Newsletter May 2007
2012 PLANNING FOR OUR FUTURE
For many
years we have been working towards a vision for the future of the church in our
parish. A glance through the ‘Parish
Directory’ gives some idea of the number of parishioners involved in the day to
day life of our Christian community.
What this
future holds for the church in our Parish and Diocese is of great
importance. There is not the slightest
doubt but that change will be involved, the church of
the future will be different. Be clear,
the faith taught by the church will not change, but the role of the Christian
Community—parishioners—will change as they undertake more and more
responsibility for the life of the parish.
For two days last week close on 400 priests from our diocese assembled
in the Conference Centre in City West Hotel—to pray, listen and discuss what
the future holds for the life of the Catholic Church in our Diocese.
It is clear
that change is inevitable as the number of priests serving in parishes
decreases. Change will not be confined
to a reduction in the number of available masses in churches,
it cannot be effective without consultation.
In many diocese the organisation of such
consultations with the laity has already commenced. Such a consultation will, I can safely say,
be held in our Diocese.
Here in our
parish the Pastoral Council has been working overtime in the organisation of
such a consultation with the various groups and organisation associated with
the parish. These consultations will be
held during the months of May and June.
The
objective of the Council is to ‘draw up’, with the help of parishioners, a 3-5
year programme for our parish.
I make an
appeal to all involved in the organisations of the parish to think of the
future for our parish and to take part in the consultations organized for your
group/organisation. The future growth of
God’s Kingdom in our parish lies in your hands.
Msgr. Colm Gallagher.
Ecumenical Service:
Johnstown
/ Coolgreany Service on 7th June St. David’s Church at 7.30om
Gymkhana scheduled for 22nd July
Recently Deceased.
Deepest
sympathies and an assurance of prayers are extended to the families and friends
of the following parishioners who are recently deceased:
Dan Kearon
Lila Byrne:
Peter Power
Edward Kenny
John Conroy
Cara Doyle
Jim Vickers
Jimmy White
Baptisms
Congratulation
are extended to the parents and families of the
following infants who were welcomed into the church when they received the sacrament
of Baptism:
Nathan Healy:
Wayne Mullen:
Cian Redmond::
Orlaith Friel:
Hannah Martin:
Lola Carley:
Holly Clare:
Thomas
Liam Ford.
Recently Married
Congratulation
to the couple who received the sacrament of Marriage during the month:
Elizabeth
Dunne & Anthony Henshall
Arklow Parish Lourdes Group Pilgrimage.
5—12th Sept. 7 nights at €685. Some seats still available.
Contact the Parish Office for further details
WORLD YOUTH DAY
World Youth
Day will be held in Sydney, Australia in
July 2008. Participants must be between the ages of 18-30. All interested
should contact the Parish Office for further details. The sooner you make up
your mind the cheaper the fares will be.
Young
parishioners from the age of 18—22 years of age May apply to the Parish Office
for a subsidy towards the
cost
of the Pilgrimage. The Parish will grant a subsidy for World Youth Day to the first ten young parishioners from Arklow who will
travel.
Suicide Bereavement Support Group
Árus Lorcáin Suicide
Bereavement Support Group is hosting a talk on suicide issues.
This talk
will be relevant to people who have been directly affected by suicide and to
those who are supporting the bereaved.
The talk
will raise awareness on the stages of grieving and offer some guidelines on
identifying persons at risk and caring for them.
Anyone who
has an interest in the question of suicide is invited to attend. The meeting
will be presented by experienced speakers from Awareness Education.
Áine Dunne (Chairperson)
Chairperson
COFFEE MORNING ARUS LORCAIN SUNDAY 19th MAY ALL
WELCOME
LOUGH DERG
The Parish
are organising a three day Pilgrimage to Lough Derg
from Friday 27th July to Sunday 29th July at a cost of €100 inclusive. Anyone
interested please contact the Parish Office as soon as possible as numbers need
to be confirmed.
Young
parishioners from the age of 18—22 years of age may apply to the Parish Office for
details of a subsidy towards the cost of the
Pilgrimage.
Confirmation:
As announced
from the altar the Archbishop is unable to confer the sacrament on our young
people this year. He has to represent
the Irish Hierarchy at a meeting of the European Bishops on that weekend. Our Parish Priest will now confer the
sacrament on the scheduled dates i.e.
Sts. Mary & Peter—Saturday 19th
May at 11 a.m.
St. David’s Church—Sunday 20th May
at 11 a.m.
1st Holy Communion:
The pupils
from 2nd Class in St. Patrick’s, Bearnacleagh and Scoil Íosagáin, Coolgreany
received their 1st Holy Communion on 29th April and St. Michael’s G.N.S. on 6th
May.
Scoil Eoin B.N.S. 1st Holy Communion will be held on Sunday 27th
May and Gael Scoil on 10th June.
Corpus
Christi Procession:
Weather
permitting the procession will be held in Arklow on the eve of the feast i.e.
9th June and in St. David’s on 10th June.
Fifty Years:
There
will be a concelebrated Mass in the Parish Church on Friday 8th June at 7.30
p.m. to mark the fifty years of priesthood of our Parish Priest. All Are Welcome.
Library Events:
Bealtaine
Festival events are continuing in Arklow Library throughout the month of May.
Scrap Booking classes with Laura O’ Shea are starting on Monday May 14th, you will need to book your place for this
popular artist’s workshop where you can display your cherished memories in
scrapbook form. Our morning and evening Book Clubs are always on the lookout
for new members, any of the library staff can give you
details of meetings so please do come along and discuss your favourite books
with us.
Arklow
Natural Healing Centre will be giving a talk on positive thinking after stroke
on Wednesday 16th, and to welcome in the good weather, Arklow Recycling Centre’s
Maura Byrne will be talking about all things green on Thursday 17th with “Gardening
and Composting”.
Our grand
finale to the month is a Poetry Evening on Monday 28th May @ 7pm where local
writers will be reading from their work along with musical intervals. It will
be a wonderful event and all are welcome.
Contact the
library on (0402) 39977 to book your place or to get a full list of events.
Parish Office
Árus Lorcáin
Arklow
Your Address Line 4
Parish Repository is situated
in the Parish Office. Rosary beads, holy
water fonts, etc. are available. Mass cards, sympathy and greeting cards are
also available.
Radio
receivers are available from the Parish Office.