3 rd September 2017 Vol 27 No 41 Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Fr. Tom Little - 91-31559 Fr Tommy Dillon - 91-64882 Sr. Joan Pierse 91-42565 Emergency Priest on Duty 087 2588118 Thank You Askea Parish Community Centre Phone 91-42565 087 1269709 Collections last week: Development 1,610 Offertory 1,205 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 Bishop Denis extends a most grateful thank you to all who made the Family Picnic @ Punchestown such a success. It was wonderful to see so many families gathered and we look forward to preparing together for the World Meeting of Families 2018.
St Mary s Parish, Bennekerry Sunday 3 rd September 2017 Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Thank You Bishop Denis extends a most grateful thank you to all who made the Family Picnic @ Punchestown such a success. It was wonderful to see so many families gathered and we look forward to preparing together for the World Meeting of Families 2018.
St Mary s Parish, Bennekerry Fr Tom Little PP Ph 059 9131559. Fr Tommy Dillon PE 0599142565 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 Anniversaries 3 rd September 2017 Kathleen Brennan, 5 Kernanstown In Memoriam We ask the Lord to grant eternal rest to: Desmond Burke, Stockport, Manchester (Cousin of Ned Burke, Bennekerry) 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. Palatine GAA Club Lotto Results of draw 28 th August 2017 Numbers drawn 4, 7, 17 & 29. No Jackpot winner. Four lucky dips win 50 each Winner Promoter Jackie Ryan Jackie Deering Barry Gordan Denis & Trudy Shannon N Parle K Farrell Barry Gordan John Browne Seller s Prize: Kevin O Hagan. Next week s draw takes place in Palatine GAA Clubhouse on Monday 4 th September, 2017. Jackpot 6,200.
Kildare & Leighlin Weekly Lotto Results For Wed 16 th August 2017. Numbers drawn were 6, 13, 22 & 32. NO JACKPOT Winner. 10 Match 3s won 100 each. Askea/Bennekerry had 1 Match3s. Next week s Jackpot 20,000. Winner Promoter Liam Kelly 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. Vocation Views - Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 3 rd September 2017. What profit would a man show if he were to gain the whole world and ruin himself in the process. Are you being called to be a priest? Contact: Fr. Ruairi O Domhnaill vocations@kandle.ie, www.kandlepriest.com HOPE (D) World Suicide Awareness Event Kildare based charity HOPE (D) - Helping Other People Escape Depression will host a memorial service in the parish church Monasterevin on Sunday 10 th Sept at 8pm sharp. The service will include, Candle Lit Procession, reflective readings for loved ones passed. Light refreshments, concluding with release of balloons. Music provided by Monasterevin Gospel Choir, on the night. HOPE (D) wish to thank Fr Liam Merrigan PP for allowing this event. ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND. Grandparents National Annual Pilgrimage September 10th 2017, Knock Shrine 2.30p.m. Everybody welcome to honour & thank Grandparents alive & dead for all they have done for us down through the ages. Chief Celebrant Archbishop Eamon Martin - Ballina School Choir - Dana sings 'Our Lady of Knock. Bus leaves from outside St Leo s on the Dublin Road at 8am. Tickets 20 each. Concessions for children. On sale at Cathedral Parish Centre. Phone 9164087.
Kind and caring child minder needed to mind three school going children in their own home for 2 or 3 days a week. Must have own transport as school drops and pick ups are required. Brownshill / Bennekerry area. If interested please contact on 087 2023646. Carlow Active Retired: Holiday to Glenegal Hotel Killarney on the 16 th to 20th Oct deposit 50 now due. Contact Ellen on 087 6109723. Medjugorjie Pilgrimage (Carlow) Sept 20 th. Spiritual Director Fr.Michael Duffy O.F.M Cap.Enquires Noeleen Dunne. 9142670. Take up a creative hobby with Art Classes for adults: Starting Tuesday 19th September 7-9pm for ten weeks. Improvers and Beginners very welcome (no experience necessary). Contact Mary Cassidy, Artforms Studio, Tullow Road, Carlow on 086 824428)0 for further information and booking OPEN NIGHT - Carlow Photographic Society - Wednesday 6th September at 8pm Seven Oaks Hotel. Why not join our society to learn more about your camera and photography in a very sociable and enjoyable way. All types of cameras welcome. For more information: info@carlowphoto.ie www.carlowphoto.ie Experienced Childminder required to mind two young children 3 days a week in their own home which is in the Bennekerry area. Own transport needed to collect from creche & school. Meal preparation & light house work required. Please contact Valerie on 086 0797746. Line Dancing in Askea Parish Community Centre on Mondays from 7.45pm to 9.30pm and Thursdays from 11am to 12.30pm. Experienced Child Minder Available to mind children in her own home. Own transport available to bring children to school and collection them. References available. Contact 085 1512433.
