Ardcath Church - Parish of Ardcath/Clonalvy/Curraha
| Parish Priest | : | Fr Philip Gaffney P.P. |
| Phone | : | Land line 01-8350136, Mobile 087 9258305. |
| Email Address | : | |
| Mass Times | : | Ardcath Saturday Vigil Mass 7.30pm Clonalvy, St John The Baptist Sunday Mass 10am Curraha, St Andrews Sunday Mass 11.30am |
Sunday 25th October 2009
Ardcath - St Mary’s Church 01-8354117
Curraha - St Andrew’s Church 01-8350136
Clonalvy - St John the Baptist Church.
Weekend Mass Schedule Vigil Mass (Clonalvy) 7.30pm Sunday (Clonalvy) 10.00am (Curraha) 11.30am
Confessions before the Masses on the First Friday of each month or by appointment.
Congratulations to Aishling Gallagher who was baptized in Curraha church last weekend. May God bless and protect her always.
Please remember in your prayers Andy Moore Garristown and Christopher O’Toole Kilbrew Demesne who died during the week. May they rest in peace.
November is the month each year when we pray for our loved ones who have died. We remember all those on our Parish List of the Dead on the Feast of All Souls and on each First Friday during the year. Please send in your envelope with your List of the Dead before the end of the month.
Monday November 2nd is the Feast of all Souls and the Masses on this feast will be offered for the new Parish list of the Dead. Mass in Clonalvy chuch at 7.00pm and in Curraha church at 8.00pm.
Winter time begins at 2am on Sunday morning. Don’t forget to put your clocks back one hour and enjoy an extra hours sleep.
Children’s Liturgy will take place this Sunday at 11.30am Mass in Curraha. The leaders met on Wednesday night last in the Parish Centre.
Eucharistic Ministers:
Vigil Mass Clonalvy 7.30pm. 31st October Dick Cashen
Clonalvy 10am 1st November Frances Whyte
Curraha 11.30am 1st November Maureen Mooney
Readers:
Vigil Mass Clonalvy 7.30pm 31st October Mary Lane & Claire Andrews
Clonalvy 10.00am 1st November Kevin Geoghegan
Curraha 11.30am 1st November James Nugent.
Plate collection Oct 11th
Ardcath / Clonalvy €602 Envelopes €380 Offerings €20
Curraha €856 Envelopes €370 Offerings
Many thanks for your kind contributions
Oct 25th - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Vigil Mass Clonalvy 7.30pm Richard Dunne & Patrick Fanthorpe Queenie & Alf Mummery
10.00am Clonalvy William Byrne
11.30am Curraha No Intention
Nov 1st - All Saints:
Vigil Mass Clonalvy 7.30pm Tom & Alice Powderly John & Mary Kavanagh
Clonalvy 10.00am No Intention
11.30am Curraha Anniversary Mass Thomas Boland.
Monday 8pm Colm Keogh
Tuesday 9.30 Special Intention
Wednesday 9.30 Special Intention
No Mass on Thursday or Friday morning.
Mass at 8pm on Friday.
Meeting of St Joseph’s Priests Society after 8pm Mass on Friday night October 30th in Curraha sacristy.
Curraha Parish Pastoral Council would like to thank all the parishioners who supported their race night in Swans on Friday night. A special thanks to all our sponsors, all those who contributed to our parish fundraiser. Thanks to Patrick & Mary Swan for their continued support. The monies raised will go to our parish development account.
Ardcath/Clonalvy Parish Pastoral Council will meet on Wednesday November 4th in Ardcath National School at 8.30pm.
"Healing Programme for those Bereaved by Suicide in Dowdstown House, Dalgan Park, Navan. Begins on Monday November 9th, at 8pm for five successive Monday nights. Contact: Mary 087 2731001 (Meath Living Links)"
Cushinstown Athletic Club would like to thank the parishes of Ardcath, Clonalvy and Curraha for the church gate collection held on the 27th of September on behalf of the Meath County Board. Local Community Games: Draughts and Chess qualifiers for U 10, U12, U14 & U16 will be held on Monday 19th October at 3.15pm in Cushinstown NS
Ardcath ICA, in conjunction with Co. Louth V.E.C., are enrolling for places on a Computer Course for beginners. The course will commence on Monday, 2nd November in VEC Premises, King Street, Drogheda and will run for 7 weeks from 7.00 - 9.30 p.m. The course in FREE to anyone with less than Leaving Cert. (or equivalent) or anyone in receipt of a means tested social welfare payment, or dependent of same. If you are interested in attending this course please contact Anne Whyte - 087-7713059 as soon as possible, as places are strictly limited.
