Parish Newsletter 19/07/2020

Offertory Collection: €1110. Trócaire to date €2,810.00. Mile Buíochas. Further donations for Trócaire are welcome.

The Annual Collection for our Sick & Retired Priests amounts to €527 to date. We thank you for your generosity. Donations can be handed in using the envelopes provided in your yearly envelope box & are also available in the Church.

Kilcummin Parish Office Opening Hours: Tues, Wed & Fri 10.00am – 12noon. Web: www.kilcumminparish.com Tel: 064 6643176 Mobile: 087 1339732. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Eucharistic Ministers: An updated schedule for the Eucharistic Ministers is available after all masses. Due to Covid 19 guidelines only two Ministers are required for each mass. As a result of this we would very much appreciate if each team could rotate their designated weekends between themselves. 

Catholic Paper: The Irish Catholic is for sale after all Masses. This is a great way to keep informed about what’s happening in the Church nationally and internationally. Price €2.00.   

ACCORD are now offering over the phone counselling for couples, individuals & family members during this time of unprecedented stress & pressure during these weeks of COVID-19. Call: 01 5313331. For those who are getting married in the next few months and due to the current restrictions, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., to find out the current procedures and to book your pre-marriage course as soon as possible.

Cemetery Mass: All cemetery Masses are cancelled due to health & safety issues arising from Covid 19.

GAA Club Lotto:  The 2-weekly LOTTO draw will recommence on this Monday night July 20th with a Jackpot of €3200 to be won. Consolation prizes each draw amount to €200. As this is what keeps the club viable we ask our sellers, members, supporters and general public to get behind the renewed fund raiser. Any tickets sold prior to the postponement of the last draw should also be handed in for the draw on Monday prior to 9 pm.

Kilcummin Looking Good: Thank you all for making such great use of the Recycling/Bottle Bank at the Village Inn. If containers are full, please do not leave your bottles, etc. there but bring them home with you again. We would also ask people who bring their dogs out for a walk to clean up after them and to respect other road/footpath users with children, buggies, etc.

Bog Walks: The Kilcummin Rural Dev. has in recent weeks carried out road works on the Bog Walks to elevate flooding and further work is to be carried out in the near future. The Walks comprise of two walks, a Red 9k and a Green 5k. The start of the Red walk is in upper Cockhill while the Green Walk start from Knockataggle. Suitable footwear is recommended for both walks. Brochures are available from the Rural Dev. Office.   

Kilcummin Rural Development Office provides a full Secretarial Service to all groups and individuals.  Assignments, Essays, Projects & C.V.’s professionally typed, confidentiality assured.  Other services include photocopying, laminating, e-mail, paying motor tax or property tax online. Documents for the movement of cattle can also be scanned and sent to the Department of Agriculture from the office. Tel: 064 6643357 or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Office Hours: Mon to Friday 9am to 4pm.

Reflection

May today there be peace within.
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith.
May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you.
May you be confident knowing you are a child of God.
Let this presence settle into your bones,and allow your soul the freedom to sing,dance, praise and love.
It is there for each and every one of us.