March 2017
W/E 26/03/2017
Anniversary Masses in April
Ruan: Sunday 2nd April 2017 at 10:00 am Pat O’Brien John O’Brien Hillary O’Brien Kevin Pyne Paddy Pyne Mary Meaney Christy Meaney Joe Moloney Deceased members of the Moloney Family Michael J Casey Mary Casey Deceased members of the Reddan Family Dysart: Sunday 2nd April 2017 at 1:00 pm Funeral Mass for PJ Ballinger followed by burial of Ashes Also remembering Liam Ballinger.
Dysart: Sunday 9th April 2017 at 7:00 pm Sr Cecilia O’Neill Nora O’Neill Cathy O’Neill
Ruan: Sunday 23rd April 2017 at 10:00 am Janet Nielan
† We pray for the repose of the soul of Tom Carmody, formerly of Ballyogan More, who died during the week. May he rest in peace.
Weekday Masses: Ruan: Monday and Tuesday at 9:30 am. Dysart: Wednesday at 9:30am
Eucharistic Adoration: Ruan: Wednesdays - Hourly from 3pm to 7pm Dysart: Thursdays - Hourly from 10am to 1pm
Lenten Invitation: Throughout Lent people might like to attend either of the Churches during Eucharistic Adoration for a short visit to the Blessed Sacrament Weekly Collections: Thank you very much for your contributions. PDF: €986.85 Baskets: €369.37 Candles: €20.41 Bishops Commission: €15.40 Trócaire: €60.00
Next Baptism Preparation Course: Ruan Community Centre on Saturday 8th April from 11:00 am to 12 Noon. All people intending to have children baptised must complete the baptismal preparation course before each child is baptised
Readers & Ministers of the Eucharist Ruan Sunday at 10:00 am Dysart Sunday at 7.00 pm Reader this week: Holy Communion Parents Reader this week: Edel Bluett Reader next week: Anne Foley Reader next week: Holy Communion Parents Euch Min this week: Geraldine Crowe Euch Min this week: Gerry Kelly Euch Min next week: Teresa Cullinan Euch Min next week: Tommy Kelly
NET Ministries Every Wednesday night the Amplified Junior (1st-3rd year) youth group will be meeting in the parish hall from 6-7:30pm. The Senior (TY-6th year) will be meeting on Fridays from 7-8:30pm. Please come out and join us.
Youth 2000: Every Tuesday, at 7pm, there will be a Youth 2000 prayer meeting in the Crusheen parish meeting hall. Please come out and join us for a time of prayer and tea afterwards. Happy Mother's Day 'The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.' (Rajneesh)
Trócaire’s Lenten Campaign: “…whoever honours a mother is like someone amassing a fortune.” Ecclesiasticus, 3:4. This Mother’s Day we pray for mothers around the world who agonise over their children’s futures in the harshest environments. We think of Miriam, who appears on this Lent’s Trócaire Box, as she wonders if she will manage to get her little daughter Maria to safety when the next storm hits northern Honduras and floods their home. Read Miriam and Maria’s story at www.trocaire.org/lent Lenten Reflections: A one page reflection on each Sunday Gospel called Hearing, Happening, Hoping can be downloaded from the Killaloe Diocesan website http://www.killaloediocese.ie/diocesan-news/lent-2017-hearing-happening-hoping.html. Weeks one through five are available now. These reflections were prepared by Jane Mellett, (Dublin), Sr. Marie McNamara and Maureen Kelly (Killaloe), Fr. Séamus O’Connell and Jessie Rogers, (Maynooth) Second National Collection for the World Meeting of Families 2018: Pope Francis has personally chosen Dublin to be the host diocese for the World Meeting of Families from 21-26 August 2018. Planning for this great national and international celebration of faith is well underway. Hosting this important event requires an enormous amount of planning and funding. In this regard a second national collection will be held on the weekend of 1 and 2 April 2017. Your support for this collection would be greatly appreciated Old clothes appeal: Ruan Tidy Towns & Graveyard Group are fundraising to buy new grass cutting equipment. We are currently looking for bags of clean used clothes, bed linen, curtains, shoes, belts, bags (no duvets or pillows). The hall will be open daily and bags will be gratefully accepted until Monday 27th March. National Spring Clean: A litter pick of Ruan village and surrounds will be held on Wednesday evening 5th April at 7 p.m. Young and old are welcome to play their part in keeping the village a better place to live. Tractor Run: Ruan Tidy Village and Graveyard Maintenance Group are holding a fundraising tractor run on Easter Sunday 16th April. Tractors/Trucks of all types and vintage vehicles are all welcome. Kiddies tractor run at 12 mid-day, senior run at 12.15. Sale of wooden garden planters made by local CE scheme also on sale on the day, plus a raffle. Come along for a great day out. Cup of tea for all in the hall during the event. The 38th annual Clare 250 Mile Cycle takes place on the 20th & 21st of May. Taking part in this event gives you an opportunity to nominate someone from your parish who has been diagnosed with cancer to go on our pilgrimage to Lourdes in September. If you are interested in taking part, please contact 065 6841600 or email clare250mile@gmail.com. Samaritans Ennis & Clare branch gratefully acknowledge €130.75 collected at the recent church gate collection. Ruan GAA: Executive meeting of Ruan Hurling Club on Thursday March 30th in Ruan Hall at 8 PM. Lotto Results: W/E: 19/03/2017: No’s drawn: 5, 17, 22, 23 No Jackpot Winner: Five lucky dips: Fidelma Cassidy, Barry Mahoney, Mary Thompkins, Margaret Mullins, Kayla Pilkington. Next Week’s Jackpot: €7,200 Team: Frank Lyons |
W/E 19/03/2016
Anniversary Masses in March
Ruan: Sunday 19th March 2017 at 10:00 am Mary Tierney Michael Tierney Michael O’Regan Kathleen O’Regan Sabina Hayes Jordan Noreen O’Brien David O’Brien James Fogarty Mona Fogarty
† We pray for the repose of the soul of Frank Winters Loughrea, brother of Teresa Cullinan who died recently. May he rest in peace.
WeekdayMasses: Ruan: Tuesday at
9:30 am. Dysart: Wednesday at 9:30am Eucharistic Adoration: Ruan: Wednesdays - Hourly from 3pm to 7pm Dysart: Thursdays - Hourly from 10am to 1pm
Lenten Invitation: Throughout Lent people might like to attend either of the Churches during Eucharistic Adoration for a short visit to the Blessed Sacrament Weekly Collections: Thank you very much for your contributions. PDF: €1088.49 Baskets: €98.15 Candles: €34.20 Bishops Commission: €45.00 Trócaire: €101.00
Next Baptism Preparation Course: Ruan on Saturday 8th April from 11:00 am to 12 Noon. All people intending to have children baptised must complete the baptismal preparation course before each child is baptised
Recent Baptism: We welcome into our Community Michael Daire Murphy, son of Patrick and Joanne who was baptised recently
Readers & Ministers of the Eucharist Ruan Sunday at 10:00 am Dysart Sunday at 7.00 pm Reader this week: Liam Jones Reader this week: Laura Cahir Reader next week: Aiden Lawton Reader next week: Edel Bluett Euch Min this week: Monica Cassidy Euch Min this week: Moira O’Loughlin Euch Min next week: Geraldine Crowe Euch Min next week: Gerry Kelly
NET Ministries Every Wednesday night the Amplified Junior (1st-3rd year) youth group will be meeting in the parish hall from 6-7:30pm. The senior (TY-6th year) will be meeting on Fridays from 7-8:30pm. Please come out and join us. Youth 2000 Every Tuesday, at 7pm, there will be a Youth 2000 prayer meeting in the Crusheen parish meeting hall. Please come out and join us for a time of prayer and tea afterwards.