WINDFALL result 18/10/09. Jackpot €6,000.numbers drawn 11-23-29 not won. 2x€20 winners John Brangan and Ester Fanthorpe next weeks Jackpot is €6150.00 held on 25.10.09.
Curraha GAA Club results: 19.10.09 Lotto Result: Jackpot €2400.00 No winner. Numbers drawn were 2-3-7-19 3 x 30 winners were Emma Jane Kelly, Ray Toner, Fr Phil Gaffney Next Draw will take place in Swans on the 26.10.09 Jackpot €2600.00.
Congratulations to Ratoath/Curraha minor hurling team who beat Navan O’Mahoney’s 4.15 to 2.7 in the final last Sunday in Dunboyne. The Curraha team are Padraic O’Hanrahan (Capt) Ciaran O’Hanrahan, Sean Laffey, Conleth McLarnon, Aaron McDonnell, Liam Hogan, Vincent Collins and Stephen Cooper. Well done lads.
Cut Backs. Some time ago a parish priest wrote to every parishioner explaining that the annual cost of heating the church was several thousand euro each year. He pointed out that, although it wasn’t a large church, the roof was twenty metres high. To overcome the problem of costs the building was to be weather proofed as much as possible and he suggested that people dress more warmly, remembering that centuries ago churches weren’t heated at all “But” he continued “the best way that parishioners can help is to bring a friend to church with them, for body heat is still our most precious natural energy resource.”
Sunday 18th October 2009
Ardcath - St Mary’s Church 01-8354117
Curraha - St Andrew’s Church 01-8350136
Clonalvy - St John the Baptist Church.
Weekend Mass Schedule Vigil Mass (Clonalvy) 7.30pm Sunday (Clonalvy) 10.00am (Curraha) 11.30am
Confessions before the Masses on the First Friday of each month or by appointment
Please pray for Mrs Patricia Kennedy Micknanstown House Clonalvy who died during the week. May she rest in peace.
Congratulations to Richard Cashen and Niamh O’Brien who were married in Clonalvy church on Saturday. May God bless them with a long and happy life together.
Curraha Childrens Liturgy Meeting at 8pm on Wednesday night in the Parish Centre, any parents wishing to join the panel are more than welcome. Curraha Childrens Liturgy 11.30 am Sunday the 25th of October.
November is the month each year when we pray for our loved ones who have died. We remember all those on our Parish List of the Dead on the Feast of All Souls and on each First Friday during the year. Please send in your envelope with your List of the Dead before the end of the month.
Mission Sunday takes place each year on the second last Sunday of October. The collection is organised annually by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and is celebrated in every Church throughout the world, including the poorest. Mission Sunday provides Catholics with the opportunity to unite with their missionary brothers and sisters, and to recommit themselves to the Church's missionary activity, through prayer, sacrifice and financial contribution. Funds raised are used to assist Young Churches and missionaries in reaching out to communities in need, both spiritually and materially.
In October 2008, Irish Catholics contributed over €2.5 million to the Propagation of the Faith collection. Contributions will be used to build simple mission churches, to educate seminarians and assist in the formation of lay leaders. The Mission Sunday gift will also used for the building of health clinics for children, emergency aid in times of war or natural disaster and to assist missionaries in their efforts to care for refugees. The five missionaries featured on the poster originate from counties throughout Ireland and have each been serving on mission for over thirty years. Each of them have sacrificed their own quality of life in order to bring dignity, care and hope into the lives of so many people living in mission countries.
Eucharistic Ministers:
Vigil Mass Clonalvy 7.30pm. 24th October Mary Caffrey
Clonalvy 10am 25th October Joan McDonald
Curraha 11.30am 25th October Marcella O’Connor
Readers :
Vigil Mass Clonalvy 7.30pm 24th October Caitriona Corry & Patricia Fox
Clonalvy 10.00am 25th October Chris Green
Curraha 11.30am 25th October Agnes Hackett
Plate collection Oct 11th Ardcath / Clonalvy €312 Envelopes €215 Offerings, Curraha €332 Envelopes €225 Offerings €25. Many thanks for your kind contributions
A meeting of the Board of Management of St Patrick’s National School Ardcath will take place on Monday October 19th at 6.45pm.
