kilquade parish newsletter 5th sunday of easter 19th may … · child safeguarding: frances...
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"I give you a new commandment: love one another." With these words, Jesus sums up the law and the prophets in one concise phrase. Love one another. Af-ter 2,000 years, you'd think we'd have it figured out by now! But all too often we fail in this commandment. Per-haps we mistake "love" for mere "common decency." Perhaps we've been betrayed, or our own visions of love have been tarnished or misrepresented in our lives. Blessedly, Jesus doesn't leave us without a guide.
As I have loved you, so you also should love one anoth-er." Jesus himself modelled what this love should look like. So what are some of the characteristics of the love of Christ? Humility, for one. St. Paul writes that Jesus "emptied Himself." In becoming man, Jesus puts aside the full splendour of the Godhead. Not only does he be-come human, but he takes on many of the mundane privations of human life. He spent most of his life in rela-tive poverty - especially by our standards - as a com-mon labourer. When he began gaining popularity as a preacher, he still travelled on foot and spent nights in other people's homes or outdoors.
Jesus' love is generous. He was always available to the crowds and to being interrupted by people in need. He invested time in his disciples and patiently taught them about the kingdom of God. The love of Jesus is also courageous. He encountered many people deemed less worthy of human respect, due to being public sinners or having a physical or mental disability. Jesus was brave in breaking these social boundaries to show care and concern to the outcast. These traits are possible for us to imitate! Indeed, we are hardly identifiable as Chris-tians without them. "This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."
MINISTRY SUNDAY
18TH /19TH MAY
Within any Parish community, there are always people with gifts, which can put fresh heart into others. Nothing builds up a Parish community more than for people with such gifts and talents to be called upon to help and for
them to respond generously and gladly to this call. There are many such people in our parishes, gifted by
the Spirit for the service of the Lord in the community of believers, and many are willingly to serve. However,
such volunteers will always need training and support. As a result, we need paid professional women and men working on a regional level in this diocese to accompa-
ny and resource these volunteers and to build up our parishes to enable them to pass on the faith for the
generations to come.
KILQUADE PARISH NEWSLETTER
5th Sunday of Easter 19th May 2019
St. Patrick’s St. Joseph’s St. Anthony’s Holy Spirit Oratory
Kilquade Newtown Kilcoole Newcastle
PARISH MASSES
5TH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Sat 7pm Vigil: St. Joseph’s: Newtown Sat 8pm Vigil: Holy Spirit Oratory: Newcastle Sun. 8.30am: St. Joseph’s: Newtown Sun. 10.30am: St. Anthony’s: Kilcoole Sun. 11.30am: St. Joseph’s: Newtown Sun. 12 noon: St. Patrick’s: Kilquade
Pastoral Area of Kilquade/Greystones KILQUADE PARISH:
Fr. John Daly, P.P.: 086 2365194
Email: [email protected]
Fr. Eamonn Clarke: 01 2876207
Canon Sean Smith: 01 2819253
PARISH PASTORAL WORKER:
Paul Thornton: 0851259753.
Email: [email protected]
KILQUADE PARISH OFFICE:
Secretary: Una Kennedy
Mon - Thurs. 10am – 1pm. Tel: 01 2819658.
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.kilquadeparish.ie
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL:
President: Fr. John Daly.
Chair: Rachel Kerrigan.
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Frances Stephenson & Máire Ní Shiodhail (contact through parish office)
GREYSTONES PARISH:
Fr. John Daly, P.P.: 086 2365194
Email: [email protected]
Fr. Denis Quinn: 01 2877025
Fr. Gerard Tyrrell: 0872860704
WELCOME TO OUR PARISH If you are a new parishioner or just visiting Kilquade you are very welcome and we, the existing community, hope you feel at home. Our parish incorporates the villages of Kilquade, Kilcoole, Newcastle, Newtownmountkennedy, Delgany and the surrounding countryside. If you are new to the parish please make yourself known to one of the priests of the parish. Be sure to visit our parish website www.kilquadeparish.ie. KILQUADE PARISH OFFICE: The parish office is situated behind St. Patrick’s church in Kilquade. The parish office is open Monday to Thursday from 10am to 1pm. Our parish secretary Una Kennedy will help you with any enquiries at 01-2819658
PREPARATION FOR BAPTISM: The purpose of the preparation programme is to support parents in re-flecting on the significant step they are taking in bring their child to be baptised into the Christian Community. Next preparation meeting will take place in Kilian House family Centre, beside Holy Rosary Church, Greystones Wednesday 29th May at 8 p.m. The programme in-cludes the Welcoming Ceremony. This is a way of bring-ing the celebration of baptism into the community. Within it we will introduce the children to the Christian communi-ty to which they will belong and become a part of, as they grow in their faith. Parents will present their child to the community. The child will also be anointed on the heart at this time. Baptisms take place on different weekends in St. Joseph’s, Newtown, St. Patrick’s, Kilquade and St. Anthony’s, Kilcoole. Registration for Baptism and the preparation programme is managed by the parish office at 012819658. BAPTISM CERT REQUESTS: because of the new Data Protection Laws , anyone wishing to obtain a copy of a Baptismal Cert will need to bring in the Birth cert of the person in question.
