CHURCH NOTICES: Listed readers for this weekend, November 17-18, The Thirtythird Sunday in Ordinary Time, 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, Michael Houlihan, John Collopy, Maria Bucke. Sunday at 10am, Kathleen Enright, Sam Milburn, Joanne Tierney. Sunday at 12noon, Michael McDermott, Eileen O’Shea, Louise Carey. 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 on Sunday, until the 12noon mass. For those not using the envelope system, envelopes for Purgatorial Offerings during the month of November are available in the church porch, and also envelopes for remembering the names of the faithful departed. 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 to muirisoc@eircom.net.
CEMETERY PRAYERS: There was a large attendance at the cemetery prayers in Patrickswell last Sunday, which were conducted in glorious autumn sunshine after the 12noon mass. The final session of the annual parish cemetery prayers will take place in Kilkeely this Sunday, November 18, after the 11am mass in Ballybrown.
BLOOD DONORS: The Irish Blood Transfusion Service requires three thousand donations again this week, and donor clinics are being held at the following locations to facilitate that requirement; Scoil Ide, Corbally, on Monday November 19, from 6 to 9pm, Foynes Community Centre, on Tuesday November 20, also from 6 to 9pm, and at Kilmurry Lodge Hotel, Castletroy, on Wednesday and Thursday November 21-22, from 5 to 8pm. Please note the new time of the Castletroy sessions. 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 a donor clinic in Raheen the following week. For more information contact the Donor Information Line on 1850 731137, or their website.
CHRISTMAS PARTY WITH A DIFFERENCE: Patrickswell Community Christmas party will be held at the Limerick Greyhound Stadium on Friday December 7, commencing at 7pm. Tickets are €10 each, with music provided by Happy Days. The funds raised from supporting this venture, will go towards the Patrickswell Community Development Fund and the purchase of the Community Resource Centre. In the coming weeks, tickets sellers will be conducting a door to door sales drive, and tickets are also available at the Resource Centre. Your support would be much appreciated, and a great night is guaranteed.
PARISH JOURNAL: Patrickswell Community Council is currently in the process of compiling information for a Parish Journal, which it hopes to coincide with The Gathering. Your help would be appreciated by the council in providing school photographs, stories and history of school, births, deaths and marriages, anything regarding emigration, sporting occasions, dances, festivals, poems and songs, and anything else interesting or unusual from the past which might be worthy of inclusion. A committee has been set up, details of which are available from the Resource House and in the current monthly newsletter, or email contributions to patrickswellcrc@gmail.com
COFFEE MORNING: Patrickswell Friday Club is holding a Coffee Morning, this Friday, November 16, in the Resource House from 10-30am until 2-30pm. There will be various stalls selling homemade bread, scones and cakes, homemade preserves, giftware, arts and crafts and a lucky dip. Tea, coffee and soup will also be available. Proceeds will be shared between the Friday Club and the Community Development Fund. All are welcome.
ACTIVE RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION: There was a flurry of activity at our penultimate gardening class last Friday, when the subject covered was winter containers. All those participating in the class were advised to bring a pot or window box complete with compost, to avail of a range of winter flowers and colourful shrubs, which Ailish our tutor had kindly provided. Some of the specimens were unusual which made for a lively and interesting debate during the course of making up the containers, and deciding which colours and textures were most suitable together. To end the class, we were treated to a most interesting and informative talk on the subject of beekeeping, given by our newest member who has taken up beekeeping as a hobby. The final gardening class for this term takes place this Friday at 10-30am in the GAA clubhouse.
RACE NIGHT: The fund raiser for the new literacy initiative at Crecora National School, takes place tonight, Thursday November 15 at the Woodlands House Hotel, commencing at 7pm, in conjunction with Crecora- Manister GAA.
EDUCATION SUPPORTS WORKSHOP: Play Therapist Edel Lawlor will be giving a talk on how to support school children with behaviour management issues including understanding emotions behind behaviour, issues based on the neuroscience of the brain, strategies to support the child, toolkit of resources and behaviour management techniques on Wednesday November 28 from 7.30-9.30pm in the Newcastle West Family and Community Hub (Upstairs Newcastle West Community Centre). This event is free to teachers, SNA’s and childcare workers. Contact Theresa on 069 79113 or email tshanahan@wlr.ie
FOCUS IRELAND: This weekend, from Friday 16 to Sunday 18, supporters of Focus Ireland, the charity for the homeless, will be selling key rings, in aid of the Key to a Home Collection, to make a difference in the lives of people who are homeless, and to raise awareness of and prevent homelessness throughout Ireland. If you would like to become a volunteer within this organisation, details are available on the Focus Ireland website.
MOVEMBER: Movember is an annual fund raising initiative in support of the Irish Cancer Society's prostate cancer services, risk reduction and research programmes. It is not too late to grow a moustache for the month of November and raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer. Movember aims to fulfill its vision of having an everlasting impact on the face of men’s health, by continuing to spark conversation and spread awareness of men’s health each year. More information is available on the Movember and Irish Cancer Society’s websites.
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