Tullow Grange Ardattin

PARISH NEWSLETTER

Sunday 23rd March 2008

Easter Sunday

A HAPPY AND PEACEFUL EASTER
to all our Parishioners & Friends

From: Fr. Brendan Byrne
and Fr. Andy Leahy

A PRAYER FOR EASTER
RISEN LORD,
You are my source of hope,
my well-spring of love,
my rock, my Saviour.

RISEN LORD,
Grant me the courage to begin again,
the strength to keep going,
the humility to forgive.

RISEN LORD,
Guide me with your light,
Uplift me with your power,
Enfold me with your peace. Amen.

 

Tullow Parish Community Centre.
Phone 059-9151277. Fax 059-9151624.

Opening hours: Monday—Friday.  9 a.m.—1 p.m. and 2—5 p.m

Priests of the Parish Phone No:
Fr Brendan Byrne, 059-9152159, 087-6646616,
Fr Andy Leahy 059-9180641, 087 9438270.

MONDAY IS A BANK
HOLIDAY

Mass at 12.00 noon

EARLY DATE OF EASTER
Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the 21March.
The earliest possible date, 22 March, last happened in 1818 and will not occur again until 2285.
The second earliest possible date, 23 March occurs this year. This happened in 1913 and will not occur again until 2160.
The third earliest possible date, 24 March, which results in the coincidence of the palm and the shamrock on 17 March, last happened in 1940 and will not occur again until 2391.

CALLED TO WITNESS:
Easter message from Bishop Jim Moriarty available at Church Door (Copy of Message at the end of this newsletter page)

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION:
Special Intentions for Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th March. That Christians persecuted because of the Gospel in various parts of the world and in various manners may be sustained by the strength of the Holy Spirit and continue to bear witness courageously and openly to the Word of God.

SERVERS FOR THE COMING WEEK: Group 6
Mary Clare Hgan, Sorcha Frazer
Katie Jones, Orla Condon
Aoife Curry, Alysha Byrne
Groups for Sunday
8.30 a.m.: Mary Clare Hogan, Sorcha Frazer, Alysha Byrne
11.30 a.m.: Orla Condon, Katie Jones, Aoife Curry

POLSKA MSZA
Kolejna Polska Msza odbedzie sie 16 Grudziem o godz. 10.00 mozliwosc spowiedzi swietej przed msza od godz 9.30. Polska Msza bedzie odprawiana w kazda trzecia niedziela miesiaca.

LOURDES PILGRIMAGE: TULLOW PARISH
Tuesday 24th June to Tuesday 1st July, 2008.
(Please note change of departure date).
Duration 7 Nights. Hotel Padoue.
Cost €735. Deposit of €100.
Contact Parish Office on 059 9151277.

St. Pio Pilgrimage 2008
Benevento—San Giovanni.
8th August 2008 7 nights. St. Pio’s 40th Anniversary. Group Leader: Brendan Byrne. Spiritual Director: Fr. Brendan Byrne. Special Group Price: €849.00. For itinerary please contact: Brendan Byrne: (059) 9152666 or Joe Walsh Tours, Tel: (01) 2410816. Limited availability

Divine Mercy Sunday:
30th March: Devotions 3.00—4.00pm. Exposition, Chaplet and Benediction

EASTER COLLECTION
We take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support of the priests of the parish. We ask that you be generous as usual and use the special envelope on Easter Sunday for the “EASTER COLLECTION”. This collection is for the support of the priests of the parish. Again many thanks for your prayers and support.

The internationally famous Kilkenny Gospel Choir will perform in the Church of the Most Holy Rosary, Tullow on Sunday, April 13th at 7.30 p.m. Also featured in the programme will be Traditional Music from The Patrician Brothers’ Boys’ School, Girls’ School Choir, St Columba’s School, Tullow Community School Choir and The Tullow Singers. This concert is in aid of the Kenyan Mission Project. Tickets cost €10.00 for adults and €5.00 for students. Tickets can be purchased at the Parish Centre 9151277, TCS 9151473, Rainbow Records, Carlow, or Helen 0878270270.

The Annual Cork to Carlow Cycle for the County Carlow Branch Irish Wheelchair Association will take place on the
14th and 15th June 2008.
This will be the 30th year for this event so book early to secure your place.
For details contact Jack Doyle at 086 8402081 or Betty at 059 9140983

Tullow Day Care Centre presently have 2 positions on their FAS C.E. Scheme. FA eligibility applies.
Contact 9151833 or 9142777.