Samaritans Ennis & Clare branch gratefully acknowledge €245.35 collected at the recent Church gate collection.
Found in Dysart: Portable phone battery charger found on the road to Dysart Church, contact Fr Pat 086 2612124. Thought for the week Lent: "During these 40 days, let me put away all my pride. Let me change my heart and give up all that is not good within me. Let me love God with all that I am and all that I have". Genesis Grain.
Lenten Reflections: A one page reflection on each Sunday Gospel called Hearing, Happening, Hoping can be downloaded from the Killaloe Diocesan website http://www.killaloediocese.ie/diocesan-news/lent-2017-hearing-happening-hoping.html. Weeks one through five are available now. These reflections were prepared by Jane Mellett, (Dublin), Sr. Marie McNamara and Maureen Kelly (Killaloe), Fr. Séamus O’Connell and Jessie Rogers, (Maynooth)
International Centennial Pilgrim Image of Our Lady of Fatima: (Blessed by Pope Francis). Our Lady is calling you, as she is coming to Ennis Cathedral on Friday 24th March for 10 a.m. Mass and consecration of the Diocese to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Second National Collection for the World Meeting of Families 2018: Pope Francis has personally chosen Dublin to be the host diocese for the World Meeting of Families from 21-26 August 2018. Planning for this great national and international celebration of faith is well underway. Hosting this important event requires an enormous amount of planning and funding. In this regard a second national collection will be held on the weekend of 1 and 2 April 2017. Your support for this collection would be greatly appreciated
Trócaire’s Lenten Campaign: “Making your neighbour a loan is an act of mercy, to lend him a helping hand is to keep the commandments.” Ecclesiasticus, 29:1. This St. Patrick’s weekend, we celebrate the solidarity Irish people have shown with the world’s poor over many decades. Trócaire is proud to be a conduit for the compassion of people here at home which last year saw over 2.4 million people in 25 countries receiving support. For more information on the Lenten campaign visit www.trocaire.org/lent. Old clothes appeal: Ruan Tidy Towns & Graveyard Group are fundraising to buy new grass cutting equipment. We are currently looking for bags of clean used clothes, bed linen, curtains, shoes, belts, bags (no duvets or pillows). The hall will be open daily and bags will be gratefully accepted until Saturday 25th March. National Spring Clean: A litter pick of Ruan village and surrounds will be held on Wednesday evening 5th April at 7 p.m. Young and old are welcome to play their part in keeping the village a better place to live. Ruan Gaa Lotto Results: W/E: 12/03/2017: No’s drawn: 5, 10, 15, 21 No Jackpot Winner: Five lucky dips: Tony Brohan, Francis Howard, Eileen O’Donoghue, Cian Heffernan and Jimmy Courtney. Next Week’s Jackpot: €7,050 Team: Flan Lyons
Calling to Fr. O’Neill: If anyone is calling to Fr. O’Neill at the Parochial House, please ring his mobile phone 086 2612124 beforehand to ensure that he will be there to meet you Items and Notes for the Newsletter: Items for the Newsletter should be dropped into the Parochial House before 10.00 am on Thursday each week or ring 6827799 and leave a message on the voice mail or email ruandysartparish@gmail.com The Newsletter can be viewed on-line on the Ruan GAA & Parish News website at www.ruan.gaa.ie or on the Diocese of Killaloe website at www.killaloediocese.ie |
W/E 12/03/2016
Anniversary Masses in March
Dysart: Sunday 12th March 2017 at 7:00 pm Pa Crowe Deceased members of Crowe Family Drummina Teresa McCormack Oliver O’Gorman Lelia O’Gorman Mary McCarthy Clifden Gerry Nestor Mary Nestor Tom Nestor Molly Burke
Ruan: Sunday 19th March 2017 at 10:00 am Mary Tierney Michael Tierney Michael O’Regan Kathleen O’Regan Sabina Hayes Jordan Noreen O’Brien David O’Brien James Fogarty Mona Fogarty
† We pray for the repose of the soul of Maureen Frawley, nee Hogan, formerly of Ruan, Evelyn Keane, Kilnamona, mother of Áine Cotter, Patsy O’Callaghan, Feakle, sister of Pauline Cullinan and Pat Sheedy, Newmarket-on-Fergus, brother of Tommy, who died during the week. May they rest in peace.
St Patrick’s Day: Friday next is St Patrick’s Day – Our National Feast Day Vigil Mass - Dysart: Thursday at 7:00 pm Ruan: Friday at 10:00 am
Weekday Masses: Ruan: Monday and Tuesday at 9:30 am. Friday 10:00 am Dysart: Wednesday at 9:30am Thursday 7:00 pm
Eucharistic Adoration: Ruan: Wednesdays - Hourly from 3pm to 7pm Dysart: Thursdays - Hourly from 10am to 1pm
Lenten Invitation: Throughout Lent people might like to attend either of the Churches during Eucharistic Adoration for a short visit to the Blessed Sacrament
Weekly Collections: Thank you very much for your contributions. PDF: €1125.45 Baskets: €178.54 Candles: €16.51 Bishops Commission: €45.00 Trócaire: €190.50 Priests Collection: € 320.00
Next Baptism Preparation Course: Ruan on Saturday 8th April from 11:00 am to 12 Noon. All people intending to have children baptised must complete the baptismal course before each child is baptised Readers & Ministers of the Eucharist Ruan Sunday at 10:00 am Dysart Sunday at 7.00 pm Reader this week: Padraig Casey Reader this week: Matt McCormack Reader St Patrick’s Day: Gary Shannon Reader St Patrick’s Vigil: Laura Cahir Reader next week: Liam Jones Reader next week: Frances Browne Euch Min this week: Sheila Lynch Euch Min this week: Rose Foudy Euch Min St Patrick’s Day: Marian Lyons Euch Min St Patrick’s Vigil: Ita Hastings Euch Min next week: Monica Cassidy Euch Min next week: Moira O’Loughlin
Meeting of Volunteers for preparation of the First Holy Communion Liturgies on Wednesday night next 15th March at 8:00 pm in the Parochial House. Thought for the week Lent: 'Fasting makes sense if it really chips away at our security and, as a consequence, benefits someone else, if it helps us cultivate the style of the good Samaritan, who bent down to his brother in need and took care of him.' Pope Francis.
NET Ministries: On Wednesday the 15th of March the Junior Amplified youth (1st-3rd year) will be meeting at 6:00-7:30pm in the Ruan Church Hall. There will be no Senior Youth Group on Friday March 17th. Enjoy the long weekend! Youth 2000 Prayer Meeting: This week on Tuesday the 14th of March the Youth 2000 Prayer Meeting run by the NET Team will be held in the Crusheen Church meeting room at 7:00 for all young adults between the ages of 16-35.
