Scripture Readings for Sixth Sunday of Easter.

1st Reading: Acts 8:5-8,14-17. Psalm: 65:1-7, 16, 20, R/ v 1. 2nd Reading: 1 Peter 3:15-18. Gospel: Jn 14:15-21. ______________________________

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 7th May 2017 Envelopes: 237 Amount: €1738.10

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Sanctuary Lamp €10 per week

PARISH RADIO 104.7FM 10.00AM MASS DAILY

_______________________________ New Ross Parish Bethany Bereavement

Support Group: Contact No: 087-3846577

________________________________ Lectio Divina takes place in the Parish

Pastoral Centre at 10.45am each Wednesday morning.

_______________________________________ Legion Of Mary - Meetings every Wednesday evening in the Parish

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

Contact Des & Marie - 051-420523. Rosary & Divine Mercy are recited every Friday at 3.00pm on the Quay, next to

the Dunbrody Centre. _______________________________

New Ross Pantomine Society are holding their AGM on Wednesday

17th May @ 8p.m in The Ross Inn.

All Members are welcome. ________________________________

Padre Pio National Pilgrimage at Holy

Cross Abbey, Thurles, Co.Tipperary on

Sunday 28th May 2017. For Booking contact Kitty Cullen

085-7136501

Parish Office & Shop Opening Hours

Monday - Friday 10.30am - 4.00pm.

Closed Holy Days &

Bank Holidays.

New Ross

Meals-On-Wheels

Book your piping hot meals today and every day at the same time, having a caring

person calling!

Contact: The Manager Meals-On-Wheels,

Cross St., New Ross.

Telephone: 051 445711.

NEW ROSS CHORAL FESTIVAL

The 33rd New Ross Choral Festival will take place in St Michael’s Theatre from May

19th to 21st 2017. The Saturday Night Gala

Concert will feature a number of South East

Musical Societies, while Sunday will feature many choirs from all over the County.

Tickets available from St Michael’s Theatre.

New Ross Parish. Church of

St. Mary & St. Michael

Newsletter Volume 30 No 20 14th May 2017

Fifth Sunday of Easter

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.

Do not let your hearts be troubled

‘Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load

with today’s strength-carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of

time. Worrying doesn’t empty tomorrow of its sorrow,

it empties today of its strength.’

Corrie ten Boom had plenty of cause for worry over the course of her lifetime. During World War II, she along with her father and sister, provided a refuge in their home for a number of Jewish friends, playing a pivotal role in the Dutch ‘underground’ who sheltered Jews. Their home was eventually raided and the entire family arrested, her father dying in prison and her sister in a concentration camp. Corrie was sent to a series of camps but was released, and afterwards told her story in a book called The Hiding Place. Corrie’s heart must have been troubled, often, but her strong faith sustained her and became the lens through which she viewed her life story: ‘Every experience God gives us, every person he puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only he can see.’ The majority of us will never have to deal with as desperate a situation as Corrie’s. But we have our own anxieties, whether big or small. None of us knows how the future is going to turn out, and that is precisely why we tend to worry. In today’s Gospel Thomas frets: ‘ Lord, we do not know where you are going, so how can we know the way?’ But Jesus has reassuring words. ‘ I am the way.’ Hand in hand with Jesus, we can walk the road ahead. (Intercom)

Eucharistic Adoration takes place in our Parish every Tuesday beginning after 10.00am Mass and concluding with Solemn Benediction at 9.00pm

HOLY MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK.

N.B. All 8.00 a.m. Holy Masses are in Mount Carmel Monastery Chapel

Sat 13th 6.00pm Vera Rochford, Mount Carmel 1st Anniversary.

Sun 14th 8.00am

9.00am Michael Ryan, The Quay Anniversary.

10.00am Breda Maher-Williams, Knockmullen/Basle Anniversary

12.00pm Sean Finn, Ard na Greine Months Mind

6.00pm Bill & May Coleman, Old Post Office Lane Anniversary.

