4th June, 2023

Adamstown Parish Newsletter

Weekend of Sat 3rd & Sun 4th June 2023

Volume 23.  Number 20

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ADAMSTOWN LOTTO

The winning numbers in the Adamstown Lotto Draw on Monday 29the May were: 12 – 23 – 26 – 29. There was no Jackpot winner and one match three player – Kay Whelan, Kellystown who received €200.  The next draw is on Monday 12th June in the Community Centre for a Jackpot of €15,000. Keep on buying the tickets – it will be won!!

ADAMSTOWN SHOW

It’s that time again!

The Annual Adamstown Show takes place on Saturday 1st July 2023. Catalogues are out now, contact any committee member or Cullen’s shop to avail of one.

All the usual classes and some new ones added this year.

A great day out for young and old. We hope to see you there.

ADAMSTOWN GAA CLUB – ONE CLUB FITTEST FAMILY

Sunday 4th June – starting mid morning

The weather is cooperating just nicely for the weekend!!

Looking forward to a massive family event this Sunday – with our Adamstown Fittest Family event. Plenty of fun for adults & children. Great day out for all the family.

ADAMSTOWN ATHLETIC CLUB

Well done to Joe 1st in Leinster 5k race walk in Carlow on Sunday last, new pb 20.07.

ADAMSTOWN N.S. PARENTS ASSOCIATION

Clothes Collection Fundraiser- Monday 12th June

Time to clear out your wardrobe again. Clothes collection will take place on Monday 12th June outside the Hall opposite the school from 9.00am – 9.30am. Good condition and reusable clothing, paired shoes, handbags, scarves, belts & hats are collected. NO duvets, cushions, pillows, teddy bears or children’s toys collected. All funds going towards school funds. Thanks for your support.

SYMPATHY

The death occurred on Saturday 27th May of Margaret Kelly, Bricketstown, Taghmon. We extend our deepest sympathy to her husband John, sons Colm, Justin & Daragh, extended family, neighbours and friends. Our sympathy also to her many relatives in the parish. Margaret’s funeral Mass was celebrated in St. Garvan’s Church, Caroreigh on Tuesday last followed by burial in Kilgaravan Cemetery.

May she rest in peace.

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT

Bethany Bereavement Support Group are there if you need to call them. The volunteers have a private meeting room if you wish to share your grief. They hold a Drop-In-Service on the first Thursday of every month at 11.00am at St. Michael’s Pastoral Centre, Michael St, New Ross. The confidential telephone number is 087 3846577

COLÁISTE ABBAIN NEWS

Coláiste Abbain held their Awards Ceremony on Thursday 25th May. Principal Mr. John Nolan welcomed everyone.

Among the many recipients of awards were local students:

1st Year Academic Awards:

Farrah James – Home Economics.

Leon Martin – SPHE;    Class Tutor Awards: – Farrah James

2nd Year Academic Awards:

Amelia Swierczynska – Art, German, Home Economics & History.  Millie Thorpe – Irish.     Myia Siggins – Maths, PE.

Class Tutor Award: – Millie Thorpe.

3rd Year Academic Awards: Luke Cullen – Graphics.

TY Year Academic Awards

Sarah Carley – Art, Wellbeing, ECEL

Faye Hynes – Community Care, ECDL

Sarah Komsa – Journalism.

Class Tutor Award: – Faye Hynes TYA

5th Year Academic Awards:

Tosia Swierczynska – German, Irish:  Cara Whelan – Irish.

Most Improved Student Award – Shane Roche

6th Year Academic Awards:

Oscar MacGabhann – English, Irish, Maths

Ciara Smith – German, English, Art

Tomas Hynes – Maths:    Karolina Jaglarz – PE

Leaving Cert Applied 2 Academic Awards

Jack Carty – Graphic & Construction Studies

Joshua Power – Active Leisure Studies

WWETB Junior Hurling Medals – Jack O’Shea

U-14 Leinster Hurling Medals – Luke Cullen

Senior Basketball Player of the Year – Karolina Jaglarz

Graham O’Reilly Senior Soccer Player of the Year Award

Darragh Thorpe.

Craft Fair – senior: Megan Martin, Roisin NicGabhann

Junior Cert Agricultural Student of the Year Luke Siggins

M.J. Booth Artist of the Year Award – Sophie Kinsella Dunne.

Adamstown Historical Society Historian of the Year-

Tosia Swierczynska.

Senan Lillis Perpetual Musician of the Year Award

Tomas Hynes

TY Spirit of the Year Awards: Sarah Carley, Faye Hynes.

Meitheal Leaders: – Faye Hynes, Sarah Carley

Prefects: Tosia Swierczynska, Cara Whelan, Donny McDonald, Leah Sinnott.