OUR NEW CHRISTIANS: We welcome babies Daisy, Harry & Austin who are being Baptised into our Christian community this week-end. We pray that they will grow in awareness of God’s loving presence in their lives.
SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATIONS: Congratu-lations to the Boys and Girls from St. Catherine’s School in Newcastle who celebrated their 1st Com-munion on Friday 17th May, over the coming weeks of Eastertide we will be celebrating our 1st Holy Commun-ion and Confirmation ceremonies. These are special days not only for our boys and girls but for the whole community as we celebrate our young people growing in faith. Please do keep our young people in your pray-ers over these coming weeks.
TRUE LOVE: I was recently reading an article about the real aspects of true love. The psychologist writing the piece said that many people hide behind the words "I love you." They can start believing that if they say it enough times, it simply becomes true.
Jesus claimed that the world would know his disciples by the fact that they loved one another. In the Church, we speak of loving one another quite frequently. I hope that someone can tell that I am a disciple of Jesus by the way I love others. However, that hope is something I have to keep in the centre of my mind because I fear too often that I speak more of love than act out of love. As Christians, we can find ourselves hiding behind our words. History, unfortunately, has shown us that our witness of action has not always been profound enough. The world will surely know whom it is we serve if we love like Jesus, we act like Jesus, and we serve others like Jesus. Our stewardship will bear witness to the transforming power of Jesus Christ, and we will bring others to him. Our love will be an instrument of our evangelization. Our words will become true, not be-cause we said them enough, but because they are true.
SCRIPTURE READING: Each week we suggest a piece of Scripture to use in your prayer. Light a candle and read slowly the passage, re-read it a couple of times and reflect on it and listen to what God is saying to you. This week’s is John. 14:23-29
PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDS:
Marie Kelly is this year's winner of Greystones Spe-cial Person of the Year. Marie's friends say she has given her entire life to helping others. A resident of Monteith Park, Marie is always manag-ing flower beds and keeping her estate in manicured per-fection. Marie is a regular visi-tor to nursing homes, bringing magazines as well as her company to alleviate bore-
dom. She is very active in her parish, St Anthony's Church in Kilcoole where she launders and manages vestments and serves as a sacristan, setting up the church for various services then staying on to make sure that everything is in order. Marie is also a wonder-ful knitter and knits special cardigans for little babies. Where she really comes into her own is in her work for Greystones Cancer Support. Marie is a major supporter of the mini marathon and the cancer Support Super Congratulations to Marie Kelly, winner of the Grey-stones Special Person of the Year award.
The joint winner of this year's Civic Award is Pat-rick Pappy Frawley. Pap-py is regarded as an un-sung hero in his hometown of Kilcoole for his years of charity work, carried out quietly and without fuss. In 1996 Pappy set up the Gemma Appeal to help little Gemma Lewis, who urgent-ly needed surgery to save
her hearing. The fund sent Gemma to Florida to Disneyworld and Gemma successfully recovered from her surgery and regained her hearing. Since then the Gemma Appeal has carried on helping sick children. Over the years they have helped 18 local children, some of which went on to make recoveries while others sadly passed on and are remembered with love. They have helped the families of sick children with heating costs, bills, trips away and funeral costs, running all sorts of fundraisers to find the money. Recently the Gemma Appeal donated two defib-rillators to the village. Pappy is also known for his in-volvement in local sports and is a member of Kilcoole GAA and a local golf society. Congratulations to Pappy Frawley, this year’s joint Greystones Civic Person of the Year. The awards were sponsored by the Wicklow Times Newspaper.
