The Month's Mind Mass for Betty Kavanagh will occur on Saturday, April 26th, at 6.30 pm in

St. Mary's & Peter’s Catholic Church, Main Street, Arklow.

 All Welcome.

STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS by Joyce Johnson Rouse

I am standing on the shoulders of the ones who came before me I am stronger for their courage, I am wiser for their words I am lifted by their longing for a fair and brighter future I am grateful for their vision, for their toiling on this Earth We are standing on the shoulders of the ones who came before us They are saints and they are humans, they are angels, they are friends We can see beyond the struggles and the troubles and the challenge When we know that by our efforts things will be better in the end They lift me higher than I could ever fly Carrying my burdens away I imagine our world if they hadn't tried We wouldn't be here celebrating today I am standing on the shoulders of the ones who came before me I am honored by their passion for our liberty I will stand a little taller, I will work a little longer And my shoulders will be there to hold the ones who follow me They lift me higher than I could ever fly Carrying my burdens away I imagine our world if they hadn't tried We wouldn't be so very blessed today I am standing on the shoulders of the ones who came before me I am honored by their passion for our liberty I will stand a little taller, I will work a little longer And my shoulders will be there to hold the ones who follow me

Much loved and sadly missed every day by your family, Michele, Robert, Clare, Dara, John, Dave, Linda, Kim, Ewan, Reuben, Sean, Cian, Emma, Hannah and Michael, Val and Florrie.