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Week 07-03-09
Lenten Devotions -
Mass each weekday at 10:30
am - St. Mary's Church.
Stations of the cross and benediction each Sunday of Lent at 7
pm.
Mass is St. Joseph the Worker Church, Moyglass each Wednesday
evening at 8 pm during lent.
A.R.I. -
Members please note Clonmel Branch A.R.I. are holding an afternoon
tea dance at the Minella Hotel , Clonmel on this Sunday, 8th of
March at 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm. There will be dancing to a well known
band. Admission 15 Euros. All members are invited and bring your
friends along. This is always a very popular afternoon.
Cashel and Emly Diocesan Pilgrimage
- The annual pilgrimage to Lourdes is on 16th June
- 21st June, 2009.
Booking forms available from Canon Ryan for those interested.
Sympathy - Sincere sympathy
to Mrs. Ann Trayer, (nee Harrington), on the recent death of her
mother, and to the Dwyer families, Lanespark, on the recent death
of their sister in New York.
Killenaule GAA - Congratulations
to the senoir footballers on beating Cahir last Sunday afternoon
in the county league played in Killenaule. The final score was
1-11 to 0-11.
Also the very best of luck to the U-21 footballers in their South
semi-finals on Saturday against Clonmel Og.
The game will take place in Fethard at 4 pm and extratimewill
be played if necessary.
Condolences: The club would like to offer its sympathy
to the O' Dwyer family, Lanespark on their recent bereavement.
Killenaule Ladies Football Club: The U16 and U14 football
teams are now back training on Friday evenings at 5:30 pm. and
there was a great turnout at last Friday's session. The U16 Championship
games start this weekend when we take on Galtee Rovers. Good luck
to all involved. The U12 team will hopefully be starting up very
shortly when the necessary personnel are in place.
Registration for the U16's and U14's took place this Friday night.
The Club's Child Protection Officers this year are Dolores Bourke
and Annmarie O'Mahoney. We wish them and the team managers and
coaches every success this season.
Fr. James
It was with sad regret that we said goodbye to our curate, Fr.
James O'Donoghue, who has served the people of Moyglass and Killenaule
for the last 5 years. Fr. James always put his heart and soul
into his work and always put St. Joseph the Worker Church first
and his parishioners, especially the sick and dying. He was always
available for his parishioners day and night.
He will be best remembered for his funeral liturgies that were
always to the point and always reflected the persons life; his
intention tree at Christmas that raised money for a charity close
to his heart, South Tipperary Hospice;
the Easter garden that reflected the Lord's last journey before
his death and the "Do This in Memory of Me" Masses where
the communion children also got involved and organised the mass.
He will also be remembered for the special Mass he celebrated
for local youths that were involved in a serious car crash. Even
to this day, the youth of our community still talk about it.
While he was in our parish, he worked hard with Moyglass and Ballinure
Board of Managements and finance committees to complete the state
of the art extensions to both of our schools.
Since his mother Eileen retired from her job in Cork and moved
up to Boherlahan, she became a regular visitor to Moyglass, where
she got involved in the community and made many friends in the
area.
One of his keen interests is the love of music; while he was
in our parish he joined Slievenamon Musical Society, where he
took part in their productions year after year. He followed the
game of rugby, especially the Munster and Irish teams and not
forgetting his native Cork Hurling team. It was always interesting
when Cork and Tipperary were playing, Fr. James would always pray
for a safe journey to the match and pray that the best team would
win. We all knew what team he was saying that extra prayer for!
At the end of his final Mass in Moyglass, the choir ended with
"God be with you till we meet again". This is our prayer
and our wish as you settle into your new parish in Hollyford,
Kilcommon and Rearcross.
As you are surrounded by the hills, we hope that you enjoy the
peace and tranquility of the area, and that the rays of the divine
mercy and Our Lady's Mantle will always guide and protect you
in the years to come.
Many years ago, Fr. James went to Hollyford as a student from
the college to speak on vocations. As he was leaving, Fr. John
Fogarty R.I.P., shook his hand and told him he would be back again
as a priest in this parish in the future. His words are coming
to pass now.
From the people of Killenaule and Moyglass, we thank you for
serving us so well for the last 5 years.
We welcome Fr. Francis
to our parish, a native of Thurles. Fr. Francis is coming back
to his roots as his relations come from Buffana and Curraghscarteen.
We pray that you will have many happy years with us in our parish.
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