PARISH OF ARDFINNAN, BALLYBACON & GRANGE
Fr Michael Toomey V.F. / P.P. / ADM.
St. Patrick’s Day/Fifth Week of Lent
16th & 17th March 2024
Website: www.abgnfparish.ie
☏ For Priest on Duty Please Call: 087- 6564170
✉ Please email us at: office@abgnfparish.ie
📫 The Parish Office, Holy Family Church, Ardfinnan, Clonmel, Co Tipperary
☏ Phone: 052 – 7464408 E Mail parishofagb@gmail.com
ARDFINNAN: Mass Saturday 6.30pm
GRANGE: SUNDAY 10.30am
BALLYBACON: Sunday 12.00noon
THANK YOU
Many thanks for your contributions in the last weeks in the collections and envelopes for the upkeep of our parishes and churches:
Ardfinnan/ Ballybacon/ Grange: Weekly Collection €1,308
ROOF APEAL SO FAR: €2,400! THANK YOU!
Newcastle/Fourmilewater: Weekly Collection €754
CCTV CAMERAS / LIVESTREAM
Please note that for the protection and security of everyone CCTV cameras are in operation in our churches. All 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 the Parish Office on 052-746 4408.
EASTER 2024
MONDAY 25th March
10am Mass -NEWCASTLE – with Confessions
TUESDAY 26th March
9.30am Mass- ARDFINNAN – with Confessions
WEDNESDAY 27th March
10am Mass- FOURMILEWATER – with Confessions
HOLY THURSDAY 28th March
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 29th March
10am Morning Prayer and Stations – GRANGE
12pm Stations of the Cross –BALLYBACON
12pm Stations of the Cross –FOURMILEWATER
3pm – Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion ARDFINNAN
3pm 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 30th March
6pm Easter Vigil – NEWCASTLE
7pm Easter Vigil TOURANEENA
8.30pm Easter Vigil – ARDFINNAN
EASTER SUNDAY 31st March
9am Sunday: FOURMILEWATER
10.30am Sunday: GRANGE
11am Sunday: THE NIRE
12pm Sunday: BALLYBACON
Please return Triocaire Boxes during the Easter Ceremonies. Thank you for your support!
DAFFODIL DAY FRI 22ND MARCH
Coffee morning in aid of Irish Cancer Society in Ardfinnan community centre from 9 to 12.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
These will be prayed after morning Masses on the following dates in Lent:
Thu 21 March Newcastle
Wed 27 March Fourmilewater
GRANGE COMMUNITY SPRING CLEAN-UP
The annual 2024 Community Spring Clean-up by the GDA Tidy Village Group is taking place. Any litter collected must be put in special An Taisce bags which are available from Noreen Doheny (087 6564975) or any Tidy Village volunteer or through the school. The collection by the Council of the An Taisce litter bags will take place on Friday, March 22nd. Bags should be left at the school or at the Village Green before 11.00 a.m. All help appreciated. The AGM will take place Friday, March 22nd, at 7.00 pm in Grange Community Hall.
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.
ST PATRICK’S DAY EMIGRANTS COLLECTION
As we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, our thoughts turn to those who have emigrated from our shores. We remember and pray for all Irish people overseas- those who are recently departed and those who left our shores many years ago. We ask you to remember in a special way those emigrants whose journey has been a difficult one and may need that extra bit of help and support. In addition to practical assistance, emigrants need spiritual and emotional support.
As in previous years, part of our collections on St Patrick’s Day will be sent to the Irish Bishops Conference who work with emigrants around the world. Thank you in advance for your assistance with this important collection.