30th January

2011 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

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Saturday: 7:30pm

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Saturday: 6:30pm

Sunday: 8:30am

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Sunday 10am

Sunday 9:30am

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Fr. Paul Fitzpatrick C.C.

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Fr. Joe O’Neill C.C.

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Fr. Tom O’Connor P.E.

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St. Peter &

Paul’s Church

Patron Saint of our Diocese Saint Brigid of Kildare

Brigid of Kildare is one of the three patrons of the Irish Church with Patrick and Columcille (or Columba of Iona). She was one of the first people to accept the Christian faith, having been baptised, according to tradition, by St. Patrick. Brigid’s memory has endured among the people of Ireland. Once of the tangible links is her cross which according to an old story she wove at the death-bed of either her father or a pagan chief, who upon hearing

what the cross meant, asked to be baptised. The story goes: A pagan chieftain from the neighbourhood of Kildare was dying. Christians in his household sent for Brigid to talk to him about Christ. When she arrived the chieftain was raving. As it was impossible to instruct this delirious man, hopes for this conversion seemed doubtful. Brigid sat down at his bedside and began consoling him. As was customary, the dirt floor was strewn with rushes both for warmth and cleanliness. Brigid stooped down and started to weave them into a cross fastening the points together. The sick man asked what she was doing. She began to explain the cross, and as she talked his delirium quietened and he questioned her with growing interest. Through her weaving, he came to faith and was baptised at the point of death. It is a legend but says something about this extraordinary woman. Her mother was one of several concubines but Brigid seems to have been a favourite of her father, something that is still done in parts of Africa today when a pagan chief donates a gift of land on the conversion of a son or daughter. Brigid founded a community of women, and the tradition says that she also ruled a community of monks in a an adjoining monastery in Kildare. St. Brigid’s Cross is still woven today and placed in houses as a reminder of the power of the main symbol of Christianity (“….by the cross you have been saved”) and also a belief in the intercession of Brigid who in Irish tradition is known as Muire na nGael, Mary of the Irish. Brigid’s feast day is kept on 1st February which is the old Celtic beginning of Spring - Imbolc.

Feast days for the coming week. Monday: St. John Bosco, priest.

Tuesday: St. Brigid, Secondary Patron of Ireland.

Wednesday: The Presentation of the Lord.

Blessing of Candles during Masses on Wednesday.

Thursday: Feast of St. Blaise

Blessing of Throats during Masses on Thursday.

Friday: Fourth Week in Ordinary Time.

Saturday: St. Agatha, virgin & martyr.

Friday is the

First Friday Masses for First

Friday.

Parish Church:

7:30am, 10:00am

& 7:30pm.

The Heath: 8:00pm

Ratheniska: 8:00pm

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St Brigid’s Day is celebrated on the 1st February every year, the first day of Spring. St Brigid is the Patron Saint of Ireland and of the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin. A few years after St. Patrick arrived, a little girl named Brigid was born at Faughart, County Louth, in Ireland. Her father was an Irish Lord named Dubtach and her mother was a Christian slave named Brocca. As Brigid grew up, her love for Jesus grew deep. She once heard St. Patrick preach and never forgot his teaching for the rest of her life. She looked for Jesus in the poor and often brought food and clothing to them. One day she gave away a whole pail of milk and then she began to worry about what her mother would say. She prayed to the Lord to make up for what she had given away. When she got home, her pail was full again. Another day Brigid gave away her fathers precious sword to a poor man so he could sell it to buy food. She was always helping the poor. Brigid's father wanted her to marry but Brigid had decided in her heart to give herself entirely to God. She did not want to marry anyone. Brigid finally got her wish and her father let her enter a convent. Brigid became a nun under Saint Mel and shortly afterwards she founded a monastery on land given to her by the King of Leinster. The land was called Cill Dara (Kildare) or the “the church of the oak”.

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Cross known as a "St. Brigid's Cross". The

following story may account for the tradition.

St. Brigid once acted as a nurse for a sick pagan

chieftain. As he slept, Brigid made a cross with

some rushes that were on the floor. When the

chieftain woke he asked Brigid about the cross

and she told him the story of Jesus. The man

was deeply impressed and became a Christian.

