Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Mission Sunday, 18th October 2009

Out of Reach
Three priests sat discussing the best positions for prayer while a telephone repairman worked nearby. ‘Kneeling is definitely best,’ claimed one. ‘No,’ said another, ‘I get the best results standing with my hands outstretched to heaven.’ ‘You’re both wrong,’ the third insisted. ‘The most effective prayer position is lying prostrate, face down on the floor.’ The repairman could contain himself no longer. ‘Hey, fellas,’ he shouted, ‘the best prayin’ I ever did was hanging upside down from a telephone pole.’
Not the first position you’d think of for prayers, but definitely one that works. Today’s Gospel reading (Mark 10:42-45) describes another that works: that of servant. Not for prayer this time, but for mission. It makes the startling claim that the more we serve – even to becoming a slave of all – the more we advance as followers of Jesus, the closer we get to him in other words.
We don’t follow him just for our own sakes. Being with him means taking on his mission: bringing people back to God. Jesus did this by his witness and proclamation, by what he did and said. So, too, must we because baptism makes us missionaries, confirmation primes us to begin, God’s word fires us to set out and reach out to others.
Today we celebrate Mission Sunday, whose theme this year is ‘Reach Out’. So let’s do just that. We can reach out wherever we are to whomever we wish. And the wonder is that by reaching out we come to see that no one is out of reach.
Fr. Tom Cahill SVD

Reach Out - They Did!
Please pray for the safety and release of Fr. Michael Sinnott of Wexford who was kidnapped in the Philippines last weekend and Sharon Commins of Dublin and Hilda Kawuki of Uganda who were kidnapped last July while working as Goal aid workers in the Sudan. They went the extra mile in reaching out to those in need. Let’s join with their families and friends in praying for their release.

Mission Sunday
Today is Mission Sunday - the annual day on which we reflect on and pray about our mission as Christians. Today we are called upon to play our role in assisting the missionary activity of the Church. We are given the opportunity to share in the experience of our brothers and sisters who carry on the missionary task today as they Reach Out, often in difficult and dangerous circumstances.
Our spiritual and material offerings are crucial for the continued work of missionaries throughout the world. The total raised in today’s collection will be sent in its entirety to support mission projects worldwide. Please give what you can, every gift - no matter how small - makes a difference.

Altar Server Recruits
This is the last week in which young people interested in becoming altar servers may apply. These young people provide a valuable assistance at weekend Masses as well as at funerals and other occasions.
Boys and girls from fourth class up can become servers. All that’s required is an interest in the Mass and a willingness to commit for at least one year. Application forms are available in the sacristies. These must be signed by parents/guardians and returned to the sacristy as soon as possible. A new rota will be published within a few weeks.

Kilkenny Youth Retreat
Youth 2000 will host a youth retreat in St. Kieran’s College from next Friday, 23rd to Sunday, 25th October. All young people aged 16 - 35 are very welcome. Under 18s must have completed parental consent forms available from website below.
The weekend will consist of a programme covering Youth Masses, talks, music, workshops, games etc. Residential - so please bring a sleeping bag! For more information contact James Mahon on 085 735 1210 or check out www.youth2000.ie
Members of Youth 2000 will address the congregations at some of our Masses this weekend.

Time for a Cuppa?
You are welcome to our Parish Centre at 11.00am on Tuesdays for a chat with your neighbours and friends. Those who attend 10.30am Mass can access the Centre without going outdoors. If not, enter via the main door.

Questions People Ask
Q. Is there any particular reason why Saint Paul placed the name Christ before Jesus whereas we always say Jesus Christ?
Jesus was the personal name of the Saviour while Christ, meaning the Anointed One or Messiah, was the title later bestowed on him when people accepted him as the promised Messiah. When Paul began writing, some 25 years after the life of Jesus, the messianic title, Christ, was popularly used as his name. Coming to accept Jesus as the Christ was a major factor in the conversion of Paul. This may explain why he frequently place Christ before Jesus. For the record, his letters refer to Christ Jesus about 89 times, and to Jesus Christ about 80 times.
Fr. Silvester O’Flynn OFM Cap

