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Newsboard – 10/08/2025

This Week’s Parish News
Faughart Parish, 7–14 August 2025

Our Priests & Contact Details

Weekly Envelopes (Upkeep Contributions)

  • Castletown: €196.00

  • Kilcurry: €397.57

  • Brid-a-Chrin: €262.65

  • Faughart: €116.00

  • Non-Envelope: €694.00 & £40.38

Sacramental News

  • Baptism: Welcome into our Christian community—Nell Rose Mc Glue, baptized last weekend.

  • Wedding: Congratulations to John Heeny & Emma Dowdall, married recently.

Camino 2025 Fundraiser

Fr. Vinod is walking the 800 km Camino (Southern France → Santiago) from 1–30 August 2025, raising funds for the Kilcurry graveyard extension.
Donation cards and envelopes are available in all churches—please keep him in your prayers!

Maintenance & Repairs

  • St. Joseph’s Cemetery (Castletown): Pathway repairs underway. Work is being done with respect for the surroundings—please excuse any inconvenience.

Special Masses & Devotions

  • Vocations Mass: Friday 15 August (Feast of the Assumption), 6:00 pm at Faughart Shrine. Celebrant: Fr. Barry Matthews. All welcome.

  • Mass for Those Struggling: Friday 15 August, 12:30 pm at Knock Shrine (Apparition Chapel), for those affected by suicide. Celebrant: Fr. Tom Griffin I.C.

Pilgrimages & Retreats

  • Annual Parish Pilgrimage to Lourdes: 7–11 October 2025.

    • Contacts: Kathleen (042 937 5281) • Mary (086 107 222) • Laurena (085 183 3110)

  • Lough Derg One-Day Retreat: Saturday, 23 August (departure from Dundalk).

    • Enquiries: Laurena (085 183 3110)

Mass Intentions & Schedule

Kilcurry

  • Sunday 11:00 am:
    Ciaran Mc Keever (Ann); Kathleen & Desmond O’Hare (Roskeagh); John & Rosanne Rafferty; Rose Martin; Jim & Michael Rafferty; John McKenna; Margaret McNamee; Felix & Rosaleen Loughran; Regina Quigley (Ann)

  • Next Sunday 11:00 am:
    Kitty, Michael & Sean Duffy; Eleanor, Adrian & Mary Fegan; Patrick O’Hanlon & deceased family members (DFM)

Brid-a-Chrín

  • Sunday 10:00 am: Niall Craven (5th Ann); John Begley; Peter & Tommy Dullaghan (Ann)

  • Friday 7:30 pm: Gerard Daly (Ann)

Castletown

  • Saturday 6:00 pm: Brigid, Edward & Noel Hoey; Eileen & Paddy Leavy; Patricia & Paddy Ellis; Ann & Patrick Crilly (Ann); Veronica Devaney (2nd Ann)

  • Sunday 12:00 noon: Patrick McNally (2nd Ann)

  • Monday 7:00 pm: Tom & Ciss Litchfield (Ann); Helen Litchfield (1st Ann)

  • Tuesday–Thursday 10:00 am: Weekday Masses (no specific intentions listed)

  • Friday 10:00 am: Eileen Brennan

  • Next Saturday 6:00 pm: Kelvin & Raymond Murray (Ann); Elizabeth Murden; Ann McAlevey (MM); Valerie Owens (Ann)

  • Next Sunday 12:00 noon: (No intention specified)

Faughart

  • Saturday 7:30 pm: Mícheál, Mary & Gearóid O’Donnell (Ann); Margaret & John Quinn & DFM

  • Next Saturday 7:30 pm: Brian McKenna (MM)

We wish you a blessed week ahead! If you have any notices or intentions for next week’s board, please contact the parish office.