Rev. Fr. John Dunphy: Phone: 059 / 9141833 / 9182882 Priest on Call for Carlow Area: (Emergency Only)Phone: - 087/2588118

St Clare’s Hospitality-Food Bins:- Just a

reminder about our food bins at the church

doors and in the Parish Centre. We would

really appreciate any donations of tinned

peas, beans cooking rice, coffee, custard

powder etc. as our stocks are low.

World Youth Day 2016 25th-31st July

The theme of the 31st World Youth Day

Krakow 2016 is: ‘Blessed are the

merciful, for they shall obtain mercy’

(Mt 5:7). Our Holy Father Pope Francis

has chosen the fifth of the eight

Beatitudes, (given by Jesus in his

Sermon on the Mount on the shores of

the Sea of Galile), to show the

importance of the Beatitudes which are

at the heart of Jesus’ teaching.

Ten of our young people will travel to

Krakow this Sunday along with their

leaders Cathriona Kelly, Joanne

Morrissey and Fr. John Dunphy as part

of the Kildare and Leighlin diocesan

group for the 31st International World

Youth Day led by Pope Francis. We

wish them every blessing on their

pilgrimage and thank them for

representing our parish so well at home

and now abroad. Please keep them in

your prayers over the next week.

Young Adult Pilgrimage to Lough Dan

Co. Wicklow 22nd - 23rd August

€25 covers transport, all meals &

overnight stay in Youth Hostel.

Open to young adults

aged 18 & upwards

Does Prayer Work? Have you ever prayed really really hard for something and

not had that prayer granted? Have you ever looked back in

life at a prayer you once made and thought thank goodness

God didn’t grant it? This week’s gospel reading is a lesson in prayer, but

more importantly, it’s a lesson in having faith that God is a parent who will not let us down.

Let’s face it, we pray hardest to God when we want something. We pray

hardest when something seems beyond our human means and we need

some kind of miracle, this often leads us to make inappropriate prayers. How many of us pray that the love of our life will notice us in the

launderette? How many of us pray to win the lottery and make secret deals with God that we will donate half the winning to charity in return?

How many of us pray to God for our football team to score a winning goal

in the closing minutes of a match? Worse… we lose faith when such prayers aren’t answered! We find it difficult to believe that unanswered

prayers might mean that God knows better, or has a different purpose for

us.

Perhaps Jesus’ disciples shared some of our frustration when they say,

“Lord teach us to pray.” In response Jesus gives us a model by which to

pray. It’s important to recognise it as a model and not a prayer as such. Reciting a prayer is not the same as praying. The model pray Jesus gives

us, ‘The Lord’s prayer’, invites us to pray to God as our Father,

acknowledging his holiness and praying with the shared commitment to have his will done on earth. We are invited to pray for our ‘daily bread’,

in other words, for the things we genuinely need. Pray for forgiveness,

and promise to forgive others. Pray with persistence. Payer is about

building a relationship with God, speaking to him often throughout the

day. Lastly, and most importantly we should approach God with the faith we approach a loving parent.

“How much more,” says Jesus, “will the Father in heaven give the Holy

Spirit to those who ask him?”

Lough Derg:- A pilgrimage to Lough

Derg is leaving Portlaoise Parish Centre

on Monday 8th August at 9am and

returning Wednesday 10th August at

approx. 4pm. Cost - €70 entrance fee to

Lough Derg and €30 for the bus fare.

Spiritual Director for the Pilgrimage is

Fr Paddy Byrne, CC Portlaoise.

All queries to 086-8327844.

C. E. Position Available:- Are you eligible for a Community

Employment Scheme? Graiguecullen / Killeshin Parish will have a

position available for our Parish Properties / Maintenance. If interested

please contact our C.E. Office at the Swimming Pool on 059 9134887.

July 26th

Feast Day of ‘Sts Joachim & Anne’:- Joachim &

Anne were the parents of the Virgin Mary, grandparents of

Jesus:- The grandparent/grandchild relationship is perhaps one

of the most important relationships. It is, in fact, second in

emotional importance only to the parent/child relationship.

Grandparents can bring their grandchildren a sense of history,

unconditional love, support and advice. Grandchildren can bring

to their grandparents a sense of the present, exuberant love, and a

meaningful purpose. Grandparents are keepers of our heritage;

grandchildren are forgers of our future. And they can be each

other’s conscience.’ Happy Grandparents Day!

Weekly Collection

Red Bag € 932.00

Blue Bag €1,258.00

We thank you for your support

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament takes

place every Wednesday in St Fiacc’s House

from 10.30am to 2.30pm. All Welcome

Graiguecullen Swimming Pool

Summer Swim Camps

Morning Camps

10am-10.45am

Camp 4: 25th - 29

th July

Camp 6: 15th – 19

th Aug

Evening Camps

6pm-6.45pm

Camp 5: 5th – 12

th Aug

Camps run Monday-Friday

@ €35 per child

For bookings contact Pool Office

Deposit of €20 to secure place.

