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'Where Peter is, there is the Church' JESUS I TRUST IN YOU WEEKLY, Nov 16th, 2014, 752 “We need bridges, not walls!” FREE to 6000 homes each week Invitation to talk Marriage and the Common Good A talk by Bishop Kevin Doran Abbey Hotel, Roscommon, 8pm, Thurs, November 27. Admission Free “We need bridges, not walls”, says Pope Francis on the THE IONA INSTITUTE is pleased to invite you to our next 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. talk which will be delivered by the Bishop of Elphin, Kevin After praying the Angelus at midday last Sunday, Pope Francis Doran. His topic will be ‘Marriage and the Common Good.’ commented that 25 years ago today, on 8 November 1989, saw His subject is particularly topical in light of the recent the fall of the Berlin Wall “which had long divided the city in Extraordinary Synod on the Family in Rome. Bishop Doran will two and was a symbol of the ideological division of Europe discuss what marriage is, the trends affecting it, what the and the entire world. It took place suddenly, but it had been Church has to say about it, how the institution of marriage made possible by the long and tireless efforts of many people contributes to the common good and the welfare of children and why it would be a mistake to redefine it. who fought, prayed and suffered for it; some of them even If you would like to attend please sacrificed their lives”. APPLIANCE Among these people, St. John Paul II played a central role. Let email bconroy@ionainstitute.ie or phone 01 6619 204. REPAIRS us pray that, with the Lord's help and the collaboration of all Washing, machines, Light refreshments afterwards. persons of good will, a culture of encounter may become ever Fridges, dryers, Cookers, dishwashers more widespread, able to bring down all the walls that American style fridge freezers continue to divide the world; and that innocent people will The Marian - domestic and commercial. Home heating oil burners never more be persecuted and even killed for their beliefs and serviced and repaired. Movement their religion. Where there is a wall, there is a closed heart. We Phone 083 1913742 need bridges, not walls!” of Priests He added that today Italy holds a day of thanksgiving, the TUITION IN theme of which this year is “Feed the planet, energy for life”, Regional and the Holy Father joined with the bishops in expressing his Cenacle Leaving and Junior Certs. hope that renewed efforts might ensure “that no-one lacks the Oral, aural, pictorial, for priests and laity daily sustenance that God gives to all”. He added, “I assure my written. will be held on closeness to the world of agriculture, and urge you to cultivate Also 3rd level oral work. Saturday 15th the land in a sustainable and fair way. In this context, the Hibernia. November at All Diocese of Rome is holding a day for the protection of the Exp teacher/examiner. Hallows College, creation, the aim of which is to promote lifestyles based on Leixlip. 087 2340678. Drumcondra, Dublin 9. respect for the environment, reaffirming the alliance between 10.30 am - 5.00 pm. Please bring anghaeilge@hotmail.com human beings, guardians of creation, and the Creator”. a packed lunch. All welcome. 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Parish Office 6288827, 9.30-1.30 Mon-Fri; Sacristy 10 –12.30, Sat 10-11.30, 6275942, www.celstra.ie Mass times; Vigil Sat 630pm, Sun: 8.30am, 9.30, 11, 12..30, 7pm. Holy Days; 7.00pm (Vigil), 8, 10, 12, 7.00pm. Bank hol 11am Straffan: Vigil 6.00pm, Sun 11am. Holydays; Vigil 6.00, 11am Mon to Fri: 10am, 7.00pm (Celb), Salesians 8.35 Confessions: Saturdays: after 10am Mass to 11.30 Divine Mercy Devotions: After 7pm Mass, Mon, + St.Faustina's relic. Straffan: Daily Mass, Mon- Fri, 9.15am. Holy day/bank hol 10am EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT -Parish Church, third Sunday of each month, 4.00- 5.30, concluding with evening prayer and Benediction. -In the Salesian Oratory, Sats. 8pm to 10pm;- All welcome. - St Raphael’s Oratory; every day, 11.00am -3.00pm BAPTISMS: St Patrick’s Church – Sunday 2pm: St Brigid’s Church. last sunday of month, 12.15pm Pre- Baptism meetings Tuesday 8pm in St. Patrick’s Church. To book contact Myles 01 6275942 Naas, Sallins & Two Mile House Fr. J Brickley P.P., 045-897703, Fr L Morgan, CC045 949576 Fr PJ Madden, CC, 45 876160, Fr Kevin Walsh, CC 045 879730. • Church of Our Lady and St. David, Sallins Road Sunday Mass: Sat. (Vigil) 6pm. Sun. 9am, 11, 6pm. Holy Days: 7.30am, 10am. (except sat 10am only) Weekdays: 7.30am, 10am. (10am on Sat) Confessions: Sat after 10am Mass, Baptisms: 2n d & 4th Sundays Office/ Shop 045-879730. Mon. Tue. Thu. Fri 10-5, Wed.10-1. • Church of the Irish Martyrs, Ballycane, Naas Sunday Mass: Sat. (Vigil) 7.30pm. Sun. 10.30am, 12noon Weekdays: Mon. Wed. Fri 7.30pm. Holydays: 12, 7.30pm. Exposition: Mon-Fri, 10am to 7pm and Wednesday 10am –9.30pm Baptisms: Every Saturday at 12.30pm. Office: Phone 045-895629; Mon-Fri 10am –1pm • Church of Our Lady and the Guardian Angels, Sallins Sunday Mass: Sat. (Vigil) 6.30pm. Sun. 10am. 12noon. Weekdays: Tue & Fri. 10.00am, Holy Days: 10.00am. Confession: Sat. after 6.30pm Mass, Baptism: 1st Saturdays, 5pm. Parish Office: Tue. & Thurs. 10- 1pm. 045-897150. • Church of St. Peter, Two-Mile-House – Sunday: 11.00am, Fri. 7.30pm, Holy day 9.30, Baptism 2nd Sunday each month 11.45. Parish of Divine Mercy- Lucan South H&K INTERIORS Specialists in Curtains & Blinds www.handkinteriors.ie 01-6275848 086-3755025 / 087-6787244 20% off blinds with this ad Visit our new showroom at Unit D1, M4 Business Park, Celbridge (Behind the Applegreen service station). GAS OR OIL? Getting Hold of the Right Person Can Be Difficult! - Boiler servicing & repair - Gas appliance installation & certification - Gas fire repair - Gas leak detection CERTIFIED GAS INSTALLER 01-6104300 / 087-2214854 LUXURY LANDSCAPES LTD All Landscaping Solutions Specialists in Garden Design & Construction Seamus Beirne, N.D.A. Hort 087-6683018 Portgloriam, Kilcock Tel / fax 01-6284972 Fr. Eamon Burke PP - 01-4056858 Sunday Mass Times: 6.30 (Vigil), 10.30, 12.00. Mon-Fri: 9.15, Sat 10; Confession Sat before 6.30 Mass. Baptism: Sundays 1.00; 2 weeks notice. Exposition of Blessed Sacrament: Fri 9.15am to 3pm, Benediction & Divine Mercy Chaplet. Clondalkin Parish Ph/Fax, 459 3520 Church of The Immaculate Conception and St. Killian Advertiser / Newsletter 6,000 copies are distributed every week in North Kildare (inc Naas, Newbridge, Kilcullen) & SW Dublin areas. See cover. Deadline Mon 3pm, but usually full by then.. Notices, ads etc should be sent in sooner to be sure of space – by email if possible. Tel. 01-6292909, 01-6273219, 087- 9381997 info@theopendoor.ie advertising@theopendoor.ie Website www.theopendoor.ie St Charles Borromeo Confey, Leixlip Fr Tony O’Shaughnessy, 6244637, Fr Pr Clancy, 6243533 Parish Office: 6247410. Sunday Mass Sat 7pm, Sunday 9.30, 11.00, 12.30; Daily Masses: 9.30am, Mon to Fri Confession after 9.30am daily Mass & Sat vigil Mass, on request. BAPTISM: : 3rd Saturday, 12.30; 4th Please arrange with the priests about 2 weeks before Our Lady's Nativity, Leixlip Parish Office, Monday / Friday, 10 -1pm, Sec. Bernadette Murray, Ph / Fax 6243673 Fr. John McNamara, Administrator, 01- 6245597, Schedule; Sundays: 8.30, 9.45, 11, 12.15, 7.30pm; Daily Masses; Mon-Friday; 9.30a.m. Holy Days 7.30pm (Vigil) 7.25am. 9.45, 11am, & 7.30pm Weekdays of Lent: 9.30a.m. & 7.30p.m. Saturdays: 10.00a.m. and 6.00p.m, (1st Mass of Sun.) First Fridays: 9.30a.m. & 7.30p.m. Confession: Sat: 10.30 to 11.30am &after 6pm Mass Baptisms:1st Sunday of month at 1.15. Third Saturday of month 12.30p.m. Please give one month’s prior notice. Exposition 1st Fridays 10 -12 noon; Mon 8.00p.m.-10 pm rd Mass in Irish 3 Sun of month, & St Patrick’s day 11am Our Lady's Parish Centre 01- 6245159 Our email is leixlip.parish@oln.ie website is www.oln.ie St. Mary’s Parish, Maynooth Fr. L Rigney, P.P. 087-2607377, Fr Paul Kelly 087-2463876 Parish Office / Secretary 629 3018 Sunday Masses: Vigil 7pm, 8.45, 10.00, 11.30. 1.00, 6.00 Holy Days: Vigil 7pm, 8am,10.00, 7pm Lady Chapel: Sunday 10.00am. Holy Day: 8pm Weekday Masses: 8.00am, 10.00am Mon to Friday Saturday: 10.00am,7.00pm (Vigil) Baptism: 1st & 3rd Sat 12 noon, 2nd & 4th Sunday 2.00pm Confessions: Saturday after 10.00am Mass Exposition: Monday to Friday . 3.00pm to 5.00pm Parish Website: www.maynoothparish.dublindiocese.ie St Patrick's Esker/Dodsboro/Adamstown Fr John Hassett, PP, 6812088 Fr Denis Carroll 6281018; Sacristy 6281018 Sunday Masses: Vigil Sat 7pm, 9, 10.30, 12 noon Eucharistic Adoration every Saturday from 5.30- 6.45 Weekday Masses: Monday to Sat, 10 am. Sacrament of Penance: Sat after 10am & 7pm Masses. Baptisms: 1st, 3rd, 12.45 pm, 2nd Sat 12.30 At least one-month notice required. Applications at Parish Office between 10am –1.00 Mon -Fri. No phone bookings. Parish Office: 00353 1 459 3520, Weekdays 9.30am – 12.30pm clondalkinchurch@eircom.net www.clondalkinparish.com Administrator: Rev. Damian Farnon, Tel. 459 2665 Assistant Priest: Rev. Padraig O’Sullivan, 464 0441 Masses: Sundays (Vigil) 7.30pm, Sunday 9am, (Gaeilge) 10.30am (Choral), 12noon (Family) and 5.30pm. Parish of the Sacred Heart Weekdays (Monday – Friday) – 7.30am and 10am. Saturday 10am. St John’s Drive, Sruleen Clondalkin 01 4570032 First Fridays – 7.30am, 10am and 7.30pm. Fr. Michael Ruddy ss.cc Holy Days – 7.30pm (Vigil), 7.30am, 10am, 1pm, 7.30pm. Mon-Fri, 9am Morning Office, 9.15am Mass, 9.45am Rosary. Confessions: Saturdays 10.30 to 11am and 6.45pm to 7.15pm. Sat 9.45am Morning Office, 10am Mass, 10.30 Exposition of Baptisms: 2nd and 4th Sundays after 12 noon Mass (by appointment) the Blessed Sacrament; Benediction at 12.25; 6.30 Vigil Mass St Brigid’s Parish, Kill,Johnstown,Ardclough of Sunday. Sunday Masses: 10.30, 12.00 Priests; Fr Willie O’Byrne, P.P., Tel 045-878008. St Conleth’s Parish Newbridge Fr M. Kelly, CC, 045- 877880 Masses Saturday: Vigil Mass – 6.15pm. Sunday: 8.30am. Sunday Mass: Kill: Sat. (Vigil) 7.30, Sun: 11am, 12.15pm. 11.00am. 12.30pm. 7.00pm. Holy Day Vigil: 6.15pm. Ardclough: Sunday 9.30am. Holy Days: Masses as on Sunday (no 12.30 Mass) Weekday Mass: Kill: Mon-Sat 10am & Fri. 7.30pm. Weekdays: Monday – Saturday: 9.30am. Fridays only 7.30pm. st Ardclough: The 1 Friday every month, 8.30pm; Confessions Saturday: 11.00am. – 12 noon & after 6.15 pm Confessions: Sat after 10am. Mass and 1st Friday Mass. First Friday: 9.00am. – 9.30am. Penitential Service Mass: Parish Office: Mon-Fri. 9.30-12.30, (045) 878008 7.30pm. No Confessions during Mass. People are always welcome to call to any Priest for Confession at anytime. Parish of Clane & Rathcoffey Telephone: 045 432808 Fr Paul O’ Boyle, PP, 045-868249, - Dominican Church Masses Sat: Vigil Mass – 8.00pm. Sun: Weekday Mass; Mon-Fri, 10am Clane 9.30am. 10.30am. 12 noon & 5.30pm. Holy days: 7.30am. Sunday Mass: Sat vigil Clane 6.30pm, Sun 9.30, 11.30 10.00am. 12 noon. 5.30pm. W/days: Mon-Fri: 7.30am. 10am. Rathcoffey: 10.30. Confessions: before Saturday 6.30 Mass Parish Office Mon-Sat 9.30 - 4pm, beside Church 045 861393 5.45pm. Sat: 8am. & 10am. Confessions: Saturday: 9.30am. – 10.00am. 10.30am. – Parish of Dunboyne & Kilbride 11.15am. 7.30pm. – 8.00pm. First Friday: 9.30am – 10.00am. 5.30pm – 6.00pm. No Confessions during Mass. Call to any Parish Office Mon-Fri 9.30-1, 1.30-5pm, 01-8255342, Mgr. Dermot Farrell PP, Fr Mark English CC, Fr Gabriel Flynn Priest for Confession anytime. Tel 045 487200 PC. Email- dunboynekilbride.parish@gmail.com - Cill Mhuire Ballymany -Masses Sat: Vigil Mass 7.00pm. Mass times Dunboyne Vigil Sat 7pm, Sun 9am, 11.30. Sunday: 10am, 11.30am. Holy Days: 10am. Weekdays: Mon – Friday: 10am. Confessions Saturday: after 7.00pm. Mass First Kilbride Vigil Sat 6pm, Sun 10am Friday: 9.30am – 10.00am. call to any Priest for Confession at Holy Days Dunboyne 9am Kilbride 10am. Confessions After 10am Mass, before 7pm Mass in Dunboyne. anytime. Telephone: 045 432286. Before 6pm Mass in Kilbride. Church of Sacred Heart & St Brigid Daily Mass Dunboyne 9am weekdays, 10am Saturday. 