Groups
The laity, by
their baptism and Confirmation
are called to engage actively in the life of the
Church.
Most do this by becoming active
in one or other of the many groups that exist in the
parish.
Whether you received five
talents or just one, don't bury it. Invest it by using
it to build up God's kingdom.
Parish Council
Chairperson
Treasurer
Secretary
At the moment we are without a parish council, but we are in the process of setting up a new parish council which we hope to have in place by the end of the Summer
Finance Committee
Chairperson
Treasurer
Secretary Marcella Mallick
Like organs in a body, each Parish Council member has a special
function.
Parish pastoral team
Chairperson: Ellen Fox Lannigan.
Secretary Michael Darcy
Aida Leacy
Michael Darcy
Patrick Doyle
Maurice Hedderman
Betty Kenny
Pat Peters
Paddy Stanley
Mary Walsh
Like organs in a body, each Parish Council member has a special
function.
Various Ministries
Parih Choirs
Choir Mistress
Mrs Siofra Gallagher
Organist Mrs Coogan
Folk Group
Leader Mary Cunningham
Guitarist
Children's Ministry
Child Protection Officer
Mary O'Connor
Leaders
Mary Kinsella
Anna May Kavanagh
Elen Fox-Lannigan
Marcella Mallick
Aisling Quinn
Aoife O'neill
louise Treacy-Myron
Like organs in a body, each Parish Council member has a special
function.
Other Groups
Space for Rent
Child Protection Officer
Mary O'Connor
Co-ordinators of Severs
Loretta O'Connel-Sinclair
Peg Byrne
Like organs in a body, each Parish Council member has a special
function.
Cemetery
Chairperson John Healy
Secretary Marcella Mallick
Treasurer Willie Rooney,
Joint treaurer Martin Doyle
Patrick Walsh,
Pat Keefe
Jimmy Hogan
Mick Walsh
Matty Moran
Like organs in a body, each Parish Council member has a special
function.
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Groups working in this parish
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Parish Administration
Parish Pastoral Council
Various Ministries
Parish Choirs
Children's Ministry
Other Groups
Servers
Cemetery
The role of the Parish Council
To look after buildings and grounds
and organise timely repairs.
To organise and help to carry out fundraising activities.
To provide any new facilities needed in the parish.
To help in the production of the newsletter.
To maintain the parish website.
According
to Canon Law, which governs most aspects of parish life,
every parish is to have a Finance
Committee to help the Parish Priest and oversee the
proper use of parish goods.
The Parish Finance Committee is composed of people who
have relevant skills to help and assist in this
important and necessary task.
This year because of the Charities Act
all parish accounts are being centralised in the
diocese and parish returns each year will be available
for inspection on a public website.
Committees must be more than just another talk shop, just
telling me what needs doing. A good committee is one that
makes things happen.
Each member brings different talents and skills but all
must work together in unity with one another and the
priest to build up the one body of Christ. Parish Council
members must support one another. The aim is to speak with
one voice.
Parish Pastoral Council
The parish is not
principally a structure, a territory or a building,
but rather the
a community of faith and
fellowship afire with a unifying spirit, a familial and
welcoming home".
Pope John Paul:
The parish pastoral council is a representative body of the
faithful, working closely with the priest(s) of the parish, to
further the mission of Christ and his Church in this corner of
the Lord's vineyard, enabling God's people to experience
the fullness of life that Christ offers.
The work of the Pastoral Council.
Trusting in the grace of God and
actively seeking the Holy Spirit in personal and communal
prayer, parish pastoral councillors fulfil their ministry
through
Reflecting and planning.
Empowering others.
Undertaking pastoral inititives.
Serving as a channel of communication.
Facilitating on-going formation for
other groups.
Evaluation.
Our Parish Pastoral Council here in St Kevin's has been
working quitely over the past few months, firsltly to organsie
the very successful concert in the Church with Fr
Lambert, then a mission statement for the parish. The process
of evaluation and planning is ongoing.
Readers
have the big responsibility to covey to people God's word,
God's message in a way that is intelligible to them. People
come to Church to be nourished by the word of God. A badly
read lesson is to serve up to people a food that is
indigestible because of poor preparation. This should not
happen.
Extraordinary Ministers of the
Eucharist.
assist the priest in the distribution of the Eucharist.
Ministers of the Eucharist are selected and serve as
Eucharistic Ministers for about three to four years.
When the time of selection comes up we ask parishioner to
recommend someone who they feel would make a faithful
minister of the Eucharist.
The Adoration Committee
organise people for the day of adoration every Wednesday. If
we truly believed in the real presence of Jesus in the
Sacrament, would we not be more willing to spend one hour a
week in his presence. This would be an hour well spent
The Altar Group look
after the linen and I must say they do a great job of it
here in Kilaveney. Washing albs, changing altar cloths and
keeping everything on the altar spotless as it should be.
