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.
Sat 8pm – 2nd Ann – Mick Sweeney, Headfort Place.
VOCATIONS SUNDAY:
Today May 6th is VOCATIONS SUNDAY.
We ask you to pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious life.
The decline in vocations is evident throughout every Diocese in Ireland. Fortunately the Meath Diocese has not been as hard hit as other Dioceses. This year two priests - Deacons Browne and Darby - will be ordained for the Diocese of Meath. Fr. Michael Whittaker is Vocations Director for the Diocese of Meath and he may be contacted at 0405 – 57021.
Maybe God is calling you as a priest?
The Offertory Collection at all Masses today in Kells and Girley will go towards the education of priests for the Diocese. Your generosity will be appreciated.
COLLECTIONS:
Offertory and missalettes £1487,Weekly envelopes Kells £ 850, Girley £50
We thank all that contribute weekly.
Monday - Bank Holiday: No 7.45 Mass. Morning Mass 10oc only.
Adoration: No Adoration Bank Holiday Monday.
Tuesday to Friday: 8am-8pm.
Laity Committee: Meeting Monday in Parochial House at 8.30pm.
Cemetery Draw:
Wedns 9 May in Parish Office. Promoters are asked to check in their cards on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Recently Departed;
John Healy, Irishtown.
Marie Maguire, late Ard na Greine and Oristown
Patrick Eamonn Thornton, Bective St
Masses for Week:
Tuesday: 9.30 – 1st Ann Nancy Warmsley (nee Maguire, Carrick St) died England.
Saturday: 9oc – 2nd Ann – Martha and Jim Clarke, Rockfield Rd.
10oc – 1st Ann – Patrick Maguire, St. Colmcille Villas.
8pm – 2nd Ann – Dessie Thornton, Maudlin Rd.
Anniversary Masses:
James Costello, Maudlin Rd. Jack Walsh, Kilmainham
Joe and Mena Arkins, Cross Carrick. Thomas Phillips, St. Colmcille Villas.
Kathleen and Philip Smith, Navan. Kathleen and William Farrell, Tullamore
Tommy Griffin, the Grove, Farrell St. John Tevlin. Headfort Place
Sam Black, Palmerstown and late Loyd.
Social and Presentation for Rev. John Conlon will be held in Headfort Arms Hotel this Wedns May 9. Dancing with Supper 9-1oc. Eddie Quinn and his Band. Tickets (£10) available from Laity Committee – Martin Flanagan, Anna Sweeney, Betty McDonnell, Niall Matthews, Kay Conaty, Marie Gibney, Cathal McEntee, Liz Smith, Margie 0’Neill, Winnie Madden, Sheila Madden, Mary Donlon, James Newman, John Maguire or from Parish Office.
Annual Dues: We thank the residents of Suffolk St, Farrell St and Newmarket St and Collector Deirdre Butler for their help and generosity.
Bus to Lough Derg Sunday 13 May. Booking contact 43698.
India Earthquake Appeal: Thanks to local ICA for £60 proceeds of Bring and Buy Sale.
Pantomime Re-union:
A meeting will be held in Headfort Arms Hotel on 14 May at 8pm to discuss the forthcoming re-union of Kells Old Pantomime and Musical Society Members. People who were involved in any way are welcome to attend.
Drumbaragh Lotto – no winner. This week £1600. Dinner Dance 11 May.
Kilmainham Lotto – no winner. This week £4400.
Coach to Knock – Sunday 10 June on occasion of relics of St. Therese. Ph 52336.
Kells Music Festival organized by Oristown Accordian Festival. Gala Prizewinners Concert, traditional and classical in the Headfort Arms on Sunday 6 May at 8pm. Adm. £7.50.
Chernobyl Children’s Project:
The Knights of St Columbanus have taken in groups of children from Chernobyl over the last 4 years and this year are taking 10 children and their interpreter starting 24 June for three weeks. Donations gratefully received by Brendan Heerey 41317, John Joe Farrell 40249, and Con Sullivan 40155 or any member of the Knights or at the Parish Office.
Headfort School:
Entrance Scholarship on Thursday 31 May 2001 at the School at 10am. Details from 40065.
Basic Course for Training in Horse Management suitable for all adults interested in having fun and learning to deal with a pony or horse. Details from Susanne Macken 40246 or 086-8143534.
Alps – Tuesday 8 May - Bus to An Grianan leaves Church car park at 9.30.
Found: Engagement Ring Headfort Grove area. Ph 087 6754990
Lost: Toyota Car Keys. Ph 42089.
Baptisms Sunday 3oc – prior notification to Parish Office.