Pray for Our Deceased Friends
Recently Deceased: Jimmy Bateman, Waterford Road. Nicola Conway, Kells. Lynda Armstrong, Lakeside. James Gillespie, James’s Green. Michael Condon, Fermoy. Nora Sweeney, Ballycallan. Hugh Henebry, 31 Stephen Street. Teresa Cooney, Golf Links Road.
Anniversaries: Judy O’Brien (Sat 6.15), Ned Nolan (Sat 7.00), Richard Kelly (Sun 9.30), Joseph Eardly (Sun 10.00), Gerard Moynihan (Sun 11.00), Tom Foley (Sun 12.00), Eithne O’Connor (Sun 12.30), Bridget Butler (Tues 10.30), Sr. Joan Reidy (Thurs 10.30), Doris Americas (Fri 9.30), Bernard McDonagh (Sat 9.30), Therese Brennan, Mary Brennan, Kitty Lucas, Julie Burke, Bill Cody, Gerard Cleere, Jack Cantwell, Mary Dunne, Jimmy O’Leary, May Wallace, Mary Millea, James Cantwell.
Intentions for next weekend: Nancy Coyne (Sat 6.15), Matthew Dwyer (Sat 7.00), Anthona Burke (Sun 10.30), Mary McCormack (Sun 12.00), John Casey (Month’s Mind Sun 12.30), Breda Hehir.

St Vincent De Paul Collection
To facilitate the annual Mission Sunday collection the monthly collection for the local conference of the St. Vincent De Paul will be taken up at all Masses next weekend.
St. Patrick’s Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul may be contacted at 087 681 0589.

Black Abbey Novena
In annual novena in honour of St. Martin De Porres at the Black Abbey runs from Monday, 26th October to Tuesday, 3rd November.
Weekdays: Rosary at 10.15am and 7.15pm; Mass at 10.30am and 7.30pm.
Saturday: Rosary at 10.15am and 5.50pm; Mass at 10.30am and 6.10pm.
Sunday: Mass with the Sacrament of the Sick at 3.30pm.

Gala Concert in Callan Church
There will be a Gala Concert in Callan Parish Church on this Thursday evening. The proceeds will be in aid of the St. Vincent de Paul Society and the Church Spire Renovation Fund. Local Tenor, Brendan Hackett, is the organiser. Artistes include the well known Unity Singers, the Sadlier Sisters, Waterford, Noelle Morrissey, Callan and a Trombone Quartet, Dublin and others.
It promises to be a great night - all for €10 at the door. All for a good cause. Please support.

Concert at St. Mary’s Cathedral
A concert in aid St. Vincent de Paul Society will take place on Sunday, 25th October at 7.30 pm in St. Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny. A lively night is assured as music will be provided by St. Patrick’s Brass and Reed Band, Kilkenny Gospel Choir and the Castlebar Concert Band and friends. Admission is free: donations if desired. All welcome.

Flower Club
Don't miss an exhibition of floral art by Kilkenny Flower Club in St. Lachtain's Church, Freshford on next Saturday, 24th and Sunday, 25th October from 10 am to 6 p.m.

Youth and Unemployment
A one day retreat will take place at Peace in Christ Retreat House, Sion Road, Kilkenny on Saturday, 14th November. The theme for the day is “Youth and Unemployment”. Contact Mary at 086 076 0500 or 051 885578 for further details.

Youth Choir
The Youth Choir provides the sacred music at the 12.30 Mass in St. Patrick’s Church on Sundays Singers and musicians are welcome. The choir practices before 12.30 Mass each week.

Pizza and Democracy
Kilkenny Youth Council are recruiting. This is for you if you are between 12 and 14 or between 15 and 18 years of age, want to represent young people in your area or want to campaign for something you are passionate about. Meeting at the Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel on Wednesday, 21st October from 7 to 9pm. One night only free special offer: pizza, games and a challenge to make changes in Kilkenny. Contact Jacinta on jhogan@ossoryyouth.com, 056 776 1200 or 087 887 6366 for further details.