Today people still make St. Brigid’s Crosses.

They are made from rushes or reeds. Once the

Cross is woven, it is blessed and it is then hung

in homes and left in place all year, to be burned

and replaced with a newly-woven Cross on the

next St. Brigid's Day. The Saint Brigid’s Cross is

believed to bless and bring luck to every person

who enters the house.

Prayer to St. Brigid You were a woman of Peace,

You brought harmony where there was conflict, You brought light to the darkness, You brought hope to the downcast,

May the mantle of your Peace cover those who are troubled and anxious and may Peace be firmly rooted

in our hearts and in our world. Inspire us to act justly and to reverence all God has made.

Brigid you were a voice for the wounded and the weary. Strengthen what is weak within us.

Calm us into a quietness that heals and listens. May we grow each day into greater wholeness in mind, body and spirit. Amen

The feast of St. Brigid on the first of February is a celebration of the wonderful springing back of the earth from its winter sleep. It is the season when we celebrate new beginnings and new life on earth. Many of the stories about Brigid tell of her milking the cows, churning the milk, making butter, shepherding her flocks of sheep and helping with the harvest. One day when Brigid was on a long journey she stopped to rest. A rich lady stopped and gave her a beautiful basket of apples. No sooner had she received them than a group of very poor people came by and begged her for food. Without a moment’s hesitation, Brigid gave them the apples. The rich lady was utterly disgusted and she complained to Brigid, ‘I brought those apples for you, not for them.’ Brigid’s reply was: ‘What’s mine is theirs.’

Many wells are named after St Brigid.

St Brigid’s well in

Kildare.

Saint Brigid is the Patron Saint of crafts, poets, healers, midwives

and doctors.

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Get at least 12 pieces of reed or straw (16 is better)

Take the shortest one and hold upright.

Take a second straw and fold it in the middle.

Wrap the second straw around the first straw

at the centre so that it opens to your right.

Pull it tight.

Rotate the assemblage 90 degrees counter-clockwise, holding it at the centre

where the straws come together.

Take a third straw and wrap it around the

second straw so that it is opens to your right.

Pull it tight.

Rotate the assemblage 90 degrees counter-clockwise, holding it at the centre

where the straws come together.

Take a fourth straw and wrap it around the third

straw so that it opens to your right.

Pull it tight.

Rotate the assemblage 90 degrees counter-clockwise, holding it at the centre

where the straws come together.

Take a fifth straw and fold it around the fourth straw so that it opens to your right.

Pull it tight.

Repeat this process until at least 12 straws are used. You will always be adding a straw at the top so it opens to your right, then turning the

entire assemblage 90 degrees counter-clockwise & repeating ("Add to the right, turn to the left").

Secure the ends of the arms of the Cross with twine, elastic, ribbon, etc., and trim the ends of

the straws so that they're even.

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RELIGIOUS NOTICES Irish Heart Foundation Church Gate Collection: Sat. 29th and Sun. 30th January. Please support. Portlaoise Prayer Group: Meeting every Wednesday evening at 8.15pm in the Parish Centre. Eucharistic Adoration: Every Monday to Saturday in the Parish Church commencing after 10am Mass and concluding with the Rosary at 7pm (6pm on Saturday). Sunday commencing at 2pm and concluding with rosary at 7pm. Rosary will be prayed at the Grotto at 8pm on Tuesday 1st February for the Feast of St. Brigid. Months Mind Mass for William McEvoy, late of upper grange, Stradbally will be celebrated in Ratheniska Church on Friday 4th February at 8pm. Anniversary Mass for Michael Bartley, St. John’s Square will be celebrated in the Parish Church at the 11:15am Mass on Sunday 6th February. concluding with rosary at 7pm. Divine Mercy Mass will be celebrated in St. Peter & Paul’s Parish Church on Wednesday 2nd February at 7:30pm. (Rosary at 7:00pm). Celebrant: Fr. Thady Doyle. Exposition of the Most Holy Blessed Sacrament, Chaplet of Divine Mercy followed by Blessing with the Relic of St. Faustina. All are welcome.

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087 - 7722582

PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLYLAND

Tues. 13th - Thurs. 22nd Sept. Spiritual Director: Fr. Paul Fitzpatrick

ACCOMMODATION: 4 nights in Tiberias and 5 nights in Jerusalem on half board basis.