Mass-Sat 8pm – 2nd Ann – Dessie Thornton, Maudlin Rd.
COLLECTIONS:
Vocations Sunday 6 May £2300,Trocaire £12100.
We thank all for the excellent response to both collections.
Adoration Monday to Friday 8am-8pm.
First Holy Communion – Sat May 26
Relics of St. Therese of Lisieux (the Little Flower) will visit Athboy Church on Thursday May 17th arriving 2pm and will leave Athboy for Mullingar Cathedral at 6pm, arriving Mullingar at 7pm and leave the Cathedral on Friday May 19 at 12noon for Longford. Car parking will be available on the outskirts of Athboy (10-15 minute walk to Church). To accommodate numbers there will be no seating available in the Church. There will be a limited area for wheelchairs but they will have to queue with the other pilgrims to gain access to the Church.. As the Reliquary must leave for Mullingar on time pilgrims must come early.
A bus from Moynalty and surrounding area will visit the relics of St. Therese in Athboy on Thurs 17th May. Details and booking to Julie Gargan 42077.
Recently Departed:
Tommy Dever, Cheltenham
Carmel Wogan, Tullyallen, Drogheda.
Masses for Week:
Thursday: 9.30 – Mass for Barney Yore, Cross-Carrick.
Friday: 9.30 – 2nd Ann - Patrick Gaffney, 16 Headfort Grove.
Saturday: 10oc – 2nd Ann – Agnes Maguire, Canon St.
8pm – 1st Ann – Gerry Kavanagh, Calliaghstown
Anniversary Masses:
Traynor Family, Church View. Patrick Kiernan, Circular Rd. Michael McGrane, Castle St. Harry Friary, Loyd.
Porick Rourke, Gardenrath. John and Julia Barrett, Kenlis Place (2)
Patrick Russell, Suffolk St John and Nancy Olohan, Cross St. James and Mary Casserly, Springville.
Mary Grimes, Church View. Paul Mulligan, Carrick St Cornelius and Maisie McCarthy, Balrath Rd.
Lough Derg;
1 Day Retreat on Tuesday 22 May. Bookings Marie Donoghue 42091.
Old Pantomime:
Old Pantomime and Musical Society Re-union: A meeting will be held in Headfort Arms Hotel on 14 May at 8pm to discuss the forthcoming re-union of Kells Old Pantomime and Musical Society. Members and people who were involved in any way are welcome to attend.
Annual Dues: We thank the residents and collectors for their help and generosity – Kenlis Place (Maureen Flood), Rockfield Rd (P.J. McCaffrey).
Alps – Thursday – Gardening. Coffee morning – thanks for all donations.
Coach to Knock – Sunday 10 June on occasion of relics of St. Therese. Ph 52336.
Kilmainham Ladies Club is running the Mini Marathon in Dublin on Monday 4 June in aid of Meath Sheltered Workshop (Kells Branch). Anyone interested in travelling on the bus may contact Kathleen Newman 40049 or 40434 or Geraldine Curran 40102
Kells Mental Health Association thank all that contributed so generously to recent collection which totalled £780.
Drumbaragh Lotto – no winner. This week £1700.
Kilmainham Lotto – no winner. This week £4500.
Drumbaragh Ladies Club: Mondays 8.15. This Monday – Talk on Tele -Communications.
Romanian Race Night – thanks to all that supported. Total raised £2500.
Alzheimer's Tea Day and Cake Sale: Organizers thank all who support recent Tea Day and Cake Sale in McAuley Centre. Total raised £956
Lost: Gold Band with single diamond last Sat. Ph 087 6293674
Lost: Gold Wedding Ring Sunday 6 May in Kells. Ph 40213.
Cemetery Draw
£100 –Kitty Carolan, Breda Carolan (promoter)
£100 –Bridie Reilly, Ann Reilly
£30 – Anthony Ward, Mick Ward
£30 – Tom Lynch, Ita Reilly
£20 – Peggy Murphy, Rose Yore
£20 – Mary Smith, Eileen Breslin
£15 – Ann Reilly, Ann Reilly
£15 – Karen Keane, Breda Carolan
£10 – Kay Murray, Susan Carry
£10 – Johnny Lynch, Alacoque Lynch
Promoters Prizes – Jimmy Black, Mary Carry, Ita Reilly, Teresa Thornton
Next Draw – Wedns 13 June.
Baptisms Sunday 3oc – prior notification to Parish Office.
Sat 8pm – 1st Ann – Gerry Kavanagh, Calliaghstown.
COLLECTIONS:
Offertory amd missalettes £1465, Weekly envelopes Kells £870, Girley £50.
