lady at Lourdes.U.N. Year of Astronomy.

Sunday 8th.FIFTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME. and Feast of St;Jerome Emiliani,Josephine Bakhita,John of Matha and Honoratus.Anointing of Sick at 11.15.a.m. Mass today.
THE SEASON OF ORDINARY TIME CONTINUES.
Monday 9th.Fifth Week in Ordinary Time and Feast also of Sts;Teine,Apollonia and Rinaldo.
Tuesday 10th.Fifth Week in Ordinary Time and Feast of Sts;Scholastica and Arnold.
Wednesday 11th.Fifth Week in Ordinary Time and Feast of Sts;Gobnait and OUR LADY OF LOURDES.World Day of Prayer for the Sick.Mass at 3.p.m. Maple Court.7.30.p.m. Mass to close the 150th year of Lourdes.
Thursday 12th.Fifth Week in Ordinary Time and Feast of Sts;Julian, Reginald and Damian.Legion of Mary Meeting 8.p.m.
Friday.13th.Fifth Week in Ordinary Time and Feast of Sts;Jordan and Fosca.
Saturday 14th.Fifth Week in Ordinary Time and Feast of Sts;Cyril and Methodius, Patrons of Europe and Valentine and Antoninus. Mass at 11.00.a.m.not 10.00.a.m.Confessions after Mass and before and after Vigil Mass.Confessions at 3.p.m.Vigil Mass at 7.p.m.Polish Mass not this weekend but next weekend.
Sunday 15th.SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME and Feast also of Sts;Siegfried,Faustina and Georgia.

MASS INTENTIONS (8th. February to 15th.February.2009.)
Sunday.8th.Readings;Job.7.1-4,6-7. Ps.146.I.Cor.9.16-19,22-23. Mk.1.29-39.. Mass.Sat.at 10.00.a.m.Ann.Lily and Mattie Fagan.Confessions after Mass and at 3.p.m.and before and after Mass at 7 p.m. Vigil.Ann.Mary Devine. Sunday.St.Peter`s 10.15.a.m. 11.15.a.m.Anniv.Jack Kennedy, Glenview.Anointing of Sick at Mass. Funeral Mass at 2.00.p.m.
Monday: 9th.Readings;Gen.1.1-19.Ps.103.Mk.6.53-56.Mass at 8.15.a.m.
Tuesday 10th.Readings.Gen.1.20-2.4.Ps.8.Mk.7.1-13.Mass at 8.15.a.m.
Wednesday 11th.Readings.Gen 2.4-9,15-17.Ps.103.Mk.7.14-23.Mass at 8.15.a.m.Maple Court Mass at 3.p.m. 7.30.p.m. Lourdes Year closing Mass.May Kelleghan memory included.
Thursday 12th.Readings.Gen.2.18-25.Ps.127.Mk.7.24-30.Mass at 8.15.a.m. Legion of Mary meet at 8.p.m. Room I.Parish Centre.
Friday 13th.Readings.Gen.3.1-8.Ps.31. Mk.7.31-37.Mass at 8.15.a.m.
Saturday 14th.Readings.Acts.13.46-49.Ps.116.Lk.11.29-32.Mass at 11.00.a.m Ann.Triona Corrigan,CastleHeights.Confessions after Mass and none at 3.p.m.and before but not after Vigil Mass 7.p.m.Ann.Mary O Reilly and her son Patrick, Water St.
Sunday 15th.Readings.Lev.13.1-2,44-46.Ps.31.I Cor.10.31-11.1. Mk.1.40-45. St.Peter`s. at 10.15.a.m.Mass at 11.15.a.m. First Ann. Dan Devine and memory of Mary, Pakenhamhall Rd.

R.I.P.
Please pray for all who have died in recent times,
Patrick Fivey,Late of Mullingar Rd and Granard who died in Crewe,England,John O Neill, Kinturk and Moyvore,Philip O Reilly, Loughpark
all whose anniversaries occur around this time and all whose remains are interred in our cemeteries,

May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace.

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTICES FOR THE WEEK.
Baptism preparation course on Third Wednesday at.8.p.m.
Those with babies for Baptism should register for this course
in the Parish Centre, two weeks beforehand.It will be run by the Multy Group,Wed,Feb.18th.at 8.p.m.Parents, who have no babysitters, may take the baby along.

