21st July, 2024

Adamstown Parish Newsletter

Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st JUly 2024

Volume 24.  Number 29

______________________________________________________________________________

ADAMSTOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION (ACDA)  NOTICE

Adamstown Community Development Association will hold a Community Meeting in Adamstown Community Centre this Wednesday 24th July at 8pm.

ACDA will have the Health Check Results from their Community Questionnaires which they distributed throughout the Community some time ago.

This Health Check will be the basis for any funding / development in our Community in the future, therefore it is important that as many people as possible attend.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

ADAMSTOWN GAA CLUB

Best of luck to one of our young stars, Sean Galway who just signed with Shamrock Rovers. Wishing him all the best in the future.

ADAMSTOWN ATHLETIC CLUB NEWS

Well done to all who competed on Sunday last in the Noel Walsh Memorial 5k run, a special thank you to New Ross Special Olympics who made it the best day ever, the fun, hugs and smiles were a tonic – they even organised the sun shine – congratulations to our category winners Triona Mooney winning the cup for female 18-25, Rian Samon new to running,winning the cup for male 18-35, Elaine McDonald winning the cup for female over 45 age group. Emma Somers won the U17 5k race. Charlie Walsh won the U17 5k race. Leah Walsh 1st female Juvenile 3k race and Sean Walsh 1st male Juvenile 3k. A special mention goes to Ken, coach & inspiration to our athletes.

Well done to all athletes who took part.

THURSDAY NIGHT CARD GAME

The Thursday night Card Game continues in the Community Centre each week at 8.30pm. Winners on Thursday 18th July were: Brendan Colfer, Martin Cahill, Micksy & Breda Bolger, Michael McLoughlin, Josie Colfer, Sammy & Owen Elmes.

WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL NOTICE – TEMPORARY CLOSING OF ROADS.

Notice is given that Wexford Co.Council intends to close the road listed below  to vehicular traffic from Monday 12th August to Friday 22nd November to facilitate the construction of Aughnaglaur Bridge at Chapel, Adamstown.

R735 – 18 at Aughnaglaur Bridge, Chapel, Adamstown from its junction with the L40083 at Raheenduff to its junction with the L4005 at Chapel.

Alternative Routes will be signposted.

 CAROREIGH ANNUAL FIELD DAY

Caroreigh Annual Field Day will take place on Sunday 28th July at 1.30pm with Fancy Dress Parade led by New Ross and District Pipe Band. All the usual stalls & attractions.

Entry to the field is by donation.

ALL IRELAND HURLING FINAL

Best wishes to Cork & Clare as they play in the All Ireland Hurling Final this Sunday in Croke Park.

A HURLER’S PRAYER    (Seamus Redmond)

Grant me O Lord, a  hurler’s skill,

With strength of arm and speed of limb.

Unerring eye for the flying ball,

And courage to match whate’er befall.

May my stroke be steady and my aim be true,

My actions manly and my misses few,

No matter what way the game may go,

May I rest in friendship with every foe.

When the final whistle for me has blown,

And I stand at last before God’s judgement throne,

May the great referee, when he calls my name

Say, you hurled like a man, you played the game.

PROVERB ABOUT TEAMWORK – (Zig Ziglar)

‘Individuals score points, but teams win games’

A BIT OF NATURE – THE PINE  MARTENS

Deep within the forest and far away from you and me there lives a very elusive and shy animal. The pine marten, which is rarely seen during daylight hours has a long body with rich

brown fur, black paws and a large creamy patch on its chin and throat. These beautiful animals are one of the last truly wild animals we have left in this part of the world. They arrived on our shores around 10,000 years ago, straight after the last ice age, at the same time or maybe even before we humans did. Pine marten are extremely agile and excellent climbers and their long bushy tail helps them to balance during their tree top adventures. They are also called ‘tree cats’ and in Irish ‘cat crainn’. Their semi-retractable claws enable them to run at great speed along the branches and they can easily jump from branch to branch when pursuing prey. However, despite all this acrobatic talent they usually hunt on the ground and their diet includes fruit, fungi, berries, insects, small rodents, bird’s eggs, frogs and squirrels. Baby pine martens are known as kits and they begin life blind and deaf. For the first six weeks they stay safe and snug in their den and mother pine marten looks after them. By six weeks they brave the outside world and by three to four  months they can hunt and kill their own prey. How quickly they grow up. There’s not much time for playing or hanging around for life is a serious business of survival for the pine marten. Pine martens are a good news story as their numbers are on the rise having been brought back from the brink of extinction primarily because of the fur trade and the loss of their woodland habitat. We must continue to help them to grow and thrive because without them,God’s tapestry of life would be incomplete.

(Elizabeth McArdle – Far East Magazine)

P.S. There was a pine marten spotted in the locality recently.

