Newsboard – 19/01/2025

Faughart Parish Newsletter

Date: Week of 19th January 2025

Our Priests

  • Fr. Vinod Kurian
  • Fr. Oliver Stansfield
  • Deacon George Kingsnorth

Contact Information:


Parish Contributions

  • Castletown: €205.00
  • Kilcurry: €402.00
  • Brid-a-Chrin: €174.20
  • Faughart: €429.00
  • Non-Envelope Donations: €840.00
  • Faughart Shrine: €185.90 and £18.87

Prayers and Welcomes

  • We Pray for the Happy Repose: Paul Reilly (RIP)
  • Welcome Into Our Christian Community: Cohan John Campbell

Mass Diary 2025

To book or check masses for the year, contact the Parochial House.
Office Hours: Monday–Friday, 10 am–2 pm.


St. Brigid’s Triduum and Day Programme

  • Triduum at the Oratory:
    • Thursday, 30th January – 7:30 pm
    • Friday, 31st January – 7:30 pm (Celebrant: Fr. James Browne I.C.)
  • St. Brigid’s Day Masses (1st February):
    • 11:00 am: Mass at Shrine
    • 11:45 am–2:45 pm: Relic at Shrine
    • 3:00 pm: Mass at Shrine
    • 8:00 pm: Candlelight Procession (From Faughart Hill to Shrine – Dress warmly)

Note:

  • No Saturday vigil mass at the Shrine on 1st February.
  • Volunteers needed for traffic management, etc. Contact the Parochial House. Hi-Vis vests provided.

Upcoming Events

  • Faughart Lourdes Committee Meeting:
    Tuesday, 21st January @ 7:30 pm.
  • St. Brigid’s Lunch:
    Date: Saturday, 25th January
    Time: 1:30 pm
    Venue: Kilcurry Resource Centre
    Booking: Text/WhatsApp your name and contact details to 0860654763.

Vacancy

Position: Community Employment (CE) Worker at Faughart Shrine
Hours: 19.5 hours per week
Contact: Fr. Vinod or Cllr. John Reilly


Thanks

SVDP extends gratitude to the parents, children, and staff of Scoil Phádraig Naofa for their Christmas food donations.


Mass Schedule

Kilcurry

  • Sunday (11:00 am):
    • Mary Muckian (MM), Seamus Flynn (1st Ann), Patrick and Catherine McShane and DFM, Eugene Smyth, Frank Corbett, George and Cassie McNamee and daughter Eileen.
  • Next Sunday:
    • Elizabeth and Patrick Lennon, Tom Begley, Larry Treanor and DFM, James and Brigid McDonnell and DFM, James and Margaret Conlon DFM.

Brid-a-Chrin

  • Sunday (10:00 am): Kathleen McKeown (Ann)
  • Next Sunday: Peter McShane, Pat McArdle, John and Paddy Callaghan.

Castletown

  • Saturday (6:00 pm): Special Intention, Patrick and Bridget McKenna and DFM.
  • Sunday (12:00 noon):
    • Kitty Hearty (MM), Kitty Murphy (1st Ann), Benny Casey (2nd Ann), Ann Stewart (2nd Ann).
  • Next Saturday:
    • Joe McGeown (Ann), Sharon Enwright and DFM, Mena and Bill Petty (Ann), Billy and Marie Gray (Ann), John Garland (2nd Ann), Delia and Patrick Garland.

Faughart

  • Saturday (7:30 pm): Jack and Margaret Fegan and DFM.
  • Next Saturday: Liam Quinn