Parish Centre Programme for week,Feb 8th.to Feb.15th.
Monday 9th.6-7.p.m.Weightwatching/ Gymnastic class.Room I. Bowles MCH 8.p.m.
Tuesday 10th.10.30.a.m. Room.I.C.A. Meeting.Dancing Class 8.30.p.m. to 10.00.p.m. MCH.8.30.p.m.Room I. A.A. Meeting will take place.
Wednesday 11th.Dancing 4-5.p.m. MCH. No Bowles MCH 8.p.m.Castlepollard Celtic.MCH.8.p.m. to 9.30.p.m.
Thursday 12th.Art Class MCH. 10.30.a.m. to 12.30.p.m.Dancing 4-6p.m. MCH.Legion of Mary Meeting Room I. 8.p.m.
Friday 13th.Room I.10.00.a.m. to 2.00p.m. Finea N.S. booking.Block Booking rest of evening.
Sunday 15th. 2.30.p.m. to 5.00.p.m. Pioneer Quiz MCH.
Catholic Newspapers available each weekend in parish. Please support.
Please purchase the paper in the church or from the kind members of the Legion of Mary who sell them in the parish.We thank them for this.

Altar Servers Group for the week.Feb.8th.2009.Group 1 Girls.Niamh McCarthy,Lucy Murray, Shannon Daly and Siobhan Nea.Servers are expected to be present on their week of duty.

Alcoholics Anonymous Group weekly meeting in Parish Centre.
AA group will continue here on Tues,10th..at 8.30.p.m. in Room I. Parish Centre.To get information,please tel. 087.6282646 Bill..

Pope’s intentions for your prayer for the month of February.
That,the Pastors of the Church may always be docile to the action of the Holy Spirit in their teaching and in their service of God`s people.
That,the Church in Africa may find adequate ways and means to promote reconciliation, justice and peace, efficaciously, according to the indications of the Synod of the Bishops` Special Assembly for Africa.

Fatima Pilgrimage 7th-14th.May 2009. Details in Church Porch Notices.
For those details, please contact Maura at 0868069891/0449371170.

Notices in Church Notice Boards. Helpful hints about these please.
No one may put notice in the boards or in the church or on church seats without permission, for obvious reasons.This weeks there are official notices on the boards about,Kells swimming pool; play volunteers for the paediatric unit in the hospital and also citizens information volunteers.

Parish Newsletter 1 February 2009

NEWSLETTER

CASTLEPOLLARD, CASTLETOWN & FINEA PARISH

1^st.February .FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME AND DIOCESAN CELEBRATION OF SILVER JUBILEE OF EPISCOPAL ORDINATION OF BISHOP MICHAEL SMITH, and Feast also of Sts;Brigid, Mary of the Gael and Patroness of Ireland.Last day of week of prayer for The Catholic School.

THE COMMENCEMENT OF SPRING PUTS US IN TOUCH WITH LIFE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINING IT AS A GIFT FROM GOD TO US ALONG WITH OUR WORLD.

The feast of St.Brigid brings the touch of Spring into our hearts at this time of year.Even though the sting of this severe winter is still with us, the recent growth of snowdrops and other little jewels of Spring in gardens and hedges, tell us life is beginning to burst out.This hopefilled time is symbolic of the love for life that St.Brigid had and the respect she showed for all the gifts of God.Followed by the Feast of the Presentation in the Temple next day, we find the symbol of the lighted candle put before us.This also shows the path of hope and light and life which Jesus offers us as the Light of the Nations.One of the great gifts of Spring is that the days lengthen and there is more light around and so more hope brightening up our lives.Later in the week we celebrate St.Blaise and a little later World Day of prayer for the Sick and the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes on February 11^th.

On St.Blaise`s day, we think of the sick and we celebrate the blessing of throats, which is very traditional and gives people confidence to feel that God is close to them and helps them have good health and heals them from bad health.God does not want us to be unwell and so He gives sustenance to our well being and health.On World Day of the Sick, which is now celebrating its 17^th year ,since it was established by Pope John Paul, people who are ill get great hope and a helpful boost to know that the whole Church is praying for and with them.It also highlights the Sacrament of the Sick, which is lifegiving for those who want to be healed.Then, this Day of the Sick is associated deliberately with Lourdes and the healing arena of prayer that Lourdes has become over the years.Anyone who pilgrims to Lourdes for healing usually gets more that expected in inner peace and joy, coming from the great atmosphere of prayer and respect and care for those who are ill, giving us a deep appreciation of the gifts of life and health.Let us pray that in the coming week and month, we will all deepen our respect for life, from womb to tomb and thank God for all He has given us in our faith, our spirit, minds, bodies and world.

