ALL SAINTS: Masses for the Feast of All Saints, this Thursday November1, which is a Holy Day of Obligation, will be at 10am, Eucharistic Ministers, Maria Bucke, Pat Kirby and Sam Milburn, and at 7pm, Eucharistic Ministers, Mary Bennis, Breda Carroll and Rita Madigan. A candle lighting ceremony for those whose funerals have taken place since this time last year will take place at the 7pm mass, and Dr.Frank Murphy, a counsellor and psychotherapist, will give a short talk on bereavement, and also be available to meet people afterwards.
HOLY SOULS: Masses for the Holy Souls this Friday November 2 will be at 9-30am and 7pm. Eucharistic Ministers for 7pm are Maria Bucke, Christy Murphy and Joe Tierney. This Friday is also First Friday, and there will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after the 9-30 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.
OTHER CHURCH NOTICES: Listed readers for this weekend, November 3-4, The Thirtyfirst Sunday in Ordinary Time, and the remainder of the month, 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 Mary Collins, Mary Bennis and Breda Carroll, Sunday at 10am Michael O’Mara, 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. Devotions to Our Lady of Fatima will take place before the 7pm mass on Saturday. 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. There will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on the Sundays during November after the 10am mass. For those not using the envelope system, envelopes for Purgatorial Offerings during the month of November are available in the church porch.
CEMETERY PRAYERS: The annual parish cemetery prayers will take place in Clounanna this Sunday November 4 after12noon mass, Patrickswell on November 11, and Kilkeely on November 18.
PRO LIFE RALLY: A bus will be leaving Patrickswell at 8am sharp this Saturday, November 3, to travel to the Pro Life Rally, which is taking place in Castlebar at 1pm. Anyone who is interested in attending should contact Joan O’Brien, 061-320947, or Dan Riordan, 061-397460.
BLOOD DONORS: The Irish Blood Transfusion Service requires three thousand donations this week and donor clinics will be held at Scoil Mhuire agus Ide, Newcastlewest, this coming Tuesday and Wednesday November 6 and 7 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 a donor clinic in Caherdavin the following week. For more information contact the Donor Information Line on 1850 731137, or their website.
ACTIVE RETIREMENT: Members continue to enjoy and partake in a range of activities including a horticultural class with a VEC tutor on Friday mornings which still has a few weeks to run. When this class comes to an end, arrangements are being made for recycling awareness and cookery demonstrations. A weekly Physical Fitness class with a qualified instructor will take place at the GAA Clubhouse commencing on Monday November 9 at 10-30am. Being affiliated to the national organisation also enables the group to avail of discounted travel offers, hotel stays, and theatre trips, including this week’s production of the Plough and the Stars at the Limetree theatre.
The group meets on the last Thursday of every month in the GAA Clubhouse at 7-30pm, and new members are always welcome to join. Please contact 086-8866529 if you are interested in joining this very active and far from retired group.
TIDY TOWNS: We were overwhelmed at the response to our end of season table quiz, which took place last Friday evening at the Cú Chulainn. It wasn’t the best of nights to be coming out and leaving the warmth of a cosy home behind, and there was also the televised Munster match to compete with. However, we were delighted with the twentytwo tables of quiz buffs of all ages and all sections of the community, who did brave the elements, and supported us in our final fund raiser of the year. There was a friendly and relaxed air to proceedings, made all the more enjoyable under the watchful eye and humorous interjections of master of ceremonies, P.J.O’Grady, ably assisted as ever by Ann Ronan marking the papers and keeping score. The first table prize was again generously sponsored by our host, Christy Murphy, who we thank most sincerely for his continued support, and there were also prizes for second and third tables. As always, the raffle was well supported, both in terms of sponsored prizes, and the number of tickets bought. Many thanks to the businesses who provided the prizes, and also our many friends and supporters for their generosity, even in these difficult times. It was a wonderful way to round off yet another year, our twelfth infact, and we thank everyone for their support, kind remarks and appreciation of our efforts throughout the year.
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