June 2018 in Rathkeale and Kilnaughtin Group of Parishes

The Choir of Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick, is visiting Saint Mary’s Church, Askeaton, to sing Choral Evensong on at 5 p.m. on Sunday 24 June

From Saint Mary’s to Saint Mary’s:

Sunday 24 June:

5 p.m., Saint Mary’s Church, Askeaton,

Choral Evensong with the Choir of Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick.

Sunday 3 June (Trinity I):

9.30 a.m., the Eucharist (Holy Communion II), Saint Mary’s Church, Askeaton, Co Limerick.

11.30 a.m., Morning Prayer, Saint Brendan’s Church, Kilnaughtin, Tarbert, Co Kerry.

Readings: I Samuel 3: 1-10; Psalm 139: 1-5, 12-18; II Corinthians 4: 5-12; Mark 2: 23 to 3: 6.

Hymns: 78, 104, 569.

Sunday 10 June (Trinity II):

9.30 a.m., the Eucharist (Holy Communion II), Castletown Church, Kilcornan, Co Limerick (with the Revd Joe Hardy).

11.30 a.m., Morning Prayer, Holy Trinity Church, Rathkeale, Co Limerick (with the Revd Joe Hardy).

Readings: I Samuel 8: 4-11; Psalm 138; II Corinthians 4: 13 to 5: 1; Mark 3: 20-35.

Hymns: 662, 250, 432.

Sunday 17 June (Trinity III):

9.30 a.m., Morning Prayer, Saint Mary’s Church, Askeaton (with the Revd Joe Hardy).

11.30 a.m., the Eucharist (Holy Communion), Saint Brendan’s, Kilnaughtin (with the Revd Joe Hardy).

Readings: I Samuel 15: 34 to 16: 13; II Corinthians 5: 6-10, 14-17; Mark 4: 26-34.

Hymns: 630, 226, 634.

Sunday 24 June (Trinity IV and the Birth of Saint John the Baptist):

9.30 a.m., Morning Prayer, Castletown Church.

11.30 a.m., the Eucharist (Holy Communion 2), with Baptism, Holy Trinity Church, Rathkeale.

Readings: Isaiah 40: 1-11; Psalm 85: 7-13; Acts 13: 14b-26; Luke 1: 57-56, 80.

Hymns: 3, 20, 358.

5 p.m., Saint Mary’s Church, Askeaton:

Choral Evensong with the Choir of Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick.

Also in June:

Saturday 23 June:

The Diocesan Synod, Villiers School, Limerick, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Mother’s Union visits the gardens of Tommy and Valerie Downes. Including afternoon tea, at 4 p.m.

Sunday 24 June is the Fourth Sunday after (Trinity IV) and the Feast of the Birth of Saint John the Baptist ... an icon of the Birth of Saint the Baptist from the Monastery of Anopolis in the Museum of Christian Art in Iraklion, Crete (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)