Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter
Sunday 15th April 2012 – 2 Easter B
Tel (090) 9674125 Fax (090) 9674267
Mass times: Shannonbridge: Weekend, 8pm (Sat), & 12 noon, Sun;
Weekdays, 10am. Clonfanlough – Sunday, 10.30am
‘My Lord and My Go d’

Shannonbridge
Masses: Daily @ 10am, except on Tues @8.30am
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €570. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: M.Darcy, M.Murphy, M.McManus
Ministers of Holy Communion: Group 3
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 Frank Coleman & family
Mass on next Sun for the late Paddy Duffy
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Clonfanlough
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €539. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: C.Healy, T.Milner
Readers for next Sunday: E.McEvoy
Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group 1
Minister of Holy Communion for next Sunday: N.Egan

Today is Divine Mercy Sunday. Devotions in Clonmacnois Prayer Centre starting @ 2pm.
Station Mass
Fri 20th April at the home of C.Molloy, Glebe @ 8pm
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Celebration of Confirmation
We celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation in Shannonbridge Church on Thurs 26th April @ 3pm. All welcome.
The Ceremony of Light (Family Preparation) will take place in Clonfanlough Church on Wed 18th April @ 7.30pm.
The Confirmandi will have a day’s Retreat on next Thursday, 19th April.
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This weekend we welcome Fr Christy Fox, Mill Hill Missionary, who has worked in Uganda for many years. He will speak at all the Masses on the work of the missionary church, and is requesting new subscribers for their Missionary Magazine, ‘St Joseph’s Advocate’. Those who do not wish to subscribe for the magazine are invited to give a donation for the missions, and this would be greatly appreciated.
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Night Prayer Vigil in Clonmacnois Prayer Centre
Fri 20th April, beginning with Mass @ 10pm. Adoration follows and finishes at 3.10am. All welcome. Enquiries Dave 085-7746763
Mass every Wed @ 7.30pm. All welcome
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Sun 15th April, Boora Walk & Prayer Day in preparation for the International Eucharistic Congress. (10th – 17th June)
“Assembling at Boora Church with Emmaus Story@ 4.30pm; then walking the 3kms to Lake Finnamore (limited parking there) for guided prayer. This is a time to walk reflectively, to connect with nature, with each other and with the Eucharistic Lord. Refreshments afterwards. The event will be led by Br Brian Johnson. All welcome.”
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Official Opening of new Shop at Clonmacnois on Mon @ 4pm. All welcome.
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"Gratitude can best be defined and understood as the only possible response to a gift, to something recognized as utterly, freely given. Gratitude is the vision – the way of seeing – that recognizes ‘gift.’ Our culture seems on the verge of losing the meaning of the experience of gratitude, in part because we have lost all sense of ‘gift.’" (Ernest Kurtz)