Bree Parish NewsletterJune 13/14th
2009
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Bree Church Notices |
| CONFESSIONS – Confessions on Saturday next at 2.30 p.m. and at
6.30 p.m. READERS:
Corpus
Christi Sat. June 20th – 7.00 p.m. - Breda Donohoe Sun. June 21st – 10.00 a.m. – Josie Foley EUCHARISTIC ADORATION –Eucharistic
Adoration continues on Monday next from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. ENVELOPE
COLLECTION — last Sunday amounted to
€842.00. Sincere thanks to all who
contributed. TENDERS REQUESTED – Tenders are
requested from interested contractors for works to be carried out in the New Cemetery,
Bree. Plans and specifications are available
from the Parish Office or the Parochial House. Tenders
to be submitted as soon as possible. YEAR OF THE
PRIEST 2009 – 2010 – Last week we announced
the inauguration of the Year of the Priest by our Holy Father Benedict XVI. The beginning of the year will be marked in St.
Peter’s Basilica, Rome on Friday, 19th June when the Holy Father will
preside at Vespers. For this celebration the
reliquary of the heart of St. John Vianney, which throbbed as one with the divine heart of
the Good Shepherd, will be brought from Ars in France.
St. John Vianney is the Patron Saint of Priests. At 8 p.m. on the same day (Friday, June 19th)
there will be a special service of Evening Prayer held in St. Aidan’s Cathedral,
Enniscorthy. Bishop Denis Brennan will lead
the prayers. Parishioners from all the
Parishes of the diocese are invited to join with their Priests in attendance. DIOCESAN
EUCHARISTIC HOLY HOUR - The
Diocesan Liturgy Group will hold a Diocesan Eucharistic Holy Hour for Corpus Christi at 7
p.m. in St. Aidan’s Cathedral on this Sunday evening, June 14th. The holy hour will consist of prayer, scripture
reflections and live music being played to launch a new CD “Divine Friendship: Let
love embrace you”. All are most welcome
to attend. |
Galbally/ Ballyhogue Church Notices |
Fr. Matt's contact number is 053-9247814
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Parents
who wish to enrol their children in Bree National School for the 2009/10 school year
commencing in September should contact the Principal for enrolment forms and details as
soon as possible. Telephone 053 9247725.
The Annual Church Gate
Collection in aid of IHCPT – The Irish Pilgrimage Trust – will take place this
year on Saturday and Sunday, June 20th and 21st. All money collected helps bring young people with
special needs to Lourdes at Easter each year. All
money collected goes towards the young people as all volunteer carers pay their own fare. All support for this very worthy cause would be
greatly appreciated.
The Bellevue Patron will be held on this Sunday June 14th. The Galbally Patron will held
on Sunday June 21st.
The National Learning Network
is part of the Rehab Group and provides training and education for people with
disabilities. The Wexford centre is situated
in the Faythe in Wexford town. Courses are
funded by FAS/HSE and a training allowance is paid. For
further information and an application form please contact the National Learning Network,
The Faythe, Wexford at 053 9147217 or email wexford@nln.ie.
The next meeting of Bree
Community Development Group takes place on Thursday June 25th at 8 p.m. in the
Community Centre.
A “Bring & Buy”
Sale will be held at Gerald & Kathy Dunne’s home in Merton in aid of Clonmore
Church on Saturday, 27th June from 3.30 p.m. to 6.30
p.m. Teas will be served and all are welcome.
The next meeting of Bree Hall
Committee takes place on Monday evening, June 29th at 8.30 p.m.
Well done to the Senior
football team who beat the Sarsfields in the league last week. The final score was 2-7 to
1-6. The hurling team also beat St Pats by 5 points in the league on Saturday evening. The
final score was 3-6 to 1-7. We had two
winners of 200 euros each in the Model County Development Draw. They were John Kehoe and
Brendan Byrne. Club members will be collecting the final €20 instalment shortly
as the last draw is on at the end of the month. Congratulations
to our winners and many thanks to all who supported the draw.
