1st December, 2024

Adamstown Parish Newsletter

Sat 30th Nov & Sun 1st December 2024
Volume 24       Number 47
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ADAMSTOWN LOTTO

The Adamstown Lotto Draw will take place this Thursday 5th December in Brad Og’s Bar. The Jackpot is €2,500 with €200 win or share for match 3 numbers. Tickets €2 or 3 for €5.00.

Tickets on sale from GAA, Soccer, Parish Committee and in local shops. Please leave books back in Cullen’s Gala by

7pm on draw night. Thank you for your continued support.

ADAMSTOWN COMMUNITY CENTRE CRAFT FAIR

Adamstown Community Centre Christmas Craft Fair is this Sunday from 11.00 am to 4.00pm in the Community Centre.

Live music on the stage from 12pm -2pm. Santa arrives at 1.00pm in style with Mrs. Claus. Raffle winners will be picked and announced on stage from 3.00pm onwards. Come join us and help spread Christmas cheer, support a local crafter and your local Community Centre. We look forward to welcoming you and all your families this Sunday 1st December.

ANNUAL ST. VINCENT de PAUL COLLECTION

Bishop Ger met recently with members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul regarding their Annual Christmas Appeal.  The theme of  this year’s SVP appeal is “Helping to give Families the Wonder of Christmas”. With high rents and the spiralling cost of living many families are wondering how they are going to meet all the costs associated with Christmas. The job of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, with your help, is to take this wonder and fear away from those who are struggling and replace it with the true magical wonder of Christmas. Your generous contributions will make sure that families in need can be helped. Church Gate Collections will take place Sat 7th & Sun 8th December across all parishes in Co. Wexford. All donations received locally will be used locally to help families across Co. Wexford over Christmas.

THURSDAY NIGHT CARD GAME

The Thursday night Card Game continues in the Community Centre each week at 8pm. Winners on Thursday 28th were:

Phil Jackman, Joe Kehoe, Jer Sweeney, Tom Wickham, Johnny Nolan, Jim Wickham.  All  the card players offer their deepest sympathy to the family of Andy Reville, Ballylannon, Wellington Bridge who died last weekend. Andy was a regular card player in Adamstown for many years. May he rest in peace.

CÓLAISTE ABBÁIN CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR

Coláiste Abbáin Craft Fair will be held in the Sports Hall in Coláiste Abbain this Thursday 5th December from 10.30am – 1.00pm. Free entry and all welcome. Christmas magic is in the air, and we want to share it with you!.

SYMPATHY – Margaret O’Gorman, Poulpeasty R.I.P.

The death occurred on Tuesday last of Margaret O’Gorman,

Poulpeasty (née Fortune, Doononey). We extend our deepest sympathy to her husband Paddy, children John, Bernard, Pádraig, Ann, Caitriona, Mary and Edel, extended family, neighbours and friends. We also extend our sympathy to her sister-in-law Mary Fortune, Doononey and all the family.  Her funeral Mass was celebrated in St. Garvan’s Church, Caroreigh on Thursday last followed by burial in Adamstown Cemetery. 

May she rest in peace.

ST. PETER’S COLLEGE PPU – Christmas Concert

St. Peter’s College PPU Traditional Christmas Concert in conjunction with Wexford Marine Watch & St. Vincent de Paul.

Featuring: School Choir, School Trad Group, David McDonnell; Declan Murphy, Bridge Choir: Jonathan Blake: Megan O’Keeffe; Loch Garman Band; Emma Hore.       MC George Lawlor.

Date: Thursday 12th December at 8pm

Venue: St. Peter’s College Church.   Admission €10

Tickets from St. Peter’s College reception or at door on the night.

SENIOR CHRISTMAS DINNER COURTESY OF

Fresht day on Thursday 12th December 2024 from

5.00pm to 7.45pm in CHADWICKS WEXFORD PARK.

Schedule: Stadium Tour: 5 – 5.45pm. Christmas Dinner 5.45 – 6.45pm. Christmas Carols 6.45 – 7.45pm.

The Best Gift We Can Receive This Christmas Is Your Presence.

RSVP on or before 5th December 2024, by contacting Shauna on 085 758 9683 (fresht day provide hot meals to schools around the county every school day)

SENIOR CITIZENS CHRISTMAS PARTY

Our Annual Senior Citizens Christmas Party organised by Adamstown ICA will take place in the Horse & Hound, Ballinaboola on Sunday 8th December at 1.30p.m.  Invitations were distributed over the past week. If you have not received one and are eligible to attend please contact  Helen 086 3454036; Liz 086 3365403 or Dympna 087 2123747.  Also, please let the ladies know if you are attending by Monday 2nd December.

