Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter

Sunday 11^th Jan 2015 – Baptism of Jesus B

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

Church Cleaners:  A.Ryan, L.Turley, M.Mitchell

Ministers of Holy Communion: Group 2

Readers for next Weekend: Group 6, A.Hynes, D.O’Carroll

Altar Servers for this week: Group 1, Jenny, Róisín, Adam, Matthew

Mass on next Sun for the late James Higgins

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Clonfanlough

Church Cleaners: A.McEvoy

Readers for next Sunday: E.McEvoy

Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group 1, Conor x2, Eoin

Minister of Holy Communion for next Sunday: N.Hynes

Mass on next Sun for the late John Loonam & family

Total Offertory Collection for last weekend was €850.  Many thanks

Mass in the Prayer Centre Clonmacnois next Wed & every Wed @ 7.30pm

Lourdes Invalid Fund Collection will take place next weekend

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 We welcome into the Christian Community Olivia Daly, daughter of Peter and Olive, who was baptised recently in Clonfanlough

Congratulations and best wishes to Laura Claffey & John P. Breen who were married recently in Shannonbridge.  Ad multos annos!

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 Night Prayer Vigil in Clonmacnois Prayer Centre

Fri 16^th Jan, beginning with Mass @ 9pm.  Adoration follows and finishes at 2.10am.  All welcome.  Enquiries Dave 085-7746763

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Shannonbridge Carol Singers raised €570.00 for the Offaly Hospice Foundation, and extend their gratitude to all who contributed.

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“ If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent us an educator; If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist; If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent us an economist; If our greatest need had been pleasure, God would have sent us an entertainer; But our greatest need was forgiveness, so God sent us a Saviour.”   (Source unknown)

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Church Billboard Headliners - humour with a punchline or vice versa

"No God-No Peace. Know God-Know Peace."

An ad for a Church has a picture of two hands holding stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments are inscribed and a headline that
reads, "For fast, fast, fast relief, take two tablets."   

A nearby shop had a notice with red letters that said, "Open Sundays,"  the church reciprocated with its own message: "We are open on Sundays, too."

 A singing group called "The Resurrection" was scheduled to sing at a church. When a big snowstorm postponed the performance, the pastor fixed the outside sign to read,                                                                             "The Resurrection is postponed."                     (Circle of Prayer)