Fr.Patrick A. Moore P.P.VF. Fr. B. Condron.C.C.

Parochial House. Castletown Finea.

044.9661126/0872510855. 043.81141.

Email: moorep@eircom.net

Sunday Masses

10.15 St. Peter's Centre. Weekday Mass 8.15.a.m. St.Michael`s

11.00. Castletown or Finea Saturday Mass at 10.a.m.

11.15. St.Michael's Confessions. 10.20.a.m.; 3.00.p.m. and

Vigil 7.p.m. St. Michael's 6.45.p.m. and 7.30.p.m. Sats.

Vigil 8.p.m. Castletown or Finea.

Adoration. 3-8.p.m. Mon-Thurs incl.

10.a.m.-12 noon. Tues and Wed.

LITURGICAL CALENDAR FOR THE COMING WEEK

POPE`S INTENTIONS FOR PRAYER DURING THE MONTH.

FEASTS OF SAINTS AND IMPORTANT CELEBRATIONS.

Collection for January 24^th./25^th.Weekly Envelope,€834.87 and Offertory Collection €636.12. Thank you for supporting the Weekly Collections and the Retired Priests` Fund Collection,for which we are most deeply grateful. Month of January dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus.Year of intense prayer for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life..Year of St.Mark in the Liturgy.Year of St Paul in the Universal Church and 150^th.Ann of the Apparitions by Our Blessed Lady at Lourdes.U.N. Year of Astronomy.

Sunday 1^st.FOURTH SUNDAY OF YEAR,SILVER JUBILEE OF ORDINATION OF BISHOP SMITH. and Feast of St;Brigid and End of Week of Prayer for the Catholic School.Blessing of St.Brigid Crosses.New boxes of envelopes commence today.Candlemas Offerings this Weekend.Silver Jubilee Mass in Cathedral at 3.p.m.

THE SEASON OF ORDINARY TIME CONTINUES.

Monday 2^nd.Fourth Week in Ordinary Time and Feast also of Sts;Simeon and Anna and THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD JESUS IN THE TEMPLE.CANDLEMAS DAY AND DAY OF PRAYER FOR THOSE LIVING THE CONSECRATED LIFE.Blessing of Candles today.You may leave in candles for this.

Tuesday 3^rd.Fourth Week in Ordinary Time and Feast of Sts;Blaise and Ansgar.Blessing of Throats today at 8.15.a.m. and 7.30.p.m. Masses.Maple Court Mass at 3.p.m.

Wednesday 4^th.Fourth Week in Ordinary Time and Feast of Sts; John de Britto,Veronica,Gilbert and Andrew Corsini.

Thursday 5^th.Fourth Week in Ordinary Time and Feast of Sts;Agatha and Catherine de Ricci.Legion of Mary Meeting 8.p.m.

Friday.6^th.Fourth Week in Ordinary Time and Feast of Sts;Dorothy,Paul Miki and his Companions, The Nagasaki Martyrs.First Friday of the Month with calls to ill and housebound and evening Mass at 7.30.for those whose names are on the Parish List of the Dead.

Saturday 7^th.Fourth Week in Ordinary Time and Feast of Sts;Mel,Theodore, Luke the Wonderworker,Romuald and Blessed Rizzerios.Mass at 10.00.a.m.Confessions after Mass and before and after Vigil Mass.Confessions at 3.p.m.Vigil Mass at 7.p.m.

Sunday 8^th.FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME and Feast also of Sts;Jerome Emiliani,Josephine Bakhita,John of Matha and Honoratus.Anointing of the Sick will take place at 11.15.a.m. Mass to anticipate World Day of Prayer for the Sick on 11^th February.

MASS INTENTIONS (1^st February to 8^th.February.2009.)

Sunday.1^st.Readings;Deut.18.15-20.Ps.94.I Cor.7.32-35.Mk.1.21-28. Mass.Sat.at 10.00.a.m.Ann.Peter Masterson, Robinstown and Patrick..Confessions after Mass and at 3.p.m.and before and after Mass at 7 p.m. Vigil.Ann.Thomas O Driscoll, Limerick. Sunday.St.Peter`s 10.15.a.m. 11.15.a.m.Anniv.Jospeh Markey, Cresley 3.p.m.Mass Cathedral for Silver Jubilee of Bishop Smith. Offerings Weekend.

