CLONMACNOIS PARISH BULLETIN JULY 29/30TH

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

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ST. CIARAN’S, SHANNONBRIDGE

Sat 29th 8:00p.m. Vigil Mass of Sunday

Mon July 31st 10:00a.m. Mass

Tues Aug 1st 10:00a.m.  Communion Service

Wed Aug 2nd 10:00a.m. Mass

Thurs Aug 3rd 10:00a.m.Mass

Fri Aug 4th (First Friday)  Mass (Exposition to 11a.m.)

Sat 5th Aug 10:00a.m. Mass

Sat 5th Aug NO 8P.M. MASS (S/bridge Vigil defers to Clonmacnois Cemetery 7p.m. Mass.

      ST. CIARAN’S, CLONFANLOUGH

Sun 30th July 10:30a.m. Peoples Intention

Fri Aug 4th (First Friday)  exposition till 8p.m.

Sunday Aug 6th 10:30a.m. Kieran & Margaret Egan

COLLECTIONS  Offertory:  July 22nd/23rd €642

EAST AFRICA APPEAL (Trócaire ) € 671

SAINTS OF THE WEEK: Mon 31st July St. Ignatius of Loyola Tues 1st Aug St. Alphonsus Liguori Fri 4th St. John Vianney Sat 5th Dedication of Basilica of St. Mary Marjor 

WEDDING CONGRATULATIONS to

Aine Kearns who married Philip O’Duffy in Clonfanlough on July 14th last.

Also to Peadar Kelly who married Tracy Rohan in St. Colmcille’s Church, Ballinahowen on Friday 28th July. A long & happy life to both couples.

CLUAIN CHIARAIN Mass Wed 2nd 7:30pm

TIDY TOWNS Discussed to date extension of scope of county council plan for village 2018-23. Christmas. Please return the forms with your input as to enhancing the village befor next meeting on Tues 1st Aug 8.30. All are welcome to attend, looking forward to seeing you there

 UPCOMING CHURCH ROSTERS                                                                

Clonmacnois Cemetery Mass 5th Aug 2017 @7p.m.

Altar Servers:  Group 2 Fiachra, Sean, Niamh & Aoife

Reader:  Ffionn Anderson

Euch. Minister: Marie McManus

Church Cleaners Shannonbridge (weekly) Anne Ryan, Lena Turley, Maureen Mitchell

Clonfanlough:Sun 6th Aug @  10:30

Altar Servers: Group 3 Conor D.Roisin D., Teagan D, Rory D.

Reader: Anne Rohan

Min.  of Eucharist:Mary Kelly

Monthly Cleaning Rota  (Aug) Marian Devery, Ann Kelly

CEMETERY DATES 

Clonmacnois Sat Aug 5th 2017 @7p.m. (replaces 8p.m. Shannonbridge Vigil)   Clean Up Monday July 31st at 7p.m. (Skip will be available for grave materials). We would ask people to please bring a bottle of Holy Water on August 5th so we can bless together the resting places of our loved ones.                  

Mullanakill Children’s Cemetery, Clonlyon Glebe  Mon August 7th @ 7p.m.                                       

Templeduff Children’s Cemetery,  Cloniffeen Tuesday, August 15th @ 7p.m

FIRST FRIDAY – Friday next is the First Friday of the Month. Confessions will be available before Mass on Friday from 9.30 – 10.00 a.m. and from 6.30 – 7.00 p.m. I’m happy to call to people with Communion if you just let me know in advance.

 REMEMBERING OUR DEAD: a thought for Cemetery Weekend upcoming

Writing from his sick bed to his mother not long before his death, Saint Aloysius Gonzaga appealed to their shared faith saying ‘our parting will not be for long; we shall see each other again in heaven; we shall be united with our Saviour; there we shall praise him with heart and soul, sing of his mercies for ever, and enjoy eternal happiness.’

When we lay our loved ones to rest the grave is blessed and named ‘a sign of hope that promises resurrection even as it claims our mortal bodies.’ It is the Resurrection of Jesus that grounds our hope. Where The Lord has gone we hope to follow. He is the way that our loved ones have travelled. The annual ritual of the Blessing of Graves or Cemetery Sunday taps into that hope we all share and that Easter faith that assures us that somehow beyond the horizon of death, we are still united with those we love. Love never ends.

