Diocesan Designated Liaison Person: Mr. Mick Daly 085 8021633 Rev. Fr. John Dunphy: Phone: 059 / 9141833 / 9182882

Priest on Call for Carlow area (Emergency Only) - 087/2588118

THINGS TO DO FOR LENT: Holy Hour:- Every Monday@ 8pm in St Clare’s Church

This year’s theme is ‘Understanding the Eucharist’

Stations of the Cross:-Every Friday in St. Clare’s after 10am Mass

St Clare’s Hospitality:- food appeal continues – food can be placed in the

barrels at Church doors or in the Parish Centre

Trocaire Boxes:- are available at Church doors. Families are asked to

take one to make their contribution to the needy of the Third World.

Service for Newly Baptised Babies:- We invite all parents, Godparents and

families of babies baptised in our parish during 2018 to a brief prayer service

this Sun 24th March at 2.30pm in

St. Clare’s. A special blessing will be given to the babies and their parents as

they continue their faith journey

together. We look forward to meeting you, your baby & your family again.

Solemn Novena of Our Lady of Perpetual Help:- Our 14th Solemn Novena begins on Monday 29th April and will run for nine consecutive Monday nights. We invite

people during Lent to place their petitions in the petition boxes in St Clare’s. During our Novena, through the prayers of our Faith Community and the

intercession of Our Lady we will ask Jesus to relieve whatever burdens we carry. The theme for this year’s Novena is:-

“The importance of faith in our daily lives”

Guest Speakers for this year’s Novena 29th April Gerry O’Hanlon Jesuit Center for Faith & Justice 6th May Olive Foley Wife of the late Anthony Foley, former

Munster & Irish Rugby Player

13th May Maria Walsh 2014 Rose of Tralee

20th May Bishop Fintan Monahan Bishop of Killaloe 27th May Marian Curran Lecturer University College Belfast 3rd June Oisín McConville Former Armagh County GAA player 10th June Julieann Moran World Missions Ireland 17th June Fr Derek Ryan CSSR Redemptorist Priest 24th June Deirdre Ní Chinneide Director of Sli Aonghusa retreat centre

on Inis Mór, Co Galway

Laying Down Stones:- God looked down from Heaven and rolled the stone away!

All of us carry burdens that cause us to walk through life with some experience of

pain. We all have different times in our lives when these burdens can weigh heavy

on our minds, our hearts and our souls.

These burdens may come from any area of our lives; family, work, health or

finances. Sometimes the weight of these burdens is too much for us to bear alone.

God doesn’t want us to carry our burdens alone. He asks us to lay our burdens

down at the foot of the cross. He wants us to surrender our heavy load to him.

Ministers of the Eucharist:- A

Eucharistic Ministers course will take

place in the parish centre over 2

Saturdays 6th & 13th April from 11am

to 12.30pm. If you would like to

become a Eucharistic Minister, just

want to refresh your commitment to this

very special ministry in our parish or if

you bring communion to a sick person

in their home and have not done a

course please give your name & contact

number to the parish office. First Confession:- the children from

Killeshin NS will celebrate the

Sacrament of Reconciliation for the

first time on this Tues 26th

March @

7pm in Holy Cross Church and the

children from Graiguecullen NS will

celebrate the Sacrament on this Wed

27th

March @ 7pm in St Clares.

Family Masses:- there will be special

family Masses next Sunday 31st March

at the 10.15am Mass in Holy Cross &

11.30am Mass in St Clare’s. Children

preparing for First Holy Communion

are expected to attend these Masses.

Please note change of date. Finance Meeting:- the monthly meeting of the Finance Committee will

take place this Thur. 28th March at

8pm in the parish centre.

Pre-Baptism meeting:- for parents who will be presenting their

children for baptism over the coming months will be held on

Wed 8th May @ 7pm in the Parish Centre.

Patrick’s Day Parades:- A big thank

you to all the Groups, Organisations

and Businesses who participated in

both of our wonderful parish St

Patrick’s Day Parades and Masses.

