You are welcome to the Keash parish website. Keash parish has the privilege of two present day active church buildings; namely St Kevins Church, Keash and The Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Culfadda. The people of Keash and Culfadda have retained a strong Christian identity for many generations. The purpose of this website is to highlight our historic and present day christian identity. Furthermore we attempt to vocalise present day ongoings not alone in our church but within our parish. The visitors to this website are asked to understand that this is only “a first step” and we hope that this website will be built upon in the months and years to come.
Keash Church
St Kevin’s
Culfadda Church
Our Lady of The Holy Rosary
On line donation button.
In attempting to get the Church roof in Keash paid for, we have added a “donation” section to our website at the request of a number of “Keash/Culfadda connected people, living away from our Parish at this time. A donation can now easily be made by going to the scroll down button and pressing on “donate”. You will have to insert your details and the amount of money that you would like to donate. We would appreciate if you would identify yourself so that we can acknowledge and thank you. If the donation is made honouring a deceased member of our Parish, please let us know who this person was. By making a donation to our Parish at this time, you are doing something very special and for which our Parish will be eternally grateful for.
If these works were not carried out now, we are advised that the Church roof would not have lasted much more than 5 years (at most) and that at any time in the interim, it could have collapsed.
This project will ultimately cost over €100,000. At this time we have gathered just over €5000. There is a very long way to go, so please support at this most crucial of times, if your financially in a position to do so. Thank you for your interest in visiting this website. May God’s blessing be upon you….
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Please read our news section for different commenteries……
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Culfadda Hall
Great news to see €64,000 allocated in funding to upgrade Culfadda Hall, under the Town’s and Villages Renewal Scheme.
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Moving of Mass from Keash Church to Culfadda Church
Please note that all masses scheduled for Keash Church from tomorrow morning onwards will be moved to Culfadda Church. This will remain the position until the works on Keash Church roof have completed. This is necessary on Health and Safety grounds. Please note for the avoidance of doubt; that there will remain two masses on a Sunday morning; at 10am and 11.30am (both in Culfadda Church while these works on the roof in Keash Church are taking place). Your ongoing support is very much appreciated……
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Defibrillators in the area…
There are 8 public access defibrillators in the Keash/Culfadda area outside the following locations:
1. Higgins Lounge, Culfadda (box unlocked)
2. Sean Gallagher’s House, Culfadda/Gurteen road (box unlocked)
3. Jason Higgins House, Ballymote/Culfadda road (box unlocked)
4. Pat Walsh’s House, Ballymote/Gurteen road (box unlocked)
5. Anne Higgins House, Boyle/Culfadda road (box unlocked)
6. Dermot Casey’s House, Keash/Ballymote road (box unlocked)
7. Ward’s shop, Keash (key code to open the box 12345)
8. Mac’s Pub, Keash (box unlocked)
The group have purchased a 9th defibrillator which will be installed locally in the coming weeks.
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A prayer for our Parish and it’s Spiritual nourishment:-
Part 1
O Jesus, send labourers into your fields,
which are awaiting Holy Apostles,
saintly Priests, heroic missionaries and
dedicated sisters and brothers.
Enkindle in the hearts of men and women the spark of a vocation.
Grant that Christian families may
desire to give your Church, helpers in the work of tomorrow.
Part 2
We pray for young people to assist and support the religious of our Parish in the daily needs of our Church. We pray for our young people to see a need to take part in different ministeries of our Church, for example readers, ministers of the Eucharist, maintaining places of worship etc.
We pray that the young people will meet together and develop new ways of reverently honouring God within our Parish. We pray that they will see the need for a vibrant and healthy Church within our Parish. We pray that many blessings will be bestowed upon them for doing so.
We pray that their parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles will guide them in doing so.
We pray that St. Anthony will help those within our parish who have lost their faith, to find it.
Thank you Father for our Parish Priest Fr. Murphy, the previous Priests of our Parish, living and dead and in particular Fr. Finan.
We pray that the Holy Spirit will direct and assist Fr. Murphy in continuing to guide the people of our Parish, spiritually.
We thank you Father for the blessing of regular masses in our Parish churches, in particular on Saturday evenings and Sunday. We prayer that this blessing of celebrating the Eucharist (Mass) regularly within our Parish, together with the opportunity to experience the sacrament of reconciliation (confession) within our parish will live on within our Parish to infinity.
We pray for all the Priests, Nuns and other religious who left our parish to help nourish our faith elsewhere.
