We congratulate the fifteen children who received Holy Communion for the first time during 11am Mass on Sunday,24 April 2016 in St Michael’s Church, Kildysart.

We pray that the Lord my always be at the centre of their lives and bless and protect them, their parents, families and teachers.

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The year will be an important year for the children in our parish who will receives the Lord for the first time in Holy Communion

on Sunday 24 April 2016 and for their parents and families.

These final months of preparation will involve the families, our school and parish working together for the good of the children. The parish part of our preparation is based on the ‘Do This in Memory’ programme. Our thanks are due to the group of parents who have kindly volunteered to organise our parish programme.

One various Sundays, our parish celebration of the Eucharist will focus on our children who are preparing to receive the sacrament and their families. The list of dates, including the children’s first celebration of the sacrament of reconciliation (confession), is as follows:

• Enrolment Mass                       Sunday 25 October 2015 at 11am;
• Preparation Mass                     Sunday 22 November 2015 at 11am;
• Preparation Mass                     Sunday 13 December 2015 at 11am;
• Preparation Mass                     Sunday 14 February 2016 at 11am;
• Sacrament of Reconciliation  Wednesday 9 March 2016 at 7.00pm;
• First Holy Communion           Sunday 24 April 2016 at 11am.

A meeting for the parents of children who are preparing to receive Holy Communion for the first time this year took place in the Community Centre, Kildysart at 8.30pm on Tuesday, 6 October 2015. Our gathering was led by Joanne O’Brien and Cora Ginnane.

The Rosary, 22 May 2013

During May, the month of Our Lady, the rosary is prayed each Wednesday evening at 8pm at the Marian Grotto on the Ennis Road. All welcome.

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The rosary is a powerful spiritual tool for meditation. The gentle repetition of its prayers makes it an excellent means to moving into deeper meditation. It gives us an opportunity to open ourselves to God’s word, to refine our interior gaze by turning our minds to the life of Christ.

By focusing on the lives of Christ and Mary through meditation on the mysteries, we learn about ourselves in relation to God. Mary herself is the model for the daily practice of meditation. She received the word of God through Gabriel. She pondered God’s word in her heart. She took in the events around her, capturing them internally and carrying them within her like a treasure. This is the essence of meditation—receiving God’s word and making it our treasure.

The financial report for our parish for the year ending 31 December 2015 may be viewed by clicking here Kildysart Accounts 2015

The Parish Finance Council wish to thank you for your generous support of the work of the parish during 2015. The Council also wishes to encourage as many members of our parish as possible to use the parish collection envelopes and to j0in the tax refund scheme.

We wish to thank all the members of our parish for their unfailing generosity and our parish finance council for their work.

We pray for the young people in our parish who are preparing to receive sacraments this year and also for their parents, trachers and families. Our parish programme of preparation includes the following:

First Holy Communion and Reconciliation.

• Enrolment Mass                       Sunday 25 October 2015 at 11am;
• Preparation Mass                     Sunday 22 November 2015 at 11am;
• Preparation Mass                     Sunday 13 December 2015 at 11am;
• Preparation Mass                     Sunday 14 February 2016 at 11am;
• Sacrament of Reconciliation    Wednesday 9 March 2016 at 7.00pm;
• First Holy Communion             Sunday 24 April 2016 at 11am.

Confimation

• Enrolment Mass Sunday 15 November 2015 at 11am;
• Ceremony of Light Tuesday 1 March 2016 at 7pm;
• Confirmation Pentecost Sunday (15 May), 2016.

Killaloe Diocesan Holy Year Pilgrimage to Rome

1 August – 6 August 2016

Pope Francis has called an extraordinary Jubilee that is to have the mercy of God at its heart. In the Pope’s words ‘It shall be a Holy Year of Mercy. We want to live this Year in the light of the Lord’s words: “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. (cf. Lk 6:36)”’

This Holy Year will begin on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (8 December, 2015) and will end on 20 November, 2016, the Feast of Christ the King. During this time the Holy Doors in St Peter’s Basilica and the other Papal Basilicas, which are usually bricked-up, will be opened.

Holy Year logo.

Pope Francis adds that the Holy Year is ‘a new stage in the journey of the Church on its mission to bring to every person the Gospel of mercy. I am convinced that the whole Church will find in this Jubilee the joy needed to rediscover and make fruitful the mercy of God, with which all of us are called to give consolation to every man and woman of our time.’

The Diocese of Killaloe is organising a pilgrimage to Rome during the Holy Year from 1 August to 6 August 2016. Accommodation will be at the Pontifical Irish College in the city centre. There will be an opportunity to attend a liturgy with Pope Francis and to walk through the holy doors in all four Papal Basilicas. The pilgrimage is being organised by Kieran Troy and a guide will be available through-out. Attached please find a copy of the itinerary and booking form. For further information Telephone 057 9355050 (mornings only) or e mail info@culturalconnections.eu

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