BANTRY PARISH NEWSLETTER
Third Sunday of Easter
Sunday 19th
April 2015
Calendar: Mass Times and Intentions :–
Mon. 20th April: 3rd
week of Easter:
Bantry: 10am – Peggy O’Sullivan - Glencreagh
Tues. 21st April: 3rd week of Easter:
Bantry: 10am:
Jeremiah McCarthy – Blackrock Terrace
Wed.
22nd April: 3rd
week of Easter:
Bantry: 10am Sheila O’Mahony
– High Street
Hospital Chapel:
5.30pm Jim & Mary Burke - Droumaduneen
Thurs.
23rd April: 3rd
week of Easter:
Bantry: 10.30am: Gaelscoil
Confirmation
Friday 24th April: 3rd week of Easter:
Bantry: 10am John
Sullivan - Reendonegan
Kealkil: 7.30pm Timothy & Mary O’Leary –
Lackareagh
Sat. 25th April: St. Mark -
Evangelist:
Hospital: 10am: Tommy Barry - Derryvahalla
Bantry: 6.15pm Conor Morrissey - Newtown
Sun. 26th April:
Fourth Sunday of Easter:
Bantry: 9am Junior McCarthy – Colomane East
Coomhola: 10am: J.D. & Eileen Harrington –
Derrynakilla
Kealkil:11am Mary Murphy - Cahirmounteen
Bantry:
12noon People
of the Parish
Baptisms in Bantry Parish
Beginning
May 2015 there will be Baptisms in Kealkil
Church only on the second
Sunday of each month at 11.45am.
Baptisms will be held every Saturday at
4pm in Bantry Church .
For the time being there will be no
Baptisms in Coomhola Church .
Celebrating and praying for
Vocations to the Priesthood and Consecrated Life. Pope
Francis has designated this year – the Year for Consecrated Life – so we invite
the priests, religious and people of the Diocese to join together to give
thanks for the vocations of the past, to celebrate the vocations in our diocese
today and to pray in hope for vocations of the future in our Diocesan liturgy
on Friday 24th April at 7:30pm at Saint Michael’s Church,
Blackrock, Cork. All welcome
Died Recently:
We extend our prayers
& sympathy to the families, relatives & friends of
Betty (Bridget) Murray
(née Sugrue)
Ballylickey, Bantry
Sylvia Magner (née Cotter)
May they rest
in peace
The Second Annual Mass and Blessing for People
With Parkinsons, their families and friends will take place at St. Patricks
Church, Rochestown Road ,
Cork on Monday 20th April at 7.00
p.m. All Welcome.
Confirmation
Day 2015:
Monsignor
O’Callaghan will administer the Sacrament of Confirmation to the Children of
Gaelscoil Bheanntraí at 10.30am on Thursday, 23rd April next.
We congratulate Ciarah Gosai (Chistlehurst ,
Kent , UK ) & Matt Cooke (Northampton , UK )
who were married in St. Finbarr’s Church, Bantry, on Saturday 11th
April 2015. We wish Ciarah & Matt long
& happy lives together
Come and see: Priesthood in the
Diocese of Cork
and Ross. An open
invitation is extended to men over 18 who are interested in knowing more about
being a priest in our Diocese to come to an afternoon information session
on this Sunday 19th April from 2:30pm to 5:30pm at Ennismore
Retreat Centre, Montenotte, Cork .
Further details from Canon Bertie O’Mahony 021 4346940
or
Fr Tom Deenihan 021 4301717.
Email:
secretary@corkandross.org
Cork ARC Cancer Support House are delighted to announce that with the assistance of
Bantry Hospice, they will be extending their services into West Cork with the
opening of a new support centre at ‘The Bungalow’, Gories in Bantry, Co Cork.
The new centre in Bantry opened on Tuesday 14 April 2015.
For many
years people from West Cork have been travelling to Cork for cancer support services and having
this new centre in Bantry will help to avoid these long journeys. The Bantry
centre will serve the needs of the local community as well as the wider regions
of West Cork from Clonakilty, Dunmanway, Skibbereen, Sheep’s Head, Mizen and
Beara Peninsulas and their islands, and beyond to Kenmare, South Kerry.
