Issue 1347 March 14th 2021

Mass Intentions next Week: Eamon Hynes (RD) Brittas, Mary Monaghan (RD) Fermanagh

Saturday 6pm: Maurice Healy (1^st A), Kathleen Cullen (A) Molly Brady (A), Paddy Keogh (A) & Deceased Members of Keogh Family, Sadie Fortune (A) & Deceased Members of Fortune Family

Sunday 10am: Kay & Christy Reid (A), Laurence Kinsella (A)

Sunday 11.30am: Nancy Walsh (RD), Patrick O’Reilly (RD)

We also remember: Paddy Magee, Patrick Stynes, Patrick & Sean Kelly

Monday: Mass offered for Blessington List of the Sick

Tuesday: Sally Egan (Birthday Rem) Margaret Kinsella (A) Patrick & Sean Kelly (A)

St Patrick’s Day Vigil Mass 6pm Tuesday: Get Well Mass, Lee Cummins (RD)

St Patrick’s Day Mass 10am:  John Magee (1^st A) Paddy Magee (A) Louise Fleming (Birthday Rem) Jane Conlon Miley (A) Christy Miley (A)

St Patrick’s Day Mass 11.30am: Margaret Lennon (RD), Josephine Keane (RD)

Thursday: Pat Bollard (Rem), Birthday Mass

Friday: Kitty Tully (RD), James Lombard (RD)

All Masses & Services via Webcam www.blessingtonparish.ie

► Daily Mass at 9.30am, Mon to Fri please join us for Rosary at 9am.

► Sat 13^th March: Mass at 6pm

► Sun 14^th March: Mass at 10am & 11.30am

►Tue 16^th March: Vigil Mass at 6pm

►Wed 17^th March St Patrick’s Day Holy Day Mass at 10am & 11.30am

► Fri 19^th March: Stations of the Cross at 12 noon via webcam.

► Mon, Wed & Fri: Evening Prayer: Join the parish team for evening prayer via zoom: 7:30pm to 8:10pm  www.blessingtonparishes.com

Acknowledgement – John (Jack) Magee, Glebe East, Blessington, Co Wicklow. The Magee Family would like to express their sincere gratitude to all who sympathized with them on their sad loss. Thanks to those who sent mass cards, flowers, letters of sympathy, made phone calls, or left beautiful messages on RIP Condolence Book. Due to the restrictions, we know it was not possible for you all to attend the mass & burial. We thank with gratitude the very kind support shown by our neighbours, extended families & all our friends who called to see John in hospital, at home during his illness & at the time of his passing. Our sincere thanks to Dr Ray Mc Dermott, Christine & all in The Oncology Unit Tallaght Hospital. To Brid & all the wonderful staff of The Curragh Ward in Naas hospital for the care & attention shown to John. Thanks to Dr Farrog, Johnstown, Naas & the staff of David Murphy’s Pharmacy. Thanks to the Palliative Care team Carmel, Tess & Mary in St Brigid’s the Curragh & to our Local Community Nurses Geraldine & Ann Maire, to Pauline & all the staff of the Community Centre in Blessington, your support was very grateful during John’s illness. Thanks to Fr Richard who officiated at John’s Funeral & for all his support with the mass during a difficult time. Thanks to Lorraine Willoughby for the beautiful music in the church. Thanks to Regina & Tony Clarke for all their support, professionalism, & compassion. Thanks to Blessington GAA for their guard of honour & to the players, members & indeed the people in our community who lined the streets to say farewell to John. To Wicklow GAA, & all the GAA clubs in Wicklow & neighbouring Counties for all your messages of support. To those who helped in any way, your contribution made our loss more bearable. As it would be impossible to thank everyone individually, please accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our deepest gratitude. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for your intentions. John’s 1^st Anniversary Mass is on St Patrick’s Day at 10am in via Webcam. https://blessingtonparish.ie/about/parish-webcam//

Tune into RTE 1 Television on Sunday 14th March at 11am for Sunday Service led by Cannon Leonard Ruddock with the Mother’s Union of Dublin & Glendalough for a special Mother’s Day Service.

Blessington Union of Parishes. All our services including those which we will have for Easter are available on the parish YouTube channel by searching for “Blessington Union” or at this link  https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=blessington+union Rev Leonard Ruddock

Lacken National School are now accepting enrolments for Mainstream and Early Intervention Classes for September 2021. School bus runs daily from/to Blessington. The school offers afterschool care for Junior and Senior Infants until 2.30 pm. Lacken School also has a pre-school facility which is ECCE and NCS approved. Enrolment forms can be downloaded from www.lackenns.com or please contact the school office on 045 865 086 or lackenschool@eircom.net

Community Pool for West Wicklow are organising West Wicklow’s Virtual St Patrick’s Day Parade  We want you to get involved! We want everyone across West Wicklow to take part, businesses, schools, community groups, sports clubs & families! All you have to do is send us a photo or a drawing of you getting ready to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. It can be a photo from a previous year or you can pop up your decorations a bit early & take a new picture. We will put all of the photos & pictures together to make a virtual St Patrick’s Day Parade which will be posted on our social media pages on March 17th. Email your photos & pictures to poolforwestwicklow@gmail.com by Saturday March 13^th & help West Wicklow celebrate St Patrick’s Day 2021! If you are taking a new photo please remember to adhere to social distancing guidelines.

West Wicklow Cancer Support – If your life has been touched by cancer in any way, we are here for you, contact us on 087 434 6004 /  westwicklow15@gmail.com or find us on Facebook. “Nobody is exempt from the trials of life but everyone can always find something positive in everything even in the worst of times. Keep smiling and moving, we are stronger together”

Do you have a small piece of land in or around Blessington? We are a community group looking to start allotments in the area. Please contact us at blessingtonallotments@gmail.com or 0862371290

Fr Kevin’s Homilies are always available on our website: https://blessingtonparish.ie/homilies-year-b/

Good Dry Kindling for Sale at Blessington Men’s Shed 1 bag for €3 and 4 bags for €10. For information & collection, Call John Flynn at 087 297 7678. All money raised for upkeep of Shed during these difficult times.”

Financial Support for our Parish is very important at this time and we are most grateful for your contributions. You can make donations to support all our Churches via the DONATE BUTTON on the Blessington parish website(options available for all our Churches.) All SHRINE MONEY remains in the parish. Donations through the black PDF BOXES in Blessington Church also go towards the running of the parish. We are very grateful for your ongoing support. Support for our Diocese through the1st & 2nd collections may also be made via the DONATE BUTTON on our website, the 1st collection goes to towards the support of the parish. The 2nd collection goes to the Diocese. There are also envelopes available in all Churches for these donations.

While the Parish Office is  Closed to the Public. We are available by telephone or email  for Mass Bookings, Mass Cards, & General Enquiries Monday to Friday. Email: office@blessington.info Carol: 045 865 327 from 9am to 1pm. Jean: 087 2350835 from 9am to 5pm

St Mary’s Schools and Blessington Parish Lotto Jackpot next week : €4250 –  Congratulation to the weekly winner of €25 on 4th March: Rose-Marie Nugent – Numbers Drawn 4, 7, 8, 27 and on 11th March, Anne-Marie Clarke – Numbers drawn 12, 21, 22, 28 If you’re not in you can’t win! Text the word Blessington to 51444 or go to www.blessingtonparish.ie Thanks to all for the support!

St Vincent de Paul Blessington, local number 087 181 1579

“Don’t think of what you are unable to do… rather think of what you can do and do it well.”

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