Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter
Sunday 4th March 2012 – 2 Lent B
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: €502. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: M.Darcy, M.Murphy, M.McManus
Ministers of Holy Communion: Group 1
Readers for next Weekend: Group 2, M.Anderson, E.Quinn
Altar Servers for this week: Group 2, Oisín, Saul, Siobhán, Ffion
Mass on next Sat eve for the late Jerry Green
Mass on next Sun for the late Katie & John Shea
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Clonfanlough
Mass for Lent on Mon @ 7pm
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €342. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: C.Spain, C.Guinan
Readers for next Sunday: A.Kelly
Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group 1
Minister of Holy Communion for next Sunday: N.Egan
Mass on next Sun for the late Joe Darcy

There will be no eve Mass on Sat 17th March
We have the draw for the ‘Croke Park Mass’ this Sun
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ARD CHIARAIN PRAYER CENTRE
Lenten Prayer each Mon @ 8pm. All welcome
“Where 2 or 3 meet in my name I shall be there with them”
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Mass in Prayer Centre Clonmacnois every Wed @ 7.30pm. All welcome
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National Learning Network
A basic Computer Training Course for anyone over 18 will be run by N.L.N. Belhavel, Athlone, called ‘Benefit 3’. This course is free.
For more info call Martin on 090-6441260.
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Knock Counselling Service
In conjunction with the Irish Association for Anger Management will run a 2 day training programme, ‘Temper your Anger’, on Sat & Sun 28th & 29th April. Booking is essential. Call 09493-75032.
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Ardagh & Clonmacnois Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2012
27th May - 1st June - 5 nights - fully inclusive Price €699.00.
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. Wasn’t it very cruel of God to ask Abraham to kill his son in sacrifice? A. When you read further in the story, Abraham was instructed not to kill his son. The point of the story is that God does not want human sacrifice, making the Hebrew people different to the tribes around them who believed that their gods demanded the sacrifice of children. Abraham’s son was named Isaac, meaning the smile of God, prefiguring Jesus, the Beloved Son of God the Father. Just as Isaac carried the wood for the sacrificial fire on his shoulder, Jesus carried the wood of the cross on his shoulder.