Servers Ardrahan Dec 2nd St Claire 3rd St Jarleth 9th St Colman 10th St Attracta

Castledaly Dec Clare Marie Egan, Katie Egan,& Luke Burke

Kilchreest Dec Our Lady & St Colman

Ministers of the Eucharist Ardrahan Dec Sat Pat Murphy & Mary Higgins

Sun Ena Furey & Martha Dunne

Castledaly Dec Ciana Callanan

Kilchreest Dec Michael Coy Readers

Ardrahan Dec Sat Brid Horan Sun Eadaoin Gardener

Casteldaly Dec Hannah Mahony

Kilchreest Dec 3rd Yvonne McGlynn 10th Bridget Prendergast

Altar Society

Castledaly Dec Mary Kelly & Dympna Fahy

kilchreest Dec Collette Kelly & Mary Davidson

Collectors Ardrahan

Castledaly Dec Bridie Willers & Tony Mahony

Kilchreest Dec Kevin Kelly

The Parish of Kilchreest The Parish of Ardrahan

Facebook—Ardrahan Kilchreest

Items for newsletter to be in by 12.00 noon on Friday

Web Site -

www.ardrahan-kilchreest.com

New parish email: kaparishes@gmail.com

Fr. Joseph Roche PP 091-840859/635164, 087-9822156 Masses for the Parish of Kilchreest

Castledaly - Sat 7.30pm

Kilchreest - Sun 12.00noon Masses for the Parish of Ardrahan :

Saturday 6.00pm / Sunday 10.30am Weekday Mass Ardrahan

9.00am Mon-Tue - Thur - Fri Fr. Joe will be off on Wednesday

Parish Office Hours

Office Hours Mon 9.30am—3pm

Tue—9.30 –12

Friday 9.30am—3pm Phone 635164/840859

at these times for Baptism,

Anniversaries Weddings

Baptism To be held on the 1st and 3rd weekend

in Ardrahan 2nd & 4th weekend in

Kilchreest \Castledaly

No Mass may be offered after 4.30pm

on Saturday other then the Saturday

Vigil at 6pm/7.30pm.

No extra Masses on Sunday with the

exception of a funeral.

3rd Dec

Anniversaries

Ardrahan Sat 2nd December 6.00pm

No intentions

Castledaly Sat 2nd December 7.30pm

Martin Flaherty, Gerard Kelly

Ardrahan Sun 3rd December 10.30am

Robert Manto

Ardrahan Tue 5th December 9.00am

Bridie & Frank McHugh

Ardrahan Thur 7th December 9.00am

The Bermingham Family

Ardrahan Fri 8th December 10.30am

Canon Brendan Helly

Ardrahan Sat 9th December 6.00pm

Mike & Ellie Fahy, Pat & Bridget O’Dea

Ann O’Neill & Family members

Castledaly Sat 9th December 7.30pm

Oliver Roland & Dec Family Members

John Murray

Ardrahan Sun 10th December 10.30am

John James Kelleher MTS Mind

1st of Advent

Weekly offerings Ardrahan

€950 Kilchreest\Castledaly

€625 Thank You

Please pray for Anna Brennan &

Christy Fahy who died during the

week RIP

for Castledaly Church, Ardrahan Church and Kilchreest

Church are available in the Sacristy after mass and from the

Parish Office. A Triduum of Masses will be offered on the 24th, 25th and

26th Of December. Price per card €2 each

FIRST FRIDAY CALLS

on Mon the 18th FOR

CHRISTMAS

Saints of the Week

3rd Dec.St Francis Xaviour. Born in Navarra

France. At university in Paris he met Ignatius of Loyola, with whom he founded the Jesuits.

Francis became a great missionary priest in India, Ceylon, Japan and died on his way to

China. He went among the poor as a poor man himself, sleeping on the ground in a hut and eating rice and water. Francis is patron of

Missionaries.

6th Dec.St Nicholas. Patron of Galway City, He was a 4th Cen. Bishop of Myra. Little is known

about his life but the legends of his great acts of kindness grew. Throughout East and West

hundreds of churches were dedicated to him. With the sack of Myra by the Muslims the body

was transferred to Bari, Italy, this brought his cult to the West. The fame of his cult reached Galway through the port. It became very

popular and in the 14th Cen. The Collegiate Church was dedicated to him. The Parish Church of St Nicholas covered the four city

parishes until St Joseph’s was opened in 1882, and St Patrick’s on

the other side of the Corrib. The new Cathedral was dedicated to him in the 1960’s.

7th Dec St Ambrose Bishop and Doctor of

the Church. He was governor of Milan and in 374 the laity insisted that he become Bishop,

though he was still not baptised. He was baptised and ordained in

the following week. He defended orthodoxy with his preaching skills. Patron of Milan

8th Dec immaculate conception of the BVM

Sunflowers Chernobyl Collection raised €300. Thank you

Please support Fighting blindness at Www.Flinddness.ie

LARC will host a Christmas Coffee Morning

on Sun 10th Dec in Loughrea Family Resource Centre (Pigott's St) from 11.30am-2.00pm. Donations will go towards helping to save Loughrea Town

Hall. Festive treats will be served. All welcome. To help out or for more info call/message 0857623310.