8pm only KILCULLEN Fr. N Mackey PP 045 481230, Fr. Martin Harte, 481222 on 1st Fridays. Parish Centre Phone Valarie & Vivienne on 045 480 727 First Friday Mass Dunboyne 8pm www.kilcullenparish.net Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament Dunboyne Tuesday MASSES weekdays 9.30am, Sunday 6.30 (Saturday Vigil), 11.00am. Confessions on request before vigil Mass & Friday 9.30am to 8pm. Eucharistic Adoration Thursdays, Parish Centre, 10am- 9pm. Baptisms Please book with Parish Office Contact Marie 086 6088839, Mary 401856, or the Parish Office. Weddings In either churches, minimum of 3 months; must be Saint Joseph's Gormanstown Sunday Mass 9.30am booked through clergy or parish secretary. WHAT IT SAYS 'I saw your ad in the Open Door' 3 WWW.THEOPENDOOR.IE advertising@theopendoor.ie 01-6292909 087-9381997 www.theopendoor.ie HANDYMAN 33rd Week of Ordinary Time, Nov 16 Curtain poles, flat pack assembly, under stairs storage, attic insulation, gates, raised beds, fencing. Phone Brian 085-7159617 / 01-6245949 ELECTRICIAN Word of ETERNAL LIFE faithful in small things, I will trust you with greater; come and join in your master’s happiness.” THE HOLY GOSPEL Next the man with the two talents came St Matthew, chapter 25, verses 14 – 30 forward. You have been faithful in small things; come “Sir,” he said “you entrusted me with two and join in your master’s happiness! talents; here are two more that I have made.” Jesus spoke this parable to his disciples: His master said to him, “Well done, good and ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a man on his faithful servant; you have shown you can be faithful in small things, I will trust you with way abroad who summoned his servants and greater; come and join in your master’s entrusted his property to them. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to a happiness.” Last came forward the man who had the one third one; each in proportion to his ability. talent. “Sir,” said he “I had heard you were a Then he set out. hard man, reaping where you have not sown The man who had received the five talents and gathering where you have not scattered; so promptly went and traded with them and I was afraid, and I went off and hid your talent made five more. in the ground. Here it is; it was yours, you have “Well done, The man who had received two it back.” good and made two more in the same faithful But his master answered him, way. But the man who had servant; you “You wicked and lazy servant! So you knew received one went off and dug have shown that I reap where I have not sown and gather a hole in the ground and hid his you can be where I have not scattered? Well then, you master’s money. faithful in should have deposited my money with the small things, Now a long time after, the bankers, and on my return I would have I will trust master of those servants came recovered my capital with interest. So now, you with back and went through his take the talent from him and give it to the greater; accounts with them. man who has the five talents. come and The man who had received the join in your For to everyone who has will be given more, five talents came forward master’s and he will have more than enough; but from bringing five more. happiness.” the man who has not, even what he has will be “Sir,” he said “you taken away. entrusted me with five talents; here are five As for this good-for-nothing servant, throw him more that I have made.” out into the dark, where there will be weeping His master said to him, “Well done, good and and grinding of teeth.”’ faithful servant; you have shown you can be This is the Gospel of the Lord. This is the Gospel & of the Lord. 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Ruddock, Rural Dean. 045-865178, 087-7643296 Opening hours, Monday to Friday 10am. to 4 pm., closed leonardruddock@gmail.com, www.cs-nl.org for lunch from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Maynooth Tidy Towns Meet on Wednesday evenings @ 7.30pm., and on Saturday mornings @ 10am at the Square. Weather permitting. Further details please call 087 3153189. CHURCH OF IRELAND columbanvoc@yahoo.com www.columban.com Citizens Information FREE & CONFIDENTIAL SERVICE Maynooth CIC Mon-Fri 9.30-5.00 Tel: 0761 07 8100, Lo Call 0761 07 4000 Celbridge Library Tuesday: 9.30am – 1pm Kilcock, Scouts Den, Tue 2.30 – 4.30 Leixlip Parish Centre Wed 9.30am–1pm Leixlip Youth Premises Thursday 9.30-1.00 FLAC Legal Advice, MABS, CAVA(Certified Accountant) Advice by appt. Tel 0761 07 8100 Work Exhibition ANNA MARIA KEAVENEY BSc IAMH Crataegus sp. (Hawthorn) Hawthorn is a herb we are used to seeing all around us as it is found in most of our hedgerows across the country. Part of the rose family this herb contains approx. 300 species which grow not just across Europe but as far afield as China and the Middle East. The young leaves, flower buds and berries are all edible in additional to their medicinal uses. The species grown in China produce much larger fruits, often sugared and eaten as sweets. Crataegusmonogyna and Cratageusleavigata are the two most common species in Ireland. They can and do cross breed and are almost identical in terms of their appearance and medicinal benefits. Hawthorns belong to the rose family forming shrubs or small trees, mostly growing to 5–15 metres tall with small pome fruit and (usually) thorny branches. The flowers are typically in full bloom during May and the fruits ripen through September. They should be picked late in the season (October and November), when they are as ripe as possible. For medicinal purposes they are generally picked after the first frost. As it is so late in the year I thought I would concentrate on the fruit and their culinary uses. In Ireland and the UK the fruit is smaller and were used to make a jelly or home-made wine, the flavour being comparable to over-ripe apples The fruits of the species Crataeguspinnatifida (Chinese hawthorn) are larger and are tart, bright red, and resemble small crabapple fruits. They are used to make many kinds of Chinese snacks, including haw flakes, jams, jellies, juices and other drinks. In Mexico the fruits (CrataegusMexicana)are used in a number of ways, from raw to cooked and preserved as jams during the winter months. They are also stuffed in the piñatas broken during the traditional pre-Christmas celebration and cooked with other fruits to prepare a Christmas punch. Finally, I thought you might be interested in a recipe for hawthorn ketchup. Enjoy. Hawthorn Berry Ketchup Ingredients 500g hawthorn berries 300ml cider vinegar 300ml water 170g sugar 1/2 tsp salt Freshly ground black pepper 1. Strip the berries from their stalks then rinse in cold water. 2. Place in large pan with the vinegar and water, bring to boil and simmer for about 30 minutes until the skins start to split. 3. Remove from the heat and rub the mixture through a sieve or pass through a food mill to remove the large stones and skin. 4. Return the mixture to a clean pan, add the sugar and heat gently, stirring frequently, until the sugar dissolves. 5. Bring to the boil and cook for a further 5 -10 minutes, until the sauce reduces and becomes slightly syrupy. 6. Season with salt and pepper then pour into sterilised bottles. Use within 12 months Anna-Maria Keaveney BSc., MSc., is a qualified Medical Herbalist and member of the Irish Institute of Medical Herbalists (IIMH, www.iimh.org). She can be contacted on 087 237 8183 for information. An Exhibition of work from young people who attend Celbridge Youth Cafe will be held in Celbridge Library from 13th to 17th November during library opening hours. They will exhibit paintings, jewellery, poetry and short stories. All welcome. Celbridge Community Library, St. Patrick's Park, Celbridge 01 6272207, celbridgelib@kildarecoco.ie Novena to The Sacred Heart of Jesus Dear Heart of Jesus; in the past I have asked You for many favours, but today I ask You for this special one - mention request… Take it Dear Heart of Jesus, place it in Your own broken heart, where Your Father sees it, then in His merciful eyes it will become Your prayer not mine. Amen. Recite 3 times each day for 3 days; promise to promote. O.F. 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CROSSROADS Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio www.crossroadsinitiative.com Purgatory & Prayers for the Dead "Ah! It's human nature!" How often we hear it, usually to excuse some weakness or other, in ourselves or someone else. We might do well to A reflection on mystery of death and discover the truth about that nature. We need to know the afterlife including heaven, hell, what a thing is for before we can use it. If we can't and purgatory, and the validity of find the hammer we might try a spanner, but it won't get the job done on the nail, and might be damaged prayers for the dead. itself. I remember a dear elderly man in a nursing On the first two days of November, as daylight home having trouble walking: his slippers were on the shrinks in the Northern Hemisphere and frost turns wrong feet. What about our very selves, though. What vegetation brown, the Church leads us to confront are we for? We don't want to get it wrong about tools and shoes, or the type of fuel our car must have, but the mystery of death. the evidence is there, through all human history, that These days remind us that love is stronger than most of the human race did not have a single death, that Christ’s death for us means that our clue...no, that's wrong, they were given countless beloved deceased who believed in Christ are very clues, even evidence... as to what our nature is for. much alive. It might be true that most men don't bother learning They may be among those whose lungs breathe the to cook: we take the easy way out. If the good lady - exhilarating air of heaven and whose eyes gaze upon mother, wife, housekeeper - is not there to prepare the glory of God. dinner, we content ourselves with a sandwich or In this case, they help us through their prayers. something heated up. Learning to cook? Too much trouble. So with our nature: better not to do too much Yet they may also be among those whose lungs thinking about it - life might get too hard. We don't were not ready for breathing and whose eyes were want to be disturbed. Well, we'd better want it, not ready for the brilliance of the beatific vision, keeping in mind that a thing misused will break down, whose body carried an infection that needed to be or get broken and finish up amongst the rubbish. eliminated. In which case, we must help them Years ago, we had a great PP of an inner city through our prayers. Our loving intercession can suburb who had a refuge for homeless men in his hasten the purification and preparation necessary for parish. Each year he got priests who could sing, play the full enjoyment of their inheritance. an instrument or tell a joke well, or do a skit, to put on a concert for quite a large audience of the homeless. The Catholic Church has always been very reserved in its teaching about the mystery of life after death, As I recall, we did this for ten years or so. What including the mystery of purgatory. Here’s what we surprised me was the number of young men among them. Who knows what potential in all those men had know. Christ’s death and resurrection won eternal life for everyone. not been noticed, and certainly not developed, or Yet the fruit of his redeeming work needs to be perhaps developed then lost: there could have been ex-teachers or doctors or lawyers among them, or ex- personally appropriated. Each person must say yes successful business men. Somewhere along the line, to Christ, and yield to the liberating power of his either they themselves or someone who influenced grace which progressively breaks the sin’s power them greatly, became devoted to some thing or and heals sin’s wounds. activity that went against human nature! Everyone is obliged to actively participate in this And what's that? process and to renounce all sin, great or small. God, It is God's image. There's the undeniable fact. We are through his Church, provides all the means of grace spirit, with free will, and we wreck ourselves by our necessary to facilitate this purification and healing. wrong choices. Right choices make a hard path, but it leads upwards. Who was it told us that "Narrow is the Yet what about people who say a fundamental yes way that leads to life, and few there are that find it?" to Christ, but drag their feet, clinging to some “small” sins, nursing some attachments to the evil It seems only 'the few' choose to get out of the easy, that they’ve supposedly renounced? non-thinking life of wanting their own way, and do what God Himself planted in our very nature: forget Purgatory is the process after death where these ourselves and spread His goodness to those around us, attachments, the umbilical cord which binds people starting with our family. The path might be narrow, to the old world, are cut so that people can be free to but its destination is wide and wonderful! enter into the life to come. John W. Ó Néill, PP, New South Wales, Australia It is the hospital where the infection of sin is eliminated. It is the incubator where heart, lungs, and vision is made ready for a much larger life. Purgatory is not a temporary hell. We can’t know for sure where our beloved deceased are, unless they happen to be canonized saints. So when in doubt, we pray for them. If they happen to need our help, our act of kindness can have great impact on them. If not, this kind act still has great impact on us, exercising our love muscles so that we will be ready to enter directly into the wedding feast of the Lamb when our own time inevitably comes. 