Happy Easter!
The priests join in wishing all in St. Patrick’s Parish a very happy and holy Easter. May the joy of Easter be with you and yours in the year ahead.
Thanks to the many who joined in our celebrations of the Lord’s Passion, Death and Resurrection over the past few days.
We appreciate all of the help we received from various people in the preparation and celebration of the liturgies. To all who minister in our parish we say a big thank you.
Easter Sunday Night
St. Patrick’s Parish Lourdes Committee holds it’s annual Easter Sunday Night fundraising dance and cabaret at Springhill Court Hotel. The night has always been most enjoyable and the occasion presents an opportunity for camaraderie and mingling for parishioners and friends alike. Music is by Cupla and commences at 9pm. Admission is only €10. Seven deserving people from the parish are being sent to Lourdes this year thanks to year long fundraising by the committee and the generosity of their fellow parishioners and your support on the night would be greatly appreciated. Tickets are available from any committee member or on the door on Easter Sunday night.
Trócaire Family Fast Boxes
Jesus is Risen! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Our Lenten journey is ended. As Christians around the world celebrate Christ’s resurrection we remember in a special way our brothers and sisters who are displaced from their homes as a result of conflict. All during this Lent we have stood in solidarity with them. Trócaire asks that if you have not already done so, you return your Trócaire box or donation to the Parish this coming Sunday, 19th April. In doing so, you will help bring new life and new hope to those in our world who are most in need of our compassion and care. Trocaire thanks you for your generosity this Lent.
The priests join in wishing all in St. Patrick’s Parish a very happy and holy Easter. May the joy of Easter be with you and yours in the year ahead.
Thanks to the many who joined in our celebrations of the Lord’s Passion, Death and Resurrection over the past few days.
We appreciate all of the help we received from various people in the preparation and celebration of the liturgies. To all who minister in our parish we say a big thank you.
Easter Sunday Night
St. Patrick’s Parish Lourdes Committee holds it’s annual Easter Sunday Night fundraising dance and cabaret at Springhill Court Hotel. The night has always been most enjoyable and the occasion presents an opportunity for camaraderie and mingling for parishioners and friends alike. Music is by Cupla and commences at 9pm. Admission is only €10. Seven deserving people from the parish are being sent to Lourdes this year thanks to year long fundraising by the committee and the generosity of their fellow parishioners and your support on the night would be greatly appreciated. Tickets are available from any committee member or on the door on Easter Sunday night.
Trócaire Family Fast Boxes
Jesus is Risen! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Our Lenten journey is ended. As Christians around the world celebrate Christ’s resurrection we remember in a special way our brothers and sisters who are displaced from their homes as a result of conflict. All during this Lent we have stood in solidarity with them. Trócaire asks that if you have not already done so, you return your Trócaire box or donation to the Parish this coming Sunday, 19th April. In doing so, you will help bring new life and new hope to those in our world who are most in need of our compassion and care. Trocaire thanks you for your generosity this Lent.
Pray for the deceased
Recently Deceased: Anne O’Dwyer, 27 The Weir and late of “Rose Villa”, Callan Road. Funeral prayers at her home on Monday at 10.30am followed by removal to St. John’s Church for Requiem Mass at 11.30am. Burial at Foulkstown Cemetery. Michael Joseph Battle, Aylesbury, Freshford Road. Funeral prayers at his residence at 6.00pm on Sunday followed by removal to St. Canice’s Church. Requiem Mass at 11am on Monday followed by private cremation. Eleanor Doheny, Tullaroan.
Months Mind: Michael Tynan, late of The Paddocks and John’s Bridge: St. Mary’s Cathedral Sunday, 19th April at 5.30pm.
Anniversaries: Josephine O’Neill (Sun 10.00), Jim & Tom Phelan (Sun 12.00), Ellen Mullins (Mon 11.00), Patrick Morris (Sat 9.30), Brigid Currid, Kitty, Paddy & Billy Cleere, Martin & Elizabeth Brennan, Maisie Keogh, Martin Murphy, Kathleen Daly, Patrick Walsh, Kathleen Comerford, William Nugent, William Maher, Patrick Delaney, Fr. Joe Cuddy, Arthur Connick, Annie Connick, Elizabeth McGrath, Michael Malone.
Intentions for next weekend: Martin Hoyne (Sat 6.15), Dick Keating (Sat 7.00), Margaret Banahan (Sun 9.30), Pierce Grace (Sun 10.00), Gerry & Mary Coyne (Sun 10.30), Michael O’Reilly (Sun 11.00), Michael & Mary Burke (Sun 12.00), Betty Byrne (Sun 12.30).