Ruan and Dysart Apostolic Work Society are holding their annual display of work in Ruan Community Centre on this Sunday 12th March. The display begins immediately after 10:00 am Mass and will continue until 5:00 pm. All members have been very busy getting work finished. There will be lots of crochet, knits, flower baskets and pot plants for sale on the day. We look forward to your continued support. There will be a cup of tea and cake for everyone.
Irish Heart Collection on Sunday 5th March: Amount Collected was €249.69. Many thanks.
Old clothes appeal: Ruan Tidy Towns & Graveyard Group are fundraising to buy new grass cutting equipment. We are currently looking for bags of clean used clothes, bed linen, curtains, shoes, belts, bags (no duvets or pillows). The hall will be open daily and bags will be gratefully accepted until Saturday 25th March. National Spring Clean: A litter pick of Ruan village and surrounds will be held on Wednesday evening 5th April at 7 p.m. Young and old are welcome to play their part in keeping the village a better place to live. Toonagh GAA Handball
Club:
Ruan GAA: Registration 2017: Ruan Minor Club recently held an underage registration night for 2017 in Toonagh Hall. Also on this night the successful Ruan Under 13 Championship winning panel received their medals from Clare Senior Hurling Captain Patrick O'Connor. If you haven't registered your boy yet for 2017 please do so ASAP and contact Geraldine Cahir Underage Registrar 0877521416 or any club officer. All Boys from Under 6 to Under 18 need to register on this night in order to train or play with the club for 2017 Lotto Results: W/E: 05/03/2017: No’s drawn: 8, 10, 18, 26 No Jackpot Winner: Five lucky dips: Eryn Moroney, Jonathan Brohan, Paschal Courtney, Carmel O’Halloran and Mary Hickey O’Brien. Next Week’s Jackpot: €6,900 Team: Christy O’Connor Venue: Mortys.
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W/E 05/03/2017
Anniversary Masses in March
Ruan: Sunday 5th March 2017 at 10:00 am Tom Crowe Deceased members of the Crowe Family Paddy McMahon Joan Daly Sarah Courtney Paddy O’Donoghue Maisie O’Donoghue Deceased members of the O’Donoghue Family
Dysart: Sunday 5th March 2017 at 7:00 pm Months Mind Mass for Kathleen Hassett
Dysart: Sunday 12th March 2017 at 7:00 pm Pa Crowe Deceased members of Crowe Family Drummina Teresa McCormack Oliver & Lilia O’Gorman Mary McCarthy
Ruan: Sunday 19th March 2017 at 10:00 am Mary Tierney Michael Tierney Michael O’Regan Kathleen O’Regan Sabina Hayes Jordan
† We pray for the repose of the souls of Peggy Roughan, Fountain who died during the week and for P J Ballinger England and formerly of Laurelvale, who died in England, funeral arrangements to be announced later. May they rest in peace.
Weekday Masses: Ruan: Monday and Tuesday at 9:30 am. Dysart: Wednesday at 9:30am
Eucharistic Adoration: Ruan: Wednesdays - Hourly from 3pm to 7pm Dysart: Thursdays - Hourly from 10am to 1pm
Lenten Invitation: Throughout Lent people might like to attend either of the Churches during Eucharistic Adoration for a short visit to the Blessed Sacrament
Weekly Collections: Thank you very much for your contributions. PDF: €549.95 Baskets: €107.00 Bishops Commission: €5.00 Candles: €18.16 Trócaire: €162.30 Priests Collection: € 205.00
Next Baptism Course: Corofin on Saturday 11th March from 11:00 am to 12 Noon. All people intending to have children baptised must complete the baptismal course before each child is baptised Readers & Ministers of the Eucharist Ruan Sunday at 10:00 am Dysart Sunday at 7.00 pm Reader this week: Emer O’Halloran Reader this week: Rose Foudy Reader next week: Padraig Casey Reader next week: Matt McCormack Euch Min this week: Mary O’Halloran Euch Min this week: Flan Lyons Euch Min next week: Sheila Lynch Euch Min next week: Rose Foudy
Trócaire: Trócaire packs are available at the back of both Churches, please take one home with you. Trócaire envelope in your collection boxes: Due to a printing error, the date on your Trócaire envelopes is incorrect. The Trócaire collection normally takes place during Easter week; this collection can be paid anytime during Lent.
Thought for the week
Lent stimulates us to let the Word of God penetrate our life and in this way to know the fundamental truth: who we are, where we come from, where we must go, what the path we must take in life. Benedict XVI.
NET Ministries On Wednesday the 8th of March the Junior Amplified youth (1st-3rd year) will be meeting at 6:00-7:30pm in the Ruan Church Hall, and on Friday the 10th, the Senior Amplified youth (TY-6th year) will be meeting from 7:30-9:00pm.
Youth 2000 Prayer Meeting This week on Tuesday the 7th of March the Youth 2000 Prayer Meeting run by the NET Team will be held in the Crusheen Church meeting room at 7:00 for all young adults between the ages of 16-35.
Youth Mass March 12th will be the first Youth Mass within the Ruan and Dysart Parish, it will be held in Ruan at the 10am Mass. We would like to have youth involved in the Mass as much as possible, and therefore will be having a practice before hand on Thursday the 9th of March, at 7pm in Ruan parish hall. Anyone interested in helping us please come out.
‘Be My Witness Programme’ for all Confirmation Children in the Imeall Bóirne parishes will be held in Corofin Hall from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm tonight Sunday 5th March
Talks for adult and youth: Lent is coming and we are offered a way of preparation to meet the merciful Father and put our hope in Him. A series of talks for adult and young, will be given every Sunday and Wednesday at 7.30 PM at the Parish Centre hall, starting on the 19th of February, on for 7 weeks. These talks will help us to find an answer to the main questions of life as: What is the meaning of sufferings? Who is God for you? Where is your life going? What’s the meaning of my life? They are free of charge and will be given by a team formed by Fr. Ger and lay people from the Neo-catechumenal Way, with the purpose to let us listen again the Good News of the Mercy of God for us. You are welcome to come and Listen to all or any.
Ruan and Dysart Apostolic Work Society are holding their annual display of work in Ruan Community Centre on Sunday next 12th March. The display begins immediately after 10:00 am Mass and will continue until 5:00 pm. All members have been very busy getting work finished. There will be lots of crochet, knits, flower baskets and pot plants for sale on the day. We look forward to your continued support. There will be a cup of tea and cake for everyone.
