Church of St Colmcille Kells & Church of the Immaculate Conception Girley.
Mass Times:Kells. Saturday. 8pm. Sunday. 8am, 9.30am,11.00am, 12.15pm.Girley. Sunday. 10.00am.
Weekly Notices courtesy of Martin Grace, Parish Office.
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Baptisms Sunday 3oc – prior notification to Parish Office.
Sat 8pm – 3rd Ann – Elsie Dever, Carrick Court.
Adoration Monday to Friday 8am – 8pm.
COLLECTIONS
Offertory and missalettes £1467 Weekly envelopes Kells £1180, Girley £55
We thank all that contribute weekly.
Candlemas Offerings:
Today is an Offering Day. Kindly use the WHITE envelope or an ordinary envelope with name and address. There are only 6 Offering Days in the year, when the envelope collection helps to defray the living expenses of the priests of the Parish.
We thank the people who have distributed the envelopes and we thank all parishioners for their support.
Earthquake in India.
We were all very saddened to see the scenes of devastation from India. If you would like to help in a practical way we would be glad to help you. We will send any contibutions you make to Trocaire for their emergency response in India. You can give your contribution at the Parochial House or in the Trocaire Box in the Church ,( Beside Fr. Corrigan’s Confessional). If you wish your contribution to be acknowledged by Trocaire please give your name and address on the envelope.
Recently Departed
Dr. Michael J. 0’Connell, Gardenrath Rd and late Moynalty..
Bridie Mulvany, Balrath Rd.
Masses for Week
Tuesday: 9.30 – 2nd Ann – Josephine Farrell, Castle St.
Thursday: 9.30 – 4th Ann – Hannah Kilkenny, late Rockfield Rd.
Friday: 9.30 – 4th Ann – Mary Mooney (nee Smith) late Farrell St and Leicester.
Saturday; 9oc - Mass for Jack McHugh, Dublin.
10oc – 1st Ann – Alice 0’Reilly, Rodstown.
8pm – 4th Ann – Annie Rourke, St. Patrick’s Tce.
Anniversary Masses
James and Mary Casserly, Springville Richard Kelleher, Listowel
Matt and Rose Healy, Station House. Mary Ann Smith, Calliaghstown.
Ann King, Kilmainham Michael Friary, Loyd.
Peter and Mary Quigley, Gardenrath. Brenda Burke, Drewstown.
Mary Ann and Thomas Brady, 4 Fair Green. Stephen Tormay, Climber Hall.
Deceased members of Madden Family Kilmainham.
ICA – Monthly meeting Wednesday in Parish Hall at 8.30pm. New members welcome.
Alps – Tues 6 Feb – Maria Lynch ‘Massage Therapy’.
Gaeil Colmcille lotto – no winner. This week £1600.
Yoga Classes starting Monday 5 Feb at 10.30am in Handball Club. Details 40357.
Kells Musical and Dramatic Society present Silver Jubilee Panto ‘ Jack and the Beanstalk’
By John Grant in St. Vincent De Paul Hall Kells starting this Sunday 4 Feb to Sunday 11 Feb. Matinees both Sundays and Saturday 10 Feb at 3pm.and early show Tuesday 7pm. Next Saturday evening show at 8.30 after Mass. A show not to be missed. Booking Office at the Hall or phone 41844 (See poster for details).
Body Toning/ Callenetics has restarted in Kells Handball Club on Wedns nights at 8pm
Kilmainham Lotto – no winner. This week £3100.
Handball lotto – no winner. This week £3300.
Drumbaragh Lotto – no winner, this week £6200.
Meath Sheltered Workshop thanks all that contributed to recent collection.
Drumbaragh Ladies Club – Meeting every Monday 8.15. This week’s speaker – Jean Wilson. All welcome.
Baptisms Sunday 3oc – prior notification to Parish Office.
Sat 8pm – 4th Ann – Annie Rourke, St. Patrick’s Tce.
Adoration Monday to Friday 8am – 8pm.
CEMETERY DRAW
The cost of seasonal maintenance for our Cemetery has passed the £15000. Most of this will go on wages, machinery purchase, skip and bin provision, water availability, insurance, etc. This year we will complete the laying of paths in the extended Sections, and perhaps consider the possibility of extra seats in the Cemetery.
The Cemetery Draw is our chief source of income to finance maintenance and capital projects. We urgently need promoters. This year we again propose 5 well-spaced Draws at £2 a Draw. The final Draw will be held in mid July so the holiday season will not be affected. Where possible, we strongly recommend subscribers to offer the full £10 to the promoter. Cards are available at the Parish Office (40213).
First Draw Thursday 4 March and subsequent Draws Wedns April 4, Wedns May 9, Wedns June 13 and Wedns July 18.
Recently Departed.
Esther Smith, Headfort Grove and late Balrath.
Masses for Week
Monday: 7.45 – 1st Ann – Bernadette Gilligan, Mullingar.
Wednesday 9.30 – Mass for Peter Tevlin, Church View.
Saturday: 9oc – 3rd Ann – Bertie Reilly, Archdeaconry.
10oc – 3rd Ann – Clara Reilly, Carrick St.
