
The annual "Thanksgiving Mass & Get Together" of the priests, sisters, brothers and lay missionaries is held on the first Tuesday evening of August each year in Clonberne Community Centre at 7.30p.m.

This years Sponsored walk was held on Sunday 23rd Oct 2011 in aid of the Somalia Fund. Walk started at 2 p.m. from Kilkerrin Community Centre to Clonberne Community Centre. Although it was a very wet day over 40 people walked. Refreshments were served afterwards in Clonberne Community Centre, and Kevin Donlon spoke about his trip to Bangladesh. Sr Mary Walsh spoke about her trip to Haiti and her upcoming trip back to Haiti at the end of Oct along with her sister Carmel and nephew Barry. They were going with the Haven group.


Sponsored walk was held on Sunday 24th Oct 2010 and started at Kilkerrin Community Development Centre at 2.00p.m. There was a good
turnout with a nice day for walking. Refreshments were served afterwards in Clonberne Community Centre.
Peru, through Sr. Suzanne Ryder |
Peru, through Sr. Gemma Cunningham |
Kurdistan |
Rwanda / Somalia |
Bangladesh |
Wales, Fr Tom Walsh (Church Project) |
Bosnia (Two occasions) |
Maher Family, Portarlington (Fire tragedy 1996) |
Rwanda, February 1997 |
North Korea, July 1997 |
Nigeria, through Fr. John Collins |
Philippines, through Sr. Margaret Burke |
Peru, through Sr. Mary Walsh |
Jamaica, through Fr. Bobby Gilmore |
The Amazon Region, through Cathy Halvey |
Peru, through Fr. Raymond Feeney |
Kenya, through the Franciscan RBrothers, Br. Tony Dolan |
Passage Centre London, Sr. Bridie Dowd |
Nigeria, Sr. Mary Collins |
Honduras Appeal (Famine) |
Kosovo Appeal (Famine) |
Nakuru, Kenya, through Sr. Lucy Wanjaku |
Tanzania, through Mary Keane |
Mozambique (Flood disaster) |
Brazil, Fr. Michael Forde |
Choctaw People of Oklahoma (Hurricane Katrina) |
Alan Kerins African Appeal |
Peru 2007 (Earthquake Appeal) |
Friends of the Children of Chernobyl |
World Mercy Fund, Fr. Tom Hogan |
Viatores Christi |
Nigeria, Church Renovation Appeal, Fr. Frank McGrath |
Nepal Appeal, Majella Duffy 2006 |
Church building in Africa, Tim Kilcommins Fundraising Project 2008 |
Peru Fund, Sr Gemma Cunningham |
Valerie Dolan, Eyesight Fund |
Uganda Fund, Sr Frances Walsh |
Bangladesh, Habitat for Humanity - Kevin Donlon |
Ethiopia Fund, Sr Juliet Walsh |
Kenya, Franciscan Brothers |
Haiti Fund - Red Cross |
Haiti Fund - Gena Heraty |
Haiti Fund - Daughters of Charity 2010 |
Somalia Fund 2011 |
A large crowd turned out on the day for the 10 Km walk from Clonberne to Kilkerrin. Afterwards some pictures of Alan's work in Africa
were shown while all enjoyed some light refreshments were served. Over €6,000.00 was raised, and Ceangal would like to thank all who helped.
Their plight was highlighted by Paidí Delaney
of Oranmore in a letter to the editor of
The Tuam Herald recently. The Choctaw people of Mississippi have been hit especially
hard by the Hurricane.
They have been unable to get fuel for their emergency vehicles to carry out the
necessary clean up and
repairs. Many are living in shelters and the elderly are refusing to leave
their homes for fear of relocation.
A natural fear as many were forced off their land in the South-Eastern United
States in the 1930’s and
relocated to what is now Oklahoma. Anyone who would like to help can make a
donation to:
Account number 12669537, Bank of Ireland, Oranmore, Sort Code 90-40-34.
Catherine Byrne presents a cheque to Sister Mary Walsh, to assist her help the needy people of Peru.
Gerry Walsh presents a cheque for €1,500.00 to Martin Flemming, national chairperson of Freinds of the Children of Chernobyl,
at a recent function in Claregalway.
Kilkerrin - Clonberne Ceangal held their annual sponsored walk in September 2006. This was from Kilkerrin to Clonberne and a
large crowd walked. The walk raised well over €4,000.00. The picture above shows the money being presented to two worthy causes. On the left Nora Keane
presents Fr. Danny McGraths sister with a cheque for €2,500.00 towards his church rebuilding fund in Nigeria. On the right Pauline Ronyane presents Majelle
Duffy with a cheque for €2,500.00 towards her work in Nepal.
At this recent get together there was a presentation on the work being carried out in Nepal, and also a presentation on a recent visit to Belarus
and the work being carried out there by The Friends of the children of Chernobyl.
Some of the people who walked from Clonberne to Kilkerrin in aid of the Alan Keirns Africa Fund
Paidí Delaney receives a cheque from Gerry Walsh and Pauline Ronayne of
Kilkerrin - Clonberne Community Ceangal.