We pray that the Holy Spirit will help the good people of our Parish understand the value of nurturing our faith, maintaining places of worship and developing new initiatives and ideas to help hand down our faith to the next generations.
Finally, we pray that the Holy Spirit will direct our Holy Father and those that make the decisions in appointing a new Bishop to our Diocese. We pray that the right man will be chosen at this most important of times. We pray for a man that will engage with the different Parishes on a regular basis, helping our Parishes to work together in bringing a new spiritual life to our Parishes.
We ask all of this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
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Fr. Gabriel’s – Silver Jubilee
Thank you to everyone involved. A wonderful evening, not weather wise but in all other respects, perfect…….
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The Statue of the Sacred Heart now erected at the Parochial House in Keash
Many thanks to Tom and Laura Devine and family who donated this beautiful statue of the Sacred Heart, which was erected on the grounds of the Parochial House in Keash last Thursday (the 18th of July 2019). Many thanks to Rickie Devine and Patrick Henry who helped Tom erect this most beautiful Statue. May God’s blessings shine on the families of all involved….
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New seating area at Kingstone Holy Well
Thank you to Pat Ward for organising this beautiful seating area for people attending Kingstone Well to sit upon. Thank you to the people that continue to maintain this Holy and beautiful place in such wonderful condition…..
For anyone able to make a financial contribution to the repair of our church roof, please make cheque payable to “Keash Parish” and forward to Fr. Gabriel Murphy, Parochial House, Keash, Ballymote, County Sligo. Your ongoing generosity is very much appreciated.
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Parish Mission
During discussions with Fr. Gabriel regarding preparation for the celebration of his Silver Jubilee; he stressed that he did not want any gifts presented to him or for any event envisaged to financially intrude upon the people of the Parish. Instead, he expressed his strong desire that our Parish celebrate a parish mission in the not too distant future. He stressed the importance of our children in particular, experiencing a Parish mission in their formative years and that it would mean more to him that the people of the Parish come together to assist him in organise such and indeed support such event; than providing any gift to him. If people are interested in supporting a parish mission, they might please discuss with Fr. Gabriel.
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Praying for someone to return to a life of faith…
If you are praying for someone to return to a life of prayer and to our Church; maybe consider asking St. Monica to intercede on your behalf. Please see the article in our news section (of this our website), to read about St. Monica…….
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Keash in all its beauty….
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PUT GOD FIRST
PRAYER TO ST. ANTHONY
Prayer of Spouses
Dear Saint Anthony, bless and protect my family; keep it united in love, sustain it in its everyday needs, and keep it safe from evil.
Bless me and my husband (my wife): help us to live with dignity through the fruits of our work so that we may have the opportunity to raise and educate the children that the Lord has given us. Bless our children: keep them healthy and eager for goodness, help them to study and do not allow them to lose their faith and their purity in the midst of the many occasions of evil in everyday life.
Help us to understand our children and to guide them through our words and our example so that they may always aspire to the most noble ideals of life and be able to implement their human and Christian vocation. Amen.
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Ever feel like you need to talk to someone confidentially:
From 12 years to 18 years or 18 years and up – contact Knock Counselling Centre for information – 094 9375032 or e mail counsellingoffice@knockshrine.ie
Talk to someone – a problem shared is a problem halved!!!!!
SOME OTHER HELPLINE CONTACT DETAILS–
1. Childline – 24 hour service for people up to 18 years – online chat from 10am to 4am or freephone 1800666666 or text “talk” to 50101
2. Jigsaw – mental health issues from 12 to 25 years of age. Visit www.jigsaw.ie Roscommon office phone number – 0906665087
3. The Samaritans – feeling distressed or in despair, including those that could lead to suicide – www.samaritans.org – call 116 123
4. Pieta House – free specialised treatment for those that self harm, suffer from suicidal ideation or who have made multiple suicide attempts – www.pieta.ie – call 1800 247 247
5. Gay Switchboard Ireland – confidential telephone support service. Available to LGBT community, their parents, families and friends – www.gayswitchboard.ie – call 01 8721055
Mass Times
St Kevin’s
– Keash
Saturday vigil: January, March, May, July, September and November.
(Summer months 8pm. Winter months 7pm.)
Sunday: 11.30am
Wednesday: 10am
Friday: 8pm.
*Weekday mass times subject to change
Our Lady of The Holy Rosary
– Culfadda
Saturday vigil: February, April, June, August, October and December.
(Summer months 8pm. Winter months 7pm.)
Newsletter 10th November 2019
/in Newsletters /by William Henry