Fifth Sunday of Lent
PARISH PHONE NOS.
Fr. Liam O h-Icí: House: 4871180
Emergency No.: 087 0956190
Parish Centre / Sacristy: 4289768
Ring for bookings : Baptisms & Marriages etc.
WEEKEND MASSES
Vigil Masses on Saturday will alternate between Ovens & Farran at 7pm.
Vigil Mass in Ovens on Saturday next, 1st April at 7pm.
MASSES THIS WEEK
Ovens:
9.30am: Mon Weds & Fri.
Farran:
9.30am: Tuesday & Thursday.
ANNIVERSARIES NEXT WEEKEND 1ST/2ND APRIL
Ovens:
7pm: John, Margaret & Finbarr Murphy, Rocky Road, Farran.
11.30am: Sheila Dineen, Beech Park. 6th Anniversary.
Farran:
9.30am: Ted Lynch, Lower Farran, died on 10th December.
May they Rest in Peace.
HOLY WEEK & EASTER TIMETABLE 2023
Holy Thursday 6th April:
Farran: Mass of the Lord’s Supper: 7pm.
Adoration at Altar of Repose until 9pm.
Ovens: Mass of the Lord’s Supper: 8.30pm.
Adoration at Altar of Repose until 11pm.
Trócaire Boxes may be returned.
Good Friday 7th April (Day of Fast & Abstinence).
Farran: Stations of the Cross 12noon.
Confessions before, during & after Stations of the Cross.
Ceremonies & Holy Communion 6pm.
Ovens: Stations of the Cross 3pm.
Confessions before, during & after Stations of the Cross.
Collection for the Holy Places will be taken up during the Stations in both Churches.
Ceremonies & Holy Communion 8pm.
Holy Saturday 8th April:
Farran: Celebration of the Easter Vigil 6pm.
Ovens: Celebration of the Easter Vigil 8pm.
Confessions for Easter on Holy Saturday:
Ovens: 11am to 11.30am.
Farran: 11.45am to 12.15pm.
Easter Sunday 9th April:
Dawn Mass in Kilcrea Abbey at 5.30am.
Farran: 9.30am. Ovens: 11.30am.
Easter Cards with all the above arrangements are available in the porches of both Churches. Please take one home.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS FOR LENT
On Saturday night next, 1st April the Stations of the Cross will be in Ovens Church after the 7pm Vigil Mass.
EASTER OFFERINGS
Easter Offering envelopes now available in the porches of both Churches.
CROSS OF HOPE & GARMENT OF SUFFERING, HOPE & THANKSGIVING
There is still time to write your hope for this Lenten Season and to place it in the box near the large cross in the sanctuary of both Churches. After Easter they will be taken from the boxes and burned.
There is a basket on the table near the altar where you may place your piece of cloth, as you pray for your own pain or suffering or that of someone close to you. The prayer may also be one of Hope or Thanksgiving for favours received.
MINISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST
Recommissioning Ceremony
At the Mass of the Last Supper, on Holy Thursday, 6th April, the Ministers of the Eucharist will be Recommissioned.
Farran: 7pm. Ovens: 8.30pm.
All Ministers of the Eucharist are please asked to attend.
SCRIPTURE REFLECTION FOR THE WEEK
Work Through your Problems
Don’t run away from a problem, face it.
Chisel it into small parts & deal with each part separately.
For Further Reflection:
Matthew 11:28-29
Psalm 55:22.
LENTEN RETREAT
Thanks to all who took part in our Lenten Retreat last weekend from 19th to 21st March. Thanks also to the Parish Assembly and to all who took part in arranging it and in carrying it out. It was facilitated by Fr. Laurence Gallagher, a Redemptorist Priest, and was very well attended. We thank him for the time & preparation he put into it.
He also met with the Confirmation young people of Ovens & Farran schools on Monday & Tuesday mornings respectively, as part of their preparation for Confirmation after Easter.
Our sincere thanks to him and to all who arranged & attended it.
Refreshments provided in the parish centre on the final night were also much appreciated.
Confirmation
Fruits of the Holy Spirit
Self-Control helps us to resist temptation and avoid conforming to the things of this world. It guides our decisions, and it relates to how we show the other Fruits in our lives.
For example, Patience, requires self-control. Self-control can be applied to all of the Fruits of the Spirit in the same way it is applied to patience.
Displaying self-control is often a matter of responding rather than reacting. When we react to a situation, we let our emotions take control. We are more likely to become defensive and say hurtful things. Responding however, involves developing a thoughtful response that is guided by reason more than emotions.
As Christians, our responses to situations are to be guided by the fruits of the Spirit.
With the Holy Spirit within us, we are able to possess self-control and demonstrate it and all the Fruits of the Spirit.
CONFIRMATION 2023
Scoil Mhuire Farran
There will be a short Preparation Meeting for parents with the Parish Catechists on Thursday next, 30th March at 7.30pm in Farran Hall.
It will be for just one hour.
RECENT BAPTISMS
Bonnie Noreen Fitzgerald, Grange Manor
Eve Michelle McSweeney, Watergrasshill
Rory Trevor Barry, Knockatrinane
We congratulate them and their parents and we welcome them to the Parish Family.
ÁR DTEANGA FÉIN
Bíonn Dhá Insint ar Scéal
There are two sides to every story. An extension of this seanfhocal continues agus dhá leagan déag ar amhrán (and twelve versions of a song).
ÉIRE ÓG
Éire Óg camogie training for U5 & U6 for the 2023 season is starting back from this Saturday, 25th March, 9am to 10am on the Astro in Éire Óg.
New players most welcome.
ACTIVE CIRCLE MEETING
The Ovens/Farran Active Circle meet on this Monday, 27th March at 2.30pm in the Parish Centre. New members always welcome.