Fr. Tom Little - 91-31559 Fr Tommy Dillon - 91-64882 Sr. Joan Pierse 91-42565 Emergency Priest on Duty 087 2588118 Askea Parish Community Centre Phone 91-42565 087 1269709 4 th March 2018 Vol 28 No 14 Third Sunday of Lent 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 World Meeting of Families 2018 Thank you for your support of last weekend's parish collection for WMOF2018.
St Mary s Parish, Bennekerry Sunday 4 th March 2018 Third Sunday of Lent World Meeting of Families 2018 Thank you for your support of last weekend's parish collection for WMOF2018.
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 4 th March 2018 Elizabeth and John Hutton, 10 Kernanstown Edward Bolger, Kernanstown Thomas and Bridget Hade, Palatine Molly Fitzharris, Rutland Palatine GAA Club Lotto Results Monday 26 th February 2018. Numbers Drawn 5, 17, 24 & 28. Four Lucky Dips 50 each. Winner Promoter Ann McAuliffe Noel Rea Tom Hickey Tom Hickey Michelle Bible Yvonne Bermingham Gary and Wesley Dunne Valerie Tracey Seller s Prize 70 John Fitzpatrick. Next Draw Monday 5 th March 2018. Jackpot 5,200.
In Memoriam We ask the Lord to grant eternal rest to: Noel Walsh, Duckett s Grove Edward (Ned) Coogan, Blackbog Road, Quinagh, 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. Kildare & Leighlin Weekly Lotto Results For Wed 28 th February 2018. Numbers drawn were 9, 17, 23 and 26. NO JACKPOT Winner. 22 Match 3s won 46 each. Askea/Bennekerry had 3 Match3s. Next week s Jackpot 19,000. Winner Promoter Lily Leigh Rose Coakley Kathleen Moran Michael Shannon Marie and Jimmy Nolan Betty Hayden 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. ALL SAINTS, AGHADE Rescheduled to Sunday, 18th March, 2018. 7 pm AN ECUMENICAL LENTEN SERVICE OF THE WORD IN PREPARATION FOR HOLY WEEK AND EASTER. *All Welcome*For Details Contact: The Rev. Dr. Lester Scott, Tel. 059 9159367. (Aghade Church is just outside Ardattin on the way to Ballon village). St Laurence O Toole AC annual 5k ( 10) & 10k ( 15) run takes place Sunday 11 th March @ 11 am. Register online at www.popupraces.ie or on the day in the Clubhouse. There will also be a kids fun run starting @ 10.30, entry is 2 register on the day.
Marian Movement of Prayers for Priests takes place in St Fiaccs House Graiguecullen on Tuesday 6th March at 7 30pm. Mass, Rosary and Benediction. All Welcome POP-UP-SHOP. The Vincent de Paul volunteers are organising a 3 day POP-UP-SHOP in the unit beside Paul White's chemist Shop Tullow street starting at 10am on Tuesday March 6th. Lots of bargain every day. Clothes,shoes,bags,toys bric-a-brac,furniture dvd's, cd's, buggies and pictures all at great prices. See you there on Tuesday March 6th. ELEGANCE RANGE. The Vincent de Paul Shop Tu,llow Street "Elegance range" will be available in store from Tuesday March 13th. Lots of great bargains with clothes by Daisy May, Michel Amber, Paul Costelloe, Nissa and many more. Bags by DKNY, Guess,Cath Kidston, Gionni and Fiorelli etc. Shoes by Clarks, Rebecca Sanvar, Brooke, Milly etc. Put the dates in your diary and pick up some fabulous clothes and lots more at really great prices. See you there on Tuesday March 13th at 10am. Rally To Save The 8th @ 2pm Parnell Square Dublin Saturday March 10th. Bus travelling from GB Shaw Visual Car Park at 11.30am. Cost 5 return. Booking at Carlow Cathedral Parish Centre Phone 059 9164087. ÉIRE ÓG LOTTO WINNING NO s Feb 26 th 3 7 10 24.. No Jackpot Winner..4 x Match 3 winner received 40 each...next week s Match 3 win or share 150 Tickets may be purchased from the Club. Bingo every Thur night @ 8.30. Live music every Saturday night with no cover charge. NEXT WEEKS JACKPOT 7,850. Draw takes place every Monday in Teach Asca at 8.30pm. Juvenile Training resumes on Saturday morning March 3 rd @ 11am. Excellent qualified trainers and excellent facilities available. Please note all our coaches are Garda vetted, have completed the child safeguarding course and have attained a Foundation or Level 1 coaching qualification.