“I have long considered it one of God’s greatest mercies that the future is hidden
from us. If it were not, life would surely be unbearable.” Eugene Forsey

While our immediate future may be hidden from us, the one future that clearly awaits us all is death. This should never frighten us. For the Christian, this death is the beginning of a new life in Christ. Each one of us tries to live our lives as best we can, knowing that when we make a mess of it God’s mercy and encouragement are there to support us.
During the month of November the Church remembers in her Masses and prayers all the faithful departed. It is a remembering not so much in mourning, but a remembering in hope. We remind ourselves that we are still linked by bonds of love with those who have gone before us and we ask God to grant them forgiveness for any faults they have committed in life. The priests of St. Patrick’s Parish will offer a number of Masses in November for all of the faithful departed. If you would like the names of your loved ones included in these Masses please place their names on one of the sheets at the back of the church and place it in the collection baskets.
May the Lord grant eternal rest to all who have died.

Loughboy Library News
Storytelling Caravan: will park outside Loughboy library on Wed. Oct 28th from 11am. Phone 7764176
Art Works: from the Good Shepherd Centre will be launched on Thurs Oct 22nd at 12 noon. Free exhibition space available for 2010.
Writers Circle: meets on Thursdays at 2pm. All writers welcome.
Literature Courses: poetry and prose will commence at Loughboy library next Wed and Thurs nights at 7.30pm. Bookings at www.artlinks.ie Fee €80.

King of the Castle
Please help your local parish and GAA Club by supporting the following events.

Table Quiz
As part of the campaign to elect Michael Costello King of the Castle a table quiz will be held at Springhill Court Hotel on Thursday, 29th October. Table of 4 is €40. Contact Tobias White at 086 308 4183.

A Decade of Hurling Glory
On Friday, 23rd October in Hotel Kilkenny an interesting insight into Kilkenny’s ‘Decade of Hurling Glory’ under the management of Brian Cody will be revealed. RTE personality Brian Carthy will host a questions and answers session with the heroes of the last decade. Appearing alongside Brian Cody will be Liam Griffin, Cyril Farrell and Tomas Mulcahy along with stars from Kilkenny’s previous glorious era. Musical interludes by Na Fianna. This promises to be a very interesting and informative evening’s entertainment for hurling fans across the country. Tickets at €20 or €240 for a table of 12 from Tadhg Donohoe (087 980 4783), Liam Tyrell (086 804 0670) or Mick Moore (086 804 0668). Limited numbers so booking is essential.

Gala Greyhound Night Winner
The winner of €1,000 in the Buster Draw at Kilkenny Greyhound Stadium on Friday evening was Catherine Hayden, Melville Heights.


Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Twenty Eight Sunday in Ordinary Time, 11th October 2009

Bargain Basement Wisdom
A wise man once wrote for his gravestone: ‘As I am now, you soon shall be, so be content to follow me.’ When he died a wiser one taped a note to it that read: ‘To follow you I’m mot content, until I know which way you went!’ Ah! That’s wisdom.
Wisdom is applying truth to the art of living. The truth comes free in the word of God but applying it comes at a price. Today’s Second Reading (Heb 4: 12-13) marks the price: having our soul and spirit, our joints and marrow separated by something sharper than any two edged-sword. Not everyone wants to endure that. The rich man in today’s Gospel reading (Mark 10:17) doesn’t want to, and he loses out. He abandons Jesus and departs poorer than when he came even though his wealth remains intact. Not only does he leave the poorer, he leaves grieving.
Instinctively he knows that there’s more to his life than wealth. Jesus’ word pierces him like a two-edged sword, but he’s unwilling to allow it to separate him from his wealth. He loses out. He knows it, yet still won’t change. He wants wisdom; is offered it, but thinks the price is to high. He wants a bargain-basement type that just doesn’t exist.
Change wealth to anything else we long for in the secret of our heart – anything that blocks our way to God. That’s the spot God’s words needs to hit, to separate us from it so that we come to possess wisdom because we’ve allowed God to possess us.
Fr. Tom Cahill SVS

Year for Priests
To mark the Year for Priests (June 2009 - June 2010), St. Patrick’s Parish Branch of the St. Joseph’s Young Priests Society has invited Fr. Eamonn Bourke, Director of Vocations for the Archdiocese of Dublin, to speak at a number of Masses this weekend. Fr. Eamonn, who is known for his work in promoting vocations, will speak at 6.15pm Mass on Saturday and the 11.00am and 12.30pm Masses on Sunday. We extend to Fr. Eamonn a warm welcome to St. Patrick’s Parish.