Crusheen Ladybirds: Crusheen Ladybirds are part of Irish Girl Guides. Meetings are held on Tuesday evenings in Crusheen Church Hall from 5:30 to 6:30, catering from girls from 5 to 8 years. We do arts and crafts, indoor games and outdoor games, nature hunts and scavenger hunts. We do badge work and go on outings. For more information contact Mary O’Neill 0863553463
Ruan GAA: Lotto Results: W/E: 26/02/2017: No’s drawn: 5, 6, 8, 22 No Jackpot Winner: Five lucky dips: Nellie Kelly Lucas, Michael Keating, May Whelan, Conor Reeves and Siobhán Le Cathelinais. Next Week’s Jackpot: €6,750 Team: Ger Lyons Venue: Purcells. |
W/E 27/03/2016
Dawn Mass Easter Sunday: Old Graveyard Ruan at 6.30 am
Anniversary Masses in April Ruan: Sunday 3rd April 2016 at 10:00 am Pat O’Brien Hillary O’Brien John O’Brien Kevin Pyne Paddy Pyne Christy Meaney Mary Meaney
Dysart: Saturday 9th April 2016 at 6:30 pm Thomas McMahon PJ Callinan Bridie Callinan
Ruan: Sunday 10th April 2016 at 10:00 am First Anniversary Mass for John Hehir, also remembering Belinda Hehir
Ruan: Sunday 17th April 2016 at 10:00 am Michael J Casey Mrs Mary Casey Deceased members of the Reddan Family
Ruan: Friday 29th
April 2016 at 7:30 pm Dysart: Thursday and Friday at 9:30 am Please
Note: When there is a Funeral Mass in the parish,
there will not be any 9:30 am Mass in either Ruan or Dysart. Eucharistic Adoration: Ruan: Wednesdays - Hourly from 3pm to 7pm Dysart: Thursdays - Hourly from 10am to 1pm
Weekly Collections: Thank you very much for your contributions. St Patrick’s Day: PDF: €448.00 Baskets: €197.86 Trócaire: €29.40 Priests Coll: €250 20th March: PDF: €837.15.00 Baskets: €208.24 Candles: €22.94 Trócaire: €429.50 Priests Collection: €425.00READERS: Holy Saturday Vigil Mass DYSART Laura Cahir, Louise McDonnell, Maria Peoples, Matt McCormack RUAN: Emer O’Halloran, Rachel O’Loughlin, Anne Foley, Gary Shannon Easter Sunday RUAN: Liam Jones
EUCH MINISTERS: DYSART RUAN Holy Saturday Sinead Noonan Holy Saturday Mary O’Brien Easter Sunday Easter Sunday Caroline Meaney Readers & Ministers of the Eucharist next week 2nd/3rd April Dysart Saturday at 6.30 pm Ruan Sunday at 10.00 am Reader: Laura Cahir Reader: Aiden Lawton Euch Minister Pat Lynch Euch Minister: Siobhan Le Cathelinais
Priest’s collection: Priests Easter Collection will be taken up this weekend
Thought for the Week to strength and beauty and
happiness'
Trócaire collection: The Trócaire collection which is taken up during Easter is an opportunity to give to the less well-off people of our world.
Next Baptism Course: Ruan on Saturday 9th April from 11:00 am to 12 Noon. All people intending to have children baptised must complete the baptismal course before each child is baptised.
Home Baking Sale: Local girl Claire McDonnell and her colleague, Aisling Sweeney, are holding a cake sale after 6.30pm Mass in Dysart on Sat. eve and after 10am Mass in Ruan on Easter Sunday, where they will have home baking and Easter treats. The monies raised will fund their trip to Tanzania in May where they will work in a hospital in the Outback, with a number of other trainee nurses, treating patients and learning about their culture. So far they held a Bingo Nite and will give an account of all monies raised when it all comes in. The support of the community is much appreciated.
National Spring Clean Week: Ruan Tidy Towns group will be out on Tuesday evening 5th April for a village and surrounding roads litter pick and general clean-up. We would welcome all help from the community. Meet in the village at 7 p.m. Be proud of your village!
Ennis Singers Club for April will be held at the Grove Restaurant, Roslevan on Friday, 8th April @ 9.00 pm. Special Guests are local ladies, Mrs. Mary Ann Casey (Drummeer, Ruan) and Mrs. Bridie Morgan (Willbrook, Corofin, formerly the Meaney sisters from Ruan. All Welcome.
Corofin Dramatic Society present a comedy drama - “A Day in the Death of Joe Egg”, in Glór next Tuesday night 29th March. Admission €15 and €12 OAP and students.
OLD PHOTOGRAPHS: The Ruan/Dysart Local History Group have now almost completed work on about a dozen townlands in the parish with a view to an open exhibition later in the year. We are now looking for old photographs of people and places in the parish. We will copy these and give the originals back to the owner. It would be great to share these memories – more details later.
Consultation on Education: The National Council of Curriculum and Assessment have invited submissions on the teaching of ethics in our schools. Written proposals may be sent to ERB and Ethics Consultation, National Council of Curriculum and Assessment, 35 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2 or emailed to info@ncca.ie or online www.ncca.ie/consultation.erbe. The closing date is 31 March, 2016. Catholic schools currently make provision for inter-religious and inter-cultural learning and awareness in terms of their policies, ethos, leadership, the programme in religious education and across other curricular areas. This commitment to inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue is clearly outlined in the new religious Education Curriculum for Ireland and in the Veritas programme Grow in Love.
Ruan GAA: Lotto Results: W/E: 20/03/2016: No’s drawn: 1, 2, 4, 7 No Jackpot Winner: Five
lucky dips: Ross O’Connor, McCullough Family, Nellie Kelly Lucas,
Patrick Crowe and Carmel O’Halloran. Next
week’s Jackpot: €9,150 Team: Sean Ryan Venue: Mortys
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W/E 20/03/2016
Dysart: Saturday 19th March 2016 at 6:30 pm Months Mind Mass for Michael Finucane
Ruan: Sunday 20th March 2016 at 10:00 am Sabina Hayes Michael Tierney Mary Tierney James Fogarty Mona Fogarty
† We pray for the repose of the souls of Stephen Clancy Ballynacally, father of Rose Keane, Toonagh and Michelle Dundass of Connemara, niece of Chris Whelan, Dysart, who died during the week. May they rest in peace.
HOLY WEEK & EASTER MASSES & CELEBRATIONS Mass of The Eucharist: Holy Thursday in Ruan at 8.00 pm Good Friday Celebrations: Dysart: 3.00 pm Ruan: 8.00 pm Easter Vigil Mass: Dysart: 6.30 pm Ruan: 9.00 pm Easter Sunday: Ruan Old Graveyard at 6.30 am Ruan 10.00 am Good Friday: Friday next is a day of Fast and Abstinence Weekday Masses: Ruan: Mon/Tues at 9.30 am, Thurs at 8.00 pm, Saturday at 9.00 pm Dysart: Wed at 9.30 am, Saturday at 6.30 pm Eucharistic Adoration: Ruan: Wednesdays - Hourly from 3pm to 7pm Dysart: Thursdays - Hourly from 10am to 1pm
Weekly Collections: Thank you very much for your contributions. PDF: €1433.64 Baskets: €260.05 Candles: €73.39
Trócaire: €5.00 Priests Collection: €210.00 READERS: DYSART RUAN Palm Sunday Aidan Hastings Palm Sunday Deirdre Crowe, Gerry Heagney, Anne Foley Holy Thursday Holy Thursday Shauna Greene Good Friday Rose Foudy Good Friday Eileen Hannon, James Hannon, Carmel Foley Holy Saturday Matt McCormack Holy Saturday Emer O’Halloran, Anne Foley, Gary Shannon Easter Sunday Easter Sunday Liam Jones
EUCH MINISTERS: DYSART RUAN Palm Sunday Gerry Kelly Palm Sunday Carrie Droney Good Friday Edel Bluett Good Friday Sheila Lynch Holy Saturday Sinead Noonan Holy Saturday Mary O’Brien Easter Sunday Easter Sunday Caroline Meaney
Priest’s collection: Priests Easter Collection will be taken up next Sunday
Trócaire Lenten Campaign 2016: “Do not work for food that goes bad, but work for food that endures for
eternal life…” John 6:27. As we prepare to celebrate
Holy Week, we remember all those in the developing world supported by Trócaire
who have been given another chance in life through the generosity of people in
Ireland. Edward and Nancy Njuki in Kenya are just one such couple
whose lives have been changed by a simple irrigation scheme. ‘We are so
happy now compared to before and our children have a brighter future,’ said
Nancy. Join the fight for justice at www.trocaire.org Trócaire collection: The Trócaire collection which is taken up this Sunday and during Holy Week. It is an opportunity to give to the less well-off people of our world.