Evening Art Classes for Children @ Brownshill Art Studio Wednesday and Thursday Evenings. Contact Jean @ 086 8686783 for details Brownshill Art Studio -The Paddocks, Brownshill Road, Carlow. visit www.muralmayhem.com Irish Grinds Irish grinds for Junior and Leaving certificate (H + O). Carlow town. Contact 087 3172992 or email gmnicheallaigh@gmail.com. Cleaner Required 087 8033817 Carlow Town. Two hours per week. French German Grinds available Carlow Town Advanced Oral Examiner. 083 0345487. Experienced Cleaner available part time. Has references. 085 2880633. Lady available for cleaning mornings only. 089 2169509. Legion of Mary Pilgrimage to Knock, Our Lady s Shrine, Co Mayo on Sunday 24 th September. Coach departs from Bus Depot, Barrack Street at 8am. Contact Kathleen 086 1577190 or Josie 0878324656. THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Faith When God solves your problems, you have faith in his abilities; when God doesn't solve your problems, he has faith in your abilities
CALENDAR Monday 4 th :-St Mac Nissi, Oengus Mac Nissi took his name from his mother Ches of Ness. It is claimed that Patrick baptised him and taught him the psalms. He chose the district of Connor for his hermitage, but later became bishp of his clan. He died early in the 6 th century. Friday 8 th :-Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saturday 9 th :-St Ciaran was born in Roscommon around 512. He came to Clonmacnois in January 545, where he founded a monastery which was to become one of the most renowned in Europe. He died at the age of 33 while the monastery was still been built. Bl. Frederick Ozanam, 1813-1853, was professor of Law at Lyon's and later professor of literature at the Sorbonne in Paris. As a student he formed a 'Conference of Charity' which became the Society of Vincent de Paul. The Irish National Grandparents Pilgrimage to Our Lady s Shirne in Knock on Sunday 10 th Sept. 2017 Pope Benedict XVI's Prayer for Grandparents Lord Jesus, you were born of the Virgin Mary the daughter of Saints Joachim and Anne. Look with love on grandparents the world over. Protect them! They are a source of enrichment for families, for the Church and for all of society. Support them! As they grow older, may they continue to be for their families strong pillars of Gospel faith, guardian of noble domestic ideals, living treasuries of sound religious traditions. Make them teachers of wisdom and courage, that they may pass on to future generations the fruits of their mature human and spiritual experience. Lord Jesus, help families and society to value the presence and roles of grandparents. May they never be ignored or excluded, but always encounter respect and love. Help them to live seirenely and to feel welcomed in all the years of life which you give them. Mary, Mother of all the living, keep grandparents constantly in your care, accompany them on their earthly pilgrimage, and by your prayers, grant that all families may one day be reunited in our heavenly homeland, where you await all humanity for the great embrace of life without end. Amen!
TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 17 Let them both grow till the harvest (Mt 13:24-43) When I was a youngster the neighbours complained that I was taking apples from their gardens. Others complained that I was knocking at doors of elderly and running away. I remembered my parents taking me to task. They were realistic about weeds in the human make-up. They didn t try to white-wash. They knew weeds grow with the good. They encouraged the good. Attacking the neighbours who complain is not always the best wisdom. Our Father cares for us and our world, so we are good indeed, precious in His eyes. Only children seem to have honesty of saying: I m good. It is true. I ve found that when writing references, people rarely want to say something positive about themselves. I m only an ordinary 17-year-old, said a beautiful girl with a warm personality. It is as if we let weeds, weakness, occupy too much attention. We prefer to say we re half-empty rather than say we re half-full. Striving towards good, makes us more human. And helping others in their journey of life is the best weed killer. Sunday Mass Stories and Prayers Liam Hickey