8pm – 3rd Ann – Rita Mullen, Kilmainham
Anniversary Masses
Dan Conaty, Sycamore Ave. Frank Fitzsimons, Headfort Rd.
Deceased members of Morris Family, Carrick St.
Michael Moriarity, 22 Gardenrath Close.
Deceased members of Smyth Family, Ethelstown.
Paddy Murphy, Rockfield Rd.
Annual Divine Mercy Conference in RDS Dublin 17/18 Feb.
For further details and transport contact 49391.
Church Ramp: Motorists are asked not to impede wheelchair access to the ramp.
Drumbaragh Ladies Club every Monday 8.15pm in Drumbaragh School. This week Ann Ward-Carroll. New members welcome.
Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus – church gate collection Sat and Sunday 17/18 Feb.
Yoga Classes, which commenced with Mary on Monday mornings at 10.30am, have been transferred to the Edmund Rice Centre. All welcome.
Gaeil Colmcille Lotto - £1600 – Paddy Grace. This week £1000.
Alps – Tues 13 Feb. Cookery Demo with Margaret Campbell.
Drumbaragh Lotto – no winner. This week £6300.
Handball Club Lotto - £3300 Rose Farrell, Drumbaragh. This week £300.
Irish Epilepsy Association – collection Sat and Sun 10/11 Feb 2001
Found: Ring with stone in Church. Ph 41101.
Baptisms Sunday 3oc – prior notification to Parish Office.
Sat 8pm – 3rd Ann – Rita Mullen, Kilmainham.
Adoration Monday to Friday 8am – 8pm.
COLLECTIONS
Offertory and missalettes £1540,weekly envelopes, Kells £975 Girley £35
We thank all that contribute weekly.
Cemetery Draw:
Cards are now in circulation but we need new promoters.Cards available at Parish Office.
We strongly recommend subscribers to offer the full £10 for the series;
It saves the promoter much time and trouble. Cards are available at the Parish Office. First Draw Thurs March 8.
St. Vincent de Paul Hall
Thanks to all those who came to our last meeting to discuss the future of the Hall. A second meeting will be held in the St. Vincent de Paul Hall on Monday Feb 26 at 8pm. At that meeting we hope to extend the Hall Committee with a representative from Groups who are interested in using the Hall. All are welcome.
India Earthquake Appeal:
Thanks to all those who contributed to our Trocaire India Earthquake Appeal. We were able to send on £2500 to Trocaire. They gave £100,00 for tents, blankets, medicines and food. Base hospitals were set up for emergency medical help for victims of the earthquake. So your help is being well used.
Recently Departed:
Frank Murtagh, Derrybeg, Co. Donegal
Frankie Murtagh, junior, Derrybeg, Co. Donegal.
John Quaid, Limerick.
Masses for Week:
Friday: 7.45 – 4th Ann – Mary B. Sheridan, Church View.
9.30 – 3rd Ann – Ann Conaty, Archdeaconry
Saturday: 9oc – Month’s Memory – John Mallon, Archdeaconry.
10oc – 1st Ann – Frank 0’Dowd, Maudlin Rd.
8pm – 3rd Ann – Kathleen and Thomas Kelly, Maple Drive.
Anniversary Masses:
Jimmy McDonnell, Columba Tce.
Matthew and Norah Lynch, Johnsbrook.
Paddy Ward, Kilmainham
Bridget Carolan, Mable Carolan, late Carrick St.
Readers for March:
Sat 8pm – Aidan Wall
Sun 8am – Thomas Skelly 9.30 –Victor Duffy
11oc – Pamela Rogers 12.15 – John Murphy
Special Ministers for March – Group 3
Round Towers – Meeting Wedns 21 Feb in Gaelic Centre at 9pm.
Kells and Horticultural Society:
Illustrated Lecture ‘Architectural Plants in Garden Design’ by Peter Harrison on Tues. 20 Feb 8pm in Edmund Rice Centre. All welcome.
Alps – Tuesday – Lady Doctor on Women’s Health.
Kells Environment Health Meeting Monday Feb 19 at 8.30 in Catherine McAuley Centre.
If interested in getting involved, come along.
Drumbaragh NS – Children/Junior Disco in 0’Shaughnessy’s Friday 23 Feb at 7.30.
Full adult supervision. Mineral bar only. All welcome.
Handball Lotto – 2 winners Joe Brannigan and Liam Harte, £150 each. This week £300
Kilmainham GFC Lotto – no winner. This week £3300.
Drumbaragh Lotto – no winner. This week £6400.
Drumbaragh Ladies Club: Meeting every Monday at 8.15pm. This week’s speaker – Mary Flood.
12.15 Mass:
We appeal to people attending the 12.15 Mass each Sunday to kindly bring their missalette home after Mass, as it greatly helps the task of restoring the Church.
Baptisms Sunday 3oc – prior notification to Parish Office.
Sat 8pm – 3rd Ann – Kathleen and Thomas Kelly, Maple Drive.
Adoration Monday to Friday 8am – 8pm.
COLLECTIONS
Offertory and missalettes £1489 weekly envelopes Kells Girley £55
We thank all that contribute weekly.
