RATHVILLY CEMETERY MASS
Published on June 21, 2024
Notices
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Deacon: Rev. Liam Dunne
Published on June 21, 2024
John 6:1-15 Manna from Heaven
For the next four Sundays we reluctantly leave our readings of Mark’s Gospel and turn to the famous ‘Bread of Life’ chapter from John’s Gospel (6:1-69). The text tell us that the Jewish festival of Passover was near, the festival which remembers the liberation of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt,…
PARISH LOTTO
Published on August 18, 2023
RATHVILLY KILTEGAN PARISH LOTTO (Kildare & Leighlin Co-Op Lotto Draw)
Wednesday, 24th July 2024
Numbers: 04, 17, 30 31. No €20,000 Jackpot Winner
10 Match 3s get €100 each
WINNER …
FR. PAT O’BRIEN RETIRES
Published on June 9, 2023
A lovely community evening was held last Friday
night 2nd June to honour and celebrate our curate
Fr. Pat O’ Brien on his retirement.
A mass was co-celebrated by Bishop Denis Nulty, Fr. Pat,
Fr. John, and Deacon Liam in Tynock in the company of
many St. Patrick’s priests, community…
ST. CHARLES DE FOUCAULD
Published on May 23, 2022
St. Charles de Foucauld
This Sunday Blessed Charles de Foucauld is to be canonised. I invited Mgr. John McEvoy, who has been in the position of Priest Responsible for the European Region (2011-2017) in the Jesus Caritas Priests’ Fraternity to address the…
Pope Francis appoints Fr John McEvoy as “Chaplain to His Holiness”
Published on August 26, 2021
Pope Francis appoints Fr John McEvoy as “Chaplain to His Holiness”
I am delighted to announce today that Pope Francis has honoured Fr John McEvoy, Parish Priest of Rathvilly and Vice President of Carlow College St Patricks, appointing him as a “Chaplain to…
The Permanent Diaconate
Published on December 11, 2020
We congratulate Liam Dunne, Carlow who will be ordained a Permanent Deacon this Saturday, 12th December by Bishop Denis Nulty in Carlow Cathedral at 3 p.m. Liam will join Rathvilly Kiltegan Parish Team from next weekend.
The Permanent Diaconate
The Diaconate is an ordained ministry which is rooted in scripture. Chapter 6 of the…
A CORONAVIRUS PRAYER
Published on August 9, 2020
A CORONAVIRUS PRAYER
Loving and healing God,
we, the people of Kildare & Leighlin turn to you in prayer,
confident that you are with us and with all people in every moment.
We stand before you as people of hope, trusting in your care and protection.
May your faithful love…
FR CRISTIAN PISTA
Published on May 30, 2020
FR CRISTIAN PISTA
A reminder of Fr Cristian Pista who spent last July in our Parish. Since September
2019 he is back in Marsabit Diocese in a desert area of Kenya near Lake Turkana.
He is in charge of developing the new parish of Turbi. The project of building a
parish…
Fr. Pat O’Brien
Published on March 29, 2020
29 March 1970-2020
This Sunday 29 March marks the Golden Jubilee of the Priestly Ordination of Fr Pat O’Brien, SPS CC, Kiltegan who has served in the Parish of Rathvilly and Kiltegan since September 2015. In 1970, Easter Sunday occurred on 29 March and, he says, it was a bitter cold day at Killamoate Church…