Welcome to the Parish of Ashford & Glenealy
Church of the Most Holy Rosary St.Joseph's Glenealy
1st Sunday in Advent
Recent Death
Ashford Community was saddened by the passing of Aidan Stafford. Funeral Mass will be offered on Monday December 1st at 11 am. To his wife and sons we offer our sincere condolences at their sad loss.
May he rest in peace
Glenealy baptism
On Sunday November 16th
Fr. Kevin welcomed a new child into our Christian family when he
celebrated the baptism of
Leon
Thomas McKenna
.We extend our congratulations to his parents, relatives and friends on
this joyous occasion.
Readers & Eucharistic Ministers-Ashford
A reminder of the re-commissioning ceremonies for Readers and Eucharistic Ministers will be taking placethis weekend in Ashford Church during the 10:30am Mass and in Glenealy Church at the 11:30 am Mass!
OUR PARISH OUR FUTURE
St Vincent de Paul Annual Collection
The most important
appeal of the year by one of the greatest organisations in the world,
takes place at all Masses during the weekend of December 6/7th. . The
work of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul needs no introduction to most
of us. Let’s give them the where with all to love and show compassion in
our name, this Christmastime.
This will replace the SHARE collection
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Immaculate Conception December 8th December 8th is a Holy day of Obligation and Mass will be at 10:00 a.m. in Ashford and Glenealy and there will be mass at 7:30 p.m. in Ashford. Please note there will be no mass on eve of feast. Parish Christmas Greeting/Census This year we hope to deliver a Christmas greeting and a parish calendar to as many of our parishioners’ homes as we can. We will also be including a census form which we hope parishioners will take a moment to complete. A census is required so as to help plan for the future requirements of our parish. A letter from Fr. Kevin explaining the reasons for the census will also be included. However if we are to achieve this then we need volunteers to deliver the envelopes to the various homes so if you can spare a bit of time we would love to see you at a meeting for volunteers in the Ashford Church on Friday 5th December at 8:00 p.m. Details of our Glenealy meeting can be obtained from Eleanor O’Neill at 0404 44469
Tree of Remembering The Tree of Remembering may be now bare, but labels in a variety of colours are available to fill in!!. Commit to leave a small gift for someone less fortunate, or to visit a lonely person or to forgive someone with whom you are estranged. The list is endless. Please take a moment to make your commitment to share with and remember others during this Holy Season!!
Appeal for Altar Servers Boys and Girls The Altar servers play a major part in the prayer and worship of our parish. We are currently looking for boys and girls who are interested in becoming servers. If you are interested and have made your First Holy Communion please get your parent or guardian to write a letter allowing you to serve and drop it in to one of the priests and then we will arrange the training.
Parish Contacts Fr.Kevin Rowan AdmFr. Edward Barry 40224, Eleanor O’Neill 44469, Brendan Devine 40519 or 087/9705916 To have news items included please email:
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First Friday Next Friday December 5th is First Friday. Mass is offered for the Altar List of the Dead in Ashford at 9am and in Glenealy at 10am. Communion will be brought to those confined to their homes after the Masses. In Ashford Church there will be a Holy Hour and Exposition of the Holy Eucharist at 7:00pm. Morning Prayer During the Season of Advent we will again hold Morning prayer in Ashford. We will meet for 8.50am. with Mass at 9am. each morning except Saturday. Let's make a big effort this year to prepare for the great Feast of Christmas. This year we ask the reader for the day to lead the prayer. Congratulations We offer our congratulations to the children of our Ashford School who will take part in the enrolment ceremony taking place at the vigil Mass and as well the 10:30 am Mass next weekend. To them, their teachers and parents we offer our congratulations and prayers as they continue to prepare for these special sacrament! Children Readers At the vigil and 10:30 Masses in Ashford Church during next weekend December 6/7th the children preparing for Confirmation in Ashford School will be reading . This is to form part of their preparation for the sacrament which will be conferred by Bishop Eamonn Walsh on April 21st in Ashford Church. Ashford Community & Active Retirement Group
The ACARG are
inviting our seniors to be entertained by
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