PARISHES OF
ARDFINNAN, BALLYBACON & GRANGE
NEWCASTLE & FOURMILEWATER
TOURANEENA & THE NIRE
Fr Michael Toomey V. F. / P.P. / Adm.
Fr. Jim Denmead A.P. / Fr Bernard Frawley CSSr
ASCENSION SUNDAY 31st May 1st June 2025
Website: www.stcarloacutisparish.ie
☏ For Priest on Duty Please Call: 087- 6564170
✉ Please email us at: office@stcarloacutisparish.ie
☏ Phone: 052 – 7464408
???? The Parish Office, Holy Family Church, Ardfinnan, , Co Tipperary
MASSES THIS WEEK:
SATURDAY- VIGIL 31st May 2025
NEWCASTLE: vigil Mass 5pm
ARDFINNAN: Vigil Mass 6.30pm
TOURANEENA: Vigil Mass at 7pm
SUNDAY 1st June 2025
FOURMILEWATER: Mass at 9am
GRANGE: Mass 10.30am
NIRE: Mass at 11am
BALLYBACON Mass 12.00 noon
NO MASS ON MONDAY 2nd JUNE – NEWCASTLE
DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES
CEMETERY MASSES THIS YEAR:
All Masses begin at 7pm in the church with the blessing of graves afterwards.
MONDAY 2nd JUNE – Nire
TUESDAY 1st JULY Ardfinnan
With blessing of grace in St Finnians afterwards
WEDNESDAY 2nd JULY Newcastle
6pm Blessing of graves New Mollough
7pm Mass and blessing of graves in Church Graveyards
8pm Blessing of Graves in Old Graveyard
(Refreshments afterwards in Hall)
MONDAY 7th JULY Ballybacon
(Refreshments afterwards in Sacristy)
TUESDAY 8th JULY Grange
With blessing of Church graves after followed by New Cemetery. Refreshments after in Hall
WEDNESDAY 16th JULY Fourmilewater
6pm Blessing of Graves in Kilronan Cemetery
7pm Mass and blessing of graves in Fourmilewater
(Refreshments afterwards in Ballymacarbry Hall)
SATURDAY 2nd AUGUST MASS ROCK
2pm Rosary : 12.30pm Mass
(Weather Permitting)
FRIDAY 15th AUGUST
60th Anniversary of the opening of Holy Family Church Ardfinnan
Mass at 7pm in Church with Refreshments afterwards in the Hall.
EXAMS TIME
Best wishes to all beginning their Junior and Leaving Cert exams this week.
THANK YOU
Many thanks for your contributions in the collections and envelopes for the upkeep of our parishes and churches in the recent collections:
Ardfinnan/Ballybacon/Grange: €1,050
Newcastle/Fourmilewater: €889
The Nire: €310 / Touraneena: €414.40
TRAINING OF PRIESTS– THANK YOU FOR
YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS:
Ardfinnan/Ballybacon/Grange: €690
Newcastle/Fourmilewater: €724
The Nire: €155/ Touraneena: €265
GRANGE FIELD EVENING will take place on Friday 6th June, the annual fund raiser for the upkeep of the hall. Please come along and support this community event.
BALLYBACON Graveyard clean up on Thursday June 5th, volunteers needed, please bring your own brushes, tools etc.
MASS TO MARK THE 25th ANNIVERSARY OF ORDINATION OF THE LATE FR COLM O’BRIEN
Bishop Cullinan will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for the Priesthood of Fr Colm, on what would have been his 25th Anniversary, on Tuesday 3rd June at 7.30pm in St Pauls Church, Waterford. Everyone is most welcome to come to the Mass and give thanks to God for the impact Fr Colm made in those years, and to pray for the happy repose of his soul.
BAPTISMS
Please contact the Parish Office on 052-746 4408