10th July, 2022

Adamstown Parish Newsletter

Weekend of Sat 9th & Sun 10th July 2022  

Volume 22.  Number 27

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ADAMSTOWN LOTTO

The next draw in the Adamstown Lotto takes place this

Monday 11th July in the Community Centre for a Jackpot of €14,200. A massive amount of money to be won – do buy a ticket and give yourself a chance. Please leave back books by 8pm into Cullen’s Gala on draw night.

SHAMROCK VINTAGE CLUB

The Shamrock Vintage Club is running a bus to Monalty, Co. Meath for their Vintage Day on Sunday 14th August.

To book a seat contact 087 6884035 or 087 2229038. Seats are limited, money and names please by Tuesday 2nd August.

RICHARD (DICK)  FORTUNE R.I.P.

The death occurred on Monday 4th July of Richard (Dick) Fortune, Doononey. We extend our deepest sympathy to his wife Bessie, daughters Mary, Helena, Cait, sisters Mary, Kay, Bridget, grandchildren, extended family, neighbours and friends. Dick was predeceased by his son Richard and brother Denis. Dick’s funeral Mass was celebrated in St. Abban’s Church on Thursday last followed by burial in

Galbally Cemetry.  It was Dick’s hope to live to the age of 80 years; he died on the evening of his 80th birthday.

May his gentle soul rest in peace.

SYMPATHY

We offer our sympathy to Pat Morrin, Oldcourt and all the family on the death of his brother Brian Morrin, Caherloughllin, The Neale, Co. Mayo on Wed 29th June.

His funeral Mass took place on Saturday 2nd July in St. John the Baptist Church, The Neale, followed by burial in Ballinchalla Cemetery. May he rest in peace.

ADAMSTOWN ATHLETIC CLUB

Well done to Donny – 6th in the National U‑18 Steeplechase

ADAMSTOWN AFC

This coming season we are looking to enter an U-9 team in the girls soccer league. We are looking for girls born in 2014 and 2015 to join this new club. If interested please text or what’s app: 087 9539291.

COMMUNITY GAMES

Well done to local swimmers who participated in the Community Games Swimming County Finals in the Waterfront Pool & Leisure Centre, Enniscorthy on

 Friday 1st July.

 Medal winners were:

U-12 Freestyle – 2nd Sean Moran.

U-14 Freestyle – 2nd Ava Kelly

U-14 Breaststroke – 1st Sinead Duffy.

Well done to all competitors.

THE I.C.A. 100 YEARS – (Danny Doyle, Glenour)

The I.C.A. are one hundred percent a ladies organisation, formed over one hundred years in a small Hall in Bree, Co. Wexford. The purpose was to bring the women of Ireland together. At that time, Ireland was a country of big families. The most of them had only primary education; they knew very little, only what their parents taught them. Lots of marriages were arranged with the man next door which some did not want, they had to do what their parents told them. The fourth commandment was used sometimes to force the marriage to go ahead. The I.C.A. was formed and things had to change for the better. They met often to look at this problem up front. They had classes for sewing, cooking etc., they got lots of support from State bodies. They were shown how to cook, how to bake bread. All the domestic work was shown in night classes in small rooms at the time.

When they got going they were the best thing ever in a Parish. They revolutionised things that were never heard of before. They ran Old Folks parties at Christmas, outings for older men and women that seldom were out of the house anywhere. The ran tea parties to make money to buy special things, like here in Adamstown, where they bought the first Crib for the Church at Christmas. If there was an event coming up they would be asked to cater and it would be done to perfection. They took part in everything that was going on in the Parish, like church anniversaries, and meet with other ladies from other guilds to discuss all matters that were topical at the time. Young girls that came to the Parish, they were sometimes lonely for other folk to talk to and make friends. The I.C.A. are known the length and breadth of Ireland for their ability to help people in need, we must admire them for that. They changed the Committee every four years, they tried to get new members like newly weds coming to the Parish etc., Rural organisations may come and go, they have their ups and downs, but the ‘Irish Country Women’s Association’ are at the top for what they have done for Ireland “in community development”. 

The year 1910 was a great year for Wexford – Anita Lett formed the I.C.A. in May and Wexford won their first All Ireland Senior Hurling Final u

on 20th November defeating Limerick by 7 – 0 to 6 – 02.

ADAMSTOWN GAA GOOD WISHES

Huge weekend for Wexford Ladies Footballers who play Roscommon this Sunday in Crettyard, Co. Laois at 2pm for a place in the All Ireland Intermediate Final. Very best luck to all our local women involved. The O’Brien sisters Ellen & Cathy, Leah Furlong and team manager Lizzie Kent. The community are very proud of your efforts and wish your team mates all the very best on Sunday.

CHURCH NOTICES

IN MEMORIAM

Sat 9th – Eamonn & Martin Furlong, Greenview (A)

Sun 10th – People of the Parish

Sat 16th – Patrick Bradley, Coonogue (Month’s Mind)

Sun 17th – Betty McGrath, Adamstown (A)

Pray for Margaret Walsh, Coolnagree (A)

May they rest in peace.

