February 13th, 2022

Adamstown Parish Newsletter

Weekend of Sat 12th & Sun 13th February 2022

Volume 22.  Number 7.

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ADAMSTOWN LOTTO

The winning numbers in the Adamstown Lotto draw which took place in the Community Centre on Wednesday, last were: 12 – 16 – 18 – 19. There was no Jackpot winner, and

 two match three winners who received €100 each:

Mick Stafford c/o A & M Hardware & Lauren, Jake & Philip c/o Bernie Bradley. The next draw is on Monday 21st February for a Jackpot of €12,200.

Keep on buying the tickets, it could be you next time.

CONDOLENCES

We extend our deepest condolences to Sheelagh Delaney and all the family, Brocurra on the death of her sister Elizabeth Conway, Ballydungan, Tagoat on Saturday 5th February. Her funeral Mass was celebrated in the Church of the Assumption, Our Lady’s Island on Tuesday last followed by burial in the adjoining cemetery.

May she rest in peace.

It must be so heartbreaking for Sheelagh and all her family to have lost her other sister Frances just a week ago.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you all and may they both rest in the sleep of peace.

GRADUATION

Congratulations to Joe Hewer, Barrack’s Rd who graduated with a Batchelor in Applied Social Studies

(Professional Social Care) from Carlow IT recently.

 Well done Joe.

LOCAL TRAINER WINS AT LIMERICK

Congratulations to local trainer Mosie McCabe, Rathsilla who had a long awaited win at Limerick recently with Derridae ridden by Jordan Gainford winning by four lengths

COMMUNITY CENTRE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Adamstown Community Centre is holding its AGM this Wednesday 16th February at 8.30pm in the Community Centre. The items to be discussed are as follows:

1.            Chairperson’s Address

2.            Treasurer’s Address

3.            Secretary minutes from last AGM

4.            2021 and 2022 projects

5.            2022 Grant Applications

6.            Walking track lights and membership

7.            Election of Officers

8.            Any Other Business

We ask that a member from each of the Parish Clubs and Committees be in attendance. Anyone interested in joining the Committee is welcome to attend.

DANCE  IN CAMROSS HALL- Fri 4th March

Get your dancing shoes on! Dance the night away to the wonderful Jimmy Hogan. Refreshments served.

Admission €10.  Dancing 9pm – 11.30pm.

COLAISTE ABBAIN NEWS

Soccer: A fantastic win for our U-17 boys on Tuesday last in Soccer. Our lads show great resilience to come back from

1-0 down to win 2-1 and continue this season unbeaten. Leinster semi-final here we come. Goal scorers were Jack Buckley and Jack Whitty.  Well done to the team and coaches

Congratulations to the Ladies Soccer team who beat Selskar College. Well done Mr Ellard, Mr Dixon & Ms. King.

Camogie:

Not to be outdone our Camogie team had a

fantastic debut against Bridgetown. The girls came away with a brilliant win. Well done to player of the match Jody Harmon and to goalie Katie Sweetman who came outfield and scored 1-3. Well done to Ms. Cardiff and Ms. Lawless.

ADAMSTOWN ATHLETIC CLUB

Congratulations to Joe Mooney who came 4th (a new personal best) in the English Senior 10K Walking championships in Leeds recently.

The Club was represented at the Leinster Juvenile

Indoor Chamionships which were held in Athlone on Saturday 5th & Sun 6th February.

Congratulations to Ciara Mooney who won the U-18 1,500 metre walk (7.43.97) 

Well done to Bobby O’Shea who was second in the U-12 Shot put (7.34) getting a silver medal.  Bobby was also 5th in the U-12 hurdles.

Well done also to Jack O’Shea, who  just missed out on a podium place finishing 4th competing in the U-16 hurdles.

Well done to all athletes who competed over the weekend.

CAROREIGH VEHICLE RUN – Sunday 6th March 2022

Registration at Camross Hall 11.30am – 12.30pm €20.00

Teas available at registration, food served at end of event.

Free Raffle. In aid of St. Garvan’s Church, Caroreigh.

All drivers must be over 16 years of age, licensed & insured.

All vehicles must be roadworthy with valid Insurance, & Road Tax.

EASTER MARKET IN CAMROSS HALL

Sunday 10th April 11.00am – 3.00pm.

Anyone wishing to reserve a table contact:

Kay on 087 2680273 or Breda on 087 6259126

Tables booking up quickly, reserve your spot now.

ST. ABBAN’S ADAMSTOWN GAA, LADIES GAELIC &

CAMOGIE CLUB

Received great news on Friday morning last having being awarded €140,000 in the Sports Capital Grant. This is a testament of the hardworking people in our club and we thank you all. ‘Our Club – Our Community’

SHAMROCK VINTAGE CLUB

The Annual Pat Byrne Road Run will be held on Sunday 3rd April  2022. Full details later.

CHURCH NOTICES

IN MEMORIAM

Sat 12th – Robert & Margaret Furlong, Misterin (A)

& Deceased members of the Byrne family, Tomgarrow (A)

Sun 13th – Tom Leacy, Woodview Drive (A)

Sat 19th – Paddy O’Connor, Newtown (A)

Sun 20th – People of the Parish.

