Next First Communion Preparation Masses will take place on the weekend of Saturday 22^nd & Sunday 23^rd March 2025.

A Prayer for those getting ready for Communion

Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask you to stay close by me forever and love me, I pray.

Bless all of us children in your loving care and bring us to heaven to live with you there.

I’m ready now, Lord Jesus, to show how much I care.

I’m ready now to give your love at home and everywhere. Amen.

Table Quiz in aid of the K&S Accordion Band in Maguire’s Lounge, Kentstown on Friday 28^th Feb at 8pm. Table of 4 is €40.

Next Sunday at the 11 am Mass in Yellow Furze, Beauparc we will offer the Blessing of the Sick to those who wish to receive it. Parishioners who are sick or housebound are invited to this Mass where they will be anointed by Fr David. We would be grateful for the help of family members and neighbours in bringing people to the Mass. The anointing of the Sick is a beautiful Sacrament of Healing in which the community of faith comes together to pray and support those who are having physical, emotional or mental difficulty. The ritual and prayers call us to “lift up our prayers” and find an inner strength that can offer another person peace. People who wish to receive this Blessing are asked to sit in seats next to the aisle. Mass will be followed by a cuppa and refreshments in the hall.

WE WELCOME THOSE WHO WERE RECENTLY BAPTISED:

Matteo Kenneth Dempsey-Dias         Éala Isabelle Deane

Corey Thomas Brennan                      Isla Jane Durkin

Feast Days this week

17 Feb – St Fintan of Clonenagh (6th century) monk was born in Leinster and received his religious formation in Terryglass, Co. Tipperary under the abbot Colum, and was deeply influenced by his penitential practices and the severity of the Rule. Fintan made his own foundation in Clonenagh, Co. Laois.

21 Feb – St Peter Damian, Bishop, Doctor of the Church,

(11th cent.) was a professor who became a hermit monk.

He was energetic, strict, and an outspoken reformer of Church life.

22 Feb – The Chair of Peter. The chair (cathedra) of a bishop is a sign of his teaching authority and pastoral oversight of a local Church. This feast honours St Peter, first among the apostles, as founder of the See of Rome and the focus of unity in the communion of one faith.