CHURCH NOTICES

IN MEMORIAM

Sat 30th – For all who died during the year

Sun 1st Dec – David & Betty Forrestal, Oldcourt (A)

Sat 7th – Martin & Anna Mai Furlong, Castleview (A)

Sun 8th – Edward, Mary, Luke & deceased members of the Whelan family, Oldcourt (A)

Wed 4th: Mass at 7pm – Michael Connors, Tramore & The Hill,

Pray for Margaret O’Gorman, (née Fortune) Poulpeasty, Taghmon who died during the week.  May they rest in peace.

There will be no morning Mass on Tue or Wed  morning.

Visitation of the sick on Fri 6th & Sat 7th December

READERS OF THE LITURGY

Sat 30th – Anthony McGee. Sun 1st – KathleenO’Connor

Sat 7th – Eoghan Greene.   Sun 8th – Amelia Swierczynska

Sat 14th – T.J. McDonald.   Sun 15th – Betty O’Shea

Anointing of the Sick 3.00pm Tuesday December 3rd.

St. James says “is anyone among you who is sick, let them send for the elders of the Church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up.

If they have sins they will be forgiven”

THE ANOINTING WILL TAKE PLACE IN SAINT ABBAN’S ORATORY DURING HOLY MASS.   ALL WELCOME.

CHURCH ALTARS & DECORATION

Thanks to the ladies from Knockreigh for looking after the Church & Altars for the month of November, it is now the turn of parishioners from Oldcourt for the month of December

ST. PADRE PIO MASS

Fr. John Mockler of the Padre Pio Institute and servants of the Suffering concelebrated a special Mass on Fri 22nd Nov in St. Abban’s Church. The co-celebrants were Fr. Nolan, Fr. Bernard Cushen & Fr. Michael Byrne. Fr. John began with a Holy Hour of Adoration and Healing and recitation of the Rosary. Confessions were available. During his homily Fr. John spoke about the importance of the Rosary in St. Pio’s life and its significance in St. Pio’s healing  ministry.  Fr. John, from Askeaton in Limerick, fascinated us with some of the miracles he himself has witnessed. At the end of Mass everyone present received a blessing from a First Class Relic of St. Pio. There was a large gathering with people from all over the county. A box of petitions which people were invited to write were brought to the Altar for Mass. Music and  a tuneful choir enhanced the liturgy as did a special holy space dedicated to St. Pio which was illuminated and placed in front of the altar. Sacramentals such as St. Benedict Crosses, Rosaries, leaflets and St. Martin magazines were displayed in Porch and freely available. It was organized by the Adamstown Prayer Group.

THOMAS MOORE (1779 – 1852)

Born 28th May in Aungier St. Dublin, the author of Moore’s Melodies, which were drawn from ancient Irish traditional music. John McCormack, the Irish tenor popularised many of these melodies. Thomas Moore’s wife and children all predeceased him.

Oft in the Stilly NIght evokes the sadness which he experienced in his grief, left only with sad memories in old age. Like so many people who are familiar with tragedy our Chrisiian faith reassures us that ‘eye has not seen, nor ear heard, what God has in store for those who love Him”

Oft, in the Stilly Night

Oft, in the stilly night,

Ere slumber’s chain has bound  me,

Fond memories  brings the light

Of other days around  me;

The smiles, the tears,

Of boyhood’s years,

The words of love then spoken;

The eyes that shone,

Now dimm’d are gone,

The cheerful hearts now broken!

Thus, in the stilly night,

Ere slumber’s chain  hath bound me,

Sad memory brings  the light

Of other days around me.

When I remember all

The friends, so link’d together,

I’ve seen around me fall,

Like leaves in wintry weather;

I feel like one

Who treads alone

Some banquet-hall deserted,

Whose lights are fled

Whose garlands dead,

And all but he departed!

Thus, in the stilly night,

Ere slumber’s chain has bound me,

Sad memory brings the light

Of other days around me.

A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

To feel rich, count the things that you have that money can’t buy.

A SMILE – Hush money

Bill: “You don’t  mean to say it cost you €7,000 to have your family tree looked up?”

Ben: “No, €2,000 to have it looked up and €5,000 to have it hushed up”