BALLYLANDERS NEWSLETTER Week Ending 10th April www.ballylanders.com Sunday 10th April 2022 – PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD Solemnity PASSION Anniversaries: Liam O Rourke – Glenaholisha, Kathleen Hickey – Park, Galbally, Gerard Aherne - Oliver Plunkett Terrace, Dan Hayes - Galbally Road. Ballylanders Holy Week Ceremonies:  8pm Holy Thursday - April 14th  3pm Good Friday Stations of the Cross - April 15th  8pm Good Friday Main Ceremony – April 15th  8pm Holy Saturday Vigil - 16th April  10am Easter Sunday Morning Mass - April 17th Trócaire Collection: Envelopes are available at the doors for the Trócaire Collection. Clergy Easter Collection: This collection is due this weekend. Envelopes are in the box . Loose envelopes are available at the doors. Thank you in advance. Rosary at the Grottos: The Rosary will be prayed each day during the month of May at hundreds of grottos around the Island of Ireland. To see a list of locations, or to register a grotto (or other suitable location) simply visit www.coastalrosaryireland.ie You can also register by texting 087 - 278 6552. We are praying for Ireland and for peace in the world. The Matt Talbot Prayer Society: The Matt Talbot Prayer Society prays daily for those with addictions. You can enrol somebody to be prayed for each day as well as at the monthly Mass which takes place in a number of Cathedrals in Ireland. The monthly Mass takes place on the First Monday of each month at 7:30pm In St Eugene's Cathedral Derry, SS Peter and Paul, Ennis, St Patricks Cathedral Armagh, Carlow Cathedral (10am) and Our Lady Of Lourdes, Sean Mc Dermot Street where Matt Talbots Body lays. The Next Mass is on Monday 4th April and we welcome everybody to join us at these Masses in person or online. For more information, please visit www.matttalbotprayersociety.com where you can also enrol somebody via the online submission. Prayer of the Faithful for Addiction: We pray for all those battling addiction and those enrolled in the Matt Talbot Prayer Society, we focus specifically this month for those with alcohol addiction, their families and all those affected. May the power of the Holy Spirit fill them with the strength to seek a life of freedom with Jesus. Lord Hear Us. Lord Graciously Hear Us MIC Thurles Student Experience Day: On Saturday 9 April, Mary Immaculate College Thurles (MIC Thurles) will welcome prospective students and parents to the campus for the MIC Thurles Student Experience Day. This is a must attend event for those interested in pursuing a career in post-primary teaching. The event (10am-2 pm) will provide second-level students, students who are currently in further education programmes and mature students the opportunity to take a taster lecture in Mathematics, Accounting, Business Studies, Religious Studies and Gaeilge – the five subjects currently offered at MICThurles. While a concurrent session for parents on what to expect of the transition to third-level will also take place. Tours of the campus, including accommodation options, by current students is another key feature of the day. Registration for this event is essential. Register now at www.mic.ie/CAO Holy Water: Holy water is now available at the Church Doors. Choirs: Choirs can now resume Singing. Lotto Winner: Congratulations to Julia Fitzgerald on winning the Lotto spot prize on Thursday March 31. Adoration: Each Tuesday morning after 10am Mass until 11.30am. Ukraine Donations: These can be made through Trocaire.Org or any other channel. Please be as generous as you can. Weekend Mass Times Church Of Assumption Of Blessed Virgin Mary, Ballylanders : Saturday Mass at 8pm and Sunday Mass at 10am. Peace Prayer Of Saint Francis: Peace Prayer of Saint Francis Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. O divine Master. grant that I may not so much seek, to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen. Popes Monthy Intention ~ April: We pray for health care workers who serve the sick and elderly, especially in the poorest countries; may they be adequately supported by governments and local communities. LENT AT THE ABBEY 2022: 10th April - A Subversive Trium