Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter

Sunday  29^th June 2014 – Sts Peter & Paul A

Tel (090) 9674125.  Email: jimboclonmacnois@gmail.com

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: € 379.   Many Thanks

Church Cleaners:  K.Price, C.Curley, P.Anderson

Ministers of Holy Communion: Group 2              

Readers for next Weekend: Group 2, M.Anderson, E.Quinn

Altar Servers for this week: Group 3, Alisa, Katie, Lauren

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Clonfanlough

Mass for the First Fri on Thurs @ 7pm

Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €248.   Many Thanks

Church Cleaners: A.McEvoy

Readers for next Sunday: A.Rohan

Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group 3, Celine, Conor, Adam

Minister of Holy Communion for next Sunday: P.Trainor

Mass on next Sun for the late John P. & Mary Mgt O’Shea

I will attend the sick & housebound on Thursday

Meeting of Parish P.C. on next Sat in Shannonbridge @ 8.45pm

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Ballinasloe Job Club

“Ever considered going to University? If so, NUI Galway’s Ballinasloe Access Programme may be for you.

An Information Eve takes place on Thurs 3^rd July from 7-9pm in the Emerald Ballroom Ballinasloe.  Tel 09096-43057

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Dochas Offaly cancer Support Group drop-in centre, Offaly St. Phone 057 9328268

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National Learning Network

Course vacancies for next Freshstart Training Programme in Athlone.

“If you have experienced a personal setback, long term illness or have a disability, and need support in your life & career, then our Freshstart programme may be for you or someone you know.

Freshstart will give you the confidence and skills to explore new opportunities for your future employment and life fulfilment.  Qualifications can be gained at your own pace. Call 090-6441260.”

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St Paul

 In today’s Second Reading, the author of the Second Letter to Timothy speaks in the following terms: ‘As for me, my life has already been poured out as an offering to God. The time of my death is near. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful’. Many people experience their lives as ‘poured out’, often against their will, owing to a range of different circumstances. Life has a way of taking from us, whether we like it or not. Could we ever consider offering even our very helplessness to God?

St Peter

At one time Peter had wayward feet, but Andrew brought him to Jesus. And then one night Peter had some wet feet because he was walking on the water. Then he had washed feet when Jesus knelt before him and washed his feet (John 13). He had wandering feet when he denied the Lord. Here he had willing feet. "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace" (Rom 10:15). What kind of feet do we have? 

Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter

Sunday  22^nd June 2014 – Corpus Christi A

Tel (090) 9674125.  Email: jimboclonmacnois@gmail.com

Mass times: Shannonbridge: Weekend, 8pm (Sat), & 12 noon, Sun;

Weekdays, 10am.                  Clonfanlough – Sunday, 10.30am

Shannonbridge

Masses: Daily @ 10am; Fri @ 7pm, with Adoration 6-7pm

Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €420.     Many Thanks

Church Cleaners: M.McManus, C.Slattery, A.Corbett

Ministers of Holy Communion: Group 1

Readers for next Weekend: Group 1, D.Finnerty, P.Corbett

Altar Servers for this week: Group 2, Ciarán, Róisín, Ffion, Fiacre

Mass on next Sun for Jimmy, Lizzie, James J. McManus deceased

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Clonfanlough

Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €196.   Many Thanks

Church Cleaners: M.Devery, A.Kelly

Readers for next Sunday: A. & L. Devery

Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group 2, Bill, Rosanna, Jane

Minister of Holy Communion for next Sunday: A.Guinan

We hope to have Mass & the Blessing of the Graves on Sat 2^nd Aug  @ 7pm in Clonmacnois

Next Friday (27^th June) is the Feast of the Sacred Heart

There will be Mass in Shannonbridge @ 7pm at the request of Shannonbridge ARA.  This will be followed by a Social in the Hall with refreshments and music.

 Devotion to the love of Jesus, symbolised by the heart, began with the extraordinary experiences of St. Margaret Mary in Paray-le-Monial in France.  Since then it has spread all over the world, and many people observe the first Friday of every month as a day specially set aside for this devotion.  Today’s liturgy celebrates the great love of Jesus the good Shepherd who gives his life for his own.

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Fr Joe Rabbitt, who spoke at the Masses last weekend, sends his greetings and a warm ‘thank you’ for your welcome and contributions.

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 Irish Cancer Society:  “Many thanks for your response to our Church gate collection in Clonmacnois Parish, which realised €350.”

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Ballinasloe Job Club

“Ever considered going to University? If so, NUI Galway’s Ballinasloe Access Programme may be for you.

An Information Eve takes place on Thurs 3^rd July from 7-9pm in the Emerald Ballroom Ballinasloe.  Tel 09096-43057

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Dochas Offaly cancer Support Group drop-in centre, Offaly St. Phone 057 9328268

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God’s Boxes

 I have in my hands two boxes which God gave me to hold. He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black box, and all your joys in the gold." 

I heeded His words, and in the two boxes both my joys and sorrows I stored. But though the gold became heavier each day The black was as light as before. 

With curiosity, I opened the black, I wanted to find out why. And I saw, in the base of the box, a hole which my sorrows had fallen out by. I showed the hole to God, and mused, "I wonder where my sorrows could be." He smiled a gentle smile and said, "My child, they're all here with me." God's Boxes! 

I asked God, why He gave me the boxes. Why the gold, and the black with the hole?  "My child, the gold is for you to count your blessings; the black is for you to let go."