Special thanks to both organising

committees especially Killeshin NS

and Pat Whelan in Killeshin and Jackie

Malone and all her team in

Graiguecullen. These parades would

not happen without you.

Parish Pilgrimage to Lourdes takes place

from 16th – 22nd July. 6 nights staying in

the Astoria Hotel. All bookings should be

made through the Parish Centre. Total

cost €749 per person. Single room

supplement €150. The closing date for

bookings is 31st March so all booking

forms and deposits must be in by then.

Graiguecullen/Killeshin Lourdes

Invalid Fund Committee would like

to thank everyone who supported

their recent annual fundraising

raffle. A total of €11,775 was

raised. Thanks to everyone who

sold cards and all who bought lines.

We greatly appreciate your support.

Graiguecullen Evergreens would like to extend a sincere thank you to all those who supported and took part in the very successful Fashion Show recently

Weekly Collection

Red Bag: € 903.00

Blue Bag: € 1,688.00 Thank you for your support

Text Alert: Registration for

Graiguecullen Text Alert on

this Monday 25th March @

7pm in Parish Centre.

Anniversaries Sat 23rd 6.30pm (Months Mind) Mary Lacey, Heatherhill Ave

(Tom Kelly, Anneville)-(Jim & Denis Moran, 196 Whitney Place)

James Nolan, Henry St also his wife Ellen & sons Ted, Paddy & Maurice

(Kathleen & Patrick Bolton, Ballickmoyler)-(Thomas Flynn, Margaret &

Denis Helehan, & Elizabeth Henderson, St Fiacc’s Tce & deceased family)

Kitty & Joe Dunne, Kilbeggan (Birthday Rem)

James & Pauline McDarby, Ballinabranna & Craanluskey

Thomas Scully, 13 St Fiacc’s Tce (100th Birthday Rem) also his wife Margaret

Sun 24th 9am Sr Angela Martin, Poor Clares Monastery

Sr Fidelis Martin, St. Leos Convent of Mercy

10.15am Denis Hennessy, Springhill Rd, Killeshin

(Joseph (Sonny) Byrne, Killeshin Rd)-(Maggie & Jim Kavanagh, New Oak Est)

(Michael Mullins, Coolnariska)-(James Mullins, Toronto)

Anastasia Dalton (née Mullins), Rossmore & Dungarvan

11.30am (Martin & Annie Fitzpatrick, Coolenaugh also their daughter in law

June Fitzpatrick, Wexford)-(Joseph (Sonny) Byrne, Killeshin Rd)

Maggie & Jim Kavanagh, New Oak Est

(William & Kathleen Devlin, & baby Karen, Dublin & deceased members

of the Devlin family)-(Michael Walsh, Riverside, Hanover)

Mon 25th 10am Joseph (Sonny) Byrne, Killeshin Road

Wed 27th 10am (Tom Brennan, Doonane also his daughter Catherine Sothern &

sister Mary Charles)

Thurs 28th 10am Anne Bolger, 11 Church St. (Birthday Rem)

Fri 29th 10am ( First Anniversary) James Proctor, Raheendoran)-(Roisin Jowett)

Sat 30th 10am John Cullen, Maher Rd & deceased members of the Byrne & Cullen families

6.30pm (First Anniversary) James Proctor, Raheendoran.

Mary Quinn, Sleaty St. (Mothers Day Mass)

(Stephen Delaney Snr, Roncalli Place)-(Eamonn Delaney, Cappalug)

Josie Kelly, St. Fiaccs Tce also her husband Joe

Michael Dowling, 55 St. Fiacc’s Tce (Birthday Rem)

(Jimmy Morrissey, 123 Pearse Road) – (Joe Foley, 22 Oakley Park)

(Clare McGrath, & Michael Taylor, Maher Rd)(Breda (Biddy) Haughney, Crossneen)

Sun 31st 9am (Esther Hand, 119 St Clare’s Road)-(David Dilger, Ferrybank Apts)

10.15am (First Anniversary) James Proctor, Raheendoran

(John Pheasent, Kent)-(Jimmy Delaney, 44 O’Hanrahan Ave)

