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 17th January 2010
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.
As part of the programme of preparation for First Holy Communion in May we invite the children and their parents to attend our Parish Masses on the following dates 23rd and 24th January, March 13th and 14th and also April 24th and 25th.
Confirmation Programme continues with the following dates. Ceremony 2 January 17th 11.30am Ceremony 3 Feb 14th 11.30am children and their parents are invited to attend these Masses. We welcome the parents and children to our 11.30 Mass this Sunday as they continue their preparation for their Confirmation in March.
Parish Mission:
Ardcath, Clonalvy and Curraha will have a parish mission from the 23rd of October 2010 to the 7th of November 2010. The Céílí Catholic Community who are based in Kilbeggan Co Westmeath will lead the mission. They will visit our schools in February and will meet with the Parish Pastoral Councils to prepare for our Parish Mission. The first week of the mission will include door to door visitation by the mission team. During the second week the team will visit our schools as well as having liturgies each day in our three churches. We will require families to provide accommodation for the mission team over these two weeks. The team includes two priests a religious sister and a number of lay volunteers. More details will follow in the coming months.
Friday 22nd January Mass will be celebrated at 1.30pm in Curraha Church requested by the staff and students of St Andrews School in memory of Miriam Deering. All welcome.
Children’s Liturgy will take place on Sunday the 31st of January at 11.30am. Leaders will meet in Parish Pastoral Centre on Wednesday the 27th at 8pm.
Curraha parishioners have requested a meeting to fundraise for the Haiti Earthquake Appeal. More details will follow this meeting.
Eucharistic Ministers:
Vigil Mass Clonalvy 23rd January 7.30pm Mary Moore
Clonalvy 24th January 10.00am John Andrews
Curraha 24th January 11.30am Rowan Farrell
Readers:
Vigil Mass Clonalvy 23rd 7.30pm Mary Caffrey & Richard Dunne.
Clonalvy 24th 10.00am Sinead Madden
Curraha 24th 11.30am Paul O’Connor
Plate collection 10th Jan:
Ardcath / Clonalvy €337 Envelopes €85 Offerings €10
Curraha €378 Envelopes €70 Offerings €30
Many thanks for your kind contributions.
January 17th Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Vigil Mass Clonalvy 7.30pm McGuinness Family Bartramstown & Angela Grendon
Clonalvy 10.00am No Intention
Sunday Curraha 11.30 Nuala Keogh
January 24th Third Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Vigil Mass Clonalvy 7.30pm. Carol Walsh
Sunday Clonalvy 10.00am No Intention
Sunday Curraha 11.30am No Intention
Monday 18th 8.00pm. Dymphna McKenzie
Tuesday 19th 9.30am Mass Special Intentions
Wednesday 20th 9.30am Special Intentions
Thursday 21st Special Intention
Friday 22nd 9.30am. Special Intention. 1.30pm Curraha Anniversary Mass Miriam Deering. No 8pm Mass.
Haiti Earthquake Appeal - Two ways of supporting this appeal
1) Bishop Smith is in frequent contact with an Irish missionary Sister Mary Hardiman, who is a Holy Union Sister working in Haiti. The Bishop supports various projects run by Sister Mary, who is a native of County Galway and has a sister-in-law living in Dunderry parish. Sister Mary calls to Bishop Smith anytime she is in Ireland so as to update him on her work. If you wish to donate through Sister Mary, this office will ensure that the funds reach her directly.
2) Trócaire is working with "Caritas Haiti", which runs over 200 hospitals and medical centres in the country. They are skilled in the provision of clean water and sanitation which will be crucial in this response. Support can be given to Trocaire through the website Trocaire.org.
Medjugorje Pilgrimage Ardcath/Clonalvy & Curraha May 5th – 12th Fare €599 includes flights and half board. Special price applies to bookings made before January 31st. Fare of €629 applies after January 31st For further details contact Agnes Field Clonalvy 01-8354960. Maura McKenna Ardcath 086-3165442 or Lorna Battersby Curraha 086-2704308.
Ardcath/Clonalvy Parish Pastoral Council meeting will be held in Ardcath School on Wednesday 20th at 8.30pm. Board of Management meeting of St Patrick’s National School Ardcath will be held on Tuesday the 19th of January in the school at 8.00pm.
Parish Pastoral Centre Curraha:
Any groups or organizations wishing to avail of the centre should contact the parish office Tuesday or Thursday afternoon or ring Lorna Battersby 086-2704308. All bookings must be made in advance in parish diary.
Windfall Result St Vincents & Cloghertown Utd 10/01/2010.Jackpot €1750.00. Numbers drawn were 18 – 27 – 32 no winner 2 x €20 winners were Sean Joyce and Dick Connolly. Next weeks jackpot will be €1,900.00.
