HOUR of Eucharistic Adoration at
4pm on May 30th, the Feast of Corpus Christi in Moyvane Church
to join with the Holy Father and the Church throughout the world
in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament.
DEFIBRILLATOR; A public meeting will take place at the Community
Centre Knockanure on Tuesday evening 28th May 2013 at 7.00 p.m.
HELP: The Monthly Meeting of the Meala Bereavement Group, takes
place at the Listowel Family Resource Centre on Wednesday May
29th at 7.45pm. New members welcome.
VIGIL FOR LIFE Prolife campaign there will be a Vigil for Life
on Saturday, 8th June in Merrion Square, Dublin form 3pm. to
4pm. To organise a bus or to get bus details please telephone
087-266 8702.
SINGERS experience a magical evening of ‘shape-note singing’ in
St. Mary’s Church, Listowel on Saturday next, 1st June from 9pm.
to 10.30pm.
EXAMS Mass will be celebrated on Saturday June 1st at 7.30pm for
all exam students and their families. Please place your petition
or name in the box at the rear of the Church. Take a candle and
place it on the table in front of the Altar. Exams begin on June
5th.Best wishes to Tarbert Comprehensive students who recently
received awards, there were 33 categories of awards.
WRITERS Week begins on May 29th. St John’s will have all day
sessions on May 30th and 31st.
FARMERS seminar and advice in relation to fodder meeting was due
to be held at the Listowel Family Resource Centre on 28th May at
8pm.
RACING in Listowel June 2nd and 3rd.
BUS to Knock on June 9th leaving at 7am, details from 068 31232.
ASTEROID 1.7 mile wide will pass near Earth on May 31st,it will
be 15 times further away than the Moon.
VISA: The Coalition of Irish Immigration Centers (CIIC) has
issued a set of guidelines for J1 students that are planning to
travel to the US and look for work for the summer months.
EVENTS: Three Day Leisure Cycle around Kerry is on 1st, 2nd and
3 of June, details from tkas.ie; Pricilla’s School of singing
and Drama Concert in Tarbert Community Centre on Saturday June
8, at 8:30pm and in St. John’s Theatre Listowel on Friday June
14, at 8pm. Proceeds in aid of Recovery Haven Cancer Centre.
Director; Pricilla Donovan, accompanist Amanda Mannix; ; The
County Final of Community Games, U10 Mixed Gaelic Football will
be held in Tralee on June 3rd,, also the Finals of the U13 Boys
and Girls Final will be held on June 2nd. This year a new event
has been added, the Game of Skittles for Boys and Girls U12 and
U14, boys and girls will be introduced to the rules of the game.
The committee are hoping to enter a team in the County Finals,
if interested, please contact Carmel at 087 9267871; West
Limerick Set Dancing Club will hold a Céilí at the Courtney
Lodge, Newcastle West on May 31st Music by Johnny Reidy.
ANNIVERSARIES: Seamus Flaherty, Michael Kennelly, P J Bambury,
Sr. Clare Grommell, Mary Cullen, Mary Dalton, John Shanahan,
Elizabeth Doyle, Tom O Connor, Sr. Theresa Stack, Jack McCarthy,
Tim Lane, Mary Flavin, J B Keane, Jerry Enright, Hannah O
Malley, Tom Lynch, Maurice O Connor, David Flynn Owen
McGillicuddy, Hannie Fitzgerald, Sr. Maureen Griffin, Mass on
Wed. 29th 7.30pm for Michael Mulvihill; Mass on Thurs. 30th
Knockanure 7.30pm for Jerry Enright; mass on Fri. 31st 7.30pm
Michael Greaney, Months Mind; Mass on Sun. 2nd at 10.00am for
David Dillon & Family and the 11.00am Mass is for Michael
Flaherty; Mass on Tues. 4th at 7.30pm for Kathleen Dore.
READERS: Vigil, Elaine Hudson, 11.00am Jerry Duggan;
Knockanure, Mary O’Flaherty.
Collectors for June: Vigil, Philip Kiely & Tommy
Moloney,11am Andrew Kellighan & Ester Foley;
Knockanure 10am Margaret Carmody.
MASS for Anthony Curtin will be celebrated at Clounmacon
Community Centre on June 5th at 7.30pm.
CHARITY: Kerry Four Peaks Challenge 2013, in aid of the Kerry
Hospice takes place on July 26/27, more from Kevin on
(086)3943508;
TRAIL: On Saturday 22 June 2013, the third annual 36km Great
Southern Trail Midsummer Big Walk will commence from Abbeyfeale
(Old Railway Station at 10.30 a.m.) and travel the 36km route of
the old railway to Rathkeale. Register at
[email protected] by June 15th;
THOUGHT: Faith is seeing light with your heart when all your
eyes see is darkness. Barbara Johnson.
HOLY Father’s Intentions for the Month of June 2013
General: That a culture of dialogue, listening, and mutual
respect may prevail among peoples.
Missionary: That where secularization is strongest, Christian
communities may effectively promote a new evangelization. (See
also www.apostleshipofprayer.org/2012english.html)
BOOK: Askeaton the Medieval Town A Visitors Guide will be
launched by Arts Minister Jimmy Deenihan at Askeaton Tourist
Office on Friday 31st May at 9pm. The author is Gerard Curtin
from Ballyhahill.
Sandrine Brisset will sign her book on Brendan Kennelly at
Listowel Seanchai on June 1st at noon.
ATHEA Post Ras May 2013
http://youtu.be/hfNEs-FeDAU
PADRE PIO ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE 15th October 2013 for 7 nights. Cost
€875.00 contact Bernadette on 0876019474.
KDYS SUMMER ACTIVITIES, Fishing, Music, Art, Day Trips and
Summer Camps now open for bookings. Places limited so please
book early. For more information contact KDYS Listowel 068
23744.
TABLE QUIZ in Finuge in McCarthy’s bar at 9:00pm on Friday the
31st of May. The quiz is in aid of UCD Volunteers Overseas,
which is a charity based in UCD.
RING OF KERRY CYCLE JULY 6th Would you like to cycle or
volunteer to help out on the day of the cycle. We need cyclists,
medics, motorcyclists, van drivers, bike mechanics, marshals,
stewards and people to cover food stations, call Geraldine or
Nikki at Kerry LifeLine (Reaching out to the Community to
Prevent Suicide) on 064 6636416.
RESEARCH to be published in eLife, a team of molecular
biologists from Europe and the US reconstructed the spread of
the potato blight pathogen from dried plants, these were 170 to
120 years old and found to have intact pieces of DNA of the
fungus-like oomycete Phytophthora infestans, known as the Irish
potato famine pathogen.
All Europeans are related to Charlemagne. A genetic survey taken
all over Europe show that we are all related to the same set of
ancestors who lived 1,000 years ago.
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/features/2013/05/23/the-atheist-orthodoxy-that-drove-me-to-faith/
Knockanure Notes – 26th May, 2013
May 26, 2013