Patrickswell news for w/e 5th August.

CHURCH NOTICES: 

Listed readers for this weekend August 6-7, The Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, are as follows, Saturday at 7pm Dan Riordan, Sunday at 10am P.J.O’Grady, Sunday at 12noon Michael Punch. 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, August 5 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. The weekly prayer meeting takes place at 8 pm on Monday and all are welcome.

 PARISH NEWSLETTER: 

There will be no publication of the weekly newsletter during the month of August.

CEMETERY MASS:

A reminder that the annual masses for the deceased of the parish will take place in Clounanna this Tuesday August 9, and in Patrickswell on Tuesday August 16, commencing at 7-30pm.

COLLECTION:

 There will be a church gate collection at all masses next weekend, August 13-14, for the emergency aid work, which is being carried out to relieve the terrible suffering of the millions of people in Somalia, and other areas of the Horn of Africa, who are desperate for food, water and basic health care. You are urged to please dig deep and be as generous as you can to assist a cause, which has been described as the worst humanitarian disaster of the century.  

 BLOOD DONORS: The Irish Blood Transfusion Service requires three thousand donations of blood every week, and  donor clinics are being held at the Kilmurry Lodge Hotel, Castletroy, on Monday August 8 from 6 to 9pm, and at the Pastoral Resource Centre, Kilmallock, on Tuesday and Wednesday August 9-10, 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. There will be donor clinics in Raheen and Cappamore the following week. The clinic, which was scheduled for Caherdavin on August 15, has been cancelled. For more information contact the Donor Information Line on 1850 731137, or their website.

       

YOUNG FINE GAEL:

The Launch of Young Fine Gael for the Constituency of Limerick will take place on Friday  August 5 in the Dunraven Arms Hotel, Adare at 7.30pm.

Anyone from Patrickswell, aged between fifteen and thirty who are interested in politics and meeting other young people will be very welcome on the night.  Local and national politicians will attend the launch.

TRACTOR AND CAR RUN: 

Charleville and District Vintage, Veteran, and Classic Club are holding a tractor and car run this Sunday August 7. If anyone is interested in taking part, meet at Colmanswell Community Centre at 10-15am. The run will then commence at 11-30am, and  proceed to the Vintage Rally in Kilmeedy.

HERITAGE WEEK: 

National Heritage Week is being promoted by the Heritage Council, from August 20-28. Copies of the free National Heritage Week Event Guide are now available in Libraries, Fáilte Ireland Tourist Offices, OPW sites and Heritage Centres nationwide.

SUMMER SHOWS AND FAIRS: 

There is a change to this year’s local show scene in that Cappamore Show, the fifty seventh, is moving from its traditional Wednesday slot, to Saturday August 20. Famed for being granted fine weather since it was moved to a weekday from a Sunday many years ago, the show promises its usual wealth of displays and competitions, as well as some new attractions, including representatives from the Garda Mounted Division. The following day, Sunday August 21 will see the staging of the twenty sixth annual Harvest Fair in aid of Milford Hospice, which is again being held at the Unigolf Complex in Castletroy. Traditionally, thousands of Limerick people flock to attend this major fund raising event which will feature the usual range of various stalls and attractions including Vintage Car Display, Kiddies Corner, Bottle Stall, Clothes Stall, Bric-a-brac, Flowers and Plants and many others.  There will be a great carnival atmosphere with tea stalls, music, barbecue and games, which will all make for a great family day out. Last year, in excess of one hundred and fifty thousand euro was raised. Then on the weekend of August 27-28, Limerick Show, Munster’s largest agricultural show, will take place at Limerick Racecourse, Greenmount, Patrickswell. Many local people will be heading to Cappamore and Limerick either as competitors or exhibitors and will be hoping for success in the various competitions, for their culinary skills, arts and crafts, horticulture and animal classes. Young Vicky Ryan of Patrickswell has already notched up one victory, by being placed first in the Side Saddle Class at the South East Clare Show at Bridgetown last weekend. Well done Vicky. Good luck to all who are entering this year’s competitions. All information regarding Limerick Show is available at www.limerickshow.com

Lets hope that all events will be blessed with fine weather.

WORLD YOUTH DAY: 

Next Friday, August 12, is recognised as World Youth Day. It began in the early nineteen eighties with an invitation from John Paul II inviting young people to attend an International Jubilee of Youth in St. Peter’s Square. This event has grown to be the single largest, international gathering of young people the world has ever seen. WYD attracts pilgrims from some 200 nations who gather to celebrate their faith in the Catholic Church. World Youth Day 2011 will be hosted in Madrid, Spain. The theme for WYD 2011 is “Rooted and Built Up in Jesus Christ, Firm in the Faith” (Col 2:7). The 2011 theme celebrates the strength the Church has when its members are firmly connected to Jesus Christ. Another goal of International Youth Day is to unite and celebrate youth worldwide. This year will commemorate the 26th Anniversary of the first International Youth Year in 1985, when the theme was Participation, Development and Peace.