Church of St Colmcille Kells & Church of the Immaculate Conception Girley.
Mass Times:Kells. Saturday. 8pm. Sunday. 8am, 9.30am,11.00am, 12.15pm.Girley. Sunday. 10.00am.
Weekly Notices courtesy of Martin Grace, Parish Office.
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Baptisms Sunday 3oc – prior notification to Parish Office. No Baptisms next Sunday.
Sat 8pm – 4th Ann – Lily and John Heeney, St. Colmcille Villas.
Lent:
Masses Monday to Friday 7.45, 8.30, 9.30 and 8pm. Note Mass Monday at 9.30 for Lent.
Masses Saturday 9oc, 10oc and 8pm.
Girley Mass Friday 8pm.
Adoration Monday to Friday 8am – 8pm.
COLLECTIONS:
Offertory and missalettes £1540,weekly envelopes Kells £940 Girley £35
We thank all that contribute weekly.
Cemetery Draw:
This Thursday (March 8) in Parish office at 4pm. Promoters must check in their cards on Tuesday or Wedns to allow time for numbering and copying.
We recommend subscribers to offer, where possible, the full £10 for the series of Draws; it saves the Promoter much time and trouble.
Confirmation :
Next Sunday March 11th at 3pm. People are asked to be seated at 2.50 and kindly not to park in the Church grounds.
Drumbaragh School – Church Gate Collection on Sat and Sun 10/11 March.
Recently Departed:
Geneviene Harte, Balrath Rd.
Ned Quinn, Ballinlough
Phil McCabe, died England.
Dan Sugrue, Clongill.
Masses for Week:
Monday: 8pm – Month’s Memory – Margaret Newman, Gardenrath Rd.
Tuesday: 7.45 – 2nd Ann – Bridie Cummins, late Carrick St.
Friday: 7.45 – 2nd Ann – Josephine McManus, late Church View.
8pm – Month’s Memory – Bridie Mulvany, Balrath Rd.
Saturday: 9oc – Mass for Patrick Carr, Oliver plunkett Rd.
10oc – 2nd Ann – Margaret Smith, Church View.
8pm – 1st Ann – Terry Muldoon, Headfort Rd.
Anniversary Masses:
Paddy 0’Neill, 0’Growney Tce. Deceased members of Grace Family, Maudlin Rd.
Kennedy Family, Fyanstown. Mary and James McGowan, Drumbaragh.
Barbara Sheridan, Bective St. Michael Gogarty, Headfort Rd.
Tom Tormay, St. Colmcille Villas. Joseph Martin, Girley
Day for the Sick:
Knit-In in Community House on Wedns 14 March at 8.30. Please return cards before 14 March.
Want to shake off the Winter Blues? Come to Kells Bingo every Friday night at 8.45 in the St. Vincent de Paul Hall. £1200 in prizes. Your support is appreciated.
A Day of Prayer for Laity in Dowdstown House on March 20 directed by Rev Hugh Fagan CSSP. Arrive 10am, Lunch provided, depart 4.30. Cost £15. Details 21407.
My Child Wont Eat That’ by Dr. Anne Marie Tully, nutritionist and ‘Understanding Your Child’s Behavior’ by Dr. Vincent Moloney, Child Psychiatrist in St. Colmcille’s Boys’ School on Wedns 7 March at 8pm. All welcome.
TROCAIRE: Crisis in India.
‘Natural disasters are always a source of unexpected tragedy, to help and support these people at such a painful time is vital' (Justin Kilcullen of Trocaire).
Caritas International, of which Trocaire is a member, have drawn together a emergency response team from member agencies in Europe and North America to provide technical assistance and support in the coming weeks.
The total number of families to be provided with immediate relief assistance is 20,000 within the 3 dioceses of Gujarat. The most urgent care at the moment is for medical care for the injured and traumatised, food, blankets, warm clothing and temporary shelter.
Support your Trocaire Box weekly.
Drumbaragh Lotto – no winner. This week £6600
Kilmainham lotto – no winner. This week £3500.
Handball Lotto – no winner. This week £900
Round Towers Football Club: Street leagues starting Saturday 10 March in Gaelic Centre at 10.30am. All boys and girls 7/10 years welcome.
Kells Alps – next Tuesday Margaret Demo with Margaret Campbell.
