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CASHEL & ROSEGREEN
NEWSLETTER

5 October 2003 27th Sunday
SACRISTY: 61263 OFFICE: 62200/FAX 63806
e-mail cashelparish@eircom.net
ON CALL: Monday & Tuesday Fr Conor Hayes 61409
Wednesday & Thursday Fr Christy. O'Dwyer 61127
Friday & Saturday Mgr James Ryan 61353
Sunday 5 Oct: Mgr James Ryan 61353

LIVING EAST OF EDEN
How did today's gospel touch you? Has marriage breakdown or divorce touched your life? Your friendships? Your family? Do you fear it, like prey sensing a predator is near at hand?

Sometimes churches sidestep the issue. Marriage breakdown is so common and so sensitive that we avoid the subject, so as not to inflict more pain. It's hard to do justice to a God who hates divorce and loves the divorced, just as surely as he welcomed everyone, even children. We all get things wrong.
Our plan and God's plan were different. Eden is behind us. We live in a place characterised by weeds rather than flowers, dust rather then dew. East of Eden is a place, not of innocence, but of hardness of heart. We still live there today. Locks on our doors, police to protect us, people getting divorces.

At times we all need to return to the blueprint: things rarely work out as planned. Familiarity breeds contempt, friendships are broken and remade, fortunes lost and regained. Disappointment, illness and death all take their toll. Yet couples have lived and loved unconditionally through it all.
Living east of Eden was not God's plan. Little has changed since that first wedding of Adam and Eve. God still witnesses to human love.
'Heavenly Father, give husband and wife the courage to be for each other a
person rather than a title'
Fr Tom Cox, Longford
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PARISH PASTORAL CENTRE:
The Parish Centre is nearing completion.
Individuals and groups wishing to use the facilities for meetings etc, either short or long term, should contact the
Parish Office 062-62200

MASSES CASHEL:

RADIO 108FM (note change)
SATURDAY 7.30pm.
SUNDAY 8.00am; 10.30am; 12.00 noon; St Patrick's 10.00am
WEEKDAYS 7.45am & 10.30am (No 7.45am Sat)
St Patrick's Hospital 10.00am.
Our Lady's Hospital Thursday 5.30pm.
EVENINGS Tuesday (Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help)
7.30pm & Friday 7.30pm.
MASSES ROSEGREEN:
SATURDAY 7.00pm SUNDAY 9.30am
RECONCILIATION CASHEL:
SATURDAY 10.00am & 11.00am 2.00pm - 3.00pm; 7.00pm & 8.15pm
DEVOTIONS Sunday evening at 7.00pm.
BAPTISM: Sunday 12.45. [Application form & notice (from Parish Office)
to be completed]

THIS WEEK'S CALENDAR
Monday 6trh. St Bruno. He founded the Carthusians in France. They are devoted to poverty, manual work, silence and worship.

Tuesday 7th. Our Lady of the Rosary.
Thursday 9 St John Leonardi.
Saturday 11 St Canice, patron of the city of Kilkenny.
Blessed John XX111, the beloved humble Pope who opened the Second Vatican Council in 1961 is also honoured today.

QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK
Q. When should the new 'mysteries of light' in the Rosary be recited.
R. Pope John Paul II suggests that the joyful mysteries be recited on Monday & Saturday: the sorrowful mysteries on Tuesday & Friday: the glorious mysteries on Wednesday & Sunday: and the new 'mysteries of light' on Thursday. Saturday, being traditionally Mary's day, is very suitable for the joyful mysteries, while Sunday is resurrection day and suited to the glorious mysteries. But he offers this plan only as a suggestion and respects the right of people to make their own choice.
Fr Silvester O'Flynn OFM Cap

PARISH OFFICE:
CANDLES: Great selection of candles now available at the Parish Office. Also cards for all occasions. Why not call in and see for yourself!.
BIBLE ALIVE: Special issue to mark the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of Pope John Paul II available at the Parish Office and on sale after all Masses €2.
SACRED HEART MESSENGER: October edition now on sale.

