Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter
Sunday 21st March 2010 -5th Lent 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: €409. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: G.Brennan, D.Deeley, V.Hynes
Eucharistic ministers: Group 3
Readers for next Weekend: Group 3, M.Killeen, O.Costello
Altar Servers for this week: Aoife, Athene, Saul, Jack
Mass on next Sat eve for Francis Coleman & family deceased
Mass on next for the late John Joe Egan & Margaret O’Shea

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Clonfanlough
Mass for LENT Mon @ 7pm
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €306. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: B.Kilduff, E.Kilduff
Readers for next Sunday: H.Coughlan
Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group D
Eucharistic minister for next Sunday: N.Egan
Mass on next Sun for the late Cis & Jim Shea

Parish Pastoral Council
Meeting on Mon 22nd March @ 8pm in Shannonbridge.
Clonmacnois Primary School
A meeting for parents / guardians, wishing to enrol their child / children in St Ciaran's N.S. Clonmacnois, will be held in the school on Tues 23rd March @ 7pm. Any parents wishing to enrol their child are invited to attend.
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Service of Reconciliation (Confession)
For First Communion children: Thurs 25th March @ 7pm.
For all others: Mon 29th March: Clonfanlough @ 7.30pm; Shannonbridge @ 8pm
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Ardagh & Clonmacnois Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2010
27th May - 1st June - 5 nights - fully inclusive Price €715.00.
Booking Forms available now for the pilgrim section from
Joe Walsh Tours143 Lower Baggot St, Dublin 2.
Tel: 01-2410811 / 2410812.
Pilgrimage Director: Fr Noonan, Moate; Tel: 6481180
Invalid Section: Fr Scanlon, Cloghan; Tel: 6457112
Flights departing from Knock.
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Questions people ask (Fr O’Flynn – Intercom)Q. I always understood that before Easter is the best time for confession but now I’m told that Divine Mercy Sunday, after Easter, is the time Jesus wants us to go.A. Your traditional idea is more in keeping with the wisdom of the Church’s liturgical year. The Sunday Gospels this Lent are great stories of divine mercy: the parable of the gardener who gives the fruitless tree another chance, the banquet for the Prodigal Son, and the mercy of Jesus towards the woman condemned to death. The choice of these stories is to move us to celebrate God’s forgiveness in preparation for sacred triduum when we celebrate the Last Supper, the Passion and the Resurrection of the Lord.
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Portiuncula Hospital Committee
Are organising a march to ensure that the present services & jobs that are currently provided by the hospital will remain in place.
‘Please show your support by joining the march on Sun 28th March @ 1pm at St Michael’s Square, Ballinasloe.’