Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter
Sunday 11th May 2008 - Pentecost Sun A
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
Mass on Wed for the late Sr. Agnes Kenny, who died in Fiji.
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €472. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: M.Moran, M.Murphy, M.McManus
Eucharistic ministers: Group 2
Readers for next Weekend: Group 2, N.Duffy, E.Quinn
Altar Servers for this week: Athene, Caitríona
Mass on next Sun for the late Dessie & Sonny Keena
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Clonfanlough
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €187. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: N.Egan, A.Rohan
Readers for next Sunday: L. & A. Devery
Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group A Eucharistic minister for next Sunday: D.McEvoy

Station Mass on next Fri @ 8pm at the home of E. & P. Egan, Clonlyon

We will celebrate Confirmation on 14th May in Clonfanlough @4pm
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Clonfanlough Social Group will have a special Remembrance Mass for the deceased members and friends of the group.
It will be on Fri 23rd May @ 7.30pm in the Hall.
Everybody is welcome, and light refreshments will be served.
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Pilgrimage to Rome, San Giovanni Rotondo, Assisi
15th - 23rd Sept, 3 nights Rome, 3 nights San Giovanni, 2 nights Assisi. Price per person sharing €989, including tax & insurance.
For more information please contact Fr John Naughton, Clonfert, on 9675148, or Omukhulundu wefwe omwene on 9674125.
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Ballinasloe Flower & Garden Club
Talk on 'Tender Plants in Irish Gardens' by Paul Maher in Gullanes Hotel on Wed 14th May @ 8pm. Adm for non-members is €5.00.
Grower's competition: 'Vase of Mixed Herbaceous Plants.'
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Youth 2000 will have a Prayer Vigil from 11pm to 4am on 16th / 17th May in the Prayer Centre, Clonmacnois, starting with Mass. For more information contact Helen on 086-1678027.
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Build Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Rohn

"Character is not something you were born with and can’t change like your fingerprint.
Character is built by how you respond to what happens in your life. Whether it’s winning every game or losing every game, getting rich or dealing with times, you build character out of certain qualities that you must create and diligently nurture within yourself. You've got to look for those things in your heart and in your gut. You’ve got to chisel away in order to find them. Just like chiselling away the rock in order to create the sculpture that has previously existed only in your imagination."
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The Irish Wheelchair Association will hold a Church Gate Collection on next weekend. The funds raised will help to provide essential services for people with physical disabilities in Co Offaly.