Kells Parish News

Church of St Colmcille Kells & Church of the Immaculate Conception Girley.

Mass Times

Kells. Saturday. 7.30pm. Sunday. 9.00am, 11.00am, 12.15pm.Girley. Sunday. 10.00am.

Weekly Notices courtesy of Martin Grace,

Parish Office

Parish News2003 Parish News2002

1st Aug

Priest on Duty – Fr. John Ph 9240213.

Times of weekend Masses: Sat Vigil 7.30pm, Sunday 9am, 11am and 12.15. Girley 10oc.

Times of weekday Masses: Monday 7.45am, Tues-Fri 7.45am, 9.30am, Sat 10am.

Confessions: Saturday 10.30 – 11am, 2-3pm, 7 – 7.30pm, after Vigil Mass

Baptisms Second and Fourth Sunday 3pm.

Adoration of Blessed Sacrament : Monday – Friday 8am-8pm

DAY FOR THE SICK AND ELDERLY – PILGRIMAGE TO KNOCK

Meath Pilgrimage on Sunday 8 August. Fare €10 payable at Bus. Booking at Parish Office 40213. Bus leaves from Church car park at 8.30am. Sandwiches and lunch provided. No transport will be provided to and from bus. Closing date for booking this Wedns (Aug 4)

CEMETERY SUNDAY

Sunday August 15.

Times of ceremonies Girley 6pm, St. John’s 6.30, St. Colmcille’s 7pm.

Our caretakers Gerry and Kevin have the Cemetery shaping up well. Some graves could do with immediate attention from the owners.

FUNERAL LITURGIES

Bishop Smith has again asked that the following regulations regarding Funeral Liturgies be observed in all the Parishes and Churches of the Diocese:

• The readings of the funeral Mass must be taken from Sacred Scripture
• Appreciation or panegyrics or eulogies by family or friends of the deceased should not take place in the Church. These can take place in the funeral home or at the graveside. The priest cannot be placed in the position of deciding who can and who cannot give such tributes in Church. Over the years when these took place not only on occasion was serious offence caused to family and friends of the deceased but the content was totally inappropriate in the Church and in the context of the funeral rite
• Should the family wish to express thanks , e.g. to hospital staff etc. this can easily be incorporated into the Prayers of the Faithful
• An appropriate Communion reflection can be included in the liturgy but this should be discussed with the priest beforehand
• Hymns, songs and prayers at the funeral Mass should be religious in content and reflect the sacred nature of the occasion
• A family wreath can be placed on the coffin but the rest of the wreaths and flowers should not be around the altar
• Books of condolence should not be available for signing in the Church while the funeral Mass is being celebrated
• The family homily should not seek to canonize the deceased

The Bishop has stated that he expects all the priests of the Diocese to abide by these regulations.

FIRST FRIDAY WEEK

Monday: Bank Holiday. Padre Pio Mass 10am (note change of time ). No Marian Movement this month. St. Joseph’s Young Priests Society Meeting Monday at 7pm in Parochial Hse.

Thursday:Confessions 7-7.30pm.

Friday: First Friday Masses 7.45, and 7.30pm. No 9.30 Mass. Masses offered for names on List of Dead

Girley: First Friday. Exposition of Blessed Sacrament 10-8pm. Mass 8pm

AUGUST OFFERINGS

Today Sunday August 1 is an Offering Day. Parishioners may use the WHITE envelope from the box or an ordinary envlope. The Offertory Collection today at all Masses in Kells and Girley will also be part of the Offering Day.

MARIAN MOVEMENT – CENACLE FOR PRIESTS

Annual Pilgrimage to Knock on Sat Aug 7. Booking to Fia 9249391 ot Pat 9241272

SUNDAY MISSALETTES

Please note that the missalettes of Aug 8 and 15 have already been printed.

Newly Baptised: We welcome into the Parish Community Rachel 0’Higgins (Loyd),

Sophie Coffey (Blackarch Wood, Headfort), Dominic Quirke, (Magdalene Court) Patrick Carry (Headfort Grove), Ciara Caprani, (Headfort Woods).

Mass Intentions for Week

Sat (July 31) – 7.30pm – 4^th Ann – Rory Hanlon, Rosmeen

Wedns 9.30 – 5^th Ann – Tommy and Mollie Tevlin, Kilmainham.

Thurs 9.30 – 2^nd Ann – Eoin Maguire, Convoy, Co. Donegal

Sat (Aug 7) 10am – 3^rd Ann – Gerard Farrelly, Ard na Greine

7.30pm – 2^nd Ann – J.P. McKenna, Maudlin Rd.

Sun (Aug 8) 11am – MM – Maureen Skelly, Bective St

12.15 – 1^st Ann – P.J. Cahill, Grand Priory.

Anniversary Masses

Peter Duffy, Boolies. Bernard and Bridget Manning, Dulane. Ultan Tormay, Climber Hall. McMahon Family, Church View. Mary Reilly, Kilmainham.

Thomas Kiernan, Market St. Mattie Farrell, Ballinamona.

Thomas and Annie McKeever, Rosmeen

COLLECTIONS

Offertory and missalettes Kells €2013 ,Girley €154, Weekly envelopes Kells €1710, Girley €90

Annual Dues: We thank the residents and collectors for their help and time – Kenlis Crescent (Des Mulvany)

Ciaran Well: Devotions Sunday Aug 1 at 2.30pm. Steak and BBQ and carbaret show in Carnaross at 8pm.

