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 TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

18th/19th June, 2016

Who Do You Say I Am?

It’s Peter who comes up with the answer to the Lord’s question.  “You are the Christ of God.”  That was it, straight and simple and clear.  Jesus does not entertain sitting on the fence.  He expects his followers to stand up and be counted.

 

Mass times:- Shannonbridge, Saturday (Vigil), 8.00 p.m.; Sunday, 12.00 noon,  Friday, 7.30 p.m.  Clonfanlough, Sunday, 10.30 a.m.

Mass for the Intentions of the People of the Parish, Missa pro Populo, in Clonfanlough on Sunday 19th at 10.30 a.m.

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

The Revised Mass Schedule in the Pastoral Cluster Area comes into effect on Sunday, 3rd July.  In the Parish of Clonmacnois:- Shannonbridge, Saturday (Vigil), 8.00 p.m.; Clonfanlough, Sunday, 10.30 a.m.  (12.00 noon Mass discontinued). 

The proposal that the arrangement alternate between the two churches, on a six-monthly basis, has been discussed at cluster level.  It will not affect the operation of the timetable in adjoining parishes.

The new schedule includes Mass on Sunday, at 7.00 p.m., in St. Mary’s Church, Ferbane.  

Sunday 19th is the Feast of St. Romuald, Italian hermit and abbot, did much to reform the solitary life, died 1027.

Monday 20th, The Irish Martyrs, Irish men and women, clergy, religious and lay, put to death for the Catholic faith between 1579 and 1654.

Tuesday 21st, St. Aloysius Gonzaga, 1568-1591, Jesuit novice, native of Italy, who died of the fever while working in a plague hospital in Rome.  Patron of A.I.D.S. sufferers.

Wednesday 22nd, St. Paulinus of Nola, France, 355-431, married with one son, gave up all his worldly goods to enter monastic life, worked to relieve the misery of his time.

Wednesday 22nd, St. John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, and St. Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England; both martyred under Henry VIII in 1535.

Friday 24th is The Birthday of St. John the Baptist.  The name John means ‘the Lord has shown favour’.  It is appropriate since his parents Zechariah and Elizabeth were advanced in years.

Year of Mercy Pilgrimage 2016

7 Ceremonies for the Year of Mercy

— Dates and Themes and Places

Thursday, 30th June,

    Visit the Sick,

    Ferbane Nursing Home.

Thursday, 7th July,

    Educate the Young,

    St. Rynagh’s N.S., Banagher.

Thursday, 14th July,

    Counsel the Doubtful, Comfort the Sorrowful,

    Ballinahown.

Thursday, 21st July,

    Convert the Sinner, Beginning with Ourselves,

    Clonmacnois.

Thursday, 28th July,

   Give Food to the Hungry, Give Drink to the Thirsty,

   Shannon Harbour.

Thursday, 4th August,

    Forgive Injuries, Bear Wounds Patiently,

    Church of Sts. Patrick and Saran, High Street.

Thursday, 11th August,

    Pray for the Living and the Dead,

    Boher.

— All ceremonies at 7.30 p.m.

Shannonbridge Active Retirement Association hold their Summer Social in Shannonbridge Hall on Friday 24th following Mass in the Church at 7.30 p.m.

The Altar Servers’ Tour takes place on Thursday, 30th June, to Lough Key Forest Park and the Boda Borg experience.  Servers should being a picnic.  The bus leaves Shannonbridge at 8.30 a.m., stopping at the Ballyhearth Turn, 8.45 a.m., Ballinahown, 9.00 a.m.

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

Rosters: Shannonbridge:-

Church Cleaners:

Mairéad Darcy, Martha Murphy, Marie McManus.

Altar Servers for this week:

Group 1, Roisín, Darragh, Matthew, Emily.

Readers for next weekend:

Group 3, Michaela Anderson, Eileen Quinn.

Ministers of the Eucharist: 

Group 1,  Saturday Evening, Martha Murphy.

Sunday, Dympna Fitzpatrick.

Clonfanlough:-

Altar Servers for Sunday next:

Group 3, Conor, Adam, Charlie, Kelan.

Reader for next Sunday: Marie Egan.

Minister of the Eucharist for next Sunday, Kay Kelly.

The Irish Cancer Society gratefully acknowledges €340.00, proceeds of the recent church gate collection.  They thank the organizers, collectors and those who contributed.

Thank you for last Sunday’s collection,  €810.00.

Masses for the Dead:-

Saturday 18th, 8.00 p.m., Shannonbridge, Thomas and Mary Coleman and deceased members of the Coleman family, Shannonbridge.

Sunday 19th, 12.00 noon, Shannonbridge, Jimmy, Lizzie and James Joseph McManus, Leitra.

Saturday 25th, 8.00 p.m., Shannonbridge, Edward and Elizabeth Connor, Woodbank.

Happy Father’s Day to all Dads