3rd ANNUAL MEMORIAL CHRISTMAS TREE EVENT!‘Galway Hospice’

and ‘Féileacáin’ will benefit from the proceeds!The Blessing and Lighting of the tree will take place in Ardrahan Village, Sunday, December 10th @ 3pm with Fr.

Joseph Roche.Join our schoolchildren in Carol Singing! All musicians welcome! Tea, coffee and cakes! Memorial Card with Ribbon: €5 each.

Available at Taylor’s Post Office and Club Committee Members A well-attended AGM of the Ardrahan Camogie Club last Sunday evening saw

the following officers and managers elected for 2018. Chairperson Maura Walsh, Vice

Chairperson Irene Dolphin, Secretary Anne Callanan, Assistant Secretary Majella

Horrigan, Treasurer Angela Fahy, Assistant Treasurer Claire Tarpey,PRO Chris O Hara,

Registrar Michelle Leyden. Development Officer Michael Brennan,Delegates Marita Healy

Bernie Higgins Tom Cunningham, Senior Manager TBC, Junior Michael Brennan, Minor

Tom Cunningham,U16 Paul and Anne Hallinan, U14 Gerry Higgins Susanne

Mc Mahon,U12/11 T J Scully ,U9/10 Niall O Shaughnessy,U7/8 Emmet Stankard Deirdre

Lynskey Hynes, U5/6 Charlotte Murphy Aine Murphy.,The club wished club member

Ger Hennelly the best of luck in his nomination for Chairperson of the Galway Camogie

Board.

"The annual Galway Lions Club radio auction will take place live on the Keith Finnegan Show on Galway Bay FM on Friday 8th December. The Auction, which is now in

its 29th year, raises much needed funds to help those in need in our community. This

Christmas the Lions Club will provide shopping vouchers for up to 600 Galway families

and individuals to help them to have a little bit of joy at this special time. You can give a

helping hand to those in our community who are less fortunate - and maybe bag a

bargain at the same time- by bidding on some of the super items in the auction. You can

bid online from Monday 4th December at galwaylionsclub.ie or by phone on the day of

the auction only (Fri 8th) at 091 780780."

An Educational Evening on Boosting Your Childrens

Immunity Naturally this winter. The evening will be held in Northhampton

National School, Kinvara and will include information on homeopathic remedies, home remedies, tapping and lots more common sense remedies. The

presentation is by Marguerite Brady Mc Cormack who is a Nurse, Holistic

therapist and Natural Medicine teacher. This evening is not to be missed. To book your place this fun and very informative evening. Contact Jennifer

0878336688

FUNDRAISER NIGHT in Aid of Trócaire LOUGH REA HOTEL &

SPA - THURS 7th DEC DRINKS RECEPTION 7PM - DINNER 8PM • E N T E R TA I N M E N T O N T H E N I G H T • MC: Ollie Turner (Galway Bay

FM) With Music by The Galway Tenors TICKETS AVAILABLE: Loughrea Hotel and Spa - Phone: 091880088

Indoor Bowls in Gort Community Centre every Tuesday 5.30pm-7pm,

Wednesday 10am-12pm and Friday 2.30pm - 4pm. Open to all abilities, new

members always welcome. For more information call 087 2065950.

The annual collection for St.Vincent de Paul will take place in Kilchreest / Castledaly next weekend 9th/10th December. Your support would be

greatly appreciated. KILCHREEST/CASTLEDALY CHRISTMAS BAZAAR in aid of Kilchreest

National School and Parents Council, will take place in St Thomas’ GAA Hall on

Sunday 10th December from 12.30 to 5.00.

Christmas Market to be held in the Parish Hall Clarinbridge on the

2, 29, 32, 28 No Winner.

Match 3:

Brendan O' Donnell

Promoter: Mike O' Donnell

Next week's Jackpot: €5,700

Venue: The Village Inn

11 , 14 , 16 , 28 . Match 3 ; None .

Lucky Dip ; Francis Gardiner , Jonathan Corbett b, Justin Flannery . Teresa Glynn ,

Caroline O Grady . Sellers Prize ;

Mary Kennedy . Jackpot Winner ; None. Next Week in Tarpey's

€5,000

December All-Night Vigil, Knock Shrine The 45th Eucharistic All-Night

Vigil will take place at Knock Shrine on Thursday 7th - Friday 8th December.

The programme for the night begins on December 7th at 10pm with

confessions until 12 midnight in the Chapel of Reconciliation. The vigil will

begin at 12 midnight in the Basilica with Rosary, Candlelight Procession,

Holy Hour and Stations of the Cross. Mass will take place at 4am on

December 8th with main celebrant Fr Freddy Warner and concelebrant Fr

Brendan Walsh. St John’s Rest & Care Centre will be open all night to

facilitate pilgrims who are attending the vigil. For more information please

contact Knock Shrine (094) 93 88100.

Advent is the period of four Sundays and weeks before

Christmas . Advent means 'Coming' in Latin. This is the coming of Jesus

into the world. Christians use the four Sundays and weeks of Advent to

prepare and remember the real meaning of Christmas