St.Mary Magdalene's Parish, Monaleen
www.monaleenparish.org
Parish Groups
Pastoral Council|Finance Committee|Liturgy Group|Visitation Group|Family Mass
Baptismal Team|Newsletter|Website|Choirs|Organists|Mass Servers
Ministers of the Eucharist|Ministers of the Word|Leanbh|Bereavement Group
Church Cleaning|Envelope Distribution|Cash Tellers|Safety Team|Child Protection
Our Parish ClusterIn the Limerick diocese parishes are grouped into clusters. Each cluster consists of three to seven neighbouring parishes. The parishes in a cluster are mutually supportive; in particular they provide back-up to each other in the absence of a priest from one of the parishes.
Our cluster consists of five parishes:
- St. Mary Magdalene, Monaleen
- Our Lady Help of Christians, Milford
- St. Patrick’s and St. Brigid's, Dublin Road
- St John’s Cathedral (includes Augustinians and Franciscans)
- St Michael’s, Denmark Street
For the times of masses in the churches in our cluster see The Limerick Diocese Website (Five Alive Cluster Page).
A cluster team meets once per month to map progress in sharing parish ideas and resources. The team consists of two or three members of each parish Pastoral Council, and Fr. Eamon Fitzgibbon of the Limerick Pastoral Centre.
Within our parish we have many diverse groups, all working to support the parish and parishioners:
| Pastoral Council | The Mission Statement of the Pastoral Council is as follows: "We seek to create an inclusive community, where people feel at home, where we share our gifts and respond to pastoral needs in a spirit of service participating in the Ministry of Christ." Council Members:
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| Finance Committee |
Committee Members:
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| Liturgical Group |
This group was set up to take responsibility for the liturgy and worship in the parish and to encourage the involvement of as many people as possible in the liturgy. Family Mass, 12.30pm on 3rd Sunday of Month Contact : Bernie Pembroke Phone : 061-330162 |
| Visitation Group |
Contact : Tom Moore Phone : 061-339595 |
| Baptismal Team |
The Parish Pastoral Council would like to issue an invitation to people to become involved in the Baptismal Programme. If you are interested please let Mgr. Neenan know. |
| Weekly Parish Newsletter |
The Parish Newsletter is published on a weekly basis and distributed at Masses every weekend. Jill Ashworth and Geraldine Hussey would like to remind all groups and organisations that they would love to hear from you, and to help you publicise any event you may be organising. Please let them know as early as possible about your event - notice at least 2 weeks before an event will give you better publicity. They would also like to hear of any Parish/Community achievements or "news". Notices to Jill, Three Gables, Monaleen Road (next to Niki O'Connell Montessori School). Please put in an envelope and mark "Newsletter" with a phone number for reference only (not for publication if preferred) or telephone 061-338957. You can also contact Geraldine Hussey on 061-330338. Articles can also be submitted by email to MonaleenNews using eircom.net, (see the current downloadable Newletter for the full email address) The deadline for items to be included in the Newsletter is 5.00pm on Thursday. Note: Items from the Newsletter may be extracted and published on the website. |
| Parish Website |
The Parish Website, www.monaleenparish.org, was developed by Ann Heffernan and Msgr. Neenan and is updated at least once a week. Generally, news items for the website will be extracted from the Parish Newsletter, but if you have any other items of interest, either of a parish or community nature that you would like to have published on the website, please contact Ann via the Contact Us page. Don't forget, it is also possible to publish photographs on the website, maybe to illustrate an achievement. As the website will be of little value unless the information contained in it is kept up to date, she would be grateful if you would let her know if any errors/ommissions or out of date information are detected! Contact: Ann Heffernan Address: 30 Ashleigh Wood, Monaleen Phone: 061-331165 Email: annheffernan@hotmail.com |
Choirs Cantamus |
The Parish Choir is a 4-part mixed voice choir, which sings every first and third Sunday of the month at 11.00am Mass from October to June. New members are always welcome - Just come along to the rehearsal. Rehearsal : Wednesday 8.00pm in Monaleen Church Contact: Tom Clinton Phone : 061-332507 |
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Cantamus Ladies Chamber Choir is a 3-part ladies choir, which sings approx once a month, usually at the 11.00am Mass. It currently has 12 members, (unfortunately some are missing from the photo). Rehearsal : Wednesdays 11.00am - 12.30pm in 1 Castleville, Castletroy. Contact : Mary Stritch Phone : 061-333992 Website :www.geocities.com/cantamusnotes |
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| Organists |
Contact: Marie Breen 061-337147 Contact: Tom Clinton 061-332507 |
| Mass Servers |
Co-ordinators: Helen Guinan, Monaleen Road - Phone 061-338579 Mary Coleman, Newtown - Phone 061-336114 or contact Msgr. Dan Neenan. |
| Ministers of the Eucharist |
There is a rota of Ministers of the Eucharist in operation - the commitment is generally once a month.
Co-ordinator : Marie Breen Phone : 061-337147 |
| Ministers of the Word |
If anyone is interested in becoming a Minister of the Word, please contact Msg. Neenan (see Parish Personnel Page for contact details). Co-ordinators : Joan Brosnan 061-339045 Mary Stritch 061-333992 Mary Murphy 061-337870 Majella Sutton 061-331987 |
Leanbh September, 2001  January, 2003  September, 2005 |
Leanbh is the Irish word for Child, and represents a group of people dedicated to maintaining a memorial garden to children who have died. Leanbh was set in up September, 2001 by people who have gone through the terrible loss of a child, irrespective of age. We would like to offer support, in any way we can, to those suffering the loss of beloved children. We offer a listening ear, a chance to register your child in the Book of Remembrance, a place to sit and mourn, to think and feel, through the loneliness of suicide, abortion, of sickness, or untimely death - in a place like our memorial garden in Monaleen church grounds. The Book of Remembrance is maintained in the sacristy of the church. In this book we may also like to name our children who died before birth. Each year a service of prayer is held to remember all those children, of whatever religious denomination, whose names are in this Book. September, 2005: The Leanbh Garden has had a facelift, with many old shrubs replaced. The statue has also been repainted. Contact: Brenda Hanrahan, Castleview, Castletroy, Phone: 061-335636 or |
| Bereavement Team | Please contact any member of the Pastoral Council. |
| Church Cleaning Group | We thank all who throughout the year keep the Church looking so well and take this opportunity to ask for more volunteers to help in the Church cleaning. Church cleaning takes place on Thursday mornings after Mass. Volunteers are placed on a rota/team system. If you are able to help, please phone 061-334957. |
| Envelope Distribution |
Contact: Michael McNamara Phone: 061-334142 |
| Cash Tellers | Contact: Msgr. Neenan. |
| Safety Team |
Contact: Tom Moore Phone: 061-339595 or Contact : Miriam Hough Phone : 061-338976 |
| Child Protection | See documents on display in the church, in the National School hall and at our website Child Protection Policy. |