FOR PARISHES OF ARDFINNAN, BALLYBACON, GRANGE & NEWCASTLE, FOURMILEWATER
Weekly Mass Times This Week
Saturday Newcastle- Our Lady of the Assumption – 5pm
Saturday Ardfinnan- Holy Family – 6.30pm
Sunday Fourmilewater– Our Lady & St. Laurence – 9am
Sunday Grange– St. Nicholas – 10.30am
Sunday Ballybacon- St. Mary’s – 12pm
MONDAY 3rd APRIL
10am Mass –NEWCASTLE – with Confessions afterwards
TUESDAY 4th APRIL
9.30am Mass- ARDFINNAN – with Confessions afterwards
WEDNESDAY 5th APRIL
10am Mass- FOURMILEWATER – with Confessions afterwards
HOLY THURSDAY 6th APRIL
7pm Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper THE NIRE
7pm Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper ARDFINNAN
With Reposing at the Altar of Repose until 9pm
GOOD FRIDAY 7th APRIL
12pm Stations of the Cross –BALLYBACON
12pm Stations of the Cross –FOURMILEWATER
3pm – Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion ARDFINNAN
5pm Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion TOURANEENA
7pm- Stations of the Cross THE NIRE
7.30pm – Prayer around the Cross – NEWCASTLE
(Collection for the Holy Places will take place at each ceremony)
HOLY SATURDAY 8th APRIL
6pm Easter Vigil – NEWCASTLE
7pm Easter Vigil TOURANEENA
8.30pm Easter Vigil – ARDFINNAN
EASTER SUNDAY 9th APRIL
9am Sunday: FOURMILEWATER
10.30am Sunday: GRANGE
11am Sunday: THE NIRE
12pm Sunday: BALLYBACON
EASTER MONDAY 10th APRIL
12pm Mass– Liam Lynch Centenary – from NEWCASTLE
EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
This takes place in our parishes on:
Tuesday’s 10-11am in Ardfinnan
Friday’s 2.30-3.30 in Newcastle
Everyone is welcome to come and spend some time in quiet prayer and adoration.
TROCAIRE BOXES
The Trocaire Boxes can now be returned into the sacristies or parish office. Churches. Thank you in advance for your usual generosity.
CONFIRMATION CONGRATULATIONS to all our students across our local schools wo received the Sacrament of Confirmation by Bishop Cullinan in the last two weeks. We pray in a special way for them, and thank them for all their assistance in our Sunday and other liturgies throughout the year. Come Holy Spirit!
EASTER MASS BOUQUETS
Easter Mass Bouquets are available in the sacristy / parish office.
THANK YOU
Many thanks for your contributions last week for the upkeep of our parishes and churches:
Ardfinnan/Ballybacon/Grange: €890
Newcastle / Fourmilewater: €801
PRIEST’S EASTER COLLECTION
The annual Easter Collection for the support of your priest take place on Easter Sunday. Envelopes are available in the boxes of envelopes many parishioners have, or spare ones are available in all churches. Each parish is now asked to financially support their own local priest, and this collection goes towards his usual day to day expenses, such as the usual bills and expenses. On behalf of all the local priests, we thank you most sincerely for your support to us in our local parish communities.
COLLECTIONS
The accounts for last years are posted on the Notice boards. Your weekly and monthly building fund contributions in the parish are vital in keeping the churches open, and we thank you most sincerely for your ongoing support. For those who would like to make a regular contribution, you can ask the sacristan / Fr Jim and a box of envelopes will be issued to you. Thank you again for your support!
PARISH PILGRIMAGE TO PADUA – Sep 18th -23rd 2023
I am delighted to announce that our combined parish pilgrimage this year is to visit the Shrines of St Anthony in Padua.
Price: €889 per person sharing (Single supplement €225.00) and includes bus from Clonmel and Direct return flights from Dublin to Venice return (10kg bags included).
Our dear friend Mario will be our Joe Walsh Tours Representative throughout the tour with all transfers & tours in Italy by private coach
5 nights Hotel in Padua – Half Board, and a full religious programme
Optional travel Insurance available – There is also an option of an optional excursion to Venice.
Booking with Joe Walsh Tours on 01-241 0800
(This trip is now made public for others to join if they wish, so book now to avoid disappointment.!)
GOOD FRIDAY – HOLY PLACES COLLECTION
On Good Friday, the Catholic Church throughout the world will take up a very special collection – the “Collection for the Holy Land.” This special collection originated from the Popes wishes to maintain a strong bond between the Holy Places of the Holy Land and all Christians of the world. It is the main source of sustenance for life around the Holy Places, and is also the tool through which the Custody of the Holy Land is able to sustain and carry forward the important mission to which it is called: to preserve the holy places, the stones of memory, and to favour the Christian presence, the living stones of the Holy Land, through many activities of solidarity such as the maintenance of pastoral, educational, welfare, health and social structures.
The territories which benefit from the Collection are Jerusalem, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Turkey, Iran and Iraq. Collections will take place at all ceremonies and Stations of the Cross that day. Thank you in advance for your support.
UKRAINE
You may remember that we held a collection in the Diocese for support for the Church in Ukraine last March to which there was a very generous response. Some of this money went to the support of priests. Here is an account of the work of a group of Chaplains working in this war torn country:
“Our chaplains worked heroically this winter, providing for those soldiers who were most in need. They visited about 1500 soldiers at the front lines and frontline towns (Liman, Nove, Siversk, Izyum, Krasnogorevtsy, Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, etc.). They delivered warm clothes, necessary equipment, generators, field stoves, burners, flashlights, gas cans, etc. But our chaplains cared not only for the soldiers, but also for many people staying in the front line zone. They delivered food packages, warm clothes, gifts for children, and gasoline. But, most importantly, they brought prayer and God’s Word to them on every trip.”
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT TO THIS APPEAL LAST YEAR!
NEWCASTLE MUINTIR NA TIRE COMMUNITY COUNCIL ANNUAL 45 DRIVE Good Friday night (April 7th) in the community hall, Newcastle. Entry Fee €10. Commencing at 8.30 sharp. All proceeds to Cuan Saor Women’s Refuge and Support Services CLG. Clonmel. Refreshments and raffle on the night (gifts for raffle appreciated)
ACCORD – JOIN OUR MARRIAGE PREPERATION TEAM
Accord are currently recruiting volunteers to train as marriage preparation facilitators. Marriage facilitators are part of a team that prepare couples for the sacrament of marriage. Couples find our courses fun, engaging and very relevant, while facilitators gain valuable life skills. If you are interested, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact marriagepreparation@accord.ie for more information.
CCTV CAMERAS / LIVESTREAM
Please note that for the protection and security of everyone CCTV cameras are in operation in our churches. All of our Masses are Live streamed in Ardfinnan and are at other times broadcast from Newcastle , Fourmilewater, Ballybacon and Grange on Churchservices.tv and Facebook Live pages.
BAPTISMS
Please contact Paddy in the Parish Office on 052-746 4408 or Fr Michael in Newcastle / Fourmilewater for those who wish to book baptisms in the coming months. We can now have two families at one time – but would ask that each family only bring a maximum of 15 people with them, to keep us all safe.
God bless, and keep safe!
Fr. Michael