We thank all that contribute weekly.
Adoration Monday to Friday 8am-8pm.
First Holy Communion :
This Saturday Sat May 26 at 11oc, Please note there will be no 10oc Mass on Saturday.
Lough Derg; 1 Day Retreat on Tuesday 22 May. Bookings Marie Donoghue 42091.
Dear Friends,
I would like to thank all those who extended their good wishes and prayers to me on my appointment to Cortown. Your kindness, generosity and good will, overwhelmed me. I would also like to thank the Laity Committee for organising the Social at which I was able to meet and thank so many people personally. I would also like to thank Fr. Shortall and Fr. Corrigan for their support and friendship, which I enjoyed in Kells for seventeen wonderful years.
Please be assured that you will remain in my thoughts and in my continued prayers.
Fr. John Conlon.
Recently Departed:
Evelyn Flynn, Carrick St.
Tommy Reilly, Oakley Park.
Sadie Sherry, Oristown
Bridget Woods, Navan and late Drewstown
Seamus Molloy, Headfort Grove.
Masses for Week:
Monday: 7.45 – Mass for Clare and John Rogers, St. Colmcille Villas.
Tuesday: 7.45 – 5th Ann – Valerie Reed, Dublin.
Wednesday 9.30 – Mass for Liz Murphy, London.
Saturday: 9oc – Mass for John Greene, Galway
10oc - No Mass. (First Holy Communion 11oc) 8pm– 3rd Ann – Kitty Cruise, Kenlis Place.
Anniversary Masses:
Rose Smyth, Cavan Rd (3). Liam and Colette Lynch, Willimstown
Mary Grimes, Church View. Michael Breslin, Cavan Rd.
Next Cemetery Draw – Wedns 13 June.
GIRLEY ANNUAL AUCTION:
The Girley Annual Auction will be held in Girley Hall on Sunday 3 June at 2pm. If you have any items for the Auction – furniture, books, toys, garden items, plants, that you would like to donate -– kindly contact 34186, 33172, 34135, 34118. We regret we cannot accept electrical goods.
Girley Hall – Partner Whist Sat 26 at 9pm.
Kilnacrott Abbey:
Visit of the Relics of St. Therese of Lisieux on Tuesday 22 May and Wedns 23 May. Tuesday 22nd May, reception ceremony at 2pm, 8pm Vigil Mass of St. Therese, Vigil will continue until 11.30 am Wedns. Wedns – 9.30 am Mass of Thanksgiving, Farewell Ceremony at 11.30am. For further information see detailed timetable of all ceremonies in Church porch.
Diocese of Meath Pilgrimage to Lourdes:
Wedns 12 – Monday 17 Sept 2001. Led by Dr. Michael Smith, Bishop of Meath. Total £425
Booking with GLA Pilgrimage Travel, 64 Middle Abbey St, Dublin 1. Ph 01 8731444
Readers for June:
Sat 8pm – Geraldine 0’Dea.
Sun 8am – David Smyth. 9.30 – Mary Flood
11oc - Valerie 0’Sullivan . 12.15 – Sile Campbell
Special Ministers for June – Group 3.
Annual Dues:
We thank the residents and collectors for their help and generosity:
Climber Hall (Mollie McGovern), Circular Rd, St. Brigid’s Tce (Kathleen Kiernan)
Diocesan Choir will sing at open air Mass at Loughcrew on July 1. Jane Lynch will welcome new members. Details in Church Porch.
Alps – Tuesday Carmel McWeeney - talk on going back to study.
Kells and District Horticultural Society: Outing to two private gardens in Greystones, Co.Wicklow on Wedns 30th May. Bus leaves at 10am.
Kells Musical and Dramatic Society: First Silver Circle Draw Tuesday 22nd May at 8pm in St. Vincent de Paul Hall at 8pm. Cards must be in by 7.30.
Drumbaragh GFC Lotto – no winner. This week £1700.
Kilmainham Lotto – no winner. This week £4600.
Fordrew Rovers FC – AGM Monday 21 May in Girley Hall at 8.30.
Kells Community Games: Athletics Wedns 30th May at 6pm in Athletic Field, Navan Rd. Swimming – Friday 1 June at 5.30pm in Swimming Pool. Thanks to all who contributed to our annual collection. £632. Details from Peter Rogan or Marion Morris.
Kells Parish News on the Internet:
Family and friends of parishioners living in other parts of the country or living abroad may be interested to know that they may access our Weekly Parish Bulletin on the Internet at www.kells.cjb.net
Baptisms Sunday 3oc – prior notification to Parish Office.