St Patrick’s Juvenile GAA.
Training for the under 16s has resumed. Players are asked to contact Luke Bermingham for details. The under 12 footballers play their first game on 19th April against Ballon.All players must pay their membership before the first game. The under 12 hurlers first game is on 5th April against Mount Leinster Rangers. More details are on Club’s website: www.tullowgaa.com . The Club is always looking for people to give a hand out with the teams. Contact any Committee member if you can help

Carlow Jobs Club
are running Job Seeking Skills Programmes. The programme takes place 3 mornings a week over 3 weeks. Training areas include CV Preparation. Applying for Jobs, Interview Techniques and Cover Letters. Contact Liz: 059 9135534

German Grinds available
Higher and Ordinary, Junior and Leaving Cert: 085 1448236

Wreath Laying Ceremony
and Commemoration will be held on Easter Sunday at 3.00p.m. at Thomas Traynor Memorial, Tullow

Éigse Carlow
are now taking information for the Fringe Section of our Festival Brochure. All interested contact 059 9140491 with details by Friday, 28th March.

Three bedroomed house to rent in Pairc Mhuire: 0872896431

Mount Wolseley Hotel and Country Club
now holding a Selection of EXERCISE CLASSES DAILY. Ph: 059 9180108 for list of classes and times.

St Patrick’s G.F.C.
Training for all Club Players takes place on Tuesday nights in Bro Leo Park at 7.45 pm. A full attendance is requested and new players are especially welcome.
Co. Board Draw: Tickets may be purchased from any Committee member. Great prizes including cars, holidays, vouchers & cash are guaranteed.
Golf Classic: The Club’s Golf Classic takes place on Wed. April 16th in Mount Wolseley. Teams of 4 cost €180. For further information contact Club Chairman: Chris Murphy

Ladies Walk
, Sunday 4th May 2008 in aid of Alzheimers, Tullow Branch. Cards available from Seamus Dowling at Video Shop or from Caroline at The Haven.

Golf Classic:
Team of 4 at Leinster Hills Golf Club, on Sat. 26th April. €200 per team. In aid of Alzheimer Society Tullow Branch. Contact: Seamus Dowling or Joe Earle

Fellow’s Barber
now open, Church Street opp. Tara Arms. Open: Mon—Fri 9.30—6.00pm. Sat: 9.00—5.00pm.

TABLE QUIZ
hosted by Tullow Tug of War. Venue: Tara Arms.
Date: Friday 28th March. Time: 9pm.
Table of 4: €24.

YOGA: VENUE:
TEACH BHRÍDE, TULLOW. Date: Monday evenings, from March 31: 7.00—8.25 pm. and 8.30—10.00pm.
Tuesday Morning: From April 8th, 11.00 am. –12.30pm. for eight weeks.
(Deirdre O Connor has been teaching yoga for over 15 yrs.)

TULLOW DARE CARE CENTRE:
The Annual A.G.M. Of Tullow Day Care Centre will be held on Monday, 14th April at 8.00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Flora Mini Marathon Time: Monday,
2 June. Interested in walking or running the mini-marathon for the Saplings School for Children with Autism? We will register you for the event plus provide a bus from Carlow Town, all free of charge. Why not get a group of friends together and enjoy a great day out, Please contact Siobhan on 087 7474718 or Noreen on 087 9581315 for details. You will need to contact us and register by 10th April, 2008

Start Your Own Childcare Business Training:
Carlow Co Enterprise Board in conjunction with Carlow County Childcare Committee are running a Start Your Own Childcare Business Training Programme commencing 16th April 2008. The training will take place over 5 Wednesday evenings from 7-10pm. This training is ideal for those thinking of setting up a childcare business or for newly established childcare business. To book your place contact Carlow Co Enterprise Board: Ph 0599130880.

Dyspraxia Association. Annual Conference
takes place in The Clarion Hotel, Liffey Valley, Dublin on Saturday 12th April 2008 from 9.00 a.m. - 5.00p.m. The theme of the conference will be “Growing up with Dyspraxia—Childhood to Adulthood” Cost members €70.00, non-members €110, students €55.00. To book your place please Phone: 01 4045530

Bowls & Yoga:
There will be no bowls on March 21& 24; April 7,11,14.
Yoga will resume on Fri. 28th March. Anyone travelling to Cork please have money in on or before next meeting which will be on Tues 1st April.