Feast of St. Canice
St. Canice, patron of our City, is usually commemorated on 11th October. However as this falls on a Sunday this year the saint’s feast is not formally celebrated.
St. Canice was born in Co. Derry in 515 or 516 and died in Aghaboe, Co. Laois in 600. His father was a distinguished bard from Waterford who found his way to the north and settled at Glengiven. His mother was called Maul; her name is commemorated in the Church of Thomplamaul in Kilkenny. (St. Maul’s Cemetery is adjacent to the former hospital at Wolf Tone Street, Kilkenny).
St. Canice studied under St. Finian at Clonard and was ordained in 545. He travelled to Rome and later to Scotland where his name is recalled in the ruins of a number of ancient churches. He established a great abbey at Aghaboe in Co. Laois (in our diocese) and tradition asserts that he founded a monastery in Kilkenny by the round tower and cathedral which bears his name. A man of great eloquence and learning he wrote a commentary on the Gospels, known for centuries as Glas-Channigh.

Pray for our Deceased Friends
Recently Deceased: Jack Power, Castleinch: Requiem Mass in St. Mary’s Cathedral at 1pm. Burial in Foulkstown Cemetery. Sr. Gregory Ryan, St. John of God Community. Patricia Taylor, Moneenroe. Luke Madden, Dublin & Kilkenny. Monica Higgins, Cork.
Months Mind: Sean O’Keeffe (Sat 7.00), Mary Kelly (Sun 12.30), Liam Mullen, St. Fiacre’s Place.
Anniversaries: Eddie Dean (Sat 6.15), Joanie Waters (Sun 11.00), Eoin McDonagh (Mon 9.30), Patrick Morris (Fri 9.30), John Frawley (Sat 9.30), William Maher, Bill Dalton, Michael Dalton, Josephine Kavanagh, Paul Grace, The Dullard Family, Martin Mulhall, Joe & Mary Hurley, John Bissett, Jim Bissett, Patrick Ryan, Margaret McNamara.
Intentions for next weekend: Judy O’Brien (Sat 6.15), Ned Nolan (Sat 7.00), Richard Kelly (Sun 9.30), Gerard Moynihan (Sun 11.00), Tom Foley (Sun 12.00), Eithne O’Connor (Sun 12.30).

Missing in Darfur
This Sunday, 11th October marks the 100th day of captivity for Sharon Commins (33) of Clontarf, Dublin, and Hilda Kawuki (42) of Uganda. The two women work for GOAL - an international humanitarian agency that receives support from various high-profile athletes. Commins and Kawuki were last seen in Darfur, where they were providing assistance to displaced populations. The Irish bishops have asked that we remember them in our prayers.

Hurling Semi-Finals
As a community we wish the James Stephen’s Senior Hurling Team all the best in this weekend’s County Senior Hurling semi-final against Erin's Own, Castlecomer. Frs. Dan and Liam, both ‘Comer men, are merely praying for a good game!

Time for a Cuppa?
You are welcome to our Parish Centre at 11.00am on Tuesdays for a chat with your neighbours and friends. Those who attend 10.30am Mass can access the Centre without going outdoors. If not, enter via the main door.

Divine Mercy
An hour of prayer in honour of Divine Mercy will be held in the Friary on Sunday, 11th October from 3pm - 4pm.

Youth and Unemployment
A one day retreat will take place at Peace in Christ Retreat House, Sion Road, Kilkenny on Saturday, 14th November. The theme for the day is “Youth and Unemployment”. Contact Mary at 086 076 0500 or 051 885578 for further details.

Second Hand Books Wanted
Second hand books in aid of KASMHA. Please telephone please or text 086 732 4554 for further details.

Church Gate Collection
The annual church Gate Collection for Ossory Social Services will take place this weekend.

October Stations
The October collection (October Stations) for the support of the priests of the parish and the bishop is due this month. Please use the yellow envelope in the contribution pack of envelopes many of you received earlier this year. We are grateful to all who support us and the parish and particularly so in these difficult economic times. If you haven't received parish envelopes this year, or you are new to the parish and would like to start contributing, then please contact the parish office with your details. Many thanks.

Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The St. Patrick’s Parish conference have a confidential phone number for those requesting help. The number is: 087 681 0589. Written requests may still be left at the Parish Office or any of the priests’ houses. Put your details in a sealed envelope clearly marked ‘St. Vincent de Paul’. All requests are treated with the strictest of confidence.

Black Abbey Novena
In annual novena in honour of St. Martin De Porres at the Black Abbey runs from Monday, 26th October to Tuesday, 3rd November.
Weekdays: Rosary at 10.15am and 7.15pm; Mass at 10.30am and 7.30pm.
Saturday: Rosary at 10.15am and 5.50pm; Mass at 10.30am and 6.10pm.
Sunday: Mass with the Sacrament of the Sick at 3.30pm.
Confession: Available daily during novena.
Preacher: Fr. John Littleton.
All welcome to this annual event.

Church Gate Collection
The annual church gate collection in aid of the Irish Heart Foundation will take place at all Masses on the 17th & 18th October.

Hearing Help & Lipreading Classes
Hearing Help and lipreading classes and support, at Deaf Hear Friary Street, Kilkenny. Next Monday from 10.30 am to 12.30. all welcome. phone 7763508.

“Be Still and know that I am God”
Christian meditation continues in Peace in Christ Retreat House, Sion Road every Wednesday at 4pm.

Mass for Loreto Past Pupils
Mass to mark the 400 anniversary of Loreto education will be celebrated at St. Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday, 11th October at 3pm.

Youth Choir
The Youth Choir returns to the 12.30 Mass in St. Patrick’s Church on Sunday, 11th October. Singers and musicians are welcome. The choir practices before the 12.30 Mass each week.

Pizza and Democracy
Kilkenny Youth Council are recruiting. This is for you if you are between 12 and 14 or between 15 and 18 years of age, want to represent young people in your area or want to campaign for something you are passionate about. Meeting at the Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel on Wednesday, 21st October from 7 to 9pm. One night only free special offer: pizza, games and a challenge to make changes in Kilkenny. Contact Jacinta on jhogan@ossoryyouth.com, 056 776 1200 or 087 887 6366 for further details.

Loughboy Library News
Print Sale and Display: Continues until 16th October. All prints are €10. Proceeds to the Susie Long Hospice Fund.
Basic Digital Photography Classes: Wednesday, 28th October at 11am for 8 weeks. Free.

King of the Castle
Fund-raising events in the King of the Castle campaign continue locally until the end of October. Please help your local parish and GAA Club by supporting the following events.

Fundraising Barbeque at The Sceilp
Come along on this Saturday evening. Good food and lots of craic.

We Urgently Need Your Help
We make an urgent appeal to parishioners to help sell tickets for the Buster Draw and Gala Greyhound Night at Kilkenny Track. This event will take place on next Friday, 16th October. Buster Draw is for €1,000. We would appreciate hearing from you if you could purchase/sell tickets on behalf of the parish. The Parish must sell 30 more tickets before Friday. Please contact the Parish Office (776 4400) if you can help.

Table Quiz
As part of the campaign to elect Michael Costello King of the Castle a table quiz will be held at Springhill Court Hotel on Thursday, 29th October. Table of 4 is €40. Contact Tobias White at 086 308 4183.

We appreciate the Trojan work and participation by parishioners to date. Fundraising is hard work in this time of recession. We appeal for one last effort in this joint campaign to ensure Michael Costello is elected King of the Castle. Our community will benefit greatly from the funds raised

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Twenty Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, 4th October 2009

Made in Heaven?
Here’s a piece of worldly wisdom: A man is incomplete until he’s married; then when he is, he’s finished? In other words: marriage makes or breaks. The Pharisees in today’s Gospel reading are aware of this too when they ask Jesus if it’s lawful for a man to divorce his wife. Note that it’s the legal aspect of marriage they focus on to test him – not a respectful attitude to Jesus or the Law. Law’s purpose is to guide, not to entrap. So, too, with God’s word.
Today it guides us to an understanding of marriage between a man and a woman as a relationship that lasts. This may be hard to take. So a few questions: if divorce is good for society then should it not be on call? Why limit it to just once or twice? If people who marry want the divorce option down the line should this not be expressed in the marriage ceremony? How could someone marrying, who wants divorce as an option, promise ‘to have and to hold for better or for worse until death do us part’? To be honest would they not have to declare: ‘to have and to hold for better but not for worse and until one of us decides to divorce’? But who would want to begin their life together saying that in public? Could love be so calculating? If it could, then perhaps a comment on marriage that the Reader’s Digest carried many years ago might still be true: marriage is an illusion and a snore?
Fr. Tom Cahill SVD