Next Baptism Course: Ruan on Saturday 9th April from 11:00 am to 12 Noon. All people intending to have children baptised must complete the baptismal course before each child is baptised
Killaloe Diocesan Youth Council (KDYC) has been asked by Trócaire to Celebrate Holy Thursday Mass on RTE OneTelevision at 4:40p.m. The group have been delighted to accept Trócaire’s request. Fr. Jerry Carey, P.P. Doora-Barefield will be the celebrant.
Meditation for Holy Week: A special meditation with movement, music, images and reflection on Wednesday at 7.30pm in St Anthony's Hall, Francis St. All are welcome. Mary 087 9701130
OLD PHOTOGRAPHS: The Ruan/Dysart Local History Group have now almost completed work on about a dozen townlands in the parish with a view to an open exhibition later in the year. We are now looking for old photographs of people and places in the parish. We will copy these and give the originals back to the owner. It would be great to share these memories – more details later.
Consultation on Education: The National Council of Curriculum and Assessment have invited submissions on the teaching of ethics in our schools. Written proposals may be sent to ERB and Ethics Consultation, National Council of Curriculum and Assessment, 35 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2 or emailed to info@ncca.ie or online www.ncca.ie/consultation.erbe. The closing date is 31 March, 2016. Catholic schools currently make provision for inter-religious and inter-cultural learning and awareness in terms of their policies, ethos, leadership, the programme in religious education and across other curricular areas. This commitment to inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue is clearly outlined in the new religious Education Curriculum for Ireland and in the Veritas programme Grow in Love.
Ruan GAA: Lotto
Results: W/E: 13/03/2016: No’s drawn: 2, 4, 5, 15 No Jackpot Winner:
Five lucky dips: Bridie Moroney, Sean Clohessy, Tom Roughan, Owen O’Donnell and Donal O hAinifein Next week’s Jackpot: €9,000 Team: Ted Wynne Venue: Purcells
Items and
Notes for the Newsletter:
Items for the Newsletter should be dropped into the Parochial House
before 10.00 am on Thursday each week or ring 6827799 and leave a message on
the voice mail or email ruandysartparish@gmail.com The
Newsletter can be viewed on-line at the Ruan GAA & Parish News website at www.ruan.gaa.ie Ruan Community Games Swimming If there are any children who do not attend either Toonagh or Ruan National Schools, interested in Ruan Community Games Swimming this year please contact Bernadette Kelly 087 2496621. If a Parish competition has to be run, competitors must be available on a date to be decided between 4 and 7 April. Ages, u 8; 10; 12; 14; 16 as at 31st July, 2016.
Celebrating 60 years of Pilgrimage: This year the Killaloe Diocese is celebrating 60 years of pilgrimage to Lourdes. On 26th June four flights will leave Shannon Airport bringing pilgrims to Lourdes for five days celebrating the Jubilee Year of Mercy. The cost is €687 full board with online discount available on www.joewalshtours.ie. Assisted pilgrims are most welcome to travel and care will be provided by medical, nursing and carers. Cost for an assisted pilgrim is €585. Application forms for assisted pilgrims to Fr Tom Ryan Shannon Pilgrimage Director on 061-364133.
Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock: The annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock this year will take place on Sunday 3rd July, sharing with Ferns as we have in previous years. This year Killaloe diocese will lead the ceremonies. Save the date – specific details will be announced at a later date.
Pride of Place competition 2016: Expressions of interest are being sought from local communities, projects and housing estates around Clare who wish to participate in the IPB Pride of Place competition 2016 in association with Co-operation Ireland. For further information please contact Philomena O’Connell, Clare County Council at 065 6846511, email tourism@clarecoco.ie Closing date for receipt of expression of interests is 4.00pm on Thursday, 31st March, 2016
Clare Haven Services Insights Programme - A free and confidential weekly programme for women who are or have been in an abusive domestic relationship will commence in Ennis in early April. For further information please contact Clare Haven Services on 065 6842646.
TIME FOR A NEW CHALLENGE? Volunteer as a Facilitator with ACCORD Catholic Marriage Care Service. If you feel that you have something to offer to people who are preparing for the Sacrament of Marriage and you are willing to give up some voluntary time to train in this area then we, in the ACCORD Ennis Centre, would be delighted to hear from you. Certificate in Marriage Education accredited by Pontifical University, Maynooth. For information pack please email us at: accord.ennis@eircom.net by Friday 25th March. Tel: 065-6824297
Pre Marriage Course: The Pre Marriage course run by Accord or the course run by the Redemptorists are acceptable by the Diocese. The courses run by Avalon and others are not acceptable. |
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Anniversary Masses in March Dysart: Saturday 12th March 2016 at 6:30 pm Pa Crowe Francis O’Neill Mary O’Neill Molly Burke Nora Burke Mary Nestor Gerry Nestor Tom Nestor
Dysart: Wednesday 16th April 2016 at 6:30 pm First Anniversary Mass for Peg Cullinan
Dysart: Saturday 19th March 2016 at 6:30 pm Months Mind Mass for Michael Finucane
Ruan: Sunday 20th March 2016 at 10:00 am Sabina Hayes Michael Tierney Mary Tierney
Confessions for Lent: Confessions will be held in both Ruan and Dysart after Mass this weekend.
