Author: Admin

Vol. 33 No. 18 30th April 2023
Fourth Sunday Of Easter

Congratulations to all the Boys and Girls from Carrigeen NS who received the sacrament of First Holy Communion this weekend.
Donal Dobbyn Oisín Drennan Ódhran Dunne Tom Dunphy Tom Ennis Aoibheann Fanning Adam Fewer Hannah Fielding Ciara Holohan Hope Horgan Mackenzie Horgan Hazel Lyons Samuel O'Hanlon Grace O'Keeffe Aoife O'Leary Harry Purcell Damian Szlesinski Aoife Walsh Bobby Walsh Phoebe Walsh
Congratulations to all 20 candidates. Our gratitude to their parents, grandparents and their families for supporting them on their Christian journey. Thanks to Carrigeen NS for their continued commitment to the Catholic ethos, enabling our young people to learn and live the vision of the Gospel of Jesus. Thanks to Ms Power, Ms Dowling & Ms Murphy our principal; the staff, secretaries, Parents’ Councils and boards of Management. Thanks to the cleaners and Philly for getting the Church and its grounds ready for this special day. Thanks to the Sacristan, Parish Secretary, servers and the Parish Pastoral Council for their work in preparing for the communion ceremony. Thanks for the artwork and the beautiful flower arrangements. Thanks to Ms Forrestal and the school choir for the beautiful sacred music. We wish all our candidates well.

Priest: Fr. Martin Tobin Adm. 086 240 1278 Parish Secretary: Tracy Driscoll
Office: 051-895 123 or Email: mooncoin@ossory.ie Radio Frequency: MHz 108 FM . Facebook: Mooncoin Parish Office Website: www.mooncoinparish.ie
Live Streaming: www.churchservices.tv/mooncoinparish
Parish Office Opening Hours: Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9.45am - 12.45pm

Masses Mooncoin / Kilmacow Parish
1st - 5th May 2023
No mass Monday or Tuesday
Wednesday Mooncoin 9.30am
Thursday Mooncoin 9.30am
Followed with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament till 12 noon in the Nagle Chapel
Friday Mooncoin 9.30am
May 1st – Feast of St. Joseph the Worker
May 1st is celebrated in many countries throughout the world as worker’s day or labour day. It is a day to celebrate human work and its contribution to our world. We also recognise the rights of workers to a living wage and good working conditions. May 1st in the Catholic calendar celebrates the feast of St Joseph the Worker. On his feast day I invite you to pray to St Joseph especially for families and friends whose work and businesses have been affected by the recent pandemic and financial upheaval, and pray for all who are experiencing economic hardship and are unemployed.
May the Month of Mary
May, the month of the primroses, the May altar, and the May procession. Mary was always the centre of this month. Are we in danger of losing this?
Catholics devote the whole month of May to celebrating and honouring Mary, the mother of Jesus. Please make a special effort to honour Mary and ask her to pray for us.
Ist Holy Communion
Mooncoin Saturday 13th May @ 11 a.m.
Cemetery Masses Mooncoin / Kilmacow
4th June Carrigeen @ 12.30pm
(no 9.30am Mass)
10th June Mooncoin (New) @ 7pm
17th June Mooncoin (Old) @ 7pm
25th June Kilnaspic @ 12.30pm
(no 9.30am Mass)
23rd June Kilmacow @ 7.30pm
The staff and students of Scoil Mhuire NS wish to thank the Moondharrig Group for their recent, kind donation towards the cost of the school library trips. We are hugely grateful and touched by your generosity. The trips have begun in earnest and each of our 280 pupils will have become a member of the Kilkenny County Library before the end of June 2023, which will enable them to foster a lifelong love of reading. Go raibh míle maith agaibh go léir!
S.V.P. Collections. Mooncoin & Carrigeen 6th / 7th May. Kilnaspic 14th May. Meeting Monday 8th May. Thank you for your continued support.
South Kilkenny Historical Society
Coach Trip to Doneraile Court and Mallow on Saturday, May 27th. For further information on booking places for the Coach Trip please contact Brigid Barron, Blossom Hill, Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny
(087 9507295, brigidbarron@hotmail.com) or Mary Ryan, ‘Gort Glas’, Aglish, Carrigeen, Co. Kilkenny
(086 3790655, maryearyan@gmail.com).
A €20 non-refundable deposit, per person will apply.
Carrigeen Text Alert: We will be calling over the next few weeks to collect your €10 subscription. Thank you for your continued support.
Clothes Collection supporting Friends of Calcutta ( CHY No: 13218) on Friday May 5th. Collection at Church Gate up to 3pm. All enquiries to Michael Hopkins 087-9073074
Epilepsy Collection. Thanks to all who contributed to annual church gate collection on Saturday evening last total collected €242
Sick and Homebound will be visited during the second and third weeks of May. The Parish Office will contact you prior to the visit.

Mooncoin	Date/Time	Names	Date/Time	Names
Flowers	May	Rene Comerford Margaret Wall Kathleen Garland
Readers	Saturday 6th May	John Lennon / Molly Quinn	Sunday 7th May	Margery Godhino / Tom O’Hanlon
SUNDAY MISSAL: Fifth Sunday of Easter 762,763 & 764
Eucharistic Ministers	Saturday 6th May	TBC	Sunday 7th May	TBC
Carrigeen	Date/Time	Names
Cleaners	6th May	Collette Fanning Louise Doyle
Readers	Sun 7th May	Ned Phelan Eimear Phelan
Eucharistic Ministers	Sun 7th May	Declan Walsh Teresa O’Neill
Collectors	Sun 7th May	Noel Walsh Anne Walsh
Kilnaspic	Date/Time	Names
Cleaners	May	A. Reddy
Readers	14th May	Ben Dawson
Eucharistic Ministers	14th May	Katherine Hogan

RECENTLY DECEASED:
John Sean Byron, Portnahully. Mike Mulford, Ballincur.
Deirdre McNee (nee Sutton) Jersey Island/Rossinan, Mullinavat.
ANNIVERSARIES: Sean Croke, Ballygriffin. Teresa Egan, Cloncunny. Mai Finn, Grange.
Mikey Jones, Cloncunny. Eily O’Keeffe, Carrick Road. Josie Dolan, Polerone.
Ellen Wilson, Ballincur. Stephen Mendes. Walter Crowley, Mountneil. James Kiely, Williamstown. Lily O’Keeffe, 1 St Anne’s Terrace. Josephine Greenan, Southampton. Maureen Gleeson, Limerick.
Mary B & Mike Walsh & deceased members of Walsh Family, Crawn.
MONTHS MIND:

Vocation Sunday. This weekend, 29/30th April is Vocation Sunday. Please say a prayer for vocations to the priesthood and religious life and remember all who are serving the Christian community.

Thanks to all who contributed to the Easter Offering for the support of the priests. Thanks for the Parish Trocaire contribution which realised €1950 and the collection for the Holy Places which realised €440.