CLONMACNOIS PARISH NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 19TH 2017
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
www.shannonbridge.com
Masses for Sat 18th/19th Feb 2017
Sat 18th 8p.m. Bridie Carry (Months Mind)
Sun 19th Feb 10:30a.m. Kieran & Mary Daly & Tom Mannion (Ballyhearth)
WEEKDAY
Mon 20th– Fri 23rd 10:00a.m.
Sat 25th 10:00a.m. No Mass, Communion Service
Masses for Sat 25th/26th Feb 2017
Sat 25th 8p.m. Brigid & Pat Flannery & Jimmy Flannery
Sun 26th 10:30a.m. John-Joe Maleney (1st Anniv.).
RECENT DEATHS
Philip Hyland Banagher (Nephew of Mrs Rose Hendrick, Martin Golden (Athlone) nephew of Sean Coughlan (Ballyhearth) Kevin (Clonlyon) ; Brendan Dunican Clonshask,
Patrick Cunningham (Longford) formerly Shannonbridge
BAPTISM We welcomed into the Christian Community this weekend James Niall Donaghy
Offertory Feb 12th €690 Thank you to all our contributors.
Thanks from Ballinasloe Social Services to all who purchased St. Brigid’s Crosses recently & helped raise €5,332.79
Shannonbridge: 25th Feb 2017 8p.m.
Altar Servers: Group 2 Fiachra, Sean, Niamh & Rachel
Reader: Eileen Quinn
Eucharistic Minister: Dympna Fitzpatrick
Church Cleaners Shannonbridge (weekly Kathleen Price, Catherine Curley, Patricia Anderson
Clonfanlough:- Sun 26th Feb 2017 10:30a.m.
Altar Servers: Group 1 Conor S. Conor B., Eoin S., Abigail K.
Reader: Kathleen Guinan
Minister of the Eucharist:Declan McEvoy
Monthly Cleaning Rota (February ) Maureen Claffey Bridie Coughlan
BAPTISM MEETING The next meeting for parents in our pastoral area who have a child for Baptism will be held in the Parochial House, Ballinahowen on Thursday March 15th from 8-9p.m.
STATION MASSES: The tradition of hosting Mass in the home is a beautiful part of our faith tradition. If you would like to help continue this– I’d love to hear from you. Remember simplicity is best. No need for fuss, just a cup of tea.
Saints of the Week Tues 21st St. Peter Damian Wed 22nd The Chair of Peter, Apostle, Thurs 23rd St. Polycarp,
MARRIED COUPLES Gift yourselves a special weekend break together to boost and refresh your relationship by making a Marriage Renewal Weekend. The next Weekend will be at The Creggan Court Hotel, Athlone from 3rd to 5th March 2017. For more info and / or to book, visit www.marriageencounter.ie or call (087) 784 0408. Weekends are presented by Catholic Marriage Encounter in Ireland
SLIM FOR LENT fundraiser for Palliative Care in conjunction with Cornafulla Walking Club weigh in Shrove Tuesday 28th Feb and weigh out Holy Thursday 13th April in Clann na nGael Clubhouse 7-9pm both nights. Sponsor Cards available on the night.
HIGH STREET DRAMA GROUP presentation of “DA” by Hugh Leonard & directed by Brendan Ryan continues in the Tuar Ard Thurs 23rd-Sun 26th Feb For bookings phone 090 6482042 or email info@tuarard.ie Tickets: €12 / €10
SPRING (by Bridie Carry RIP)
( from Feb. 1979 issue of the Shannonbridge Star. )
1st February here comes Spring,
All good things begin to swing
Snowdrops peeping through the ground,
Daffodils dancing all around.
What joy there is on a Spring morn,
I just woke up without a yawn.
Beautiful smell of sweet fresh air,
Listening to the birds sing everywhere.
February may bring snow,
March brings winds that blow.
April will bring showers,
To grow the pretty flowers.
Spring cleaning is the mother’s chore
From ceilings to the floors.
All the work she doesn’t mind
Because the weather will be kind
MONDAY 20th Walking Group: (Monday &Wednesday) Assemble at Church: earlier time of 7:30pm.
Tuesday 21st Shannonbridge Active Retirement Association meeting in the Parish Hall after 10a.m. Mass. New Members welcome.
WED. 22nd FEBRUARY Cluain Ciaráin Prayer Centre Mass 7:30p.m.
REFUGEES
(Note: Sometimes you need to change your perspective.read to the end you’ll see!)
They have no need of our help
So do not tell me
These haggard faces could belong to you or me
Should life have dealt a different hand.
We need to see them for who they really are
Changers and scroungers
Layabouts and loungers
With bombs up their sleeves
Cut throats and thieves.
They are not
Welcome here.
We should make them
Go back to where they came from.
They cannot
Share our food
Share our homes
Share our countries.
Instead let us
Build a wall to keep them out.
It is not okay to say
These are people just like us.
A place should only belong to those who are born there.
Do not be so stupid to think that
The world can be looked at another way.
(now read from from the bottom to the top)
-Brian Bilston
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