'Field of Miracles' Phone 057 915 1552 Email - contact@emmanuelhouse.ie www.emmanuelhouse.ie Emmanuel House of Providence, Clonfert, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway Eddie Stones is based in Emmanuel House of Providence, Clonfert, where he conducts a healing service twice weekly and a healing day on the last Saturday of each month. Emmanuel House of Providence, a Catholic centre for prayer / evangelisation, is in Clonfert; the Irish version of the name means 'field of miracles', on the site of a 6th century monastery of St. Brendan the Navigator, Ballinasloe. Rivalry and Vainglory Weaken the Church Pope Invites Faithful to Place the Needs of Others Before Their Own By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY, November 03, When no one seeks his own interests and is genuinely grateful, then there is harmony in the Church. This was the main theme of Pope Francis' homily during his morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta today. He reflected on the First reading from St. Paul’s letter to the Philippians, in which the Apostle says to “do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, Network Ireland Kildare Branch humbly regard others as more important than yourselves." According to Vatican Radio, the Pope noted that often in churches, parishes and schools, we can find rivalry Network Ireland Kildare Branch is delighted to and vainglory, referring to them as “two worms that announce it will be hosting its Annual Charity eat the fabric of the Church, weakening Her.” th Luncheon on Friday the 14 November 2014 at 12.45 p.m. All are welcome to attend the Charity “Rivalry and vainglory go against this harmony, this agreement. Instead of rivalry and vainglory, what does Luncheon which is taking place in the Osprey Paul recommend? ‘Rather, humbly regard others as Hotel in Naas to celebrate and raise funds for more important than yourselves,’” the Pope said. McAuley Place, Naas; the chosen charity of Network Ireland Kildare Branch this year. “[St. Paul] felt this himself. He qualifies himself as Network Ireland is Ireland’s leading women’s ‘not worthy to be called an apostle,' the least one. 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During his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis entrusted himself and all bishops to the prayers of the faithful. Through their prayers, he said, "we can at least hope to be closer to the acts of service that the Apostle Paul advises for all bishops." Encouraging the thousands gathered, he asked, “Do you agree? Will you pray for us?” The Holy Father said that bishops must have many virtues, despite being "sinners." Through the Holy Spirit’s power and grace, he continued, “Christ does not fail to give rise to the ordained ministries, in order to build up the Christian community as His body.” The Pope said the role of the bishop, among these ministries, “stands out.” “In the bishop, assisted by priests and deacons,” he said, “it is Christ Himself who is present and who continues to take care of his Church, ensuring his protection and guidance.” Through their presence and ministry, he declared, we can recognize the “true face” of the Church. “She is our Holy Mother, the Hierarchical Church,” he said. “And really, through these brothers chosen by the Lord and consecrated by the sacrament of Holy Orders, the Church exercises her motherhood." “There should not be room in the Church for a worldly mentality,” he continued. “A worldly mentality speaks of a man who has an ‘ecclesiastical career and has become a bishop.’" The Pontiff went on to say that that the role of a bishop is not a place of honour but rather a service to others, following the example of the Good Shepherd. It is sad, he said, when we see a man “who seeks this office and does all he can to get it and when he gets it does not serve, instead goes around like a peacock and lives only for his vanity.” Recalling the recent Synod of Bishops, the Pope noted that while the bishops came from different cultures and places, the meeting exemplified that bishops are "a single college." More than just Christian communities recognizing the bishop as a “great gift,” he stressed they are called to nurture a sincere and profound communion with him, starting with the priests and deacons. "There is no healthy Church if the faithful priests, deacons are not united around their bishop," he underscored. “This Church not united around their bishop is a sick Church.” Concluding his address, Pope Francis said that the "relationship of each Church with the Apostles is visible and with all the other communities, united with their bishops and the Pope in the One Church of the Lord Jesus, that is our Holy Mother, the Hierarchical Church.” Shroud of Turin Pope Francis plans to visit Turin, Italy, in June 2015. The Holy Father made the announcement while greeting the Italian pilgrims during his Wednesday General Audience today. “I am pleased to announce that, God willing, on June 21st I will go on a pilgrimage to Turin to venerate the Holy Shroud and honor Saint John Bosco, on the bicentennial anniversary of his birth,” the Pope said. Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia of Turin as well as the mayor of Turin, Piero Fassino, were present in St. Peter’s Square. They will be holding a press conference on next year’s exposition of the Shroud of Turin and the 200th anniversary of St. John Bosco’s birth. While the authenticity of the Shroud has neither been confirmed nor denied by the Vatican, devotion to the image was approved by Pope Pius XII in 1958. Pope Francis sent a video message last year on the occasion of the Shroud’s exposition at the Cathedral in Turin, in which he said that “the Man of the Shroud invites us to contemplate Jesus of Nazareth.” “By means of the Holy Shroud, the unique and supreme Word of God comes to us: Love made man, incarnate in our history; the merciful Love of God who has taken upon himself all the evil of the world in order to free us from its power,” he said. 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If you become conscious of recent sin you that a “refusal of democratic turnover” has areas of need. apologise to the Lord and promise to Confess and repent of caused tensions in some African countries, and We are currently seeking this sin, otherwise it will be a block between you and the called for “the observance of the constitution and people over the age of 21 Lord. (It is the same in marriage; if there is unrepented sin (retired people especially democratic turnover.” The statement was apparently aimed at the Democratic Republic of between you it blocks all expressions of love, and makes welcome) who are Congo, where supporters of President Joseph communication difficult, if not impossible). interested in overseas Kabila are pushing for a constitutional volunteering. Just ask Him sincerely, and from your heart, to reveal amendment that would allow Kabila to serve a Himself to you, so that you can begin the exciting journey We offer comprehensive 3rd term. 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We’ve spent a couple of weeks looking at The Defendant, Chesterton’s first book of prose. His next book, Thomas Carlyle, appeared in 1902, when he was twenty-nine years old. It’s not at all surprising that Chesterton should choose to • North Star Swim Club write about Thomas Carlyle. Volunteers desperately needed for people with disabilities, St. Raphael’s Pool, Celbridge Carlyle was a Victorian writer, social critic and Every Sunday @ 2.30pm to 4pm philosopher. In fact, he occupied in the Victorian era SUITABLE FOR THE GAISCE AWARD - All the kind of role that Chesterton occupied in his Welcome!!! Interested? Valerie @ 0863612855 time—some have described this as being a ‘wisdom northstarswimmingclub@gmail.com writer’ or a ‘prophet’. Like Chesterton, he was a gadfly—he stung the Victorians for their supposed utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is the belief that only Would you give a young person with an Intellectual what is useful and profitable is good. 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More information www.youth2000.ie Job Vacancies in St Raphael’s Celbridge Positions for Care Assistants are available on the Community Employment Scheme. Please call Fás Supervisor Frances Walsh on 5058257 AL-ANON Local Meetings This is suggested by a text of St Paul. The Apostle speaks of the value of each person's work which will be revealed on the day of judgment and says: "If the work which any man has built on the foundation [which is Christ] survives, he will receive a reward. If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire" (1 Cor 3: 14-15). At times, to reach a state of perfect integrity a person's intercession or mediation is needed. For example, Moses obtains pardon for the people with a prayer in which he recalls the saving work done by God in the past, and prays for God's fidelity to the oath made to his ancestors (cf. Ex 32: 30, 11-13). 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Acts of the Apostles: The Beginning of the Church By Steve Ray (Part 4) With the brilliance and perception of a prophet Luke shows us a direct parallel between the Old Covenant and the New—the new Passover and Pentecost. Again, the Lamb’s blood has been shed, this time Jesus’ on the cross and a way has been made through water to leave the bondage of sin and Satan—the way to eternal life. Again God comes down in fire, this time not on tablets of stone but on the tablets of their hearts (2 Cor 3:3) and while the first flame was fearsome, and far off on the mountaintop, this new fire coming down from God is very personal, hovering over each individual head. And because many believed, God added three thousand that day; at the new Pentecost, fifty days after the Cross, he gives back what had been taken at the first Pentecost. But the nation of Israel as a whole rejected Jesus, and like the Israelites of old, this generation was destroyed forty years later when Jerusalem was leveled by the troops of Titus marching from Rome in AD 70. Forty years after each of these Pentecosts each generation of rebellious Jews were destroyed. No wonder Peter stood up and warned the Jews in Jerusalem to “Be saved from this perverse generation!” (Acts 2:40). This was the same term Moses used of his generation who were destroyed in the wilderness due to their unbelief (Deut 32:20). This charge by Peter was not referring to salvation of their souls, primarily, but a warning that destruction was coming on this generation of Jews for its unbelief as it had come on their fathers. The New is a mirror image of the Old and Luke paints the portrait with great precision and epic proportions. But the book has a very unsatisfactory ending—in the sense that there is no ending. It just stops in midstream. What happens to Paul? Where has Peter ended up? I think Luke ended without an ending because the story is by its nature, never ending story. The Holy Spirit is still at work in and through his Church and the Apostolic Succession. Who would presume to say that the soul of the Church, the Holy Spirit, and his work stopped at the end of Acts? Luke is letting us know the Great Commission’s first chapter had been written, but the lives of the saints, bishops, martyrs, evangelists, laymen, the whole Church is on a journey and the story will not end until Christ returns in the clouds just as he left—as the story began. Then we will have the whole story from beginning to ending. Steve Ray, a convert from Evangelical Protestantism, is author of multiple books and speaks around the world defending the Catholic Faith. He is writer and producer of the Footprints of God documentary series now being shown on EWTN TV. 