November Lists of the Dead
Please place the names of those
deceased family and friends you want remembered in the baskets in our
churches. May they rest in peace.
November
Remembrance Service
Our
annual Parish Remembrance Service takes place at St. Fiacre’s Church on
Thursday, 29th November at 7.30pm. All
are invited to refreshments in the Parish Centre after Mass.
Weekly
Envelope Collection
Thank you for €1,679.66
contributed to the envelope collection last weekend.
Pray
for our Deceased Friends
Recently
Deceased:
Ned Delaney, Dublin and late of Kilkenny. Hughie McCormack, Cahir, Co.
Tipperary. Sr. Benignus White, Midhurst, England. Georgina Butler, Waterford. Vera O’Connell,
Ormonde Road.
Anniversaries: Maura Leahy (Sat 6.15). Richie Delaney (Sat
7.00). John Hand (Sun 9.30). Peggy Costigan (Sun 10.00). John Brennan (Sun
10.30). Margaret (Madge) O’Brien (Sun 11.00). John Byrne (Sun 12.00).
Bernadette Delaney (Sun 12.30). The O’Neill Family (Mon 9.30). Joan Taggart
(Wed 9.30). Retired & Deceased Nurses (Wed 10.30). John & Margaret
McCarthy (Thurs 9.30). Michael Hoyne (Thurs 10.30). Paul O’Dwyer (Fri 9.30).
Martin Brett. Una Heffernan. Ramie & Breda Dowling. May O’Connell. Catherine
McDonald. Margaret Guilfoyle. Joan Meehan. John & Margaret Wallace. John
Kehoe. Patrick J Crotty.
Intentions
for next weekend: Danny & Eileen Allen (Sat 6.15). James Fox (Sat 7.00). Annie (Nancy) Tiernan
(Sun 9.30 Months Mind). Bill Keogh (Sun 10.00). Patrick Malone (Sun 10.30).
Paul Maloney (Sun 11.00). Kay Doran (Sun 12.00). Deceased Members of St.
Patrick’s B & R Band (Sun 12.30).
High Mass
There will be a Traditional High Mass with
Gregorian Chant at St. Patrick’s Church on this Sunday, 18th November at 5.00pm. All welcome.
Feast
of Christ the King
To
honour this feast and to pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious
life there will be a period of 40 Hours Adoration in St. Patricks’ Parish
Centre from 23rd - 25th November. The
adoration will begin with Mass celebrated by Fr. Willie Purcell, National
Vocations Coordinator, in St. Fiacre’s Church at 7.30pm on next Friday, 23rd
November. It will conclude with 12 noon Mass celebrated by Bishop Seamus
Freeman SAC on next Sunday, 25th November.
A schedule
of the hours is available in St. Patrick’s and St. Fiacre’s Sacristies for
those willing to commit to an hour in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. All are welcome.
Vocations
Seminar
A Vocations Seminar will take place in St. Patrick’s
Parish Centre from 11am to 1pm on Saturday, 24th November led by
Fr. Willie Purcell, National Vocations Coordinator. All welcome.
St. Patrick’s Brass & Reed Band
Mass for the deceased members of St. Patrick’s
Brass and Reed Band will be celebrated in St. Patrick’s Church on next Sunday,
25th November at 12.30pm. The band will
provide the sacred music at this Mass.
Retired
Nurses’ Association
Mass for retired and deceased nurses will be
celebrated in St. Fiacre’s Church on this Wednesday, 21st November at 10.30am.
A coffee morning for the Carlow/Kilkenny Home Care Team will follow in the
Parish Centre. Please support.
Presentation Secondary School AGM
The AGM of
the Parents’ Council of Presentation Girls’ Secondary School, Loughboy will
take place in the school on Wednesday, 20th November at 7.45pm. Our guest
speaker will give a talk on cyber-bullying and internet safety. All interested parents are welcome to attend.
Voices of Hope - St. Canice’s Parish
The “Voices of Hope” series of November talks
continue at St. Canice’s Parish this Wednesday, 21st November. During 7.30pm Mass Dom Mark Patrick Hederman
OSB will address the congregation on the topic of hope. All welcome.
Overnight Vigil at
Knock Shrine
Pilgrimage to Knock Night Vigil for the Feast
of the Immaculate Conception, 7th to 8th December. This year is the 40th Annual
Eucharistic All-Night Vigil. We will
celebrate the gift of faith in the Year of Faith and give thanks for the gift
of life from conception to natural death. Bus leaving Butts Green, Kilkenny at
5.00pm on Friday, 7th December and returning at 9.30am on Saturday, 8th December. Bookings
to Peggy Kealy @ 087 056 4430 or Sr. Margaret Mary @ 086 882 5622.
Christmas
Mass Cards
Cards offering the recipient a share in the
Christmas Masses celebrated by the priests of our parish are available at
reception in the Parish Centre. The cost
is €3.00 per card.
All other Mass cards available in the Parish
Centre offer an individual Mass and the recommended stipend is €10.00.
Choral Concert
A choral concert will be held in
Johnswell Church at 7.30pm on Saturday, 24th November to celebrate the
installation of the Thomas Casson Positive Organ. Kilkenny choirs will perform including St.
Canice’s Cathedral Choir, Sospiro and Castlecomer Male Voice. No cover charge,
but a collection will be taken up for the Johnswell Choir and Organ Fund.
Refreshments afterwards.
CBS Primary School, Stephen Street on
Sunday, 2nd December from 12 noon until 4.00pm.
Santa Claus, many local craft stalls, raffle, games, cake sale,
refreshment. A great day in store for
all.
St.
Vincent de Paul Collection
The monthly collection for the St.
Patrick’s Parish Conference of the Society will be held at all Masses this
weekend. We appeal for your usual
generosity to this parish charity which is inundated with calls for help from
local people.
The Society's number is 087 681 0589
Coffee
Afternoon & Sale of Work
The School of the Holy Spirit (Special Needs
School) Seville Lodge, Callan Road will hold its annual Coffee Afternoon and
Sale of Work in the school on next Sunday, 25th November between 2.00 and
5.00pm. Enjoy a complimentary cup of tea
and a scone while you pick up many bargains at the gift stand, book stall,
bric-a-brac or toy stall. Try your luck on the wheel of fortune or win one of
our luxury hampers in the raffle. For
more information or if you wish to donate any items to sale please contact
Therese Buckley on 087 904 0208.
Donations
Needed
N.C.B.I. Charity Shop (formerly known as Mrs
Quinn’s Charity Shop) is currently short of donations due to down turn in
economy. They are in bad need of donations.
They are looking for Ladies clothes, Bric-a-brac, DVD's, CD'S and unwanted
gifts and baby clothes.
Charity
Concert
Dogs for the Blind and The National Council
for the Blind of Ireland concert at the Springhill Court Hotel on 22nd November at
8.00pm. Tickets: €15 from venue and
Rollercoaster, Kieran Street.
Loughboy Library
Writing
your Memoirs - writing sessions will commence on Friday, 23rd November at
11.00am. Local groups and solo writers
are encouraged to come along and support this new service for the older
person. Exhibition Space - is available
for artwork and Christmas Crafts.
Toddler Hour - takes place on
Thursdays at 11.30am and is very popular.
