Templeglantine, Tournafulla & Mountcollins

Parish Newsletter 23rd & 24th September 2017 Parish Priests:

Fr. Denis Mullane PP Tel: 087-262 1911 - 069 84021 Fr. Thomas Hurley PE Tel: 068-30292 Canon James Ambrose -Weekend Assistant : Tel: 087-774 0753 or 069-62350

Most Holy Trinity Church Templeglantine Weekend Masses: Sat Vigil Mass 6pm Sunday Morning Mass 10.30am

St. Patricks Church Tournafulla Weekend Mass: Saturday Evening 7.30 pm

Our Lady of the Assumption Church. Mountcollins Weekend Mass Sunday Morning 11am

COMMUNITY NOTES

Tournafulla /Mountcollins GAA … Lotto results for draw that took place Monday 18th Sept 2017 numbers drawn … . 1,7,14,22 No winner. Lucky dips. Nora Hurley, NCW. John Larkin, Tour. M.A Cooper, Mountcollins. Pat Murphy, Mountcollins Promoter. Seamus O' Sullivan. Next wks jackpot €1,100 …. Draw in Tommy Micks

REUNION OF CLASS OF ’84. Did you sit your Leaving Certificate at St. Josephs Sec-ondary School, Abbeyfeale in 1984 or were you part of that class along the way? If so, do join us at our reunion celebrations on Friday night October 20 @ 8pm, in "The Winners Circle Bar”. Tickets €10 to cover finger food and DJ. Please reply before Friday October 6 by text to any of the following numbers: Annette 087 2025359, Maura 085 8473160, Christiane 087 9421608 or Mary 087 2724388.

Irish Heart Foundation certified Training in CPR, use of Defibrillator and Phecc( treatment of stroke) will take place in ADSAR building Killarney road Abbeyfeale on Wed 27th Sept from 6pm to 10pm. Recertification will also take place at this time for anybody who needs re cert after two years training. Anybody interested in joining Mountcollins Community Response group or members who are waiting to be trained are welcome to attend. Members of group who need two year recertification should also attend. Please contact Mary Lyons 087 7710327 to book a place

The Munster Pioneer Gathering takes place on 1st October 2017 in Woodlands House Hotel in Adare, Co Limerick. Registration is at 10.30 a.m. Tickets for the Gath-ering cost €30 each and the closing date for the purchase of tickets is Monday 25th. For further details contact Sorcha 0863642619 sorchaol@gmail.com, or Sr. Mary Bridget mbdunlea@gofree.indigo.ie

GOD HAS NO COUNTRY AT GLÓRACH: Donal Courtney brings his one man play, God has no Country to the Glórach Theatre, Abbeyfeale on Thursday, September 28th at 8.30 pm. The play looks at the extraordinary life of Kerry man, Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, who defied the fascists in Rome during World War II. Booking essential at 087 1383940.

GLÓRACH FILM NIGHTS: Next up is ‘Singing in the Rain’ which will be screening on Wednesday, October 4 at 8 pm.

Templeglantine GAA Spin Results Wed Sept 20th : James & Maura €50 , Alan Kelly €50 , P J O Connell ,€50 . Spinning next week for a jackpot of €7,700 are Frank Guiry , Knockaderry , James & Maura Cards , Anne Sweeney c/o Gerard Daniels . Promoters Prize Mary Murphy

TAI CHI CLASSES; will take place on Tuesdays from 10-11am in the Halla Inse Ban. All welcome. Contact John Sherlock for info: 086-8382221

Sean Nós Dancing Classes for Children will resume at halla Tadgh Gaelach, Tourna-fulla on next Tuesday evening starting 26th September. Enquiries Cotact Catherine on 087-9555801

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Words of Wisdom: ‘When you talk, you are only re-peating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new!’

