Post on 06-Aug-2020
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Diocesan Designated Liaison Person: Ms Joan Treacy 085 8021633 Rev. Fr. John Dunphy: Phone: 059 / 9141833 / 9182882
Priest on Call for Carlow Area: (Emergency Only) Phone: - 087/2588118
Church Collections: although the churches
are closed to the public for Masses we still
need to try and keep our parish running.
If you wish you can leave your contribution into
the parish centre or alternatively you can set up a
standing order to the church bank account.
The parish account details are as follows:
Bank Name and Address: Bank of Ireland,
Shamrock Plaza, Carlow. Name of Account:
Graiguecullen Church. BIC: BOFIIE2D IBAN:
IE12 BOFI 9065 3123 3222 21. Please put your name and address in the reference box.
Donations to our parish or any diocesan
collection i.e Trocaire can now also be made
on the diocesan website at www.kandle.ie.
All our services can be viewed via webcam on
www.graiguecullenkilleshin.com or on facebook
Monday – Saturday 10am - Mass
12 noon - The Angelus
followed by the Rosary
Mon/Tues/Thurs 8.00pm Night Prayer
Wednesday 8.00pm – Holy Hour
Friday 7.30pm – Mass for those
buried in Killeshin Graveyard
Saturday 6.30pm - Vigil Mass
Sunday 11.30am - Mass
Cemetery Masses:- this Friday 5th June
was to be the date for our Killeshin
cemetery Mass. Due to the current
crowd restrictions the Mass cannot be
held in the graveyard. A Mass will be
celebrated via webcam and facebook on
Friday evening at 7.30pm for all those
buried in Killeshin particularly those who
have died during the past 12 months.
CHURCHES REOPEN:- Our churches are
open 12.30pm – 4pm daily to give people an
opportunity for quiet prayer and to light a
candle. Whilst we know that many people
from all over the country are joining us for our
Masses and services via webcam it is great to
have our churches open for people to visit.
Please remember to follow the COVID 19
guidelines posted in the churches and please
use the hand sanitisers supplied when entering
and leaving the church. We have put in place
a system whereby certain seats are used so if
you enter a seat you put down the kneeler.
Please leave it down when you are finished
(even if you don’t use the kneeler). This
gives us an indication where people have been
and means it’s not necessary to clean the whole
church every day.
Living In A Virtual World:-This week
think about people who are living in
isolation, but are doubly affected because
they do not understand the technology of
Zoom or the internet, or are hard of
hearing. Writing good old fashioned letters
is an often forgotten way to keep in touch.
Self-Made Prisons As were the first disciples, so we are sent out on a great
mission to make disciples of all nations. We are sent out
each with our own style of evangelisation and our own
very individual array of gifts. There should be no stopping us, and yet
there is. Like it or not, we all live in little prisons of our own making. We
might live in a prison where every corner of our life has been consumed
by the need to make money leaving no room for anything else. We might
live in a prison where household chores dominate from morning until
night. We might live behind the locked doors of inadequacy, inferiority,
self-doubt or fear. We might have spent our whole lives building prisons
brick by brick so that whatever dreams we might once have had, we are
now totally incapable of realising them.
In today’s gospel we find the disciples locked away for fear of the Jews,
and we must surely be able to empathise with them. But then comes the
good news. Jesus shows us that the Holy Spirit is the exit from the
hopelessness of being locked into a fearful and damaging past. The Holy
Spirit is not shy of the boundaries that people erect. The Holy Spirit is not
halted by locked doors or locked hearts. We may have spent our past
making feeble attempts to love, to forgive or to make special things
happen, but today’s exciting message is that the past does not have to
equal the future. The Spirit which filled the apostles and enabled them to
change history is the very same Spirit which has been given to us. If we
believe in, and trust in the Holy Spirit, we can make things happen.
We can of course spend more of our short lives locked away, doubting as
Thomas did that anything miraculous could happen. At the end of the day
the proof of the pudding would be to step out of our self-made prisons
and allow the Holy Spirit to work in our lives.
Did You Know?
Pentecost comes from a Jewish harvest festival called Shavuot. The apostles were celebrating this festival when the Holy Spirit descended on them.
The Day of Pentecost is seen as the culmination of the Easter season.
In many calendars, the day is listed as "Whitsunday." This comes from the phrase "White Sunday," and refers to practice of the newly baptized appearing in their white, baptismal garments on that day.
St. Vincent De Paul: Local Conference – St. Fiacc’s.
Tel: 086 – 1592775
Carlow Family Support Group -
You Are Not Alone:-Drugs and
Alcohol abuse effects families
regardless of status in life. You did
not cause it, you can't control it
and you can't cure it. Help is
available for those who live with
this dreadful disease call 085
7872730.
COVID-19 Support Line for
Older People
ALONE has launched a national
support line and additional
supports for older people who
have concerns or are facing
difficulties relating to the
outbreak of COVID-19
(Coronavirus). Professional staff
are available to answer queries
and give advice and reassurance
where necessary. The support line
is open seven days a week, 8am -
8pm, by calling 0818 222 024.
ANNIVERSARIES
(Please note all Anniversaries can be emailed to gkparish@gmail.com
Sat 30th Fr John Fingleton former Parish Priest of Graiguecullen/Killeshin Parish
Mai Lyons, Lorettoville, Oak Park Road
(Ernest John Duffett, St Fiacc’s Tce and deceased members of the
Duffett family)
Davy Hutchinson, Dunloe, Crossneen
(Deceased members of the McDonald Family, the Green Family & the
Brennan Family)
Sun 31st Fr John Fingleton former Parish Priest of Graiguecullen/Killeshin Parish
Margaret Lawler, 22 St Fiacc’s Tce also her son Jim Lawler Radharc Oisín
Patrick Brennan, Ballickmoyler Road
Aidan Power, Pacelli Ave (Birthday Rem)
Edmond McKenna, 186 Colclough Ave
Intention Mass for all those in St Fiacc’s House
Patrick & Catherine Dowling, Leaugh, Sleaty
(Thomas & Francis Ryan, 65 Maher Rd also their daughters Clare
McDonald & Carmel Pierce)-(Con Moloney, Strawhall)
James Kinsella, Blackhill, Clonmore, Hacketstown
Tues 2nd Laurence Dowling, St Fiacc’s Terrace
Sat 6th (First Anniversary) Tom Loughman, Sleaty
Michael O’Regan, Killeshin Road (Birthday Rem)
Sean & Mary Dillon, Pearce Road
Isabella Purcell, 19 Pairc Mhuire, Bagenalstown
Baby Calum Core Lawler, 17 Heatherhill Square
Christy Kelly, Coolane
Sun 7th (First Anniversary) Tom Loughman, Sleaty
Elizabeth Byrne, Lower Rossmore
Jack O’Leary, Ballygunner, Waterford
Earl Leroux, Ottawa
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World Environment Day 'Time For Nature' 5th June
The theme for World Environment Day 2020 is, 'Time for Nature,' with a
focus on its role in providing the essential infrastructure that supports life on Earth and human development.
Things to do:- 1. Start in your back yard. Create a habitat that will attract and support birds,
butterflies, and bees. Trees, shrubs, and other plants
provide shelter and food for wildlife. Consider how you might place nesting boxes, feeders and watering sites. 2. Photograph your habitat
and post it on social media. If everyone gave thought to creating a nature friendly
environment we might fuel some ‘joined up thinking’. 3. With most children still
not out and about, this would make a great weekend garden or back yard project.