Wednesday: Ash Wednesday.
Season Lent begins. Ashes blessed and distributed at the 7.45, 8.30, 9.30 and 8pm Masses.
Girley: Mass with Ashes Wedns 7.30 (note change of time)
Masses for Week:
Monday and Tuesday Masses at 7.45 and 8pm.
Season of Lent begins: Masses Wednesday, Thurs and Friday at 7.45,8.30, 9.30 and 8pm.
Saturday Masses will be at 9oc, 10oc and 8pm.
Girley: Mass every Friday at 8pm for Lent. Exposition this Friday 8pm.
Monday: Padre Pio Mass for Fr. Alessio and deceased members of Padre Pio Group 8pm
St Joseph’s Young Priests Society in Parochial House 7.30.
Marian Movement in Convent after Padre Pio Mass.
Thursday: Confessions 7-8pm.
Friday: The 8pm Mass on Friday March 2 will be celebrated by Rev. Michael McGreal S.J., Spiritual Director of PTAA. The Mass is the special Annual Mass for Meath Diocesan PTAA.
St. Vincent de Paul Hall
Thanks to all those who came to our last meeting to discuss the future of the Hall. A second meeting will be held in the St. Vincent de Paul Hall on Monday Feb 26 at 8pm. At that meeting we hope to extend the Hall Committee with a representative from Groups who are interested in using the Hall. All are welcome.
Masses for week
Monday: 8pm (Padre Pio) – Mass for Fr. Alessio and deceased members of Padre Pio Group. All welcome.
Tuesday: 7.45 – 1st Ann – Patricia Smith, Cavan. 8pm – 1st Ann – Sadie Doyle, 0’Growney Tce.
Wednesday; 8pm – 4th Ann – Mary and Hugh McHugh, Bective St.
Thursday: 8pm – 5th Ann – Rose Hickey, Kenlis Place.
Saturday: 9oc – 4th Ann – Kathleen Smith, Suffolk St. 10oc – 2nd Ann – Nancy and Owen Cheevers, Carrick St.
8pm – 4th Ann – Lily and John Heeney, St. Colmcille Villas,
Month’s Memory – Dr. M.J. 0’Connell in Moynalty Church next Sunday March 4 at 11.15.
Anniversary Masses
Julia and Matthew Rourke, Maudlin Rd. William and Mary Healy and Family, Carrick St.
Annie Dunne, Cross St. Richard and Bridget Drew, Rockfield. Mary Horan, Fyanstown
Deceased members of Maguire Family, late Columba Tce. Deceased members of Farrelly Family, late Fair Green
Kitty Gannon (nee Farrelly), Bridie Farrelly (nee Morgan), late Fair Green. Paddy Maguire, St. Colmcille Villas
Readers for March
Sat 8pm – Aidan Wall
Sun 8am – Thomas Skelly. 9.30 –Victor Duffy. 11oc – Pamela Rogers. 12.15 – John Murphy
Special Ministers for March .Group 3
Cemetery Draw
Subscribers are asked, where possible, to offer the full £10 to their promoter. We ask promoters to return their cards as early as possible to allow time for numbering and copying. First Draw Thursday March 8.
Womens World Day of Prayer in St. James’ Church of Ireland Athboy on Friday March 2 at 8.30.
Drumbaragh Ladies Club: Bus leaves Gavigan’s 7.15pm, Carrick House 7.20pm for night out on Monday 26.
Lourdes Invalid Fund – Annual Collection next Sat and Sun March 3 and 4.
TROCAIRE
Trocaire has made an initial allocation of £100,000 to our partner CARITAS India, and has launched an appeal to the Irish public, to meet the urgent needs of hundreds of thousands of people displaced by an earthquake measuring 7.9 on Friday 26 January. An estimated 3000 people are dead and thousands are still missing. Trocaire is supporting Caritas India, who have developed a network of welfare structures such as health centres and clinics. Therefore the mechanisms for emergency relief distribution are in place. With the help of their medical staff and a huge network of volunteers the distribution of emergency relief has already started in the affected areas.
This week every home should receive a Trocaire Lenten Campaign Box. We ask you to contribute to the Box every week of Lent and the Boxes will be collected at the doors of the Church on Holy Thursday.
Kells Community School - Leaving Cert Students are asked to have their deposits, photos and questionnaires for the Leaving Cert YearBook before Tues. 27 Feb.
‘My Child Wont Eat That’ by Dr. Anne Marie Tully, nutritionist – and ‘Understanding Your Child’s Behaviour’ by Dr. Vincent Moloney, Child Psychiatrist in St. Colmcille’s Boys’ School on Wedns 7 March at 8pm. All welcome.
The Meals on Wheels Committee thank most sincerely all that contributed to recent collection. Our thanks also to the collectors and the voluntary drivers for their help and support during the year.
Drumbaragh Lotto – no winner. This week £6500.
Kells Handball Club – no winner. This week £600.
Kilmainham Lotto – no winner. This week £3400.
Gaeil Colmcille – Dinner Dance – Sat 3 March in Headfort Arms.
Gaeil Colmcille Lotto – no winner. This week £1200.