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23rd March, 2025
Adamstown Parish Newsletter
Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd March 2025
Volume 25. Number 11
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THURSDAY NIGHT CARD GAME
The weekly Thursday night Card Game continues in the Community Centre each week at 8.00pm. Winners on Thursday 20th March were: Micksy & Breda Bolger, Tom Rochford, Pat Quinn, Paddy Furlong & Kay Whelan.
COMMUNITY CENTRE NEWS
Adamstown Community Walking Track:
A great way to stay safe whilst keeping active all through out the year! Get active, Stay active in Adamstown.
We would like to thank everyone who have renewed their walking track membership and invite new members to join. An integral part of our yearly membership goes towards the Community centre running costs and keeping the track lit for you during those darker evenings. Please contact us for more details.
ADAMSTOWN COMMUNITY CENTRE WALKING TRACK
Yearly Membership 2025
Single €30. Family €50. OAP €10
SHAMROCK VINTAGE CLUB NOTICE
The Shamrock Vintage Club will hold their Annual Pat Byrne Memorial Road Run on Sunday 6th April in Adamstown.
Starting time 1.00 o’clock. Registration from 11.00am.
All vehicles welcome and must be insured.
Proceeds going to Raheen Community Centre.
Donations of food & raffle prizes very welcome.
ADAMSTOWN ATHLETIC CLUB NEWS
Well done to Grace 1st U13 girls 60m. Anna 4th U14 girls walk and Sean 1st U 16 boys walk on Saturday last in the Leinster 2025 Juvenile Indoor Championships in TUS, Athlone International Arena. Wishing them well in the Nationals later in the month.
COLÁISTE ABBÁIN NEWS
Leinster Champions: A massive congratulations to our 1st year Footballers who were crowned Leinster Champions today with a phenomenal victory over Avondale Community College.
Final score: Coláiste Abbain 7- 7 Avondale CC 1-8
Capt: Ian Murphy.
Players of the match: Daniel Parle & Liam Murphy.
A huge thanks to our talented players and dedicated mentors: Mr. O’Dwyer, Mr. Conroy, Mr. Kehoe & Mr. O’Connor.
And well done to our local lads: Aaron Kirwan, Harry Morrin, Will Fortune, Bobby O’Shea, Cillian O’Shea, Tommy Elmes, Danyal Quli, Finn Doran & Jack Kelly.
A fantastic achievement by all involved.
BEAUTY:
Outside a Metro Station in Washington, DC, on a cold January morning in 2007, a man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. The man playing the Bach pieces was Joshua Bell, playing incognito as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people’s priorities, organized by the Washington Post. During the 45 minutes that Joshua Bell was playing approximately 2,000 people went through the station.
In all only 6 people stopped to listen. The first was a middle-age man but he stopped for only a few seconds. Next a young man leaned against the wall to listen but then looked at his watch and started to walk again. A number of small children stopped to look at the violinist but in each case the parent tugged them along hurriedly. Joshua Bell played continuously for 45 minutes. Six people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 people gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The collection amounted to $32. After an hour Joshua Bell finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed and no one applauded. What no one knew was the Joshua Bell is recognised as one of the greatest musicians in the world. Outside the Metro he played one of the most intricate pieces of music every written on a Stradivarius violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before he played to a sold-out theatre in Boston where the seats averaged $100 each. He played the same pieces in the theatre in Boston as he played outside the Metro Station. This experiment raised several questions: In a common-place environment, at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty? If so, do we stop to appreciate it? One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, on one of the most beautiful instruments ever made, how many other things are we missing as we rush through life?
(From the Ennis Parish Newsletter – Adapted)
MARY’S MEALS
The monthly Online Quiz to support Mary’s Meals takes place next Friday (March 28th) at 8pm. To enter (for FREE) go to play.myquiz.org and enter code for this month which is 899959. It’s fun and you’re not visible on the screen. We have now provided 822,000 meals for hungry children. €2 feeds a child for an average month. To donate go to www.bit.ly/QuizforMM or contact Martin Colfer on 087 2596159. Thank you.