Oct 18th Mission Sunday
Vigil Mass Clonalvy 7.30pm Marie Barry
Deceased members of the Maloney family
10.00am Clonalvy Michael & Mary Andrews, Peter & Rose Walsh
11.30am Curraha Kevin O’Connor Mother Eilish and Father Kevin.
Oct 25th 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Vigil Mass Ardcath 7.30pm Richard Dunne, Patrick Fanthorpe and Queenie and Alf Mummery
Clonalvy 10.00am William Byrne
11.30am Curraha No Intention
Monday 8pm Special Intention
Tuesday 9.30 Special Intention
Wednesday 9.30 Special Intention
Thursday 9.30 Special Intention
Thursday 8pm Birthday Remembrance Brian O’Connor
Friday 9.30am and 8pm Ger & Mary O’Connor.
Curraha Tennis Club AGM being held in Parish Centre 8.30pm Tuesday night.
Parents wishing to enroll their children in Curraha School for the year 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 will need to do so by the end of October 2009. Enrolment forms are available in the school office from 9am till 12am weekdays.
Curraha Parish Pastoral Council Fundraiser. Our annual Race Night takes place in Swan’s on Friday 23rd October at 8.30pm. We ask you our parishioners for your support with this venture. We will be grateful for any contributions made towards the race night. The money raised will go into our parish development account.
"Healing Programme for those Bereaved by Suicide in Dowdstown House, Dalgan Park, Navan. Begins on Monday November 9th, at 8pm for five successive Monday nights. Contact: Mary 087 2731001 (Meath Living Links)"
Cushinstown Athletic Club would like to thank the parishes of Ardcath, Clonalvy and Curraha for the church gate collection held on the 27th of September on behalf of the Meath County Board. Local Community Games: Draughts and Chess qualifiers for U 10, U12, U14 & U16 will be held on Monday 19th October at 3.15pm in Cushinstown NS
TEMPERANCE MISSION: Church of the Immaculate Conception, Ashbourne, Wednesday 21st October at 8pm. Guest Speaker: Fr. Peter McVerry, followed by an opportunity to venerate the relics of Venerable Matt Talbot. Refreshments afterwards.
WINDFALL result 11/10/09. Jackpot €5,850.numbers drawn 6-13-16 not won. 2x€20 winners Brendan & Mary Caffrey and Therese Warren next weeks Jackpot is €6000.00 held on 18.10.09.
Curraha GAA Club results: 12.10.09 Lotto Result: Jackpot €2200.00 No winner. Numbers drawn were 11 -13 – 16 - 22 3 x 30 winners were AB not JC, Declan Woods, Sophie & Charlie Cowley Next Draw will take place in the Becks on the 19.10.09 Jackpot € 2400.00.
Martina Lenehan Ardcath is opening a new Fruit & Vegetable Stall on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at O’Neills car park Duleek starting 7th October.
Sunday 11th October 2009
Ardcath - St Mary’s Church 01-8354117
Curraha - St Andrew’s Church 01-8350136
Clonalvy - St John the Baptist Church.
Weekend Mass Schedule Vigil Mass (Clonalvy) 7.30pm Sunday (Clonalvy) 10.00am (Curraha) 11.30am
Confessions before the Masses on the First Friday of each month or by appointment.
Congratulations to Tina Rowland & Jarlath Regan who were married in Curraha church on Saturday. May God bless them with a long and happy life together.
Please remember in your prayers the late Fr Peter Mulvany PP Moyvalley (cousin of our former Parish Priest Fr Mulvany) who was buried last Monday. May he rest in peace.
Adore My Son Medugorje Hour of Adoration to be held in St Mary’s Church, James Street Drogheda on Wednesday the 14th of October at 8.00pm (Every second Wednesday) All welcome.
Next Sunday October 18th is Mission Sunday. This year 2009 the theme is “Reach Out” Pope Benedict in his message for Mission Sunday invites all Catholics to recommit themselves to the Church’s missionary activity, through prayer, sacrifice and financial contribution. The plate collection at all Masses next weekend goes to the Propagation of the Faith who fund missionary projects. Inn 2008 a total of €2.6 million was collected in Ireland.