Curraha GAA Club results: 11.01.2010 Lotto Result: Jackpot €4800.00 No winner. Numbers drawn were 7 – 8 – 19 - 21 not won 3 x €30.00 winners were Ray Toner, Tommy Nolan and Fred Gilsenan Next draw will be in Swans on 18.01.2010. Jackpot €5000.00.
Ladies Aerobic Class in Ardcath started Monday 11th January 7pm and Circuit Class on Wednesday 13th January at 7pm. Lads Circuit Class in Ardcath started Tuesday 12th January at 7.30pm. Anyone interested or need more information please contact Helen White @ 086 3615788
Creative Writing Classes for Children (10 to 13 year old) starting Saturday morning 23rd January 2010 (8 week term). Venue: Dunshaughlin Community Centre. For details please contact Sinéad at 087 2737677.
Sunday 10th January 2010
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 Alana Harford who was christened in Clonalvy Church last Sunday. May God bless her always
As part of the programme of preparation for First Holy Communion in May we invite the children and their parents to attend our Parish Masses on the following dates 23rd and 24th January, March 13th and 14th and also April 24th and 25th.
Confirmation Programme continues with the following dates. Ceremony 2 January 17th 11.30am Ceremony 3 Feb 14th 11.30am children and their parents are invited to attend these Masses.
Children’s Liturgy will take place on Sunday the 31st of January at 11.30am. Leaders will meet in Parish Pastoral Centre on Wednesday the 27th at 8pm.
Offerings Day:
Christmas is one of the offerings days for the support of the priest of the parish. Please send in the relevant envelope with your offering.
Eucharistic Ministers:
Vigil Mass Clonalvy 16th January 7.30pm Maura Mc Kenna
Clonalvy 17h January 10.00am Aoife McElvaney
Curraha 10th January 11.30am Ann Keogh
Readers:
Vigil Mass Clonalvy 16th 7.30pm Patricia Fox and Liz Gough
Clonalvy 10th 10.00am Chris Green
Curraha 10th 11.30am Billy Cleary
Plate collection 3rd Jan Ardcath / Clonalvy €270 Envelopes €120 Offerings €270
Curraha €367 Envelopes €270 Offerings €220
Many thanks for your kind contributions.
January 10th The Baptism of the Lord.
Vigil Mass Clonalvy 7.30pm Kevin Brady 1st Anniversary and Gareth McKenna 6th Anniverary Clonalvy 10.00am Bridie Kavanagh Sunday Curraha 11.30 Síobhan and Patricia Carey .
January 17th Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Vigil Mass Clonalvy 7.30pm. McGuinness Family Bartramstown and Angela Grendon.
Sunday Clonalvy 10.00am No Intention
Sunday Curraha 11.30am Nuala Keogh
Monday 11th 8.00pm.
Tuesday 12th 9.30am Mass.
Wednesday 13th 9.30am
Thursday 14th 9.30am
Friday 15th 9.30am & 8.00pm.
Parish Pastoral Centre Curraha:
Any groups or organizations wishing to avail of the centre should contact the parish office Tuesday or Thursday afternoon or ring Lorna Battersby 086-2704308. All bookings must be made in advance in parish diary.
Windfall Result St Vincents & Cloghertown Utd 03/01/2010.Jackpot €7,500. Numbers drawn 22. 24. 26. One winner. Congratulations to Madge Kearns on her lucky win. Next weeks jackpot €1,750.
Curraha GAA Club results: 04.01.2010 Lotto Result: Jackpot €4600.00 No winner. Numbers drawn were 4 – 7 – 11 - 23 7 x 30 winners were Damien McGuinness Barbara Battersby Susan Farrell John Keogh Ruth & Billy ALeksandrs Kutakovs and Ceceila Weldon. Next draw will be in the Snail Box the 11.01.2010.
Curraha Community Alert would like to advise people to be extra vigilant over the next few weeks. Please contact Garda Barbara Kelly Community Garda, Ashbourne Garda Station if you see any suspicious activity in your area.
Last year we collected used stamps before and after Christmas. Willie Donohue raised €80 for Gorta and he would appreciate your support again this year.
Ladies Aerobic Class in Ardcath starts Monday 11th January 7pm and Circuit Class on Wednesday 13th January at 7pm. Lads Circuit Class in Ardcath starts Tuesday 12th January at 7.30pm. Anyone interested or need more information please contact Helen White @ 086 3615788
The old give way to the young. New thoughts sprout from fertile ground. While the New Year beckons us with many promises, don't forget to give the old year its due. Learn from past mistakes and carry the lessons of time with you. Here are some beautiful New Year quotes that teach you to celebrate each moment of life; yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day. Edith Lovejoy Pierce
Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instil in us. Hal Borland
Many people look forward to the New Year for a new start on old habits. Anonymous
Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and gone to cutting our ancient shortcomings considerably shorter than ever. Mark Twain
Sunday 3rd January 2010
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 the soul of Christopher Dyer whose funeral Mass took place in Kilbrew Demesne on Saturday morning. May he rest in peace.
