Fr Kevin: 087 6277638: Rev. Conor: 087 7974060

Parish Office: Open on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays from 9.30–12.30. 066-9767312

Email:

Child ProtectionContact Nos. 087-9635265;087-2314199

Recent Deaths: Denis Hickey, Chutehill, Tralee

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.
Milltown Church on Wednesdayfrom 4–7.00pm.
Adoration in Listry Church will recommencein February
Masses & Intentions / Masses & Intentions.
Mon 18thJan / Milltown / 9.00 a.m. / People of the Parish
Tues 19thJan / Listry / 7.00 p.m. / Dan & Mary McCarthy, Lissivane West
Wed 20th Jan / Milltown
Thurs 21stJan / Milltown / 7.00 p.m. / Carmel McKenna
Fri 22ndJan / Milltown / 7.00 p.m.
Sat 23rdJan / Listry / 6.00 p.m. / Jeremiah & Eileen Wrenn, Lissivane East
Sun 24thJan / Milltown / 11.15 p.m. / Kathleen O’Leary, Dublin
Eucharistic Ministers
Listry: SAT: Margaret O’Sullivan & Margaret Lehane
Milltown: SUN: Mary O’Shea, Tim Fleming & Josie Philpott
Ashborough Lodge:Joan Lane & Mary Burke
Readers
Listry: SAT: Niall Kennedy & Jim O’Shea
Milltown: SUN:Family Readers
Listry Servers: SAT: Aisling O’Callaghan, Kevin O’Callaghan & Ellie May Byrne
Milltown Servers: SUN:Saibh O’Brien, Caoimhe O’Brien & Cian O’Brien

Offertory Collection amounted to € 1175

Collection for the Needs of the Holy Land amounted to €430

Thank you for your Generosity.

Counters for January: Mary Aspell, Betty Moriarty, Breda O’Shea & Paddy Lawlor

Counters for February: Una Murphy, Liam Hurley, Sheila Hurley & Katherine Dillon

Priest on Duty for the Pastoral Area this Sunday is Fr Kevin Sullivan 087 6277638

Flower Arranger: 17th – 31st January – Mary Riordan

A sum of money was found in Milltown church on Sunday. Would the owner of this money please enquire at the Sacristy.

Fame Stage School Milltown: New term begins on Saturday 23 January, 2016 Further details 087/6425122.

Listry Community Council conjunction with Kerry Education Training Board intend running a Photography class beginning in Listry Community Centre on Thursday evening February 11th @ 7.30pm. Anyone interested in joining the class should contact Patricia on 089 4540453or Listry community council on 086 7944494 immediately please.

Sages & Scholars: We will resume our Sages & Scholars hour on Thursday January 21st, and look forward not only to welcoming back our present members but also hope to see some new members.Make it part of your 2016 resolutions to share your wisdom and your faith with usthe young people of your community.

Year Of Mercy - A Course on Faith: 12 weekly one-and-a-half hour sessions beginning Wednesday, January 20th, 2016. Further details available from Ardfert retreat Centre 066 7134276.

Kerry Stroke Support Groupfor those who have had a Stroke. Meet the last Friday of each month from 11.15 am to 1.15 pm in BaileMhuire Day Care Centre, Caherslee, Tralee Kerry. Various activities. For further info contact 087 3586451.

Chiropodist: Paula will be doing house calls in the Milltown area on Wednesday 20th Jan 2016. Enquiries to Paula at 087-6606585. Cancellations please give 24 hrs notice if possible. Please and thank you.

Trócaire Kerry Diocesan Volunteer Initiative: Thank you very much to the people who have already been in touch with Trócaire about the Kerry Diocesan Volunteer initiative. There is still time to get involved and we would love to hear from others who might be interested in this project. Please get in touch with Janet Twomey, Trócaire, on 021-4275622 by 22nd January for further information about what’s involved and our up-coming welcome event with interested individuals.

St. Colman’s Parish
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
17h January 2016

Signs

John the Evangelist doesn’t say that Jesus did ‘miracles’ or ‘marvels’. He calls them ‘signs’ because they are gestures that point toward something deeper than what our eyes can see. What happened in Cana of Galilee is the beginning of all these signs.

It all happens in the context of a wedding feast, the human party par excellence. Jesus’ salvation must be lived and offered by his followers as a party that gives fullness to all human parties when these end up empty, ‘without wine’ and without being able to fill our desire for complete happiness.

The story suggests something more. The water can only be tasted as wine when it is ‘drawn out’. Religion needs to be freed by the love and the life that Jesus communicates. We can’t evangelize just any old way. In order to communicate the transforming power of Jesus, words aren’t enough: gestures are needed. Evangelizing isn’t just talking, preaching or teaching; even less is it judging, threatening or condemning. We need to bring about the signs that Jesus did with creative fidelity in order to interject the joy of a God who brings happiness to the hard life of those peasants.

Many people, young and old, find themselves indifferent in the presence of the Church’s word. Our celebrations bore them. They need to see signs through how we live that show them that Christ has the power to satisfy their deepest needs. Who today wants to listen to something that no longer seems to be joyful news, especially if the Gospel gets invoked with an authoritative and threatening tone? Jesus Christ is awaited by many as a power and a reason to exist, and a path to live more sensitively and joyfully. If people only know a ‘watered-down religion’ and can’t taste something of the festive joy that Jesus spreads, many will justify their decision to keep God at a distance.

Thinking about the Priesthood?
Maybe you have been thinking about the Priesthood as a way of life for you? Maybe you have felt you are being called? You are invited to St. Patrick’s College, Thurles, on Feb 5th and 6th,2016. This event is an opportunity for you to ‘come and see’. We start on Feb 5th with dinner at 6.30pm, followed by some time for prayer, meet others thinking of the priesthood and some recently ordained priests. Stay overnight. On Feb 6th there is prayer, breakfast, a brief talk on discerning a vocation, preparation for Mass, lunch, discussion, depart. For more information contact Fr Michael Moynihan PP, Glengarriff at 087 6551902 or Fr Liam Comer, PP Dromtarriff, 087 2401246.

Thursday 21st January: Please note the change of Mass time on this date. Mass will be celebrated at 7.00 p.m. rather than 9 a.m.