St Patrick’s Day: Thursday next is St Patrick’s Day – Our National Feast Day Vigil Mass - Dysart: 6.30 pm Wednesday16th March Ruan: 10.00 am Thursday 17th March
Weekday Masses: Ruan: Monday, Tues, and Saturday at 9.30 am. Thursday at 10.00 am Dysart: Wednesday at 6:30 pm and Friday at 9:30 am Please Note: When there is a Funeral Mass in the parish,
there will be no 9:30 am mass in either Ruan or Dysart. Dysart: Thursdays - Hourly from 10am to 1pm
Weekly Collections: Thank you very much for your contributions. PDF: €644.99 Baskets: €159.81 Candles: €19.05 Bishops Commissions: €10.00 Priests Collection: €50.00 Readers & Ministers of the Eucharist Dysart Saturday at 6.30 pm Ruan Sunday at 10.00 am Reader this week: First Communion Parents Reader this week: First Communion Parents Vigil St Patrick’s Day: Louise McDonnell Reader St Patrick’s Day: Rachel O’Loughlin Reader next week: Aidan Hastings Reader next week: Deirdre Crowe Euch Min this week: Ita Hastings Euch Min this week: Geraldine Crowe Vigil St Patrick’s Day: Moira O’Loughlin Euch Min St Patrick’s Day: Teresa Cullinan Euch Min next week: Gerry Kelly Euch Min next week: Carrie DroneyNext Baptism Course: Ruan on Saturday 9th April from 11:00 am to 12 Noon. All people intending to have children baptised must complete the baptismal course before each child is baptised. Holy Communion Preparation: Second preparation Ceremony in Dysart on Saturday 12th March at 6:30 and in Ruan on Sunday 13th March at 10:00 am Part-time cleaner required at Toonagh National School. The position is for 3 hours, one day per week. Experience is desirable. Please contact the school on 065-6820143. Thought for the Week Imperfect people are all God has ever had to work with. That must be very frustrating to Him But He deals with it. So should we! And when we see imperfection - Remember that limitation Is not in the Divinity of the work......So be patient, kind and forgiving. (Elder Jerrfre R. Holland)
Consultation on Education: The National Council of Curriculum and Assessment have invited submissions on the teaching of ethics in our schools. Written proposals may be sent to ERB and Ethics Consultation, National Council of Curriculum and Assessment, 35 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2 or emailed to info@ncca.ie or online www.ncca.ie/consultation.erbe. The closing date is 31 March, 2016. Catholic schools currently make provision for inter-religious and inter-cultural learning and awareness in terms of their policies, ethos, leadership, the programme in religious education and across other curricular areas. This commitment to inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue is clearly outlined in the new religious Education Curriculum for Ireland and in the Veritas programme Grow in Love.
Proclamation Day. Tuesday March 15th is designated as "Proclamation
Day" in schools. Ruan NS is hosting its own Proclamation Day
Presentation in their school hall from 1pm to 2pm on the day. This will
include history, music, song, poetry and dance. A historical
presentation of old family photos and artefacts will be on display. Staff and
pupils will dress in the style and fashion of 100 years ago for this day.
A Cead Mile Fáilte is extended to all members of the community so please come
join us as we travel back in time to celebrate our cultural heritage and this
momentous period of Irish history. Ruan Community Childcare would like to thank all who contributed to their recent Church Gate Collection, the total amount raised was €290.61 Ruan Community Games Swimming If there are any children who do not attend either Toonagh or Ruan National Schools, interested in Ruan Community Games Swimming this year please contact Bernadette Kelly 087 2496621. If a Parish competition has to be run, competitors must be available on a date to be decided between 4 and 7 April. Ages, u 8; 10; 12; 14; 16 as at 31st July, 2016. Community Games Athletics: Kilnaboy hosted the community games cross country running recently. In a very exciting race in the u13 girls, 1200m, Ruan girls scooped Gold. Neasa Ni Ainifein led the field, Aisling Moloney came ninth, Neasa Ni Leachtnain, 11th, Aoife Anderson, fourteenth and Kate Forde, nineteenth. Neasa Ni Ainifein, as overall winner, will now represent Clare at the National Finals in August. This was a great achievement for the parish, as all five girls were under age this year, giving great hope for the future. Clothes Collection: The recent clothes collection held for Toonagh School brought in €730, for which the Parents Association of the school is very grateful. The support of the community is very much appreciated, as these monies go towards classroom supplies for the schoolchildren. Volunteering for Nurture Africa: Becky Curtin, a young trainee nurse from Fountain, held a Sale of Work & Cake Sale in Toonagh Hall recently. Funds raised will go towards her upcoming trip to Uganda with nine other trainee nurses, to help local orphaned children with healthcare. She thanks all who baked and donated items for the fundraiser and welcomed all the support she received. Ruan GAA: Lotto Results: W/E: 06/03/2016: No’s drawn: 5, 12, 19, 23 No Jackpot Winner: Five lucky dips: Paul Howard, Geraldine Ryan, Tina Meere, Des Whelan and Barry Mahoney. Next week’s Jackpot: €8,850 Team: Frank Lyons Venue: Mortys |
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Anniversary Masses in March
Ruan: Sunday 6th March 2016 at 10:00 am Paddy McMahon Joan Daly Tom Crowe, Ballyogan Deceased Members of the Crowe Family
Dysart: Saturday 12th March 2016 at 6:30 pm Pa Crowe Francis O’Neill Mary O’Neill
Dysart: Wednesday 16th April 2016 at 6:30 pm First Anniversary Mass for Peg Cullinan
Dysart: Saturday 19th March 2016 at 6:30 pm Months Mind Mass for Michael Finucane
Ruan: Sunday 20th March 2016 at 10:00 am Sabina Hayes Michael Tierney Mary Tierney
† We pray for the repose of the souls of Laura Winters, niece of Teresa Cullinan
and Frank Kelly, Tarmon who died
during the week. May they rest in peace.
Weekday Masses: Ruan: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday at 9.30 am. Dysart: Thursday and Friday at 9:30 am Please Note: When there is a Funeral Mass in the parish,
there will be no 9:30 am Mass in either Ruan or Dysart. Dysart: Thursdays - Hourly from 10am to 1pm
Weekly Collections: Thank you very much for your contributions. Dysart Saturday at 6.30 pm Ruan Sunday at 10.00 am Reader this week: First Communion Parents Reader this week: Ruth Crowe Reader next week: First Communion Parents Reader next week: First Communion Parents Euch Min this week: Rose Foudy Euch Min this week: Monica Cassidy Euch Min next week: Ita Hastings Euch Min next week: Geraldine Crowe
Next Baptism Course: Corofin on Saturday 12th March from 11:00 am to 12 Noon. All people intending to have children baptised must complete the baptismal course before each child is baptised.
Parish Pastoral Council Meeting will be held in Ruan Community Centre on Monday 7th March at 8:00 pm.
Pastoral Council Training Meeting in Ruan Community Centre on Wednesday 9th
March at 8 pm
Thought for the Week
'God calls us to be fellow workers with Him, so that we can extend His
kingdom of peace, justice, goodness, compassion and caring' (Desmond
Tutu)
Trócaire Lenten
Campaign 2016: Trócaire Packs are available at the back of the Churches.
“…whoever honours a mother is like someone amassing a fortune.” Ecclesiasticus/Sirach 3:4. On this Mothering Sunday we remember mothers in the developing world who struggle, through no fault of their own, to care for their children. Mothers like Teresina Karimi in Kenya who skips meals so her children can eat. We pray that with Trócaire’s support Teresina will be able to look forward to a brighter future. Find out more at www.trocaire.org. Lenten Reflections: A one page reflection on each Sunday Gospel called Hearing, Happening, Hoping can be downloaded from the Killaloe Diocesan website http://www.killaloediocese.ie/diocesan-news/hearing-happening-hoping-2016.html.
