Author: Pat Larkin

CRÍOCHA CALLAN PASTORAL AREA
INCH-KILMALEY-CONNOLLY NEWSLETTER
Fr. Martin Blake 6839735/087-6720287 Fr. Donagh O’ Meara 087-2322140; Fr. Martin Shanahan 087-7486935
Canon Michael McLaughlin 6839332/086-2213025
PARISH OFFICE 065-6839735 ----- Opening Hours- Mon. Tue. Wed. 10 a.m. – 4.30 p.m. each day
Email- Parish Office –kilmaleyparish@gmail.com www.kilmaleyparish.ie
PARISH SAFEGUARDING REPRESENTATIVES- Frances Connellan, Anne Grace, Martina Custy, John McMahon.
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER “Year B” 9TH MAY 2021.
KILMALEY PARISH LIVE MASS. Fr Martin will celebrate weekday mass from Kilmaley Church on Thursday & Friday @ 10.00am, Saturday @ 7.30pm, Sunday 9.15am and 10.30am. To view log onto- Kilmaley parish live mass, facebook or parish radio link for ALL MASSES.
mASSES on facebook
Kilmaley:
Saturday 8th May @ 7:30pm: Special Intention
Sunday 9th May @ 9:15am: Special Intention
Sunday 9th May @ 10:30am: Special Intention
Saturday 15th May @7:30pm: Anne McNamara, Fortville
Sunday 16th May @ 9:15am: Special Intention
Sunday 16th May @ 10:30am: Special Intention

RETURN TO PUBLIC MASS:
Our Churches are now re-opened for Public Worship
Mass Schedule as follows:
Monday and Tuesday @ 10.00am Connolly Church
Wednesday @ 8.00pm Inch Church
Thursday and Friday @ 10.00am Kilmaley Church
Saturday @7.30pm Kilmaley Church
Sunday @ 9.15am and 10.30am Kilmaley Church
Opening of Churches: Most people are aware that from this Monday, May 10th it will be possible to have congregations at our weekday and weekend Masses. There is a limit of 50 people in each church with the exception of very large churches where a number of pods of people not exceed 50 can be created as long as they remain separate from each other. The precautions that were established between June and December last year will apply and all Mass goers are requested to co-operate with the procedures put in place at that time in our parish. People may also attend Mass by sitting in their cars outside the church and Holy Communion will be distributed to them.
BAPTISM: From May 10th one baptism will be permitted at a given time with a maximum numbers of 10 people attending. To arrange a baptism please contact the parish office.
ON LINE EUCHARIST ADORATION: Adoration every Tuesday from 6-7pm with the rosary and benediction. All are welcome to attend on the parish Facebook page.
ANNIVERSARY MASSES: Group Anniversary Mass will not take place for the time being. Anniversary Masses can now be booked for any scheduled weekday or weekend mass by contacting the parish office. One intention per mass.
CLARE HOSPICE AT CAHERCALLA: Weekly Draw Result — 1st Prize €650.00 – Carmel Downes, 2nd Prize €200.00— Sinead Lyons. To join contact Fundraising Office 065 682196 or www.cahercalla.ie
Kilmaley Lotto: Numbers Drawn 7,10,11,28 Jackpot next week €7,500. €30 winners; Emma Pyne, Daire Keane, Conor Clancy, Deirdre Neylon, Noel Clancy. Please Note: play on line at www.kilmaleygaa.ie. Tickets also available in local businesses.
BASKET & ENVELOPE COLLECTIONS: We sincerely thank you for your contributions, they are vital in keeping our parish going. They can be dropped into the Parish Office or into one of the secure collection boxes available in Kilmaley Church. We thank you for you support at this time. Total last week was as follows: Weekly Envelopes €633.06, Priests Collection €487.00, Other Collections €221.00.
COLLECTIONS: In these times of Government restrictions on attendances at public masses, many people who are unable to attend church services are interested in contributing to the support of their parish or their priests. Sincere thanks to all our parishioners who have contributed during this time. It is now possible to make a contribution by credit or debit card directly to your parish using the Diocesan Website www.killaloediocese.ie.
The full contribution as received by the Diocesan website will be fully paid to Kilmaley Parish. Simply go to the Diocesan Website and click on the red “Donate to your Parish” button on the top of the page. You will be invited to select your parish and the parish fund you wish to contribute to. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Mass Cards: Selection of signed Mass Cards, Sympathy, Get Well, Thank you, Special Occasions Mass Bouquet etc. all available from Parish Office.
Safeguarding Month of May: With the good news that our churches are set to open, safeguarding checks within the parish will take place to ensure and maintain a safe environments. We welcome people back and offer our continued reassurance of our commitment to safeguarding in the parish and Diocese.
Safeguarding Prayer
Lord Jesus,
Hear our voices as we pray for your care and protection.
Strengthen and guide us as we strive to make our Catholic communities a safe place for all.
We especially ask that the children and vulnerable adults you entrust to our care are protected.
Give us the wisdom and courage to listen with open hearts, see with open eyes, and speak out to ensure children and vulnerable adults are safe, loved, respected, and cared for.
May we also pray for those who have been harmed. Give them the courage to seek the truth and to heal.
Lord, you call us to walk with integrity in the service of others. May we all strive to understand our collective responsibility to work together to safeguard our Catholic communities.
Guide us as we build a community that fosters everyone to flourish and be safe.
We ask this through Christ, our Lord,
Amen
A HEALTHY IRELAND AT YOUR LIBRARY EVENTS:
Monday, 10th May 2021: Managing the perils of the home office, with strategies to prevent and relieve neck, shoulder and back pain. Online event at 1pm. Join Chartered Physiotherapist Andrew O’Neill, of AON Physiotherapy, for a 1 long workshop to discuss why prolonged sitting causes musculoskeletal pain and how simple movement assessments and exercises can relieve pain and stiffness. The workshop will conclude with Q&A.
Tuesday, 18th May 2021: Five ways to wellbeing during tough times. Online event 1pm- 3pm. This 2 hour workshop, which will be delivered by Claire Flynn, Development Officer, with Mental Health Ireland, will cover and define the concepts of mental health and wellbeing. It will help to develop your understanding of how you can look after your wellbeing during tough times and how the application of the Five Ways to Wellbeing can become an effective coping strategy. Free event for people throughout Co Clare aged 18+. Booking is essential. Participants will require remote access to Zoom. Please book your place by emailing kilrush@clarelibrary.ie or by calling Kilrush Library on 065 9051504 during branch opening hours.
RADIO MARIA IRELAND is an Irish-run Catholic Talk-Radio Station. Daily Holy Mass, Divine Office, Rosary, Catechesis, Uplifting music, Talks, Interviews and Testimonies – all commercial free – Please join our growing faith family! How to listen:
1. Via your TV - Saorview Channel 210
2. Download our FREE App “RADIO MARIA IRELAND”
3. Streaming on our WEBSITE - www.radiomaria.ie or Facebook Page
4. Via PHONE – get live radio feed by calling +353 (0) 1 437 3277 (no extra charges apply).

