CHURCH NOTICES:
Listed readers for this weekend June 4-5, The Ascension of The Lord, are as follows, Saturday at 7pm Seamus Enright, Sunday at 10am Sam Milburn, Sunday at 12noon Ann Higgins. 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. Weekday masses are at the usual time of 9-30 am Monday to Friday. This Friday June 3, is First Friday, and there will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after the 9-30 am mass until 11am. Communion will be distributed to the sick. If you know of anyone who is sick or housebound who would like communion brought to them, please hand in their names to the sacristy. Devotions to Our Lady of Fatima will take place before the 7pm mass on Saturday. There will be no weekly prayer meetings for the duration of the Life in the Spirit seminars, the fifth of which is this Thursday, June 2 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
WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY:
This year's World Communications Day, the forty fifth, falls on Sunday 5 June 2011. The theme which is chosen by the pope is Truth, proclamation and authenticity of life in the digital age. The pope continues to remind us that "virtual contact cannot and must not take the place of direct human contact with people at every level of our lives."
BLOOD DONORS:
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service requires three thousand donations of blood every week, and donor clinics are being held at the Fr. Casey G.A.A. Pavillion, Abbeyfeale
on Tuesday and Wednesday June 7 and 8 from 6 to 9pm, and at Askeaton Community Centre on Thursday June 9 also 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, or their website.
on Tuesday and Wednesday June 7 and 8 from 6 to 9pm, and at Askeaton Community Centre on Thursday June 9 also 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, or their website.
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY:
This Sunday June 5 is World Environment Day, which has been promoted by the United Nations since 1973 to stimulate awareness of the environment. This year’s theme is, Forests- Nature at your service. Forests cover one third of the earth’s land mass, 1.6 billion people worldwide depend on forests for their livelihoods, and they play a key role in the battle against climate change, releasing oxygen into the atmosphere and storing carbon dioxide.
SET CEILI:
In conjunction with the Limerick County fleadh, the Lough Gur Ramblers are running a set ceili in the Community Hall, Hospital this Sunday night
June 5 with music by Taylor’s Cross. Dancing will be from 9pm to 12midnight, and all proceeds are in aid of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin. Teas will be served.
AN POST RÁS:
Main Street was a hive of activity and excitement last Tuesday morning for the much anticipated Stage three of this year’s An Post Rás, an annual eight day stage cycling race which takes place around Ireland. The Rás has a worldwide reputation of being one of the more challenging tours in the elite international calendar. Many turned out to see the cyclists passing through en-route from Kilrush to Castleisland, which also included a sprint at Patrickswell Post Office. Luckily the weather stayed fine for the occasion. The following day’s route was from Castleisland to Castletownbere, and local hurler Barry Foley joined other inter-county footballers and hurlers for a major new cycling challenge called RACE THE RÁS. The object of their participation is to raise funds for the Irish Cancer Charity and Goal. Barry would like to thank everyone who sponsored him, especially Duggans and all the Patrickswell businesses, and family and friends for their generosity.
TIDY TOWNS:
We were very pleased to take on another recruit last week in the form of Alan Bunworth from Sycamore Heights, who joined us on Tuesday for our weekly work night, and he is very welcome too. It has been a busy and hectic week, with the area adjacent to the bus stop being weeded, levelled and seeded, and the area adjacent to the railings at the roundabout has also been reseeded. Other areas were weeded and containers prepared. On Friday the plants arrived, and the planting team swung into operation. Baskets were planted, plus the roundabout at Marian Park working away until six o’clock. At nine o’clock on Saturday morning a fleet of vehicles brought plants to the wall at the roundabout, and distributed bags of compost to various other locations, and by ten thirty all planting was complete and baskets hung. Over one thousand five hundred plants found new homes during the course of the two days. Thanks to everyone for their commitment and enthusiasm. We also sent off our application form for the Limerick in Bloom competition this week.
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