BANTRY PARISH NEWSLETTER

Second Sunday of Easter 

(Divine Mercy Sunday)

12th April 2015

Calendar: Mass Times and Intentions :–

Mon. 13^th April: Easter Monday:

Bantry: 10am –  Patrick Kelleher – Cappabue, Kealkil

Tues. 14^th April: Easter Tuesday:

Bantry:       10am: Dr. Jerry & Nancy O’Mahony – Blackrock Terrace

                                        

Wed. 15^th April: Easter Wednesday:

Bantry: 10am                 Finola Doody

Hospital: 5.30pm  P.J. Cyriac (2^nd anniversary) & deceased members of the Puthoopara Mbil Family 

      

Thurs. 16^th  April: Easter Thursday:

Bantry: 10am:       Kathleen O’Mahony – Hayes, UK                                

Friday 17^th  April: Easter Friday

Bantry: 10am  Nora Hayes & Jer & Mary O’Brien –

                                        Drimoleague

Kealkil: 7.30pm Margaret O’Sullivan - Gortloughera 

    

                                         

Sat. 18^th April: Easter Saturday:

Hospital:  10am: John & Ellen McGrath – Church Road

Bantry:     6.15pm Maurice O’Keeffe - Donemark

Sun. 19^th April: Second Sunday of  Easter:

Bantry:    9am  John Downey – Dromduve, Ballylickey

Coomhola: 10am: Christy Cronin - Ardnacloughy

Kealkil:11am  Jerome Minehane - Lisheens

Bantry:    12noon  People of the Parish

Easter Ceremonies

We thank you all for your involvement in our Easter Ceremonies. We thank especially all who participated in the ceremonies and we are very grateful to everyone who contributed in any way.

Easter is a time of joy and many blessings and we hope that that this Easter has found you fulfilled, happy and healthy.

We pray every blessing on all parishioners and especially on all children who are soon to receive the Sacraments; that you will be strengthened by God’s Holy Spirit in Confirmation, and be nourished by the gift of Christ in the Holy Eucharist.

We, the priests of the Parish, thank you very sincerely for your generous financial support in the Easter collection and for your ongoing prayerful support always.

Fr. Martin & Fr. Sean 

MUSINGS

As we recall in today’s Gospel the story of Christ’s appearance to his disciples – and the absent Thomas’s disbelief when the others told him – we might also call to mind the special association that Ireland has with Thomas’s eventual proclamation of faith. In the new Missal, issued after the Second Vatican Council, provision was made for a number of memorial acclamations to be used by the whole Church. However, the Irish bishops petitioned for a special dispensation to use one extra acclamation that was traditionally dear to the Irish people: this was simply Thomas’s profession of ‘My Lord and my God!’.

 Salvador Ryan - St Patrick’s College, Maynooth

Bantry Parish Accounts

Income & Expenditure as at 31^st December 2014

Income                                                                  €

Offertory Collections                                      134,089

Diocesan Quarterly Collections                          6,605

Donations & Bequests                                          760

Shrines                                                            32,270

Rental Income                                                   4,469

Weddings                                                          3,200

Insurance Claim Received                                4,036

Total Income                                                185,429

Expenditure

Salaries incl. PAYE/PRSI                               41,714

Priests for Supply                                               2,450

Books/Mags/Directories                                     2,739

Candles/Altar Cloth/Flowers                          32,303

Insurance                                                            9,942

Security                                                                639

Telephone/Computer/Post & Stationery           4,338

Light & Heat                                                   23,029

Repairs / Maintenance & Cleaning                 62,684

Rent/Rates/ Service Charges                             1,002

Professional Fees                                                 787

Computer & Website Costs                              1,907

Bantry Interest & Charges                                   857

Confirmation Expenses                                     1,677

School Expenses – Inchaclough                      1,207

Parish Assembly/Room Hire/Training                 171

Property Tax                                                        225

Diocesan Contributions

Diocesan Fund                                                13,950

Benevolent Fund                                            11,159

Diocesan Quarterly                                           8,705

Total Expenditure                                                     221,485                                                                                                                                                       _______  

Net Loss                                                             -36,056

Died Recently:

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

Noel Daly

- Derryvahalla, Bantry

Esther Mullins (nee O’Shea)

(Dreenbuí, Glengarriff & Bantry),

May they rest in peace

Spring Stations

Wednesday 15^th April @ 8pm

– Brendan & Helen O’Keeffe:

Gorteen, Beach, Cappanaloha, Dromreig, Dunbittern, Shanavalla, Dromacusane, Dromcloch, Ardihoulihane, Aghahogeen,

Youth2000 Retreat Killarney

24^th – 26^th of April the next Youth2000 retreat is being held in Killarney Co. Kerry. Please feel very welcome to join us for prayer, music, worship and friendship. If you are between the ages of 16 and 35 this is an excellent opportunity to learn more about your faith,     or simply meet people your age.

