BANTRY PARISH NEWSLETTER

The  Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time  

                                                    Sunday June 16^th  2013   

The Deep End – Whose feet will you wash?

It is hard to read a Gospel Story about the woman who washes and kisses the feet of Jesus without thinking of another foot-washing story – when Jesus washes the feet of the disciples at the Last Supper.

The woman in this story has a jar of ointment, and that seems to be all. She uses her tears to wash the feet of Jesus, and her hair to wipe them away. She gives everything she has, & throws herself totally at the mercy of Jesus, who sees the openness & humility of the gesture & responds with love.

This story also brings to mind an image which captured the public imagination earlier this year, when Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of 12 inmates at a juvenile prison in Rome on Holy Thursday, in a powerful sign of the emphasis he wised to place on service. ‘Among us the one who is highest up must be at the service of others. This is a symbol, it is a sign – washing your feet means I am at your service. And we are too, among each other,’ he told them.  Saint Basil once posed the question: ‘If you live alone, whose feet will you wash?’ We are called to live in relationship with others & to be at the service of others. The woman in the story has been shown such forgiveness & love, & is overwhelmed at her encounter with Jesus. Because he shows her such love, she is able to respond with love. We too are loved, and we have love to share. How can we show that love in the service of others?                                     Trina Doherty (triona@gmail.com)

Calendar: Mass Times and Intentions

Mon. 17^th  June: 11th week in Ordinary Time:

                     

                       Bantry:                    10am             Mrs. Mary Hodnett – Orchard Hill

                    

Tues. 18^th June: 11^th Week in Ordinary Time:

                     

                      Bantry:                    10.00am        Patricia O’Shea – Inchinagown, Coomhola

                    

Wed. 19^th June: 11^th Week in Ordinary Time: St. Romuald was a monk who lived a life of strict penance & solitude. He established many monasteries, most notably at Camaldoli in Tuscany. He died in 1027

                     

                      Bantry                     10.00am        Timmy & Joan McCarthy – St. Canneras Place

Hospital;                  5.30pm         Sonny Cronin - Seskin

Thurs 20^th June: 11^th Week in Ordinary Time: Blessed Irish Martyrs.Seventeen Irish Martyrs, men & women, cleric &

lay, who per  put to death for the Catholic Faith between 1579 & 1654 were beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1992.

Bantry:                    10am             Mary Goggin – Cork & Whiddy Island

Bantry:                   7.30pm         Traditional Latin Mass

                    

Friday 21^st  June: 11^th Week in Ordinary Time:  St. Aloysius Gonzaga joined the Jesuits. As a model novice he worked in the

plague hospital & caught the fever, dying in 1691 at the age of 23. Patron of Youth.

Bantry:                    10am             Kitty Cronin (5^th Anniversary) & Christy Cronin (Month’s Mind) - Gurteenroe

Kealkil:                    7.30pm         Pat O’Leary – Cahirmounteen, - 1^st Anniversary

                    

Sat. 22^nd  June: 11^th Week in Ordinary Time: St. Paulinus 355-431, bishop of Nola in the Campania. 

St. John Fisher 1469-1535, as Vice-chancellor, built Christ’s & St. John’s Colleges, Cambridge. Bishop of Rochester. His love of

truth brought about his death. 

St. Thomas More 1478-1535, the first commoner to be Lord Chancellor of England,

suffered martyrdom also under Henry VIII. Patron of lawyers & those in public life.

                     

                     Hospital                   10am             Donie McCarthy – Slip Grove & Maughnaclea

                     Bantry:                    6.15pm         Donal & Frances McCarthy - Drinagh

Sun.  23^rd June: 12^th Sunday in Ordinary Time:

                     

                      Bantry:                         9am          Maisie Hunt - Glengarriff

                     Coomhola:                   10am     Tom  & Bridie Triggs - Borlin

                     Kealkil:                        11am         Madge O’Sullivan - Droumsullivan

                     Bantry:                        12noon     People of the Parish     

Father's Day Prayer 

God our Father, in Your wisdom and love

You made all things.
Bless these men, that they may be strengthened as Christian fathers.
Let the example of their faith and love shine forth.
Grant that we, their sons and daughters, may honour them always with a spirit of profound respect.
Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen

Youth Choir – Coomhola Church  

There will be a youth choir taking place for the months of July and August at Coomhola Church.  Children from the Community of 3rd, 4th,5th and 6th classes are welcome to join and also teenagers are very welcome.  There will be practices taking place on Saturday the 22nd and 29th June from 7.00 to 8.30 (preferably no parents to stay during practice).  We look forward to seeing as many singers as possible. Please contact (086-1012029) with any queries.    

Rotas

Rotas for Ministers of the Eucharist & the Word (July-December 2013) are now available for collection from the Sacristy or Parish Office. Thank you.


                                                 

Died Recently

We extend our prayers & sympathy to the family, relatives & friends of

Richard (Dick) Deasy (Bantry).

 May he rest in peace

Station Mass – Spring 2013

Friday 21^st June @ 8pm.

