Ballyhea

LOTTO

The lotto was held on Monday, September 30, at the Idle Hour. There was no winner of the jackpot of €2,100. The Numbers were 13, 26, 31. Lucky dips: €30 Mary O’Sullivan c/o Pat O’Callaghan, €30 Laura Mortell c/o Tadhg Mortell, €30 Maurice O’Riordan c/o Maurice O’Riordan. You can play the lottery online @locallotto.ie and thank you for your continued support.

CHURCH NEWS

AUTUMN STATIONS – October 18, Clonkeen, Fiddane and Shanballa in the home of Breda and John Crowley. Station Masses will be celebrated at 8 p.m.

CHURCH CHOIR – The choir has resumed on Sunday at 11 a.m. Mass. New members are always welcome.

DISPENSATION FROM SERVILE WORK – In view of the poor weather which we have experienced over the past few months, a 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.

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.

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. By logging on to mcnmedia.tv/; weekly and daily Masses as well as funerals and weddings are available to anyone with an internet connection. Family and friends abroad might like to go to see the Parish Masses and what is happening in the Parish Church. The number of views to the website over the last 12 months was 15,000 from countries such as United States of America, Canada, Germany, Italy, Phillipines, Poland and Ireland.

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.

CATHOLIC VOICE NEWSPAPER – The Catholic Voice is on sale in the porch of the church for €1.50. Sympathy Mass Cards and Mass Bouquet Cards are available for purchase in the church Porch.

CATECHISM ONLINE – The Catechism of the Catholic Church can be viewed on this web page vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__ p8.htm.

SCHOOL/PARISH HALL

Those, who received the special envelopes for the school/ community hall are kindly asked to return these as soon as possible.

BE A VOLUNTEER BEFRIENDER

Ballyhoura Rural Services are seeking to combat isolation by recruiting, training and organising volunteer befrienders to support and assist individuals who are experiencing physical, social and emotional isolation. Details available from Maria O’Sullivan, Volunteer Co-ordinator at 022 59984 or mosullivan@ballyhouraruralservices.org.

GAA NOTES

CORK GAA CLUBS DRAW – The Cork GAA Clubs draw was launched recently and is a great fundraiser for the club which goes towards the development of facilities and grounds in the club. Club members will be selling tickets shortly for the 2019/2020 draw which commences early November. All support is greatly appreciated.

Congratulations to Michael Mackessy, Betty Curtin, Michelle Cushing, Seán Roche and Tom Crowley, winners of €100 each in the Cork GAA Clubs Confined Members Draw. The new draw will be commencing on November 1 with the September and October draws taking place. The draw has over €450,000 worth of prizes. Cost of draw of €100 which can be paid online, by direct debit or cash. Current members will be contacted by their promoter. If you are interested in participating or know someone who might be, please contact any committee member or contact Ger O’Shea for more details. All funds go for club developments. Thanks to everyone who is in the draw, your support is greatly appreciated and invaluable.

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.

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.

MEN ON THE MOVE

Ballyhea Men on the Move is back and will be held at 7.30 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays in the Gym in the new complex in Ballyhea GAA Club. All ages (currently ranging from 30’s to 60’s) and all levels of fitness catered for, and participants from outside Ballyhea are very welcome. Please come and along and try it out. Contact Jim Codd at 087 9223939 for information. Have fun and get fit.

SPEEDING

Speeding is still continuing to be an issue through the parish so please be aware of the speed limit of 60km.