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I encourage you to keep looking, keep searching until you get some answers. Keep growing and exploring within until you reach a place of inner happiness and contentment. I love those two sacred words, inner happiness and contentment because no amount of money or material things in the world can buy that peace for you. You must be nurtured and cared for and soothed and healed when hurt. Self-love and self-care are both so so so important as the foundation for a truly happy and healthy you. Being kinder to myself was the secret I learned to transform my world. Everything in my life and world changed when I started to like myself and all I am. So wherever you are upon your journey, whatever pills you are taking, whatever drastic things you have done with your diet or lifestyle ensure you have a good mix of self-love thrown in there too or else the other ingredients will have little impact. I have experienced first hand the detrimental impact self-blame, self-criticism, self-destruction and so much more can do to ones health, happiness and well-bring. Start with caring for yourself, no one else can do that for you, no one else can rebuild your self-esteem only you. Others can guide, support, offer device, numerous steps and so on but you must value who you are and then share your skills, talents and gifts with the world. Give thanks for your life and celebrate all you have and all you are! Gertrude Lawler, Health for life practitioner, Food technologist, Natural Juice Therapist practices in CLANE. Enquiries or to obtain FREE ‘Healthy you steps’ please contact Tel:086-3888535 or Email: Gertrude@kinesicare.ie www.gertrudelawler.com 'Saw your ad in the Open Door' 21 Fast food BRING YOUR BUSINESS FOR YOUR SOUL Tired of being tired? into 6000 homes every weekthrough the Open Door! 01-6292909 advertising@theopendoor.ie www.theopendoor.ie Exhausted & Stressed? Overweight, Skin problems? Digestive problems? Get your Free Brochure & Get yourself Why Do We Pray for the Dead? started steps Sign up to Today! receive your It is sad that often a person passes away who • Gertrude Lawler. free weekly copy never missed Mass, but whose relatives decide Food Technologist,by email that they don’t want to be bothered with going to www.theopendoor.ie Natural Juice Therapist. Church for a funeral. Gertrude@kinesicare.ie Email us requesting to be A few prayers at the funeral home or grave are www.gertrudelawler.com added to our emailing list infinitely inferior to the prayers of Jesus Christ on 086 3888535 info@theopendoor.ie the Cross, the Sacrifice of the Mass. People have a right to a funeral Mass. Don’t let others deny you this right. If you opt for cremation, you still have a right to a funeral and, under the new rules, a funeral Mass can be celebrated with the ashes of the cremated person present. But on another level, purely emotional and psychological, people need to say good-bye and Choice of colours with 1 spend some time with the deceased, commending colour printed logo him or her to the Lord. There is a deep emptiness when only the ashes are present. 500 PIECES FOR There is something tremendously healing about JUST €225 + vat being before the body of your loved one, and Call 087-9381997 commending him or her to the Lord with your info@theopendoor.ie family and friends. You might want to consider that before you just decide to eliminate the traditional wake, funeral Mass and internment. You might not want the wake part, but your loved ones might need it. A priest of our diocese was asked, “Do you believe in purgatory?” He answered, “Not only do I believe in purgatory, Eucharistic Adoration I’m counting on it.” Our lives are fragile. A hurricane comes and ten thousand of us die every Wed in the sacristy without any warning. 10am to 6pm. Even when we have an idea that our lives are coming to an end due to a devastating illness like All are welcome cancer, we always die sooner than we expect and to come and sooner than we would like. spend some time During our lives we approach the Lord seeking in quiet prayer. the healing for the results of our sins. When our lives on earth have ended we depend on the prayers of those still living here to continue to ask God to heal the results of sin in our lives. The priest who said, “I don’t just believe in purgatory, I am counting on it,” is seeking healing from the Service for Young People community for the effects of his own sins. Ages 18 to mid- 20‘s at Scoil This is the month of All Souls. We have done San Carlo, Thursdays, a disservice to our dead by canonising them all, Captain's Hill, Leixlip (white by deciding that no matter what their lives may pre-fab behind Confey have been like, they must be in heaven right now. Church) Tues, 8 p.m. It is a disservice because the faithful departed The group lasts an hour to an need our prayers. They need us to offer the sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross for them--to have hour and a half. Average attendance is approx Masses said for them. They need us to pray the 10-15 people. Rosary asking Mary to speak to her Son for our loved ones. They need us to keep the memory of Those attending introduce to the group on a first name their goodness alive and before the Lord. The greatest prayer that we can offer for the dead basis. is the prayer of Christ on the Cross, the sacrifice Confidentiality is emphasised of the Mass. That is why we have funeral Masses. at the start. No pressure to share or The Books of Maccabees tell us that it is good to contribute to the meeting. pray for the dead. During the Month of November, we pray for our loved ones that they Tea and coffee afterwards. might be healed of the effects of sin in their lives For more information about and be admitted into the eternal love of the Lord. Aware visit: And so we pray in beautifully poetic language: http://www.aware.ie/ loCall Helpline: 1890 303 302, Eternal Rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let Leixlip Office: 458 1010 perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls Aware is hosted by Leixlip and the souls of all the faithful departed, through Women’s Studies; Ann the mercy of God, rest in peace Weigel (01) 264 2461 Fr Joseph Pellegrino November – PRINTED PENS Suncroft Parish Church Leixlip Aware 22 'Saw your ad in the Open Door' Legion of Mary BRING YOUR BUSINESS into 6000 homes every CELBRIDGE weekAn ad in the Open Meeting every Monday night at Door do the BIZ – 8pmwill in Celbridge. 01-6292909 New members welcome. Information from Margaret 087 6175970 or Anne 087 9195653. CUSTOM MADE FURNITURE Millicent Woodcraft Specialists in sitting room, bed room/ kitchen furniture. Contact Mick Manning – 087 9972823 DARA O'SHEA CARPETS & Timber Flooring Supplied & fitted Fully Insured Free Quotes Straffan, Co. Kildare 086 4106804. 01 SAND & GRAVEL DEPOT • Small loads 804, • 6/8 ton delivered • Hardcore 804 • Building sand • Plastering sand • Batch gravel • Drainage gravel – • 6/10/20ml Leixlip Road, Maynooth (Garden Centre beside Tesco) For any other queries call • Call Vincent 087-6874485 for local delivery TOASTMASTERS Church of Holy Family • Clane Toastmasters next meeting will be November 5th at Clane GAA club @ 7.45pm. If you would like to improve you ability to speak in public in a friendly and encouraging environment;just come along on Fridays 7.30 to 8.30 pm. All welcome. Wednesday, we would be delighted to see you there. For more information you can call Maureen on 0872258020 or Tomás on 0863064474 www.clanetoastmasters.com • Naas – Plain Speakers Toastmasters Club Dublin Latin Mass Chaplaincy Toastmasters is the best kept secret for personal and St Kevin's Church, Harrington St, Dublin 8 professional development. Plain Speakers, Naas, provides Traditional sung Latin Mass every a fun, energetic and encouraging space to develop and • Sunday, 10.30 am. improve communication and leadership skills. The club meets on the first and third Monday of each month, in • Monday to Friday 8.00 a.m., Naas GAA, Sallins Road, at 7.45pm for an 8 pm sharp • Saturdays 9.00 a.m. start. The next meetings are on 3rd and 17th November. www.latinmassdublin.ie For further details, contact Ger Dooley, (087) 2523041, or latinmass@dublin.ie see www.plainspeakers.com and Phone 01 4758611 www.facebook.com/plainspeakers. • Maynooth Toastmasters Maynooth Toastmasters meet on the 2nd and 4th Monday of every month from 8-10pm in the Glenroyal Hotel For a free leaflet on St Louis Marie Maynooth All visitors welcome and it is a good learning de Montfort’s “True Devotion to experience www.maynoothtoastmasters.com Mary” please send a stamped • Kildare Toastmasters addressed envelope to ‘Cluain Caoin’, Lr Hodgestown, Donadea, Toastmasters is an international voluntary organisation that promotes members to gain confidence with public Naas, 045 869463. speaking. Kildare Toastmasters meet upstairs in the Talks on the ‘True Devotion to Mary’ Silken Thomas, Kildare on 2nd & 4th Tues, 7:50p.m for arranged on request. 8.00 start until -10pm. We are a vibrant club who always welcome and guide new members into making their speeches. Teenagers: If you have a parent, family member Some of the speech topics vary upon individual’s interest. or friend who drinks too much, you can see what On Tuesday, Kate spoke about the importance of personal space and used humorous visuals to attract attention. it’s doing to them. But can you see what its Mary’s profound speech reminded us about tuning into doing to you? our own sources of happiness. For information and help phone; Al-anon Toastmasters clubs also host competitions between information centre: 01 8732699, or www.aldifferent districts for members who are at an advanced anon-ireland.org Alateen meet in Ballycane level. On Tuesday, we were delighted to support Allistair Church, Naas, Monday nights at 8.15. No Wallace from Naas Toastmasters, who won The Area meeting on bank holiday Monday weekends Humorous speech and will now progress to the next stage of the competition. Come along to our next meeting on Tuesday, 28th October and your experience of public speaking will undoubtedly change for the better. Make the choice, to take the Chance and Change your view of public speaking for the better... Would you like to answer Silken Thomas Kildare Town, the Church’s call for www.kildaretoastmasters.org adoration of the Blessed www.facebook.com/KildareToastmasters Sacrament & Rosary? Twitter: @kildaretoasties or Tel: 086 2413747 Salesian Oratory, Maynooth Rd, • Lucan Toastmasters Celbridge: (087-9381997) Meets every second Thursday evening in the Springfield Saturdays 8.00 to 10pm: Hotel near Leixlip. So if you would like to see what it is • Evening Prayer of the Church 8.30, all about (guests don't have to speak) you can go along as • Rosary MMP Cenacle 9.00, a guest at 7.45pm. Contact their head of membership • Divine Mercy Chaplet 9.45. Austin at aokcafe@gmail.com. Come for any length of time! Rathcoole EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Latin Mass True Devotion to Mary ALATEEN SATURDAY NIGHTS SEPTIC TANK CLEANING We invite you to come and visit our recently refurbished Ivy. Enjoy local produce prepared by our Head Chef John Nagle and his team. Do you know that having your tank cleaned by a licensed operator once a year is the most cost effective way to comply with the new regulations? • Septic tank cleaning • Bio-cycle cleaning.... Best rates - €20 discount with this ad! Call Jim 045 851801 or 087 6041896, www.septictanks.ie Heart to Hand The Registered Charity “Heart to Hand” was set up to care for the poorest of the poor in countries like Albania, Bosnia, Moldova, Romania and other countries where the need arises, providing food, medicine, clothes and other humanitarian aid; education and training