As we stand praying at the graveside of the ones we love today we might also draw consolation from the truth that they are praying for us also. Our loved ones still bear the same love for us and perhaps their prayer is even more assured as the young Aloysius reminded his mother: in death he’d be ‘one living face to face with God, one whose prayers can bring you in your troubles more powerful aid than they ever could on earth.’ As we remember our dead today, we are mindful that they remember us too.

VISIT OF RELICS OF St. TERESA OF CALCUTTA Known to many still as Mother Teresa This event is being organised by the Knights of Columbanus.

St. Mel’s Cathedral, Longford Visit of the Relic of St. Teresa of Calcutta - Monday, 31st July to Wednesday, 2nd August 2017

Monday 31st July

7.20 pm Arrival and procession with the Relic (In vicinity of the cathedral - weather dependent)

7.30 pm Mass (Veneration after mass ending with Night Prayer)

10.30 pm Cathedral closes

Tuesday 1st August

8.00 am Mass  10.00 am Mass

1.00 pm Prayer Service

4.30 pm Syromalabar Mass (Indian Community)

7.30 pm Mass (Veneration after mass ending with Night Prayer)  10.30 pm Cathedral closes

Wednesday 2nd August8.00 am Mass  10.00 am Mass

1.00 pm Prayer of Farewell - Relic departs from St. Mel’s Cathedral

TUESDAY AUGUST 1st Shannonbridge Action Group & Tidy Towns will hold a meeting in the community hall on Tuesday 1st August  @ 8:30pm. We invite you also to interact with your ideas/submissions on village renewal in writing to the Tourist Office during opening hours or via the internet at our Facebook page “Shannonbridge Action Group and Tidy Towns.” 

YOUTH 2000 SUMMER FESTIVAL Cistercian College, Roscrea August 17-20th 2017(ages 16-35) No charge, donations only. It’s being nicknamed “The Holy Oxygen” Inspiring talks, testimonies, prayers, great music, dramas, workshop, reconciliation & healing service. Transport available. Contact 01 6753690 or email office@youth2000.ie / www.youth200.ie

NATIONAL NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF KNOCK - 14th to 22nd August. The theme for this year’s National Novena is ‘Living Life to the Full’. Ceremonies take place twice daily at 3.00 pm and 8.30 pm (Sundays and Holydays 2.30 pm) and workshops at 12 noon and 6.00 pm. WATCH MASSES ONLINE FROM KNOCK SHRINE - The daily 3.00 pm Mass in the Basilica is now being streamed live. The 12 noon Sunday Mass is also available to watch online at www.knockshrine.ie/watch and recordings of all Sundays Masses are also available on the Knock Shrine YouTube channel.

CLONMACNOIS PARISH BULLETIN JULY 22/23RD 2017

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

   Email: thomascox@eircom.net   WEB shannonbridge.blogspot.ie                              

SOCIAL MEDIA www.facebook.com/parishofclonmacnois

ST. CIARAN’S, SHANNONBRIDGE

Saturday 22nd 8p.m. Mass Jimmy Mooney (Clondelara)

Mon 24th/  Tues 25th / Wed 26th/ Thurs 27th 10:00a.m. Communion Service

Fri 28th 10:00a.m.  Mass

Sat 29th 10:00a.m. Mass

Sat 29th 8:00p.m. Vigil Mass of Sunday

      ST. CIARAN’S, CLONFANLOUGH

Sunday July 23rd Thomas & Mary Murray (Drumraney)

Sun 30th July 10:30a.m. Peoples Intention

COLLECTIONS  Offertory:  July 15/16th €650

SAINTS OF THE WEEK: Tues 25th St. James Wed 26th Ss Joachim & Anne Sat 29th St. Martha

EMERGENCY COVER July 23rd-27th

Contact Fr. Michael Molloy 090 9673539 or 0906454309

Always remember... “The trouble with being punctual is that nobody’s there to appreciate it.” “Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don’t have film.” Just because nobody complains doesn’t mean all parachutes are perfect.” ü“Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.” “Borrow money from a pessimist - they don’t expect it back.” “A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch.” “Nobody goes there anymore because it’s too crowded.”  “Sometimes the road less travelled is less traveled for a very good reason.”  “Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.”

