Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter

Sunday  26^th April 2015 – 4 Easter 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. Adoration on the First Fri 4 -5pm

Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €380.    Many Thanks

Church Cleaners: J.Kelly, M.Killeen, A.Keena

Ministers of Holy Communion: Group 1

Readers for next Weekend: Group 4, S.Grennan, K.Kelly

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

mass on next Sat eve for the late Edward & Mgt Cogavin & family

Mass on nest Sun for the late Mary Rocke & siblings

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Clonfanlough

Mass on the First Fri @ 7pm

 Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €308.   Many Thanks

Church Cleaners: K.Kenny, A.Kearns

Readers for next Sunday: A.Guinan

Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group 1, Conor x 2, Eoin

Minister of Holy Communion for next Sunday: N.O’Shea

Mass in the Prayer Centre Clonmacnois every Wed @ 7.30pm

Would you like to have a Station Mass in your home?  Please let me know whenever it suits you.

Rededication of St Mel’s Cathedral Longford

This will take place on Sun 17^th May @ 3pm.

This parish has been given 6 tickets for the big occasion.

If you are interested in attending, please let me know ASAP.  If the number is greater than 6, we will draw the names from a hat.

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 Meaning of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hans Urs von Balthasar, WORD & SPIRIT, #4

 “There is one moment in life that towers above all others and summons us, heart and soul, to urgent prayer. The moment when, after a more or less carefree youth, a person fully realizes for the first time the grave choice before him or her: what meaning, what content, what direction do I want my life as a whole to have? I can choose or refuse my mission, my vocation. Fancy or caprice cannot be allowed to dictate the decision; it must be made only on reference to my first beginning and my final goal. I must implore God’s light. Show me Lord, what the meaning of my life should be."

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  Christian One-liners

“Many folks want to serve God, but only as advisers. 

It is easier to preach ten sermons than it is to live one.

The good Lord didn't create anything without a purpose,
But mosquitoes come close. 

 People are funny; they want the front of the bus,
Middle of the road, and back of the church. 

Opportunity may knock once,
But temptation bangs on the front door forever.”
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 'Thank you to all who contributed to the recent Offaly Ladies Football Church gate collection'

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  “Taughmaconnell Community Care presents TR Dallas in Gullanes hotel on Fri 1^st May.  Dancing from 10pm and Adm is €12

 
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