Questions people ask
Q. What is the origin of the name of Easter?
A. Easter is a word derived from the springtime celebration of the Anglo-Saxon goddess, Eastre, whose name came from the word ‘east’, which originally meant the dawn. So, the name expresses how a Christian feast gives a new meaning to an ancient pagan festival. In Latin and the languages derived from it, the feast is called Pascha, coming from the Hebrew Pasch or Passover. The Irish name, an chaisc, also comes from pascha. We celebrate Easter on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox.
Fr Silvester O’Flynn OFM Cap
Divine Mercy Sunday
Next Sunday, 19th April, is Divine Mercy Sunday. There will be special devotions at the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny from 2.00pm to 5.pm. Please join us.
New Parish Envelopes
New Parish Contribution Envelopes will be distributed in the coming weeks. We are grateful to all who use these envelopes or Standing Orders to contribute to the income of the parish and the priests. These are the chief sources of income for the parish and its priests.
If you are new to the parish, or haven’t received envelopes in the past and would like to receive them now, then please contact any of the priests or the Parish Office. Once again, thanks to all who support us and the work we do.
Book on St. Mary’s Cathedral
The Story of a Dream, by Ray Cleere, published to mark the 150th Anniversary of St. Mary's Cathedral, is now on sale. Book available at Kilkenny Book Shops, St. Kieran's College, Rothe House, Watergate Theatre. Cost €10.00
Concert
Concert St. John's Church Thursday, 16th April at 8.00pm in aid of Richard Quirke Support Fund. Richard needs intensive rehabilitation following serious head injuries. Among the artists are: Tukola Gospel Choir, Castlecomer Male Choir, Brendan Hackett and other classical artists.
Tickets from Manning Travel or at door. Cost €15.00
Diabetes Management
“Step by Step Diabetes Management – easy ways to make a difference” on Sunday 26th April at 2.00pm at the Tower Hotel, Waterford. A number of informative speakers will address the conference. Free Admission. All Welcome. Hosted by The Waterford Branch.
Alzheimer Tea Day
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland will hold their national Tea Day fund raising event on Thursday, 7th May. Would you like to host a Tea Day in your home/work place/community centre & invite family and friends on that day or any day during that week to raise funds for Kilkenny Homecare. If interested contact Marie O’Shea Homecare coordinator on 086 609 0421 or asikilkenny@alzheimer.ie
IHCPT Pilgrimage to Lourdes
Fr. Dan and a number of parishioners leave early on Sunday morning with the Irish Pilgrimage Trust pilgrimage to Lourdes. Over 5,000 young people with special needs and their helpers will spend the next five days in Lourdes. Web surfers can watch live the celebration of the Mass from the Basilica of Saint Pius X in the Sanctuary at 9.00am (GMT) on next Thursday morning by going to www.lourdes-france.org and following the links for Lourdes TV.
Mass During Easter Week
Please note the only public Mass in the parish during the coming week (Monday to Saturday) will be at St. Patrick’s Church 11.00am each day. Mass will not be celebrated at St. Fiacre’s Church.
Blessed Sacrament Exposition
Exposition will continue as usual at St. Fiacre’s Church from 11.00am to 10.00pm on Monday and at St. Patrick’s Church from 11.00am to 12.00 noon and from 4.00pm to 9.00pm. All are welcome to come and join in prayer.
St. Joseph’s Young Priests Society
The next meeting of the St. Joseph’s Young Priests Society will take place on Friday, 8th May 2009. The Society prays for vocations to the priesthood and religious life in our diocese. New members very welcome.
Not Seeing Is Believing
Is seeing really believing? Well, in the case of the ‘other disciple’ in today’s Gospel reading it’s what he doesn’t see that convinces him: Jesus’ corpse. He doesn’t see the Resurrection. What he does see is the results of it in his new depth of faith in Jesus as the Risen Christ, and later in the formation of Christian communities that the Resurrection brings about. This is the two-edged sword of God’s word at work – one edge being the positive, and the other the negative. The seeing, and the not seeing. The seeing something new in ourselves or in others, which wasn’t there before, or at least in the same way or to the same degree; something that indicates growth, that points to the Spirit at work within us. The Spirit that transformed Jesus of Nazareth to the Risen Christ is the same Spirit at work within us individually and collectively. It is the Spirit that gives new life. When we open ourselves to the Spirit’s influence we too are transformed. Gone is the old self with its pride and selfishness, with its anger and resentment, with its backbiting and constant criticizing, and with its jealousies and lusts.Let us hurry to peek inside the sepulchre of our old self and surprise ourselves by what we do not see there. Then let us fall on our knees in gratitude to God for what he has done, in spite of ourselves. Jesus lives! We are living proof of that – often more than we realise, or dare hope to be.
