PARISH NEWSLETTER
BALLYDALY-CULLEN-MILLSTREET
FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY
28th Dec. 2025
Canon John Fitzgerald, P.P.
Telephone Nos.: Landline: 029 70043 & Mobile: 087 775 2948
Email: millstreet @dioceseofkerry.ie
Website: www.dioceseofkerry.ie
All Masses are live streamed on www.churchservices.tv/millstreet
Parish Opening Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
10.00am to 1.00pm & 2.00pm to 5pm
Recent Deaths: Lena Kelleher, Millstreet & Clondrohid.
Mass Intentions for THIS WEEKEND:
Saturday 27th December, 2025:
Millstreet 6.15p.m. Lena & Johnny O’Keeffe, Main Street; Peggy O’Sullivan, Claraghatlea; Jerry & the deceased members of the Sheehan Family, Liscahane.
Sunday 28th December, 2025:
Cullen 9. 30a.m. Timmy Joe O’Sullivan, Knocknageeha (First Anniversary); Peg & John J Murphy, Lisnaboy, their son Sean, daughter Geraldine & grandson James.
Millstreet 11.30a.m: Con O’Sullivan, Claramore & Jack Staunton, Galway & Castlebar; Martin Lawlor, Manchester & Millstreet.
ANNIVERSARIES: Hannah Murphy, Main Street; Mary Cotter, Murphy’s Terrace; Noreen Keating, Canon O’Donovan Centre; Jerry Sheehan, Liscahane, his wife, Breda, grand-daughter Alison, parents Jackie & Amelia, sister Carmel, brothers Jospeh and John; Margaret O’Hare, Cloghoulamore; Thade Lane, Adrivale; Jerome & Imelda Pomeroy, Mountleader; Dick, Nicholas & Mona Pomeroy, Clara; John Carroll, Clara; Nono O’Keeffe, Ducon Road; Willie Joe Forde, Mologhroe; Patie Hickey, Cullen; Timothy, Mame & the deceased member of the Lynch Family, Lislehane; Dave O’Riordan, Macroom; Jerry Cronin, Tramore; Jane O’Dowling, Cork; Kitty O’Riordan, Kanturk; Philip & Catherine Murphy, Carrigadrohid; Jozef Baksalary, Poland.
Mass Intentions for NEXT WEEKEND:
Saturday 3rd January, 2026: Our Lady of Fatima First Saturday Devotions Rosary at 5.40p.m. and 15-minute meditation in Parish Centre after Mass.
Millstreet 6.15p.m. Dan Joe O’Connell, Murphy’s Terrace (First Anniversary); Ned Casey, Carrigacooleen; Margaret Buckley, Liscahane.
Sunday 4th January, 2026:
Ballydaly 9. 30a.m.
Millstreet 11.30a.m: Maureen Duggan, Green Glens (recently deceased); Tony Sheehan, Drishane Road (recently deceased); John B. “Shamrock” Murphy, West End & the deceased members of the Murphy & Burke families.
| Rotas for 3rd & 4th January 2026 | |||
| CHURCH | TIME | READER | EUCHARISTIC
MINISTERS |
| Millstreet | 6.15p.m. | Maura O’Sullivan | Group D |
| 11.30 a.m. | Pat Breen | Group E | |
| Ballydaly | 9.30a.m. | Josephine Murphy | Mary Murphy |
Millstreet Church: Mass times this week unless there is a funeral.
No Mass on Monday 29th
Mass on Tuesday (30th) for Noreen Keating, Canon O’Donovan Centre at 10.00a.m.
No Mass on Wednesday (31st)
Mass on Thursday (1st January) for Janusz Lyczko, Poland (First Anniversary) at 11.00a.m.
Mass on Friday (2nd) for Thade Lane, Adrivale; Con Cronin, Dooneen at 7.30p.m.
MILLSTREET CHURCH COLLECTORS for January: Vigil – Group 3: M. Linehan, S. Lane, B. O’Leary & E. Reardon. 11.30a.m. – Group 1: J. O’Riordan, J. Buckley, D. Dennehy & J. Cashman.
BALLDALY CHURCH COLLECTOR for 4th January: Timmy Murphy
PRIEST ON DUTY Sunday 28th Dec: Fr. John Fitzgerald (087) 7752948
PRAYER FOR THE NEW YEAR
Dear Lord, as a new year begins, we come to you and ask for your blessing. We pray that you will give us joy to fill our days, peace to fill our hearts, and love to fill our lives. May those who are grieving be comforted and may those who are gone before us be granted the precious gift of eternal life. Let this year be a season of growth, grace, and gratitude — for me, my loved ones, and the world around us. God’s blessings to each and every one of you for 2026. Fr. J. Fitzgerald
Community Notices
- AUBANE SOCIAL CLUB: “Round the fireside night” on Sunday 28thDecember at 8.30p.m. in Aubane Community Centre. All welcome
- BALLYDALY HALL: Church gate collection in Ballydaly next weekend (4thJanuary) in aid of Ballydaly Hall. Your support is greatly appreciated.
- CULLEN & DISTRICT SPECIAL NEEDS wish to thank everyone who contributed in any way to the success of their annual Christmas Mass & party this year. Annual Sponsored weigh-in begins on Monday 12th
- MILLSTREET PARISH FINANCE COUNCIL wish to thank you for the generous support of our annual Christmas Church door collection in aid of our Restoration fund which supports work that is carried out in our 3 Churches.
- PARISH OFFICE will re-open on Monday 5th
- Thought for this Sunday – The Feast of the Holy Family: “In the family, faith is handed on together with life, generation after generation. It is shared like food at the family table and like the love in our hearts. In this way, families become privileged places in which to encounter Jesus, who loves us and desires our good, always” Pope Leo XIV
