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Mass in Kilballyowen graveyard July 2008.



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PARISH NEWSLETTER

Masses this Week
Sat 9th Cross 8.30p.m Months Mind for Stephen Downes, Tullig
Sun 10th Kilbaha 11a.m Thomas & Jacinta Haugh, Kiltrellig
Thurs 14th Cross 10a.m
Fri 15th Kilbaha 11a.m Feast of the Assumption
Cross 8.30p.m Month’s Mind John Roche, Kilclogher
Sat 16th Cross 8.30p.m Patrick Lynch, Oughterard. Anniversary
Sun 17th Kilbaha 11a.m John Crotty & Deceased Family Members

Reflection
God makes three requests of his children: Do the best you can, where you are, with what you have, now”
African-American Proverb


Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2008


Sympathy: We remember this week two people who served in our parish in years past:
We pray for the happy repose of the soul of Rev Jeremiah O’Dwyer who died during the week. He served in our parish for four years from 1989 to 1993 and in the diocese for 14 years. Since he retired from active ministry in 2004 he has resided at the S.M.A. house in Cork.
We also pray for the happy repose of the soul of Miriam who died this week.
May they rest in peace.


Mass Changes:
Bishop Willie Walsh has instructed the nine parishes Mass Changes: Bishop Willie Walsh has directed us to follow this Mass schedule for the 3 parishes in
conjunction with the Diocesan changes which take effect NEXT weekend:

Sat Evening

Cross 8.30p.m
Carrigaholt 8p.m (Doonaha)
Kilkee 7p.m

Sun

Cross 11a.m (Kilbaha)
Carrigaholt 10a.m
Kilkee 9.30a.m (Lisdeen)
11a.m


PASTORAL WORKER WEST CLARE PARISH CLUSTER
As a key action of the "Killaloe Diocesan Pastoral Plan 2004-2009", the Diocese of Killaloe wishes to recruit a full-time Pastoral Worker to work with a cluster of parishes in West Clare for the following purposes:

To enhance the leadership capacity of groups in each of the parishes to maintain and develop pastoral activities, including activities that seek to reach out to people who have disconnected from regular contact with the church
To facilitate the priests and people of the parishes in working more effectively together for this purpose, developing appropriate pastoral structures for both the individual parishes and the cluster.

Key experience & requirements fro the post include:

Facilitation, communication and team building skills
Organisational and planning abilities
The person should be a graduate in pastoral theology or some other related area (e.g. catechetics)
A commitment to leadership development & the building of faith communities appropriate to our time and place.

Desk-top short-listing may occur.
This is a three year fixed term contract communcing September 2008. Based initially in Kilkee, Co. Clare the post will involve flexible working hours.
Salary Scale: 3 year incremental scale: €46,512 - €47,677 - €49,085
Names and contact details of two referees should be forwarded with applicaiton.
Further information available from
Application with CV to be sent to the following address BEFORE FRIDAY 1ST AUGUST 2008:
Director of Pastoral Planning, Diocese of Killaloe, c/o Ceifin Centre, Shannon Business Centre, Shannon, County Clare.
The Diocese of Killaloe is an equal opportunities employer. Canvassing will disqualify.

A few thoughts on Anniversary Masses and on Mass Cards
1 The practice of saying a Mass for a special intention goes back hundreds of years to a time when people placed offerings on the altar (usually food )which the priest accepted in trust for the needy. This later developed into a money offering, which in turn became part of the priest’s income.
2 A Mass can’t be bought or sold. If a priest signs a Mass card, he promises a Mass will be said for an intention or he may promise to say an Anniversary Mass. A Mass said for John Smith means that during that Mass, John Smith is prayed for and remembered. It does not mean that Mary Murphy who happens to be at that Mass cannot pray through that Mass for her family. To give a Mass offering does not mean control or ownership of the Mass.
3 A priest is only allowed keep one Mass stipend a day. If a priest says two Masses in a day, he is obliged to direct the second stipend to the missions. At the time of a funeral, if a priest signs twenty Mass cards, obviously he isn’t able to say them all, so what is usual is that he would forward them on to the missions.
4 Mass offerings have no set price- it is an offering totally at your discretion.
5 Months Mind and 1st Anniversary Masses are an important way of honouring and remembering our dead. For subsequent anniversaries, maybe we should be moving towards remembering the persons name on the Saturday/Sunday of their anniversary particularly if that person has been dead for some time. This means that a number of people would be remembered at one Mass.

Cardiac Defibrillators
We wish to remind all parishioners that there is a defibrillator situated in Foleys Bar & 1 in the Lighthouse Inn and that 12 parishioners are trained to use these in the event of an emergency arising. Their names and contact numbers are on the church notice boards and cards containing their numbers were also distributed to all households in the parish along with guidelines for calling for help.
IT IS OF PRIME IMPORTANCE TO CALL EMERGENCY SERVICES ON 999 or 112


Confirmation and First Holy Communion:
Confirmation: took place on Sunday 11th May at 11a.m in Cross
1st Holy Communion was in Cross Sun 18th May at 11a.m
1st Holy Communion was in Kilbaha Sun 25th May at 11a.m

Mass in Kiltrellg Cemetery July 16th 2008.