Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter
Sunday 18th Nov 2007 -
33rd 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: €571. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: A.Ryan, L.Turley, M.Mitchell
Eucharistic ministers: Group 1
Readers for next Weekend: Group 4, S.Grennan, P.Duffy
Altar Servers for this week: Megan, Michaela
Mass on next Sat eve for the late Richard Hynes

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Clonfanlough
Mass for the deceased on Mon @ 7pm.
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €256. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: B.Higgins, D.Guinan
Readers for next Sunday: Confirmandi.
Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group A
Eucharistic minister for next Sunday: N.Egan
Mass on Tues will be offered for the Holy Souls at the request of the Active Retirement Association
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Station Mass
On Fri next at the home of A. & S. Ryan, Woodbank. @ 8pm.
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Christmas Parties
In Clonfanlough Hall on Sun 25th Nov starting with Mass @ 1.30pm.
For Shannonbridge on Fri 7th Dec; as this day is the eve of the Immaculate Conception, a Holy Day of Obligation, we will start with Mass in the Church @ 6pm, which is for everyone.
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Support Fair Trade
Often poor people in developing countries do not get a fair price for their products. Our Diocese, along with groups like Trócaire, Concern, Oxfam, ICTU are promoting Fair-trade Products.
On the weekend of 1/2 Dec we hope to have a lady speak on 'Fair Trade' at all the Masses, and after Mass you will be offered a cup of tea or coffee in the adjoining Hall, where you can also see a selection of Fair Trade products.
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Questions People Ask
Q. What kind of place is purgatory?
A. Don’t think of purgatory as a place but as a process. Don’t think of purgatory as a punishment but as a journey towards perfect contemplation of God’s glory.
‘All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter heaven.’ (Catechism # 1030).
It stands to reason that a lukewarm person is not as fully prepared for the light of God as the genuinely holy person. Thank God for this opportunity of purification that we call ‘purgatory’.
Fr O’Flynn - Intercom
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'A Prayer & Healing Service will be conducted in St Ronan's Church, Taughmaconnell on Mon eve 26th Nov @ 6pm.
Eddie Stones, Clonfert, & Ivanka Ivankovic, one of the Visionaries from Medjugorje, will lead the Service.' (Fr S. Neylon)