PARISH NEWSLETTER
BALLYDALY-CULLEN-MILLSTREET
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
29th Dec. 2024
Canon John Fitzgerald, P.P.
Telephone Nos.: Landline: 029 70043 & Mobile: 087 775 2948
Email: millstreet @dioceseofkerry.ie
Website: www.dioceseofkerry.ie
All Masses are livestreamed on www.churchservices.tv/millstreet
Parish Opening Hours
Closed until Tuesday, 7th January 2025.
(Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
10.00am to 1.00pm & 2.00pm to 5pm)
RECENT DEATHS: Matt Murphy, Killarney Road & West End; Tom (Eoinín) O’Sullivan, Gortavehy & Banteer; Tim Burton, Dromagh.
Mass Intentions for THIS WEEKEND:
Saturday 28th December:
Millstreet 6.15p.m. Noreen Keating, Murphy’s Terrace & Canon O’Donovan Centre (First Anniversary); Jerry Sheehan, Liscahane (First Anniversary) & the deceased members of the Sheehan family.
Sunday 29th December:
Cullen 9.30a.m. Peg & John Murphy, Lisnaboy their daughter Geraldine, son Sean & grandson James; Mary Agnes & Peter Murphy, Rathduane; William, Mary & the deceased members of the Casey Family, Glounthanemore.
Millstreet 11.30a.m. Peggy, Finbarr & Joe O’Sullivan, Claraghatlea.
ANNIVERSARIES: Jerry Sheehan, Liscahane his wife Breda, parents Amelia & Jackie, his sister Cam, infant brothers Joseph, Bernard and John Valentine and his grand-daughter Alison; Thade Lane, Adrivale; Margaret O’Hare, Cloghoulamore; Nono O’Keeffe, Ducon Road; Willie Joe Forde, Mologhroe; Kitty O’Riordan, Kanturk; Jane O’Dowling, Cork.
Mass Intentions for NEXT WEEKEND:
Saturday 4th January, 2025:
Millstreet 6.15p.m. Noreen Kelleher, Millstreet & Knocknagree; Ned Casey, Carrigacooleen; Margaret Buckley, Liscahane; Frank & Peggy Thornton, Drishanebeg.
Sunday 5th January, 2025:
Ballydaly 9.30a.m.
Millstreet 11.30a.m.
OUR LADY OF FATIMA MONTHLY FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTION OF REPARATION: commencing Saturday 4th January with Rosary at 5.40p.m., Evening Mass at 6.15p.m. and fifteen-minute meditation immediately after Mass in the Parish Centre.
PASTORAL AREA PRIEST ON DUTY: Sunday 29th: Fr. John Fitzgerald (087) 7752948. Sunday 5th January 2025: Fr. Pat O’Donnell (064) 7758026/ (086) 8351732
| Rotas for 4th & 5th January, 2025 | |||
| CHURCH | TIME | READER | EUCHARISTIC
MINISTERS |
| Millstreet | 6.15p.m. | Maura O’Sullivan | Group A |
| 11.30 a.m. | Bernie Cronin | Group A | |
| Ballydaly | 9.30a.m. | Ronnie Lyons | Eileen Guerin |
Millstreet Church: Mass times this week unless there is a funeral.
Mass on Wednesday (1st) for People of the Parish at 11.00a.m.
Mass on Friday (3rd) for Thade Lane, Adrivale at 7.30p.m.
MILLSTREET BASKET COLLECTORS: Vigil Mass: M. Linehan; S. Lane; B. O’Leary & E. Reardon. 11.30a.m. Mass: J. O’Riordan; J. Buckley; D. Dennehy & J. Cashman.
BALlYDALY BASKET COLLECTOR for Sunday 5th Jan: Dan Guerin
OPENING OF THE JUBILEE YEAR
This weekend we mark the opening of a Jubilee Year. The theme of the year is “Pilgrims of Hope,” and Pope Francis invites us to understand ourselves as “pilgrims on the earth” rather than “masters of the world.” This jubilee year also reminds us that God is always drawn to those who are most vulnerable, marginalized and unfairly treated. We must always remember that hope does not disappoint.
JUBILEE PRAYER
Father in heaven, may the faith you have given us in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother, and the flame of charity enkindled in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, reawaken in us the blessed hope for the coming of your Kingdom.
May your grace transform us into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel. May those seeds transform from within both humanity and the whole cosmos in the sure expectation of a new heaven and a new earth, when, with the powers of Evil vanquished, your glory will shine eternally. May the grace of the Jubilee reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope, a yearning for the treasures of heaven. May that same grace spread the joy and peace of our Redeemer throughout the earth. To you our God, eternally blessed, be glory and praise for ever. Amen
Community Notices
- AUBANE SOCIAL CLUB: Christmas around the fireside, a night of stories and song on Sunday 29thDecember at 8.00p.m.
- CULLEN & DISTRICT SPECIAL NEEDS: Annual sponsored weigh-in commences on Monday 13th January in Cullen Community Centre.
- MUNSTER DIOCESAN CONFERENCE entitled “Seeds of Hope” will take place on Saturday 25th January in Springfort Hall, Mallow. This is an initiative of the four Bishops form the dioceses of Kerry, Limerick, Killaloe and Cashel and Emly to help encourage parishes engage and respond to the ecological crisis and return part of the parish grounds to nature. There is an allocation of 36 places for the Kerry Diocese. If you are interested in attending, please give your name into our Parish Office.
- PARISH OFFICE is closed until Tuesday 7thJanuary, 2025.
- God’s blessings to each one of you as a new year begins.