A sincere thanks to the Booth family for the beautiful perpetual plaque which they presented to the College for the M.J. Booth Artist of the year award in memory of the late M.J. – Leo, Betty & Mary were there in person to make the presentation.  Well done to Phil Roche & Oran Martin for their craftsmanship in the production of this lovely memento of M.J.

CHURCH NOTICES

IN MEMORIAM

Sat 3rd June – Lewis James Bradley & Ellen Cummins, née Hayden, Brocurra (A)

Also:       Ephraim Cloney, Ballagh (Month’s Mind)

Sun 4th – People of the Parish

Sat 10th – Bena Barron, The Leap (A)

Also:         Syl & Statia Barron, Coonogue (A)

Also:         Liam O’Brien, Rathkyle (A)

Sun 11th – People of the Parish

May they rest in peace.

Morning Mass each weekday at 9.30am

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament every Thursday from 10.00am – 1.00pm.

Feast Day this week:

3rd June – St. Kevin who was a native of Leinster.

Wishing to be a hermit, he crossed the mountains to Glendalough and settled in Disert Caoimhghin at the foot of the upper lake. But disciples began to gather round him. Gradually the great monastic settlement grew and spread through the glen after his death in 618

READERS OF THE LITURGY

Sat 3rd June – Neasa Cloney    Sun 4th – Callie Doyle

Sat 10th Cáit Bradley              Sun 11th – Kathleen O’Connor

Sat 17th T. J McDonald           Sun 18th – Kay Whelan

Sat 24th – Anthony McGee     Sun 25th – Neasa Cloney

SENDING BEST WISHES TO OUR EXAM STUDENTS

Our thoughts and prayers are with the students of our Parish this week as they begin the Leaving Cert & Junior Cert  Exams on Wednesday next. May the Holy Spirit’s gift of wisdom be theirs in the coming weeks.

A Prayer for Students

O’Lord help me at my exams to remember the things which I have learned and studied.

Help me to remember well and to think clearly.

Give me the grace to keep calm so that I may do myself justice.

May all the work I have done be like seeds sown for a future harvest.

Lord, I ask you also to help my friends, especially those who are nervous and stressed.

Send your Spirit of peace upon them too.

For this I ask in Jesus’ name.  Amen.

IT HAPPENED IN JUNE – (Pioneer Magazine)

3rd June 1963- Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli,

Pope John XXIII, died in Rome at the age of eighty-one, having been Pope since 1958. He was succeeded by Pope Paul VI. Affectionately known as ‘the good Pope’, he was canonised, along with Pope John Paul II, in 2014.

DECLINING MASS ATTENDANCE

The analytics and data company Amárach has produced a survey which shows that only 14% of Irish Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass. This is down a significant number since before the lockdowns, where 24% of Ireland’s population as a whole claimed to attend weekly Mass. Church lockdowns were hugely destructive to people’s faith, with many of the surveyed claiming that their faith simply “isn’t as strong” as before they were denied regular access to Mass. However, the lockdowns can only be partly to blame – in many ways, they served to show up the deep issues which are consuming Irish Catholicism. It is worth noting that the Irish Bishops have announced that attending Mass on Sundays and holydays of obligation “will once again be deemed an essential expression of faith for all in our Church in Ireland.

This came into effect from 17th April 2022.

(Alive Catholic Monthly Newspaper)

ST. MARY & ST. MICHAEL PARISH CHURCH MUSEUM

The St. Mary & St. Michael’s Parish Church, New Ross museum display has been attracting a lot of interest.

Located in the ante chamber to the left as you enter the church’s front door, the museum includes Kavanagh Collection photos of the Parish Church at all stages of its construction, an encased pulley used in the construction, the trowel used by the Bishop laying the first foundation stone, various documents, some more modern photos, a display case, Altar Servers Vestments dated c1925-1930’s and New Ross Standard publications from 1895-1902, which includes the list of contributors to the building of the church.

Monsignor Joe McGrath said the museum is attracting a lot of attention among visitors to the church – which had its 120th anniversary in September. The museum was developed in conjunction with the 120th anniversary. It’s a nice addition to

the church, which is a tourist attraction in the town. The pastoral council, priests and the office staff were involved in setting up the museum. Monsgr McGrath said some fantastic items were donated including the trowel and invitations to the church’s opening, adding that if anyone has something they feel would add to the museum they can contact the church office.

The church is open daily from 7.30am – 7.00pm.

(New Ross Standard)

A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK – (St. Martin’s Magazine)

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives.

If God allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. We would never fly!

I asked for Strength….. and God gave me Difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for Wisdom …and God gave me Problems to solve.

I asked for Love …and God gave me Troubled people to help.

I received nothing I wanted… I received everything I needed!

May God Bless You

May Goodness, Kindness and Mercy come your way.

And may you gain Wisdom and grow in the Lord everyday.