Denis & Catherine Keohane

Corran, Cooleenlemane, Derrynakilla, Farranfadda, Inchinagown, Kealanine

Recent Parish Baptisms:

Daniel Paul Sheehan

(Chapel Hill Court, Kealkil, Bantry)

Culainn James Vaughan

(Cul na Greine, Bantry)

We welcome them into our Christian Community

"DRINK TEA FOR MND' 

June 17th to June 23rd 2013 is Global Awareness Week for Motor Neurone Disease, a debilatating, terminal illness.  A fundraiser in aid of the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association will be held in The Maritime Hotel next Saturday June 22nd between 10.30am to 1pm. A raffle will also be held on the day.  Please come & enjoy a cuppa & chat your support would be greatly appreciated

Bantry Neighbourhood Watch Updates

At this months’ meeting of Bantry Neighbourhood Watch, there was a review of the modern alarms that have been fitted over the last number of years. There have been in excess of 100 alarms fitted successfully throughout the town in recent times and these have proved invaluable to the residents. Personal home monitoring alarms are available to people living alone and over 65 years of age in the Bantry town area. The Committee advise people to test their alarms once every 3 months to make sure they are in working order. Bantry Neighbourhood Watch is now accepting names for the new round of alarms available. Contact John McCarthy of McCarthy Meats or Cormac McCarthy of McCarthys Sports Shop,  Bantry for details. 

St Colums Cúl Camp! 

The St. Colum's GAA Cúl Camp will take place August 19th-23rd. Children aged 6-13 can attend. Sign up athttp://gaa.ie/Kelloggscùlcamp. If you have any queries about the camps, please contact Tom Farley on 086 851 1293.

                                                                               

Carriganass Midsummer Festival will take place at the castle in Kealkill from June 21st-23rd. Events include a cheese and wine reception to launch the castle website, Farmers Market. BBQ, Bouncy Castle, Walks, Talks, Kealkill's Got Talent and Special Guest John Spillane in concert. Find out more at http://carriganasscastle.com

Unsightly Notices:

Under no circumstances are notices to be attached to the walls of the porches. Already two such unauthorised notices have caused paint to peel. If you have a notice please apply to the Sacristy first.

BANTRY PARISH NEWSLETTER

The tenth Sunday in ordainary time  

       

       Sunday June 9^th  2013               

Calendar: Mass Times and Intentions

Mon. 10^th  June: 10th week in Ordinary Time:

Bantry:          10am                       Nora Twomey

                    

Tues. 11^th June: 10^th Week in Ordinary Time: St. Barnabas apostle: was born on the island of Cyprus. He was one of

the first converts in Jerusalem and preached at Antioch. He became a companion of St. Paul and went with him on his first

missionary journey, and he took part in the council of Jerusalem. He returned to his native land to preach the Gospel and

they he died.

Bantry:          10.00am,                 Adelaide & Harvey Finnegan – Marino Street

                    

Wed. 12^th June: 10^th Week in Ordinary Time:

Bantry           10.00am                  John Keohane – Slip Lawn

Hospital;       5.30pm                    Jeremiah McCarthy – Blackrock Terrace

Thurs 13^th June: 10^th Week in Ordinary Time:.St. Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor of the Church: died in Padua

In 1231 at the age of 36. Born in Portugal he had joined the Franciscans & preached against heresy through France & Italy

Bantry:          10am                       Con & Eileen O’Callaghan – Bantry Bay Hotel

                    

Friday 14^th June: 10^th Week in Ordinary Time:  St. Davnet: virgin: lived and died at Tydavent at Sliabh Beagh,

Co.Monaghan. Tradition speaks of St.Davnet as a vigin & founder of a church or monastery. A bachall (staff) said to have

been hers has been preserved and in the past it was used as a test of truth.

Bantry:          10am                       Bridie McCarthy – Ardra, Scart & Eileen Brown - Seskin

Kealkil:         7.30pm                    Den Cullinane - Gearagh

                    

Sat. 15^th June: 10^th Week in Ordinary Time:

Hospital        10am                       Willie Goggin – 56 Reenrour East – 1^st Anniversary

Bantry:          6.15pm                    Michael O’Sullivan – Dromleigh North

Sun.  16^th June: 11^th Sunday in Ordinary Time:

  Bantry:             9am                    Michael J. O’Sullivan – Dromleigh North

Coomhola:        10am       Harry & Mary O’Leary - Inchinagown

 Kealkil:            11am                   Denis & Peg O’Leary – Whiddy Island

Bantry:              12noon                People of the Parish

Corpus Christi Procession

We offer our sincere thanks to everyone involved in last Sunday’s Processions, in Kealkil and in Bantry Town. Many people have come together over the years to help us and many new people have offered their services. We are very grateful that our public prayer can be expressed in this way and that you all prayed and walked on such a lovely day. The Hour of Meditation before the Blessed Sacrament was also a very welcome new feature, in solidarity with the Hour of Pope Francis in Rome.                                                                                                    Fr Donal.

Blessing of St Anthony’s Lillies on 13^th June

Thursday June 13^th is the feast day of St.Anthony. We encourage everyone to bring Lillies to be blessed at the 10.00 o’clock Mass on that day.