What would be nice would be to try and attract our younger
people into doing and helping out at this task. This is true
of all jobs in the church.
Flowers:
We must thank our florist for the beautiful displays of
flowers in the Church. This is a form of praying with one's
hands, and
could be made an important form of ministry by inviting and
encouraging others to participate and share in it.
Sacristans:
Who set the Altar and organise the servers and make sure
that everything is in place for the celebraion of the
Liturgy on Sundays and weekdays. It is reassuring to know
that whenever I come that everything is read for off
Parish Choirs
Music has always been a most important
element of the Church's liturgy. Music enhances the sacred
liturgy, it draws people together enabling them to participate
and become part of the sacred actions rather than mere
observers. It bring life and energy to the celebration and
most o all through music we glorify God.
Kilaveney for its
size is unusual for the strength and size of it;s choirs, this
is no accident but the rsult of tremendous dedication and
commitment on the part of all who are involved in the choirs.
The main choir has a practice on most Tuesday nights and is
always delighted to get new members. Why not come along and
use the talent of your voice to praise God.
We also
have a folk Choir. Music offers a great opportunity to young
people of faith in our community to reach out and bring God's
love and God's care to the young people of your generation.
Many of the younger generation may feel that the mass is
boring but it does not have to be. Great composers, great
musicians, great artists great architects have all down
through the ages to make beautiful the liturgy or the place
where the liturgy was celebrated.
Thanks to the
catholic schools in our parish we occasionally have the
pleasure of a children's choir. Today thankfully there
is lots of music that is very appealing to children and easy
for them to sing.
"Let the little children come to me."
As a church, as a community of faith
are we doing enough so that children can come to Jesus.
There is a niche there for people who love working with
children and have the talent and of course the desire
to share with children the wonderful love of God.
Little Church
takes place on Sunday morning during the first part of
the mass. The children are invited to go into the sacristy where
the teachers take the scriptures of the Sunday and using
very simple language; drawing painting and story telling
try to convey to the children the message of the Scriptures.
The Children rejoin their parents in the main Church around
the time of the offertory for the main part of the mass.
We are always looking for people who might be interested in
this ministry. Of course all people working with children have
to be Garda vetted and observe all the safeguarding rules laid
down for working with children.
Our
ministry to Children should not be confined just to little
church. There is a need for retreats especially leading up to
confirmation and perhaps leading up to Easter.
Other Groups
Altar Servers
An altar server is one who helps
the priest in the celebration of the Mass and other
liturgical rites.
Altar servers should learn about all
that pertains to their important role in the Mass, and they
should strive to grasp the inner spiritual meaning of these
things. In this way, servers will be examples to all of
reverence for sacred things and sincere love for the Church.
It is an extreme privilege to serve at the altar. Altar
Servers play an important role in the sacred Liturgy. We
currently have 12 Altar Servers,
The Altar Servers are co-
ordinated by the parents and the Child
Protection guidelines are followed.
Boys and girls are eligble to become altar servers
when they are in 5 and 6 class. the Commissioning of Altar
Servers takes place in September
Prior to becoming an Altar Server, a short training
programme takes place. This includes learning about the
order of the mass, the vestments, the sanctuary and the
sacred books and vessels used.
Training begins in the weeks after the return to school
after the Summer holidays . If you interested, please
contact either the Parent Co-ordinator, one of the priests
of the parish or Parent Co-ordinator: SBheila ee
08GDH96056
Our Parish Cemetery
Christians are not alone in showing reverence for the human
body. All cultures, even primitive cultures, almost always
show a deep respect for the human body and have
protocols for it's disposal. In the Christian tradition
the body has a special dignity, for during life the body
because of baptism is the temple of the Holy Spirit, and every
Christian retains the hope of the Resurrection of the
body. A Christian should be buried in consecrated ground.
Following the tradition of most churches in Ferns Diocese
there is a parish cemetery in Kilaveney. The present
cemetery is situated at the back of the church and would have
dated from around 1847 when the Church was built on that site.
An earlier cemetery exists in Whitefield. Our oldest cemetery
would be in Kilcashel cemetery.
A cemetery committee exists that looks after the
running of the Cemetery. An AGM is held every year. The
buying of a burial spaces beforehand is not allowed. Out of
respect for people buried in the cemetery, people are not
allowed to bring dogs into the cemetery. One of the
major problems in the care of the cemetery is that people when
cleaning the graves of their loved ones dump old wreathes and
dead flowers either on top of a neighboring grave or at the
ditch. Please Please you honour your dead by keeping the
Cemetery tidy.
The annual blessing of the graves in Kilaveney takes place
every year on the second Sunday of July starting at 2.30. This
consists of the rosary and blessing of graves. THe blessing of the graves in Crossbridge
takes place on the last Sunday of June at 2.30pm. The
blessing of Kilcashel graveyard takes place on the third Sunday of July at 2.30 pm.