Graiguecullen Bingo

This Tuesday 26th

July

@ 8.30pm

Jackpot €1,870

in 49 No’s

Check on a Double

Number

win or share €460

Great Prizes to be won.

Childrens swimming Lessons

Resume Saturday 3rd

September:

9-10am or 10-11am for 15 weeks

@ €105 per child

Resume Tuesday 6th September;

6-6:45pm for 15 weeks

@ €105 per child

Wanted Jam pots size 1lb and

smaller also if anyone has spare

fruit looking for a good home

please contact Vonnie Bolton

0863629516. Thanks

As part of the Laois Walking Festival, a

Forest walk will take place in Rossmore

today Sunday July 24th. Leaving from

Oisin Park at 2.30pm. Choice of 8k. or

5k. walks. Entry fee €2.

Medjugorjie Pilgrimage Carlow Sept

14th,Spiritual Director Fr.Sean Hyland

7days€699.Enquiries group leader

Noeleen 0599142670.

Anniversaries Sat 23

rd 6.30pm (First Anniversary) John Callinan, 143 JKL Ave

(Michael & Elizabeth Dowling, 55 St. Fiacc’s Tce also their

daughter Angela)-(Johnny & Molly Keegan, Castlehill)

John & Kathleen Hayes, 66 Maher Rd & deceased family members

Thomas Trodden also his son Jack, St Mary’s Pk & New York & deceased family

Nicholas, Kathleen & James Maher, The Strand

Sun 24th

9am Donal Lambe, Kildangan Stud, Co Kildare

10.15am Maureen & John Whelan, Keelogue

11.30am Annie Moore, The Numbers also her daughter Judy Kenny

Annie Whelan, St Patrick’s Ave

Edward Lynch, Rattenstall & Ballickmoyler Rd

Mon 25th

10am (Thomas Hurley, Rossmore View & TJ McCormack, Sharon

Ave & Oakley Close)

Tues 26th

10am Eileen Lennon, Sleaty St & deceased family

Wed 27th

10am Margaret Farrell (née Kenny), 59 St Fiacc’s Tce

Thurs 28th

10am Bridget & William Stynes, Sleaty & their daughter Moira Creeth

Patrick Callinan, Rossmore View

Fri 29th

10am Maria Barcoe, 25 Rossmore View (Birthday Rem & Anniv)

Sat 30th

6.30pm Michael White, Killeshin Rd

Christopher (Berto) Kelly, 158 Duggan Ave

Mary Williamson, Avondale Drive (Birthday Rem)

Sun 31st 10.15am John Brennan, Quakers Hill & deceased family

Tom Kelly Snr, Upper Rossmore, also his brothers, sister & parents Sarah & Patrick

Thomasina Kelly, Upper Rossmore (30th

Birthday Rem)

Frank O’Sullivan, Queensland

11.30am (Nancy Nolan Clarke, The Numbers)-(Maria Fitzpatrick, Ballyhide)

Jack Whelan, Crossneen & deceased family

Martin Doogue, 72 Green Road, Carlow Joseph (Joe) Grant, 10 Radharc Oisin, Graiguecullen

Máire Jackman (née Murphy),Crosslow Lane, Tullow Fr Frank Bourke, New Jersey

READERS – ST CLARE’S

Sat 30th

July 6.30pm: Conor Archibold, Jack

Regan, Conor Hayden

Sun 31st July

9am: Poor Clare’s

11.30am: Emma Dwyer, Mary C.

Hogan, Francesca Mangiano

READERS – HOLY CROSS

Sun 31st July

10.15am: Vonnie Bolton,

Mary Hennessy

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

ST. CLARE’S

Sat 30th

July

6.30pm: Ian Bradley, Anne Marie

Byrne, Bernie Byrne (C),

Veronica Byrne

Sun 31st July

9am: Mary Tierney, Joe Bolger,

Geraldine Bradley

11.30am: Conor Archibold,

Sarah Barrett, Corina Brennan,

Phil Brady (C), Margaret &

Mary Brennan

HOLY CROSS

Sun 31st July

10.15am: Geraldine & Shauna

Brennan, Cormac Dollard

EIST Cancer Support Centre provides emotional and practical support to people

affected by cancer including those who care for them, from the time of diagnosis,

through treatment and afterwards.

At Eist we ensure a confidential, professional and caring service in a peaceful

environment. Everyone who comes to the Eist Centre is given the opportunity to

meet with a support nurse / volunteer and discuss how the cancer diagnosis has

affected you and your family. We will provide you with information on our services

such as reflexology, counselling, support groups and recreational activities and you

can decide how best the Eist Centre can support you. At Eist we offer our services

and therapies free of charge.

The Eist Cancer Support Centre opens at 10.00 am to 4 pm Monday to Thursday and

10.00 am to 1.00 pm of Fridays. Telephone Number 059 9139684. Or you can have

a look at some of our services on our website at www.eistcarlowcancersupport.ie –

where you can also fill in a contact form if you have any queries.