Kilgarvan Parish, Church of St. Patrick, A Parish of the Kenmare Pastoral Area.
Priests of the Parish: Fr. Con Buckley and Fr. Donal O’Neill,
Mobile: 087 2998191 Parish Office Landline: 064 6685313. Office hours Monday and Friday 9.30am – 1.30pm Parish email: .
Masses on Sundays and Feasts: Vigil: 6.30pm, Morning: 10.30am. Weekday masses: Monday and Thursday 10am, Wednesday and Friday 7.30pm. Sacrament of Reconciliation by request after mass. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament every Friday from 9am to 9pm. Diocesan news at www.dioceseofkerry.ie and more parish news under Kilgarvan Parish on the website.
Church Notices:
Saturday 4th July Intention: Joe Purcell, Railway Road 6.30pm
Sunday 5th July Intention: Connie Kelleher, Gortlehard 10.30am
Monday 6th July Intention: Private Intention 10.00am
Wednesday 8th July Intention: Michael O’Sullivan, Gortaloughane 7.30pm
Thursday 9th July Intention: Private Intention 10.00am
Friday 10th July Intention: Kathleen Nagle, Shrone and Morley’s Bridge 7.30pm
Saturday 11th July Intention: Sheila Murphy 6.30pm
Sunday 12th July Intention: Denis and Mary O’Sullivan, Church Street 10.30am
and the O’Sullivan family late of Cumeen.
Liturgy next week-end: Readers: 6.30pm Celene Lynch 10.30am Mary Kelleher Eucharistic Ministers: 6.30pm Peggie Kelleher, Eileen Scanlon 10.30am Bella Casey, Eilish O’Mahony Altar Servers: 6.30pm Timothy O’Donoghue, Eugene O’Sullivan (Christine Rice) 10.30am Mary Ellen McCarthy, Sarah O’Donoghue (Martina O’Shea).
Priest on Sunday duty this week-end: Fr. Gearoid Walsh 027 70849 / 087 675 9263.
Parish Collections: The collection last weekend was €842. Many thanks for your generosity. Diocesan Collection for Sick and Retired Priests this week-end 4th/5th July.
In the recent Diocesan appointments, Fr. O’Neill’s presence here in Kilgarvan will conclude, as he takes a sabbatical. His role in the parish will be taken by Fr. Michael Moynihan, PP of Glengarriff, who will oversee the construction of our Parish Centre.
Message from Fr. Donal: My time as priest in Kilgarvan has come to an end. May I thank sincerely all of you that I have met and worked with here in the past three and a half years. I have very much enjoyed my ministry here with you, meeting people of all ages and backgrounds and sharing special moments in peoples lives. I was also taking up other roles in the Diocese which meant I was away somewhat, but all were very understanding and supportive. Thank you all. Fr. Donal.
Meal for Visiting Clergy on Holidays: As is usual, the Bishop would like to invite priests who are home for vacation to gather for a meal on Tuesday, August 4th at 6.30pm at the Parish Centre, the Church of the Resurrection, Park Road, Killarney. Contact the Diocesan Office on 064-6631014 to confirm attendance.
Kilgarvan Cemetery Mass: The annual cemetery mass will be held on Wednesday 22nd July at 7.30pm (weather permitting).
The LATIN MASS (1962 Missal) will be offered in Holy Cross Dominican Church, Tralee on Sun 5th July and Sun 26th July at 1.30pm. See:
Mass will be celebrated in Old Kenmare Cemetery on Thursday 16th July at 8pm.
Prayer: People are welcome to join our prayer group that meet every Tuesday evening. You are also welcome to join our Eucharistic adoration which takes place every Friday from 9am to 9pm and our rosary before daily mass.
Community Notices:
Free Pre-school Year: “Little Acorns” have some places available for the afternoon session for the free pre-school year commencing in September 2015. Contact Catherina Kelleher at 064 66 85882 for further information.
There will be a clothing recycling drive in aid of Kilgarvan Bord Na nog on Wed 8th July. Items can be dropped to GAA field between 9.30-11.30am on the day Please contact Joann Murphy 087 9893133 to make arrangements for collection of items.
Kilgarvan Tidy Towns weekly clean up and work in the village takes place on Wednesday nights, meeting at the church at 7.30pm. All are very welcome to come along and help and give some time to the village as we prepare for the summer.
History Outing to Clara, Drishane, Kilmeady Castle and Up Ballydaly led by Fr Seán Daly and Seán Radley, will take place on Sunday, 12th July. Meet at Carnegie Hall, Millstreet 2.30pm. All are welcome.
St Columban Pilgrim Walk in Killarney: To celebrate the 1,400th anniversary of the death of St Columban, the Columbans are organising a Pilgrim Walk in Killarney from Aghadoe via Botharín na Marbh to St Columbanus's Home. The walk will include visits to sites of spiritual significance and will take approx 4 hours. It will be led by Columban missionary Fr Michael Howe. Assemble at Aghadoe at 9.30am on Saturday 18th July.
Pulsewave Ireland are offering Bpro medically approved non-invasive heart & artery screenings in The Killarney Court Hotel, Killarney on Mon 13th July. Call Jim on 087-7151623 for appointments.
There is no sin that God cannot pardon. All we need to do is ask for forgiveness in confession (Pope Francis)