Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter
Sunday 23rd Sept 2007 - 25th Sun C
Tel (090) 9674125
Fax (090) 9674267
Mass times: Shannonbridge - Weekend, 8pm (Sat), & 12noon Sun;
Weekdays, 10am. Clonfanlough - Sunday, 10.30am

Shannonbridge
Masses: Each day @ 10am
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €475. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: M.McManus, C.Slattery, A.Corbett
Eucharistic ministers: Group 1
Readers for next Weekend: Group 1, D.Finnerty, P.Corbett
Altar Servers for this week: Megan, Michaela.
Mass on next Sat eve for the late Oliver Macklin
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Clonfanlough
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €256. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: E.Egan, A.McEvoy
Readers for next Sunday: L. & A. Devery
Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group C
Eucharistic minister for next Sunday: B.Coughlan
Mass on next Sun for the late Tim Devery.

Used Clothing Collection for orphans in Africa
On Wed 26th Sept @ Shannonbridge Hall Carpark @ 12 noon.
Dóchas Nasamu, an Irish registered charity, funds an orphanage for children with aids in Kenya. "We will take your unwanted used Clothing, Household textiles, used Footwear (paired)."
Money Will Buy…
A bed but not sleep;
books but not brains;
food but not appetite;
finery but not beauty;
a house but not a home;
medicine but not health;
luxuries but not culture;
amusements but not happiness;
religion but not salvation;
a passport to everywhere but heaven.
(The Voice In the Wilderness, quoted in Discipleship Journal, Issue 53, 1989, p. 21)
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Other Quotes worth pondering
Measure wealth not by the things you have, but by the things you have for which you would not take money.

The real measure of our wealth is how much we’d be worth if we lost all our money. - J. H. Jowett

There are two ways in which a Christian may view his money—”How much of my money shall I use for God?” or “How much of God’s money shall I use for myself?” - W. Graham Scroggie

The futility of riches is stated very plainly in two places: The Bible and the Income Tax form!
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Diocesan Fair-trade Workshop
Douglas Hyde Theatre, AIT, on Sat 29th Sept, starting @ 10am.
It is hoped to make the Diocese of Ardagh & Clonmacnois a Fair-trade Diocese, i.e. to promote Fair-trade and support products from Third-world countries. This Workshop aims to explain the value of this for developing countries, what it means, & how you can help.
All interested are invited. Contact 090-6471819, or 086-8430366.
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Stroke Care Support Group Meeting: on 26th Sept in the Health Centre, Ballinasloe @ 7pm. Speaker: Dr Teresa Donnelly.