Bree Parish NewsletterMarch 7/8th
2009
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Bree Church Notices |
CONFESSIONS – Confessions
on Saturday next at 2.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. MASS – Mass
on Friday evening at 7 p.m. for the deceased of the Parish. READERS -
3rd
Sunday of Lent Sat. Mar. 14th – 7.00 p.m. -
James Doyle Sun. Mar 15th – 10.00 a.m. – Anne
Murphy and James Wilkinson EUCHARISTIC ADORATION –Eucharistic
Adoration continues on Monday next from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. ENVELOPE COLLECTION — last Sunday
amounted to €1,418.00 Sincere thanks to
all who contributed. TROCAIRE
LENTEN CAMPAIGN – That we can call God our
Father tells us the kind of relationship we can have with our God. He cares for his flock as a father cares for his
children. This second Sunday of Lent, we
remember parents as they work so tirelessly and often against the odds to care for their
children. Khalid the little boy on the front
of this year’s Trocaire box, is one of these children.
Khalid is just one of almost one million Somalis who have been forced from
their homes due to ongoing conflict and violence, where one in five children die before
reaching the age of five. Please support
Trocaire’s Lenten campaign this year. In
doing this, you help the poorest parents of our world care for their children as God cares
for us, his children. Trocaire boxes
are available from the back of the Church. |
Galbally/ Ballyhogue Church Notices |
Fr. Matt's contact number is 053-9247814
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The
annual churchgate collection in aid of the Arch Clubs group takes place on Saturday and
Sunday next March 14th and 15th.
The Arch Club is a voluntary group catering for the needs of persons with a
disability. The group meet once a week in
Enniscorthy Voc. College during school term with the aim of providing recreational
facilities for persons with a disability, further the process of social inclusion and
acceptance in society of persons with a disability and to provide a means by which society
is educated to accept persons with a disability. The
first Arch Club was set up in Dundrum, Dublin in 1976 and has grown to approximately 41
clubs nationwide with two being located in Co. Wexford – Enniscorthy and Gorey. Please give generously to this worthy cause and
all support would be greatly appreciated.
Ballyhogue
Ladies Football Club will host a fundraising Cabaret on Saturday night, March 14th
in Byrnes Lounge, Bree. Music is by “On
the Run” and tickets costing €5 each are available from Club members or on the
door on the night. Door prizes will be on
offer on the night also. All support would be
greatly appreciated.
Tennis Lessons for children
will resume on Wednesday March 11th at 3.30 p.m. for children 10 years and
under and 4.30 p.m. for children over 10. The
cost is €50 for six lessons for club members and €60 (membership fee included)
for non-members. If there is enough demand
lessons will also be fun at the same times on Thursdays. Please contact Anne on 9243470
for further information.
U12 Hurling
Training
Training for Under 12 hurling
on Sunday morning, March 8th, at 11 o'clock at the pitch.
Membership
Reminder
Just a reminder that membership is now due. We would encourage all players to avail of
membership. The Membership fee contributes towards the running costs of the Club as well
as players being insured in case of injury. Membership may be given to any Committee
member.
Celtic Roots are holding a Cabaret in Marty B's on Sunday 15th March. The
group is hosting a Full Irish Cabaret in Belfield GAA Complex, Enniscorthy on Easter
Sunday night. Your support would be appreciated.
Well done to the Boys U12 Soccer Team who had a great win in the second round of the cup recently on home ground in Macmine beating Courtown 3-0 and now go to the next round.
Bree AC athletes have returned to training
for the summer season in Ballyhogue GAA pitch on Monday and Wednesdays from 6.30 to 8pm.
All athletes eight years and over who intend to compete in Co Championships are invited to
attend. New members are welcome. All fun athletes from five years of age are welcome from
mid May. Ring Bree AC Sec Clare on 087-4151350 for further details. Bree AC had another
very successful weekend at the Leinster Championships in Nenagh last weekend. A total of
13 gold, 11 silver and 7 bronze medals were won. Medal winners were U12 Ronan Devereux 1st
Hurdles (CBP), 2nd HJ; U13 Annie Stafford 3rd Hurdles; Stephanie Nolan 1st HJ, Aoife
Fanning 2nd Hurdles, HJ; Shane Doyle 1st Hurdles; U14 Dervla McCabe 2nd Walk; Catriona
Carroll 2nd Hurdles, 60m, 3rd LJ; Paddy Devereux 1st Hurdles, 2nd LJ; Ciaran Joyce 1st LJ,
2nd Hurdles, 3rd 60m; Cormac Byrne 1st Walk; U16 Elaine McCabe 1st Walk; Amy Flanagan 1st
60m; Eleanor Nolan 2nd SP; Shane Byrne 1st Walk; Tony Stafford 2nd 60m, 3rd LJ; U17
Catriona Corcoran 3rd LJ; U18 Kieron McCabe 2nd 400m, 3rd 800m; U19 Fiona Furlong 3rd 60m
and U14 4x200m Relay 1st Ciaran Joyce, Paddy Devereux, Daniel English and Cormac Walsh.
Two teams represented Bree Davidstown in the Co Community Games Quiz competition held in the Riverbank House Hotel last week. The team of Niamh Rochford, Sadhbh Kirwan, Shane Butler and Shane Doyle and Johanna Wickham, Edmond Keogh, Grainne Byrne, Ciara McKelvie and Adam Buckley both scored well but were not amongst the medal winners.
Congratulations to the Bree PTAA Junior Novelty Act, which won the National Readoiri Finals on Saturday last in Kingscourt, Co Cavan. Group members were Cait Doyle, Shauna Dunne, Enda Minogue, Ronan Minogue, Cathal Byrne and John Kehoe. Producer was Clare Doyle and Peter Byrne wrote the sketch. Well done also to the two Bree NS Quiz teams, which competed in the PTAA Diocesan Final held in Bree on Sunday last. Those involved were Niamh Rochford, Shane Butler, Tom Murphy, Jo Murphy, Emma Byrne, Laoise Rodgers, Gary Martin and Sophie Forte.
Best wishes to the Bree
Davidstown U13 Girls soccer team which play Carlow in their first Leinster match in
Bunclody on this Sunday at 4pm. Team members are Ciara McKelvie, Annie Stafford, Aishling
Byrne, Jo Murphy, Sophie Forte, Ciara Howe, Niamh Rochford and Grainne Byrne. Team manager
is Betty Kelly. Your support would be appreciated.
Wallis Bird, of Raheenahoone, Galbally has been nominated for the 'Hope for 2009 Music
Award' in the upcoming 2FM Meteor Music Awards which will be announced on March 17th. To
assist Wallis to achieve this award, please vote for her at www.rte.ie/2fm/hope.2009.html
A Dancing Feis will be held in
the Community Centre on this Sunday, 8th March. This is the final local opportunity for a
dancing competition for many of the class members before they take compete in the National
Finals in April. Best wishes to all involved.
The
next Guild meeting will be on March 24th and please note – there will be
no committee meeting in March. Ladies are
reminded to bring along your toiletry donations for the Womens Refuge also. As always new members are very welcome.
Fax (053) 9247613
E-mail breeparish@eircom.net