Castlemaine Parish Fifth Sunday of Easter – 3rd May
| Moderator: Fr. Kevin Sullivan 087 6277638 Parish Office: 3 Meanus Heights, Castlemaine Opening Hours: Tue & Thur 9.30am – 12.30pm (087) 2979864 Email: castlemaine@dioceseofkerry.ie Safeguarding Children: Contact No. (087) 6362780 |
Welcome into our christian community Michael Thomas Moriarty, Ballycrispin
| Sat. 2nd May | Keel Keel | 12:00 pm 7:30 pm | Holy Communion Castledrum National School Thomas Sayers, Lack & New York |
| Sun 3rd May | Kiltallagh | 10:00 am | Burke family, Castlemaine |
| Tue. 5th May | Keel | 10:00 am | Denis Cournane, Tubber & all deceased family members |
| Sat. 9th May | Keel | 7:30 pm | Rita Barton, Ballyarkane |
| Sun 10th May | Kiltallagh | 10:00 am |
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament takes place every Monday in
St Gobnait’s Church, Keel from 11am – 7pm
Priest on Duty: Fr Kieran O’Sullivan 087 2432155
- Parish Office: is closed this Tuesday and reopens on Thursday 7th May.
- Second collection: next weekend will be for the Education of Clergy.
- First Holy Communion: remaining ceremonies will take place on the following dates: Saturday 16th May at 11am in Kiltallagh for Castlemaine National School and Saturday 23rd May at 10.30am in Kiltallagh for Ballyfinane National School.
- ACCORD: Catholic Marriage Care Service CLG is currently recruiting volunteers to train as marriage preparation programme facilitators to support couples preparing for the Sacrament of Marriage. The marriage preparation programmes have proven to be helpful and effective in helping couples prepare for marriage. Teams work from St. John’s Parish Centre Tralee or The Pastoral Centre Killarney tralee@accord.ie 066 7122280 killarney@accord.ie 064 6633612 Closing date is Wednesday 27th May 2026.
Building up the House of God
Chapter 6 of the Acts of the Apostles shows how differences and disputes were resolved in the church’s early days. The Hellenists complained that their widows were not getting a fair share of the church’s social services. The apostles’ solution to the problem shows how changes of practice are not only possible but necessary for the health of the church.
The solution shows two important dimensions of church life: prayer and service; and that living our Christian vocation requires a balance between the two. Each of us is personally called to prayer, to a dialogue of worship with God; and we are also called to service. No matter what we do in life, our work affects others in some way. We should be of service to our neighbours; and provided we have an attitude of respect, no task we do is a menial task. Prayer and preaching the word was of primary importance to the apostles; but service to the widows and the needy in the community was also vital, so they appointed seven trusted men to attend to it and initiated them by an evocative ceremony.
| Ministers of The Eucharist | ||
| Keel | 9th May | Elizabeth Ryle O’Connor & Patrick Flynn |
| Kiltallagh | 10th May | Miriam Ryan & Colm Lynch |
| Readers | ||
| Keel | 9th May | Family readers |
| Kiltallagh | 10th May | Rachel Prenderville |
| Altar Society | ||
| Keel | 9th May | Juliet Murphy & Rose Griffin |
| Kiltallagh | 10th May | Parents of First Holy Communion |
| Offertory Collectors | ||
| Keel | May | Timmy O’Connor & Aodhan Murphy |
| Kiltallagh | May | Ted Murphy & Brendan Dennehy |