Oristown, Kells
Co. Meath
ORISTOWN / KILBERRY PARISH BULLETIN
24th MARCH 2024 (PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION )
Parochial House, Oristown. Tel: Fr. John O’Brien 046-9054124
E-mail: oristownparish@gmail.com Website:www.oristownparish.com
TIMES OF WEEKEND MASSES
Oristown: Kilberry :
Sun 24TH March 10am Sat 23rd March 7pm
John Foley (M.M) Bernie Carty (M.M)
Hugh & Mary Nelson
Michael & Brigid Fitzsimons Sun 24th March 11.30am
Friday 29th March 3pm Thurs 28th March 7pm
Good Friday – Celebration of the Lord’s Passion Holy Thursday- Mass of the Lord’s
Saturday 30th March 8pm Friday 29th March 11am
Holy Saturday - The Easter Vigil Good Friday – Stations of the Cross
Sunday 31st March 10am Sunday 31st March 11.30am
Easter Sunday- Mark O’ Callaghan Easter Sunday- Olive Kealy (M.M)
TIMES OF WEEKDAY MASSES 9.30AM
Oristown: Wednesday & Friday 9.30am Kilberry: Tuesday & Thursday
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Penance Service for Holy Week will take place in St. Colmcille’s Church, Kells this Sunday evening at 6pm. All are welcome to attend.
CONFESSIONS DURING HOLY WEEK : ST. MARY’S CHURCH , NAVAN Will be available all day Tuesday the 26th March from 8.00am until 9.00pm and on Holy Thursday the 28th March from 12 noon until 3.00pm. Again all are welcome to attend.
CHRISM MASS:takes place on Wednesday 27th March in the Cathedral at 7pm.Everyone is welcome to attend.
COMMUNION CALLS FOR EASTER: The sick and housebound will be visited during the coming week.
TROCAIRE: Trocaire envelopes are available at the back of the Churches. Please return all Trocaire envelopes by Holy Thursday the 28th March. A collection will be taken up at the Holy Thursday Mass. Any donations outstanding after Easter Sunday should be forwarded directly to Trocaire.
EASTER OFFERINGS: Will be taken up at all masses next weekend.
ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Will take place after the 7 pm mass this Saturday evening in Kilberry.
Vocations Notice This Palm Sunday we enter into the journey of Jesus who gives us His Body and Blood, who carries His cross, who lies in the cavern of the dead and who opens the doors of death for us. As the Lord goes on His saving way, He calls young men to the Sacred Priesthood to hold up His Body, to be bearers of His Precious Blood, to show the world His saving Cross.to tell all of His promise of life over death. Become His Priest and open the way to God for others.
Join us at the Chrism Mass in the Cathedral of Christ the King, Mullingar on Wednesday 27th March at 7pm. Come and see the majesty of the Priesthood of Jesus Christ. Also join in the Vocations Night Prayer in your Parish Church on Holy Thursday Night. The evening of the Last Supper is the birth of the Priesthood. Come pray and let your vocation grow too.
CEMETERY SUNDAY Will take place on Saturday the 8th June in Kilberry and Sunday 9th June in Gibbstown.Masses will be offered for all the deceased in our Cemeteries.
Wilkinstown Active Retirement: The chiropodist will attend our next meeting on Wednesday 27th.March,from 9.30am. Carmel Dowdall will do her chaerobics exercise class from11.45 until 12.30.pm. Everyone welcome.
Halla Bhaile Ghib/Gibbstown Hall AGM will take place on Wednesday 3rd April 2024 at 8.30pm. All are welcome. Bingo every Sunday night in Gibbstown Hall at 8pm. All welcome.
Donations Perhaps you might consider making a donation through our Oristown Parish Website. You can select Donate at top of page which will take you to where the Parish Bank Details are listed.
Any donation will be greatly appreciated.
Mass will be live streamed on MCN Media at the follwing link:
https://www.mcnmedia.tv/camera/st-catherines-church
St Catherine's Church,
Oristown
The present church in Oristown was opened and dedicated 15 November 1970 by Most Rev. John McCormack.
Times of Mass
Sundays and Holydays
St Catherine's Church
Oristown
Saturday 7.00pm
Sunday 10.00am
St John The Baptist Church,
Kilberry
Sunday 11.30am
Weekday Masses
Times of weekday Masses are published in the weekly
Parish Newsletter/Bulletin
Upcoming events
St John The Baptist Church, Kilberry
Kilberry Church was built in 1839. It replaced an earlier L-shaped chapel, which appears on Larkin’s map in 1812. The 1839 church was a cruciform in shape with galleries on each of the side aisle
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