WE REMEMBER IN OUR PRAYERS THE FOLLOWING ANNIVERSARIES THAT OCCUR AT THIS TIME:
Gabriel Connolly, John St; Gerard O'Dwyer, Ballyknock; John O'Dwyer, Loc Fedora; Kathleen O' Donnell, Ladyswell St; William Kennedy, Castlelake; Ann Hanly, Fethard; John Callagy, John St; Anne Ferncombe, Longfield; Peg Ryan, Dublin Road; Dwyer Family, Haig's Terrace; Eileen Leahy, Lowergate Square; Tom Redmond, Oliver Plunkett Park; Nancy O'Connor, Sunnyside; Paddy Quirke, Monameigh & Dublin; Michael & Mary Cawley; Jimmy & Brendan O'Sullivan, Cashel & Tipperary Town; William Peters, Ballinamona; Denis Hickey, Cathal Brugha St; Kitty Kerwick, The Commons.

READERS CASHEL: Sat 11 Oct 7.30pm: Mary Heffernan;
Sun 12 Oct 10.30am: Ann Devitt; Sun 12.00: Mgt Gallagher.
READERS ROSEGREEN: Sat 11 Oct 7.00pm: Deirdre Moloney.

SPECIAL MINISTERS: 11 Oct Group 1…Dan Dillon & Friends.

DOOR COLLECTION:
Parish Funds Cashel €904 Rosegreen €178
Offertory Collection Cashel €1064 Rosegreen €212

PRIEST'S COLLECTION: October Collection for the Archbishop & Priests of the Diocese/Parish will be taken up this weekend 4/5 October. If you have forgotten or were away, please bring it along next weekend. We thank you for your continued generosity.

THE ROSARY:
October is the month of the Holy Rosary.
· The Rosary will be prayed on the Church Radio 108FM
every Tuesday & Friday at 7.00pm (before evening Mass)
during the month of October.
· The Rosary is recited every day at 5.30pm in the Parish Church.
· The Rosary will continue to be prayed on Monday & Tuesday evening at 7.00pm at Lowergate. All are welcome.
"Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them"

DEEPENING LECTIO DIVINA:

A COURSE IN BIBLE MEDITATION
Presented by Fr Michael de Verteuil Monday to Thursday 6-9 October.
Venue: Mary Immaculate College, South Circular Road, Limerick. 7.30pm - 9.30pm. This course will enable the participants to read the Bible and mediate on it in order to meet God in a personal way. It will help them to recognize how God is at work in their lives and in the world around them. Fr Michael de Verteuil lives and works in Trinidad and Tobago. He has taught Lectio Divina for the past twenty years in different countries and in several parts of Ireland since 1990.

BOTHAR: The Committee wish to thank all who supported and subscribed to the draw for the Tractor. The winner was Paul O'Shea, Killarney.

NEURO DEVELOPMENTAL THERAPY: Edel Coman, Neuro Developmental Therapist, (086-8178204) has arranged a talk to be given by Liz Franklin on Monday 13 October in the Abbey Room, Munster Hotel, Thurles. Everyone is welcome!

CASHEL FLOWER & GARDEN CLUB: Meeting on Monday 6 October in Mike Ryan's Main St at 8.00pm. Ms Margaret Troy will give a talk on pruning and planting shrubs.

C.C.E .Set Dancing classes will resume in Brú Ború on Wednesday 8 October at 8.30pm. Live Music. New members welcome.

CASHEL RUGBY CLUB:
1st Team V Waterford City in the league at 3.00pm in Spafield.
2nd Team V Thurles in the Gleeson League at 1.00pm in Spafield.
Please support.

