Patrickswell news for w/e April 23rd

CHURCH NOTICES

Listed readers for this weekend April 24-25, The Fourth Sunday of Easter, and Vocations Sunday are as follows; Saturday at 7pm Julie Darcy, Sunday at 10am Niall Sheehy, Sunday at 12noon Michael Wolfe.Eucharistic Ministers Saturday at 7pm M.Collins, M.Bennis, B.Carroll. Sunday at 10am, M.O’Mara, M.Punch, S.Milburn. Sunday at 12noon S.Enright, N.O’Grady, R.Bennis. Please arrange a replacement if you are unable to fulfill any duty allocated to you. Weekday masses are at 9-30 am Monday to Friday. The weekly prayer meeting takes place on Monday at 8pm and all are welcome. Listed readers for the month of May are as follows; Saturday at 7pm Lena Mary Houlihan, Sunday at 10am P.J.O’Grady, Sunday at 12noon Dan Riordan.



VOCATIONS SUNDAY

There will be exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after the 10am Mass on Sunday to encourage prayer for more vocations to the priesthood and religious life.

A Vigil of Prayer for Vocations is also being organized by St. Joseph’s Young Priests Society. It will be held in St. Nessan’s Church, Raheen this Saturday April 24, commencing with mass at 7-30pm and concluding with Benediction at 10-30. You are invited to take part in all or any part of the three hour session.



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



COMMUNITY GAMES.

Crecora / Patrickswell Community Games are hosting an Athletics event at the GAA pitch in Crecora this Sunday April 25. Registration will be from 2.30 at the pitch. Races begin at 3pm. The following events will be held for both Boys and Girls. U8 60m, U8 80m, U10 80m, U10 100m, U10 200m, U12 100m, U12 600m, U14 100m, U14 800m, U16 100m, U16 1500m. The Sports evening will also be used to select athletes to represent the area at the Community Games County Athletics Finals on 27th and 28th June. Registration fee is €2 entry fee per child, which covers for all events. No Spikes allowed. We are also looking for volunteers to help on the day. Contact Noel Kennedy 086-1589256 or Donal Duff 086-8147986 for further details.





BLOOD DONORS

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service will be holding donor clinics at the following locations; Greenhills Hotel, Ennis Road, this Monday April 26 from 6 to 9pm, and the Kilmurry Lodge Hotel, Castletroy, Tuesday April 27 and Wednesday April 28 also from 6 to 9pm.You can visit any blood donor clinic as long as ninety days have elapsed since you last gave blood. There will be donor clinics in Raheen and Pallasgreen next week.For more information contact the Donor Information Line on 1850 731137, or www.ibts.ie





TIDY TOWNS

We thank all parishioners most sincerely for the very generous response to the church gate collection last weekend which raised a total of €1230. Our first work party of the year went ahead on a fine evening last Tuesday. The rose bed was pruned and weeded, shrubberies weeded, and weeds were sprayed both sides of the road from the top of the village down to the bottom. Grass was cut at the roundabout, and the palm tree at the shrine which had become a victim of the severe winter was pruned, and hopefully will start to shoot again soon.



WORLD DAYS

Since 2007, April 25 has been designated by the World Health Organization as Malaria Awareness Day, with the intention to focus on all who suffer from this terrible disease especially the millions on the continent of Africa, and to remember the millions more who died from this entirely preventable and treatable disease. April 26 is observed annually as World Intellectual Property Day, to raise awareness of the role of intellectual property in our daily lives, and to celebrate the contribution made by innovators and artists to the development of societies across the globe. This year’s theme is “Innovation- Linking the world”. April 28 is International Workers Memorial Day, a day of remembrance and action for workers killed, disabled, injured or made unwell by their work. Worldwide more than two million women and men die as a result of work-related accidents and diseases every year. April 29 is World Dance Day, which was set up to increase the awareness of the importance of dance, to include it in all systems of education, and to recognise it as an art form.



PARENT AND TODDLER GROUP

The Parent and Toddler meets each Thursday in the Resource Centre between 9.30 and11am, combining coffee and a chat for parents, with lots of activities for toddlers including arts and crafts, singing and fun, fun, fun! New members are always welcome. Cost: €2. Contact: Irene at West Limerick Resources 069 66298.



CHARITY RUGBY MATCH

Limerick Leprechauns and Limerick Gardaí will play a charity rugby match at Young Munster RFC on Thursday April 29 commencing at 6pm. The match is in support of Limerick Youth Service and the young people of Limerick. Entry fee is by way of a donation. There will also be some interesting entertainment at the interval, and everyone is invited to attend the fun and games.



DAWN CHORUS DAY

Sunday May 2 is International Dawn Chorus Day, an annual celebration of the world’s oldest wake up call, the Dawn Chorus, and the beauty of bird song. For those who want to experience the Dawn Chorus in the wild, it usually starts around 4am. Different areas may have their events on different days. Although the dawn chorus carries on until mid-morning the best time to hear it is the first hour before sunrise, which means getting up early. If you can’t make it along to an event, set your alarm, open your window and let the dawn chorus in.