Monday: 2^nd.Readings;Mal.3 1-4.Ps.23. Lk.2.22-40.Mass at 8.15.a.m. Mass 8.15.a.m.Blessing of Candles.

Tuesday 3^rd.Readings.Heb.12.1-4.Ps.21.Mk.5.21-43.Mass at 8.15.a.m.Followed by Blessing of Throats with similar blessing after 7.30.p.m. Mass This Mass also is to pray for the support of a helpful counsellors good work, positively experienced by many, in the area. Maple Court Mass at 3.p.m.

Wednesday 4^th.Readings.Heb.12.4-7,11-15.Ps.102.Mk.6.1-6.Mass at 8.15.a.m.

Thursday 5^th.Readings.Heb.12.18-19,21-24.Ps.47.Mk.6.7-13.Mass at 8.15.a.m.Legion of Mary meet at 8.p.m. Room I.Parish Centre.

Friday 6^th.Readings.Heb13.1-8.Ps.26.Mk.6.14-19..Mass at 8.15.a.m.List of Dead Mass and Ann for Decd members Gaynor Family, Milltown at 7.30.p.m.Pioneers meet after Mass.

Saturday 7^th.Readings.Heb.13.15-1720-21.Ps.22.Mk.6.30-34.Mass at 10.00.a.m Ann.Lily and Mattie Fagan, Dublin and Castlepollard. Confessions after Mass and at 3.p.m.and before and after Vigil Mass 7.p.m.Ann.Mary Devine, Pakenhamhall Rd.

Sunday 8^th.Readings.Job.7.1-4,6-7.Ps.146.I Cor.9.16-19,22-23. Mk.1.29-39. St.Peter`s. at 10.15.a.m.Mass at 11.15.a.m. Ann.Jack Kennedy, Glenview.

R.I.P.

Please pray for all who have died in recent times,

Lil O Donoghue,Lanesborough, mother of Michael in St.Peter`s,

all whose anniversaries occur around this time and all whose remains are interred in our cemeteries,

May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace.

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTICES FOR THE WEEK.

Baptism preparation course on Third Wednesday at.8.p.m.

Those with babies for Baptism should register for this course

in the Parish Centre, two weeks beforehand.It will be run by the Multy Group,Wed,Feb.18^th.at 8.p.m.Parents, who have no babysitters, may take the baby along.

Parish Centre Programme for week,Feb 1^st.to Feb.8^th.

Sunday 1^st.MCH.3-5.p.m.Ballycomoyle G.A.A.

Monday 2^nd.6-7.p.m.Weightwatching/ Gymnastic class.Room I. Bowles MCH 8.p.m.

Tuesday 3^rd.Dancing Class 8.30.p.m. to 10.00.p.m. MCH.8.30.p.m.Room I. A.A. Meeting will take place.

Wednesday 4^th.Dancing 4-5.p.m. MCH. Bowles MCH 8.p.m.

Thursday 5^th.Art Class MCH. 10.30.a.m. to 12.30.p.m.Dancing 4-6p.m. MCH.Legion of Mary Meeting Room I. 8.p.m.Community Council Meeting 9.p.m.

Friday 6^th.Block Booking.

Catholic Newspapers available each weekend in parish. Please support.

Please purchase the paper in the church or from the kind members of the Legion of Mary who sell them in the parish.We thank them for this.

Altar Servers Group for the
week.Feb.1^st.2009.Group 7
Boys.Sean Lancaster, Thomas Brady and Barry Dowdall.Servers are expected to be present on their week of duty.

Alcoholics Anonymous Group weekly meeting in Parish Centre.

AA group will continue here on Tues,3^rd.at 8.30.p.m. in Room I. Parish Centre.To get information,please tel. 087.6282646 Bill..

Pope`s intentions for your prayer for the month of February.

That,the Pastors of the Church may always be docile to the action of the Holy Spirit in their teaching and in their service of God`s people.

That,the Church in Africa may find adequate ways and means to promote reconciliation, justice and peace, efficaciously, according to the indications of the Synod of the Bishops` Special Assembly for Africa.

Annual Weekly Envelope Collection.Dispensation of Boxes.Notice.

The boxes have been dispensed by those who kindly do this work each year at end of January.Please support your parish through this system.

North Westmeath Suicide Outreach Group Monthly Meeting Notice

The monthly meeting will take place in the Annebrook Hotel, Mullingar,on Thurs.3^rd.Feb. New Volunteers very welcome.Contact no. is 087.7979890.Please support.