CHURCH NOTICES
IN MEMORIAM
Sat 22nd – Seán, Patrick & Kathleen Doyle, Ballyvergin (A)
Sun 23rd – People of the Parish
Sat 29th – People of the Parish
Sun 30th – Jimmy O’Shea and deceased members of the O’Shea family, Adamstown (A)
Also – Johnny Crean, Clonard & Glenour and Kathleen Crean, (Month’s Mind)
Pray for Paul O’Brien, who died during the week.
May they rest in peace.
Mass each week day at 9.30am.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament every Thursday from 10.00am – 1.00pm.
READERS OF THE LITURGY
Sat 22nd – Liam Whelan. Sun 23rd – Callie Doyle
Sat 29th – Cáit Bradley. Sun 30th – Brendan O’Shea.
Sat 5th April – Anthony McGee. Sun 6th – Neasa Cloney.
THE STAIRCASE OF ST. JOSEPH – Santa Fe, New Mexico
When the Loretto Chapel was completed in 1878, there was no way to access the choir loft twenty-two feet above. Carpenters were called in to address the problem, but they all concluded access to the loft would have to be via ladder as a staircase would interfere with the interior space of the small Chapel. Legend says that to find a solution to the seating problem, the Sisters of the Chapel made a novena to St. Joseph, the patron saint of carpenters. On the ninth and final day of prayer, a man appeared at the Chapel with a donkey and a toolbox looking for work. Months later, the elegant circular staircase was completed, and the carpenter disappeared without pay or thanks. After searching for the man (an ad even ran in the local newspaper) and finding no trace of him, some concluded that he was St. Joseph himself, having come in answer to the sisters’ prayers. The stairway’s carpenter, whoever he was, built a magnificent structure. The design was innovative for the time and some of the design considerations still perplex experts today. The staircase has two 360 degree turns and no visible means of support. It is said that the staircase was built without nails – only wooden pegs. Questions also surround the number of stair risers relative to the height of the choir loft and about the types of wood and other materials used in the stairway’s construction. Over the years many have flocked to the Loretto Chapel to see the Miraculous Staircase.
A SMILE – Blame
“Tell me this”, said Mr. O’Hara to Mr. Fitzpatrick, “What do we have wives for?. Mr. Fitzpatrick thought for a moment, then said, “Well, it’s for the things that go wrong that you can’t blame the government for” (Ireland’s Own)
SYMPATHY – Paul O’Brien, Oldcourt. R.I.P.
It was with deep sadness the Parish of Adamstown & surrounds received the sad news of the death of Paul O’Brien, Oldcourt following a road accident on Saturday night 15th March.
We extend our deepest sympathy to his partner Pauline, daughter Donna, sons Aaron and Nathan. His father Michael, brothers Martin, Michael, Noel, John, sisters Claire, Marian, Patricia, extended family, neighbours and friends.
Paul’s funeral Mass was celebrated in St. Abban’s Church on Thursday last, followed by burial in the adjoining cemetery.
May he rest in peace.
WORDS OF WISDOM – Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin lived 88 years and he left us 4 statements:
- Nothing is forever, not even our problems.
- I love walking in the rain because no one can see my tears;
- The most lost day in life is the day we don’t laugh.
- Six best doctors in the world!
1 The Sun. 2 Rest. 3 Exercise.
4 Diet. 5 Self-respect 6 Friends
Stick to them at all stages of your life and enjoy a healthy life.
- If you see the moon, you will see the beauty of God
- If you see the sun, you will see the power of God
- If you see a mirror, you will see God’s best creation.
So, believe it.
- We are all tourists: God is our travel agent who has already identified our routes, bookings and destinations…trust Him and enjoy life.
THOUGHT FOR LENT – Fasts & Feasts for Lent
Fast from judging others, Feast on Christ living in them.
Fast from Darkness. Feast on the reality of life.
Fast from anger. Feast on patience.
Fast from bitterness. Feast on forgiveness.
Fast from emphasis on difference. Feast on the unity of life.
Fast from worry. Feast on the providence of God.
Fast from pessimism. Feast on optimism.
Fast from negatives. Feast on the affirmation.
Fast from complaining. Feast on appreciation.
(Redemptorist Publications)
ADAMSTOWN LOTTO
The Lotto draw which was due to take place on Thursday night last, was postponed, and will now take place in Brad Og’s on Monday night next 24th March.
Thank you for your continued support and apologies for this change.
