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 FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

TEMPERANCE SUNDAY

6th/7th February, 2016

 

Temperance Sunday, coming as it does, on the threshold of Lent, invites us to take a different approach.  It invites us to enjoy a life free of the scourges of alcohol and drug abuse.  Over the years thousands of people have accepted that invitation, have taken on that challenge, and as a consequence, have enjoyed life to the full.  That opportunity is open to all.

 

Mass times:- Shannonbridge, Saturday (Vigil), 8.00 p.m.; Sunday, 12.00 noon,  Weekdays, 10.00 a.m.; Clonfanlough, Sunday, 10.30 a.m., Ash Wednesday, 7.00 p.m.

Mass is celebrated at Cluain Ciaráin Prayer Centre, on Wednesday evenings at 7.30.

Mass for the Intentions of the People of the Parish, Missa pro Populo, in Shannonbridge on Sunday 7th, at 12.00 noon.

Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent and a day of fast and abstinence.  Fast = one full meal and two “collations”, light meals.  Abstinence = the use of meat or its products is forbidden.  Ashes will be blessed and distributed at Mass, 10.00 a.m. and 7.00 p.m.

Sunday 7th is the Feast of St. Mel, Founder and First Bishop of Ardagh.  Patron of the Diocese.  Tradition has it that he was nephew of St. Patrick whom he accompanied or followed to Ireland.  Died in 488.

Monday 8th, St. Jerome Emiliani.  After a military career he founded a congregation for the care of orphans and the poor, died 1537.

Monday 8th, St. Josephine Bakhita, 1868 - 1947, thought to be the only canonised saint from Sudan.

Wednesday 10th, St. Scholastica, born in Italy, sister of St. Benedict and one of the first Benedictine nuns, died 543.

Thursday 11th is the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. In 1858, the Virgin Mary appeared to 14 year-old Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes and introduced herself as The Immaculate Conception.  This feast is observed as World Day of the Sick.

Thursday 11th, St. Gobnait, Ballyvourney, West Cork, celebrated for her care and curing of the sick.

Baptism.  John Peter Kelly, son of Karol and Cathy (McDermott) Kelly, Currow, Clonfanlough, was welcomed into the Christian community on Sunday, 31st January.

The Pioneer Lenten Challenge offers non-members a Short-Term Pledge for the duration of Lent.  www.pioneerassociation.ie,  ' 01 874 9464.

Golden Pioneers.  We congratulate the six Golden Jubilarians who receive their emblems and diplomas this Sunday.  Eleven children enroll as Young Pioneers.  It is hoped that many of them will become full members when they turn sixteen.

St. Ciaran’s School Board of Management will meet in the school, on Monday 8th, at 7.30 p.m.

Shannonbridge Active Retirement Association resumes its meetings/activities on Tuesday 23rd February, at 10.30 a.m., in the Parish Hall.  The €15.00 Affiliation Fee for 2016 is now due.

Rosters:-

Shannonbridge:-  Church Cleaners:

Geraldine Brennan, Dolly Deeley, Veronica Hynes.

Altar Servers for this week: Group 3, Kate, Paddy, Adam.

Readers for next weekend:

Group 3, Michaela Anderson, Eileen Quinn.
Ministers of the Eucharist:

Group 2, Saturday Evening, S. Ryan (M. Flannery):

                       Sunday, Marian McManus.

Clonfanlough:-  Altar Servers for Sunday next:

Group 2, Jane, Tadhg, Roisín.

Reader for next Sunday: Declan McEvoy.

Minister of the Eucharist for next Sunday:- Niall O’Shea.

Newsletter.  Items for inclusion in the Newsletter by 6.00 p.m. on Thursday, please.

Parochial Lands at Shannonbridge are to be let until 31st December, 2016.  Contact Frank Sugrue, Auctioneer and Valuer, Belmont, 090 645 7215, 087 234 1625, fsugrue @eircom.net

TRÓCAIRE envelopes, containing information leaflets and family fast boxes, are available at the church doors.  Please take one.  This year’s Lenten campaign concentrates on the effects of climate change and the impact of Trócaire projects in drought stricken regions of the world.

Thank you for last Sunday’s collection, €570.00.

Masses for the Dead:-

Saturday 6th, Shannonbridge, 8.00 p.m., Joseph and Kathleen Turley, Shannonbridge.

Sunday 7th, Clonfanlough, 10.30 a.m., Kieran and Mary Daly, and Tom Mannion, Ballyhearth.

Wednesday 10th, Clonfanlough, 7.00 p.m., Jack, Mary and Pat Maloney, Chapel Street.

Saturday 13th, Shannonbridge, 8.00 p.m., Alan Kelly, Shannonbridge.

Sunday 14th, Clonfanlough, 10.30 a.m., Padraig Devery, Clonlyon.

Sunday 14th, Shannonbridge, 12.00 noon, Eddie and Gerry Egan, Woodbank.

 

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