10 th May 2015 Vol 25 No 25 Sixth Sunday of Easter Fr. Tom Little - 91-31559 Fr Sean Hyland - 91-31212 Fr Alex Kowchatt - 91-42565 Sr. Joan Pierse 91-42565 ASKEA PARISH COLLECTIONS Development 1,526 Offertory 1,618 Emergency Priest on Duty 087 2588118 Askea Parish Community Centre Phone 91-42565 087 1269709 Mass Times: Askea 9.30am Mon-Fri; Sat 7pm; Sun 9am, 10.30am & 12 Noon. Bennekerry Sun 11.30am; Tinryland Tues 9.30am & Sunday 10am ************ Deadline for items for Newsletter is 5pm on Wednesday by phone to 9142565 or email to office@askeaparish.ie Website: www.askeaparish.ie The Dandelion The dandelion disks of gold Like mimic suns the greensward dot, In woods beyond the meadow-lot The violet's shy blue eyes unfold. Bid blithe farewell to winter's cold And troop to field from hall or cot The dandelions disks of gold Like mimic suns the greensward dot. I'm jealous, sweet, lest you should hold The primrose dearer!--ah, be not In English primrose time forgot Our own gold-daisy, brave and bold, The dandelion--whose disks of gold Like mimic suns the greensward dot! Alice Williams Brotherton
St Mary s Parish, Bennekerry Sixth Sunday of Easter 10 th May 2015 A Parent s Blessing When you were born Our hearts were so full of happiness That there was no room in us For words. When you were growing Our hearts were so full of care for you That we spoke soothingly And sometimes sharply, Fearful for your safety, But always In the deepest places of our hearts We spoke lovingly. Today, As we watch you Moving forward with your friends We marvel at all you have done And become. Our spirits sing praise to God For the gift that is you. And, though our hearts Have stretched to love others, Yet, there is a place within us That is yours, and only yours Always. For the light you have shone on us, For the life you have called us to, For the special gift of God You are now, and will ever be, Thank you. Christy Kenneally
St Mary s Parish, Bennekerry Fr Tom Little PP Phone 059 9131559. Fr Seán Hyland CC 059 9131212. Newsletter Items 059 9143881. Deadline for News items: - 9pm Wednesdays Emergency Number for the Priest on Duty 087 2588118. Parish Office 059 9142565 087 1269709. Website: www.askeaparish.ie; email: office@askeaparish.ie Sunday 10 th May 2015 at 11.30am Anniversaries Nora Lawler, Bennekerry Month s Mind Paschal Hennessy, Pasmar, Brownshill Ave PALATINE G.F.C Lotto Results: 05/05/ 15 Numbers:--05, 17, 19, & 31. No Jackpot Winner 4 LUCKY DIPS 50 each Winner Seller Shane Fitzharris Tommy Fitzharris Michael Cassidy Mary Moore John Kelly Bennekerry Pat Carroll Alice O'Hagan Kevin O'Hagan Promoter s Prize John Fitzpatrick Next Draw on Monday 11 th May 2015 in Palatine Clubhouse at 10:00pm tickets 2 each. Jackpot 7,400 Note : Match 3s is replaced with 4 Lucky Dips - each of 50
Kildare & Leighlin Weekly Lotto Results For Wed 6 th May 2015. Numbers drawn were 2, 4, 26 & 32. NO Jackpot winner. 6 Match 3s receive 167 each. Askea / Bennekerry had 1 Match 3. Next week s Jackpot 11,000. Winner Promoter John Lysaght Margaret Kelly Tickets 2 each available from Askea Parish Centre. Please note the draw takes place on Wed at 4.30pm in Portlaoise. Tickets must be returned by 5pm each Tuesday to Askea Parish Centre. In Memoriam We ask the Lord to grant eternal rest to: Philomena (Phil) Kehoe, (née Dunphy), 20 Askea Lawns Allie Donnelly (née Mernagh), 24 Castle Street Patricia (Pat) Dunphy (née McQuaid), 85 Laburnum Drive, Rathnapish Patrick (Pat) McGlynn, Greenhills and we offer our sympathy and the support of our prayers to all who have suffered the loss of a loved one at this time. AREA 11 BENNEKERRY/TINRYLAND COMMUNITY GAMES Area 11 Bennekerry/Tinryland Community Games Athletics Area Finals are been held on Thursday 14th May 2015 in Palatine GAA Pitch starting time 6.30pm. Competition is open to participants from age of 5yrs Enrolments for 2015-2016 Holy Family GNS & BNS Askea Enrolments are now being taken for September 2015. Please contact school secretaries for further details: Holy Family Girls National School, Askea: 059 9142343 Holy Family Boys National School Askea: 059 9142772 4
ÉIRE ÓG Lotto. 4 th May 7, 10, 12 & 27. No Jackpot Winner. 3 x Match 3s received 150 each. NEXT WEEK S JACKPOT 11,900 Draw takes place every Monday night in Teach Asca at 9.00pm National day of Prayer: Wed May 13 th (feast day of our Lady of Fatima) is a national day of prayer for the protection of the sacrament of marriage. If people could please do the following, as far as is possible for them, attend Mass, say the rosary, do an hour of adoration and fast between 9am to 6pm. Also Divine Mercy Novena (in your own prayer-time) begins Thursday May 14 th to Friday may 22 nd, feast day of St Rita (patron saint of the impossible), for same intention. IT Carlow Summer Activity Camps 2015. Multi Activity Camps for boys & girls aged 7-12years. July 13 th -17 th & July 20 th 24 th, 10-2.30pm daily in IT Carlow, Barrow Centre. Cost: 60 per child, 50 for 2 nd & subsequent children Carlow Regional Youth Services Summer Camps. Mon 6th July to Fri 10th in Askea Boys School, Gaelscoil and St Fiaccs School for 5-9 year olds, and in CBS for 10-12 year olds. Registration Tues 13 th May in Vault, Burrin Street 6.30-7.30pm Presentation College, Carlow Parents Council are holding a fun filled quiz night on Thurs 21st May at 8pm in the school library. Student/Child is 5, adults are 10. Teams of 4. Spot prizes also. Carlow Active Retirement meeting in Cathedral Parish Centre on Wed May 13 th at 2,30pm. New members always welcome. Carlow Tidy Towns May meeting Tues 12 th May at 8pm in the Pembroke Room, Seven Oaks. All residents of Carlow welcome. Holy Cross Sunday 31 st May. Details of Coach from Vera 059 9727313 or Brendan 059 9132392. 5
