Newsletter 24th April 2022

Holy Cross Parish Mass Times

Holy Cross Tramore

Saturday 10am &
7.30pm (Vigil)
Sunday
8.30am, 10.30am and
12 noon
Monday – Friday
7.30am &10.00am

CONFESSIONS
Saturday 10.30am & 7pm and upon Request

NOVENA OUR LADY
OF PERPETUAL HELP
Mondays after 10am Mass

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
Thursday after 10am Mass until 5pm
Church closes at 4pm Monday – Wednesday and Friday & 5pm Thursday

Our Lady’s Carbally
Sunday at 11.30am

Church of the Immaculate Conception Fenor
Saturday Vigil at 6pm

Sacred Heart Dunhill
Sunday at 9.30am

 

Holy Cross Church-Live Streaming

Live Streaming Service is in operation, where you may join us for Tramore Parish Services online from Holy Cross Church.
Log in to the parish website www.tramoreparish.ie Click on “Live Stream” on the homepage when the services are on.

Tramore Parish Radio Services

Tramore Parish Radio Services are broadcast from Holy Cross Church, Tramore at 10.am from Monday to Sat and 10.30am on Sunday on your radio 105.4FM. (It may be tuned in only when service is on.

CCTV/Live Stream

Please be aware that for the protection and security of all, CCTV Cameras are in operation in Holy Cross Church. All Masses are live streamed and broadcast over the internet.

 

COVID-19

We strongly recommended, that parishioners continue to wear face covering and sanitise their hands upon entry and leaving the church.

 

Donate Facility

We have an online donate facility on our parish website: www.tramoreparish.ie, where you can make your Sunday offering to the parish.
Please quote your envelope number, if applicable, when you make your donation. All contributions are gratefully received, and we thank you in advance for your generosity.

 

PRIEST ON DUTY
086-6004384

 

Donate Facility

We have an online donate facility on our parish website: www.tramoreparish.ie, where you can make your Sunday offering to the parish.
Please quote your envelope number, if applicable, when you make your donation. All contributions are gratefully received, and we thank you in advance for your generosity.

 

THANK YOU!

Last weekend the Easter Collection for the support of the priests of the Parish & the Diocese was taken up.
We thank all who contributed for your kind generosity.

Synod Faith Conversations

The Synodal Process in the Diocese of Waterford & Lismore What do we mean by “Synodality”? Pope Francis has called for a world-wide Synod on Synodality to culminate in Rome in the Autumn of 2023. Further information visit: https://waterfordlismore.ie/synod-faith-conversations/

 

Diocese of Waterford & Lismore Youth Pilgrimage to Medjugorje

August 3rd – 10th
Cost: €725pps
Open to those aged 16 – 35.
For more info / to book a place contact:
Roisin Browne 083 3002123 / Annmarie Browne 086 4572353 / Declan Browne 083 4865213

 

 

Waterford Hospice Coffee Morning

A Coffee Morning in aid of The Waterford Hospice will be held in Tramore Racecourse on Thursday 28th April next at 11.00 am. All monies raised here will be donated to Waterford Hospice.
We have had great mornings at this venue where coffees, teas and all kind of goodies are served.
Please come along and join us for an enjoyable morning.
As usual there will be a raffle with some very fancy prizes

 

DIOCESE OFWATERFORD & LISMORE KNOCK
SHRINE PILGRIMAGE
Under the leadership of Dr. Alphonsus Cullinan D.D
Bishop of Waterford & Lismore
SUNDAY MAY 1st 2022
Tickets €30
Leaving Tramore (Church Carpark) at 6.30am.
Leaving (Miller’s Marsh Carpark) at 7am
Leaving Knock at 5.30pm
(Break at Ennis on each journey
Tickets available at Rellis Newsagents Ballybricken between 9.am & 1pm Daily
Contact: John Waters: 087-2138831 Michael Drohan: 089-4204804 Anne O’Connor: 051-381351

Diocese of Waterford & Lismore Youth Pilgrimage to Medjugorje:
August 3rd – 10th
Cost: €725pps
Open to those aged 16 – 35.
For more info / to book a place contact:
Roisin Browne 083 3002123 / Annmarie Browne 086 4572353 / Declan Browne 083 4865213

 

Divine Mercy Sunday -Prayer
Divine Mercy, do not hold our sins against us. Be a merciful Father who judges us in the fullness of Your power, punishing when needed, but granting mercy when we need it more, most especially when we are too saturated with pride to request it.

 

 

 

 

Parish Office

The Parish office is now open to the public with entry restricted. Please knock on the door and we will be happy to help you.

Next week opening Times:
Mon, 9.30am-4pm
Tues 9.30am-1pm
Wed & Thurs 9.30am – 4pm
Friday 9.30am -3.30pm

 

Baptism Update
Please contact the office for further details 051-386477

Recent Deaths

Please remember those who died recently, Peter Keane Kinvara Galway

We remember the months mind for  Bruce Robinson (New Zealand),Kathleen Ware

We pray for

Nora & Eddie Walsh,Ellen & James Walsh,Tom Flynn (1st Anniversary),William & Nancy Hodge, John Cantwell, Helen Cantwell, Sean Cantwell, ,John &Paddy Hannigan, Gerald Lyons, Joyce Robinson, Prenter & McNally Family, John Hannigan, Halley family whose anniversaries occur about this time.

Reflection for 2nd Sunday of Easter

Only faith
Jesus spoke in short sentences and summed up a lot of life in a few words. His final beatitude is in the gospel today – ‘Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.’ You can unpack that little phrase and in it you realise that faith is about things that cannot be proved, that it is not easy and that it brings a blessedness to life. It also includes ourselves – the ones of this year who still believe.

Something is only by faith when everything else fades off. Our loved ones die and only faith assures us that they are alive with God. Only faith assures us that Jesus is present in the mystery of the bread and wine at our Mass. Only faith assures us that he is with us when two or three gather and only faith assures us that what we do for others we do for him. Faith assures us of some of the best things of life; finally that we come from God and go to God.
Thomas found difficulty with all this. Jesus dealt gently with him, pointing out the wounds of his body and inviting him to touch them. But Thomas never needed to touch the holes in Jesus’ hands and feet. He was told that an even better happiness was to believe without touch or sight. He found faith now in the risen Lord, and the faith itself was Jesus’ final gift to Thomas.
We need to take time and let faith grow within us. This can be in prayer, in faith-conversation and in allowing ourselves sit quietly and be in the presence of God. In the busy world, this may be difficult, but no day is diminished by time spent in silence and in quiet, knowing we are richly blessed when we grow our faith in God.
Lord, I believe in your presence
with me and within me.
Strengthen my belief.
Donal Neary Rsj