At the
support centre in Bantry visitors can expect to receive a warm welcome from one
of the trained volunteers in a tranquil, safe, and home-like atmosphere. All services are provided free of charge and
include massage, reflexology and counselling by appointment.
The
support centre will be open on Tuesdays from 10am to 4pm when anyone affected
by cancer can telephone or drop in, without an appointment, and talk in confidence with one of the trained
volunteer listeners. Contact: Patricia Lyne Tel: 083
1988580 or email: westcork@cancersupport.ie
Bantry Parish & Friends
Pilgrimage to Lourdes
22nd – 27th September 2015
Accompanied by Spiritual Director:
Fr. Martin Keohane P.P. Ex-Cork.
Accommodation at
the Agena Hotel
Please see Church Porches for details
BANTRY BLUES LADIES GAA - Training for
u-7 and u-8 girls has now commenced on Wednesday evenings from 5.30 to
6.30 in Wolfe Tone Park .
All girls born from 2008 onwards are welcome
Bingo
with A Jackpot at Mealagh Valley Hall on
Thursday April 23rd. at 8.30P.M.. Usual Bus
Service will run. All are Welcome.
Your Support is greatly appreciated.
TABLE QUIZ: MEALAGH VALLEY COMMUNITY HALL FRIDAY, APRIL 24TH, 8:30pm CHLOÉ MULHALL
FUNDRAISER FOR NURSING VOLUNTEERING. €30 per table of 4. Lots of money &
raffle prizes to be won. Please contact Chloé on 0861699754 if you require any
further details. Thank you for everyone who attended my previous Bingo
fundraiser. It was a great success! I would also like to thank all the local
businesses for all their support, John Connolly for all of his help and The WestLodge Hotel their hospitality.
DROMCLOUGH
N.S.will
be holding a ‘’New and Used Clothing Collection” fundraising event on Friday 24th
of April. You can drop bags to the school at 9.30am on the morning of the
collection. They will collect women’s, men’s and children’s clothes; household
linens, footwear, bags and belts. For more information please ring 027-50868
Daffodil Day Success: The people of Bantry once again excelled in their
generosity on Daffodil Day, raising €5,670 for the Irish Cancer Society. Maria
Power who organised the day thanks all the volunteers & everyone who gave
so generously to this worthy cause
Offertory Collection:
Bantry: Weekend 11th/12th
April: €1986.
A Special
collection for Diocesan Needs will take place on this weekend, April 18th
/ 19th. This collection helps
cover running costs for the Diocese.
ACCORD Marriage Education Facilitator: Are you interested in becoming a facilitator with Ireland’s leading
provider of marriage preparation programmes? Would you like, as part of a team
to meet couples preparing for the Sacrament of Marriage in the Catholic Church?
Our training will provide you with a Special Purpose Award from the Pontifical
University, St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth. Accord facilitators work as part
of a team, encouraging couples to engage in conversation with each other,
discuss relevant topics & consider
future plans. This is all done in a secure, confidential, non-threatening
environment. He/she will facilitate
group activities and discussions. Anyone interested in working with Accord as a
facilitator please contact Bantry Accord on 027-50272 or email
accordbantry@eircom.net
Tidy Towns AGM takes place on Tues. 21st
April at 8pm in the Maritime Hotel.
New Members very welcome.
Renovation Fund Update as
at 31st December 2014
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Costs of Renovations to Parish Church's
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Bantry
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1,143,000.00
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Coomhola
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359,000.00
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Kealkill
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71,000.00
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Total Cost
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1,573,000.00
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Parish Deposit Account
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(Inclusive of substantial Donation from
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estate of Parishoner)
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1,117,840.44
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Balance outstanding before Fundraising
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455,159.56
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Donations from Parishoners
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(Fundraising Appeal)
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430,508.00
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Proceeds from Concert
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4,950.00
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Shortfall - need to be raised
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19,701.56
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BANTRY BLUES LADIES GAA - Training for
u-7 and u-8 girls has now commenced on Wednesday evenings from 5.30 to
6.30 in Wolfe Tone Park. All girls born from 2008 onwards are welcome