Youth Choir
The Youth Choir returns to the 12.30 Mass in St. Patrick’s Church on Sunday, 11th October. Anyone interested in singing or playing any instrument is welcome. The choir practices just before the 12.30 Mass each Sunday.

St. Joseph’s Young Priests Society
The Annual General Meeting of the St. Joseph’s Young Priests Society will take place after the 10.30am Mass in St. Patrick’s Parish Centre on Friday, 9th October.

Day for Life 2009
The Catholic Church in Ireland celebrates Day for Life 2009 on this Sunday, 4th October. The theme for this year’s Day for Life is suicide, building on 2008’s focus on mental health. On behalf of the Irish Bishops’ Conference, Bishop John Fleming, Bishop of Killala, launched the Day for Life Pastoral Letter You are Precious in my Sight (Isaiah 43:3).
Speaking on the occasion of the launch, Bishop Fleming said “You are precious in my sight is the theme for this year’s Day for Life – the day dedicated to raising awareness about the meaning and value of human life at every stage and in every condition. Day for Life 2009 focuses on suicide and in particular on the pastoral dimensions of this difficult and sensitive subject. It highlights why the Church believes that life is worth living and looks at some of the reasons why people may contemplate suicide. In particular, we reflect of the issue of mental illness, the stigma which tends to surround it and the resources which are available to those who suffer from it, as well the need for the promotion of positive mental health in our society.
Some copies of the Bishops’ Pastoral are available at the church doors. The Pastoral may be downloaded and further information obtained at www.catholicbishops.ie

Legion of Mary
The Rosary will be recited at the Grotto at Seville Lodge on the Callan Road each Sunday during October at 3pm.

Rosary
The monthly rosary on the First Sunday in James Green at the statue of Our Lady of Kilkenny continues this Sunday, 4th October at 3pm. All are welcome.

CBS Parents’ Council
The Annual General Meeting of CBS Parents’ Council will be held on Thursday, 8th October at 7.30pm at the school on James’s Street. Dr. Vincent Maloney, Child Psychiatrist, will give a talk on “Rearing Teenagers – 10 Golden Rules” at 8pm. All welcome.


"Be Still and know that I am God”
Christian meditation will resume in Peace in Christ Retreat House, Sion Road every Wednesday at 4pm from 7th October 2009.

Mass for Loreto Past Pupils
Mass to mark the 400 anniversary of Loreto education will be celebrated at St. Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday, 11th October at 3pm.

Is Chronic illness part of your life?
Are you a carer or do you have a health condition? Would a self-Management Programme help? Self management is about using simple skills to take control of the way you think and feel about your health condition/your caring situation and how you cope in everyday life. Six week courses will begin:
1) Tuesday, 3rd November: 10am to 12.30pm at the Citizens Information Centre, The Parade, Kilkenny
2) Saturday, 7th November: 10am to 12.30pm at the Irish Wheelchair Association, Claddagh Court, Kilkenny
For further information contact Anne Cody 087 902 8534 or check out www.ceartpatientwise.ie

Priesthood and Religious Life
The St. Patrick’s Parish branch of the St. Joseph’s Young Priests Society has invited Fr. Liam Burke, Director of Vocations in the Archdiocese of Dublin, to speak at a number of Masses next weekend. Fr. Burke, who is known for his work in promoting vocations, will speak at 6.15pm Mass on Saturday and 12.30pm Mass on Sunday. He may be available at other Masses.