Bantry Defibrillator Group members will be doing CPR demonstrations

on Monday evening April 13th at 8pm in the Ouvanne Falls Hotel Ballylickey.

We will be teaching new members how to perform good CPR and how to use a defibrillator. All are welcome to come along and learn these life saving skills.

45  Progressive   Card    Drive  at Mealagh   Valley   Hall  on Saturday  April  18th.  at  9.00P.M.  .  Your   Support is Greatly   Appreciated.     All  are  Most  Welcome.

Bantry Basketball Club  - Dates for the Diary

AGM: Friday 17^th April Boys Club at 7pm

Please come & support your child &the club.

Flagday Collection: Sat. 18^th April (9am-6pm)

We are looking for parents to give one hour.

Basketball Awards Presentation Evening: Sunday 19^th April @ 4pm in the Mariner. 

Registration for next season will also take place this evening.

Tidy Towns Annual Spring Clean takes place on Tuesday 14^th April. Meeting at the Square at 7.30pm by the Fountain on the Square.

All are welcome.

BANTRY PARISH NEWSLETTER

Easter day of the Lord’s resurrection

sunday  5^th April 2015   

Calendar: Mass Times and Intentions :–

Mon. 6^th March: Easter Monday:

Bantry: 10am –  Margaret (Mags) Dineen - Baurgorm

Tues. 7^st March: Easter Tuesday:

Bantry:       10am: Anthony McCarthy – Donemark & Kilcrohane    

                                                                   

Wed. 8^th April: Easter Wednesday:

Bantry: 10am Robert & Kathleen Evans – The Square Hospital: 5.30pm  Eoin O’Sullivan (Rancher) - Seskin 

      

Thurs. 9^th  April: Easter Thursday:

Bantry: 10am:       John O’Driscoll - Gearhies

                                                         

Friday 10^th  April: Easter Friday

Bantry: 10am John & Bridie Flynn – Durrus & Limerick

                                                                 

Kealkil: 7.30pm Danny & Mary McCarthy –  Cappabue, Kealkil

                                                      

Sat. 11^th April: Easter Saturday:

Hospital:  10am: Christy O’Reilly – Gurteenroe

Bantry:     6.15pm Tom & Rita Spillane – Chapel Street

Sun. 12^th April: Second Sunday of  Easter:

Bantry:    9am  Mary Swanton – Maulakiev

Coomhola: 10am: John & Nora Harrington - Derrycreha

Kealkil:11am  Con & Hetty Hanley - Lisheens

Bantry:    12noon  People of the Parish

THE DEEP END – OPEN THE DOOR

‘Not knowing

When the Dawn will come

I open every door’

Emily Dickinson

The open tomb is a big part of the Easter story. When Mary of Magadala visits the tomb on the third day after Jesus is crucified, she finds that the stone has been moved away. Along with Peter and the other disciples, the realisation gradually dawns that something wonderful has happened. Jesus is risen from the dead!

Easter is a time for openness. The hearts of Mary ad the disciples were opened that first Easter morning, and they suddenly understood what Jesus had been trying to teach then all along. In rising from the dead, Jesus had broken down their barriers. Are our hearts open? Are we ready to hear the good news?

Look where the garden door is open wide!

Come to the garden, there’s no need to hide.

God has broken down the fences

And he stands with arms wide open, come along inside (from ‘An Easter Carol’ – Damien Lundy)

Triona Doherty (email: trionad@gmail.com

Recent Parish Weddings:

We congratulate Mary Kate O’Brien (Slip, Bantry) & Kevin Harrington (Scart Road, Bantry) who were married in St. Finbarr’s Church, Bantry, on Saturday 28^th  March 2015.   We wish Mary Kate & Kevin long & happy lives together

Recent Parish Baptisms:

Fionn Patrick Concannon (Cappanaloha, Bantry)

Aoibhe Kate Daly (Derrygrenaugh, Scart, Bantry),

Eoghan Fachtna Goggin (Riverway, Ballylickey)

We welcome them into our Christian Community

Died Recently:

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

Teresa Scully (nee Cluskey)

- Glanmire, Cork & Nobber, Co. Meath

Mary Milner

(Newtown, Bantry),

May they rest in peace

Bantry Parish & Friends  Pilgrimage to Lourdes 22^nd – 27^th September 2015

Accompanied by Spiritual Director:

Fr. Martin Keohane P.P. Ex-Cork.

Accommodation at the Agena Hotel

Please see Church Porches for details

& Parish Office for booking forms

Divine Mercy Sunday – Sunday April 12^th 2015

St. Augustine’s Church, Washington Street, Cork

2.00pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions. 3pm: 3 O’Clock Prayer & Chaplet. 15.15pm: Talk on St.Faustina’s Diary. 4pm: Mass.