Kells Swimming Pool - Ladies only 8 week course starting Tues. 6 March at 8.50pm. Booking at Pool Office 40551,
ICA – monthly meeting in Parish Hall Wedns at 8.30pm. Bring and Buy – proceeds to Indian Earthquake.
New members welcome.
11th March.No Baptisms today.
Sat 8pm – 1st Ann – Terry Muldoon, Headfort Rd.
Adoration Monday to Friday 8am – 8pm.
COLLECTIONS:
Offertory and missalettes £1545
Weekly envelopes Kells £965 Girley £45 We thank all who contribute weekly.
Confirmation:
Today Sunday March 11 at 3oc. People are asked to be seated at 2.50 and kindly do not park in the Churchyard.
Lent:
Masses Monday to Friday at 7.45, 8.30, 9.30 and 8pm. No Girley Mass on Friday evening.
St. Patrick’s Day
Saturday is St. Patrick’s Day, Patron Saint of Ireland. Holyday of Obligation.
Masses as on Sunday with Vigil Mass on Friday evening at 8pm
11oc Mass in Irish. Girley Mass 10oc.
Confessions on Friday for Holyday and Sunday 7-8pm.
Saturday: No Confessions. Saturday Vigil Mass for Sunday at 8pm.
Deanery Meeting of All Ministers, Readers etc (ask Fr. Shortall).
Day for the Sick:
Knit-In in Community House on Wedns 14 March at 8.30. Please return Cards before 14 March.
Recently Departed:
Joe Morris, Carrick St. Phyllis Hynes, Church St. Charlie Cannon, Westport
Masses for week:
Monday: 8pm – 3rd Ann – Jim Quigley, late Gardenrath and Birmingham.
Thursday:9.30 – 5th Ann – Patricia and Eugene Mallon, late Cookstown.
8pm – Month’s Memory – Esther Smith, Headfort Grove.
Friday: 8pm – 5th Ann – Nellie and Mattie Molloy, Archdeaconry.
Saturday: 8pm – 3rd Ann – Nora Donegan, St. Brigid’s Tce.
Anniversary Masses:
Peter Nelson, Kilmainham Nan King, Kilmainham. Mary Anne Black, Church Lane Lena Ward, Kilmainham
Patrick Dolan, St. Colmcille’s Villas. Vincent Geraghty, Kilmainham. Lena Ward, Kilmainham. Frank Fitzsimons, Suffolk St
Tom Gargan, Oakley Park. Conaty Family, 6 Fair Green. Christopher and Michael Rourke, Maudlin Rd.
James Sheridan, 0’Growney Tce. Pat McGrath, Charleville. Christina Lang, Johnstown, Kilskrye Vincent and Roseanne Duff, Canon St.
A Day of Prayer for Laity in Dowdstown House on March 20 directed by Rev Hugh Fagan CSSP. Arrive 10am, Lunch provided, depart 4.30. Cost £15. Details 21407.
Dalgan Lenten Talks in Dalgan Park, Navan 8pm each Thursday - March 15(Making a Mess of God’s Creation), March 22(Genetic Patents) and March 29(The Future of Farming). Details 21525.
Foster Carers Needed: If you enjoy children and feel you could offer a secure home to one child or two children from the same family please contact Meath Foster Care 046- 74770. Short term and long term carers needed.
Crumlin Hospital (St. John’s Children's Ward) – Meeting in 0’Shaughnessey’s on Wedns next 14 March at 9pm to organize a fundraising committee.
Mental Health – Visit to Trim Thurs 15 March. Bus from church car park at 6.30. All welcome.
Trocaire:
Did you know that Slavery still exists? There are at least 26 million slaves in the world today. Despite the fact that slavery is illegal, many governments are unwilling to enforce the law or to ensure that those who profit from slavery are punished. Trocaire supports local groups and organizations that are working to liberate people in slavery. They also offer a fresh start to people who have been enslaved and they campaign at an international level for an end to all forms of modern slavery.
Remember your weekly donation to the Trocaire Box.
Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association (Louth/Meath) thank all that supported recent collection. Total £951.
Lourdes Invalid Committee thanks all that collected and subscribed to recent collection.
Kilmainham Lotto – no winner. This week £3600.
Drumbaragh Lotto – no winner. This week £6700.
Gaelic Lotto – no winner. This week £1400.
Social for Injured Players Fund on St. Patrick’s Night.
