Ballyhea
LOTTO
The lotto was held on Monday, September 24, at the Corbett Court. There was no winner of the jackpot of €1,050. The Numbers were 18, 25, 30. Lucky Dips: €50 to Gavin Morrissey c/o Mike Morrissey, €30 to Paul Fitzgerald c/o Mike Morrissey, €20 to John McCarthy c/o John McCarthy, €20 to Derek Mackessy c/o lotto€20 to David Copps c/o David Copps. You can play the lottery online @locallotto.ie and thank you for your continued support.
CHURCH NEWS
VIDEO STREAMING – A video streaming facility has been installed in the church to allow weekday and Sunday Mass as well as funeral and wedding ceremonies etc. to be broadcast over the internet. While primarily intended for the sick and housebound, the service is also open to anyone who wishes to have it.
The first phase is experimentally operative by logging on to the website mcnmedia.tv/. Family and friends overseas might like to log into this website to see the Parish Masses and what is happening in the Parish Church. Over the next few weeks, we hope to move to the next phase which is to provide a connection for the sick and housebound. Enquiries about the connection can be made in the sacristy or to 086 3016859.
PRAYERS FOR THE UNBORN – Prayers for the unborn will be said at all Masses in the parish and you are asked to join with these in your intentions. Mother Teresa (one of her famous quotes)’ A Nation that destroys the life of an unborn child, who has been created for living and loving, who has been created in the image of God, is in tremendous poverty’.
CHURCH COLLECTIONS – On the Sundays that there are two collections, the church door collection will be taken up at the offertory and the special collection will be taken up after Holy Communion.
CHURCH GATE COLLECTIONS – No church gate collection taken up at St Mary’s Church, Ballyhea is endorsed by the parish. Any group or organisation intending to collect outside the church gates are asked to present copies of their permits in the sacristy, together with copies of letters of authorisation of those collecting on their behalf. This should be done before the collection commences.
NEW CHURCH WINDOWS – Work has commenced on the making of new windows for the church. The first window has been installed and and the next two windows are being installed at present. The new windows will be timber sash windows modelled on those of St John the Baptist Church in Kinsale which was built in 1832 by the same architect as Ballyhea, Br. Michael Augustine Riordan.
If anyone or any family wishes to sponsor a window, this can be done by a single subscription or by a number of subscriptions over a period of time. One window will be open to public subscription, anyone can contribute any amount to it if they so wish. Please contact the parish priest – Monsignor O’Brien.
DISPENSATION FROM SERVILE WORK – In view of the poor weather which we have experienced over the past few months, general dispensation is granted from the obligation to abstain from all unnecessary servile work on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation, from Ascension Thursday till October 31.
IRISH CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER – The Irish Catholic newspaper and the Catholic View are on sale in the porch of the church. The Irish Catholic is priced at €1.80 and the Catholic View is €1.
CATECHISM ONLINE – The Catechism of the Catholic Church can be viewed on this web page vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__ p8.htm.
FIGHT FOR FIONN
Fight for Fionn is a charity set up to raise funds for Fionn Barry, a three-year-old boy from Ballyhea, who has a seriously debilitating and life limiting illness and needs 24-hour care. Currently development is under way to upgrade his home. A number of fundraisers are ongoing. To get more information please go to fionnbarry.com website or if you wish to make a donation the link is: gofundme.com/FightForFionn
GAA NOTES
ONLINE SHOP – The club’s online shop is proving to be very popular. All the latest club gear can be purchased from the O’Neill’s website. Check it out at oneills.com/shop-by-team/GAA/ ireland/ballyhea-GAA.html
INSTAGRAM – The club can now be followed on Instagram. To see the latest club pictures go to ballyheagaaclub.
MEN ON THE MOVE – The Ballyhea ‘Men On the Move’ group is starting up again and will be held at 7.30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the gym on the new complex in Ballyhea GAA Club. All ages (currently ranging from 30’s to 60’s) and all levels of fitness are catered for and participants from outside of Ballyhea are also welcome. Please come along and try it out.
JACK O’SULLIVAN MEMORIAL BLITZ – The Jack O’Sullivan Memorial under-10 hurling blitz will take place on Sunday, October 7, Further details to follow.
COMMUNITY ALERT
Ballyhea Community Alert has successfully set up a Text Alert Network to immediately alert our community when an incident occurs. Prompt information to and from Gardaí deters criminal activity. If you are interested in becoming a member of our Text Alert Network please phone any of the following people for information and sign up details – Phil Ryan 087 2937465, Pat Daly 086 1220114, James Horgan 087 2572271, Willie Meaney 087 1936842, Con Walsh 086 8570355. The fee for this service is €10 annually.
SPEEDING
Speeding is still continuing to be an issue through the parish so please be aware of the speed limit of 60km. chosen as your home and your future for you and your family.
CHRISTMAS MARKET
Buttevant Community Council is this year planning on organising a “Christmas Market” within the environs of the town. It is hoped to have numerous stalls whose owners will display their wares and invite the public to come and view their goods and perhaps purchase some exhibits which may serve as welcome Christmas presents. There will also be entertainment on the street at various points to suit all tastes and age groups.
To help with the organisation and promotion of this event a public meeting has been arranged to take place on Monday evening next October 8th at 8.00p.m. The meeting will take place in the Muintir na Tíre Hall Buttevant and a good attendance is anticipated.
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations and good wishes are extended to Dr. Michael Kennedy and his staff at the Old School-House Surgery on the Kanturk Road Buttevant who recently won the National G.P. Award for the Rural Practice of the Year in Dublin recently. Well done to all concerned.
PIETA HOUSE
The organising committee and the participants of the Mick O’Regan Memorial Motorcycle Run returned to Buttevant recently to present a cheque the proceeds of the 2018- event to the representatives of the Pieta House Organisation. This event is always well supported and raises a great deal of finance for this worthy organisation. This year the run accumulated the enormous amount of €30019 which will provide much needed and valuable funding toward this valuable service. The memorial run is celebrating six years in existence and over this period of time has raised the sizeable financial sum of over €100,000. Congratulations and well done to all concerned.