The semi finals of “Who’s Got Talent?” take place in Bree Community Centre on this Friday, 12th June and on Sunday next, 14th of June and the Grand Final on Friday, 19th of June. Starting time on each evening is 8pm. A good night’s entertainment is guaranteed each night.
A 25 year school reunion of
students from the Presentation Secondary
School, Grogans Road, Wexford town is being organised for Saturday 29th August 2009.
Anyone who started in 1979, finished in 1984, or were with the class for some of
those years are all very welcome. For details contact Liz McEvoy 086 8162281,
Aodhmar Cadogan 086 2372324 or through Classmates.ie.
Upcoming events planned by the Refurbishment Committee in aid of the Refurbishment Project are a 'Fun Marathon Relay' on Sunday, 5th July from 6-8pm around the newly developed GAA Walkway and 'Bree Fair Day' with lots of visiting and local attractions on the August Bank Holiday, 3rd August. The next Refurbishment meeting takes place on the 22nd June.
The
Calendar of Events for Summer 2009 are as follows: Long
Row from Edermine to Enniscorthy on Saturday June 20th, Edermine Regatta on
Saturday and Sunday July 4th and 5th, Saltmills Regatta on Sunday
July 19th, Killurin Regatta on Sunday August 2nd, Ferrycarrig
Regatta on Sunday August 9th,
Special
information evenings on the National Rural Dvelopment/LEADER Programme have been organised
by the Wexford Local Development Organisation. The
information evenings will commence at 7.30 p.m. each evening and are being held on Tuesday
June 23rd in the Carlton Millrace Hotel in Bunclody, on Wednesday June 24th
in St. Michael’s Theatre, New Ross and on Thursday June 25th in St. Mogue’s
Community Centre Inch. The Agenda for each of
the evenings is as follows – 7.30 p.m. – Registration, 7.40 p.m. –
introduction and background to Wexford Local Development, 7.50 p.m. – National Rural
Development/LEADER Programme overview, 8.10 p.m. – application form process and
guideline summary, 8.30 p.m. – developing a community development plan, 8.50 p.m.
– managing a successful project. All are
welcome to attend these information evenings and all are free of charge. Please reserve a place(s) by contacting Wexford
Local Development at Johnstown Castle or by telephoning 053 9146453.
A
special word of thanks to all who supported the Coffee Morning held in Byrnes of Bree in
aid of Co. Wexford Workshop on Saturday May 30th. A total of €1500.00 was raised for this very
worthy cause. Thank you to all who supported
it in any way.
The
Guild AGM will be held on June 16th at 8 p.m. in Bree Hall with the next
Committee meeting scheduled for Tuesday June
9th and the competition for June is for the “nicest bookmark”. Ladies are reminded to bring along
their toiletries for the Womens Refuge to the next meeting. As always new members are very welcome to join.
Dumping of any kind around the Recycling Units is
prohibited. The recycling units are there to help recycle and
dispose of glass bottles and aluminium cans only. If the
units are full bring back your recycling another day.
Do not leave bags, boxes or other litter around the units as this
causes litter problems throughout the village. Bins
have been provided around the village for litter so please use them. The Village and the surrounding areas are litter free zones so please put your litter
in the bins provided or bring it home. We ask
for your help in keeping the village looking it’s best.
TIDY TOWNS
JUDGING – Tidy Towns Judging takes place from the beginning of May to the
end of August (without any notification) so if the judges have not already been through
the village they will be visiting in the coming weeks.
In the event of a village being shortlisted for an award a second visit is
carried out for additional judging. We would
appeal to all Parishioners to help us in our aims to continue to improve on points
received in the competition over the last few years.
A lot of work has gone into to improving the appearance of the village and
this work continues each week with grass cutting, sweeping, litter picking. All support and help in presenting the village and
the approach roads at their best would be greatly appreciated.
Fax (053) 9247613
E-mail breeparish@eircom.net