Offerings Day: Christmas is one of the offerings days for the support of the priest of the parish. Please send in the relevant envelope with your offering.
On my own behalf and on behalf of our Parish Pastoral Councils I would like to thank you our parishioners for your support and help during 2009. I wish you and your families a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
Eucharistic Ministers:
Vigil Mass Clonalvy 9th January 7.30pm Geraldine Kearns
Clonalvy 10th January 10.00am Helen White
Curraha 10th January 11.30am Dermot Oates
Readers:
Vigil Mass Clonalvy 9th 7.30pm Bernie Arnold and Máire Mc Kenna
Curraha 10th 11.30am Dermot Oates
Plate collection 26th Dec Ardcath / Clonalvy €1594 Envelopes €690 Offerings €2100
Curraha €1603 Envelopes €1240 Offerings €2595
Many thanks for your kind contributions.
Plate Collection 27th Dec Ardcath/ Clonalvy €396 Envelopes €440 Offerings €370
Curraha €490 Envelopes €550 Offerings €320
Many thanks for your kind contributions
January 3rd Second Sunday after Christmas.
Vigil Mass Clonalvy 7.30pm Deceased Members of the Howard Family
Sunday Clonalvy 10.00am Dan Collins The Hall
Sunday Curraha 11.30 Deceased members of the Guiney Family.
January 10th The Baptism of the Lord.
Vigil Mass Clonalvy 7.30pm. Kevin Brady 1st Anniv and Gareth McKenna 6th Anniv
Sunday Clonalvy 10.00am No Intention
Sunday Curraha 11.30am Anniversary Síobhan & Patricia Carey
Monday 4th 8.00pm.
Tuesday 5th No 9.30am Mass. 7.30pm Vigil of Epiphany Clonalvy
Wednesday 6th 10.00am Feast of the Epiphany Clonalvy Sr Mary Gough 2nd Anniv and her brothers Dessie & Jimmy 8pm Curraha Deceased members of the Ryan Family.
Thursday 9.30am Friday 8th 9.30am & 8.00pm.
Windfall Result 20.12.09 Jackpot €7350.00 not won. Numbers drawn were 1 – 15 – 16 2 x €20 winners were Bomber Rogers and Mags Joyce. 4 x Bonus Draws winners were Joseph Kearns Dick and Kathleen Cashen, Angela Wall and Frances Traynor. Next weeks Jackpot will be €7500.00. Draw will take place on the 03.01.10
Curraha GAA Club results: 29.12.09 Lotto Result: Jackpot €4400.00 No winner. Numbers drawn were 7-12-18 - 19 3 x 30 winners were Breda Rooney Gerry Poole and Pat Moriarty. Next Draw will take place in the Becks. Jackpot €4600.00.
Death of Cardinal Daly:
Cardinal Cathal Daly, a bishop for almost thirty years and Cardinal since 1990 died on New Year’s Eve in the City Hospital, Belfast, surrounded by his family. Cardinal Seán Brady led the tributes following Cardinal Daly’s death by pointing to the scale of his legacy in both ecclesiastical history and civil history, especially his contribution to peace in Northern Ireland. In a statement issued Thursday night, Taoiseach Brian Cowen said, “Cardinal Daly was a trenchant supporter of peace. He was a member of the New Ireland Forum and later the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation. He was an outspoken critic of those who used violence to achieve political objectives.” The Taoiseach also pointed to the contribution made by Cardinal Daly in securing the peace in Northern Ireland that exists today.The Most Revd Alan Harper, OBE, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland issued a statement saying, “During the most challenging of times the Cardinal gave wise and courageous leadership both as Bishop of Down and Connor and subsequently as Archbishop of Armagh. He was a fearless and forthright champion of peace and justice, always speaking out unambiguously on community issues during the darkest days of the Troubles.” He went on to say, “I count it a privilege to have known him and send my sincere condolences to his family and share the sadness of all those whom he influenced for good in his life.”
Cardinal Daly had taken ill in the last few days and was admitted to the coronary care unit of City Hospital where he died. Cardinal Daly's remains will arrive at Belfast's St Peter's Cathedral at noon on Saturday, January 2 where they will lie until Sunday at 5:30pm when they will arrive at St Patrick's Cathedral in Armagh. His funeral Mass will be at noon on Tuesday and he will be buried in the Cathedral grounds. May he rest in peace.
