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February 28th 2010 Kilcloon Masses:February 27th at 7.30 pm Bridie Hayes (Mother of Breda Fahy )February 28th at 11 am Helen Lavelle March 6th at 7.30 pm Thomas, Catherine & Mary Heneghan March 7th at 11 am Barbara Curran & Pat Lyden March 13th at 7.30 pm Eileen Molloy March 14th at 11 am Kathleen Spellman & deceased members of the Spellman Family Batterstown MassesFebruary 28th at 9.30 am William & Anne Strickland March 2nd at 8 pm Frank Smith MMM March 7th at 9.30 am Sean & David Kinghan March 14th at 9.30 am Margaret Malone March 17th at 9.30 am Paddy & Katie Woods March 21st at 9.30 am Maureen Woods March 23rd at 8 pm Deceased members of Mullaghy Family (Patrick, Jim, Nellie & Fr. Frank) March 28th at 9.30 am Ger Brady March 30th at 8 pm Margaret & Daniel Gannon & Molly Boylan Little Chapel Masses February 27th at 6.30 pm Patrick Biggs February 28th at 10.30 am Paddy McHale March 6th at 6.30 pm Michael & Elizabeth Rogers March 7th at 10.30 am Fred Darling March 13th at 6.30 pm Deceased members of the Farrell & Coyle Families March 14th at 10.30 am William (Liam) Byrne, 1st Anniversary Altar Society Duty: Team 13 – 27th Feb to 6th March. E. Beirne, B. Lucas & S. O’Dowd | First ConfessionOn 6th March 2010 the First Holy Communion children from Mulhussey National School will make their First Confession immediately after the 18.30 Vigil Mass in the Little Chapel. On 8th March 2010, the children of Rathregan National School will make their First Confession at 10 am in Batterstown Church and the children of Kilcloon National School will make their First Confession at 20.00 in Kilcloon Church. | | Blessing and Distribution of Confirmation IconsIcons will be blessed by Fr. Rice at 11 am Mass in Kilcloon Church on 7th March 2010 and presented to the children of all three parish schools who have been confirmed on February 27th. All those who have been confirmed in the three churches of the parish are expected to be present in the parish church for the 11 am Mass on 7th March for the presentation of the icons. It is also the day in which the investiture of the cubs will take place after the gospel. | Sacrament of ConfessionIn each of the churches of the parish Confession will be available throughout lent as follows: | 5.50 – 6.20 pm | Saturday | Little Chapel | | 6.50 – 7.20 pm | Saturday | Kilcloon | | 7.20 – 7.50 pm | Tuesday | Batterstown |
| | World Day of PrayerFriday, 5th March 2010 in Batterstown Church at 8.45 pm. Men and women welcome. | Kilcloon Community CentreThe annual General Meeting will take place on Monday 1st March at 8.30 pm in Kilcloon School. As planning permission for the centre has been obtained the committee hopes that a large representative group of parishioners will attend. | | Stepping Stones ABA SchoolStepping Stones is one of the three shortlisted groups for the Maynooth Branch of AIB for the Better Ireland Programme. First place with the highest number of votes will receive €5000; second place will receive €3000 and third place €2000. The voting phase is from the 15th of February until the 15th of March 2010. Voting can be done either by text or by voting online. To vote by text: Text (MAYNOOTH) followed by a space, followed by B to 51303. (Standard SMS rates apply). To vote online: Click on www.betterireland.ie, select (MAYNOOTH) and choose B. |
| St. Brigid’s CrossesA big thank you to the people of the Little Chapel and St. Brigid’s Well for this collection of €858 and the people of Kilcloon for €802. This does not include contributions put in envelopes. A special thank you to Delia for making all the crosses and Michael Fahy and all the organisers for helping. | | Kilcloon MacraThanks to all who attended the Valentine’s Ball. The support was greatly appreciated. The drama will be taking place in Summerhill Hall on Sunday evening, the 7th of March. Please come along! Next meeting will take place on Thursday, March 11th, followed by a sports night in Batterstown Hall. All welcome! | | ConfirmationThe children in the Confirmation classes in Kilcloon, Rathregan and Mulhussey received the Sacrament of Confirmation on February 27th. They are to be congratulated on their knowledge and on their commitment as also to be congratulated are their parents. There were 55 Confirmed from the parish this year. | | Sr. Mary Hardiman & TrocaireOur parish subscribed a total of €5,000. The proceeds from the offerings for the St. Brigid’s Crosses is included in that and the effort is a handsome one indeed. | | Lent – Week TwoThe leaflets for Week Two of Lent are available at the back of the Church. Please take one. | GAA Lotto1 – 3 – 22 – 25, No winner. Next draw on 27th February 2010 in Caffreys. New jackpot is €6,400 | | First Friday Next Friday is the 1st Friday of the month. The housebound will be attended as usual and Masses as usual in Kilcloon at 8.45 am; Batterstown at 8 pm and Little Chapel at 10 am. | Lady GolfersLady Golfers interested in joining Kilcloon Ladies Golf Society please contact Valerie Fitzgerald at 0862271001 or Fiona Dillon 0872748840 for further information. |
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