to help these people fend for themselves has been put in motion. It is non-denominational, voluntary and therefore what comes in goes out to help the poorest of the poor. Without the help and generosity of the Irish people we could not survive. • Call Kieran Byrne, 087-2745570, 0402-37260. e-mail: hearttohand1@eircom.net Irish Countrywomen’s Association At the Heart of the Community since 1910 ICA Liffey Valley Guild Palmerstown We meet on Monday nights at 8 pm in St Bridget’s Girls National School. The ICA is open to all women over the age of 16. Come and find out how ICA can offer you Fun Friendship &Support. New members welcome. For details of activities and how to become a member contact us at liffeyvalleyica@gmail.com or text ICA, your name and contact number to 087-240-6508. www.ica.ie and is on Face Book. • On behalf of the premature babies in the Coombe Hospital we would like to thank everyone who supported our appeal - so far we have sent in up to 200 blankets and hats. Please continue the good work! Mary Duffy PRO ICA Clondalkin Ladies of Clondalkin and surrounding areas, the Clondalkin Guild of Irish Countrywomen’s Association (I.C.A.) is now open with a great programme of events - crafts, talks on interesting subjects and of course, great outings! Do come along on the first three Tuesday’s of the month. We meet in St Joseph’s Boys School, Convent Road, Clondalkin at 8pm and will make you very welcome. Bernie Dunne P.R.O. Adoration of the BLESSED SACRAMENT Church of Irish Martyrs, Naas. Mon 10am-9pm, Tues 10am-9pm Wed 10am-9.30pm; Thur 8pm-9pm (silent prayer for priests) - Drop in any time – The Lord is always present to welcome you! Celbridge Youth Café Bereavement Support Dunboyne The Bethany Bereavement Support Group is a Parish based ministry to help those bereaved and those suffering loss of any kind. We offer one-to-one support, group support if desired and home visits. Meetings are held in: 41 Avondale Square, Dunboyne. On first Wednesdays of every month at 8pm. Contact Mary/Gerry 086-8497176 WIDER OPTIONS St Conleth’s Community College, Newbridge, A course for people who have been in the home for a number of years or people who are unemployed and wish to update their computer skills. All welcome. Enquiries (045) 431417, stconlethscc@eircom.net Indoor bowls Within the Kildare West Wicklow Indoor bowls association there are almost 30 bowls clubs up and runningcheck your local press for details of a club near you. Contact Phyllis Burke at 045 879167 the development officer of the KWWIA for more information on joining an indoor bowls club, or check out the website for more info wwwkildarewestwicklowindoorbowls.ie At the Heart of the Faith … Handing on Faith in the World Today; join committed adult students from every part of the English-speaking world following Maryvale’s catechetical programmes. • Distance-Learning part-time programmes: - Parish Catechesis You study where you are, fully supported by experienced tutors and specially written course materials. Annual residential school in Cardinal John Henry Newman’s first Catholic home. • Competitive fees. Apply : Maryvale Institute, Old Oscott Hill, Birmingham, B44 9AG. UK. www.maryvale.ac.uk Tel: 00 44 121 360 8118 Celbridge Bridge Club The Mill, Celbridge • Open invitation to all players We play every Thursday night at 7.30 and welcome • Volunteers needed! participation by all players, especially novice/B Could you spare a couple of hours once a month? players. You are assured of a warm welcome and a We invite applications to join our team of adult good game. Car parking is available in the Mill. Please volunteers helping in the Cafe on Thursday and contact Brid at 086 8343671 for further information. Friday evenings. Training provided. Call Lynn 087-9872856, celbridgeyouthcafe@gmail.com Celbridge Meals on Wheels Celbridge Meals on Wheels delivers 38/40 meals in the Celbridge/ Straffan/ Ardclough area on a twice weekly basis. All meals are delivered by a team of voluntary drivers working on a 3-week rota. If you would like to be involved in this very valuable work please contact Mairéad Byrne Tel 087-2239410 WITTY KNITTERS Meet on 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month. Come and join- no matter what age- don’t be shy; newbies welcome. Venue Mucky Duck upstairs, Celbridge, 7pm. Contact Aine 0876204046 aine.mahon@gmail.com Keep up to date with www.thechroniclesofyarnia.wordpress.com 'Saw your ad in the Open Door'23 BRING YOUR BUSINESS into 6000 homes every week- through the Open Door! 01-6292909 advertising@theopendoor.ie www.theopendoor.ie Clondalkin Active Retirement Our members meet on Tuesday mornings 10.30. 12.00 in the Round Towers G.A.A. Club premises Convent Road. Our objectives are to provide a focal point for active people (ladies and gents) to meet and engage in educational, cultural and social activities. Our meetings begin with Tea and Coffee before we introduce guests. Visitors are always welcome to drop in for a cuppa. Further information from Thomas at 01-4573269 or email thomasoflaherty12@yahoo.ie. Community Cenacolo Is addiction controlling and ruining your life? Would you like to discover hope and joy? The Community Cenacolo helps people suffering from addiction to change… The Community Cenacolo was founded by an Italian nun, Mother Elvira Petrozzi, in 1983. For many years she had been concerned by the destruction she had seen among young people through drug abuse and she longed to help them. To-day there are houses world wide with over 2,000 young men and women in the programme. The house for men in Ireland was opened in Knock, Co. Mayo in 1999. As yet there is not a house for women in Ireland but women who wish to enter the Community are accepted in Cenacolo houses in Europe. Meetings are held every Wednesday evening at 7.30pm at St. Peter’s Parish Centre, St. Peter’s Church, Phibsboro, Dublin 7. • For further information please contact Aida on (01) 6247428 or 086 37 606 47 24 'Saw your ad in the Open Door' CELBRIDGE ONLINE.IE TV REPAIRS All you need in Celbridge at your fingertips • DVD, HI local FI repairs , Support business Free repairs monthly draw • Video 087-9843442 • Will collect & deliver 087 6432710, 01 4447468 sjpharte@iol.ie New Printer & FREE UNLIMITED INK for a year for only €149 5 The Crossings, Dublin Rd, Naas, Ph: 045-888459, naas@cartridgegreen.ie ATLANTIC FLOOR SANDING Domestic & Commercial www.atlanticflooring.ie Free quote from Bernard 087-2321737 / 01-6242727 Kildare Alzheimer Dementia & Alzheimers Dementia describes a group of symptoms including memory loss, confusion, mood changes and difficulty with day-to-day tasks. More than 40,000 people in Ireland are presently living with dementia. There are many causes of dementia with alzheimers the most prevalent. It can be difficult to distinguish between alzheimers and mild forgetfulness which can be attributed to normal ageing. Typical early symptoms of Alzheimers include : 1. Regularly forgetting recent events, names 2. Regularly misplacing items. 3. Confusion about time of day. 4. Disorientation, especially away from your normal surroundings. 5. Problems finding the right words. 6. Mood or behavioural problem, i.e. apathy, irritability or losing confidence. 7. Restlessness or difficulty with sleeping. 8. Getting lost whilst driving or walking. Should the above symptoms be a cause of concern please contact your doctor asap. Early detection can help greatly. The Alzheimer’s Cafe meeting is on the last Wednesday of every month (7-9pm) in the Convent Tea Rooms at McAuley Place, Naas (beside the Main Church). The main speaker will be Amanda Bohan, Home Instead, Senior Care. The topic : “Confidence to Care”. All carers and cared for are most welcome. Enquiries : 045-897833. Mary’s Meals responds to Ebola crisis in West Africa Charity delivers emergency meals to Ebola patients and hungry children... Mary’s Meals is delivering food aid to thousands of people affected by the Ebola outbreak in Liberia – including patients infected by the deadly virus – following the launch of an emergency relief effort. Under normal circumstances, Mary’s Meals reaches more than 128,000 impoverished children across Liberia each day, attracting them to the classroom with a nutritious meal in school. However, the recent crisis has brought a temporary halt to the charity’s feeding programme in the country, MATHS, ACCOUNTING with all schools now closed. Individual instruction Founded in 2002, Mary’s Meals runs school feeding programmes in 12 countries – across Maths - J.C and L.C. Accounting/Business - J.C. Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean – and is now reaching and L.C. 923,572 hungry children every day they attend €20 per hr/ €30 for 2 hrs. school. Whilst delivering school meals is the FIRST LESSON FREE charity’s prime focus, it has a long history of providing emergency relief assistance. Tel: Rory 087 6751169 See www.marysmeals.org TEACHER NO MORE HEART DISEASE * Nobel Prize-Winning Discovery * High Blood Pressure * High Cholesterol * Circulation Problems * Diabetes * Menopause * Obesity How Nitric Oxide can prevent, even reverse, heart disease/ stroke by Dr. J. Ignarro (Nobel Laureate in Medicine) Phone 085 8816759, 086 8486077. *Agents required all areas with the HARVEST Two questions that Protestants often ask: 1. "Why is Church teaching so important?" In the founding of any nation, the government of that nation is as important as its founding documents. For example, let us that over 200 years ago, America's founding fathers had just finished drafting the Constitution. They then walked out to a waiting crowd, handed over the document and said, "Here it is: the supreme law of our land. Go in peace! Our spirits will be with you to guide you in interpreting this correctly." Chaos and anarchy would have reigned, with everyone trying to interpret the Constitution for themselves. And if a secular nation needs a judiciary to interpret its laws, how much more does God’s Kingdom need the same authority? Scripture itself says, "No scripture is of any private interpretation" (2 Pet 1:20); and the Church is called "the pillar and foundation of truth" (1 Tim 3:15). Based solely on what Jesus said, no one would have known there was going to be a “New Testament”; but there was to be a Church. Jesus said, “Upon this rock I will build My Church” (Matt.16:18), not “upon this page I will write My Book.” 2. "Why have Catholics added to the Bible?" Catholic Bibles contain seven Old Testament books not contained in Protestant Bibles: Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Baruch, Sirach, and 1 & 2 Maccabees. Many nonCatholics view these books as something invented by the Catholic Church. This could not be further from the truth. At the time of Jesus, the version of the OT used throughout the civilized world was the Greek translation called the Septuagint. Most Protestants seem unaware that the Septuagint contained the seven disputed books. Furthermore, the New Testament refers to many of these as it does other OT books: Hebrews 11 refers to events in Maccabees, and Romans 1 and 2 contain much from Wisdom. Catholics are “Bible Christians”; we believe in the inspiration and authority of the Scriptures. As St. Jerome said, "Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ". But we remember where the Bible came from, and we keep it in the context which God intended! We believe in the Bible as “the Book of the Church”; and we rejoice in being part of “the Church of the Book.” Michael Matthews is a Catholic evangelist, apologist, author and conference speaker, and a former ordained independent, fundamental Baptist minister. He can be reached at triumph@ catholicexchange.com PC / LAPTOP MAINTENANCE & REPAIR Spyware / Virus removal & prevention. Over 13 yrs exp Data recovery, Upgrades. All hardware/ software issues ▪ IPhone Repair ▪ 045-899133 / 087-2217103 Sts Peter & Paul Dunboyne- The Parish Shop Children’s books, calendars, wreaths and candles, cards and many more small items: Do call in. Open before and after weekend Masses: Saturday 7 pm, Sunday 9 am, 11.30am Give Guiding a Go! CGI Come along to your local group for fun, team spirit, friendship and adventure for all girls. Group Ages: Cygnets, 5-6 yrs, Brigins 6-11yrs Girl Guides 11yrs- 17yrs! • Scoil Ui Riada, Kilcock, Weds 6pm-7.30pm, (cygnets 6.00pm to 