Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter
Sunday 17th Jan 2010 –2 C
Tel (090) 9674125 Fax (090) 9674267
Mass times: Shannonbridge: Weekend, 8pm (Sat), & 12 noon, Sun;
Weekdays, 10am. Clonfanlough – Sunday, 10.30am
Shannonbridge
Masses: Each day @ 10am
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €586. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: K.Price, C.Curley, P.Anderson
Eucharistic ministers: Group 2
Readers for next Weekend: Group 6, E.Casey, D.O’Carroll
Altar Servers for this week: Aoife, Athene, Saul, Jack
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Clonfanlough
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €215. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: M.Halligan, M.Kelly
Readers for next Sunday: A.Coughlan
Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group E
Eucharistic minister for next Sunday: A.Rohan
Mass on next Sun for the late Brigid Rigney

Week of prayer for Christian Unity: begins Mon 18th Jan, and continues until Mon 25th Jan, feast of Conversion of St Paul.
BIBLICAL THEME: You are witnesses of these things” (Luke 24:48)

Clonmacnois Prayer Centre: Mass on this Wed @ 7.30pm
Theology From Home
The Dominicans are offering a theology Programme specifically for lay people. We follow the method of the Open University – participants receive a ‘Pack’ with the full text, and are linked with one of our nine centres around the country.
For further information, please call
The Priory Institute, Tallaght Village, Dublin 24.
Tel 01-4048124, or 4048132
Email: enquiries@prioryinstitute.com
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Athlone Community College
Open eve on Mon 18th Jan @ 7pm
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Annual Mummers Festival (Rescheduled) takes place in New Inn Leisure Centre on 23rd Jan starting @ 7pm.
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‘Many thanks for your support for the Christmas Carol Concert in Clonfanlough, and your donations which realised €166.50, and has been sent to help needy children in Kenya.’
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West Offaly Education Project enrolment eve for Night Classes:
In Shannonbridge N.School on Thurs 21st Jan @ 7.30pm.
For more info call Tony or Jolene on 057-934900.
Intermediate Computer Course begins in Crank House on 21st Jan
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Questions people askQ. At the wedding in Cana there were 6 jars, each holding 20 or 30 gallons, about the equivalent of 800 bottles today. Are we to take these figures literally? A. The Gospel of John shows Jesus bringing several Jewish institutions such as the temple and the Sabbath to fulfilment. The miracle at Cana involved water, not any water, but water set aside for ritual purification before a meal. This water represents the Jewish religion with its many ritual washings as preparing for the wedding of heaven and earth which occurred in Jesus, true God and true man. Six jars are one short of the perfect number, seven. The huge amount of new wine expresses the lavish generosity of God inviting all people to union with Christ. (Fr O’Flynn – Intercom)