Newsboard – 23/03/2025

️ Faughart Parish Newsboard

Weekend of 22nd March 2025

Our Priests: Fr. Vinod Kurian, Fr. Oliver Stansfield, Deacon George Kingsnorth
042 933 4410 | www.faughartparish.ie | info@faughartparish.ie
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Weekly Envelopes

Thank you for your generous contributions last week:

  • Castletown: €452.70
  • Kilcurry: €512.70
  • Brid-a-Chrin: €331.45
  • Faughart: €201.70
  • Non-envelope: €992.15
  • Faughart Shrine: €26 and £7.25

✨ Welcome

We warmly welcome Síofra Marie Gogarty and Alora Regan Abercrombie into our Christian community through baptism last weekend.


Stations of the Cross

Continue during Lent:

  • Faughart – Sundays at 5:30pm
  • Brid-A-Chrin – Fridays after 7:30pm Mass

All are welcome to join.


️ Faughart Lourdes Committee

  • Fundraising draw cards are now in circulation
  • Coffee Morning: Sunday 6th April, 10am–1pm (draw takes place during morning)
  • Next Meeting: Tuesday 25th March, 7:30pm, Parochial House

Blessing of the Graves 2025

  • Castletown (Old) – Thurs 12th June @ 7:30pm
  • Brid-A-Chrin – Sun 15th June @ 7:30pm
  • Kane – Tues 17th June @ 7:30pm
  • Urnai – Wed 18th June @ 7:30pm
  • Faughart – Thurs 19th June @ 7:30pm
  • Kilcurry – Sun 22nd June @ 7:30pm
  • Castletown (New) – Sun 29th June @ 7:30pm

Kilcurry Tidy Towns

  • Annual Spring Clean: Saturday 29th March
  • AGM: Monday 7th April, 8pm, Resource Centre
    For bags, gloves, litter pickers or hi-vis vests, contact 086 367 5828.

Parish Meetings & Groups

  • Parish Pastoral Council – Tuesday @ 7:30pm, Parochial House
  • Faughart Social Group – Mondays @ 7pm (Meditation with Eileen McCann)
  • Mary’s Supreme Apostolate – Mass for healing (for those affected by suicide),
    Friday 4th April @ 6pm in St. Joseph’s Church, Castletown – All welcome

️ Masses This Week

KILCURRY
Sunday 11:00am – Margaret Craven (Anniversary), Sally Byrne, Charlie & Ruby Byrne (Anniversary)
Saturday 10:30am
Next Sunday 11:00am – Thomas & Rose Finnegan

BRID-A-CHRIN
Sunday 10:00am – Gerry O’Callaghan (Month’s Mind), Patrick (Paddy) Reilly (Month’s Mind),
John Martin (2nd Anniversary), Michael Gernon (Birthday Remembrance),
Betty McLoughlin (Anniversary)
Friday 7:30pm
Next Sunday 10:00am

CASTLETOWN
Saturday 6:00pm – Monica Boland (Anniversary), Ignasius McGee (13th Anniversary)
Sunday 12:00 noon – Michael O’Reilly; Gerry Rowland (Anniversary), Tom McKeown (Month’s Mind),
DFM of the Rowland & McKeown families; Gerry Lambe (Birthday Remembrance)
and DFM of the Lambe & McCoy families; Pauline McGlade (Anniversary)

Weekday Masses (Mon–Fri) at 10:00am
Wednesday – Patrick Duffy & DFM

Next Saturday 6:00pm – Paddy McCourt (Month’s Mind), Harry & Dora Matthews,
Jim & Bridget Califf, Paddy, Kitty, Hugh & Sheila Bell
Next Sunday 12:00 noon – Eilish McNally (4th Anniversary), Mary & Sean Holland

FAUGHART
Saturday 7:30pm
Next Saturday 7:30pm – Margaret & Donal Rogan