SPAFIELD RESOURCE CENTRE:
· Information Morning for women will be held on Wednesday October 15 from 10.30am - 12.30pm. Contact Betty 062-63622
· COMPUTER CLASSES: There are still a few vacancies for morning classes beginning the week of 13 October. Contact 062-63622

ROSEGREEN NEWS:
· SOCIAL MORNING Monday 6 October from 10.00am - 12.00 noon. All are welcome to come along for a cuppa and a chat! Children's area included.
· LADIES NIGHT: Tuesday 7 October at 8.00pm in Rosegreen Community Hall. All are welcome.

LARKSPUR PARK NEWS: PITCH/PUTT:

Best of luck to Community
School's Teams in P.P.U.I Muster Schools Pitch & Putt Competition
at Larkspur Park on Wednesday.

CONGRATULATIONS TO:

Fachanan & Mary O'Shaughnessy
who celebrate their Ruby (40) Wedding Anniversary. We wish them many more years of
Health & Happiness together.

LAST WEEK'S NEWSLETTER

28 September 2003 26th Sunday
SACRISTY: 61263 OFFICE: 62200/FAX 63806
e-mail cashelparish@eircom.net
ON CALL: Monday & Tuesday Fr Conor Hayes 61409
Wednesday & Thursday Fr Christy. O'Dwyer 61127
Friday & Saturday Mgr James Ryan 61353
Sunday 28 Sept: Fr Conor Hayes, 61409

DON'T BE A STRANGER
In Ireland, they tell of a man about 50 years ago who, as the local Abbey bell rang out the Angelus, doffed his cap and said his prayers. He shortly felt a firm, if familiar, tap on the shoulder -the parish priest. Pointing to the tower of the nearby parish church, he said: 'Wait for your own angelus bell!'

Clannishness: it's more than a matter of family blood, it's a way of living. A strong curse of humanity is its clannishness. Exclusivism, grabbing and getting are bad if totally understandable traits. Even within the same religious family, it lives on. Cliques develop, some are 'in', others are 'out'. Being straight about it: anything that causes another to feel an 'outside' is bad.

Still we persist: my family or lot must be first, my country above all, my social group - the others don't count. Grand if you can fit them in - but don't break into a sweat. 'Look to your own' tends to be the motto of humanity.

To which Jesus would add: 'Look to your own life' Accept that God's spirit is given freely to everyone. Rejoice in it. Avoid giving scandal by your lifestyle. After all, we pray 'Our Father' - not 'My Father'.

Fr Tom Cox, Longford

PARISH PASTORAL CENTRE:
The Parish Centre is nearing completion.
Individuals and groups wishing to use the facilities for meetings etc, either short or long term, should contact the
Parish Office 062-62200

MASSES CASHEL
RADIO 108FM (note change)

WEEKDAYS 7.45am & 10.30am (No 7.45am Sat)
St Patrick's Hospital 10.00am.
Our Lady's Hospital Thursday 5.30pm.

EVENINGS Tuesday (Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help)
7.30pm & Friday 7.30pm.

MASSES ROSEGREEN:
FRIDAY 3 OCT - FIRST FRIDAY 7.30PM.
SATURDAY 7.00pm SUNDAY 9.30am
RECONCILIATION CASHEL:
SATURDAY 10.00am & 11.00am 2.00pm - 3.00pm; 7.00pm & 8.15pm
DEVOTIONS Sunday evening at 7.00pm.
BAPTISM: Sunday 12.45. [Application form & notice to be completed]

FRIDAY 3 OCTOBER FIRST FRIDAY
Mass in Cashel & Rosegreen at 7.30pm. Priests bring the Sacraments to the sick and the housebound. If you wish to be added to their lists please contact the Parish Office 62200 / Sacristy 61263.

THIS WEEK'S CALENDAR
Monday 29 Sts Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels: a triple celebration of the glory of God.
Tuesday 30 St Jerome. He translated the Bible into Latin (called the Vulgate - meaning 'for the common people')
Wednesday 1 St Therese of Lisieux, doctor of the Church. International Day for the Elderly.
Thursday 2 The Guardian Angels: honours the protecting angel every human being has.
Friday 3 The First Friday of October.
Saturday 4 St Francis of Assisi. He worked to renew the whole Church. Patron of Italy and of ecologists. St Petronio is honoured in Bologna, Italy.

QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK
Q. Is it true that the Holy Father has added five new mysteries to the Rosary?
A. The Rosary is a treasured way of meditating in Mary's company on the mysteries of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Pope John Paul II regrets the absence of the public ministry of Jesus from the traditional scenes, so he has suggested five 'Mysteries of Light' (prayed on Thursdays)
1.The Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan.
2. The Wedding at Cana.
3. The Proclamation of the Kingdom.
4. The Transfiguration.
5. The Institution of the Eucharist
We meditate upon these mysteries so that we might obtain what they promise.
Fr Silvester O'Flynn OFM Cap

WE REMEMBER IN OUR PRAYERS THOSE WHO DIED RECENTLY
Bridget (Biddy) King, Cathal Brugha St & Windmill; Derek Jenkins, Toronto & Main St; Joe Hunt, Moyglass.

THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARIES OCCUR AT THIS TIME:
Ellen McCarthy, Ballyfowloo; Maurice Walsh, Rosegreen; John & Josephine Stapleton; Tom & Margaret O'Dwyer, Sandygrove; George O'Dwyer, Ballyknock; Jane Kavanagh, Clonmel Road; Patrick, Catherine & Philomena O'Halloran, The Commons; Edmond Morrissey, Mayfield; William Peters, Ballinamona; Johnny & Terry Morrissey, Lowergate & Hoare Abbey; Pascal Ryan, Old Road; Charlie Devitt, Clonmel Road; Joseph Lawrence, Ard Mhuire; Margaret Breen, Rosegreen;
MONTHS MIND MASS: Tom Burke, Freighduff: Tues 30 Sept - 7.30pm.

READERS CASHEL:

Sat 4 Oct 7.30pm: Kevin Muldoon;
Sun 5 Oct 10.30am: Liam Stapleton; Sun 6 Oct 12.00: Oliver Corbett
READERS ROSEGREEN:

Sat 4 Oct 7.00pm: Ursula Ryan.

SPECIAL MINISTERS:

4 Oct ..Group 4: Maura Shanahan & Team

DOOR COLLECTION:
Parish Funds Cashel €845 Rosegreen €235
Offertory Collection Cashel €975 Rosegreen €250

COLLECTORS FOR OCTOBER:
7.30PM: J. Hally, N O'Toole, B. Hunt, J. Crosse, P. Keane.
8.00am: Joan Harty. 10.30am: J. Quinlan, E. Phelan,, T. Tobin, S Murphy.
12.00: P. Greaney, U. O'Donoghue, P. Downey, E. Quirke,
E. O'Donnell, G. Butler.

ROSEGREEN:

7.00PM: Ml O'Brien, P. Cummins, F O'Neill.
9.30PM: J. Skeffington, J. Morrissey

ST PATRICK'S: 10.00AM: John Myers, Ml Ryan.

PRIEST'S COLLECTION:

October Collection for the Archbishop & Priests of the Diocese/Parish will be taken up next weekend 4/5 October. Please use your own numbered / dated 5 October envelope from the Parish Box set. If you do not have a set, use an ordinary envelope; just put your name and address on it. This makes it easier to keep records. All householders and wage earners are expected to contribute. Please be as generous as you can; We rely on your generosity.

ST JOSEPH'S YOUNG PRIESTS' SOCIETY:

Meeting in the Parish Centre on Friday Oct 3 at 8.15pm.

ACCORD MARRIAGE CARE SERVICE:

Marriage Enrichment course for married couples will take place on Oct 15,22,29 & Nov 5 and 12. This is an opportunity for married couples to attend to changes in their relationship and renew their commitment to each other. Application forms available at the Parish Office.

