CLONMACNOIS PARISH OCTOBER 15/16TH 2016

ST. CIARAN’S CHURCH, SHANNONBRIDGE                                                                

    ST. CIARAN’S CHURCH, CLONFANLOUGH                                                                     

Fr. Tom Cox Adm. (Administrator) Tel. 090 9674125/ 086-8319500                                

  E-mail: thomascox@eircom.net   shannonbridge.blogspot.ie

Masses for October 15th /16th

Sat 15th Oct. 8:00p.m. John Flannery

Sun. 16th Oct 10:30a.m. Edward & Bridget Mannion & family

Masses for October 22nd/23rd

Sat      22nd Oct 8p.m  Mary & Martin Burke, Raghra Pk, Shannonbridge

Sun 23rd October  10:30a.m.

Catherine (Kitty) Higgins M/M

 Sunday Mass in nearby churches:- St. Mary’s, Cloonfad, 10.00 a.m.;  Sts. Patrick and Saran, High Street, 12.00 noon.;  St. Mary’s, Ferbane, 7.00 p.m.

Weekdays: Shannonbridge: 10a.m.

STATION MASS : in the home of Ger & Joey Rigney Clonlyon, Friday 21st October 8p.m.

 Newsletter.  Items for inclusion of a Pastoral, Community (not Commercial) nature  by 6.00 p.m. on Thurs,  please.  

 Offertory Oct 8th/9th  €800

Monthly Collection September: €600

Harvest Dues  (Sept 18th) of €1685.00 forwarded last week to Clergy Remuneration Fund. Thank you

          UPCOMING CHURCH ROSTERS                                                                 

Shannonbridge:    22nd Oct 8:00p.m.                                                                                           Altar Servers: Group 3, Kate, Paddy & Adam

Reader: Pattie Corbett

 Eucharistic Minister: Martha Murphy Church Cleaners Shannonbridge (week)

 Eileen Quinn, Dolly Deeley, Veronica Hynes .

Clonfanlough:-  23rd Oct 10:30a.m.            

Altar Servers: Group 2 Jane E., Tadgh T., Roisin D.

Reader: Kathleen Guinan

 Minister of the Eucharist: Declan Mc Evoy

Monthly Cleaning Rota  (October)

Mary Halligan & Della Fitzgerald

MISSION MONTH

Next Sunday (23rd)  is Mission Sunday, the annual worldwide Catholic celebration of mission in its fullest sense.

Pope Francis describes mission “As a passion for Jesus and a passion for his people”.

Our financial and spiritual help enables missionaries to breathe faith, hope and charity into the lives of people who need it most .Sharing the message and sharing financially with those in developing countries is our Christian duty.   

Our prayers and financial offerings on Mission Sunday go towards supporting missionaries and their mission projects where the Church is new, young or poor.

A special collection using the brown “Propagation of the Faith” envelope in your box will be taken up next Sunday in aid of our brothers and sisters currently on mission, allowing them to continue their work.                                        www.wmi.ie

SECURITY: With a local break-in at the GAA Club. We’d encourage people to keep an eye out for anything suspicious & report same to Gardai

 THIS WEEK IN BRIEF             

WEDNESDAY 19th OCT

Mass in Cluain Chiarain Clonmacnois every Wednesday at 7:30p.m.

FRIDAY 21st OCT.

-St. Ciaran’s Youth Club  continues on Fridays in  Clonfanlough Hall, from 7.30pm to 8.30pm

-Night Prayer Vigil in Cluain Chiarain Prayer Centre in Clonmacnois on Friday 21st October. Mass at 9pm. Adoration and Prayers follow. Finishes at 2.10am. All Welcome. Enquiries Dave; 085-7746763

SUNDAY 23rd Oct

CLONMACNOIS PRAYER EVENT

Inspired by Pope Francis’ writings on the environment (Laudato Si) there will be a time of prayer and song to celebrate God’s Creation and pray for universal harmony in Clonmacnois on Sun  23rd Oct  3.00pm All are very welcome

Saints of the Week: Mon 17th St. Ignatius of Antioch; Tues 18th St. Luke; Sat 22nd St. John Paul II Pope

Townlands of our Parish

(Taken from Diocesan Atlas 1988)

Carrowkeel, Charlestown, Clondelara, Clonever, Clonfinlough, Clongawny, Clonfiff, Cloniffeen, Clonlyon Castlequarter, Clonlyon (Gerald), Clonlyon Glebe, Clonmacnois, Clorhane, Creevagh, Curraghmore, Derryharney, Derryhask, Derrylahan, Garrymore, Glebe, Gurrawirra, Killaphort, Lecarrow, Leitra, Raghra, Tullaghbeg

 Dan Edwards’ book "The Life and Times of a Craftsman" on sale in local outlets, including: Moran's, Shannonbridge, The Shop at Clonmacnois, Rohan's, Ballinahown & Cahill's, Belmont.  The very attractive volume is priced at €20.00. 

BEST OF LUCK to Ferbane Belmont Minor GAA Club on Sunday in the county final  with Shannonbridge GAA lads Cathal O'Shea, Barry Rohan, Jack Darcy,Ronan Hynes, Gavin Kelly, Emmet Molloy and  Ronan Devery! 

BOB DYLAN  NOBEL LAUREATE!

A representative of yours (Bob Dylan) has just said on your behalf that the answer to the questions of your life "is blowing in the wind". It is true! But not in the wind which blows everything away in empty whirls, but the wind which is the breath and voice of the Spirit, a voice that calls and says: "Come!"

You asked me: How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man? I answer you: one! There is only one road for man and it is Christ, who said: "I am the way" (John 14:6). He is the road of truth, the way of life." - Pope Saint John Paul II in Bologna 1997