 UPCOMING CHURCH ROSTERS                                                                

Shannonbridge:  29th July 2017 @8p.m.

Altar Servers:  Group 1 Matthew, Emily, Ruth

Reader: Dympna O’Carroll

Euch. Minister: Margaret Duffy

Church Cleaners Shannonbridge (weekly) Dympna Fitzpatrick, Dympna O’Carroll

Clonfanlough:Sun 30th July @  10:30

Altar Servers: Group 2 Jane e, Tadgh T, Charlie G. 

Reader: Bridie Coughlan

Min.  of Eucharist:Enda Molloy

Monthly Cleaning Rota  (July) Niamh Egan, Anne Rohan

CEMETERY DATES 

Clonmacnois Sat Aug 5th 2017 @7p.m. (replaces 8p.m. Shannonbridge Vigil)   Clean Up Monday July 31st at 7p.m. (Skip will be available for grave materials). We would ask people to please bring a bottle of Holy Water on August 5th so we can bless together the resting places of our loved ones.                  

Mullanakill Children’s Cemetery, Clonlyon Glebe  Mon August 7th @ 7p.m.                                       

Templeduff Children’s Cemetery,  Cloniffeen Tuesday, August 15th @ 7p.m

EMERGENCY COVER July 23rd-27th

Contact Fr. Michael Molloy 090 9673539 or 0906454309

need to be in by Sat 15th at latest.

 WEDNESDAY 26th July            Cluain Chiarain– mass at 7:30p.m.

THURSDAY, 27th JULY

· TIDY TOWNS  will be meeting at the play ground every Thursday evening to do a clean up of the village from 7 to 8. Men, women, children are all welcome. Bring hi-vis jackets please, bags and gloves will be provided. Please share and pass the word on.

OTHER DATES

VISIT OF RELICS OF St. TERESA OF CALCUTTA Known to many still as Mother Teresa will arrive in St. Mel’s Cathedral, Longford, on Monday 31st July and remain there until Wednesday 2nd August. This event is being organised by the Knights of Columbanus. Further details will be announced nearer the time.

TUESDAY AUGUST 1st Shannonbridge Action Group & Tidy Towns will hold a meeting in the community hall on Tuesday 1st August  @ 8:30pm. We invite you also to interact with your ideas/submissions on village renewal in writing to the Tourist Office during opening hours or via the internet at our Facebook page “Shannonbridge Action Group and Tidy Towns.” 

YOUTH 2000 SUMMER FESTIVAL Cistercian College, Roscrea August 17-20th 2017(ages 16-35) No charge, donations only. It’s being nicknamed “The Holy Oxygen” Inspiring talks, testimonies, prayers, great music, dramas, workshop, reconciliation & healing service. Transport available. Contact 01 6753690 or email office@youth2000.ie / www.youth200.ie

NATIONAL NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF KNOCK - 14th to 22nd August. The theme for this year’s National Novena is ‘Living Life to the Full’. Ceremonies take place twice daily at 3.00 pm and 8.30 pm (Sundays and Holydays 2.30 pm) and workshops at 12 noon and 6.00 pm. Accommodation available if required at Knock House Hotel (five minute walk to the Basilica) from €85.00 pps.

EAST AFRICA APPEAL—2nd Collection Today

Bishop Francis has asked that an Emergency Collection in aid of Trócaire’s work in East Africa will take place in our Parish on the weekend 22nd- 23rd July. Nearly 25 million people in Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan and Ethiopia are currently in urgent need of food and water due to drought. Trócaire is reaching over 150,000 people across the region with emergency food, water and sanitation.Needs are enormous - please support our appeal and help us reach more people with life-saving aid.

