BALLYDUFF

CHURCH NEWS

All public Masses are cancelled until further notice. Sunday and Saturday vigils as well as daily Masses will be celebrated and may be accessed on the webcam or Parish Radio. Healing Blanket: Contact (085)7791680

Newsletters: Copies of the newsletter are available at the Post Office, local shops and in the Church. You can also view it online by logging into Causeway/ Ballyduff Diocese of Kerry.

Weekly Envelopes: These can be dropped in the letter box at the Parish Office or the Post Office Parish Office: Tuesday to Friday each week from 10.30am 1.00pm. Phone (066)7148404Church Cameras: We have changed to a new company for streaming Mass and our providers are Church media. tv. The easiest way to login in is Causeway/Ballyduff Diocese of Kerry and click on live Mass box. Then click on either Church. Graveyards: As there are no Graveyard Masses being celebrated this year collections for thier upkeep cannot be taken up. Proceeds from these collections goes to the upkeep of the graveyards. The Committees put in a lot of time and effort into keeping the graveyards in good condition. If you would like to donate to their continued upkeep you can put your donation in an envelope, clearly marked with the name of the graveyard you wish to donate to, and drop it in with your weekly church envelopes. We will ensure that it gets to the relevant committee.

Ballyduff Masses for the week: Wednesday 6.00pm Deceased of Killury Graveyard (Causeway Church) Wednesday 7.00pm Noel “Crusher” Boyle (Ballylongford) Month’s Mind Thursday 10.00am Special Intention Friday 7.00pm Deceased members of O’Brien & Gorman families Saturday 6.30pm Brigie & Maurice Boland (Tarbert); Bridie, Maureen & Martin O’Connor Sunday 11.00am Mass in Causeway (Causeway Webcam)

All the above Masses may be viewed on the Church webcam or listen on your Parish Radio. The Parish Newsletter may be downloaded from the Diocese of Kerry website. DEATH: The death took place of Betty Slattery (née Callaghan), Monavalley, Tralee and formerly of Lacca Cross, Ballyduff. A private family funeral took place at St. Brendan’s Parish Church, Tralee and a memorial Mass will be celebrated at a later date. Sympathy is extended to the family, relatives and friends of the above deceased.

FÉILE 2016

This week’s news in 2016 was dominated by the Under-14 Hurling Féile trip to Tipperary and Limerick. After their terrific performance in the Kerry competition followed by weeks of preparations, the time finally arrived. The boys and their hardworking mentors, along with a convoy of supporters, took to the road on Friday morning and were straight into the action with a match against Ballina (Limerick) in their host village of Cappawhite (Tipperary). They struggled to recover from their travels and never really got a foothold into this first encounter.

They bounced back well, however, to record a fine wire to wire victory against Bredagh (Down). Ballyduff had clearly hit their stride and were up and running. Their final group game took place on Saturday morning against the hosts. This was a quality match between two teams looking to make their mark after a mixed start to the tournament. In the end, the home team pulled away and recorded the win, despite a strong performance from Ballyduff, particularly in the first half after which they had been ahead.

Their reward was a long trip to Ballina for the quarter-final of the shield competition on Saturday afternoon. They won this game with a strong 1 - 6 to 0 - 3 score line, displaying some good scoring touch and strong back play. Unfortunately, the luck of the draw meant they were forced to travel all the way to Clonmel for their semi-final. In the end, the task proved too great and they were finally knocked out by their opponents from Trim.

The fun wasn’t over and the boys returned to Cappawhite for one last night of fun including a disco in the local hall. Ballyduff Coiste na nÓg would like to extend a special word of thanks to all of the host families and club members for their gracious hospitality. The warm welcome and generous support made the experience a memorable one for all players, mentors and supporters.

PITCHES REOPENING

The long wait is nearly over as the day when we open the gates to our members. June 29th is the day and the Club Executive is busy making arrangements for the return. The playing pitches were sanded during the week and are look good so hopefully there will be no further delays. The guidelines published by Croke Park are very strict so we will ask you all to be patient and make the return as easy as possible for everyone. Full details on return to training will be published in next week’s issue and on the Clubs website.

SPLIT THE BUCKET

This week’s winner of Split the Bucket was Eoin Ross, Lacca. The Draw will be held weekly from now on at the GAA Clubhouse on each Friday at 7.00pm. €2 is the entry and remember “if you are not in you can’t win”. Tickets available in the local businesses.

LOCKDOWN THOUGHTS

Ability is what you are capable of doing, Motivation determines what you do and Attitude determines how well you do it.The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your desire.