7.00pm). - 087 2994645. • St Brigid’s School Hall, Celbridge Mondays (exc B/H), 6.30 – 8pm, Sandra Whelan on 087 7797948, celbridge.cgi@hotmail.com So why not come along one night a week – join your local Girl Guide group – you will be surprised how much guiding can offer you! Enjoy singing? Join a Choir! In Caelo Choir, St Conleth’s Church. Newbridge, welcomes new members - Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass. Rehearsals Tuesday evenings. Sunday Mass at 12.30. More information - John 086 6086910. Kildare Alzheimer Early Diagnosis Essential Being diagnosed with Alzheimers is usually traumatic and emotional for both the person and his/her family. Up to recently most diagnosis were made when the illness had progressed to stage one. By that stage most carers would expect their loved ones to experience memory loss, misplacement of items, irritation and anger and confusion re time and place. Driving would therefore be inadvisable thus resulting in less independence. What some carers may not have been prepared for was the inability to remember or express simple words, wandering, paranoia and delusions. There can also be loss of appetite and night time wakefulness. This can be draining not just on the cared for but even more so on the carer. What a daunting prospect. For the future however there is a silver lining. New trials are focusing on early detection – ie before the onset of dementia. By detecting and treating mild cognitive impairment the progression of Alzheimers will be greatly reduced. This development will be widely welcomed. The Alzheimer Cafe meeting takes place on the last Wednesday of every month from 7pm to 9pm in the Convent tea rooms at McAuley Place, Naas – beside the Main Church. All carers and cared for are most welcome. Grandparents’ Association The Association has been recognised and approved by both the Pontifical Council for the Family and by the Pontifical Council for New Evangelisation in The Vatican. Pope Francis, on many occasions, has applauded the role which Grandparents play in the life of The Church. The vocation of Grandparents to Pass on The Faith is now recognised everywhere and Grandparents find that membership of the Association is a great support to them in that role because the Association offers practical as well as spiritual ways of passing on the Faith.. For information Phone 098 24877 www.catholicgrandparentsassociation.org catholicgrandparents@gmail.com Catholic Grandparents Association, Castlebar St, Westport, Co Mayo Horticultural Show REVIVAL Approximately 30 years ago Clondalkin used to host a Horticultural Show for the children and Adults of the community. It faded out as the Celtic Tiger struck our lives. It has since disappeared. The format was that children had their show in May and Adults were in September. It drew people from the locality together and competition was high. Who grew the biggest and best and what sponge and Jams tasted the best? And the children’s miniature garden in a biscuit tin was a great attraction. WELL! - 2015 will bring the rebirth of the Horticultural show to Clondalkin, so Guys and Gals and children get making, baking and growing. This will bring a new highlight to the late summer months if we start now this winter... You could be a winner. 1st 2nd 3rd prizes in each category. Green thumbs and nimble fingers get going! For information clyons380@gmail.com WANTED Rosary Beads – religious videos, audio-tapes, medals, small statues, scapulars, used postage stamps, Christmas cards for... Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland, Philippines, Ethiopia, Romania, Sri-Lanka, Fiji, Eritrea, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, Israel, India, Ghana, Nigeria, Paraguay, Pakistan, Lebanon, Indonesia, Uganda, Chile, South Africa, Zambia, Nicaragua, Peru, Malawi…. etc Send direct to: Tom Wall, Ballinookery, Whitegate, Midleton, Co. Cork. Tel: 021 4661552 after 5pm. Donations for postal expenses welcome. Archdiocese of Dublin 25 Statement on Avalon marriage DVD Many parishes have been contacted recently with information regarding a pre-marriage DVD course being marketed by Avalon RC Limited. The information and the Avalon website suggest that this course meets the “Bishops’ Guidelines”. This DVD course and online questionnaire cannot meet the Irish Episcopal Conference Criteria for Courses of Preparation for the Sacrament of Marriage and is not an acceptable course of marriage preparation in the Archdiocese of Dublin. VOLUNTEERING in Celbridge Dara Residential Services is situated in Celbridge and provides Residential and Respite to young adults with Intellectual Disability. We are looking for caring, energetic people to provide a regular social contact by volunteering with people we support in our service. Anyone interested who has some free time and would like to volunteer or would like to share an interest such as walking, football, cookery, swimming, karate, cinema and photography, contact Michael Stokes 01 6271484 / 086 3582134, Michael.stokes@dararesidential.com Tea Dance Sunday 3 to 6pm, Palmerstown Community & Youth Centre (beside Supervalu) Only €5 admission, Light refreshments Live Band Raffle and loads of Prizes Future dates -Sept 28 (Cheating Hearts), Oct 26 (Unity), Nov 23 (Brian McDermot), Dec 28 (Good Times), Jan 25 (Emer) • More info contact 01 6166981 26 'Saw your ad in the Open Door' ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT, LEIXLIP Takes place in Our Lady's Nativity Church, Leixlip, Monday to Friday, 10am to 2pm, 7pm to 10pm • All welcome Adult Folk Group Rainbows Musicians and singers wanted St Finian’s Leixlip / Confey Rainbows willfor recommence adult October. folk groupRainbows in Newcastle. early is a support group for We practice 8.30pm-loss in children whoevery have Tuesday suffered afrom significant 9.30pm. their lives through bereavement, parental We sing every second at 7pm vigil separation or any otherSaturday painful transition. Mass. If you wish your child to take part please contact We are a lively groupParish who enjoy Our Lady's Nativity Centreharmonising 01-6243763 or and singing lively contemporary music. Noreen McCormack @ 01-6243741 • For information contact Emer 087 2733846 The North Star Community Centre Meals on Wheels Celbridge Swimming Club The Mill Parent Celbridge Meals on Wheels require volunteer drivers for is from 1.45 to 2.30 and 2.30 Group to 3.15 on Sundays and Toddler Celbridge , Straffan, in St Raphael’s Pool. We are contactable on 086 Ardclough areas. For further information please contact Mairéad Byrne on 087 2239410 Youth 2000 PRAYER MEETING Newbridge Where: Cill Mhuire Church, Ballymany, Newbridge, Co. Kildare --When: ThursdayS @ 8.00pm & weekly at same time thereafter. Contact: Adam- 087 9744482 NEW Urgent, we volunteers for to help with the 3612855 or need northstarswimmingclub@gmail.com Parent & Toddler Group who meet here at the and on facebook- Star Swimming Centre Tuesday mornings 10am – 12noon. A reminder to ALL those involved in the club over 20 yearsplease - our contact 20th Anniversary If youthe arepast interested The Centre party willJohn take Kenny place inatSt.01-6288556 Mary's Gaa Leixlip Manager from 4pm to 8pm approx on Saturday 29th September- everyone is welcome, just please contact us beforehand. Thank you Unit 3 Leixlip Shopping Mall (opposite post office) ARC stands for Aftercare Research Counselling Ph 6242511/6245351. Open weekdays 9:30 and a Cancer Support and a voluntary 5pm.isCV Preparation & Centre printing, typing, organisation charity scanning, located atbinding 65, photocopyingregistered (b/w & colour), Eccles Street, Dublin 7, offering support to etc. 1 to 1 Computer Classes, qualifications people affected by cancer. Fetacsupport Level 4. Computer internet access This is holistic and&complements thefor Jobseekers and members of the public. primary medical treatment with education and psychological care. Services are free of charge. • Information Officer available. Leixlip Resource Centre ARC Cancer Support Freedom from Drug Addiction! Community Cenacolo - You are not alone anymore! Meetings take place every Wednesday evening at 7.30 pm in St. Peter’s Parish Centre, St. Peter’s Church, Phibsboro, Dublin 7. For further information please contact Aida 086 3760647 Frank 087 9096007 Jean 087 268 7040, Doris 085 7071431. Retrouvaille Are you in a troubled marriage? Do you feel alone or bored in your marriage? Are you frustrated, hurt, angry with your spouse? Are you constantly fighting? Or, do you simply shut down? Have you thought about separation or divorce? Does talking about it make it worse? Retrouvaille is a lifeline for married couples and since its arrival in Ireland 12 years ago the Retrouvaille programme has helped hundreds of couples to overcome their marriage problems. Information 087 7920101 www.retrouvaille.ie ‘GOOD MORNING KILDARE’ Good Morning Kildare is a new initiative launched recently in Allenwood. This innovative new service aims to provide a free friendly phone call on a regular basis to adults in their own home or place of residence. The service operates between the hours of 9.15am and 2.30pm daily. Good Morning Kildare provides a free telephone link. Patronage of infants, children of Mary, desperate It supports independent living and social connection. 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Mathew town many children have learned to oppose it 01-6212560 say the Rosary and have been It involves some weekday study, or reading of consecrated to Our Lady. the Maryvaleonnotes, and Awareness weekly classes, Information Fertility & two 12 We would be very happy to speak to anybody who week terms from September to Christmas and Understanding through the Billings / Ovulation would wish to get information and prayer cards etc. Method fortocouples them to plan or Christmas Easter enabling with mid-term breaks! Contact details are; Deirdre 071-9169131 or 086postpone pregnancy. Telephone N.A.O.M.I. - Ask the parish office, Centre phone or 045 841806 at 01- in 8786156 for nearest contact 2228675, and Nuala at 087-4186269. for further9.3O details. weekdays to 1p.m. of St Philomena Divine Mercy FriendsCatechism Prayer Meeting New Divine Mercy Prayer Meeting in Rathcoole Parish Church each Saturday morning following the 10am Mass. All are welcome. Course Mass for Indian People Celbridge Day Care Club Kate Walsh House The Mill, Celbridge Community Centre various activities the club has to offer ie:light exercise programme, bingo, indoor bowls, sing a long, dancing… services such chiropody, shopping and taxi service where required. New members, male / female welcome, Tues 2pm-5pm, Thur 10am-1pm. Ph : Susan at 01 6275518 Rosary for Children N.A.O.M.I. InfoMarex Translation Agency t. 01-627-1249 e. translations@infomarex.com w. www.infomarex.com Arabic, Brazilian, Portuguese, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian and more … HELP KEEP IT FREE! To help it continue as a free weekly, readers are invited to make a donation towards the growing costs of The Open Door which has been widely distributed for over 14 years as a free weekly magazine. 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Nor must they be prevented from acting according to their conscience, especially in religious matters (Dignitatis Humanae). The reason that the Church can teach this, however, is because she knows that “deep within his conscience man discovers a law which he has not laid upon himself but which he must obey. Its voice, ever calling him to love and to do what is good and to avoid evil, sounds in his heart at the right moment.... For man has in his heart a law inscribed by God.... His conscience is man's most secret core and his sanctuary. There he is alone with God whose voice echoes in his depths" (Catechism 1776). What the Church is telling us is that when we truly listen to our conscience, we will hear God speaking to us. We do not belong to ourselves. We belong to God; He made us and we are on a journey back to Him. He wants for us to be very happy, and, because He made us, He knows best all that is good for us. So, He builds inside us this conscience through which He will try to guide and lead us to do what is good and right. In this life, we will face many serious, moral decisions, and we will have choices to make. These choices cannot be made blindly. In other words, our conscience must be informed. This means that we must first take certain steps to learn everything we can in regard to what we are trying to make a decision about. This is called discernment. The Church can say “follow your conscience” because she knows that if you truly listen to God in your conscience, then what you hear will be no different than what the Church teaches, for she teaches only what God has revealed to her. Continued next week Grace Monastic Day 'Saw your ad in the Open Door' 27 LEGION UNIQUE GIFT! OF MARY 28 Mountjoy Square, BRING YOUR BUSINESS Dublin 1. Meeting every into 6000 at homes every weekMonday 8pm. Drawn by artist through The Open Door! 