Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter

Sunday  26^th July 2015 –17 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

Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €410.    Many Thanks

Church Cleaners:  M.Darcy, M.Murphy, M.McManus

Ministers of Holy Communion: Group 2

Readers for next Weekend: Group 5, L.Moran, C.Doolan

Altar Servers for this week: Group 2, Ffion, Fiacre, Seán

Mass on next Sun for the late Brian Kennyj

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Clonfanlough

Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €290.   Many Thanks

Church Cleaners: M.Devery, A.Kelly

Readers for next Sunday: A.Coughlan

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

Minister of Holy Communion for next Sunday: L.Quinn

Mass on next Sun for the late Kieran & Margaret Egan

Mass in the Prayer Centre Clonmacnois every Wed @ 7.30pm

Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock will be on Sun 6^th September

Mass & the Blessing of the Graves on Sat 1^st Aug @ 7pm in Clonmacnois.

(This will replace the Sat eve Mass in Shannonbridge)

 Also in Mullinakill graveyard, Glebe on Mon 3^rd Aug @ 7pm

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Upcoming events in Pastoral area

Pullough/Boora Turraun Lake Mass Sunday July 26^th at 10a.m

Climbing Croagh Patrick, Mon 3^rd Aug,bus leaving Banagher at 8am, Cloghan 8:10approx Ferbane 8:20, Ballinahown 8:30am.  Fare €5.

If you wish to go,please contact Niamh Egan on 086-3320017.

SHANNON HARBOUR MASS Thursday August 20^th

FAMILY DAY. August 23^rd 2-5p.m. (Prayer at 2p.m.) Cloghan GAA grounds

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Reminders form the Bishop

 A National Eucharistic Congress (NEC) will be held in Knock on Saturday 26^th and Sunday 27^th September 2015.  The theme is ‘Christ our Hope’.  The NEC is a follow on from the International Eucharistic Congress of 2012 and is also a preparation for the next congress to be held in Cebu, The Philippines, in January 2016.  The website for the Cebu International Eucharistic Congress is:  http://iec2016.ph/  

The Clonmacnois Deanery will hold a Day of Prayer and Reflection in the Sheraton Hotel, Athlone on 6^th August, to mark the Year for Consecrated Life.  A Diocesan Event to mark the conclusion of the Year for Consecrated Life will take place on Saturday 30^th January in the Pastoral Centre and St Mel’s Cathedral.  

The Clonmacnois Pattern Day on Sunday 13^th September will commemorate 1400^th anniversary of the death of St Columbanus.

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 ‘Thanks to all who contributed to the Offaly Hospice Collection last weekend, which realised €270.  

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 Words of Wisdom

‘We are sometimes taken into troubled waters, not to drown, but to be cleansed.

Recognise the difference between the great and the small things of life.

There’s a potential for growth in every mistake we make.

Don’t use your teeth to open things.’               (Barbara A. Kipfer)