Level 7 Diploma in Spirituality – Applied Youth Ministry and Facilitation: ONLINE COURSE ACCREDITED BY ST. PATRICK’S COLLEGE, MAYNOOTH. The course runs from September to April. Delivered online, students view lecturers and live e-tutorial sessions, access readings, ask questions, engage in discussions and complete assignments online. The course is designed with flexibility in mind, enabling the student to balance study with work and family commitments. The practical element will comprise the on-line planning and delivery of four youth retreats/parish reflective youth experiences. The skills are transferable to other situations. Training for this is included in the course. For further information please contact Kathleen 086 8608966. Also see www.shekinah.ie.
Matt Talbot Prayer Society: The M.T.P.S. has been created to pray for people who are suffering from any form of addiction; to pray for all those affected by addiction, gambling, pornography to less acknowledged addictions. To join Matt Talbot Prayer Society, you are invited to enrol the name of the person to be prayed for, and for freedom from addiction. Those enrolled will be prayed for specifically every day by members of the Matt Talbot Prayer Society. Every Cathedral in Ireland is asked to offer mass on the first Monday of every month and in Ennis Cathedral we will begin on Monday April 5th at the 7.30pm Mass. You will also receive an enrolment card to enable you to join in the prayer. To enrol in the Matt Talbot Prayer Society please contact: Email: vita@matttalbotprayersociety.com
Phone: 04871365712 (St. Eugene’s Cathedral, Derry
Killaloe Diocese Youth Ministry presents a Blessing for All Young People: There will be a Blessing for all young people of the diocese, primary, secondary and college age on Sunday 9th May at 12 noon. It will be available for viewing on www.killaloediocese.ie and all diocesan social media platforms including Youtube. There are lovely scenes from Mount Saint Joseph Abbey, Roscrea, Ennis and from Star of the Sea Church, Quilty including scenes by the sea.
REFLECTION
To be a people of hope
From the very beginning of our existence, from our first whispering cries, we struggle to make sense of who we are and what we are, and of the strange new furniture of our lives, of sounds and smells, of warmth and cold, of light and shadow, of hands and faces; to put together the bits and pieces of our experience into some kind of order, so that we may live without fear in the midst of powers and forces which overwhelm us.
We cry to one another.
What have you discovered? Do you know the way? And to those who have gone before, let your light go on burning, tell us your secrets. Set out your experiences in ways we can make our own, lest we live like foreigners in the land, alien to one another’s ways, strangers to the spoken word, for to be human is to live in a world of meaning; but to live without meaning is to be a stranger to the human condition.
Notices for Newsletter to Parish Office by
1.00pm on Wednesday
E-mail: kilmaleyparish@gmail.com