Post- Communion Reflection: (The following prayer is often attributed to St Teresa of Calcutta It was more likely to have originated within the Order of the Missionaries of Charity which she founded) Lord, when I am hungry, give me someone in need of food; when I am thirsty, send me someone needing a drink; when I am cold, send me someone to warm; when I am grieved, offer me someone to console; when my cross grows heavy, let me share another’s cross; when I think only of myself, draw my thoughts to another

CLONMACNOIS PARISH BULLETIN JULY 16/17th 2017

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

   Email: thomascox@eircom.net   WEB shannonbridge.blogspot.ie                            

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ST. CIARAN’S, SHANNONBRIDGE

Sat July 15th 8p.m. Mass —

Mon 17th/Tues 18th/Wed 19th/Thurs 20th/Fri 21st./Sat 22nd  10a.m. Communion Service

Saturday 22nd 8p.m. Mass Jimmy Mooney (Clondelara)

      ST. CIARAN’S, CLONFANLOUGH

Sun July 16th 10:30a.m. Kieran Kelly

Sunday July 23rd Thomas & Mary Murray (Drumraney)

COLLECTIONS  Offertory:  July 15/16th €795

Sat 22nd St. Mary Magdalene

Church Gate  collection for Offaly Cancer Services this weekend

EMERGENCY COVER July 17-27th

Contact Fr. Michael Molloy 090 9673539 or 090-6454309

SHANNONBRIDGE GAA Club development meeting on Monday 17th July in Shannonbridge Hall at 8.30PM Following On from last club meeting in Clonfanlough Hall, there will be another important meeting next Monday evening to decide on fundraising for developments being proposed out at the Football pitch. Ideas thrown to the floor at the last meeting included New floodlights around the pitch, a walking track, electronic scoreboard and further improvements around the playing fields and dressing rooms. In order to make all this happen we need input from all corners of the parish. We had a very healthy attendance at the last meeting 3 weeks ago and we would hope for the same next week!

 UPCOMING CHURCH ROSTERS                                                                

Shannonbridge:  22nd July 2017 @8p.m.

Altar Servers:  Group 4

Darragh, Lauren & Isobel

Reader: Catherine Doolan

Euch. Minister: Marian McManus

Church Cleaners Shannonbridge (weekly) Marian McManus, Catherina Slattery, Ann Corbett

Clonfanlough:Sun 23rd July @  10:30

Altar Servers: Group 1 Conor S., Abigail K.

Reader: Alan/Leanne Devery

Min.  of Eucharist:Anne Rohan 

Monthly Cleaning Rota  (July) Niamh Egan, Anne Rohan

CEMETERY DATES 

Clonmacnois Sat Aug 5th 2017 @7p.m. (replaces 8p.m. Shannonbridge Vigil)   Clean Up Monday July 31st at 7p.m. (Skip will be available for grave materials). We would ask people to please bring a bottle of Holy Water on August 5th so we can bless together the resting places of our loved ones.                  

Mullanakill Children’s Cemetery, Clonlyon Glebe  Mon August 7th @ 7p.m.                                       

Templeduff Children’s Cemetery,  Cloniffeen Tuesday, August 15th @ 7p.m

Bulletin notices for July 22nd/23rd issue need to be in by Sat 15th at latest.

 TUESDAY 18TH JULY Offaly County Childcare Committee are hosting Information Sessions for Parents on the More Affordable Childcare which include a new Universal Subsidy and Targeted Subsidies.  We will be in Birr on the 18^th July in the County Arms Hotel, Tullamore on the 19^th in the Offaly Centre for Independent Living and Edenderry on the 20^th in the Youth Café starting at 7.30pm.  Please come along to find out more on how to apply and if you qualify for any of the subsidies.

WEDNESDAY 19th July            Cluain Chiarain– mass at 7:30p.m.

THURSDAY, 20th JULY  -TIDY TOWNS  will be meeting at the play ground every Thursday evening to do a clean up of the village from 7 to 8. Men, women, children are all welcome. Bring hi-vis jackets please, bags and gloves will be provided. Please share and pass the word on. If you have any spare paint for use in Tidy Towns work, that can be left at the back door of the

presbytery, Shannonbridge. Thank you.