GARDA BAND COMING TO KILCOOLE: As part of the 50th Anniversary celebrations for St. An-thony’s church in Kilcoole, the Garda Band, led by Inspector Pat Kenny, will be performing a concert on Tuesday 28th May at 8pm. All are welcome to attend.
EASTER OFFERING: Thank you to all of you who returned the Easter Offering envelope. The Easter Offering goes to support the priests of the Diocese (including the priests of our own parish) both working and retired. We are completely reliant on your
kindness and generosity. A big thank you for your con-tinued support. Easter Offering envelopes are available from the back of the church and can be returned to the sacristy or the parish office at any time. Please keep the priests of the parish in your daily prayers.
REST IN PEACE: Please pray for the repose of the soul of Aveen Geoghegan, Newcastle who’s Requi-em Masses took place in St. Joseph’s church last Tuesday. & Paddy
Gammell, Kilcoole who’s Requiem Mass took place Wednesday 15th in St. Anthony’s Church, Kilcoole We offer our sympathy to their families & friends as they come to terms with the loss of a loved one. May they rest in peace. Amen.
WEDDING BELLS: Congratulations to Sarah Brereton & Michael Ward who were married in St. Patrick’s Church, Kilquade Saturday 18th
May. May the Lord deepen their love for one another in the years ahead.
TRANSFORM SOMEONES FUTURE: Hi, a big thank you to all those parishioners who have contributed to the Parish Social Justice Project we now have nearly 20 young people that we can support through Secondary School this year. This is a great achievement and will transform the lives of those we have sponsored. There are still many more young peo-ple in Kenya waiting for the opportunity to go to school. Why not seize the opportunity to transform the future of a young person and get involved in the parish project. Anyone wanting to get involved please contact the Sec-retary of the Parish project Vanessa Hayes at [email protected]:0874187616”
ROSARY AT THE ROCK: During the month of May, come along and pray the Holy Rosary, every Friday evening at 7pm, in honour of Our Blessed Lady, Mass Rock is at chapel river Timore Lane,
Newtown, near Abwood.
INVITATION TO FUNERAL MINISTRY: Our funeral ministry team which we setup in our two parishes just under two years ago is now supporting all fu-
nerals in the parishes. It is a success story that we are delighted with and see it as a model for engaging lay people in various areas of ministry in our parishes. We are committed to continue to grow this ministry and it’s involvement at all levels of accompanying bereaved pa-rishioners from the moment of the death of a loved one and beyond the interment of that person. In addition, we need to increase the numbers of those involved and therefore are now inviting you if you are interested in being part of this ministry to submit your contact de-tails to the parish office by Friday the 31st of May. We will have a briefing in early June for all those interested in discovering more about this ministry.
GREYSTONES ACTIVE RETIREMENT AS-SOCIATION: Trip to Altamont Gardens and Rathwood. 30th May 2019. Trip to Bloom in the Phoe-nix Park, Ireland’s largest garden festival, Thur. 30th May, bus leaving Church Car park at 9.30am, cost €30.00. Autumn Holiday to Celtic Ross Hotel Rosscar-bery, Co.Cork. Sunday 22nd September 2019. 4 nights. 5 days. Bed, breakfast, evening meals, trips and enter-tainment on 2 nights. Cost: €315 per person sharing. Single supplement €15 per night. Booking deposit €50. Booking Tuesdays 10.30 to 11.30am at G.A.R.A. book-ing office.
KILQUADE PARISH ARBORETUM CUP 2019: Is an annual golf out-ing held in Delgany Golf Club to raise funds for the parish of Kilquade, This year’s out-ing is next Friday 24th May with tee times between 9am
& 4pm. Cost of golf €120 per team of 4. Sponsor a hole €130. We welcome teams & sponsors. There are a few available places for teams in the morn-ing. Reservation: For Tee times please con-tact Tom Mc Donnell: 086 8971307 or John Byrne at 086 4021120 now . A raffle in conjunc-tion with the golf will take place. Please phone the par-ish office for more details: 01 2819658
THANK YOU: to everyone who supported the re-cent Alzheimer’s Tea day in the Community Centre, Newtownmountkennedy. Your support is very much appreciated.