Small number of seats still available.

COST: €1,390 per person

For further information contact:

Mary 086-3773925,

Chris 086-1987596,

Kitty 087-9506634

Mary Tynan Tully’s Travel

059-8638888

PAINTER 087-9339913

All aspects of interior and

exterior painting. Best value service in Laois!

WANTED All types of modern furniture, 3-piece suites, bookcases, coffee tables, tables and

chairs etc., must be in good condition. Contact:

Mc Donnells Furniture

057-8643304

087-2592634

EARN EXTRA

INCOME Helping people save money and helping people make money!

Contact:

085-1265770

FOR SALE Quality Turf &

seasoned firewood logs, available in bags

or loose, can be delivered. Contact:

086 - 3737466

086 - 1651064

ADRIAN MAHER Plumbing&Heating

Services PORTLAOISE

All works covered including Oil Boiler Service & Repair. Very reasonable rates. Contact Adrian on

086 - 8509411

OIL BOILER SERVICE Carbon Monoxide Testing, Carbon Dioxide Testing and

Efficiency Testing.

SOLID FUEL STOVE SERVICING

Rope and Bricks Changed and Grates replaced

Contact Tom:

086 - 3925819

HELP YOURSELF GET THAT JOB!

MANUAL HANDLING COURSE Commencing 7th & 10th Feb. 6-9pm in the Killeshin Hotel Certificate awarded on the night, only €25, limited places available. For info. or bookings call Claire on

087 - 6638386 Or Email:

pjfrankstraining@gmail.com

Hugh Thompson MIDLAND HEATING

SERVICES Plumbing & Heating

Commissioning, Servicing and Repair of Oil Boilers & Single Burner Cookers. Ballyfin, Portlaoise. Call:

086 - 3758503

FOR SALE

Good Quality

Turf.

Contact: 087-6371937

MATHS

GRINDS

AVAILABLE Qualified Teacher.

Contact: 085 - 1667135

PORTLAOISE ANNUAL SMALL GROUP PILGRIMAGE

LOURDES 2011 Friday 1st July to Wednes-

day 6th July 2011 5 nights full board at the Hotel Jeanne D’arc, all rooms ensuite, limited number of seats available.

A deposit secures your seat. The tour is operated by Joe Walsh Tours. For further info. Contact:

057 - 8622458

A1 CHIMNEY SWEEP

& GUTTER CLEAN Brush & Vac.

No mess - totally clean job. Bird guards & cowls

fitted. Also Power Washing - Roofs, Paths, Drives etc.

Contact Martin on

087 - 9616098

PORTLAOISE PARISH

PILGRIMAGE TO

MEDJUGORJE Deposits €50 now being taken, can be paid in instalments but deposit must be paid in full

before 17th February. Contact: Paul Dooley 087-9832826 Gerry Murphy 057-8660053 Anthony Egan 057-8621227 John Egan 087-1254841

CHILDMINDER

AVAILABLE

Portlaoise Town.

School runs

included. Contact:

086-3657589

FOR SALE 3 Seater Couch

2 Seater Recl. Couch Double Mattress 15” Sony Flat T.V. Other furniture.

All in perfect condition

057-8682792

St Blaise

3rd February

Patron of Throat

Illnesses Many might remember Saint Blaise's feast day because o f the

Blessing of the Throats that took place on this day. Saint Blaise's protection of those with throat troubles apparently comes from a legend that a boy was brought to him who had a fishbone stuck in his throat. The boy was about to die when Saint Blaise healed him. More at risk of sharp speech than fish bones? Tag onto your intercession that Saint Blaise use your voice and words in a way that honours God.

Thought for Today!Thought for Today!Thought for Today!Thought for Today! If at first you don’t succeed, do If at first you don’t succeed, do If at first you don’t succeed, do If at first you don’t succeed, do

it like your mother told you.it like your mother told you.it like your mother told you.it like your mother told you.

OUR PRAYERS ARE

ASKED FOR:

Jim Stack, 12 Colliers Wood & formerly Cremorgan, Timahoe

Tom Lynam, formerly of Marian Avenue.

