Bank
Holiday Weekend
We
welcome visitors to our parish on this bank holiday weekend. We pray that you will have a safe and
pleasant time among us and return to your homes relaxed and refreshed.
Please
note the only public Mass in our parish on Monday will be at St. Patrick’s
Church at 11.00am. All welcome.
There
will be no exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at St. Fiacre’s Church on
Monday.
First Saturday Devotion
The usual
devotions on the first Saturday of the month will be held at St. Fiacre’s
Church, Loughboy on Saturday, 3rd August after 6.15pm Mass. Prayers and
adoration will end at 9.00pm. All are
welcome.
Public Rosary
The monthly rosary
on the first Sunday of the month in James Green at the statue of Our Lady of
Kilkenny continues on this Sunday, 4th August at 3.00pm. All are welcome.
Mill Hill Missionaries
The Mill Hill Missionaries on the Waterford Road, Kilkenny host a Mass in
honour of St. Joseph on the first Wednesday of every month. All are welcome to attend on this Wednesday
evening, 7th August at 8.00pm.
Divine
Mercy
An hour of adoration
and prayer will take place in the Capuchin Friary Church, Kilkenny on next
Sunday, 10th August from 3.00pm to 4.00pm.
All are welcome to attend.
Parish
Shop
St. Patrick’s Parish Shop offers a wide range
of religious items for sale at reasonable prices. The shop is located in the foyer of our
Parish Centre and is open during office hours.
This is the place to purchase bibles, rosary beads, holy water fonts and
requisites for Baptism and other sacraments.
The Immaculate Heart of Mary
Ireland will be
consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on 15th August, the Solemnity of
the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The consecration will take place at
Knock Shrine, during the annual Novena to Our Lady of Knock. Cardinal Seán Brady, Archbishop of Armagh and
Primate of All Ireland, will lead the Act of Consecration. Archbishop Eamon
Martin, Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh will be the principal celebrant and
preacher at the Mass on that day. Bishops, priests and people from across
the country will be in attendance.
The Prayer of
Consecration will entrust families, homes and the dioceses of Ireland to Jesus
through the Immaculate Heart of Mary and call on her to watch over the young
people of Ireland. As the universal Church is currently celebrating a
Year of Faith, it is fitting that the Act of Consecration calls to mind the
woman of faith par excellence and asks for her prayers for the people of
this country.
Commenting ahead of
the Consecration Cardinal Brady said: “In his recent encyclical for the Year of
Faith, Pope Francis invited us to turn to Mary, Mother of the Church and Mother
of our Faith. I am very pleased that the Irish Catholic Bishops decided
at their June meeting to consecrate Ireland to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. I
am looking forward to being at our National Shrine in Knock on the 15th August
to ask Mary’s maternal blessing on the people of Ireland. The Feast of the
Assumption is one of the biggest days of the year in Knock, with bishops,
priests and people present for the opening of the Novena. I invite the
people of Ireland to come along to Knock on the day or to join in this
beautiful devotional act by praying the prayer of entrustment in their homes
and parish churches.”We encourage parishioners to consider making a pilgrimage to Knock for this long-anticipated occasion.
Pray For Our Deceased Friends
Recently Deceased: Marie Nichols, Loughboy Park. Mary (Melly) Bourke, Thurles, Co.
Tipperary. Paddy McCabe, Old Callan Road. Cornelius Mulvihill, Dublin. Interment at Foulkstown Cemetery at
approximately 1.30pm on Wednesday, 7th August. Myra Quinn, England and late Corcoran Terrace. Burial
of ashes at Foulkstown Cemetery at 11.00am on Saturday, 10th August.
Anniversaries: Ellen
Grace (Sat 6:15). Annie Lennon (Sat: 7.00). Frank Stapleton (Sun 12.30). James
& Joe Delaney (Fri 9.30). Nuala & Phelim McConville (Fri 10.30). Ellen
McEvoy (Sat 9.30). Mary Tynan. David, Jim & Peggy Gaffney. Claire Mahon.
Molly Gahan. Martin Doheny, Joseph Browne. Michael Browne. James & Eileen
Kearney.
Intentions
for next weekend: Mary
Coogan (Sat 6.15). Jackie Coonan (Sat 7.00). Jim Drohan (Sun 10.00). Gabriel
Warde (Sun 12.00). Margaret Shanahan (Sun 12.30).
A total of 74 young people from Kilkenny and
their leaders are in Medjugorje at the moment for the International Youth
Prayer Festival. The theme of the 24th
International Festival is “Faith Working Through Love”.
Let us continue to pray for our young people,
many from St. Patrick’s Parish, during their pilgrimage. (See www.medjugorje.hr)
Youth
2000 Summer Festival
Cistercian College, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary from
Thursday 15th – Sunday 18th August 2013. For young people aged 16-35, an opportunity
not to be missed to experience the Catholic faith and meet many new people. See
www.youth2000.ie
Useful Websites
Have
you visited our parish website recently?
Have a look at www.patricksparish.net
Our
diocesan website is www.ossory.ie which enables us to keep up to date on
diocesan issues.
Music Workshop
Dr. Eddie Jones and the University of Arkansas Gospel
Choir will lead a series of workshops on Music and Prayer on Friday, 9th August
and Saturday, 10th August in the
Pembroke Hotel. The choir will lead the music ministry for Mass in St.
Mary's Cathedral on Sunday, 11th August at 11.00am. Information from
www.kilkennygospelchoir@gmail.com or 087 628 6858.
An Irish run and
Irish built aids orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya, is holding a used clothing appeal
for ladies, gents and children’s clothes, shoes, household linens,
e.g. towels, sheets, blankets, soft toys, handbags etc. in whatever
condition so long as the items are clean.
This appeal - which is organised by a St. Patrick’s Parish parishioner -
will take place on Friday, 9th August, from 9.00am to 10.30am at the St.
Patrick’s Parish Centre Car Park. For
further information, please contact Marie on 087 689 0995.
Kilkenny to Bennettsbridge -
Nore Valley Walk, Sunday, 18th August in aid of Cystic Fibrosis Ireland. Walk starts at picnic tables in Maudlin
Street (bottom of hill near motor tax offices) at 11.00am sharp. Registration at 10.30am. €10 entrance fee
which goes directly to the charity. Sponsorship cards available, contact 085
810 7890 for a card. Length: 11kms each
way. Duration: 3.5 - 5 hours (both ways).
Option to go one way - lifts will be arranged back to Kilkenny. Contact Aoife on 085 810 7890 or charitywalk13@gmail.com for any further details
You are invited to support a used clothing
collection in aid of Fr. Nicholas Maanzo and his parish of St. Augustine’s
Kitui, Kenya. The collection will take
place on Wednesday, 7th August between 9.00am and 12 noon at St. Patrick's
Church, St. Fiacre’s Church and Foulkstown Church. For further information please consult the
poster at rear of the church.