An Post Rás 2015, Ireland s International bike race will have a stage finish on Barrack Street on Sun May 17 th at approx 3.30pm. Route includes Hacketstown, Clonegal, Ballon and Carlow. Traffic restrictions will apply. The charity cycle Race the Rás will precede the actual race. Fibromyalgia Support Group Carlow are having a purple balloon release at The Pier, Carlow Town Park, Graiguecullen at 10.30a.m on Tuesday 12th May to celebrate International Fibromyalgia Awareness Day. All are welcome to attend. Go For Life Games training sessions in St. Laurence O Tooles Athletics Club, beginning on Mon 11 th May from 11am 12 noon. Contact Sandra in Co Cw Sports Partnership 059 9136206. SUMMER FUN AS GAEILGE : Summer Camps through Irish from 13-17 July for 7-10 year olds in Gaelscoil Cheatharlach, Junior Camp for 4-6 year olds in Naíonra Room, Graiguecullen Swimming Complex. Fee is 40. Details from Glór Cheatharlach on 087 2857048, 059 9158105 or email eolas@glorcheatharlach.ie. NAÍONRA PRESCHOOL: Enrolment for September 2014 is underway in the Naíonra preschool through Irish. The Naíonra is based in Graiguecullen swimming complex and some places under the ECCE Free Preschool Year Scheme are available as well as a number of fee paying places for younger children. Full details from Lorraine on 085 7377041 or Glór Cheatharlach on 087 2857048. Padre Pio Mitten will be on display in Askea Parish Community Centre on Thursday 14 th May from 2pm to 5pm. Córmíosa Summer Choral Concert with guest Soprano Sorcha Fenlon in St Mary s Church, Haymarket on Sun 17 th May at 7.30pm. Tickets 10/ 8 on the door or from Michelle 086 8168234. 6
CALENDAR Tuesday 12 th :-Sts Nereus and Achilleus died in 304 under Diocletion as Roman soldiers who on conversion refused further military service. St Pancras as a boy of 14 suffered at the same time. Wednesday 13 th :-Our Lady of Fatima Thursday 14 th :-St Matthias like all the apostles was chosen to become a witness with us of Christ s Resurrection. The story of his election as one of the Apostles is given in the 1 st Reading. He seemed to have spent a great deal of time working in Judea, then he travelled East to Cappadocia (now Turkey) there it is said that he was the vital instrument in bringing many pagans to the faith. He is said to have been martyred at Calchis on the Black Sea and his relics brought to Rome by St Helena. Friday 15 th :-St Carthage (or Mochuta) hailed from a rich family in Kerry. As he loved the chanting of the psalms the local king arranged for him to become a priest. Having spent a year probably at Bangor he founded his own monastery at Rahan in 595. It grew rapidly. But opposition made him move to Scotland around 637. He with hundreds of monks and their patients from the leper colony finally arrived at Lismore, where he made a foundation. He died in 638. Saturday 16 th :- St Brendan was a Kerry man who was born in 486. He studied at Clonard under Finnian. His name is connected with many places in Kerry such as Ardfert and Mount Brandon. He united Scotland and reached the Hebrides and possibly beyond. He founded a monastery in Clonfert in 568 and died there in 578. 7
"Your Sacred Self" In a mother s womb were two babies. One asked the other: Do you believe in life after delivery? The other replied, Why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what we will be later. Nonsense said the first. There is no life after delivery. What kind of life would that be? The second said, I don t know, but there will be more light than here. Maybe we will walk with our legs and eat from our mouths. Maybe we will have other senses that we can t understand now. The first replied, That is absurd. Walking is impossible. And eating with our mouths? Ridiculous! The umbilical cord supplies nutrition and everything we need. But the umbilical cord is so short. Life after delivery is to be logically excluded. The second insisted, Well I think there is something and maybe it s different than it is here. Maybe we won t need this physical cord anymore. The first replied, Nonsense. And moreover if there is life, then why has no one has ever come back from there? Delivery is the end of life, and in the after-delivery there is nothing but darkness and silence and oblivion. It takes us nowhere. Well, I don t know, said the second, but certainly we will meet Mother and she will take care of us. The first replied Mother? You actually believe in Mother? That s laughable. If Mother exists then where is She now? The second said, She is all around us. We are surrounded by her. We are of Her. It is in Her that we live. Without Her this world would not and could not exist. Said the first: Well I don t see Her, so it is only logical that She doesn t exist. To which the second replied, Sometimes, when you re in silence and you focus and listen, you can perceive Her presence, and you can hear Her loving voice, calling down from above. Dr. Wayne 8
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