Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter
Sunday 23rd Jan 2011 - 3A
Tel (090) 9674125 Fax (090) 9674267
Mass times: Shannonbridge: Weekend, 8pm (Sat), & 12 noon, Sun;
Weekdays, 10am. Clonfanlough – Sunday, 10.30am
Shannonbridge
Masses: Mon,Tues,Thurs-Sat @ 10am, Wed @ 12 noon
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €623. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: J.Kelly, M.Killeen, A.Keena
Eucharistic ministers: Group 3
Readers for next Weekend: Group 5, ?, C.Doolan
Altar Servers for this week: Oisín, Andrea, Stephanie
Mass on next Sat eve for the late Fr James Masterson
Mass on next Sun for the late Geraldine & Tommy, & Simon McManus

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Clonfanlough
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €237. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: C.Spain, C.Guinan
Readers for next Sunday: C.Rigney
Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group 2
Eucharistic minister for next Sunday: K.Kelly
Mass on next Sun for the late Brigid Rigney

‘Many thanks for your generous contributions to S.V.P. Moore in Dec which realised €430.00’

Questions people ask (Fr O’Flynn- Intercom) Q. I have recently returned to Mass and want to get more understanding. What is the plan for selecting the Gospels for Sunday Mass? A. The four Gospels are spread over a three year plan. Matthew, Mark and Luke each have a year devoted to them. There are sections from John in each cycle, especially between Easter and Pentecost. This year concentrates on Matthew, a Gospel notable for the amount of Jesus’ teaching it contains. Especially important is the Sermon on the Mount, Chapters 5-7. It is there, more than anywhere else, that we read the charter of God for society. We are challenged to imitate the unconditional love of God the Father.
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Offaly Holy Land Pilgrimage: 19 – 28th Oct 2011.
Direct from Dublin, 10 days - €1,145 P.P.S. half board, including all taxes. For further info contact Fr Tom Cox, Ferbane, 090-6454309
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Portiuncula Hospital Remembrance Service
For parents who have suffered a bereavement through the death of their children, miscarriage or stillborn, on Wed 2nd Feb @ 7.30pm in the Hospital Chapel.
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Family Centre Ballinasloe
Eamon Rogers, Consultant Urologist, will give a talk on Prostate Cancer on 31st Jan @ 8pm. For more info call 0879840304.
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St Ciaran’s Youth Club
resume activities on Fri 28th Jan @ 7.30 pm in Clonfanlough Hall.
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Catholicireland.net
You can use the site to check Mass times, or to find contact details for religious orders and retreat houses, but there is something for everyone. Young children, for example, will love Talk2God, an interactive prayer page with colourful graphics and simple text.
There is also the Requiem section, with an interactive prayer feature, for those mourning loved ones, plus some reading material on bereavement.