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It is open to men and women over 55years and all one needs is interest and enthusiasm to join. We in Maynooth U3A are in our seventh year - activities & Timber Flooring have included travel, Ireland, UK, and Europe. Supplied & fitted Activities - Theatre and Film outings, various Fully Insured Crafts, Walking Club, Book Club. Singing and Free Quotes dancing being a popular activity; we have engaged Straffan, Co. Kildare in Carol singing for charities since our inception. We meet every Friday 11am in Community Space. 086 4106804, 01 6278772 Tesco Shopping Centre, Maynooth. Formal meeting first Friday monthly, with different social gathering on the remaining Fridays. CHATTERBOXES NOTE – In July & August there will only be the 1st Friday meetings –July 4th and August 1st. Back to usual weekly gatherings in September • New members welcome - drop in on a Friday morning or contact Helen at 01-6286592 Celbridge • Babies from 4 months • Bright spacious rooms • Large safety outdoor area & Self Defence System • Qualified staff - H.S.E. Krav Maga Moryl Team Eire approved ratios. Supply & Installation - Doors, Conservatories, Sunrooms. - Extension work Clane GAA Club • Centre of excellence All work guaranteed, no obligation quote Fridays, 7.30pm-9pm • Freshly made meals • First class free Fire Exit Ladder (normally €1100) • ECCE scheme For more info contact fitted with every oder over €6,000 Open 8.00 am to 6.00 pm. 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The hour of prayer includes adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, silent prayer and gospel reflection for the coming Sunday, and Benediction. All are welcome and we have refreshments and time to chat after the meeting. Spiritual Director Fr John H Walsh O.P. Feeling lonely, lost, Suicidal? Contact The Samaritans If you would like to talk to a Samaritan volunteer call 1850 60 90 90 Calls are directed to the nearest free branch. Phone; 1850 60 90 90 This connects a caller anywhere with a Samaritans Branch in Ireland. email; jo@samaritans.org web http://www.samaritans.org St Paul’s Bookstore Maynooth • St Paul’s carries a very extensive range of books and religious goods - ideal presents… St Paul’s, Moyglare Road, Maynooth, 01 6285933, books@stpauls.ie (Ring doorbell) Share Life, Donate Blood 3,000 donations are needed every week and during the Summer months there is no decrease in the demand for blood. There are two Dublin permanent blood donor clinics in Dublin D’Olier Street Clinic: Mon : 1.30-6.30, Tue/Wed/Thurs : 11am-7pm, Fri : 10.30am - 2.30pm Stillorgan Clinic: Tue 10am-8pm, Wed 1pm-8pm, Thu 1pm - 8pm, Fri 10am - 3pm You can get details of other clinics in your local area, by calling 1850 731137, checking Aertel page 691 or ibts.ie. For information on blood donation, text "Blood" to 53377. Patients always need our blood and this need never stops regardless of what else is going on in the world. Please help us make the difference! CELBRIDGE DAYCARE CLUB @ the Mill, Celbridge We are open on: Tuesdays 2.00pm - 5.00pm Thursdays 10.00am - 1.00pm New members welcome … Indoor bowls, bingo, outings, and other fun activities. Light refreshments served… For information contact Sylvia Cummins 01 6275518 It takes COURAGE TO BE A PRIEST! Do you have what it takes? Priesthood in the Dublin Diocese Contact:Director of Vocations Archbishop’s House, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. www.priest.ie vocations@dublindiocese.ie Ph. 01-8373732 ext 253. Le Leche League, Dunboyne meet on the second Tuesday of every month at 8.30pm. For further information contact Mairéad @ 8251798 or 8200687 / 8257167. Church of Holy Family Rathcoole- Eucharistic Adoration Fridays 7.30 to 8.30 pm. All welcome. The Little Way Association The Little Way Association’s brief is to support religious and other charitable work, especially overseas, and to upkeep the Association's centres at Lourdes, Fatima, Walsingham and Knock in Mayo. ‘At present, more money than ever goes overseas to mission countries, yet missionaries themselves are still in need. Your Mass offerings are the means by which missionaries can be helped to keep going. We like to send them a minimum offering of €7.50 for each Mass and all intentions and offerings are sent to the Missions in the safest way, usually by registered mail. Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope if you’d like a receipt Assuring you of a remembrance in our daily Mass and prayers. The Little Way Association Sacred Heart House, 119, Cedars Road, Clapham Common, London SW4 OPR IN THE BIBLE! The Church is the Pillar & Bulwark of Truth… (1 Tim 3, 15) Who has the AUTHORITY (2) Answer: The Pillar of Truth! Whether or not you are Catholic, you may have questions about the Catholic faith. You may have heard challenges to the Catholic Church’s claim to be the interpreter and safeguard of Scripture and of the teachings of Jesus Christ, its founder. Such challenges may come from door-to-door missionaries who ask, "Are you saved?", from peer pressure that urges you to ignore the Church’s teachings or from a secular culture that whispers or proclaims loudly "There is no God!" You can’t deal with these challenges unless you understand the basics of the Catholic faith. In the study of Catholicism you will find answers to life’s most troubling questions: - Why am I here? - Who made me? - What must I believe? - How must I act? - How can I be saved? - Why must I be baptised? All these can be answered to your satisfaction if only you will open yourself to God’s grace, turn to the Church he established, and follow his plan for you (John 7:17). Jesus said his Church would be "the light of the world." He then noted that "a city set on a hill cannot be hidden" (Matt. 5:14). This means his Church is a visible organisation and to be so it must have characteristics that clearly identify it and that distinguish it from others. Jesus promised, "On this rock (Peter) I will build my Church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it" (Matt. 16:18). This means that his Church will never be destroyed and will never fall away from him. His Church will survive until his return. This will be despite attacks from both inside the Church as has been the case many times over the centuries, and by attacks over 2000 years from forces outside the Church. Among the Christian churches, and there are thousands, only the Catholic Church has existed since the time of Jesus. Every other Christian church is an offshoot of the Catholic Church. The Eastern Orthodox churches broke away from unity with the Pope in 1054. The Protestant churches were established during Luther’s revolt, which began in 1517. Most of today’s tens of thousands of Protestant churches are actually offshoots of the original Protestant offshoots and the splitting is ongoing! Continued next week Celbridge Mill Community Sports Centre Ph 01- 6288556; fax 01-6276259 celbridgemillcommunitycentre@eircom.ie www.celbridgemillcommunitycentre.ie Face- book "The Mill Community Centre". Mon-Fri 9am-10.30pm, Sat 9.30-6pm, Sun 9.30-6pm Centre Notes Your Centre ! The Centre for all the Family Christmas Craft & Trade Fair & Family Day. Sat 22nd & Sun 23rd Nov. Stands to let - €50 for 2days. Also Sunday family day Santa`s Grotto, Live Music, Children`s Puppet / Magic Show, Bouncing Castle, Face Painting, Mouse Roulette. 7 Weeks to Christmas Weight Loss Exercise Course now available at the centre.35 classes over 7 weeks Tues, Wed, Thurs & Fri (Morn / Evening) Course fee is only €70.Still some places left.` Celbridge Mill Community Health Training in conjunction with Solas – Fetac Level 5 starting Feb. Modules – Human Growth & Anatomy, Social Studies, Communication, Care Support, Nutrition & Anatomy & Physiology, Care of older person. Register now at 01 6288670. Men`s Open Indoor Soccer Session Mondays 8-9.30pm –All Welcome Mens Open Basketball Tuesday nights 910.30pm Mini Basketball 7-12 yrs with Ildiko Mon 4pm Mini Indoor Soccer with Damien. 4 -9years Tuesdays @ 4pm Open Badminton Mon 6-8pm / Wed 1012noon. Millworks Gym is now open 6am-10.30pm Mon – Fri. And Sat 9 -6 /Sun 9.30-6pm Gym Membership now includes Free Creche, Free programme, Free assessment, Free vibroplate, Free sauna & steam. No contracts, No Joining fee, No direct debits. The no-nonsense Gym for the family & community that suits your pocket! Free Gym memberships for our Pensioners .Yes the centre offers pensioners over 66 & in receipt of a state pension the opportunity to stay fit, exercise for free. Just contact the centre for details. Children`s Birthday Service now available on Sat / Sundays. Featuring supervised Sports and Games and Party room. Our Free Crèche facility is available for customers attending centre organised activities. Mon – 9.30am – 12.30pm (12noon Fridays) Men's Shed CELBRIDGE MILL, UNIT 20 The Men’s Shed is ideal for men who are keen to meet up, chat, work on projects, develop ideas, to socially integrate with other men. Catering for 18 - 80 years the Men’s Shed is ideal for men - retired, unemployed, on shift work, with time on their hands, new to the area, on long term sick leave or recuperation etc & may want to contribute in any way possible. • They meet presently on Wednesdays 2-4.30pm & require new blood... 087 9447515 29 About Pieta House St Raphael’s, Pieta House is a suicide and self-harm crisis centre St John of God founded by psychologist Joan Freeman. It first opened its doors in Lucan, Co. Dublin in January 2006, and there are now four Pieta House centres for Care Assistants throughout Dublin and one in Limerick. to join their Community Four new centres will open in 2013 in Tuam, Employment Project. Roscrea, Cork and Castleisland. To check your eligibility for Pieta House provides a professional, face-to-face, free of the vacancy, applicants charge therapeutic service for people in the acute stages should register with their of distress. The unique clinically-based model developed local Fás office and have by Pieta House is used across its five centres. their name put on the submission list. Pieta House’s primary aim is to reduce suicide by helping people get through that critical phase when Please contact Frances suicide becomes a plan rather than just an idea. Walsh, Fás Supervisor, on 5058257 and The demand for Pieta House’s services continues to frances.walsh@sjog.ie. grow, and the first half of 2012 saw a 40% increase in the number of people attending Pieta House. As 80% of the organisation’s funding comes from public donations, fundraising is vital to ensure an ability to cope with the increasing numbers seeking help. To date, over 8,000 people have been seen and helped by Pieta House. Pieta House’s vision is that no-one in Ireland should be more than 100 kilometres from a Pieta House centre where they can avail of the clinical services at that time of crisis. Energy rate your home For more information, see www.pieta.ie or 01 601 0000. SEAI registered. Planning applications – Drawings for extensions, Conversions, renovations Contact: John Doyle The Le Chéile Mentoring Project is looking for both 01 4459153 / 086 7722892 men and women to volunteer with vulnerable teenagers in North Kildare. Mentoring is a great way to volunteer with young people – all mentors are supported by their co-ordinator, the contact is planned and in your local community or nearby, with flexibility around days and evenings, and involves either a fun leisure pursuit or a specific task or goal. The young people we work with are involved with for Carers Probation and would benefit a supportive and positive in Ballyfermot adult in their lives. No experience is necessary as fully and surrounding areas training and support is provided, and out-of-pocket expenses are covered.. A new support group for For more information on becoming a mentor, please carers meets on a monthly contact recruitment@lecheile.ie or 087-2016801 or basis at the Ballyfermot/ www.facebook.com/LeCheileYouthJustice. Chapelizod Partnership offices on 4 Drumfinn Road. VACANCIES BUILDING ENERGY RATING ASSESSOR Le Chéile Mentoring Project Support Group BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT If you are feeling alone or isolated by your role as a carer, why not come along to the support group. You can Celbridge - The Bethany Bereavement Support Group share with other carers, enlist is a Parish based ministry to help those bereaved or grieving. We offer one-to-one support, group support if their knowledge and support and partake in training desired and home visits. Meetings in The Eustace Centre on Wednesdays at 8pm, sessions. are confidential and free. Call Teresa 6270153 For information, please contact Catherine on 018989165 or Cathy on 086 040 Maynooth Men's Shed continues to meet every Wednesday at 11.00 3481. in the New Community Space (formerly Conroy's This programme is Chemist). supported by The Carers We are currently finalising a tourist brochure for Association and Ballyfermot Maynooth. New members are always welcome. Chapelizod Partnership. Contact John on 087-2041334. Men's Shed 30 'Saw your ad in the Open Door' BRING YOUR BUSINESS into 6000 homes every weekwith an ad in the Open Door www.theopendoor.ie 01-6292909, 087-9381997 advertising@theopendoor.ie PATIENT SCHOOL OF MOTORING Book 5 lessons get the 6th one free! 