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6.30am Sunday 23rd October 2016 Pink Rock, Glenmore Rememberance Walk

All Donations in aid of Pieta House Contact Margaret Doherty

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Scripture Readings for next Sunday 16th October.

1st Reading: EX 17:8-13 Psalm: Ps 120, R/ cf. v 2. 2nd Reading: 2 Tm 3:14-4:2. Gospel: Luke 18:1-8. _______________________________

Parish Contact Details Telephone: (051) 421348.

Fax: (051) 420122. E-Mail :

newross-parish@hotmail.com. www.newrossparish.ie.

________________________________ St Vincent De Paul - New Ross

Telephone: (085) 8313073. ____________________________

Priest on Duty - 051 421214. _________________________

Weekly Collection - Sunday 2nd October 2016

Envelopes: 232 Amount: €1997.40 ________________________________

Sanctuary Lamp €10 per week

PARISH RADIO 104.7FM 10.00AM MASS DAILY

New Ross Parish Bethany Bereavement Support Group:

Contact No: 087-3846577 ________________________________

Legion Of Mary - Meetings every Wednesday evening in the Parish

Pastoral Centre, Robert St, New Ross. Time: 7.30pm.

Contact Des & Marie - 051-420523 _______________________________

Lectio Divina resumes in the Parish Pastoral Centre at 10.45am each

Wednesday morning.

_________________________ Annual Poineer Prayer

Afternoon In Ballyvaloo Retreat Centre,

Blackwater on Sunday 16th October 2016

Cost: €20 per person

To book place contact: Rita O’ Brien, Cushenstown (051) 428363, or any committee member. Registration –1.30pm

All Welcome

________________________________________ Manage Your Life by Managing Your

Mind. Venue: Cois Abhainn, Inistioge,

(Community Hall) Date: Tuesday 18th October 2016.

Time: 7.30pm. Cost: €10.00. Presenter: Dr Fergus Heffernan.

Tickets available on the door. Contact: 089 4319530.

The Parish Office & Shop Opening Hours;- Monday - Friday

10.30am - 4.00pm.

St. Michael’s Theatre Musical Society Proudly Presents the Irish Premiere of

‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ A hilarious musical comedy from Novem-

ber 6th-12th. Tickets on sale now from the Theatre Box Office

New Ross Active Retirement Group. An Interim Meeting will be held in the

Youth Centre, New Ross on Friday 21st October - 10.30am - 12.00pm.

The usual monthly meeting will take place on Friday 4th November at 10.30am , in the Youth Centre.

The Deep End

So often when we hear Luke’s story of the ten lepers, we concentrate on the supposed rudeness of the nine who didn’t return, who seem ungrateful for the healing Jesus brought. I wonder, however, if they were being rude or simply doing what they had been told to do.

Jesus said ‘Go, show yourselves to the priests’ and that is what they set out to do. In fact, their initial cry for help would indicate they recognised Jesus as Master, they knew to call out to him for healing, they trusted him, and they believed him when he spoke to them. They even set out in the direction he told them before there was any evidence he had healed them. Luke makes a point of distinguishing the returning leper as a Samaritan/Gentile so, presumably, the other nine were Jewish. They, and Jesus, knew the priests would provide official acknowledgement of their being cleansed, allowing them to re-enter the community in accordance with the Law. They continued on their path to visit the priests so they could resume their lives, go home to their family and friends, and return to worshipping in the synagogue. They were cleansed. But that’s not the end of the story. The Samaritan did a turnabout and returned to thank Jesus, to thank God. He, however, was not only cleansed; he was ‘made well’. All ten are healed but the thankful Samaritan is somehow more prophetic. He is grateful for the grace he has just received and, perhaps, lights the way for future Gentiles to respond to the Good News through faith and thankfulness. The thankful Samaritan shows us that gratitude is an essential response to God’s mercy. It is essential to our wholeness of mind, body and spirit; it is essential to salvation.To be made well we must add thanksgiving to our faith. (Intercom)

New Ross Parish. Church of

St. Mary & St. Michael

Newsletter Volume 29 No 40 9th October 2016

Twenty –Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

New Ross Parish Community strives to be a welcoming, life-giving PEOPLE, nourished by FAITH, WORSHIP of God and

SERVICE of all in the example of Jesus Christ.

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK.

