Patrickswell news for w/e May 13th

CHURCH NOTICES:

Listed readers for this weekend May14-15, The Fourth Sunday of Easter, and Vocations Sunday are as follows, Saturday at 7pm Michael Wolfe, Sunday at 10am Michael Punch, Sunday at 12noon Angela O’Donnell. Eucharistic Ministers, Saturday at 7pm Christy Murphy, Rita Madigan, Joe Tierney. Sunday at 10am, Noreen Murray, Eileen Nally, PJ O’Grady. Sunday at 12noon, Pat Kirby, Noreen Quinn, Birdie Enright. Please arrange a replacement if you are unable to fulfill any duty allocated to you. There will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after the 10am mass to encourage prayer for vocations. Weekday masses are at the usual time of 9-30 am Monday to Friday. There will be no weekly prayer meetings for the duration of the Life in the Spirit seminars, the second of which is this Thursday, May 12 commencing at 8pm.

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

VOCATIONS:

This Sunday May 15 is Vocations Sunday and St. Joseph’s Young Priests Society will hold a three hour Vigil of Prayer for Vocations in St. Nessan’s Church, Raheen, on Saturday May 14. The vigil will commence with Concelebrated Mass at 7-30pm and conclude with Benediction at 10-30pm.You are invited to participate for all or any part of the session.

ROSARY:

The Rosary will be recited at the shrine this Friday May 13, the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, commencing at 7-30pm, and an open invitation is extended to all.

FIRST COMMUNION:

Congratulations to the teachers of Patrickswell NS and parents in the preparation of all those who took part in their First Holy Communion ceremony last Saturday.

MISSIONARY APPEAL:

Next weekend May 21-22 the St.Patrick Fathers, Kiltegan will make an appeal for their missionary society.

CUAN MHUIRE COLLECTION:

Sr. Consilio Fitzgerald of Cuan Mhuire, Bruree, will be holding her annual churchgate collection at all masses this weekend, May 14-15, and will greatly appreciate your support.

TIDY TOWNS:

We discovered last week that four of the shaped shrubs in the bed adjacent to the wall at the roundabout, had become victims of the severe winter weather, and had to be removed. It was decided to replace them with lavender plants which hopefully wont take too long to establish, and will require less maintenance in the future. Our main focus this week will be to prepare the wall at the roundabout for planting which will require no less than sixty two grow bags.

FAMILIES:

This Sunday May 15 is promoted by the United Nations as International Day of Families, and has been observed since 1995. This year’s theme is, “Confronting Family Poverty and Social Exclusion”, and the main aim of the day is to celebrate the importance of families, people, societies and cultures around the world.

The symbol of the International Day of Families consists of a solid green circle with an image in red. The image consists of elements of simple drawings of a heart and a house. This indicates that families are the centre of society and provide a stable and supporting home for people of all ages.

WTISD:

Tuesday May 17 is World Telecommunication and Information Society day, the purpose of which is to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide.

The day marks the anniversary of the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention in1865, and the creation of the International Telecommunication Union.

Half the world’s population resides in rural districts and far flung communities, three billion people who represent the poorer, less educated, and more deprived cousins of our urban citizens. This year’s theme, “Better life in rural communities with ICTs”, is aimed at meeting the Millennium Development Goals to provide enhanced opportunities to generate income and combat poverty, hunger, ill health and illiteracy.
GOLF SOCIETY:

Our next outing is this Saturday May 14 at Roscrea with tee-off times from 11am until 12-30pm.