Parish of
Clonmacnois
ST. CIARAN’S CHURCH,
SHANNONBRIDGE
ST. CIARAN’S CHURCH, CLONFANLOUGH
Fr.
Gerard Brady P.P.
Tel. 087
231 2353
E-mail: frgerardbrady@eircom.net
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THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD
9th/10th January, 2016
What started at our Christening needs to be validated
by our personal decisions.
We haven't
left our Baptism behind us. It faces us
each day as God's expectation of us.
Mass times:- Shannonbridge, Saturday (Vigil), 8.00
p.m.; Sunday, 12.00 noon, Weekdays, 10.00 a.m. Clonfanlough,
Sunday, 10.30 a.m.
Cluain Ciaráin Prayer Centre. The celebration of Mass resumes on
Wednesday 13th, at 7.30 p.m. A
Night Prayer Vigil will take place at the centre on Friday 15th. Mass at 9.00
p.m. Adoration and prayer follow, concluding at 2.10 a.m. All Welcome.
Enquiries; 085 774 6763.
An Afternoon of Prayer/Meditation/Solitude,
led by Brother Brian Johnson, will be facilitated at Árd Ciaráin,
Shannonbridge, on
Saturday 16th from 2.00 to 4.00 p.m. Everyone welcome.
Mass for the Intentions
of the People of the Parish, Missa pro Populo, in Shannonbridge, on Saturday 9th and
Saturday 16th, at 8.00 p.m.
Eucharistic Adoration.
The
Adoration Committee of Ardagh and Clonmacnois is developing its Diocesan
Team. The purpose of this committee will
be to set up a system of viable weekly Adoration in every parish that requests
it, or to consolidate or expand Adoration in parishes in which weekly adoration
is already in place. A preliminary
meeting will be held at the Family Centre, Longford, on Saturday 6th February,
at 11.00 a.m. and finishing at 12.30 p.m.
The Family Centre is located in the grounds of St. Mel’s Cathedral. Each parish is expected to send delegates to
this meeting. Those willing to represent
the Parish of Clonmacnois are asked to contact Fr. Brady as soon as possible,
please.
Wednesday 13th is the Feast of St. Hilary, 315-367, elected bishop of his
native city of Poitiers in France, exiled by the Emperor because of his
relentless opposition to the Arian heresy which denied the divinity of Christ.
Thursday 14th, St. Felix of Nola,
Italian priest, tortured under the Emperor Decius, credited with many
conversions, died 260.
Friday 15th, St. Ita. Young people, male and female, came to her
monastery at Killeedy, Co. Limerick, hence her title, “Foster Mother of the
saints of Ireland”, she died in 570.
Saturday 16th, St. Fursa, born in
Ireland, became one of the great monastic missionaries with foundations in East
Anglia and in France where he died about 650.
The Spring Station Masses will
be celebrated during the month of February.
Householders who are to host the Stations may contact
Fr. Brady to arrange dates.
Ordinary Time begins on Monday 11th. This is
the term used to describe periods in the Church year which do not feature a
liturgical season. It is denoted by the
colour green and runs from the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord to the
beginning of Lent and from Pentecost to Advent.
Temperance Sunday falls on 7th February. Children
from Fifth
and Sixth Classes
are invited to become Young Pioneers
with the consent and support of their parents. Pioneers who are eligible for Silver or Gold
emblems (pins) are asked to contact Fr. Brady
as
soon as possible – likewise, young people who wish to
advance to the next stage of membership.
“Pioneer” is the magazine of the Pioneer Total
Abstinence Association. Annual subscription, €20.00. In the Parish of
Clonmacnois it is promoted by Kathleen Curley.
New subscribers welcome, ' 090 967 4161.
Counters. A
meeting of the people who count the Saturday/Sunday collections will be held in
Shannonbridge Church, on Monday week, 18th, at 8.00 p.m. All who are involved in the process, in
Shannonbridge and in Clonfanlough, are requested to attend.
The Parish Pastoral Council will
meet in the Health Centre on Tuesday week, 19th, at 8.00 p.m. Feedback with regard to the Parochial House
will be considered at the meeting.
Rosters:-
Shannonbridge:- Church
Cleaners: Kathleen Price, Catherine Curley, Patricia Anderson.
Altar Servers for this week: Group 2,
Fiachra, Seán, Niamh and Rachel.
Readers for next weekend: Group 4, Linda
Moran and Catherine Doolan.
Ministers of the Eucharist: Group 2, Saturday Evening, S. Ryan, (M. Flannery):
Ministers of the Eucharist: Group 2, Saturday Evening, S. Ryan, (M. Flannery):
Sunday, Marian McManus.
Clonfanlough:- Altar
Servers for Sunday next: Group 1, Conor S., Conor B., Eoin, Abigail.
Reader for next Sunday: Maria Egan.
Minister of the Eucharist for next
Sunday:- Leanne Quinn.
Moore Traditional Music Academy. Lessons available weekly in Moore
Hall: harp, whistle, flute, violin, banjo mandolin. Carrol Behan, 087 645 4206.
Thank you for recent collections; Total. Offertory. Priest’s Dues. Monthly.
2nd/3rd January, Shannonbridge: €1,175.00. €738.00. €44.00. €393.00.
Clonfanlough: €305.00. €178.00. €10.00. €117.00.
5th/6th January, Shannonbridge: €471.00. €314.00. €66.00. €91.00.
Clonfanlough €155.00. €135.00. €5.00. €15.00.
Shannonbridge Carol Singers raised
€1,045.00 at Christmas for Co. Offaly
Hospice. We compliment the singers and
thank those who contributed so generously.
A
Table Quiz, in aid of St. Ciaran’s Community Text
Alert, will be held in Killeen’s on Friday 15th at 9.30 p.m. €5.00 per person or €20.00
per table. Support will be appreciated.
Masses for the Dead:-
Sunday
10th, Clonfanlough, 10.30 a.m., Peter and Earl Kelly, Carrowkeel.
Sunday
10th, Shannonbridge, 12.00 noon, Michael Brennan, Raghra Park, Shannonbridge.
Sunday
17th, Clonfanlough, 10.30 a.m., John Loonam and deceased members of the
Loonam
Family, Clonfanlough.
Sunday
17th, Shannonbridge, 12.00 noon, Michael Shrahan, Cloniff.
Please pray for Stephen Shrahan,
Cloghan, and formerly of Cloniff, who died on Friday 8th. Funeral Mass on Monday at 11.00 a.m., in St.
Mary’s Church, Cloghan. Burial
afterwards in Clonmacnois Cemetery.
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