St Patrick’s Juvenile Hurling & Football Club:
Committee meeting next Wednesday, 26th March in Resource Centre at 9.00p.m.

Tots to Teens
are offering an “Out of School” service for primary school children during the Easter holidays. For details contact Aisling at 9180924

Tullow Waste Water Treatment Plant & Collection System:
Carlow Co. Council propose to upgrade this plant. A public Consultation Day will be held in Mount Wolseley Hotel on 27th March between 9.00am. & 9.00 pm.

Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin

Called to Witness
2008 Easter Message from Bishop Jim Moriarty

March 2008

“Our shared task over the next four years will be to build up ministries and services at the local level and to encourage and support people as they come forward to serve the Church.”
Bishop Jim Moriarty

The Easter season is a time when we reflect on the call to witness to our faith. Our belief that 'he has risen' goes hand in hand with the call to help others know and live the Gospel. We all have a part to play; from our baptism all of us share the one vocation to proclaim the Good News.

Towards the end of last year, we issued a report on the REACH OUT campaign that has been on-going in our diocese since 2004. People were invited to give their views and to identify what should happen now.

A few hundred people completed a special survey and the results were very positive. It is clear that the campaign initiatives such as the Christmas gift, the diocesan stand at the Ploughing championship, our involvement in World Youth Day, our faith formation resources and ministry training were very well received. 75% of respondents said these initiatives were a good or excellent response to the pastoral priorities set by people in 2004.

Importantly, 85% of respondents said that our underlying method
(Listen - Act Together - Report) was good or excellent. On that basis, we plan to start a new campaign that will again stretch over four years with a strong united focus on agreed key issues
.
Drawing on the survey feedback and from on-going discussions with priests, there is a consensus that we should focus on ministries and services at the local level so that we will be better equipped to serve families, our youth, newcomers and those alienated from the Church.

We are a changing Church. Of the 88 K&L priests in active ministry,
34 are more than 40 years ordained. We are all concerned about how we will cope with the emerging reality of fewer priests. At the same time, the call is not only for vocations to the priesthood but to promote and nurture the ministry of lay people. A changing Church can also be a more vibrant, inclusive Church. In many ways, this can be an Easter moment, a time when we see new life and experience a new grace.

Our shared task over the next four years will be to build up ministries and services at the local level and to encourage and support people as they come forward to serve the Church. This will be our main objective, but obviously it is not the only task facing us individually or as a diocese.
In the coming months, we will put together a plan for the coming four years that will seek to fulfill our main objective in various ways. Pastoral planning will need to be linked to financial planning as we move more towards the employment of lay ministers and resource people. We will need to invest more in faith formation and ministry training. We welcome any suggestion you may have on these issues.

In order to act together, we need to continue to strengthen our communication channels and to hold special conferences where people can come together as this plan takes shape. Such gatherings should become a standard part of diocesan life and act as a springboard for further renewal.

Within our overall plan, we will continue to promote the call to ordained ministry. Starting this April, the Irish Church is marking the next twelve months as the Year of Vocations. This is a very timely initiative and one that our diocese will be very actively promoting.

What was so encouraging about the REACH OUT campaign was the call from people for our diocese to be pro-active. We now have another tremendously positive mandate, a common goal and a shared task. With an Easter faith, let us again step forward to proclaim Christ and build up his Church in Kildare & Leighlin.

Jim Moriarty
Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin

Survey Results

The REACH OUT report was sent to every home in the diocese via
An Post. Within the report was an invitation for people to give their views. A special survey form was made available in parishes and on our diocesan website. The survey returns were processed by the Research & Development office in Maynooth. The full results and commentary are now available on the main diocesan website - www.kandle.ie

Suggestions

As stated in the Bishop's message, people are very welcome to submit suggestions as to how we can best 'build up ministries and services at the local level and encourage and support people as they come forward to serve the Church'. You can forward responses to Bishop's House, Carlow (email-bishop@kandle.ie) or visit our new interactive website ¬www.kandle.ie/blog - where people can offer and read comments.

Communication

As the plan for the coming four years takes shape, the details will be communicated through all possible channels, including the diocesan KandLe bulletin that now appears weekly in the Nationalist papers.
Likewise we will be advertising when special conferences will take place to advance our shared task.
One of the first of these gatherings will be a morning for liturgy groups, baptism teams and priests in the Standhouse Hotel (Curragh) on Saturday 12th April. We also plan to have a meeting for those involved in Parish Finance sometime in May. Details to follow.

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