St. Colum’s Overnight Pilgrimage to Knock

6^th – 7^th July 2013

To book please contact: Matt O’Sullivan -66031, May Murphy – 56632, Mary Holland - 63384

We congratulate Laura Sullivan & Peter McAuliffe  who were married in The Church of the Immaculate Conception, Kealkil on Friday, 31^st  May

                           We wish Laura & Peter  long and happy lives together

 

 

 

 

Diocesan Bible Study Certificate                       

Are you interested in knowing more about the Scriptures?  Have you started to read the Bible but would like a better understanding?

We are pleased to announce a new initiative that will open the door to a deeper understanding of the Bible.  The course aims to help participants to become familiar with the different aspects of the Bible through short accessible modules.  A new module will be offered spring and autumn for two years, both in the city and Dunmanway. The first module will be of 4 weeks duration and the others will be six weeks long.  No written assignments or exams are required.

Each module will explore a different aspect of the scriptures, where they come from and what they mean.  There will be a variety of different contributors. The first module ‘What is the Bible? – An Introduction to the Sacred Scriptures’ will be offered on four Thursday nights October 3^rd 7.30-9.30pm.  This module will be presented by Fr Ben Hegarty OP and Fr. Sean O’Sullivan.   It will be held in The West Cork Education Centre, Dunmanway.  The cost will be €50 per module.  All welcome. Places limited.

For further details and to book please contact Anne Francis 087-228-2134 or abfrancis@eircom.net 

Recent Parish Baptisms:

Caoimhe Gráinne Sheedy

(Gurtacloona, Bantry)

We welcome her into our Christian Community

Died Recently

We extend our prayers & sympathy to the family, relatives & friends of

Timothy (Ted) Maguire (Rossbarra Avenue, Deerpark, Friars Walk, Cork & Coorycomade, Coomhola, Bantry), 

 May he rest in peace

GOLDEN JUBILEE OF CAHERAGH CHURCH

 (1963-2013)

Caheragh parish is proud to celebrate, in 2013, the golden jubilee of the Church of the Holy Family in Caheragh. It is much more than just a building but a place where Jesus is present and people gather to express their faith, hope and love. It is, like so many other churches, a truly special place where people of all ages assemble for happy and sad events in their lives. Therefore, it is fitting to give thanks to God and His people for the half-century of faith and worship in this fine church. A Jubilee Mass will be celebrated on Sunday 30^th June at 3.30pm in the church and a dinner-dance function will be held that evening in the West Cork Hotel at 8pm. Tickets (€25) for the dinner-dance will be available after Masses over the coming weekends in Caheragh (Sunday 11.15am) and Dromore (Saturday Vigil 8pm). Also from members of the Jubilee Committee on the following numbers: 028-31306 or 086-8969334 or 087-6855938.

Coffee Morning for Argentina

Diarmaid Linehan is a final year medical student in UCC and is going on placement to Mendoza, Argentina for an 8 week medical elective during the summer. To raise funds for much needed medical supplies in a health system lacking basic primary care for its poorest citizens he is hosting a coffee morning on this Friday 14th June in his home at Doireliath Bed and Breakfast Newtown from 10am - 1pm. Your support would be greatly appreciated

Plant and Cake Sale in Glengarriff Hall on Sunday 16^th June at 12.00pm. All proceeds go to Derrycreha National School.

Traditional Latin Mass (Missal of Blessed John XXIII) will be offered on Thursday, June 20th, 7.30 pm at St Finbarr's Church, Bantry by kind permission of Fr Donal Cotter P.P. The celebrant will be Fr. Joseph T. Lienhard S.J., Professor of Theology at Fordham University, New York. 

Bantry Parish & Friends Pilgrimage to Lourdes

22^nd – 27^th September 2013

Accompanied by Spiritual Director.

Ex-Cork. 

Accommodation at the Agena Hotel

Please see Church Porches for details

                                       & Parish Office for booking forms

A  £500  Bingo  Session  will take place  at The  Community   Hall,   Ards,   Mealagh  Valley  on  Friday  June  14th.  at  8.30P.M..  The  usual  Bus Service  will Run from  Bantry.   Your   continued Support  would be greatly appreciated. Also  on Saturday  June  15th.  a Ceili  will be  held  in Our  Hall.  Music will be by  Donie   Nolan  &  Taylors  Cross  and starts  at 9.30P.M.

West Cork Wheelers is holding a family fun day in aid of Bantry Hospice on Fathers Day Sunday 16^th June at Bridge House, Pearson’s Bridge @ 3pm.  Barbecue, bouncing castle, music & entertainment.  The West Cork Wheelers are undertaking a day cycle from Malin Head to Mizen Head July 2013 to raise much needed funds for Bantry Hospice.

To mark the retirement of teacher Mairead Murphy the Board of Management of Coomhola School invite all parents, past pupils and members of the community to a function in the church/school on Friday 14th June at 7.45 p.m. to celebrate Mairead's contribution to the school community for the past 35 years.