CHURCH NOTICES: Listed readers for this weekend, October 13-14, The Twentyeighth Sunday in Ordinary Time are as follows; Saturday at 7pm Michael Woulfe, Sunday at 10am Niall Sheehy, Sunday at 12noon Julie Darcy.Eucharistic Ministers,Saturday at 7pm Mary Collins, Mary Bennis and Breda Carroll, Sunday at 10am Sam Milburn, Mary Enright and Michael Punch, Sunday at 12noon Seamus Enright, Patricia Barry and Rory Bennis. Please arrange a replacement if you are unable to fulfill any duty allocated to you. Items for the weekly Parish Newsletter should be handed into the sacristy by 9-30am on Friday mornings or contact Fr. Muiris O’Connor on 353711 or 0866075628. Alternatively they can be emailed tomuirisoc@eircom.net. Volunteers are needed to help clean the church once per month. If anyone is interested in helping out, please hand your name in to the sacristy.
YEAR OF FAITH: The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI has called for a Year of Faith, which will run from this Thursday, October 11, until November 24, 2013. The diocesan launch of this world-wide celebration will be held at the Southcourt Hotel, Raheen, this Saturday, October 13, from 10-30am until 4pm, to which everyone is invited.
NOVENA: A novena in honour of St. Gerard Majella, is ongoing at the Redemptorists’ church, South Circular Road, until next Wednesday, October 17. Daily sessions are at 8am, 10am, and 7-15pm.
BLOOD DONORS: The Irish Blood Transfusion Service requires three thousand donations this week and donor clinics will be held at the following locations;
Greenhills Hotel, Ennis Road on Tuesday October 16, from 5 to 8pm, please note the new time of this donor session, St. John’s Pavilion, Mulgrave Street, on Wednesday October 17 also from 5 to 8pm, and Pallasgreen Community Centre on Thursday October 18 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 Dromcoolgher, Castletroy and Manister the following week, with recruitment for the bone marrow registry at the Castletroy clinic on Wednesday October 23. For more information contact the Donor Information Line on 1850 731137, or their website.
ACTIVE RETIREMENT: The association meets on the last Thursday of every month in the GAA Clubhouse at 7-30pm, and new members are always welcome to join. Members are currently availing of a range of activities including a horticultural class with a VEC tutor on Friday mornings. After two classroom based sessions, the group is now visiting each other’s gardens in turn, learning the names of various plants and shrubs, exchanging information, taking cuttings and slips, and learning more about organic vegetable growing and different soil types, all in a very relaxed and informal manner. Some members will be going to Belfast later to visit the Titanic Experience, and indulge in some Christmas shopping whilst there. A weekly Physical Fitness class takes place at the GAA Clubhouse on Monday mornings at 10-30, and also includes a session of short mat bowls. Being affiliated to the national organisation also enables the group to avail of discounted travel offers, hotel stays, and day trips.
DIGITAL SWITCHOVER: The switch to digital TV is taking place on October 24, and those who receive their television signal from an aerial must take action before then or risk their television screens going blank. An information session is being held at the Resource Centre, this Friday, October 12 from 2 to 3pm, on how to prepare for the switchover, and all are welcome.
DRAMA PRODUCTION: The Blackwalk Players Drama Group is staging “A Wake in the West” in Mungret GAA community hall this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 12 13 and 14. Written by M.J.Ginnelly the sombre mood of the “wake” is turned on its head by the arrival of 80 year old Rose, who takes a shine to a beautiful set of dentures. The dentures, however, prove problematic, for a variety of reasons and what unfolds is a series of hilarious events that are guaranteed to leave you with a smile on your face and a tear, hopefully of laughter, in your eye. A hilarious play which has sold out venues in Ennis, Belfast and Gort. Proceeds from Friday will be going towards the Niall Mellon Trust Fund. Hope to see you there.
SEMINAR: The Devon Inn Hotel, Templeglantine is the venue for a seminar on the subject of mental health and depression, next Wednesday, October 17 at 7-30pm.
The event will be chaired by Dermot Troy who is the Communications Officer of Limerick Youth Service. The main speakers will be Dr. Kieran Murphy who is a GP in Athea, Alan Quinlan former Irish Rugby Union Player with Munster, and Christine Fitzgerald who is the National Programme Co-Coordinator with Grow, the organisation which helps people in Ireland with mental health difficulties. She has been involved with the organisation in the Mid-West region for over 25 years,
working both on a voluntary basis and as a member of staff, and her background is in counselling. Admission is free.
WORLD DAYS: This Saturday, October 13, is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, a day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world, and this year’s theme is, “Living to the end, palliative care for an ageing population”. Its aims are to raise awareness and understanding of the medical, social, practical and spiritual needs of people living with a life limiting illness and their families, and to raise funds to support and develop hospice and palliative care services around the world. Palliative care is an area of healthcare that focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients. Unlike hospice care, palliative medicine is appropriate for patients in all disease stages, including those undergoing treatment for curable illnesses and those living with chronic diseases, as well as patients who are nearing the end of life. Palliative medicine utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to patient care, relying on input from physicians, pharmacists, nurses, chaplains, social workers, psychologists, and other allied health professionals in formulating a plan of care to relieve suffering in all areas of a patient's life.
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