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May they Rest in Peace. May they Rest in Peace. May they Rest in Peace. May they Rest in Peace. Our Sympathies to their Families. Our Sympathies to their Families. Our Sympathies to their Families. Our Sympathies to their Families.

Portlaoise Parish Portlaoise Parish Portlaoise Parish Portlaoise Parish Sunday 23rd January 2011Sunday 23rd January 2011Sunday 23rd January 2011Sunday 23rd January 2011

Offertory Collection €3047.00 Development Collection €3820.00 €6867.00

Our thanks and appreciation to all who subscribe so generously to the Parish.

Pride of Place

All Ireland Winner

2008 Manager Declan Kelly 057 8621142

Parish Office At The Parish Centre Monday to Friday

9am - 5pm

Parish Secretary Michelle Bartley

Mon - Fri 9am - 2pm Georgina Gleeson

Receptionist Mary Bowe Mon - Thurs 1pm - 5pm

Ph: 057 8621142 Fax. 057 8660260

Accounts Michelle Conroy

057 8621142 Caretaker Danny Marum 6pm to 10pm

Parish Catechist Margaret Dooley

057 8621142

Sacristan Martin O’Neill 057 8692151

(The phone in the sacristy is attended prior to Mass times)

Editor Julie Conroy Office Hours

Monday to Thursday 11am to 5pm

057 8692154 Advertising Deadline

Tuesday 5pm linkup@portlaoiseparish.ie Now available to view online at

www.portlaoiseparish.ie

Parish Shop Nicholas & Maureen Keary

Religious Goods, Books

and gifts items

FailteFailteFailteFailte We welcomed the following into the Christian Community through the

Sacrament of Baptism:

Darra Gerard Dunne, Glenregan

Niamh Marie Tully, Beechlawn

Lacey Molly Clinton, Athy

Tomás Sean McFadden, Lake Edge,

Mia Myra Timmons, The Beeches.

For Baptismal details log onto:

www.portlaoiseparish.ie

Please support the efforts of the World Youth Day candidates who made St. Brigid's Crosses with the help of other parishioners. All proceeds will go to the

group travelling to Madrid for World Youth Day in August and your support would be very much appreciated.

Communion CallsCommunion CallsCommunion CallsCommunion Calls

Fr. Paul Fr. Paul Fr. Paul Fr. Paul Monday 31st January: Round 1 Millview, St. Brigid’s Place, Ridge Road,

Kyletelisha, Shaen.

Tuesday 1st February: Round 2 Borris Road, Dr. Murphy Place, St. John’s

Square, Dublin Road and Kilminchy.

Fr. KevinFr. KevinFr. KevinFr. Kevin Thursday 3rd February:

Market Square, Main Street, Bridge Street, Stradbally Road, Abbeyleix Road, Glenside, Ratheniska & Loughteague.

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY -

PARISH CHURCH

6:30pm Sr. Mary O’Grady, Karen Fagan, Kitty Lawlor, Phil Culleton, John

Culleton & Martin Sinnott.

8:30am Margaret Carroll, Anne Fennell

& Mary Meehan.

10:00am Josie Meehan, Josie Fitzpatrick,

Elizabeth Corrigan, Sandra Hanniffy & Edmond Burns.

11:15am Helen Enright, Maureen O’Keeffe,

Anna Hennessy, Tom Bracken, Nancy Bracken & Elizabeth Alpekpe.

12:30pm Marie Poole, C. Marianayagam, Georgina Gleeson, Anna Cedro Snr., Anna Cedro Jnr., Colette Meleady & A. Klodkiewicz.

READERS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY - PARISH CHURCH

6:30pm Mary Collins & Joan McCarthy.

8:30am Mairead Culliton & Andrew Dunne.

10:00am Trudy Nealon & Karen Chambers.

11.15am Paula Kelly & Imelda Monaghen

12.30pm Michael Costello.

COLLECTORS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY - PARISH CHURCH

6.30pm Stephen Dwane & John Kelly.

8.30am Danny Marum & Jim Hyland.

10:00am Tommy Hilliard & Martin O’Neill.

11.15am Billy O’Keeffe & Sean Miller.

12.30pm Sean Fitzpatrick & John Egan.