Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter
Sunday 1st Jan 2012 – Mary Theotokos B
Tel (090) 9674125 Fax (090) 9674267
Mass times: Shannonbridge: Weekend, 8pm (Sat), & 12 noon, Sun;
Weekdays, 10am. Clonfanlough – Sunday, 10.30am
Shannonbridge
Mass or Communion Service :Mon-Wed; Mass, Thurs & Sat @ 10am Fri 6th Jan is the Feast of the Epiphany, a Holy Day;
Vigil Mass on Thurs @ 8pm, on Fri @ 12noon.
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €779. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: M.McManus, C.Slattery, A.Corbett
Ministers of Holy Communion: Group 4
Readers for next Weekend: Group 5,M.Anderson, C.Doolan
Altar Servers for this week: Group 2,Oisín, Saul, Siobhán, Ffion
Mass on next Sat eve for the late Joe Coleman & family
Mass on next Sun for the late Michael Brennan
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Clonfanlough
Fri is the Feast of the Epiphany: Mass @ 10.30am
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €764. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: M.Devery, A.Kelly
Readers for next Sunday: A.& L. Devery
Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group 1
Minister of Holy Communion for next Sunday: A.Rohan
Mass on next Sun for the late Petie & Earl Kelly

I will attend the sick & housebound on next Thursday

THE FAMILY
Some Quotations

· Home is where the heart is. (Pliny the Elder)
· What a father says to his children is not heard by the world, but will be heard by posterity. (Jean Paul Eixhter)
· The family, grounded on marriage freely contracted, monogamous and indissoluble, is and must be considered the first and essential cell of humanity. (Pope John 23rd)
Some Proverbs

· There are no praises and no blessings for those who are ashamed of their families. (Jewish Proverb)
· Nobody’s family can hang out the sign ‘Nothing the matter here.’
(Chinese Proverb)
Humour
The one thing children wear out faster than shoes is parents.
(John Plump)
· Children are adept at comprehending modern statistics. When they say, ’Everyone else is allowed to,’ it is usually based on a survey of one. (Paul Sweeney)
· As I understand it, heredity is what a man believes in until his son begins to act like a delinquent. (Presbyterian Life)

Thought for the New Year.
‘Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward toward the life that God intended for you…with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.’ (Og Mandino, p.53)