Aware
An Aware Support Group for relatives of those affected by depression will take place on Wednesday, 7th Oct and the first Wednesday of every month in St. Mary’s Centre, Haughney Green, Kilkenny (behind Cineplex) at 8pm. The group allows relatives to be supported in a confidential and non judgemental atmosphere and all are welcome. If you need and further information you can contact the Southeast Office: 053 918 4525 or info@awaresoutheast.ie

Pray for the Deceased
Recently Deceased: John Casey, 4 Old School House, Patrick’s Street. Kevin Dowling, 43 St. Fiacre’s Place. Ann Kavanagh, Cypress Avenue.
Months Mind: Joan O’Connell (Sun 12.00)
Anniversaries: Eugene & Paddy Somers (Sat 6.15), Evelyn Coppinger (Sat 7.00), Frank English (Sun 10.00), Patsy Walsh (Sun 10.30), Anne Roche (Sun 11.00), Patrick O’Shea (Sun 12.30), Rose McDonagh (Mon 9.30), John & Mary O’Connell (Thurs 9.30), Tom O’Neill, Eileen Barry, Bridget McKenna, Martin Grace, Mary Delaney, Jimmy Morrissey, Mark Nugent, Nora Hogan.
Intentions for next weekend: Eddie Dean (Sat 6.15), Sean O’Keeffe (Sat 7.00 Month’s Mind), Joanie Waters (Sun 11.00), Mary Kelly (Sun 12.30).

Notices for the Newsletter
Please deliver notices/anniversaries for the newsletter to the Parish Office by hand, mail, fax or email before 5pm on Thursdays. Notices should not be addressed to individual priests.

King of the Castle
Fund-raising events in the King of the Castle campaign continue locally. Your local GAA Club has joined forces with St. Patrick’s Parish to raise funds for community projects. We appeal to parishioners to support:-

Coffee Morning and Book Sale
This will take place at St. Patrick’s Parish Centre from 10.30am to 1.30pm on this Sunday, 4th October. All are welcome to drop in for a cuppa, a cake and a chat after Masses this Sunday.

Ticket Sellers Urgently Needed
As part of the King of the Castle campaign the parish has responsibility for selling its share of tickets for the forthcoming Gala Dog Night at Kilkenny Greyhound Stadium on Friday, 16th October. We urgently need volunteers to sell tickets for the Buster Draw and for the night itself. Please contact the Parish Office (776 4400) if you can help.

Earthquake in Sumatra
TrĂ³caire has pledged €250,000 to recovery efforts following the earthquake on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Thousands of people are trapped in collapsed buildings and many schools and hospitals have been destroyed in the city of Padang. The death toll is climbing and is expected to be in the thousands. The scale of this disaster is still unclear and TrĂ³caire is asking the public for their support. To make a donation, log onto www.trocaire.org or call 1850 408 408.

Cystic Fibrosis
The Kilkenny Branch of Cystic Fibrosis “CF” would like to thank the people of St. Patrick’s Parish for their kindness at their recent church gate collection, Over €1,000 was raised.

October Stations
The annual October Stations Collection for the clergy will be taken up this weekend. This is one of five collections taken up to provide an income for our priests and the bishop.
Thank you for your support.

St. Patrick's Parish September Draw Results

Prize Winner Promoter
1st Prize €1000 Noel Burke, 5 Westfield Joan Leahy
2nd Prize €200 Maria Dunphy, c/o promoter Fr. Roderick Whearty
3rd Prize €100 Eileen Muphy, Riverview Brigid Armstrong
4th Prize €100 Edwin Stallard, Danville Kitty Byrne
5th Prize €100 John O'Neill, 13 Archers Crescent Brigid Armstrong
6th Prize €50 Berni & Joan Clarke, c/o promoter John Comerford
7th Prize €50 Richard Reynolds, 18 Loughboy Park Catherine Kinsella
8th Prize €50 Peadar Barrett, Waterford Road Helen Devlin
9th Prize €50 Josie O'Dowd, 44 Dukesmeadows Michael McLoughlin
10th Prize €50 Sarah Doyle, 29 Hollybank Michael McLoughlin
11th Prize €50 Robert Byrne, 21 Cedarwood Crescent Catherine Kinsella
12th Prize €50 Marain Doherty, Noremount Margaret Kelleher
13th Prize €50 Ethel Lonney, 27 Marble Crest Joan Leahy
Promoter's Prize: Joan Moloney, Cashel Downes & Billy Murphy, Callan Road