Sanctuary Lamp: Kieran Genovese

Sat 8th 6.00 Toddy Brothers, Michael Street Anniversary

Sun 9th 8.00 Peggy Byrne, Ballymara Anniversary

9.00 Sheila Gunning , Rathangan, Co. Kildare Anniversary

10.00 Rose, Josie & Jimmy Furness Anniversary.

12.00 Eily Nutterfield, Charleville, Co. Cork Month’s Mind.

6.00 Patrick & Mary Lennane, Irishtown Anniversary

Mon 10th 8.00 Joe & Annie Swan, Galbally Anniversary

10.00 Michael O’ Leary, Bosheen Anniversary

Tues 11th 8.00 Sr. Joan O’Donovan Anniversary

10.00 Larry & Mark Fitzgibbon, 1 Harvey Place Anniversary

Wed 12th 8.00 Mass for the people of the Parish

10.00 John Nixon, Ard Mhicil Anniversary

Thurs 13th 8.00 Michael Larkin, Harvey Place Anniversary

10.00 Doris Murphy, 94 Charleton Hill Anniversary

Fri 14th 8.00 Nicholas Drohan, JKL Place Anniversary

10.00 Nellie Poyntz Anniversary

Sat 15th 8.00 Sisters Intentions

10.00 Parish Mass Association

6.00 Tom Bradley, St. Joseph’s Square Anniversary

Sun 16th 8.00 Jim & Margaret Sutton, The Maudlins Anniversary

9.00 Patrick Rossiter, Michael Street Anniversary

10.00 Jim & Marie Harney, 15 Harvey Place Anniversary

12.00 Betty St. Ledger, Fairgreen 1st Anniversary

6.00 Patrick & Kitty McDonald, William St. Anniversary

Eucharistic Adoration takes place in our Parish every Tuesday

beginning after 10.00am Mass and concluding with Solemn Benediction at 9.00pm

Recently Deceased: Sr.Annunciata Keogh, Mount Carmel Convent. Kathleen Flood, Clonroche. May they rest in peace. Anniversary Prayers: We remember in our prayers this weekend, Michael Larkin, Harvey Place. Andy Cass Charleton Hill. Peggy Hill, South St. Eddie Prendergast, The Quay whose Month’s Mind occurs at this time. Baptisms: We welcome into our Christian Community James McMaster, London, who was recently baptised. ________________________________ Thank you to all who contributed to the recent Church Gate Collection in aid of

New Ross Community Hospital. New Ross. Total Amount €1269.13

Naaman, a Syrian army general, is advised by an Israelite servant girl in his household to seek healing from the prophet Elisha. When Naaman and his entourage eventually arrive at Elisha’s house, he is affronted that the prophet does not deal with him directly and, instead, advises him through a messenger. Once he submits to that advice, however , he is healed. His request for ‘earth’ to carry home with him, from Israel, indicates the commonly held perception that a god could only be worshipped within his own domain.

The necessity of endurance, in all seasons, is emphasised here. Christ suffered and died. Paul has, in turn suffered and experienced real hardship on account of his service. The leaders of the Christian community cannot expect to share the inheritance of the risen Jesus, if they baulk in the face of their own suffering. A saying or hymn, presumably familiar to early believers, is quoted approvingly. It spells out the consequences both of remaining faithful to Christ and, alternatively, of putting oneself first.

The theme of leprosy re-appears in the gospel passage, paralleling Naaman’s story. Here again, as with Naaman, the act of healing is not immediately obvious. It was in carrying out Elisha’s instructions to bathe that he encountered healing. Similarly, it is obeying Jesus’ command to ‘Go and show yourselves to the priests’ that cleansing is experienced in the lives of the ten men. Just as Naaman went on to praise God, in the light of his healing, so the Samaritan leper, who becomes the focus of this gospel episode, praises God ‘ at the top of his voice’. Both are keen to express gratitude: Naaman, in his concern to offer a gift to the prophet, the Samaritan, in his readiness to fall at the feet of Jesus. Both are foreigners who, ultimately, confess their faith in the God of Israel.

‘REACHING OUT IN HOPE’

First Reading 2 Kings 5:14-17

Second Reading - 2 Timothy 2:8-13

Gospel Reading Luke 17:11-19

Baptisms, Recently Deceased, Anniversaries, Weddings.

Coping with loss is part of the journey of life. Those we have held in our arms for a

little while we hold in our hearts forever.

Michael Egan, who is a very experienced member of the ‘Living

Links Group Tipperary’ will give a Talk on this sensitive topic. The ‘Living

Links’ Group offers a comprehensive programme of bereavement support

especially in situations of sudden death to families and relatives of the bereaved

and to the local community. This Talk is being organised by New Ross Parish ‘Bethany Bereavement Support Group. It will take place on Thursday 27th October at 7.30pm in

the Pastoral Centre, Robert St, New Ross.

________________________________Rosary & Divine Mercy

Recited every Friday at the Dunbrody, The Quay, New Ross

by Legion of Mary Group. All welcome to join.