Second Collection: will be taken up at all Masses next weekend 5th/6th June for Family Services & Accord.
ALONE: manage a national support line and additional supports for older people who have concerns or are facing difficulties relating to COVID-19. Professional staff are available to answer queries and give advice and reassurance. The support line is open seven days a week, 8am-8pm, by calling 0818 222 024.
Marian Pilgrimages: have released their pilgrimage schedule for 2021 & 2022 to Lourdes, Medjugorje, Fatima, Itlay & Holy Land. For more information or to register your interest please visit www.marian.ie or ring Marian Pilgrimages on (01) 8788159
The Traditional Latin Mass: will be offered at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Rathass, Tralee on Sun. 30th May at 12.30pm. More information from latinmasstralee@gmail.com
Volunteers: Thank you to all parishioners who have volunteered their support to date, to help us to return to celebrating Mass once again in our Churches. If you would like to assist as an Usher, or help wipe down the seats after Mass, please contact the Parish Office during office times or phone Fr. Danny on 087 9061255.
Envelopes/Dues: We wish to express our sincere gratitude for your continuing financial support to the parish, it is very much appreciated.
Please note: there will be no Altar Society, Minister of Eucharists or Readers until further notice.
Keel
Ushers May 29th Orla Nolan & Marie O’Brien
Sanitisers May 29th Marie O’Brien & Eileen Prendiville
Ushers June 5th Noranne Kavanagh & PJ Ryan
Sanitisers June 5th Kathleen O’Brien & Caroline McCarthy
Kiltallagh
Ushers May 30th Eileen Lovett & Michael Harris
Sanitisers May 30th Hannelore Harris & Aileen Griffin
Ushers June 6th Maurice Daly & John Quirke
Sanitisers June 6th Catherine O’Connor & Miriam Ryan
Priest on Duty: Fr. Danny Broderick 087 9061255
Return of congregations
| Castlemaine Parish Feast of the Holy Trinity 29th/30th May 2021 |
“But that is impossible, my dear child”
There is a very old and much-repeated story about St. Augustine, one of the intellectual giants of the Church. He was walking by the seashore one day, attempting to conceive of an intelligible explanation for the mystery of the Trinity.
As he walked along, he saw a small boy on the beach, pouring seawater from a shell into a small hole in the sand. “What are you doing, my child?” asked Augustine. “I am emptying the sea into this hole,” the boy answered with an innocent smile. “But that is impossible, my dear child,” said Augustine.
The boy stood up, looked straight into the eyes of Augustine and replied, “What you are trying to do – comprehend the immensity of God with your small head – is even more impossible.” Then he vanished. The child was an angel sent by God to teach Augustine a lesson.
Later, Augustine wrote: “You see the Trinity, if you see love.” According to him, the Father is the lover, the Son is the loved one and the Holy Spirit is the personification of the very act of loving.
This means that we can understand something of the Mystery of the Holy Trinity more readily with the believing heart than with our feeble mind. Evagrius of Pontus, a Greek monk of the 4th century who came from what is now Turkey in Asia and later lived out his vocation in Egypt, said: “God cannot be grasped by the mind. If God could be grasped, God would not be God.”
| Fr. Danny Broderick (087) 9061255 Parish Residence: 18 Ballyoughtragh Heights, Milltown Rev. Conor Bradley (087) 3664057 Parish Office: Wed. & Fri. 9:30-12:30 066-9767312 Email: castlemaineparish@dioceseofkerry.ie Website: www.castlemaineparish.com Safeguarding Children: Contact No (087) 6362780 | |||
| Please pray for Timmy Foley, Shanahill West on his 2nd Anniversary Masses & Intentions | |||
| Sat. May 29th | Keel | 7.30 p.m. | Bridget Gill, Shanahill East |
| Sun. May 30th | Kiltallagh | 10:00 a.m. | John & Kay Dowling, Post Office, Castlemaine |
| Tue. June 1st | Keel | 10:00 a.m. | |
| Thurs June 3rd | Keel | 7.30 p.m. | Josef Renner, Austria |
| Fri. June 4th | Kiltallagh | 6:00 p.m. | First Friday Mass Emily O’Keeffe, Catherina O’Sullivan & Marie Donnelly |
| Sat. June 5th | Keel | 7:30 p.m. | Bill Kelliher, Shanakeale |
| Sun. June 6th | Kiltallagh | 10:00 a.m. | John Joe O’Connor, Ballyraemeen |
Reminder
