Castlemaine Parish – 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 28th June 2026
| 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 |
Please pray for Jeremy Clifford, Bristol, UK
| Sat. 27th June | Keel | 7:30 pm | Colman Corcoran, The Mall Months Mind |
| Sun 28th June | Kiltallagh | 10:00 am | |
| Tue. 30th June | Keel | 10:00 am | Nora & Dan Ashe, Ballyarkane |
| Fri. 3rd July | Kiltallagh | 8:00 pm | Kiltallagh Graveyard Mass |
| Sat. 4th July | Keel | 7:30 pm | Peggy Kelliher, Shanakeale |
| Sun 5th July | Kiltallagh | 10:00 am | Diarmuid & Sean O’Connor, Gransha & all deceased family members |
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: €744.00 Míle Buíochas.
- Graveyard Masses: will take place on Thursday 16th July at 8pm in Keel and Monday 20th July at 8pm in Old Keel.
- Kiltallagh Graveyard: thank you to those who helped with the clean-up last Tuesday. Those who wish to tidy their own family graves, prior to the graveyard Masses, please note not to leave rubbish behind & take it home.
- Castleisland’s Blood Donation Clinics: at Castleisland Community Centre on 1st/2nd July 4:50pm – 8:10pm. Phone 1800 222 111 for appointment.
- Fitzpatrick’s of Listowel -Lough Derg – 3 Day Pilgrimage – 10th to 12th July 2026 – €185 – Call 0873966399.
- Credit Union Open Day: in Milltown office on Saturday 4th of July from 11am to 1pm. We will be joined by local All-Ireland under 20 football champions, Michael Lynch, Dara Hogan & Gearoid Evans, who will have the All-Ireland under 20 Cup with them. All are welcome to come along and meet the players We will raffle 2 All-Ireland semi-final tickets for anyone who opens a new account or does a transaction in Milltown office from the 27th of June to 4th of July.
Cost of Commitment
The words of Jesus today are shocking to our ears and would have been an attention grabber in Matthew’s day as well. However, in the Semitic mind of the time, the community would have understood Christ’s bold statement to be a message about commitment, observing priorities, and allegiance. In other words, God must be first in our lives. The crowds that followed Jesus around were not really committed. They were simply curious to see if this person who called Himself the “Son of Man” was the real thing. He wants to awaken half-hearted followers to the consequences of not being prepared for the task of following His teachings.
| Ministers of The Eucharist | ||
| Keel | 4th July | David Flahive & Michael Murphy |
| Kiltallagh | 5th July | Miriam Ryan & Colm Lynch |
| Readers | ||
| Keel | 4th July | Family readers |
| Kiltallagh | 5th July | Albert King |
| Altar Society | ||
| Keel | 4th July | Marie O’Brien |
| Kiltallagh | 5th July | Noreen O’Neill & Kathleen O’Brien |
| Offertory Collectors | ||
| Keel | July | Kathleen O’Brien & Marion Prendergast |
| Kiltallagh | July | Jack Keating & Eileen Lovett |