Michael Bowden, Rathglen

11.30am (First Anniversay) Nancy Dooley, 71 Pearse Road

(First Anniversary) Aidan Power, Pacelli Ave, also his wife Kathleen (60th

Wedding Anniv.) also deceased members of the Hayes & Power Families)

(Nancy Hutchinson, 1 The Poplars) – (Seamus Grant, Killeshin Road)

Mary Keating, St. Fiacc’s Tce & Josie Collins, Bestfield (Mothers Day Mass)

(Emma Holland, 6 Kennedy St, her sister Nano Savage, Tullow & her sister in

law Annie Mason, Rhyl,Wales)-(Denis Shaw, 78 Maher Road)

James Griffen, The Square, Tullow

Carmel Pierce (née Ryan, 54 Mt Leinster Pk formerly 65 Maher Rd

Eddie Murphy, 8 Millennium Court, Tullow Rd formerly 92 Pearse Rd

Laurence (Larry) Byrne, Maplestown, Rathvilly

READERS – ST CLARE’S

Sat 30th Mar

6.30pm: Muireann Beattie,

Caoimhe Fitzpatrick, Jade

Nolan

Sun 31st Mar

9am: Laura Whelan, Justyna

Czubak, Damian Korus 11.30am: Aoife Whelan,

Hannah Keogh, Katie

O’Sullivan

READERS – HOLY CROSS

Sun 31st Mar

10.15am: Cara Maher, Rachel

& David McDonald

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

ST. CLARE’S

Sat 30th Mar

6.30pm: Liz Donnelly (C),

Fergal Doyle, Aoife Moran,

Alicia Gordon, Lisa Hegarty Sun 31st Mar

9am: Margaret Brennan, Mary

Brennan, Amy Byrne

11.30am: Aideen Dollard (C),

Nicola Byrne, Celine Dempsey,

Liz Culleton, Gary Dowling,

Margaret Costello

HOLY CROSS

Sun 31st Mar

10.15am: Liz &Gerard Hosey,

Dylan Dempsey

Graiguecullen Bingo

Tues 26th March @

8.30pm in St Fiacc’s Hall

Jackpot €2,000 in 50

No’s. Check on Double

No & win €600 In-house Mini Lotto €950

Great Prizes to be won.

Bring a friend

Legion of Mary: Aceis this Sunday 24th March at 2pm in

Tullow convent Chapel. Refreshments served

St Clares Hospitality would like to thank everyone who helped with the Bag Pack in

Dunnes last weekend. A total of €3,624.68 was raised. Special thanks to the

Management & Staff of Dunnes for their

ongoing support.

Carlow Rainbows Group offer a nine session

Peer Support Programme for children aged 7

– 12 who have experienced loss through the

death of a close relative or the separation of

their parents. Programmes are free to

participants. If you are interested please

contact Anne on 087 6636 499 " A date for your diary as the St. Vincent de

Paul " ELEGANCE RANGE " returns to

their Tullow Street shop on Tuesday March 26th. Great labels available including bags

by Kate Spade, Ted Baker, DKNY,

Radley, Guess and many more. Clothes by Karen Millen, Basler, Ted Baker, Gerry

Webber, etc.etc. and shoes by Kate

Appleby, Clarke’s, Rieker, Le Babe, Gabor etc.etc."

Exhibition of Paintings

by Lily O'Rourke

Mon 1st Apr to Sat 6th Apr

11.am - 5.30.pm Daily

with late opening until

7.30pm. Tues and Thurs

in the Shaw Room, Carlow

County Library

www.lilyorourkeart.com

Eist Cancer Support Centre, in conjunction with

Brain Tumour Irl, are hosting a Brain Tumour

Support Group on Tues 2nd April from 7 to 9 pm.

in their Centre at The Waterfront, Mill Lane. This

Support Group is for those diagnosed with a

Brain Tumour and their families. For further

details please call Eist on 059 9139684. Also the

Women's Breast Cancer Support Group is held at

the Centre every 2nd Tuesday from 7.30 - 9 pm.

(12th and 26th Mar, 9th Apr).