‘’ You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.’’ - St Teresa of Avila

Sacristans: Mountcollins: Catherine Lenihan 087-277 3332 Tournafulla: Margaret O’Sullivan 087-695 3071 Templeglantine: Noreen Fitzgerald 087-248 9113 Church bookings: Wedding, Baptism and Masses please contact the above. For info on Weddings and Appointments Ann 086-3794646 / Eileen Moroney 087-622 2508

Office Hours: Office Hrs 9am-5.30pm on Thursday’s Appointments & Information: Contact Ann on 086-3794646

Last weeks

Offertory

Templeglantine Weekly Offering €745 Tournafulla/ Mountcollins Weekly Offering €1,250

Míle Buíochas

Tournafulla Church: Readers: Sept 30th/Oct 1st C. Collins/L. Lenihan Eucharistic Ministers L. Lenihan/H. O’Callaghan Alter Servers: Team A No Eucharistic Adoration:

Mountcollins : Eucharistic Adoration

No Adoration

Templeglantine Readers : Sept30th/Oct1st Lorna Larkin Mary Larkin Eucharistic Ministers : Carol Larkin , Maura Sexton Ita O’ Donoghue No Eucharistic Adoration

Baptismal Info Evening The Next Info night

Oct 10th Templeglantine

Masses for The week Templeglantine: Anniversary Masses Mon 25th 10am Morning Mass Tues - Fri 11am Morning Mass with Fr. Hurley Sat 30th 6pm Mass for the people of the Parish Sun 1st O10.30am Mass for the People of the Parish Tournafulla: Fri 29th 10 am Morning Mass (not Tuesday) Sat 30th 7.30 pm Pat Rohan , Tournafulla , Tim , John , Stephen & Margaret Larkin , The Commons , A/V Jack & Ellen Morrissey , The Cottages , A/V The Morrissey Family in England , A/V Mountcollins: Thurs 28th 7pm Evening Mass Sun 1st Oct 11am Betty Brosnan , Knockane , M/M

We welcome into our Christian Community through the waters of baptism : Baby Michael Mulcahy Congratulations to parents Donna & Bobby

Restoration Collection this Weekend . Thank you for your continued support

Congratulations To

Jacinta McCarthy & Christian Deehan

who were married in Templeglantine Church

last weekend. And also to

Maria Daly Abbeyfeale & Brian McCarthy

Riverside Drive who were married in Valentia Island last

Templeglantine Childrens Choir is back after the summer break !

Choir practice every Tuesday in the Church from 6.45 pm to 7.45pm sharp.

New members (children from 2nd class upwards in any primary school ) are most welcome .

SEEING YOUR LIFE THROUGH THE LENS OF THE GOSPELS

Matthew 20:1-16

‘I was there first’. Envy easily comes to the surface when faced with the good fortune of others, especially when compared to what seems less favourable treatment of our-selves. Can you recall that feeling in yourself and what it did to you? Can you also recall times when you were content with your lot, even though it seemed others had greater gifts, better opportunities, etc.

A parent or teacher who gives a lot of time to a difficult child does not love the others less, but if we are one of those other children we may not see that. Recall a ‘Jesus per-son’ in your life who helped you to overcome feelings of envy and helped you appreci-ate that the apparently more favourable treatment of another did not mean a lessening of love for you.

This leads us to the core message of this parable, namely, that God’s love is a free gift and not earned. Recall moments when you were particularly conscious of the gifts that God has given you by counting all the blessings that you have, no matter how small.

‘It is too late now’ are words sometimes uttered to justify doing nothing about a situa-tion. This parable tells us that where love is involved, it is never too late. Can you recall times when you got a positive response after taking action when you thought it was ‘too late’?

World Meeting of Families Conference: “When we talk to parents whose children are preparing for sacraments we always tell them that their family home is one of the holiest places their child can be. Does that sound a bit mad? I don’t know about your family home but ours wouldn’t strike anyone as your typical idea of a holy place! There are piles of clothes to be ironed, dishes to be dried, muddy sports gear to be cleaned, a dog who seems to lose more hair every day that she has on her body and a fridge that mysteriously empties as soon as I do the shopping! So how can this be a holy place? Family life is the place where we meet God in the bits and pieces of everyday. We meet him in the daily challenges to love, forgive, nurture and grow together. In the middle of school runs, meals cooked, stories read, homework checked, cuddles given and dreams nurtured. We glimpse the face of God who created us and calls us to the fullness of life. …In all those ways we show love for each other in fam-ily life – even when it is a struggle to do so – become ways of echoing God’s love in the world.”

Lourdes Pilgrimage: Any youths interested in going to Lourdes in June 2018 should make contact with your Sacristan please as places will be booked in Nov and are limited.