Mon 15th 8.00am Josie Caulfield, Knockmullen Anniversary

10.00am Bridget Meaney, Late of Priory St Anniversary.

Tues 16th 8.00am Sisters Intentions

10.00am Bill & Maureen Doyle, South St. Anniversary

Wed 17th 8.00am Mass for the People of the Parish

10.00am Molly & Jim Moran, Wexford St. Anniversary

Thurs 18th 8.00am Anne Mears, 10 Upper William St. Anniversary

10.00am James Loftus, Willow Park, Mountgarrett Anniversary.

Fri 19th 8.00am Special Intention (Thanksgiving)

10.00am Larry Lyons, 5 Longstone Drive Anniversary.

Sat 20th 8.00am Margaret Hickey (nee Cleere), Maudlins Anniversary

10.00am Parish Mass Association

6.00pm Patrick Merrigan, 5 The Bungalows, Cross St Anniversary.

Sun 21st 8.00am Cynthia Gannon, 9th Anniversary

9.00am Michael & Mary O’ Brien, Butlersland, & Deceased Members of The O’Brien Family, The Maudlins, Anniversary.

10.00am Joe Nowlan, Chatsworth Lodge, Ballyarthur, Avoca Anniversary

12.00pm James Doyle, 17 Ard Mhicil Months Mind

6.00pm Mary & Daniel Corcoran, Cork Anniversary.

Sanctuary Lamp: Special Intention.

No one can come to the Father except through Christ. The Church must work so that all peoples may come to the Father. Working together in love, all God’s people can build up the kingdom in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, our high priest.

During the earliest days of the Christian community, when the number of new members was increasing almost exponentially, the apostles did not allow themselves to be distracted from their priorities of praying and preaching the word of God. Could it be that, with the rapidly-diminishing number of practising members in today’s Church– especially in the developed world– that the tasks of praying and preaching the word of God need to be re-prioritised?

God’s love for us is so great that he has made us a ‘ chosen race’, a ‘royal priesthood’, a ‘ consecrated nation’ and a ‘ people set apart’. That is why we are a privileged people. But with privileges come responsibilities. Those responsibilities centre on our fidelity to the commandments that God has given us to transform us into the kind of people that he intended us to be.

Baptisms: We welcome into our Christian Community, Sam Cahill, An Caislean Maol, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Bewley Court, Emily Pyne, Belleville, who were recently baptised. Recently Deceased: Anniversaries: We remember in our prayers this weekend Ned Gladney formerly of Maiden Lane who passed away in Australia, John Delaney, Southknock birthday Remebrance, Imedal O’ Rourke, Hewitsland,

Parish Office Vacancy. Applications are invited for the

position of New Ross Parish Office Co-Ordinator. General duties. 20

hours per week. Enquiries and CV to Mgsr. Joseph McGrath PP VG VF,

The Parochial House, Cross St, New Ross, Co Wexford by Friday

26th May 2017. ______________________________

Open Day Invitation. The Board of Management of the

Edmund Rice Senior School (furthest in from the Road) would like to invite the general public to an open day to be held on Saturday 20th May 2017

from 3.00pm - 7.00pm. Refreshments provided by the Parents

Council. ______________________________

Bingo in Campile. There is a weekly game of Bingo being held in Campile Hall every

Monday night at 8.30pm. Proceeds to the development of

Campile Hall. ______________________________

Lough Derg 2017 Seasons opens for One Day Retreats on Monday 1st May. Advance booking is

essential. Tel 071-9861518 (from NI 0035371 9861518) or email

info@loughderg.org. The Three Day Pilgrimage season begins on Thursday

1st June, pre-booking not required. _________________________________

Knock Pilgrimage Season. Full details of the Pilgrimage Season are

available from the Parish Office, New Ross, Tel: 051 421348 / or Enquiries to

Knock Shrine, Tel: 094 9388100. See also Posters in Church Porch.

First Reading Acts 6:1-7

Today’s Readings.

Second Reading 1 Peter 2:4-9

NOTICES

Baptisms, Recently Deceased, Anniversaries, Weddings.