CHURCH NOTICES

IN MEMORIAM

Sat 20th – Michael, Maureen, Br. Brendan , Thomas, Edward and Bridget Delaney, Misterin (A)

Sun 21st – Richard Furlong & deceased members of the Furlong Family, Coonogue (A). Also – Myosh Kavanagh, Adamstown (A)

Sat 27th – Jim & Nora McGee, The Leap (A)

Also – Margaret & William Flynn, Kilbraney Ave, Gusserane,

And Kathleen Bagge, Kilmeaden,Co. Waterford (A)

Sun 28th – People of the Parish.

May they rest in peace.

Mass each week day morning at 9.30am

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

READERS OF THE LITURGY

Sat 20th – Liam Whelan.     Sun 21st – Kathleen O’Connor

Sat 27th – Eoghan Greene.  Sun 28th – Ann Ryan

SYMPATHY

The death occurred on Saturday 13th July of Paul Bradley, Carrigbyrne, we extend our deepest sympathy to his mother Stat, sisters Patricia, Anne, brothers Derek and Seamus, extended family, neighbours and friends. Paul  was predeceased by his father Seamus. Paul was laid to rest in Newbawn Cemetery on Tuesday last.

May he rest in peace.

PRIESTHOOD

My dear friends accept us we are;

The priest is not an angel sent from heaven.

He is a man, chosen from among men, a  member of the Church, a Christian.

Remaining man and Christian, he begins to speak to you the Word of God. The Word is not his own; he speaks it because God has told him to proclaim his Word. Perhaps he has not entirely understood it himself, perhaps he adulterated it, but he believes, and despite his fears, he knows that he must communicate God’s word to you. For must not some one of us say something about God, about eternal life, about the majesty of grace in our sanctified being; must not some one of us speak of sin and of the judgement and mercy of God?

So, my dear friends, pray for us, carry us, so that we might be able to sustain others by bringing them to the mystery of God’s love revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

(Karl Rahner SJ – 1904-1984)

WEEKLY ENVELOPES 2024/2025

A word of thanks to all who distributed the Envelope Boxes  to the homes of parishioners in the Parish over the past week.  My thanks to all those who contribute, weekly, monthly, by Direct Debit, yearly or at any other time, your generosity is much appreciated. A number of people have made no contribution for the past few years, perhaps you might consider making a contribution again, contributions may be dropped into the box in the Church porch at any time.

Thank you, Fr. Robert.

SHARING TOGETHER

Table -fellowship was hugely significant in olden times. To share food with somebody was a sharing of life. A missionary from Papua New Guinea met a tribe where a hunter might travel for days without eating his catch until there were others to share the food. In today’s busy world, some families hardly ever sit together to share food. It’s a time of fast-food, the stand-up snack and avoidance of company. Worst of all is the table where people are more interested in Facebook or YouTube than in their companions at the table. The word companion comes from the Latin for sharing bread. Food is a gift from God to nourish the body and to nurture relationships.

(Homily Hints and Prayers – Silvester O’Flynn)

MARY’S MEALS

My name is Fr.Eamonn Kelly, and I am parish priest in the parish of Raphoe, Donegal.  I also help with Mary’s Meals, a charity that presently feeds 2,429,187 children in their place of education each school day. For the past eleven years we have  walked to Knock Shrine to raise awareness of, and funds for, Mary’s Meals. We are now launching Step by Step to Feed the Next Child 2024. We have walks originating in Malin (Donegal), Thurles, Cavan, the Spire (Dublin), Kilkenny, Longford, Limerick and N.Ireland. All walks go from 7th August to 15th August. We are seeking people to help us create new walks, join us for a day or half a day or a few hours, collect, take a sponsor card or promote the walk..

It costs €22 to give a child a meal each day in school for a school year and every eleven cents raised provides a meal. This is a great way of gaining a bit of fitness and doing great work at the same time. If you would like more information or to get involved, I would love to hear from you . My contact details are Eamonn Kelly (Rev) Parochial House, Convoy, Co Donegal.F93HX2R , eamonnkelly1949@gmail.com or phone 087 9077985

PRAYER FOR THE WEEK – Bless Me This Night

At the close of this day, Lord into your hands I place all my worries, cares and concerns, that I may rest secure, knowing that you are watching over me.

As I prepare for sleep, bless me tonight that I may wake up in the morning refreshed and ready for a new day.

Bless all  those  I met today, those to whom I smiled or said “Hello!” friends pleased to see me and even those who ignored me.

Help me, Lord, to take no resentments into my rest tonight.

Amen. (Columban Missionaries Prayer Trust)

CARING FOR THE EARTH

Our generation has bequeathed many riches, but we have failed to protect the planet and we are not safeguarding peace. We are called to become artisans and caretakers of our common home, the Earth which is “falling into ruin”

A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

“ANYONE who thinks they are too small to make a DIFFERENCE has never met the HONEY BEE”