Spring Stations

Wednesday 15^th April @ 8pm – Brendan & Helen O’Keeffe: Gorteen, Beach, Cappanaloha, Dromreig, Dunbittern, Shanavalla, Dromacusane, Dromcloch, Ardihoulihane, Aghahogeen,

Padre Pio Prayer Group will meet on  Friday 10^th April at Sacred Heart Church, Glengarriff.

Adoration at 7.30pm followed by Mass.

Fancy living as a hermit for a while?

Come to Holy Hill Hermitage for FREE

Young Adults Programme (18-35): Cost- FREE.    

Dates-   1^st Oct until 1^st Dec 2015.

Working retreats: Cost- 15hrs work a week.   Dates-  Ongoing, so when can you come?

Hermits are provided with a comfortable hermitage with well stocked kitchen. The Young Adults Programme includes, mountain climbing, workshops, seminars, regular Mass, mountain biking, Eucharistic services, Eucharistic adoration, meditation, spiritual direction, contemplation, regular time for silent solitude. Holy Hill Hermitage is a Catholic Diocesan Institute of Consecrated Life practicing Carmelite spirituality. http://www.holyhill.ie/   

https://www.facebook.com/holyhillhermitage  

Youth2000 Retreat Killarney

24^th – 26^th of April the next Youth2000 retreat is being held in Killarney Co. Kerry. Please feel very welcome to join us for prayer, music, worship and friendship. If you are between the ages of 16 and 35 this is an excellent opportunity to learn more about your faith, or simply meet people your age.

EASTER EGG HUNT: There will be an Easter egg hunt this Sunday the 5^TH of April in Bantry town from 12.30 to 3.30 in aid of The Attic Youth Cafe. The hunt will start from the Tourist Office at 12.30. Participants will receive a set of clues and a map and will have an adventure around the town! The tickets are €5.00 per child or €10 for a group of 3. There will be prizes for all participants and a special prize for the winning team. Parent are asked to accompany their children on their adventure around the town. This event is kindly supported by Bantry Tourism and Development Group.

Cycle Against Suicide is coming to Bantry on May 4^th & 5^th. Prior to that a 5km fun run will take place on Saturday April 11^th at 9am from Bantry Square. All are welcome.

Further information from Mick on 086-2385611

Offertory Collection: Bantry Church weekend of 28^th/29^th March: €1787. Month of March: Coomhola: €1500. Kealkil: €1960. Special collection for Diocesan Needs will take place on April 18^th / 19th

Enrich your marriage  on a

Marriage Encounter Weekend.
Spend a weekend away  discovering the full potential of your marriage. Enjoy real quality time  together free from external pressures and interruptions. Develop a new way of sharing your thoughts and feelings with your husband or wife. Irrespective of  how long you are married, this is a unique weekend experience that every good  marriage deserves.  The next Marriage Encounter Weekend will be from 17th to 19th April 2015 (8:00 pm Friday to 4:30 pm  Sunday) at the Cork International Hotel,

PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND, June 2015

Some places still remain for our Trip of a Lifetime to the Holy Land, June 8-18th, 2015. Follow the footsteps of Jesus from the Sea of Galilee to the River Jordan and on to the final days in Jerusalem. 

Group Leader Mícheál de Barra;  Spiritual Director Fr. John Newman

For information and booking contact Mícheál at 086-8337681 

ALIVE Free Catholic paper  (April edition)  available at church porches. Please take one and some for family and friends.

Cards  for Beginners   will be held  at Mealagh  Valley  Hall on Saturday   April  11th.  at  9.00P.M..   All  are   Welcome

West Cork Carers Support Group is holding a Practical First Aid Course for Carers in conjunction with the Irish Red Cross in the Dunmanway Social Centre, Dunmanway on Friday 17th April 7.00pm to 10.00pm & Saturday 18th April 9.30am to 5.30pm.

This course will give Carers a basic understanding of key First Aid situations and their treatment.

Course Fee: Normally €80, this course is being offered at a subsidised rate of €30 to Carers registered with West Cork Carers Support Group.

Course fee includes an Irish Red Cross Practical First Aid Workbook & Scenarios and a certificate.

BOOKING ARRANGEMENTS: Early booking recommended as places will be limited. Tel: 02753848

Marian Pilgrimages – San Giovanni Rotondo, Assissi & Cascia. 23^rd-30^th October 2015. 7 nights from Dublin. Contact Beatrice Falvey on 087-6728615 before end April to secure a seat.

BANTRY BLUES LADIES GAA – EASTER PEIL CAMP
Bantry Blues Ladies are running an Easter Peil Camp from Tuesday 7th April to Friday 10th April.  The camp will run from 10a.m. to 1p.m. each day and is suitable for children aged 4 years and upwards.   The cost is €40 for first child and €35 for each subsequent child.  All proceeds will go towards Bantry Blues Pitch Development. Your support would be greatly appreciated. Any enquiries to Anne O’Grady at bantrybluesladies.sec@gmail.com

 ALIVE Free Catholic paper  (April edition)  available at church porches. Please take one and some for family and friends.

