Fr. Kevin Sullivan (087)6277638

Parish Residence: 18 Ballyoughtragh Heights, Milltown

Parish Office: Open on Tuesday & Thursday

9:30–12:30. 066-9767312

Email:

Safeguarding Children Contact No (087) 6362780

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Milltown Church Sacristy
Wednesday 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Masses & Intentions / Masses & Intentions.
Mon. 2nd July / Milltown / No morning Mass in Milltown
Tues.3rd July / Listry / No evening Mass in Listry
Wed. 4th July
Thurs. 5th July / Milltown / No morning Mass
Fri. 6th July / Milltown / 7:00p.m. / Steve Cotter, Bridge Street
Sat. 7th July / Listry / 6:00 p.m. / Patrick Lane, Ballydesmond/London
Sun. 8th July / Milltown / 11:15 a.m. / Dan Broderick,
Ballyoughtragh Heights
Eucharistic Ministers
Listry Saturday Carmel Kennedy & Marie Donnelly
Mary O’ Shea, Eileen Roche, Rosemarie Healy &
Josie Philpott
Ashborough Lodge Rosemarie Healy
Readers
ListrySaturday Family Readers
MilltownSunday Joseph Tyther & John P.O’ Sullivan
SERVERS

ListrySaturday Lily Kate Clifford, Sarah Fitzgerald, Yvonne O’ Connell

Sadhbh Curran & Amelia Carroll Kelly

Milltown Sunday Brendan Casey, Georgina Casey, Aoife O’ Sullivan &

Cillian O’ Neill

Flower Arranger: Noreen Brassil July 7th – July 20th

July Counters: Donie McCarthy, Jackie O’ Connor, Liam Philpott and

Mary Pat O’ Sullivan

First Friday Communion calls: takes place on Friday July 6th. If you have a family member or neighbour who wish to receive Holy Communion each month, please contact Fr. Kevin, Rev. Conor or the parish office.

Ardfert Retreat Centre – (066) 7134276

Growing Old Gracefully: Facilitated by Fr. John Dunne & Mary Glynn. Due to popular demand a new guided participative experience now scheduled from Fri.13th to Sun. 15th July. Book now to secure your reservation. Contact: (066)7134276 or

Lough Derg 2018: The Three Day Pilgrimage is currently open. You may begin on any day until Monday 13th August. Advance booking is not necessary. The Lough Derg team can help you to co-ordinate public transport or link up with Pilgrimage Organisers in your locality, phone Lorraine on 071 9861518 (from NI +353) email:

Pilgrimage to Knock: A bus will leave Beaufort village via Milltown for Knock on Sunday July 15th. For further information, please contact

(087) 6798129 or(087) 7442694.

Monthly Prayer Meeting takes place in Muintir na Tíre hall, Milltown on Sunday July 1st- 8:00 – 9:30 p.m. Guest speaker is Thomas Kane.

All most welcome.

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Milltown Listry Comhaltas: Mile Buiochas to all who contributed to the hugely successful county Fleadh Cheoil last weekend. Thanks to the local volunteers, local sponsors and the young singers, dancers and musicians who competed from the local branch. Thanks to the community who welcomed the county to Milltown and helped celebrate our unique traditional heritage.

Priest on Duty: Fr. Luke Roche (087) 2255509

St. Colman’s Parish
13th Sunday
in ordinary time
30th June/1st July 2018

Open to the Unplanned Encounter

Sometimes we propose to do something but when we start we are interrupted in some way. Someone comes along that we were not expecting and holds us up and we don’t get to do what he set out to do at the time we intended to do it. If you are a certain personality-type you can get very annoyed by this. You can be there waiting for the person to move on so that you can get back to doing what you think you are supposed to be doing.

Every encounter, however unplanned, can have a positive effect. What seems like an interruption can put us in just the place we were meant to be. There’s an interruption of this positive kind in today’s gospel. A man named Jairus begged Jesus to come to his daughter who was desperately sick. While Jesus was on the way to visit the sick girl, he met another sick person, a woman suffering from haemorrhage, and this meeting delayed him getting to Jairus’ house. It took up some precious time, even though the woman with the bleeding merely wanted to touch the cloak of Jesus. It was Jesus himself who turned it from a fleeting encounter into something more, a real meeting of a life-giving kind.

This story encourages us to look at interruptions in a more positive light. What can seem like distractions can bring us where the Lord is calling us to be. If one of our plans does not work out, it can create the space for something that we did not plan but which turns out for the best. In Jairus story, Jesus brought great good from the interruption, and the woman was healed in both body and soul.

Praying for Families

As we prepare to welcome Pope Francis to Ireland in August, we continue our prayer for families. This week our focus is on Praying for families rejoicing in the innocence of children. As the school holidays begin for all, we praise God for the joy and delight that children share with others and we pray for all families. To get the prayer leaflet, click onto

Parish Party

A sincere word of thanks to the organisers of our Parish Party during the week. The weather was perfect and the evening idyllic. A good number of people gave of their time and talents on the night and it is deeply appreciated. I would also like to thank Nagle-Rice Primary School for the use of the property and their generous cooperation.

The purpose of the evening was to bring parishioners together in a social setting as families and to recognise and celebrate the importance of our families. Aileen Murphy, our diocesan coordinator for The World Meeting of Families, was present. She put together a collage of contributions of those present and it will be on display in our churches during the summer