Parish Newsletter 8 February 2009

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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.