Weekday Readings for Week (Aug 1-7)

Mon – Jer 28:1-17, Mat 14:13-21.

Tues – Jer 30:1-2,12.15, 18-22, Mat. 14:22-36.

Wedns – Jer. 31:1-7, Mat 15:21-28.

Thurs – Jer. 31:31-34, Mat 16:13-23.

Fri – Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14, 2 Peter 1:16=19, Luke 9:28-36.

Sat Habakuk 1:12-2, 4. Mat 17:14-20.

Gaeil Colmcille Lotto – no winner. This wek €8550. Golf Classic Fri Aug 6 at Headfort.

Handball Lotto – no winner, this week €4700. Congrats to Brian Carroll on winning Irish One Wall Championship. Best of luck to B. Carroll, C. Browne and J. Lynch in Leinster Final.

Kilmainham Lotto – no winner, this week €8270.

Sponsored Race Night: Headfort Arms on Fri 6 Aug at 9pm. Guest compere Hector 0’Heochagain. Proceeds to St. Vincent’s Ward (Cancer Ward), Mater Hosp.

Tidy Towns – Annual Garden and Street Competitions – entry forms available from Kells Town Hall or Brian Curran, Secretary.

We welcome to the Parish all who are visiting the area over the next few weeks and we wish them a relaxing and enjoyable visit.

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8th Aug

Priest on Duty – Fr. Shortall Ph 9240213.

Times of weekend Masses: Sat Vigil 7.30pm, Sunday 9am, 11am and 12.15. Girley 10oc.

Times of weekday Masses: Monday 7.45am, Tues-Fri 7.45am, 9.30am, Sat 10am.

Confessions: Saturday 10.30 – 11am, 2-3pm, 7 – 7.30pm, after Vigil Mass

Baptisms Second and Fourth Sunday 3pm.

Adoration of Blessed Sacrament : Monday – Friday 8am-8pm

CEMETERY SUNDAY

Next Sunday August 15.

Times of ceremonies Girley 6pm, St. John’s 6.30, St. Colmcille’s 7pm.

Parking will be available in the field behind the Cemetery (enter by Headfort Rd).

SUNDAY MISSALETTES

Please note that the missalette of Sunday Aug 15 has already been printed.

MASS OF CELEBRATION

A special Mass to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of the 1954 All-Ireland Meath Football Team will take place in the Parish Church this Thursday (Aug 12) at 7.30pm. The Mass will be followed by a Dinner in the Headfort Arms at 9pm. All welcome.

FORTHCOMING PILGRIMAGES

Knock – Breege McKenna Aug 9 – evening Novena on Thurs Aug 19.

Lough Derg 1 day retreat Tues Aug 24. Bookings to Marie Donoghue 9242091.

Mass Intentions for week

Sat (Aug 7) 7.30pm – 2^nd Ann – J.P. McKenna, Maudlin Rd.

Sun (Aug 9) 11am – MM – Maureen Skelly, Bective St.

12.15 – 1^st Ann – P.J. Cahill, Grand Priory.

Wednesday: 9.30 – 2^nd Ann – Mary Lynch, Kilmainham.

Thursday 7.30pm – Meath Team 50^th Celebration Mass.

Saturday (Aug 14) – 10am – 5^th Ann – Bridie Tiernan, Headfort Grove

7.30pm – 5^th Ann – Kitty Black, Loyd.

Anniversary Masses

Paddy and Mary Kiernan, Bective St Michael Farrell, St. Brigid’s Tce

Veronica and Michael Durniak, Carrick St

Rose Anne, Tommy and Michael Morris, Church Lane

Mary Shankey, Gardenrath Close (3) John Smyth, Castle St.

Michael Farrell, St. Brigid’s Tce. Eilleen Black, Loyd.

Sean Tormey, Headfort Grove (2)

IMPORTANCE OF SILENCE

One aspect that we must be more committed to fostering in our communities is the experience of silence. We need silence ‘if we are to accept in our hearts the full resonance of the voice of the Holy Spirit and to unite our personal prayer more closely to the Word of God and the public voice of the Church’. In a society that lives at an increasingly frenetic pace, often disorientated by noise and overwhelmed by the ephemeral, it is vital to rediscover the value of silence. It is no accident that even outside Christian worship, practices of meditation stressing recollection are becoming increasingly popular. Why not boldly create a specific training in silence within the proper context of the Christian experience? Let us look to the example of Jesus, who ‘rose and went out to a lonely place, and there he prayed’(Mk1:35). The liturgy, with all its different moments and signs, cannot neglect the sign of silence.

(Pope John Paul 11)

Readings for week (Aug 1-8)

Mon Jer. 28:1-17, Mat. 14:13-21.

Tues Jer. 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22, Mat 14:22-36.

Wed Jer. 31:1-7, Mat 15:21-28.

Thurs Jer. 31:31-34, Mat. 16;13-23/

Fri Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14, 2 Peter 1:16-19, Luke 928-36

Sat Habazak 1:12-2:4, Mat 17:14-20.

We welcome to the Parish all who are visiting the area at present and we wish them a relaxing and enjoyable stay.

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