Ballymurn
CHURCH NOTES
Mass times as follows: Tuesday 7.30 p.m. Thursday 9.30 a.m. Saturday 9.30 a.m. and 8.15 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. Vigil Mass at 8.15 p.m. Mass at 10 a.m.
CAMOGIE CLUB NEWS
The camogie club would like to wish all our players and supporters a merry christmas and a very happy new year. We look forward to seeing you all in the field again in 2017.
GAA CLUB NOTES
Lotto: This week’s lotto numbers were 12, 18, 23 and 24. No Winner. Match-three winner Noel Dempsey. Next week’s jackpot €5,200.
Our club AGM will take place on Friday, January 6, at 8.30 p.m. in Ballymurn hall.
BINGO
Bingo continues every Monday night in Ballymurn at 9.30 p.m., Snowball €1,400.
Heat 1 is on Friday, January 6 and Heat 2 is Saturday, January 7. The Grand Final is on Saturday, January 21. See Wexford Academy Facebook page for full details on events for under-9, under-13 and over-13, and/or contact 087 7535354 with entries and further details.
SEASONAL WISHES
A sincere thanks to the PROs and club officers who have contacted us during the past year with details of their organisations’s activities. If you haven’t been doing so then it’s time to make a New Year’s resolution. If you want the activities of your club or organisation to get publicity, then contact Jim and Clare Doyle at 053 9247706 or email jamcsdoyle@eircom.net before 10 p.m. on the Sunday night prior to publication. On Bank Holiday weekends the cut off time is Thursday night at 10 p.m.
Co. Wexford Community Workshop, Enniscorthy will hold its annual Church Gate Collection in Oulart and the Ballagh on Saturday, December 31, and Sunday, January 1. All money collected will stay in the Workshop in Bellefield to be used for the benefit of the clients there. Please give generously.
CHURCH NEWSLETTER
Notices for inclusion in the Oulart-The Ballagh Parish Newsletter that is available to Mass-goers at St Patrick’s Church, Oulart and the Church of St John the Baptist, The Ballagh should be emailed to oularttheballaghnews@gmail. com before 10 a.m. on Thursdays.
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
Theresa Sinnott and Marcella Davis will help distribute Holy Communion on Saturday, December 31, and Sunday, January 1. Linda Masterson and Eileen McGrath will be Ministers of the Eucharist on the following weekend (January 7 and 8).
MINISTERS OF THE WORD
Noel Doyle and Maeve Whelan
Best wishes for a speedy return to full health are extended to all the sick of the parish, at home or in hospital. In the interests of privacy and security, the names of people in hospital will not be published unless requested by themselves or their families.
SENIOR CITIZENS PARTY
Oulart Senior Citizens Committee will host the annual Senior Citizens Party on Sunday, January 15, at 2 p.m. People over 65 years are all welcome to attend. Invitations will be sent out but,
Crossabeg-Ballymurn Ladies Gaelic Football club once again will present ‘Operation Transformation and Between the Bells’ in 2017. This is a community fitness activity for all members of the family who can get fit together.
The club organised the event this year as a fundraiser to get the community up and active. It proved to be an outstanding success and once again the committee will be running it on the same format in January, 2017.
The fit-fun will begin at 7 p.m.
Have You Got an Hour to Spare Weekly? Eucharistic Adoration takes place every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Prayer Room in the church.
This is a time of silent reflection and intercessory prayer for personal and parish intentions. We are looking for new members to commit to spending one-hour weekly (at a time of your choice) in prayer and reflection before the Blessed Sacrament.
If you have an hour to spare each Wednesday, and would like to join us in prayer, please contact Vaughan at 087 – 7561770 for further details
MASS TIMES
Please note mass times in Oylegate: Saturday vigil Mass is at 6.30 p.m. Sunday morning Mass is at 10.30 a.m.