Askea Senior Citizens Group Easter Party on Sunday 18 th March in Seven Oaks Hote from 2pm to 6.30pm. Bingo, music, dancing and tea. Names and money to be in by 10 th March. February Night Out 7 th March in Askea Parish Community Centre from 7pm to 10pm. Postponed due to weather conditions. Bingo, music and cuppa. Bus available to collect and bring people home. May Holiday Sunday 13 th May to Thursday 17 th May to Castle Hotel in Macroom. 5 days / 4 nights. Bookings have already started and places are filling up quickly. Contact Marian at 059 91 43010. Membership due by end of March. Carlow College of Music 6th Music Festival will take place on Saturday 10th March in St. Mary's Academy CBS from 9.30am to 7.15pm. Come and see Carlow's finest young musicians from under 8 to over 18. All are welcome. See Carlow College of Music Facebook for more details. Anyone interested in Further Education courses? Carlow Institute of Further Education and Training is holding its Information Morning in The Woodford Dolmen Hotel on Friday March 9th from 10am to 1pm. All are welcome. Visit our website at www.carlowifet.ie Asca GFC Dinner Dance and Medal Presentation on Friday 9 th March in the Tower, Dinn Rí. Music by The B Sharps. Tickets available on 085 8265609, 086 2168054 or 085 8444837. Carlow Lawn Tennis Club Fashion Show has been postponed until Thursday 15 th March, 2018. Celebrate International Women s Day A discussion panel of Carlow Women, sharing ways they nurture their mental health. Thurs 8 th March 7.30pm in Seven Oaks Hotel. Contact Jo 087 6689953. Free event.
CALENDAR Monday 5 th : St Kieran of Saigir was born in Cape Clear, Co.Cork. He is numbered among the pre-patrician saints of Ireland. He went to the Continent, where he was baptised and later ordained priest and bishop. He returned to his father s territory, Ossory, and seems to have lived as a hermit. Disciples soon joined him and Saigir became a wellknown monastery. Wednesday 7 th :-Sts Perpetua and Felicity Perpetua a young upper class married woman and Felicity, a slave girl were martyred in Carthage in 203. Thursday 8 th :-St Senan was born near Kilrush, Co. Clare. His family were prosperous farmers. His vocation seems to have resulted from an experience of danger from the sea. His early studies were mainly made at the monastery of Kilnamanagh. His principal monastic foundation was on Scattery Island, near Kilrush, in the Shannon Estuary. He was anamchara to Ciaran of Clonmacnois and Brendan. He died in 544. St John of God, 1495-1550. He is patron saint of nurses, the sick, heart patients, printers, and booksellers. Friday 9 th :-St Frances of Rome, d 1440 lived a happily married life in Rome where she was especially concerned for the poor. THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Renew you inner energy and refresh your soul by simply taking a few moments each day to reflect upon the beauty and perfection of God s creation.
Faith is a Mighty Fortress We look ahead through each changing year With mixed emotions of hope and fear Hope for the peace we long have sought, Fear that our hopes will come to naught. Unwilling to trust in the Father s will, We count on our logic and shallow skill, And in our arrogance and pride, We are no longer satisfied To place our confidence and love With childlike faith in God above. And tiny hands and tousled heads That kneel in prayer by little beds Are closer to the dear Lord s heart And of his kingdom more a part Than we who search and never find The answers to our questioning minds For faith in things we cannot see Requires a child s simplicity. Oh, Heavenly Father, grant again A simple, childlike faith to men, Forgetting color, race, and creed And seeing only the heart s deep need. For faith alone can save man s soul And lead him to a higher goal, For there s but one unfailing course We win by faith and not by force. Helen Steiner Rice
THE WINDS OF FATE One ship drives east and another drives west With the self-same winds that blow; 'Tis the set of the sails And not the gales That tells them the way to go. Like the winds of the sea are the winds of fate As we voyage along through life; Tis the set of the soul That decides its goal And not the calm or the strife. Ella wheeler Wilcox Truth Truth is justice s handmaid, Freedom is its child, Peace is its companion, Safety walks in its steps, Victory follows in its train. It is the brightest emanation from the Gospel; It is the attribute of God. Sydney Smith
Mass times for the season of Lent In addition to the weekday morning Mass at 9.30am in Askea Church, an Evening Mass will be celebrated from Monday to Friday at 7pm. Other Services in Askea are: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on Wednesdays from 10am to 7pm. Novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Tuesdays after the 9.30am Mass. The Stations of the Cross will be recited before the 9.30am Mass on Tuesdays and Thursdays during Lent starting at 9.05am. The Rosary will be recited before the 9.30am Mass on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during Lent and before the 9.30am Mass on every weekday outside the season of Lent. Kildare & Leighlin Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2018 Led by the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin Most Reverend Denis Nulty. 16 th to 21 st July 2018. Cost 739 to include Air travel Dublin Lourdes return; transfer from Lourdes airport to hotel; full board and accommodation in Lourdes; airport taxes, charges and government levies; fully comprehensive insurance; pilgrimage badge. Bookings can be made through Joe Walsh Tours Office 01 2410802 or Askea Parish Centre. Payment can be made on a phased basis through the Parish Centre. Please contact 059 91 42565 for further details.