FRIDAY 21ST JULY  Clonmacnois Prayer Vigil in Cluain Chiarain Prayer Centre on Friday 21st of July and every third Friday. Mass at 9pm. Adoration and Prayers follow until 2.10am. All Welcome. Enquiries Dave; 085-7746763.

OTHER DATES

VISIT OF RELICS OF St. TERESA OF CALCUTTA Known to many still as Mother Teresa will arrive in St. Mel’s Cathedral, Longford, on Monday 31st July and remain there until Wednesday 2nd August. This event is being organised by the Knights of Columbanus. Further details will be announced nearer the time.

TUESDAY AUGUST 1st Shannonbridge Action Group & Tidy Towns will hold a meeting in the community hall on Tuesday 1st August  @ 8:30pm. We invite you also to interact with your ideas/submissions on village renewal in writing to the Tourist Office during opening hours or via the internet at our Facebook page “Shannonbridge Action Group and Tidy Towns.” 

YOUTH 2000 SUMMER FESTIVAL Cistercian College, Roscrea August 17-20th 2017(ages 16-35) No charge, donations only. It’s being nicknamed “The Holy Oxygen” Inspiring talks, testimonies, prayers, great music, dramas, workshop, reconciliation & healing service. Transport available. Contact 01 6753690 or email office@youth2000.ie / www.youth200.ie

 TUESDAY 18TH JULY Offaly County Childcare Committee are hosting Information Sessions for Parents on the More Affordable Childcare which include a new Universal Subsidy and Targeted Subsidies.  We will be in Birr on the 18^th July in the County Arms Hotel, Tullamore on the 19^th in the Offaly Centre for Independent Living and Edenderry on the 20^th in the Youth Café starting at 7.30pm.  Please come along to find out more on how to apply and if you qualify for any of the subsidies.

WEDNESDAY 19th July            Cluain Chiarain– mass at 7:30p.m.

THURSDAY, 20th JULY  -TIDY TOWNS  will be meeting at the play ground every Thursday evening to do a clean up of the village from 7 to 8. Men, women, children are all welcome. Bring hi-vis jackets please, bags and gloves will be provided. Please share and pass the word on. If you have any spare paint for use in Tidy Towns work, that can be left at the back door of the

presbytery, Shannonbridge. Thank you.

FRIDAY 21ST JULY  Clonmacnois Prayer Vigil in Cluain Chiarain Prayer Centre on Friday 21st of July and every third Friday. Mass at 9pm. Adoration and Prayers follow until 2.10am. All Welcome. Enquiries Dave; 085-7746763.

OTHER DATES

VISIT OF RELICS OF St. TERESA OF CALCUTTA Known to many still as Mother Teresa will arrive in St. Mel’s Cathedral, Longford, on Monday 31st July and remain there until Wednesday 2nd August. This event is being organised by the Knights of Columbanus. Further details will be announced nearer the time.

TUESDAY AUGUST 1st Shannonbridge Action Group & Tidy Towns will hold a meeting in the community hall on Tuesday 1st August  @ 8:30pm. We invite you also to interact with your ideas/submissions on village renewal in writing to the Tourist Office during opening hours or via the internet at our Facebook page “Shannonbridge Action Group and Tidy Towns.” 

YOUTH 2000 SUMMER FESTIVAL Cistercian College, Roscrea August 17-20th 2017(ages 16-35) No charge, donations only. It’s being nicknamed “The Holy Oxygen” Inspiring talks, testimonies, prayers, great music, dramas, workshop, reconciliation & healing service. Transport available. Contact 01 6753690 or email office@youth2000.ie / www.youth200.ie

CRISIS IN EAST-AFRICA – The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference has announced that special collections at all Masses will take place across Ireland on the weekend of 22nd and 23rd July to fund life-saving aid for people currently affected by the devastating hunger crisis in east-Africa. Our President Michael D. Higgins has publicly supported this appeal. The money raised will be donated to TRÓCAIRE, the overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in Ireland, which is delivering emergency food, water and health care to the 25 million people affected. Globally, this crisis has received very little attention. Appeals for aid are under-funded. The UN has received just 37% of the funding it needs to respond to the crisis in Somalia. The world is distracted by the actions of a handful of powerful politicians, while in East Africa millions suffer in silence. It is unacceptable for so many to go hungry.

