Parish Life
6th March, 2016 – Fourth Sunday of Lent
Weekend Mass Times St. Mary’s Castlegregory
Sunday – 10.30am
Confessions after Vigil Mass and after First Friday Mass
Parish Office – St. Mary’s Presbytery, Castlegregory
Monday - Closed
Tuesday 10.30am to 4.00pm
Wednesday 10.30am – 4.00pm
Thursday 10.30am to 3.00pm
Friday 10.30am to 4.00pm
(Check out newsletter for any changes in times of opening hours due to holidays etc)
Tel: 066 7139145 – Mobile 087 1438060 – Email:
Kerry Diocesan Website – www.dioceseofkerry.ie
Notices for Newsletter to reach office by 11.30am on Fridays
Priest: Fr. Michael Hussey 087 1438060 - Secretary: Bernie Dowling
Weekend Mass Times
Clochán Bréanainn
Séipéal Naomh Bréanainn
An Satharn – 6.45 i.n.
Confession before and after Mass on Tuesdays
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Parish Pastoral Council: Chairperson: James Kildea, Julia Dowling, Vincent Filgate, Bernie Dowling, Patricia Hennessy , Audrey Stephens , Joan Herbst, , Sheila Kelliher, Eileen Nicholl, Siobhan Hennessy, Síle Mulcahy , Anne Dennehy, Angela O’Sullivan, Eileen O’Grady, Kathleen Dowd Liturgy Group Contacts Chairperson –
Anne Dennehy Secretary – Maunie Kelliher - Maire Begley (organist/adult choir) Pat Finn & Trish Browne (Folk Group) Síle Mulcahy (St. Brendan’s Choir) Area Pastoral Council Representatives; James Kildea and Bernie Dowling, Eileen Nicholl Finance Committee: Joan Ferriter, Gerard O’Donnell, Kathleen O’Rourke, Bernie Dowling, Fr. Michael Hussey. Building and Maintenance: Sean Lyons, Denis Dowling, Pat Joe Flynn, Micheál O’Leary, Trish Browne, Sheila Kelliher, Pat Finn, Tommy Fitzgerald, James Kildea,
Parish Reps for Safeguarding Children: Kathleen Spillane, Susan Browne and Kathleen Brosnan Youth Council: Cathy Browne, Darragh Rohan, Jena Cronin, Shannon O’Grady, Amy Byrne, Eva O’Connell, Kate Shannon, Sinead Sheehan ,Timmy Walsh, Ellen Goodwin, Shannen Cronin-Maunsell, Cody Stafford, Michael Scanlon, Claire Dennehy, Carrie Dowling, Niamh Shannon, Caitlyn Browne, Hazel Browne, Grace O’Sullivan.
Week beginning 6th March 2016
4th Sunday of Lent Year C
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“It is only right we should celebrate and rejoice, because your brother here
was dead and has come to life; he was lost and is found.”(Lk 15:32)
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This Sunday Luke's Gospel is about the parable of the Prodigal Son, a parable we are all familiar with. Through this parable Jesus responds to the Pharisees and the scribes who complained that 'this man (Jesus) welcomes sinners'. Tax collectors and the like were social outcasts and it disturbed the Pharisees to find Jesus associating with them. Jesus uses the parable to teach them about the generosity, mercy and unconditional love of the Father. Some of the Pharisees were self-righteous and blind to their own sinfulness. The parable is a story of conversion and how forgiveness and reconciliation can change our attitudes and our whole lives. We cannot change if have no awareness of what we need to change. The younger son, came to realize that his selfish actions caused pain and hurt to his father. He was remorseful and came back to say he was sorry. He accepted responsibility for his action - saying sorry takes humility. His father never gave up on him and welcomed him back with great joy and generosity despite what he had done. What a great gift it is to be loved and forgiven even when do not deserve it. That is God's unconditional love for each and
every one of us. Like the Pharisees we can go through life pointing out
everyone else's faults and not seeing the plank in our own eye. It can lead
to being unforgiving, resentful and self-righteous. During Lent let us take a look at our lives, our relationship with others and especially our relationship with God. Use the Sacrament of Reconciliation to ask God to forgive us our sins and for the grace to help us imitate Him in our mercy and forgiveness towards others.
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Nemo Natterjack ©
(A Column for the less than pious)
Somebody is taking care of Nancy Kate’s hooves. It gives Dan the Donkey a chance to go down to the gate to have a chat with cousin Donal from the next field. “I had the strangest dream”, says Dan. “I was taken back in time to when Cromwell came to these shores. There I was on a frosty night with a full moon rising. It was near Christmas and the ground was rock hard from a frost which had lasted for days. A chill wind was blowing from the north-west and I found myself alone taking shelter near a thatched Stradbally church and nearby was a scattering of dimly lit cabins. The moon was large that night and then the silence of the countryside was broken not by a dog barking but by the lonesome howl of wolf from Stradbally mountain. My panic turned to shivering and my thoughts were everywhere. That lonesome howl was answered within moments by others far up the mountain and then an eerie silence. A pack of wolves nearby. Were they on the prowl? It had been years since they came this way. Hunger must be driving them. Here I am in the open, should I go somewhere, perhaps to the north side of the church where I will not be seen. Then the howls are heard again from the same place and from the same direction………..(to be continued)
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Pray for our Departed
Mary Lynch, Stradbally
Tom Houlihan, Teer & Dublin
Denis Curtin, Knocknagoshel
Eileen Wren nee Hilliard late of Tullig & Pittsfield, Massachusetts USA
Sr Baptista Spillane late of Garrywilliam & New Jersey
William & Anna Lawlor, Dublin
Jack & Nance McKenna, Maharabeg
Michael & Bridget Fitzgerald, Boherbee
Breda & Crohan O’Grady, Fahamore
John Anthony Horgan, Aughacasla
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Intentions for this weekend
St. Mary’s
Sunday - 10.30am – Intention: Mary Lynch, Stradbally
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St. Brendan’s
Saturday - 6.45pm – (Vigil) Mass for the People
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Pray for the Sick of the Parish
Remember the sick of the parish in your prayers, those in hospital, nursing homes, those undergoing treatments and waiting test results. Lord, may Your healing hand touch them.
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Priest on Deanery Duty
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Priest on deanery duty this coming Sunday 6th March, 2016 is Fr. Michael Hussey In the event of an emergency, please call 066 39145 or 087 1438060
Weekday Mass Schedule @ St. Mary’s
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Monday 7th March – 7.00pm – Intention: William & Anna Lawlor, Dublin
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Tuesday 8th March – 10.00am – Intention: Jack & Nance McKenna, Maharabeg
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Wednesday 9th March – No Parish Mass
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Thursday 10th March – 7.00pm – Intention: Breda & Crohan, O’Grady,
Fahamore
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Friday – 11th March – 7.00pm – Intention John Anthony Horgan, Aughacasla
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Weekday Mass Schedule @ St. Brendan’s
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Tuesday 8th March – 7.00pm – Intention: Michael & Bridget Fitzgerald, Boherbee
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Saturday 12th March – 3pm - Baptism
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Intentions for next weekend
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St. Mary’s
10.30am – Sunday 13th March – Intention Pat & Margaret Fitzgerald & deceased family members, Aughacasla
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St. Brendan’s
Saturday 12th March 6.45pm – Vigil Mass – Intention: Mass for the people
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Second Collection next weekend 12/13th March for Emigrant services (Diocesan Collection)
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Pope Francis
What counts above all else is “Faith working through Love”. Works of love directed to one’s neighbour are the most perfect external manifestation of the interior grace of the Spirit.
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St. Vincent de Paul 087 1647788