FOUND: Pair of Spectacles outside Bothán Scór last week. Owner contact Parish Office

COMMUNITY HALL:

Meeting on Wednesday at 8.00pm to discuss Christmas Variety Slow. Anyone interested please attend.

IRISH RED CROSS:

Basic first Aid classes every Monday in the hall at the Green. For further information contact Richie at 086-2734566.

LARKSPUR PARK NEWS:
PITCH/PUTT: Well done to local members Brian and Margaret in coming 2nd place in Munster mixed foursome Competition last Sunday.
CREDIT UNION PERPETUAL CUP COMPETITION:

All juveniles requested to play in Credit Union Cup at Larkspur Park on next Tuesday Sept 30 at 4.30pm.
WORLD TAEKWONDO:

Classes on Tues/Fri night in Larkspur Park - Children 7.30pm - 8.15pm. Adults 8.15pm - 9.15pm. Further information contact 086-3936039

WHIST DRIVE:

Cashel Deanery Whist Drive on Thursday 2 Oct at 7.45pm in
St John the Baptist School. All are welcome.

CASHEL RUGBY CLUB:
1ST team V Clonmel in challenge Cup 3.00pm - Spafield
2nd Team V Nenagh Gleeson League (away) at 12.00. Please support.

CAMOGIE

To the Tipperary Senior Camogie Team on their great win over Cork last Sunday. We are so proud of your achievement. In a special way we salute our own Cashel Girls Una O'Dwyer, Jovita Delaney, Claire Grogan, Paula Bulfin, Emily Hayden, Philly Fogarty, Helen Breen and Danielle O'Connell, and their Manager Cashel Man Raymie Ryan.

OCTOBER- MONTH OF THE HOLY ROSARY.
The Rosary will be recited outside Quirke's Drapery, Lowergate, from
Wednesday 1 October to Tuesday 7 October at 7.00pm. All are welcome.
The Living Rosary is recited every evening at 5.30pm in the Parish Church.

KNOCK - ROSARY SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2003.
Coach to Knock on Rosary Sunday.
For further information and booking contact 062-61662,

YOUTH DAY OF PRAYER SUNDAY OCT 5
PALLOTINE COLLEGE THURLES - 11.00AM - 6.00PM

CANDLES:

Great selection of candles now available at the Parish Office.
Why not call in and see for yourself.

BIBLE ALIVE:

Special issue to mark the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of Pope John Paul II available at the Parish Office and on sale after all Masses €2.

SACRED HEART MESSENGER: October edition now on sale.

ARCHIVE

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DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR
It's very different from Jesus' time. We live in a society which is a far happier and safer place for children - compared to the first century when 60 per cent of children were dead by the age of 16. Even childless Roman couples adopted fellow adults as their heirs, not children: they were simply invisible, had no legal status and no value.

Jesus, by placing a child before bashful, power-seeking disciples, delivered a real slap in the face. The simplicity, trust and innocence of the young would not have been the first thought of those disciples. They got the clear message: 'Be alert,
would-be disciple! Whenever you encounter the invisible person you encounter the Kingdom of God coming to you'

All is changed now. Were it today, Jesus might speak to our petty squabbling by bringing us a nursing home. He would walk into a room and, in our presence, gently lift us a helpless, dependent old woman or man and say: 'This is what it's all about. This is the kingdom of God, and into this experience of humiliation and death, the Son of Man must go, because this person and everyone like her and you, too, mean so much to God. Followers, if you want to embrace God, embrace her. And anyone who welcomes her, welcomes God'.

MASSES CASHEL:

RADIO 107.5 FM
SATURDAY 7.30pm.
SUNDAY 8.00am; 10.30am; 12.00 noon; St Patrick's 10.00am
WEEKDAYS 7.45am & 10.30am (No 7.45am Sat)
St Patrick's Hospital 10.00am.
Our Lady's Hospital Thursday 5.30pm.
EVENINGS Tuesday (Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help)
7.30pm & Friday 7.30pm.