Sat 8pm – 3rd Ann – Kitty Cruise, Kenlis Place
COLLECTIONS:
Offertory and missalettes £1432, Weekly envelopes Kells £876 Girley £45.
We thank all that contribute weekly.
Adoration of Blessed Sacrament: Monday to Friday 8am-8pm.
First Friday Week:
No 9.30 Mass for the week. Evening Mass Monday to Friday 8pm.
Masses Saturday at 9oc, 10oc and 8pm.
Monday: Padre Pio Mass 8pm. Marian Movement after Mass in Convent. St. Joseph’s Young Priests Society in Parochial House 7.30.
Thursday: Confessions 7-8pm.
Friday; First of Month. Masses 7.45 and 8pm for names on List of Dead.
Girley First Friday: Exposition of Blessed Sacrament 10-8pm. Mass 8pm.
Next Cemetery Draw – Wedns June 13.
St. Colmcille’s Offering Day:
Next Sunday is an Offering Day. Our volunteers will distribute the WHITE envelopes to all the homes in the Parish. It is one of only six Offering Days when the collection is used to defray the housekeeping and living expenses of our priests. An ordinary envelope may also be used. We are most grateful to the kind people for their continued support.
GIRLEY AUCTION:
Sunday June 10 in Girley Hall at 2pm. Household goods, furniture, books, toys, garden items, plants. Donation of goods for the Auction would be greatly appreciated. Contact 34186, 33172, 34135, and 34118. We regret we cannot accept electrical goods.
Diocese of Meath Pilgrimage to Lourdes:
Wedns 12 – Monday 17 Sept 2001, Led by. Dr. Michael Smith, Bishop of Meath. Total £425
Booking with GLA Pilgrimage Travel, 64 Middle Abbey St, Dublin 1. Ph 01 8731444
Cemetery Notice:
Our caretaker is busy controlling the growth of grass. Unfortunately the overall appearance of the Cemetery is distorted by many graves which are growing wild. It is the policy of the Cemetery Committee to maintain graves where there are no surviving relatives but we are reluctant to intrude in other cases. We ask plotholders to give immediate attention to their plots. We also remind people that only organic material - grass, weeds, clay – should be deposited in the Skip. Other artificial material – plastic, wreaths, paper ribbon – should be deposited in the Bin provided.
Recently Departed:
Seamus Molloy, Headfort Grove
Martin MacAodh, Carraroe.
Helen Connolly, Mayo
Masses for Week:
Monday: 8pm – Month’s Memory – Maura Landers, Rockfield Rd.
Tuesday: 8pm – Month’s Memory – Evelyn Flynn, Carrick St.
Wedns: 8pm – 2nd Ann – Margaret Geraghty, Fair Green.
Thursday: 8pm – Month’s Memory – John Brady, Toomevarra, Tipperary
Saturday: 10oc – Month’s Memory – Eamon Thornton, Bective St.
8pm – Month’s Memory – Patricia Muldoon, late Farrell St.
Anniversary Masses:
Deceased members of Flanagan Family, Climber Hall.Thomas and Teresa Cole, Moynalty Rd. Annie Connell, Kilskyre
Gerry Dolan, St. Colmcille Villas. John Newman, Kilmainham.
Phillips Family, Lord Edward St. Michael Carry, Lord Ed St. Philip Butler and Phil Butler, Rockfield Rd.
Terry Smith, Drumbaragh. Paddy Reilly, Maudlin Rd
Readers for June:
Sat 8pm – Geraldine 0’Dea
Sun 8am – David Smyth. 9.30 – Mary Flood
11oc - Valerie 0’Sullivan. 12.15 – Sile Campbell
Special Ministers for June – Group 3.
Annual Dues: We thank the residents and collectors for their help and generosity: Elm Grove, Maple Drive (Elizabeth Smyth), Maudlin Rd (Teresa Callaghan).
St. Colmcille’s Boys School: Sports Day 18 June. All parents welcome.
Drumbaragh Ladies Club: Monday May 28 at 8.15 – Guest speaker will attend. Monday June 4 – Mini Marathon for Meath Hospice.
Kilmainham Lotto – no winner. This week £4700.
Bellinter House:
Annual Christian-Jewish Bible Course June 8-10. Course will dwell on ‘community’ £43 per day. Also 1 day Christian-Jewish Bible Seminar – ‘The Parish/Diocese as Community’ on Monday 11 June. £40 inc.dinner. Details from 21241.
Chernobyl Children Appeal:
The Knights of St. Columbanus thank all those who supported the recent appeal. The children will arrive in Kells on June 25th.