Your Weekly Offering Sunday 23rd February 2020

1st Collection Development fund € 1,842 2nd Collection Offertory € 1,224

Thank you for your continued support

Bob’s Your Uncle Lotto

Numbers drawn 23rd Feb 6 - 9 - 19 - 30

No Jackpot Winner 5 Match 3’s share €1000

Tickets available in the lotto office or in the Parish

Centre

Super Bingo on Sunday, March 1st at 3pm in the Youth

Centre!

€6,000 in prize money and TV giveaway!

Mass during Lent

During Lent, there will be 7pm Mass in Askea Church from

Monday to Friday.

The Faithful Departed

Noeleen Brogan, Riverside.

Maura Fenlon (née Joyce), Green Road.

May they Rest in Peace.

Carpenter Brothers Funeral Directors Est 1927

serving Carlow & the surrounding area for Three Generations

10 Barrack Street Carlow R93 R1X2

Tel: 059 - 9131237 / 087 - 2535999 E-mail carpentersbar@yahoo.co.uk

Dates for the Diary

First Confessions

Tuesday, 10th March at 7pm in the Cathedral.

First Communion 2020

Sunday, 10th and 17th May, both ceremonies at 12.30pm.

Confirmation 2020

Saturday, 23rd May at 11am and 2pm.

€20,000

Marian Movement of Prayers for Priests takes place in St

Fiaccs House, Graiguecullen, Carlow on Tuesday, 3rd March

2020 at 7.30pm. Mass, Rosary and Benediction.

A message from the Cathedral Parish Grandparents’

Association about climate change - We follow Pope

Francis’ thinking on being kind to ’Mother Earth’

"We must regain the conviction that we need one another,

that we have a shared responsibility for others and the world,

and that being good and decent are worth it."

Pope Francis, Laudato Si.

St Mary's Community Games

St Mary's area art final will take place on Friday, March 6th in

St Joseph's NS. Registration from 6.30pm. For more

information contact the area secretary on 086 6066368.

Rambling Rovers walk on Mondays and Wednesdays at

8pm. Meeting at Youth Centre (Green Lane).

Donation of €1 per walk. Proceeds to Carlow Hospice.

Askea Senior Citizens

April Easter party on Sunday, 5th of April in the Seven Oaks

Hotel.

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April holiday to The Rose Hotel in Tralee, Co. Kerry on the

26th April.

4 Nights/5 Days B/B/D and tours.

Bookings have already started. If interested please contact

Marian at 059 91 43010.

St Vincent de Paul

Collection after all Masses this weekend.

Many thanks for your continuing generosity.

Carlow Age Friendly Committee

Launch of the Age Friendly Mid Plan Report on March 24th at 11am in the Seven Oaks Hotel.

Refreshments will be served.

Starting Primary School

The National Parents Council Primary is hosting an

information session for parents on 'Transition from Preschool

to Primary school'. Admission is free. It will take place on

Wednesday the 4th of March in Askea Parish Centre at

9.30am. To register contact Clare Downey at 01 8874434 or

email cdowney@npc.ie. More information available at npc.ie.

Every week to mark our Lenten journey into

prayer, a member of our Parish Pastoral

Council will compose a prayer that invites the

whole Parish to become a praying community

- each of us lifting our hearts and minds to

God.

Lord Jesus,

As you were led by the Spirit into the

wilderness

We often find ourselves feeling lost and

confused.

Your faith in the love of our Father

Strengthens and inspires us as we journey

through life.

Jesus,

Help us to pray,

Help us to be kind to one another.

Guide us and our Parish as we begin this

season of Lent.

Bless each of us with wisdom, joy and

courage.

Never let us forget that you are always

with us, even in the darkest of moments.

Thank you Jesus.

Amen.

Pro - Life talk

Speakers: Carol Nolan and Michael Dwyer from Family and

Life. Thursday, March 5th at 7:30pm at Portlaoise Parish

Centre in the campur room. All welcome!

The Presentation School Band would like thank all who so generously supported their Church Gate collection last

weekend.

Did you know?

Violet is the official colour of Lent, as this represents mourning

for Jesus dying on the cross while also celebrating his

Resurrection with the colours of royalty.