  

BANTRY PARISH NEWSLETTER

Palm Sunday of the lords’ Passion

sunday  29^th  March 2015   

 Calendar: Mass Times and Intentions :–

Mon. 30^th March: Monday in Holy Week:

Bantry: 10am –  Joan Kelleher – Cappabue, Kealkil

Tues. 31^st March: Tuesday in Holy Week:

Bantry:       10am Stephen Coughlan - Seskin.

Bantry:   7.30pm  Rita O’Shea – Reenrour East

                           

Wed. 1^st April: Wednesday in Holy Week:

Bantry: 10am Donnacha O’Donoghue – Caherdaniel –

                         5^th anniversary

Hospital: 5.30pm  – Johnny O’Leary - Caherdaniel 

      

Thurs. 2^nd April: Holy Thursday – Evening Mass of

the Lord’s Supper: See overleaf for Service details                                      

Friday 3^rd April: Good Friday – Celebration of the Lord’s Passion: See overleaf for Service details

                                         

Sat. 4^th April: Holy Saturday:

See overleaf for Service details

Sun. 5^th April: Easter Day of the Lord’s Resurrection:

Hospital:  8am:  People of the Parish

Bantry:    9am  People of the Parish

Coomhola: 10am:Finbarr Cronin – Coorloum East

Kealkil:11am  Sean Murphy – Breenybeg, Kealkil

Bantry:    12noon  People of the Parish

Lenten Petitions: 

As next Wednesday is the last day of Lent the Lenten Petitions from the 3 Churches in the Parish will be presented at the Offertory Procession at the 10am Mass in St. Finbarr’s Church

Recent Parish Weddings:

We congratulate Noreen Murnane (Kealkil) & James O’Grady (Adrigole) who were married in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Kealkil, on Friday 20^th March 2015.   We wish Noreen & James long & happy lives together

Recent Parish Baptisms:

Fionn Patrick Concannon

(Slip Lawn, Bantry),

&

Billy Triggs Sharkey

(Goureemore, Ballylickey, Bantry)

We welcome them into our Christian Community

Spring Stations

Wednesday 15^th April @ 8pm – Brendan & Helen O’Keeffe: Gorteen, Beach, Cappanaloha, Dromreig, Dunbittern, Shanavalla, Dromacusane, Dromcloch, Ardihoulihane, Aghahogeen,

First Friday Communion Calls

Fr. Martin & Fr. Seán will make their calls during the coming week 

The Offertory Collection:

at the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday & on Easter Sunday in all Churches forms part of the income of the Priests of the Parish. We thank you for your continuing support & generosity.

Offertory Collection: Bantry Church weekend of 21st/22nd March: €2055. St. Patrick’s Day collection: Bantry Parish: €2085. Special collection for Holy Places takes place on April 3rd.

CANCER SURVIVORS:  an informal gathering in a relaxed setting for anyone who has had a cancer diagnosis.   The next meeting will be on Tuesday 31 March 2015 in the Maritime Hotel, Bantry, from 11.00am – 12.30.  Come for tea, coffee and peer group discussion.  Free of charge. 

BANTRY BLUES LADIES GAA – EASTER PEIL CAMP: Bantry Blues Ladies are running an Easter Peil Camp from Tuesday 7th April to Friday 10th April.  The camp runs from 10a.m. to 1p.m. each day and is suitable for children aged 4 years and upwards.   The cost is €40 for first child and €35 for each subsequent child.  All proceeds go towards Bantry Blues Pitch Development. Your support would be greatly appreciated. Enquiries to Anne O’Grady at bantrybluesladies.sec@gmail.com

 Cappabue National School: CAKE Sale and Raffle—Sunday April 19th at 11.30am. Collins’ Bar, Kealkil. Proceeds go to Cappabue  Parent’s Association.

Cancer Research: The recent fundraiser in aid of the Cork Cancer Research Centre was a wonderful success. Many thanks to the Deasy Family for the use of the premises, to the people who donated items for sale, to those who bought the donated items and to all who helped in any way to raise a whopping total of €10,053 for this very worthy cause.

Bantry Cardiac Support Group monthly meeting on Tues March 31st at Family Resourse Centre Main Street at 8pm.with a showing of dvd on suitable exercises. Details from: Catherine Cahalane 086-7871552

Bantry Parish & Friends  Pilgrimage to Lourdes 22^nd – 27^th September 2015

Accompanied by Spiritual Director:

Fr. Martin Keohane P.P. Ex-Cork. Accommodation at the Agena Hotel

Please see Church Porches for details

& Parish Office for booking forms