Patrickswell news for w/e April 2nd

CHURCH NOTICES

Holy Week ceremonies of the Easter Triduum commence on Holy Thursday, April 1 with Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7pm. Veneration of the Blessed Sacrament will take place until 11pm. Good Friday is a day of fast and abstinence, and also First Friday with communion being distributed to the sick in the morning. The Celebration of the Lord’s Passion will commence at 3pm. There will be a collection for the support and upkeep of the Religious Shrines in the Holy Land associated with the life of Jesus at this ceremony. Stations of the Cross will commence at 7pm. Confessions will be heard on Holy Saturday from 11-15am until 12noon. The Easter Vigil will commence on Holy Saturday at 9pm. Masses on Easter Sunday will be at the usual times of 10am, reader Niall Sheehy, Eucharistic Ministers M.O’Mara, M. Punch, S.Milburn, and 12noon, reader Michael Wolfe, Eucharistic Ministers S.Enright, N.O’Grady, R.Bennis. There will be no morning masses on Thursday or Friday, and no prayer meeting on Easter Monday.



DAWN MASS

On Easter Sunday, Dawn Mass will be celebrated at 5-15am approx, in Mungret Cemetery, and all are invited.



CONFIRMATION CEREMONY

Congratulations to all the pupils of Patrickswell National School who received the Sacrament of Confirmation last Thursday in a ceremony performed by Fr. Noel Kirwan. Sincere thanks to all who made the day such a success. The teachers are to be congratulated on the tremendous amount of work involved in preparing the children for the occasion.



PARISH NEWSLETTER

Items for inclusion in the weekly Parish Newsletter should be handed into the sacristy by 9-30am each Friday, or contact Fr. Muiris O’Connor on 353711 or 0866075628. Alternatively they can be emailed to muirisoc@eircom.net



TRÓCAIRE

This year’s Lenten Campaign is focusing on rural hunger and poverty in developing countries. There is enough food in the world for everyone, yet one billion people are hungry. It’s ten years since the UN Millenium Summit agreed its first goal to halve the number of people living in hunger by 2015. Only five years to go then. Please support this year’s campaign in whatever way you can, either by way of a Trócaire box, or alternatively using the appropriate envelope in the envelope box to make a donation if you prefer.



BLOOD DONORS

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service requires three thousand units each week and donor clinics are being held at the following locations; Hazelwood College, Dromcollogher on Tuesday April 6 from 6-9pm, and at Scoil Mhuire agus Ide, Newcastlewest on Wednesday April 7 and Thursday April 8 also from 6-9pm.You can visit any blood donor clinic as long as ninety days have elapsed since you last gave blood.


For more information contact the Donor Information Line on 1850 731137, or www.ibts.ie



CONSOLE

Console is a national charity which was established by families who experienced the grief of losing someone through suicide to help the thousands of people whose lives are torn apart by such an event. April is the charity’s Snowdrop Month, snowdrops being a symbol of hope. Its snowdrop pins are being sold during the month for €3.



WORLD DAYS

Next Wednesday April 7 is celebrated by the World Health Organisation as World Health Day. It has been celebrated annually since 1950 to create awareness of a specific health theme. This year’s theme is, “1000 cities, 1000 lives”, and will focus on urbanization and health. Events are being organized worldwide calling on cities to open up streets for health activities. Stories of urban health champions will be gathered to illustrate what people are doing to improve health in their cities.



WANTED

Sean Hogg the Murroe correspondent, has been trying, unsuccessfully so far, to locate a small stove which would be suitable for a shed or workshop. If anyone can help please telephone 087-2458067



COMMUNITY GAMES.
Last weekend the Community Games Munster Finals were held in UL. Our U12 and U16 Chess teams were in action. First up were the U16 who were up against Clare in the semi-final. This was a closely fought game but Clare emerged the winners and went on to win the Munster title. Well done to the squad who have done so well to get this far. Squad was Darragh Griffin, Conor Griffin, Richard Bateman, Jeffrey Keating, Tristan Furnell, Eoin Kennedy and Damien Kearney. The U12s were next in action and they were also up against Clare. This was an exciting contest and the score was level going into the last game. This game was declared a draw so there was a replay in which all 5 players went head to head again. This time we managed to edge another exciting contest on a score of 3-2. We went to the final where we ran out convincing winners. Well done to the squad who now go on to Athlone to contest the national finals. The U12 squad is Cian Leahy, Thomas Keating, Megan Bateman, Cillian Burke, Eoin Moore, Neil Heffernan and Aoibhinn Leahy. The date for our area Athletics Day has been set for Sunday April 25th at 3pm at the Crecora GAA Pitch. We are looking for people to help out on the day. Anyone interesting in getting involved should contact Noel Kennedy on 086-1589256 or Donal Duff on 086-8147986.





ÁRDSCOIL RIS

Good luck and all good wishes to Mark Carmody, Seanie O’Brien and all members of the Árdscoil Ris hurling panel who are playing for the Croke Cup on Saturday. It is forty four years since a Limerick side appeared in the All- Ireland Senior A Colleges Championship.



TRAVEL NEWS

As from Tuesday of this week, March 30, a new regular daily rail service is operating between Limerick and Galway