Medjugorje Pilgrimages

10th - 17th June 2020

Spiritual Director: Fr. Ruairi O’ Domhnaill

23rd - 30th September 2020 Spiritual Director: Fr. Michael Duffy OFM

Further Details please contact Noeleen Dunne 059 914 2670

Bowl Players Wanted

Carlow Short Bowls Club are looking for new members. Meeting every Thursday from 2pm to 5pm in the Tennis Club.

Beginners welcome. Phone Betty 087 238 5483.

Carlow College Public Lecture

Dr Sarah Otten, Lecturer in Philosophy and Ethics presents

Should I eat meat? Learning to explore , form and express moral judgements.

Monday, 2nd March at 1.45pm in Cobden Hall, Carlow College.

All are welcome to attend.

Carlow COPD Support Group weekly exercise sessions

resume Wednesdays 12 pm– 1pm in O’Hanrahans GFC,

Dublin Rd., Carlow. For more information contact Anna

Corcoran 086-3794613

Emmanuel House of Providence Clonfert

Day of Prayer on Saturday, 7th March

Bus leaving Tullow at 8am sharp. Bring a packed lunch.

Phone Lily at 087 2245193 or 059 91512545.

Our Newsletter is 100% recyclable

(...but please read it first!)

Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet every Sunday at 3pm at

the Statue of Our Lady at Rossmore, Killeshin.

The Parish Team

Fr. Ruairí Ó Domhnaill Adm. Fr. Brian Maguire The Presbytery,

Old Dublin Road, Carlow.

Tel: 059 913 1227 Emergency: 087 258 8118

Sr. Dolores Fitzgerald

Parish Sister Tel: 059 914 0408

Deacon David O’Flaherty

Tel: 059 9164087

Philip Lawlor Pastoral Worker

Newsletter Editor philip@carlowcathedral.ie

Tel: 059 913 1227

Parish Centre Tel: 059 9164087

info@carlowcathedral.ie

Safeguarding Please contact the Parish Centre

for the contact details of our Child Safeguarding Representatives.

Diocesan Designated Liaison

Person Mr Mick Daly

Email: dlp@kandle.ie Tel: 085 8021633

Mass in the Cathedral for the week of the 2nd March - 8th March. Monday 2nd - Friday 6th: 7.30am and 10am

Mass at 7pm Monday to Friday in Askea Church during Lent. Saturday 7th: 10am Novena Mass and 6.15pm Vigil

Sunday 8th: 8.30am, 11am, 12.30pm and 7pm Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday after 10am Mass. Capuchin Friary: Mon to Sat 12pm - 1pm and 4.30pm - 5.30pm.

Adoration: Monday to Friday 6pm - 8pm and after Novena Mass on Saturday until 12 noon.

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Sunday, 1st March, 2020. First Sunday of Lent www.carlowcathedral.ie

The Season of Lent is a wonderful opportunity to pause, reflect and

ponder the depths of God, as Christ did in the desert.

The Carlow Cathedral Pastoral Council is delighted to present “Letting

in the Light - A Journey into Prayer.” Over four weeks in Lent, we will

explore, with Fr Ruairi, the basics of Christian prayer which will help us

all to deepen our relationship with our God who knows and loves us.

We will meet in the Cathedral Parish Centre on Mondays 2nd, 9th, 23rd

and 30th March from 7.30pm to 9pm. There will be refreshments

provided from 7pm.

Everyone is most welcome to attend. Keep the dates free in your diary!

Lenten Challenge

Don’t give something up

Take something on!

(Inspired by Karen Ehman)

This Lent, instead of ‘giving up’ something, why not ‘take up’ something positive and life changing

instead? Singing is a gift and if you are blessed with the gift think about sharing it by joining any of

Carlow Cathedral choir ministries as an offering for the Lenten season.

Lent is a season of spiritual enrichment and singing takes on particular meaning, offering us an

opportunity to nourish our souls and enrich our lives through song, opening ourselves more fully to

the spiritual. Consider taking on the Reverse Lenten Challenge; enrich your Lenten experience by

sharing your talents and time and giving back.

To get involved, please contact: Marian 087 6689943 or Michael 085 1585085

Digging Deeper this Lent

During the season of Lent there will be a group discussion every Tuesday

after the 10am Mass in the Cathedral Sacristy starting on the 3rd March.

The discussion will focus around the Digging Deeper programme for Lent

which explores our baptism.

All are welcome to attend.