Castlemaine Parish Pentecost Sunday – 24th 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 christan community Ciaran Anthony O’Dowd, Ardbawn & UK
| Sat. 23rd May | Keel | 7:30 pm | Mary Foley, Shanahill West |
| Sun 24th May | Kiltallagh | 10:00 am | William Kennedy, Ballygamboon 1st Anniversary |
| Tue. 26th May | Keel | 10:00 am | |
| Sat. 30th May | Keel | 7:30 pm | John Joe O’Connor, Ballyraemeen |
| Sun 31st May | Kiltallagh | 10:00 am | Kitty & John Joe Dwyer, Laharn |
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
- Offertory collection: €785 Míle Buíochas.
- The 2026 diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock Our annual diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock takes place on Saturday August 22nd, the Feast Day of the Queenship of Mary. Many people look forward to this day each year, a day of faith, community, and friendship. The month of May is a good time to begin advertising it in newsletters. Many parishes choose to combine and arrange a bus as a pastoral area. If any parish wishes to supply a choir, or solo singers it will be much appreciated. Otherwise Knock will supply the music. Thank you to the choir from Killorglin who were with us last year. If you have parish flags, bring them along. Our diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes on June 10th to 15th is almost three months earlier than usual. It will involve assisted pilgrims and their support team, the youth section and ordinary pilgrims, almost 200 in all.
Welcome the Spirit
On this Pentecost Sunday, let us ask the Spirit to blow through our Churches and communities, as it did through the upper room where the disciples had gathered. Let us open our hearts, minds, and souls to the presence of the Spirit. The call of the early disciples is our call! Let us commit ourselves to living our faith with joy and with the same courage and resolve as did the early Church. From the Spirit each person seeks courage, strength, love, resolve, faith, and conviction. As the apostles burst forth with love and joy, so today’s Christians are in desperate need of the same energy that inspired the apostles.
| Ministers of The Eucharist | ||
| Keel | 30th May | David Flahive & Michael Murphy |
| Kiltallagh | 31st May | Eileen Lovett & Mike Carroll |
| Readers | ||
| Keel | 30th May | Family readers |
| Kiltallagh | 31st May | Family readers |
| Altar Society | ||
| Keel | 30th May | Eileen Delaney |
| Kiltallagh | 31st May | Eileen Keating & Rose Murphy |
| Offertory Collectors | ||
| Keel | May | Timmy O’Connor & Aodhan Murphy |
| Kiltallagh | May | Ted Murphy & Brendan Dennehy |