Patrickswell news for w/e March 25th

CHURCH NOTICES

Listed readers for this weekend, March 26-27, The Third Sunday of Lent are as follows, Saturday at 7pm Doireann Foley, Sunday at 10am P.J.O’Grady, Sunday at 12noon Dan Riordan. Eucharistic Ministers, Saturday at 7pm, Mary Collins, Mary Bennis, Breda Carroll. Sunday at 10am, Michael O’Mara, Michael Punch, Sam Milburn. Sunday at 12noon, Seamus Enright, Patricia Barry, Rory Bennis. Please arrange a replacement if you are unable to fulfill any duty allocated to you. Weekday masses are at the usual time of 9-30 am Monday to Friday. The weekly prayer meeting takes place on Monday at 8pm and all are welcome. There will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament each Sunday in Lent after the 10am mass until the 12noon mass and also from 9am until 12noon on Saturdays.

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 Trócaire Box carries a picture of a little girl called Digna who lives in poverty and fear with her family in Northern Honduras. Your contributions will help to lift this family and community out of poverty. For almost forty years the Lenten Campaign has  allowed Trócaire to operate in more than twenty seven countries around the world, helping poor people to break out of poverty, and to tackle oppression and injustice.

BLOOD DONORS

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service requires three thousand donations of blood this week, and a donor clinic will be held at Hazelwood College, Dromcollogher on Monday March 28 from 6 to 9pm.You can visit any blood donor clinic as long as ninety days have elapsed since you last gave blood, and you are urged to please give regularly. For more information contact the Donor Information Line on 1850 731137.

ORGAN DONOR WEEK

This year’s Organ Donor Awareness Week Campaign runs from April 2 –9. It is organized by the Irish Kidney Association and is supported by the Irish Donor Network. The annual life saving awareness campaign aims to highlight to the general public the plight of people with organ failure and the ongoing need for organ donation for transplantation encouraging more people to make an informed decision to carry an organ donor card and to donate their organs in the event of their untimely death. The symbol of transplantation is the forget-me-not flower, and emblems will be available for sale at shopping centres and other locations during the week, with all proceeds going to the support programme of the IKA. Organ Donor Cards can also be obtained by phoning the Irish Kidney Association  LoCall 1890 543639 or the website  www.ika.ie

EARTH HOUR

The “global phenomenon” known as Earth Hour is scheduled to take place this Saturday March 26 from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm local time. Earth Hour is an event organized by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in which individuals, businesses and governments are asked to turn off their non-essential lights and appliances for one hour. The mission is to stop the degradation of the Earth’s natural environment and build a future where people live in harmony with nature.

CLOCKS GO FORWARD

One hour less in bed for everyone at the weekend as this Sunday marks the start of Summertime, and all clocks, watches and timepieces will need to be put forward one hour before you retire on Saturday.

TIDY TOWNS

Our next meeting will be held this coming Tuesday March 29 in the Cu Chulainn at 8pm. April is National Spring Clean Month and we have registered with An Taisce to be part of  Ireland’s biggest anti-litter campaign. We will be tackling the usual areas which are the cause of most concern, and weather permitting our campaign will get underway the following Tuesday which is April 5. If anyone would like to join us for the litter pick or indeed help us in any way during the year we would be glad to hear from you.

CARERS ASSOCIATION

The second National Dog Walk to raise funds for the Carers Association is being held on Easter Monday April 26. The Limerick walk of five kilometres takes approximately two hours, and is being supported by the Petmania store at the Jetland Centre, Ennis Road, from where the walk will commence and finish. The registration fee is five euro for one dog or ten euro for a family. The association exists to support carers who are currently feeling the brunt of cuts made in all directions. Donations in lieu of the walk can be made directly to the Carers Association. To register and for more information visit  www.carersireland .com or call 1800-240724.

GOLF SOCIETY

Our first outing took place in Adare Golf club on Sunday March 13. March being a month of much mixed weather, this one didn’t disappoint as we had a two hour delay because of frost, but the day turned out to be cold but dry for the occasion. The weather didn’t dampen the spirits of all the members, 62 in all which is a record for our first outing. This augurs well for the turnouts for the rest of the year.
The results were as follows, 1^st Padraig Mann 36pts, 2nd Alan Purcell 34pts(B9), 3rd  Ger Considine 34pts, 4th Pat Barry 33pts (B9), 5th Brian Geoghan 33pts, 6th Gary Kirby 32pts, Front 9 Seamus Enright, Back 9Liam Quinlan.
The following are the remaining fixtures and venues for 2011. Saturday April 16 Castleisland, Saturday May14 Roscrea, Saturday June 25 Cahir, Saturday July 16 Woodstock, Saturday August 20 Galway Bay, Saturday September25 Charleville,    
Saturday October 22 Waterford Castle(Captain’s Prize). We hope to see you all at these outings.

ARDSCOIL RIS

Many congratulations to the Ardscoil Ris  hurlers who ran out fine winners

against Castlecomer in Templemore on Saturday in the All Ireland Colleges SHC Semi-Final, 2-16 to 6points. The side includes a contingent of Patrickswell players, who also featured in last year’s team. There was radio coverage of the game although not a full commentary, and Mark Carmody was described as working like a tiger, and making some great scores. We wish them all the very best of luck in their All Ireland Final in Thurles on Saturday week April 2.