Holy Communion Preparation: First Preparation Ceremony for Holy Communion will take place in Dysart on Saturday 5th March at 6:30 pm. Second preparation Ceremony will be in Dysart next Saturday 12th March at 6:30 and in Ruan on Sunday 13th March at 10:00 am
Keratin Hair Studio now opened in Ruan under the ownership of Siobhan Cusack. Located just on the Corofin side of the Dalcassian petrol pumps, Siobhan offers flexible appointments, catering for all aspects of hairdressing - colour, tinting, highlights, bridal packages, house calls available on request. Contact Siobhan 0858382444.
A Tidy Towns Information evening will take place on Tuesday, 8th March from 5.30pm to 7.30pm in the offices of Clare County Council. Please confirm your attendance to Ailish McMahon on (065) 6846476 or email aimcmahon@clarecoco.ie An Adult handball Club has been revived in Toonagh, after an absence of a number of years. Adults interested in playing handball are invited to the Sports Complex in Toonagh on Monday and Friday nights from 8pm - adult beginners welcome. Contact Eoghan Hynes @ 0838125591 for details Apostolic Work: Ruan and Dysart Apostolic Members are now busy preparing for their annual display of work which will be held in Ruan Community Centre on Sunday 10th April 2016. If you wish to donate a sacred vessel to the missions in memory of a loved one it would be very much appreciated. The price list is on display in both Churches. If interested contact: Eileen Roughan, Eileen Hannon or Mary Marrinan. Ruan GAA: All Ireland winners: Brian Roughan was a member of the Mary Immaculate College Panel who won a very exciting Fitzgibbon Cup title over University of Limerick last weekend in Cork. Francis O'Halloran was a selector with Mary I. Congratulations to both Brian and Francis on this historic win Lotto Results: W/E: 28/2/2016: No’s drawn: 3, 8, 15, 27 No Jackpot Winner: Five lucky dips: Ross O’Connor, Ollie Lambe, Patrick Crowe, Adrian Marrinan and Frank O’Halloran Next week’s Jackpot: €8,700 Team: Flan Lyons Venue: Purcells Items and Notes for the Newsletter: Items for the Newsletter should be dropped into the Parochial House before 10.00 am on Thursday each week or ring 6827799 and leave a message on the voice mail or email ruandysartparish@gmail.com The Newsletter can be viewed on-line at the Ruan GAA & Parish News website at www.ruan.gaa.ie
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Mass of Anniversaries In April Ruan: Sunday 29th March 2015 at 10.00 am Memorial Mass for Sr. Mary Ita Guthrie, Society of the Holy Child Jesus, who died recently in America and also remembering her sister Sr. Brendan Ruan: Sunday 5th April 2015 at 10.00 am Pat O’Brien Hillary O’Brien John O’Brien Liam Ballinger Christy Meaney Mary Meaney Ruan: Saturday 11th April 2015 Months Mind Mass for Sarah Courtney Dysart: Saturday 11th April 2015 at 6.30 pm Tom McMahon Bridie Callinan & PJ Callinan Michael Keating Martin Kennedy Franny Lyons Vincent Meere Michael Meere Ruan: Sunday 12th April at 10.00 am Months Mind Mass for John Hehir and also remembering Belinda Hehir Dysart: Saturday 18th April 2015 at 6.30 First Anniversary Mass for Cathy O’Neill Ruan: Sunday 19th April 2015 at 10.00 am Michael Casey Mrs Mary Casey Deceased member of the Reddan Family Kevin Pyne Paddy Pyne Teresa Foley John Foley Christine Mahoney Deceased members of the Mahoney Family Deceased Members of the Lynch Family HOLY WEEK & EASTER MASSES & CELEBRATIONS Mass of The Eucharist: Holy Thursday in Ruan at 8.00 pm Good Friday Celebrations: Dysart: 3.00 pm Ruan: 8.00 pm Easter Vigil Mass: Dysart: 6.30 pm Ruan: 9.00 pm Easter Sunday: Dysart Graveyard at 6.00 am Ruan 10.00 am Good Friday: Friday next is a day of Fast and Abstinence Weekday Masses: Ruan: Mon/Tues at 9.30 am, Thurs at 8.00 pm, Saturday at 9.00 pm Dysart: Wed at 9.30 am, Saturday at 6.30 pm Weekly Collections: Thank you very much for your contributions. PDF: €773.50 Baskets: €238.32 Candles: €30.90 Bishops Commissions: €5.00 Priests Collection: €50.00 Trócaire: €20.00 Next Baptism Course: Ruan on Saturday 18th April from 11:00 am to 12 Noon Confirmation Preparation: First Preparation Ceremony for Confirmation takes place in Dysart on Saturday 28th March at 6.30 pm and in Ruan on Sunday 29th March at 10.00 am. Thought for the week. 'During these 40 days of Lent let me put away all my pride. Let me change my heart and give up all that is not good within me. Let me love God with all that I am and all that I have.' (Genesis Grain) READERS: DYSART RUAN Palm Sunday Confirmation Children Palm Sunday Confirmation Children Holy Thursday Holy Thursday Laura Neylon Good Friday Maria Peoples Good Friday Garry Shannon, Liam Jones, Aiden Lawton Holy Saturday Emily Mulqueen Holy Saturday Anne Foley, Marie Slattery, Ruth Crowe Easter Sunday Rachel O’Loughlin EUCH MINISTERS: DYSART RUAN Palm Sunday Flan Lyons Palm Sunday Mary O’Brien Good Friday Ita Hastings Holy Saturday Moira O’Loughlin Holy Saturday Caroline Meaney Easter Sunday Siobhan Le Cathelinais Priests collection: Priests Easter Collection will be taken up next Sunday Trócaire collection: The Trócaire collection will be taken up this Sunday and during Holy Week. It’s an opportunity to give to the less well-off people of our world Trócaire Lenten Campaign: “They took branches of palm and went out to receive him, shouting: 'Hosanna! Blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel.'” John 12:13. The palm symbolises Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It could also be used as a symbol of the entry of many communities in the developing world to a new era of hope where crops grow where there was once parched land thanks to your support of Trócaire’s projects. Find out more at trocaire.org/lent Ruan GAA: Ruan GAA Membership: If you have not already done please be aware Ruan GAA club membership for now due for renewal and can be paid to any member of the club executive or club registrar Niall O’Connor 0879497896. Ruan GAA Scrap Metal Collection: Please be aware Ruan GAA are currently finalising their collection of scrap metal and if there is any scrap metal you wish to have collected please contact Vinny O’Halloran 0862788440, Kevin McDonnell 0868460284 or Tom Roughan 0851734204. Ruan Minor Club Under 6 and 8: Under 8 training is on Monday and Thursday nights in Ruan GAA pitch at 6.30. Under 6 training is on Thursday nights at 6.30. New players are most welcome to attend. Under
14:
Ruan played good hurling in the group stages of Féile na
nGael on Saturday last in Newmarket. Ruan have qualified
for the semi-final against Eire Óg. In Ruan's group were Clonlara,
Feakle/Kilanena and Clooney Quin. Lotto Results: W/E: 22/03/2015: No’s drawn: 8, 11, 21, 27. No Jackpot Winner: Five lucky
dips: Aideen Murphy,