Cemetery Draw
£100 –Nollaig Ward, Frances Ward
£100 –Seamus Donohoe, Thomas Donohoe
£30 –Gladys Mullen, Declan Mullen
£30 –David Farrelly, Delia Geraghty.
£20 –Dolores Clarke, Kay Quigley
£20 –Renee Collins, Anne Bell
£15 –Kieran Lynch, Seamus Grimes
£15 – Rachel 0’Rourke, Rosie Grant
£10 – Thomas Duffy, Margaret Duffy
£10 – Carl Browne, Alacoque Lynch
Promoters Prizes (£10) – Brian Curran, Mattie Smith, Gerard Lynch, Michael Butler.
Next Draw Wednesday 4 April.
Round Towers Meeting on March 14 has been cancelled. All training sessions of all age groups are also cancelled.
Handball Lotto - £900 – E. Farrelly. This week £300
Lost: Mobile Nokia 3210 (red cover) Ph 49896
Baptisms Sunday 3oc – prior notification to Parish Office. Sat 8pm – 3rd Ann – Nora Donegan, St. Brigid’s Tce.
Adoration:
Monday 10am-8pm. Tuesday to Friday 8am-8pm.
COLLECTIONS:
Offertory and missalettes £1345 weekly envelopes Kells £930 Girley £65
We thank all that contribute weekly.
Lent:
Masses Monday – Bank Holiday. Masses 10oc and 8pm.
Masses Tuesday to Friday 7.45, 8.30, 9.30 and 8pm.
Saturday 9oc, 10oc and 8pm.
Girley: Mass Friday 8pm.
Laity Committee:
Meeting Tuesday at 8.30 in Parochial House.
Next Cemetery Draw – Wedns 4 April
Summer Time:
Masses next Sunday by Summer Time. Clocks FORWARD 1 hour.
Thanks to the Kells Swimming Club for their generous contribution £934.90 to Security for the Elderly. This fund is used to provide security lighting and social monitoring alarms for the elderly in the area. The Swimming Club raised the money at their " 24 hour Sponsored Swim" a few weeks ago.
Day for the Sick and the Elderly.
Thanks to all those who sponsored the Knit-in, and thanks to all the knitters. Thanks also to all the companies and individuals who made contributions. In all £4,500 was raised. We will be having a Mass of Anointing and a dinner before Easter. We will also be having an outing during the summer. A special thanks to the committee who have worked so hard.
Masses for Week
Friday 8pm – 3rd Ann – John Woodman, Martry.
Saturday: 10oc – 3rd Ann – Tommie Grimes, Maudlin St (2)
8pm – 1st Ann – Mary Sheridan, Church View and 1st Ann - Pat Cheevers, Circular R (3)
Anniversary Masses:
Thomas Carpenter, Michael Dunne, Cross St. Jim, Sheila and Dermot Grimes, Church View.
Terence Dunne, Cookstown. Thomas Carpenter, Church View, Owen Farrelly, Granggodden.
John Donohoe, 0’Growney Tce. James, John and Jane Smith, Suffolk St.
Thomas and Mary Carberry, Pepperstown. Pat and Mary Griffin, Balrath Rd.
Readers for April:
Sat 8pm – Frank Weldon. Sun 8am – Paddy Rogers. 9.30 – Dermot Smyth
11oc - Martin Skelly. 1 2.15 – Brian 0’Neill
Special Ministers for April – Group 1.
Foster Carers Needed:
If you enjoy children and feel you could offer a secure home to one child or two children from the same family please contact Meath Foster Care 046- 74770. Short term and long term carers needed.
TROCAIRE:
Slavery is expanding today due to poverty. In 1850, an average agricultural slave in Alabama sold for $1000, around £40,000 in today’s money. A child in India can be sold into bondage for as little as £25 today. The most common form of modern slavery is bonded labour(or debt bondage). people become bonded labourers when they take are tricked into taking a loan for as little as £30 – the cost of medicine for a sick child. To repay the debt they are forced to work long hours, seven days a week, 365 days a year. They are now trapped and continue to be held in bondage long after the original debt has been repaid.
Support your Trocaire Box weekly.
Kells Athletic Club will resume training at the Athletic Track, Navan Rd on Sunday 25 March at 11am. New members welcome.
Drumbaragh Lotto – no winner. This week £6800.
Alps – Gillian Browne-0’Rourke demo on Make-up Tuesday.