READERS OF THE LITURGY

Sat 9th – Anthony McGee.  Sun 10th – Kathleen O’Connor

Sat 16th – Annette English.   Sun 17th – Family Mass

Sat 23rd – Cáit Bradley           Sun 24th – Kay Whelan

Mass each week morning at 9.30am.

Please note: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament for the months of July & August will take place each  Thursday from 10.00am – 11.00am only.

Feast Day this week;

Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Sat 16th

NATIONAL GRANDPARENTS DAY IN KNOCK

We are overjoyed to tell you that our National Grandparents Pilgrimage at the Shrine of Our Lady of Knock will once again be celebrated on 24th July together with the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.

All are welcome to this wonderful celebration at the Shrine with Mass celebrated by Most Rev. Francis Duffy, Archbishop of Tuam. 2.30pm – Anointing of the Sick.

3.00pm – Pilgrimage begins.

If you need further information please phone Connie at 085 8704722 or email catholicgrandparents@gmail.com

THE HOOK OF FAITH THIS WEEK

Pope Francis has just published a new document named

‘Desiderio desideravi’ on the liturgical formation of Catholic Christians. We have the document in full together with a commentary on the context, meaning and content of letter.

We have a homily for the Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time where Jesus puts before us the parable of the Good Samaritan. We explore what overturning of Roe vs. Wade might mean for Ireland and the homily given by Archbishop Eamon Martin at the ‘Day for Life’ rally in Dublin last Saturday. We have reflections on the feast days of Saint Benedict and Bonaventure and highlight the work of the organisation ‘World Priest’ and what they do to support priests around the world. Check out these and other resources available at  www.thehookoffaith.com

ST. ELISABETH CONVENT, BELARUS

We thank you Father for allowing us once again to create a small stall of our crafts at St. Abban’s Church this Wednesday  13th July at 9.30am. Our convent provides the needy with comprehensive help: accommodation, meals and necessary medicines, arranges medical examinations for those who need it and help them to restore their identities. We ask for your support and thank your for your generosity last time we visited Adamstown.

AN IRISH MONASTIC TRAGEDY –

 (Denis T O’Grady, St. Martin’s Magazine)

Ireland has always been well endowed with monasteries and one of its better-known examples is Mount Mellary Abbey near Cappoquin.This is a Cistercian Monastery which was established in the 1830’s. It had many monks and so the Abbot at that time – Dom Bruno – decided to set up a North American Monastery and he proceeded actively to source a suitable location. Then an offer came from the state of Iowa – specifically from the City of Dubuque. The Black Hawk and Fox Indian Tribes were the original settlers of the area and it was Julian Dubuque after whom the city was named. It became, by all account, a very religious city with churches and seminaries of many denominations and is so to this day. The generosity to the Irish Cistercian Monastery came from the Catholic Bishop of Dubuque who offered Mount Mellary a five hundred acre tract of land some fifteen miles from the city. The site was just a few miles from the giant Mississippi River and was gratefully accepted by Abbot Bruno, who on the 16th of July 1849, laid the foundation stone of what was to become the Abbey of our Lady of New Mellary. Now the stage was set for the tragedy which would leave an indelible mark on the fledgling monastery. One can imagine the excitement back in Mount Mellary as the first group of sixteen monks prepared for their long journey to a foundation in a new and distant world. In 1849, sixteen monks sailed from Liverpool on Sept 10th at a time when many survivors of the 1847 potato famine were making similar journeys. The Atlantic crossing was long and arduous and it was almost 2 months before their very slow boat finally berthed in New Orleans on the Gulf of Mexico. In New Orleans they boarded the steam-powered riverboat “Constitution” on Nov 7th 1849 for the twenty day journey to Dubuque. But tragedy struck. It came in the form of a virulent killing disease prevalent in those years and in warm climates – cholera. In those days, untreated, its death rate was high – often 90% – and it was highly contagious. Within a short period of time six of the Mount Mellary monks were dead, and had to be buried quickly at various locations along the banks of the river. What a sad and traumatic welcome the surviving monks received to their new world. Finally on Nov 27th the survivors arrived in Dubuque and travelled to the Abbey of Our Lady of New Mellary. But the contemplative life is a resilient life and, certainly was so in this case. It is now a thriving monastery but will never forget the tragedy that befell it on the banks of the Mississippi.  The remembrance is to be seen in the abbey cemetery where a massive Celtic Cross, at least 12 ft high is carved with the names of those six Cistercian monks now in unmarked resting places on the banks of America’s greatest river.

MOTORIST’S PRAYER

Holy Mary, hear our prayer,

Keep us in your loving care.

Whatever the perils of the way,

Let us not add to them this day.

So to our caution and attention

We add a prayer for your protection.

And beg God’s blessing on this car,

To travel safely near and far.  Amen.