Ethan Howard, Veronica McMahon, Martha Whelan and Jonathan Brohan. Next week’s Jackpots: €7,900 Team: Christy O’Connor Venue: Purcells. Homemade Baking - Order your local, homemade Communion and Confirmation Cakes, Cookies, Cake Pops and Cupcakes now for your Special Day. All tastes and pockets catered for. Contact Laura @ 0872901892. Notice: Fully qualified and experienced secondary school teacher available for all levels of grinds in both Junior and Leaving Cert English. Grinds will be tailored to all individual’s needs. Comprehensive notes will be provided as well as homework, corrections and a detailed approach to answering exam questions. Group sessions available. I also teach one – one IT classes to all age groups – Internet, Skype, Photo uploading, Microsoft Word etc. Contact 085 7881574. New 5 week block of 10 Bootcamp circuit fitness classes: Starting after Easter break - Monday 13th April. Every Monday & Wednesday night 8:30-9:30pm in Ruan NS Hall. Circuit fitness followed by yoga stretching. All levels of fitness welcome! Two options to avail of: either purchase a 10 class pass or PAYG. Contact Rosie McMahon for more info! 0864547827 Ruan & Dysart Apostolic Work: Ruan and Dysart Apostolic Work Society are now preparing for their annual display of work. It will be held in Ruan Community Centre on Sunday 12th April. If you would like to donate a sacred vessel to the missions in memory of a loved one, it would be very much appreciated. Prices range from €30 to €100 approximately. Contact Eileen Roughan, Eileen Hannon or Mary Marrinan for further details. We thank you for your continued help and generosity to the missions. Parish Graveyard: The last double graveyard has been taken in Ruan graveyard, so there are no more new family graves available in the Parish. If there is anyone that has suitable land, between Ruan and Dysart, who would be willing to make it available for development of a Parish Graveyard, please contact Fr Pat O’Neill as soon as possible. The Irish Blood Transfusion Service will be holding a blood donor clinic in the West County Hotel, Ennis, on Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st March and Wednesday 1st April from 6 pm to 9 pm. 3000 units of blood are required every week. 1000 people receive blood or a blood product every week; 1:4 of our population require blood at some point in their live. Only 3% of our population give blood. Exercise Class for the over 60's every Wednesday @ 14h30 in the meeting room, GAA Hall, Corofin & every Tuesday @ 10h00 in Tubber Hall |
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Mass of Anniversaries In April
Ruan: Sunday 5th April 2015 at 10.00 am Pat O’Brien Hillary O’Brien John O’Brien Liam Ballinger Christy Meaney Mary Meaney
Ruan: Saturday 11th April 2015 Months Mind Mass for Sarah Courtney
Dysart: Saturday 11th April 2015 at 6.30 pm Tom McMahon Bridie Callinan & PJ Callinan
Ruan: Sunday 12th April at 10.00 am Months Mind Mass for John Hehir and also remembering Belinda Hehir
Dysart: Saturday 18th April 2015 at 6.30 First Anniversary Mass for Cathy O’Neill
Ruan: Sunday 19th April 2015 at 10.00 am Michael Casey Mrs Mary Casey Deceased member of the Reddan Family
Confessions for Lent: Confessions will be held in both Ruan and Dysart after Mass this weekend.
† We pray for the repose of the soul of Margaret (Peig) Cullinan, Ballygriffey
who died during the week. May she rest in peace. Weekday Masses: Ruan: Monday,
Tuesday Wednesday and Saturday at 9.30 am. Dysart: Thursday
and Friday at 9.30 am
Weekly
Collections: Thank
you very much for your contributions.
PDF: €607.20 Baskets: €169.95 Candles:
€36.81 Bishops Commissions:
€17.00 Priests Collection: €65.00
Readers & Ministers of the Eucharist
Dysart Saturday at 6.30 pm Ruan Sunday at 10.00 am Reader this week: Louise McDonnell Reader this week: Emer O’Halloran Reader next week: Confirmation Children Reader next week: Confirmation Children Euch Min this week: Rose Foudy Euch Min this week: Noreen Ballinger Euch Min next week: Flan Lyons Euch Min next week: Mary O’Brien
Next Baptism Course: Ruan on Saturday 18th April from 11:00 am to 12 Noon
Confirmation Preparation: First Preparation Ceremony for Confirmation takes place in Dysart on Saturday 28th March at 6.30 pm and in Ruan on Sunday 29th March at 10.00 am.
Pre Marriage Course: The Pre Marriage course run by Accord or the course run by the Redemptorists are acceptable by the Diocese. The courses run by Avalon and others are not acceptable. Thought for the Week:
'Everything in life has its own time. Parish Graveyard: The last double graveyard has been taken in Ruan graveyard, so there are no more new family graves available in the Parish. If there is anyone that has suitable land, between Ruan and Dysart, who would be willing to make it available for development of a Parish Graveyard, please contact Fr Pat O’Neill as soon as possible.
Ruan &
Dysart Apostolic Work: Ruan and Dysart Apostolic Work Society are now
preparing for their annual display of work. It will be held in Ruan Community
Centre on Sunday 12th April. If you would like to donate a sacred
vessel to the missions in memory of a loved one, it would be very much
appreciated. Prices range from €30 to €100 approximately. Contact Eileen
Roughan, Eileen Hannon or Mary Marrinan for further details. We thank you for your continued help and generosity to the missions.
Toonagh Parents Association is holding a book sale in Toonagh School on Tuesday 24th March from 9:15 to 2:30 and from 7 pm to 8 pm. Donations of Children’s books, only, would be very welcome and may be left at the school during school hours. Adult books will also be sold on the day. Monies raised will go towards School supplies.
Notice: Fully
qualified and experienced secondary school teacher available for all levels of
grinds in both Junior and Leaving Cert English. Grinds will be tailored to all
individual’s needs. Comprehensive notes will be provided as well as homework,
corrections and a detailed approach to answering exam questions. Group sessions
available. I also teach one – one IT classes to all age groups – Internet, Skype, Photo uploading, Microsoft Word etc. Contact 085 7881574.
Cancer man to man meeting at Sláinte an Chláir Clare Cancer Support Centre Kilnamona on Saturday 28 March at 11am. Coping skills, diet, nutrition, exercise will be discussed. 087 6912396
Medjugorje Pilgrimage from Shannon May 20th for seven days. Cost €659: Please contact Kathleen Lee at 086-1031508 with your enquiries.
Ruan community games swimming Will take place 24TH March, 2015 Ennis Leisure Complex 4.30pm. Under age as at 31st July. U8 – U -16.
Camogie: Our Junior team commence their season with an away game to St Josephs on Sunday 22nd March at 5pm in Gurteen. Any members who haven't yet registered please contact any member of the Executive.
Ruan
GAA:
An executive meeting of Ruan GAA club will take place on Wednesday Mar 25th at 9pm in Ruan Community Centre, any executive member unable to attend should contact club Rúnaí Kevin O’Regan in advance of the meeting. Lotto Results: W/E: 15/03/2015: No’s drawn: 11, 16, 18, 24. No Jackpot Winner: Next week’s Jackpot: €7,750 Team: Ger Lyons Venue: Dalcassian |
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