Pray for Ann & Pat Byrne, Raheenduff (A)

Pray for Alice & Mary Connors, Woodview Drive (A)

Pray for Mary Agnes Carey, Adamstown (A)

Pray for Patrick Lawlor, Newtown (A)

We remember in our prayers Fr. Aidan Redmond former P.P.  Adamstown who died on 10th Feb 1979

Pray for Fr. James Curtis who died during the week.

May they rest in peace.

READERS OF THE LITURGY

Sat 12th – Ellie Walsh.     Sun 13th – Sheelagh Delaney

Sat 19th Liam Whelan.    Sun 20th Callie Doyle

Sat 26th – Anthony McGee.  Sun 27th – Cáit Bradley

PRAYER GROUP MEETING

The next Prayer Group meeting will be held in St. Abban’s Church this Sunday February 13th at 7.00pm. Everyone is welcome to come along.

A THOUGHT – (Robert Browning Hamilton)

“I walked a mile with Pleasure;
She chatted all the way:
But left me none the wiser
For all she had to say.
I walked a mile with Sorrow;
And ne’er a word said she;
But, oh” The things I learned from her,
When sorrow walked with me”

SAINT VALENTINE

John Sprat was an Irish Carmelite that was known for both his abilities as a preacher and dedicated work with the destitute in Dublin city. While visiting Rome, he was gifted some relics of St. Valentine by Pope Gregory XVI, he brought these to his Whitefriar St. Church in Dublin where they remained popular until his death. Following his death, the relics went into storage and were not venerated until the church went through restoration in the 1950’s & ’60’s.

Both an altar and shrine were created and are now watched over by a statue depicting the saint holding a crocus.

Today the shrine is popular with couples who come to pray to St. Valentine to watch over their lives together, and to celebrate his Feast Day on February 14th, also the Blessing of the Rings for those about to marry. The reliquary is placed on the high altar and venerated at the Masses. The relics are held in a small, wax sealed box, which is tied with a silk ribbon. This box is stored inside a casket, which is periodically opened to make sure that the smaller box is still safely tucked inside.

The Church stays open on St. Valentines Day from 7.30am – 7.00pm with many people visiting the Shrine.

‘Happy St. Valentine’s Day Everyone’

Eulogy read by her son Nicky at Kathleen Furlong’s Funeral Mass on Monday 7th February 2022

Our Mam was an incredible, amazing, beautiful, kind and gentle person. We are so proud to have called her our Mother, and we are so very, very sad to have lost this wonderful lady. Any visitor who ever arrived at the house, even the ESB meter man, wouldn’t be allowed to leave unless they had the customary tea, sandwiches and cakes.

Mam had a wonderful ability of deflecting questions about

how she was holding up or how she was feeling, and before you realized it, she was the one answering the questions.

Mam’s devotion to Dad should be echoed from the rooftops. Humanity would be better served with this type of unconditional love. Not only was Mam a great wife to our Dad, she was also a wonderful mother to all of us. I remember one particular day when Mam had picked myself and Gerri up from primary school, to go to Loreto to pick up Maria and Denise. It was while we were passing the pub in Barntown that our trusty Nissan Sunny decided to blow its engine, and smoke started billowing from under the bonnet.

Such was Mam’s belief that the car was going to become engulfed in a fireball, she refused to let me and Gerri get our bags out of the boot. Heroically, Mam got our bags out of the car and stuck her thumb out to hitch for a lift. It didn’t

take too long for a good Samaritan in an even dodgier car to stop and offer to bring us to collect the girls from Loreto, in his 70’s throwback of a Datsun Cherry. When Maria and Denise saw this car coming, they could not stop laughing. Their laughter soon stopped when they realised this was their transportation home. Mam made sure we had a lift home that evening, it didn’t matter what car it was, she got her kids home safe and that’s all that mattered to her.

This has been the hardest couple of months we’ve ever faced as a family. We’ve lost two of the most important people we’ll ever have in our lives, but you and Dad are

together now Mam, and your spirits and memory will be celebrated forever.

Send us a text when you get home Mam.

Love forever, Scuxe, Dinny Bear, the doll and Tuddy.

FR. JIM CURTIS P.P.  R.I.P.

We extend our deepest sympathy to the family of the late
Fr. Jim Curtis P.P. Rathjarney, Piercestown who died on
Saturday 5th February. Fr. Jim was born in Carrigbyrne,
son of the late Denis & Mary Ellen Curtis and brother of the
late Fr. Patrick Curtis.
He was educated at Carrigbyrne N.S. where his mother was
the principal teacher and at St. Peter’s College
Secondary School and Seminary, and was ordained on
6th June 1954. He served as Diocesan Secretary under
two bishops: Dr. Staunton and Dr. Herlihy.
He became Parish Priest of Ferns on 14th July
1990 and retired on 16th September 1995.
His funeral Mass was celebrated in St. Martin’s Church,
Piercestown on Monday last followed by burial afterwards in
Courthoyle Old Cemetery. May he rest in peace.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in St. Abban’s Church every Thursday from 10.00am – 3.00pm. 

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