31st March, 2024

Adamstown Parish Newsletter

Weekend of Sat 30th & Sun 31st March 2024

Volume 24.  Number 13

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ADAMSTOWN LOTTO

The next draw in the Adamstown Lotto takes place in the Community Centre on Tuesday next 2nd April for a Jackpot of €9,200. Please leave books back in Cullen’s by 8pm on draw night. Do buy a ticket and be in with a chance.

Thanks for your continued support.

ADAMSTOWN ICA NEWS

Adamstown ICA Guild held their monthly meeting on Wednesday 13th in Coláiste Abbáin. Our President Helen Furlong welcomed everyone and after the usual formalities, we got down to the business of the meeting. Our guest speaker, Dan Redmond from Wexford Lions Club gave a very informative talk on the “Letter in a Bottle” project run by the Lions Club. The idea is to have all your medical history and list of current medication written on a special form, this is supplied by Lions Club for a small donation.

There is a couple of green cross stickers also supplied, one for your front door and one for the fridge door. If a Doctor or Ambulance is called to your house they will know exactly where to find all the relevant medical information, especially if you are unable to tell them.

The competition for the nicest Easter Bonnet was won by Helen and the raffle won by Liz Furlong. A lovely tea was served by hostesses Rita and Breda, thank you ladies.

Keep Thursday April 18th free, as Wexford Folklorist Michael Fortune will be in Adamstown, venue to be confirmed.

We would like to wish everyone A Happy and Blessed Easter.

SHAMROCK VINTAGE CLUB –

Pat Byrne Memorial Road Run Sunday 7th April

The Pat Byrne Memorial Road Run will take place on Sunday next April 7th. Registration from 11.30am.

Starting at 1.00 o’clock.

The Route will be a distance of 15 miles. Starting from St. Abban’s Hall Car Park in Adamstown and taking in the following towns lands. Adamstown, The Leap, Knockreigh, Oldcourt, Brocurra, Ballagh, Templenacrow, Old Ross, Moorefileds, Courthoyle, The Boola, Misterin, The Barracks and back to Adamstown for refreshments.  All vehicles must be insured and drivers hold a driver’s license.

All proceeds will go to Adamstown National School.

The Parents Association would appreciate donations of sandwiches/cakes/buns, also parents to help out on the day.

Your support would be much appreciated.

SPRING CLEAN UP 2024

It’s that time of year again when the Annual Spring Clean-Up takes place in Adamstown and many other villages and towns in County Wexford. Bags and gloves are available in Cullen’s Gala. Return details are on the packs. We encourage parishioners to give a hand in the clean-up in your area.  Together we can make a difference.

ADAMSTOWN ATHLETIC CLUB NEWS

123.ie National Juvenile Indoor Championships in Athlone. Last weekend at the championships in Athlone 15 year old James Prendergast, Adamstown AC, competing in U-17 shot put with a massive throw of 15mtrs 17cm to win Gold Medal with a new personal best.

Adamstown’s Grace White competing in the U-12 high jump with a personal best of 1mtr 30cm to claim Silver.

Well done to both on a fantastic performance and continued success for the future.

COLÁISTE ABBÁIN NEWS

A great day was had on Thursday last as our TY and 5th year Girls attended Women in Technology in SETU Arena. The event aimed to showcase the very best of Women in Technology, to provide inspiration and encouragement to all those who may be curious about a job in technology or to further inspire those that already see this as a pathway to a great career.

A huge well done to Ben Reeves and Jack Buckley who represented Wexford playing pool over last weekend in Navan. They were crowned the All-Ireland Plate Winners. Congratulations lads.

ADAMSTOWN GAA ONECLUB NIGHT AT THE DOGS

Family Night Thursday 4th April

Admission €10.00.

Kids races, Kids Free, Face painting.

EXERCISE CLASSES IN COMMUNITY CENTRE

Community Centre classes will start again this coming Tuesday 2nd April in Adamstown. Classes for over 50’s and 60’s chair exercise and ladies strength and conditioning classes for all ages and abilities running Monday, Tuesday & Thursday mornings. Pilates will run every Tuesday evening from next week 19.45 – 20.45.

 Anyone looking to join in this coming set of classes please contact Sarah at 087 062 7563.

THURSDAY NIGHT CARD GAME

The Thursday night card game continues every Thursday night in the Community Centre at 9pm. Winners on Thursday 25th were: Matt O’Neill, John Hanley, Kathleen Whelan, Ann Lawlor, Tom Wickham, Johnny Nolan & Seamus Joyce.

IT HAPPENED IN MARCH – 23rd March 1743

George Frederic Handel’s oratorio, ‘Messiah’ premieres at the Convent Garden Theatre in London. Its very first performance took place the previous year in Dublin at the New Music Hall in Fishamble Street at noon on 13th April 1742.

