Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter
Sunday 11th April 2010 -2nd Easter 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: €538. 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
Mass on next Sat eve for the late Jerry Greene
Mass on next Sun for the late David Macklin

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Clonfanlough
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €523. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: J. & C. Rigney
Readers for next Sunday: C.Norton
Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group E
Eucharistic minister for next Sunday: A.Rohan
Mass on next Sun for the Egan family deceased (Clonlyon)

Station Mass
Next Fri @ 8pm at the home of Mary Devery, Clonlyon
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Divine Mercy Sunday
In the year 2000 Pope John Paul instituted a new feast, the Feast of Divine Mercy to be celebrated for the first time in 2001 on the Second Sunday of Easter, today. It arises out of a series of apparitions which a Polish nun, Sr. Faustina, received. Sr. Faustina was born in Poland in 1905. When she was twenty years old she entered the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy where she lived for the next thirteen years until her death on October 5th 1938. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1993 and canonized in 2000.
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Questions people ask (Fr O’Flynn – Intercom)Q. In the Gospel of John the Holy Spirit came on the Apostles on Easter Sunday whereas Luke, in Acts, says it was on Pentecost, fifty days later. Which date is correct? A. First day or fiftieth? Both days are correct because the Holy Spirit comes every day. John highlights Easter Day as the beginning of a new age and mission. The mission of Jesus, sent by the Father, was completed on Good Friday. Now the mission of the Church begins ... ‘so I am sending you’. The Holy Spirit is bestowed on the Apostles. As Luke emphasises the world-wide dimension of the mission, he selects Pentecost, a harvest festival, when people of far-flung lands and different languages were gathered in Jerusalem.
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Night Prayer Vigil in Clonmacnois Prayer Centre
Fri 16th April beginning with Mass @ 10pm. Adoration follows and finishes at 3.10am. All welcome. Enquiries Dave 085-7746763
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GROW Community Mental Health Movement
Meets every Wed @ 7.30pm in the National Learning Network, Belhavel, Golden Island, Athlone. Contact 057-9351124
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Ballinasloe Flower & Garden Club
Flower Arranging Demo on 14th April @ 8pm in Gullanes Hotel