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A group meeting is held every Thursday 8pm next door to fruit and veg shop next to the old Tesco, Maynooth. (Voluntary Service) Phone: 086 2700740 www.bethany.ie Celbridge Mill Community Sports Centre Open Invitation The 30 Gregorian Masses For information on this ancient custom and great gift for our dearly departed family and friends of having 30 consecutive daily Masses offered for their release from Purgatory, call 087-9381997. Viatores Christi Travellers for Christ – is a Catholic lay missionary association in Ireland, which was founded in 1960. The aim of the association is to recruit, train and send volunteers to share their lives and professions with those in need, in mainly developing countries. Ph (01) 8749346 www.viatoreschristi.com viatoreschristi@eircom.net M&M CLEANING Quotations, Established 1982 087-2347327,01-6244249 086-8987404 / 01-4581042 Fibreglass roofing, uPVC, Fascia, Soffit, Gutters, Insurance estimates & Maynooth Bethany Man’s Bike for sale: Raleigh, Pioneer, 15 gears, Phone 6288556 Fax 6276259 action sport. Next to new. Maynooth. celbridgemillcommunitycentre@eircom.ie Phone: 01 628 6030 www.celbridgemillcommunitycentre.ie 4 Volumes on the Life of Jesus Christ, Biblical Celbridge Mill Community Centre Annual Revelations. 1 Volume on the Life of Our Lady. Both Christmas Craft & Trade Fair by Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, a visionary Nov Sat 22nd 11am -6pm & Sun 23rd 11am -5pm and stigmatist. Phone: 01 628 6030. Maynooth. Also Family day on the Sunday featuring Santa`s Grotto, Live Music (both days), Mouse Roulette. Religious items / statues WANTED Free Children`s Puppet / Magic Show, Bouncing Church items, statues (all sizes or damaged), Castle, Face Painting & Youth Café Coffee Dock. pictures, Stations of the Cross, artefacts, etc. Wanted Also on the Saturday at 2pm we will have the Phone 087 2662098 official launch of the Christmas CD “Christmas Day” performed by Choices Maynooth of the House Maintenance: Painting inside / outside, attic National Learning Network. The fair is sponsored insulation, garden maintenance and general clean up by Kildare County Council Community Grant 12 euro per hour. Phone Tony 087 9455460. Scheme. We are expecting another bumper crowd Electrician: House rewires, extra lights, sockets & following on last year’s success. showers, new fuse-boards, grant work for OAPs. Member of ECSSA, Kevin Moffett 0872077081 Patient School of Motoring 5 driving lessons get Kilkenny Archaeology the 6th one free. 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The Christian is to be fully dedicated to working in the service of others while watching and waiting for the life to come. There is always so much good to be done for others and so little time in which to do it. • Monday 17 Apoc 1:1-4, 2:1-5, Psalm 1:1-4, 6, St Luke 18:35-43t, The Apocalypse has the literary form of allegorical narrative. Using traditional images of cosmic combat, it looks at the confrontation of the followers of Jesus with the Roman Empire. The community of Ephesus is praised for the stand it has taken on leadership, but its practice of Christian love is not what it should be. St Elizabeth of Hungary, 1207-31, queen at fourteen, widowed and exiled at twenty, Franciscan tertiary until her death at twentyfour. A woman of prayer and service of the poor. • Tuesday 18 Apoc 3:1-6, 14-22, Psalm 14:2-5, St Luke 19:1-10 The communities of Sardis and Loadicea are not praised but are called to repentance, to start all over again with the basics. Dedication of the Basilicas: Acts 28:11-16, 30-31, Psalm 97:1-6, St Matthew 14:22-33 • Wednesday 19 Apoc 4:1-11, Psalm 150, St Luke 19:11-28 John is given the vision of the heavenly court where God reigns with the saints whose function is to praise and adore God. • Thursday 20 Apoc 5:1-10, Psalm 149:1-6, 9, St Luke 19:41-44 The Lamb was sacrificed and with his blood bought all nations for God. • Friday 21 Zec 2:14-17, Psalm Lk 1:46-55, St Matthew 12:46-50 Today is the feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; it celebrates Mary in her grace-filled life, wholly given over to the Holy Spirit. The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated every year on November 21, commemorates (in the words of the Liturgy of the Hours, the daily prayer of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church) "that dedication of herself which Mary made to God from her very childhood under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit who filled her with grace at her Immaculate Conception." Also known as the Dedication of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the feast originated in the East, where it is called the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple. • Saturday 22 Apoc 11:4-12, Psalm 143:1-2, 9-10, St Luke 20:27-40 The two witnesses may refer to Ss Peter and Paul in their work of building up the new temple, the Church. St Cecilia, the patroness of music and musicians, was a second or third-century Roman Christian martyr. According to tradition, she refused to worship the Roman gods and was beheaded. Copyright Irish Episcopal Commission for Liturgy first published by Veritas Publications. Used with permission The Pope’s Intentions for November 2014 Universal: That all who suffer loneliness may experience the closeness of God and the support of others. For Evangelization: That young seminarians and religious may have wise and well-formed mentors. Teams of Our Lady ‘Equipes Notre-Dame’ was founded by Fr. Henry Caffarel over 60 years ago and since then, Teams has spread to more than 70 countries. It is a Movement for Christian Married Spirituality with more than 100,000 members. There are 15 Teams in the Dublin region; each team consists generally of 4-6 couples and a Teams Chaplain. • Breda & Tony Preston, 086 806 5211 Celbridge Community Centre The Mill Parent & Toddler Group Urgent, we need volunteers to help with the Parent & Toddler Group who meet here at the Centre Tuesday mornings 10am – 12noon. If you are interested please contact The Centre Manager John Kenny at 01-6288556 Medjugorje reunion th Saturday 15 Nov. 2014 Mass at 4.30pm in Oratory in Rathfarnham Shopping Centre. 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Peer pressure; if they are with a group of heavy (Vigil Mass: 7.00pm; Sun. 9.30am; 11.00am drinkers they don’t want to be the ‘boring’ one, the and 12.30pm.) one not getting ‘hammered’ like the rest. They think Blessing of babies - On Sun. 16th November it’s almost a badge of honour to get ‘wasted’; they there will be a special blessing of babies and even boast about how much they consumed the night children at the 12.30pm Mass and the before and how bad their hangover is! opening session of the Mission begins that There is today one particularly dangerous drink evening at 7.00pm. combinations that is popular with young people. This From Monday 17th - Friday 21st November we is alcohol and caffeine energy drinks e.g. Vodka and Red Bull. According to a new study the strong level of will have morning Mass at 7.15am and 9.30am caffeine in these drinks can mask the effect of alcohol and evening ceremony will be at 8pm. and make drinkers less aware of how drunk they are. Anointing of the Sick - Saturday 22nd November at 11.00am. The Mission will Both caffeine and alcohol are in fact diuretics so they conclude that evening with Vigil Mass 7pm. force the body to pass water (in urine) so much, that the body quickly becomes dehydrated which in turn Our Mission is a time to gather in thanksgiving can cause vomiting, nausea and dehydration. to God for the many blessings and achievements over these years and to be What’s even more dangerous is that the stimulant refreshed in our faith, hope, prayer in God's effect of so much caffeine can mask the depressant love. It is also a time to commit ourselves anew effect of the alcohol. (Regular readers will know that alcohol is a drug in liquid form and one that over time to continue making our Parish Community a welcoming, caring and Christian place for all. creates depression). People taking energy drinks with We invite all Confey Parishioners to our alcohol may in fact feel very alert which can Mission but we also extend an invitation to encourage them to take risks they normally never would e.g. Going for a midnight swim off a beach etc. visitors and to neighbouring parishes to join with us for our Parish Mission. All welcome. A recent U.S. study indicated that drinkers mixing alcohol with high energy drinks were four times more likely to drink and drive than those who consumed the same level of alcohol but not with caffeine-based energy drinks. One of the most lethal of these drinks today is the German drink Jagermeister: A mixture of Bus for Holy Souls Sunday November 16th Red Bull cocktail and a double Vodka. What is really Talks, Tea and Holy Mass at Eddie Stones, Clonfert scary is that many young drinkers will wind up their as part of Holy Souls day. pub drinking at closing time with one of those before then hitting a nightclub for more. Here I have to add Bus trip will be from Maynooth at the 67 bus top that young drinkers are not the only people to use Red near Glenroyal Hotel. €20 return. Bring a packed Bull to give their drink an extra hit. I know many thirty lunch. Tea and coffee supplied at Clonfert in tea to forty year old problem drinkers who do the same. room. Bus pickup in Celbridge town first is possible. Let’s get real here; every parent knows their teenagers Stops to and from for journey break/ refreshments. from sixteen years on will experiment with alcohol. Day at Clonfert starts at 2pm.... Ends at 6pm. Bus leaves in the morning to get good seats. Some to a greater or lesser extent. Indeed there will be few who reach eighteen years without once or twice Contact Anthony to book seats. Payment guarantees getting drunk. But, and it’s a big but, as parents we seat. Limited seats. Phone 085 1225438 ring or text. have a sacred (and legal) duty to take strict measures to ensure our young teenagers do not get into early alcohol abuse. (An interesting fact – did you know that you could be arrested for allowing an under eighteen If you care at home for an elderly or disabled to drink alcohol in your home without his / her parents express permission?) In all of this I suggest you don’t person, we can help with information, training and short respite breaks. Please call or phonelecture your kids about the danger of alcohol but Carers Association, Carers Association C/O develop dialogue about handing it responsibly! 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