MASSES ROSEGREEN:
SATURDAY 7.00pm SUNDAY 9.30am
RECONCILIATION CASHEL:
SATURDAY 10.00am & 11.00am 2.00pm - 3.00pm; 7.00pm & 8.15pm
DEVOTIONS Sunday evening at 7.00pm.
BAPTISM: Sunday 12.45. [Application form & notice to be completed]

REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS THOSE WHO DIED RECENTLY
Ann Kelly, Scotland; Margaret O'Dwyer, Woodlawn & Cathal Brugha St.

THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARIES OCCUR AT THIS TIME:
Rita Rodger, Old Road; Paddy Quirke, Monameigh & Dublin; Michael & Mary Harty, Lacey Square; Val Devitt, The Schoolyard; Sean Hill, Palmers Hill; Edward O'Neill, Ballinamona; Eileen O'Shaughnessy, London & Clonakilty; Con O'Brien, Ballyfowloo; Paddy Taylor, Camas; Jason Barron, Woodlawn; Edmond O'Dwyer, Dominic St; John Ryan, Friar St; Nora Connery, Upper Friar St; John Moloney, Carron; John & Katherine Connery, Treacy Villas; Mary O'Brien (nee Connery) The Green & London; Peter Burke, Upper Friar St; Anastasia Hickey, Ard Mhuire;

CASHEL CHORAL & DRAMATIC SOCIETY: Mass for deceased members on Friday 26 Sept at 7.30pm.

THIS WEEK'S CALENDAR
Tuesday 23 Padre Pio (St Pius of Pietrelcina) Renowed stigmatist, with the gift of healing. Canonised in 2003. also St Eunan.
Wednesday 24 Our Lady of Mercy / Our lady of Walsingham (England)
Thursday 25 St Finbarr, patron of Cork and diocese
Friday 25 Sts Cosmas and Damian. These two brothers are the patrons of twins.
Saturday 27 St Vincent de Paul, Priest. He organised clothing and food for the poor, as well as spiritual care.

HOLY FACE SODALITY:

Need a gift for someone special in your life? Why not enrol them in the Holy Face Sodality. For just €10 yearly, a special Mass is offered each week for their intention, four Masses offered each month for deceased members, Four Masses offered yearly for Promoters.
For more information contact Breda Cronin or Parish Office.62200

ST VINCENT DE PAUL- 1580-1660
St Vincent's career in the Church was an upward path when his
spiritual director opened his heart to concern for others.
At that time the rich in France had no idea of the poverty
of ordinary people. Vincent worked in a country parish organising
food and clothing for the poor (which the St Vincent de Paul Society
continues to do). He saw that the poor needed spiritual care too
and set up the Vincentians to work in the village. He helped found
the Daughters of Charity, a new kind of Order, whose cloister
was to be the city streets.
St Vincent de Paul, you helped the rich to share: pray for us

READERS

READERS CASHEL: Sat 27 Sept 7.30pm: Mary F. Ryan.
Sunday 28 Sept 10.30am: Bridget Buckley;
Sunday 12.00 noon: Tom O'Dwyer.
READERS ROSEGREEN: Sat 27 Sept 7.00pm: Finbarr O'Neill.
SPECIAL MINISTERS: Group 3..Kevin Muldoon & Friends.

DOOR COLLECTION:
Parish Funds Cashel €860 Rosegreen €200
Offertory Collection Cashel €814 Rosegreen €255

MEALS ON WHEELS:

Thanks to all who subscribed to the Church-Door Collection. Amount €900.

Thank you also to anonymous donor for €250.

BOTHAR

Still time left to buy a ticket for the Tractor worth €54,000. Parish Office.
Draw will take place on the 25 Sept (last day of ploughing match).

ROSEGREEN NEWS:
Calling all Ladies!! On Tuesday night 23 Sept at 8.00pm.

HOSPICE COFFEE MORNING:

Tues 23 Sept from 9.30am - 11.00am
in Rosegreen Hall. All are welcome. Bring a friend!