Eucharistic Ministers:
Vigil Mass Clonalvy 7.30pm. 17th October Des Caffrey
Clonalvy 10am 18th October Patricia Hartford
Curraha 11.30am 18th October Catherine Keoghan
Readers:
Vigil Mass Clonalvy 7.30pm 17th October Mary Caffrey & Richard Dunne
Clonalvy 10.00am 18h October Joan McDonald
Curraha 11.30am 18th October Frances Duffy
Plate collection Oct 4th Ardcath / Clonalvy €580 Envelopes €270 Offerings
Curraha €380 Envelopes €540 Offerings €130
Many thanks for your kind contributions
Oct 11th 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Vigil Mass Clonalvy 7.30pm John & Margaret Johnson
10.00am Clonalvy PJ Andrews
11.30am Curraha Percy & Patricia McGuinness & deceased members of the Fitzpatrick Family.
Oct 18th Mission Sunday
Vigil Mass Ardcath 7.30pm Marie Barry
Deceased members of the Maloney family
Clonalvy 10.00am Michael & Mary Andrews 11.30am
Curraha Kevin O’Connor Mother Eilish and Father Kevin.
Monday 8pm Special Intention
Tuesday 9.30 Special Intention
Wednesday 9.30 Special Intention
Thursday 9.30 Special Intention
Friday 9.30am and 8pm Special Intention.
Board of Management meeting St Andrews National School Curraha Monday the 12th of October at 7.00pm in the school.
Ardcath rota for readers is coming close to the end. This is an opportunity for anyone in the parish who would like their name added to the present list of readers to do so. Please forward your name to Catriona Corry who is our reader’s coordinator.
Ardcath Festival Committee would like to thank all those who supported the various events during the Festival week in Ardcath. A total sum of €11,285 was raised from all the various events. The money was distributed to:
1. Ardcath Church development account.
2. The Parish Priest account.
3. St Patrick’s National School.
4. Senior Citizens Fund.
Well done to the festival committee for making the festival such an outstanding success.
Board of Management meeting St Andrews National School Curraha Monday the 12th of October at 7.00pm in the school.
Parents wishing to enroll their children in Curraha School for the year 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 will need to do so by the end of October 2009. Enrolment forms are available in the school office from 9am till 12am weekdays.
Curraha Parish Pastoral Council Fundraiser. Our annual race night takes place in Swan’s on Friday 23rd October at 8.30pm. We ask you our parishioners for your support with this venture. We will be grateful for any contributions made towards the race night. The money raised will go into our parish development account.
TEMPERANCE MISSION: Church of the Immaculate Conception, Ashbourne, Wednesday 21st October at 8pm. Guest Speaker: Fr. Peter McVerry, followed by an opportunity to venerate the relics of Venerable Matt Talbot. Refreshments afterwards
Curraha choir are looking for new members. If you are interested in joining the choir please contact Maura O’Connor or Caroline Mooney.
I.C.A. Curraha: Meeting being held in Parish Centre on Monday 12th October 7.45pm sharp. Talk on Healthy eating all welcome.
WINDFALL result 04/10/09. Jackpot €5,700.numbers drawn 3 – 4 - 26. not won. 2x€20 winners Paddy Arnold Christina Rogers weeks Jackpot is €5850.00
Cloghertown Soccer Club We are asking all parishioners and friends to help us collect the tokens from the Drogheda Independent Sports-gear promotion for the next 5 week, in a bid to get a full kit of playing gear for the girls soccer team. The token is printed on the inside of the front page every week. Your help and support for this would be very much appreciated. We hope to have boxes at the back of Clonalvy and Curraha Church for you to leave these tokens in or they can be given to any player from the team. We need to collect 650 Tokens so your help is really needed.
Curraha GAA Club results: 05.10.09 Lotto Result: Jackpot €2000.00 No winner. Numbers drawn were 11 -18 – 20 - 24 3 x 30 winners were John Shiels Geraldine Kearns and S. Joyce Next Draw will take place in the Becks on the 12.10.09 Jackpot € 2200.00.
Martina Lenehan Ardcath is opening a new Fruit & Vegetable Stall on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at O’Neills car park Duleek starting 7th October.
Meath Diocesan Liturgy Commission is organising an event for everybody involved in parish liturgy ministry. You are invited to participate in this workshop which will focus on helping parish communities to better appreciate the relationship between ritual and music through song, prayer, and a shared ritual experience, focusing on Advent and Christmas. The dates and venues are: Monday 12th October Community Centre, Mullingar and Tuesday 13th Of October Dowdstown House, Navan. Participation in this event would be a great way to being a new year of ministry and it will offer the experience of music and ritual for all those who serve the parish community.
