Bree Parish NewsletterJanuary 31st/February
1st 2009
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Bree Church Notices |
CONFESSIONS – Confessions
on Saturday next at 2.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. PRESENTATION
OF THE LORD – CANDLEMAS DAY – Monday will be the Feast of the
Presentation of the Lord. Candles will be
blessed before 9 a.m. Mass. READERS -
5th
Sunday in Ordinary Time Sat. Feb 7th – 7.00 p.m. -
Breda Dunne Sun. Feb 8th –
10.00 a.m. – Eddie
Dunne EUCHARISTIC ADORATION –Eucharistic
Adoration continues on Monday next from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. ENVELOPE
COLLECTION — last Sunday amounted to
€1,152.000. Sincere thanks to all who
contributed. ROSARY – the Rosary will be recited on Saturday evening next in Bree Church at 6.45 p.m. (before Mass). All are most welcome. |
Galbally/ Ballyhogue Church Notices |
Fr. Matt's contact number is 053-9247814
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Sympathy
is extended to Joan Cahill, Ballybrittas on the recent death of her sister Bridget in
Dublin following a short illness. Funeral and
cremation took place in Dublin last week. May
she rest in peace.
The
Irish Blood Transfusion Service will be visiting Enniscorthy with their mobile blood
collection team over the coming week. The
Clinic times are Sunday February 1st from 11.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m., Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, February 2nd, 3rd and 4th from
4.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. – Clinic in the Riverside Park Hotel. The IBTS is at present experiencing difficulty in
collecting enough voluntary blood donations in order to meet hospital requirements of
3,000 units of blood a week. It is important
to remember that patients will always need blood and this need never stops regardless of
what else is going on in the world so if you can please come along to the clinic this week
and make a donation. Further information from
www.giveblood.ie.
Young people from the area will be involved in the following activities over the coming weeks. U13 Choir and Handball on Feb 1st, Cross Country on Feb 7th, Solo Dancing and Group Dancing on 8th Feb, Solo & Group Singing and Solo & Group Music on 15th Feb, Table Quiz on 23rd Feb and Art on 7th March. Contact 087-9704372 for further information on any of the above.
Niamh Rochford, Sadhbh Kirwan, Shane Butler, Shane Doyle, Johanna Wickham, Edmond Keogh, Grainne Byrne, Ciara McKelvie and Adam Buckley will represent the area in the Community Games Table Quiz finals in the Riverbank House Hotel on Monday 23rd February.
Celtic Roots will hold a meeting a Bree Hall on Saturday next February 7th at 6.30pm.
Bree
Davidstown had three teams competing the Community Games Draughts competition in Ferns
last Sunday. The U10 team of Peter Kelly, Kate Fenlon, Katie Humphrey, Caoimhe Kirwan and
Glen Rothwell lost to Askamore Kilrush in the first round. The U12 team of Enda Minogue,
Adam Buckley, Brid Byrne, Kasey Doyle, Shane Fenlon, Edmond Keogh and Ivan Rothwell beat
Askamore Kilrush in the first round but then lost to Gorey. The U14 team of Ciall
Humphrey, Lucy Doyle, Ciara McKelvie, Kate Byrne and Jonathon Rothwell lost to Ferns. Team
managers were Myriam Gately, Fonsie Keogh and Jim Doyle.
Fax (053) 9247613
E-mail breeparish@eircom.net