Kilmainham Lotto no winner. This week £3700. Membership due.
Baptisms Sunday 3oc – prior notification to Parish Office.
Sat 8pm –1st Ann Mary Sheridan, Church View and 1st Ann, Pat Cheevers, Circular Rd.(3 Masses)
Summer Time: Masses today by Summer Time. Adoration Monday to Friday 8am – 8pm.
Lent:
Masses Monday to Friday at 7.45, 8.30, 9.30 and 8pm. Masses Saturday 9oc, 10oc and 8pm. Girley: Mass Friday 8pm.
COLLECTIONS
Offertory and missalettes £1456, weekly envelopes Kells £975, Girley £50.
We thank all that contribute weekly.
Recently Departed
Bridget McDonagh, Mountainpole. Mick Smith, Kilbeg.
Masses for Week
Monday: 8pm – 3rd Ann – Margaret and Patrick Geraghty, Galway.
Tuesday: 9.30 – Mass for John and Clare Rogers, St. Colmcille Villas.
Wedns: 8.30 – 5th Ann – Mary and Tomas McQuaid, Balrath Rd.
8pm – 1st Ann – James McMahon, Suffolk St
Friday: 8pm – Mass for deceased members of Carry Family, Spire View, Loyd. (2)
Saturday: 8pm – 1st Ann – May Newman, Kilmainham
Anniversary Masses
Robert Cole, Moynalty Rd. Owenie Cheevers, Circular Rd. Rose McCabe, Maudlin St.
John 0’Hara, Grangegodden. Jack Roche, Maudlin St. Tommy, Rose Anne and Michael Morris, Church Lane.
Bill Quinlan, Kilmainham. Anne and Patrick Farrelly, Maudlin St (3)
Mary and Thomas Hoey, Paddy Hoey, Rosaleen Smyth nee Hoey, Kilmainham.
Tom Healy, Kilmainham. Jimmy Butler, Kilmainham. William McLoughlin, St. Brigid’s Tce. Mary, James and Paddy Black, Columba Tce. John Reilly, late St. Colmcille Villas.
Cemetery Skip:
Disposal of refuse (skip and small bin) now costs the Cemetery Committee over £3000 per year. Two weeks ago a TV was dumped into the Skip. Last week a Photocopier and hedge trimmings were dumped into the Skip. We appeal to the public to be vigilant and to report any illegal use of the Skip to the Cemetery Committee, Gardai will be notified.
Readers for April
Sat 8pm – Frank Weldon. Sun 8am – Paddy Rogers. 9.30 – Dermot Smyth. 11oc - Martin Skelly. 12.15 – Brian 0’Neill.
Special Ministers for April – Group 1.
Collectors for 12.15 Mass for April – Michael Meegan, Cathal McEntee, Barney Rourke, Brian 0’Neill. -
Our Lady of Mercy Primary School: Registration forms for Junior Infants, beginning Sept 2001 are now available at the School Office. Completed forms to be returned before Wednesday 11 April.
Irish Girl Guides: Brownies and Guides opening for meeting Wed 28 March.
Trocaire
In some situations poor people are lured away from their villages in the hope of finding a better life only to find themselves tricked and enslaved. In Brazil whole families of landless farmers become enslaved in this way. In parts of Africa children as young as seven years are captured and trained to fight as soldiers. In these situations Trocaire is there working on your behalf to bring liberty and a fresh start to the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people.
Alps –Glass Painting Demo Tuesday.
Kells Athletic Club resume training at Navan Rd on Sunday 25 March at 11am.
Drumbaragh GFC – 1 winner £6800 – Seamus Grimes. This week £1000.
Drumbaragh Dinner Dance re-scheduled for 11 May.
Round Towers – Street Leagues starting Sat 24 March at 10.30pm in Gaelic Centre. Boys and Girls age 10-12 welcome. St Patrick’s Day Draw - £75 – Gerald Beggy, £50 – Benny Reddy, £25 – Gina Halpin. Thanks to all that supported the Draw.
Kilmainham Lotto – no winner. This £3800.
Gaeil Colmcille – Table Quiz at Gaelic Centre on Fri 30 March at 9pm (general knowledge and putting).
Lotto – no winner. This week £1600.
Drumbaragh Ladies Club; Meetings resume Mon. 26 March 8.15pm with Ross 0’Daly on Insurance and Finance.
Found: Watch and pair of glasses.