REMEMBER TO PUT YOUR CLOCK FORWARD TONIGHT

CHURCH NOTICES

IN MEMORIAM

Sat 30th – Mary Galway, Misterin Lower (A)

Also        Syl Furlong, Tomgarrow (A)

Sun 31st – Jimmy O’Shea, Adamstown (A) and

Deceased members of the O’Shea family, Adamstown (A)

Sat 6th April – Mary & Lisa Furlong, Tomgarrow

Also        Mary McCabe, Rathsilla (A)

Sun 7th – Johnny Crean, Clonard & Glenour (A)

Also        John O’Brien, Ballyvergin (Month’s Mind)

Also        Noel & Maureen Whitty, Clonroche (A)

Also        Michael & Catherine Barron, Coonogue (A)

Tuesday 2nd April 9.30am – Laurence, Ellen, Charlie Bradley, Doononey also Kitty Furlong, Taghmon (A)

Wed 3rd April – 9.30am – Margaret Kiely, Glenour (A)

Pray for John & Nell Finn, Rathsilla and deceased members of the Whelan family, Adamstown (A)

May they rest in peace.

PRAYER FOR GOOD WEATHER –  Bishop Ger Nash

“God our loving Father, we know that you care deeply for us.

We ask you to bless us with the good weather we so badly need at this time.

Bless the work and efforts of all your people so that their endeavours may produce the results they need.

Grant success to the work of our hands.

We make this prayer through Christ our Lord”. Amen.

THE PRESENCE OF GOD

“Yet sometimes when the sun comes through a gap,

These men see God the Father in a tree.

The Holy Spirit is the rising sap,

And Christ will be the green leaves that will come

At Easter from the sealed and guarded tomb”

(Patrick Kavanagh – The Great Hunger)

LOURDES TICKET DRAW

Our Parish Lourdes Ticket Draw will take place this Easter Sunday morning at 10.30am Mass. A sincere thanks to all those who purchased tickets and to all who visited who volunteered to visit houses in the parish with tickets.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WINNER AND A LOSER

The winner is always a part of the answer;

The loser is always part of the problem.

The winner sees an answer for every problem.

The loser sees a problem for every answer.

The winner sees a green near every sand trap.

The loser sees two or three sand traps near every green.

The winner says, “It may be difficult, but it’s possible”

The loser says, “It may be possible, but it’s too difficult”

The winner always has a programme.

The loser always has an excuse.

The winner says, “Let me do that for you”

The loser says, “That’s not my job.”

(Pioneer Magazine)

GLENNDALOCH  Thackeray’s Description of

Within the favoured land, no spot can rival Glenndaloch

in the beauty of its situation, in the interest of its history, or in the importance of its memorials of the past. Its charm has won the praises of strangers to whom, however accomplished and sympathetic, its more sacred memories could only have appealed with a lessened force. Sir Walter Scott speaks of “the inestimably singular scene of Irish antiquity” – while Thackeray writes of Glenndaloch: “I think the Irish scenery just like the Irish melodies – sweet, wild, and sad even in the sunshine. I do not know if there is any tune about Glenndaloch but if there be, it must be the most delicate, fantastic, fairy melody that ever was played. Only fancy can describe the charms of that delightful place. Directly you see it, it smiles at you as innocent and friendly as a little child; and once seen, it becomes your friend for ever, and you are always happy when you think of it. Here is a little lake, and little fords across it, surrounded by little islands, where there are all sorts of fantastic little old chapels, and graveyards; or again, into little breaks and shrubberies, where small rivers are crossing over little rocks, splashing and jumping, and singing as loud as ever they can. If the subtle charm of Glenndaloch inspired such feelings in the minds of strangers, it is little wonder that it has been a favourite theme of the bards and poets of Ireland; that it was the chosen cell and sanctuary of many of her Saints and that for over a thousand years it has been rightly held in veneration as one of the Holy Places of Ireland.

(Glenndalogh – Rev. Sir John O’Connell)

ST.  FRANCIS de SALES

“When the bee has gathered the dew of heaven and the earth’s sweetest nectar from the flowers, it turns it into honey, then hastens to its hive. In the same way, the priest, having taken from the altar the Son of God (who is as the dew from heaven, and true son of Mary, flower of our humanity), gives him to you as delicious food”

CELEBRATION OF 158 YEARS OF LORETO SISTERS IN WEXFORD

There will be a celebration Mass by the Bishop of Ferns, Most Rev Ger Nash on Friday April 26th in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Rowe St, Wexford at 7pm.

All welcome to attend.

A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK   Pope Francis)

” A father is not a superhero. He cannot protect his children from every suffering. It would be unfair if he wanted to do so, because he would be shielding them from real life. Still, his love stands firm, ready to give support, strength, hope and care. A father’s heart beats with wisdom.

A father’s radically generative disposition of mind and heart leads him to think about his children’s future and their welfare.

So speeches of ideals are just enough.

 What a father must provide is a living example

Wishing Everyone a Happy and Peaceful Easter

PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING BACK YOUR TRÓCAIRE BOX