HOSPICE COFFEE MORNING:

In the Social Services Centre John St on Wed 24 Sept 10am - 12.30pm. Please support

CASHEL FARMERS MARKET: CASHEL MART GROUNDS:
Every Friday 10.00am - 3.00pm. Produce on offer includes all Home-Baking, Fresh Vegetables; Fresh Fish; Arts, Crafts, Plants etc.

AMPLE FREE CAR-PARKING.

CASHEL RUGBY CLUB:

1st Team V Nenagh - Garryowen Cup Semi-Final in Cashel 3.00pm. Please support.

MESSENGER:

October edition now available at the Parish Office.

CAMOGIE ALL-IRELAND:

Eight girls from Cashel Camogie Club took part in the Tipperary Team on Sunday captained by Una O'Dwyer. Close by were Jovita Delaney; Claire Grogan; Paula Bulfin; Emily Hayden; Philly Fogarty; Helen Breen and Danielle O'Connell & Manager Cashel Man Raymie Ryan.

The girls won for the county and they paraded the O'Duffy Cup!

THE ROCK BRIDGE CLUB: Resumes this Tues 23 Sept at 7.30pm in Feehan's

PITCH/PUTT LARKSPUR PARK: Meeting on Tues Sept 23. All members requested to attend.

CHERNOBYL CHILDREN'S PROJECT: CASHEL OUTREACH GROUP Would sincerely like to thank the subscriber of a substantial anonymous donation recently given to the group. A great start to fundraising for 2004.

HALLA NA FEILE: Requires a Caretaker on a part-time basis. Reply in writing to the Secretary, Marie Maher, 8 Old Road, Cashel. Closing date Fri Oct 10.

BRAINWAVE: The Irish Epilepsy Association Official Launch by D.J. Carey on Tues 7 Oct in Kilkenny Ormond Hotel at 3.30pm.

WHIST DRIVE: In St John the Baptist School on Thurs 25 Sept at 8.00pm

C.C.E. A Céilí will be held in Halla Na Feile on Fri night 26 Sept 9-1. Music by Ard Erin Céilí Band. Your support will be appreciated.

CASHEL COMMUNITY SCHOOL:

Night Classes Autumn 2003. Enrolment Mon 29 Sept from 2pm - 4.pm and 7.pm -9pm.. Enquiries 062-61167

MOVING ON, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
We wish well to all parishioners who are heading off to University and College during the coming weeks, with special thoughts for those setting off for the first time.
Likewise, our good wishes go to those beginning employment, starting apprenticeships or embarking on Post-Leaving Cert Courses, whether near to home or far away.
May health & happiness be with you.
We hope you will keep in close touch with your families and with this,
your home parish.

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BLESSING IN DISGUISE
'A thorn in the side' can be a blessing in disguise. A painful disguise sometimes!

To confess our sins to each other at the beginning of Mass can be mere public ritual. But in the silence of our hearts, a confession like St Paul's can be a profound expression of our need for God's grace and of our dependence on it - for those of us who:
· Are genuinely weak and not just ritually proclaiming ourselves so;
· Have genuinely sinned and are not just proclaiming that we did;
· Know that we could sin again given the appropriate circumstances
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For all of us, this confession of St Paul is balm for the soul.CASHEL & ROSEGREEN
NEWSLETTER

BLESSING IN DISGUISE
'A thorn in the side' can be a blessing in disguise. A painful disguise sometimes!

We are a gift to God; we are God's opportunity. Our weakness is a gift to us, something to be content with, even to boast about. In us, God's saving power is at its best - not like those solemn souls who look as if they have never had serious temptations, never mind sin in their lives.
So, if your past, your weakness, your sin, convinces you of the need to depend on God's grace - it is a blessing in disguise.

CASHEL & ROSEGREEN
NEWSLETTER

BLESSING IN DISGUISE
'A thorn in the side' can be a blessing in disguise. A painful disguise sometimes!