2nd COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND– JULY 22ND/23RD EAST AFRICA APPEAL

CRISIS IN EAST-AFRICA – The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference has announced that special collections at all Masses will take place across Ireland on the weekend of 22nd and 23rd July to fund life-saving aid for people currently affected by the devastating hunger crisis in east-Africa. Our President Michael D. Higgins has publicly supported this appeal. The money raised will be donated to TRÓCAIRE, the overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in Ireland, which is delivering emergency food, water and health care to the 25 million people affected. Globally, this crisis has received very little attention. Appeals for aid are under-funded. The UN has received just 37% of the funding it needs to respond to the crisis in Somalia. The world is distracted by the actions of a handful of powerful politicians, while in East Africa millions suffer in silence. It is unacceptable for so many to go hungry.

2nd COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND– JULY 22ND/23RD EAST AFRICA APPEAL

CLONMACNOIS PARISH BULLETIN - July 9th 2017 

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

   Email: thomascox@eircom.net   WEB shannonbridge.blogspot.ie                            

  SOCIAL MEDIA www.facebook.com/parishofclonmacnois

ST. CIARAN’S, SHANNONBRIDGE

Saturday 8th  8:00p.m.—

Mon July 10th 10:00a.m. Mass

Tues July 11th 10:00a.m. Mass

Wednesday July 12th 10:00a.m. Mass

Thursday , July 13th 10:00a.m. Mass

Friday, July 14th 10:00a.m. Mass, Margaret Kelly

Sat July 15th 10:00a.m. Mass

Sat July 15th 8p.m. Mass —

      ST. CIARAN’S, CLONFANLOUGH

Sun, July 9th 10:30a.m. — Peoples Intentn

Sun July 16th 10:30a.m. Kieran Kelly

COLLECTIONS  Offertory:  July 2nd €495 Pentecost Dues €1,543

SAINTS Mon 10th St. Fortunatus Tues 11th St. Benedict– Patron of Europe Fri 14th  St. Camillus Sat 15th St. Bonaventure

PETERS PENCE (July 2nd Envelope). Please return at your convenience. This Collection goes to the Pope and Pontifical Charities.

JUNE MONTHLY ENVELOPES falls this weekend. Thank you for your generosity to parish.

 GOLF QUOTES

“If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God can hit a 1-iron.”-Lee Trevino.“They call it golf because all the other four letter words were taken.” -Raymond Floyd.

  “He who has the fastest golf cart never has a bad lie.” -Mickey Mantle. “Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight

Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing. Dave Barry

clothing.” -Dave Barr

 UPCOMING CHURCH ROSTERS                                                                

Shannonbridge:  15th July 2017 @8p.m.

Altar Servers:  Group 3

Rachael, Kate, Paddy & Cliodhna

Reader: Seamus Grennan

Euch. Minister: Eileen Higgins

Church Cleaners Shannonbridge (weekly) Eileen Quinn, Dolly Deeley, Veronica Hynes.

Clonfanlough:Sun 16th July @  10:30

Altar Servers: Group 2 Conor D., Roisin D., Teagan D., Rory D

Reader: Marie Egan

Min.  of Eucharist:Bridie Coughlan

Monthly Cleaning Rota  (July) Niamh Egan, Anne Rohan

CEMETERY DATES 

Clonmacnois Sat Aug 5th 2017 @7p.m. (replaces 8p.m. Shannonbridge Vigil)   We would ask people to please bring a bottle of Holy Water so we can bless together the resting places of our loved ones.                  

Mullanakill Children’s Cemetery, Clonlyon Glebe  Mon August 7th @ 7p.m.                                       

Templeduff Children’s Cemetery,  Cloniffeen Tuesday, August 15th @ 7p.m

Bulletin notices for July 22nd/23rd issue need to be in by Sat 15th at latest.

 WEDNESDAY 12th July            Cluain Chiarain– mass at 7:30p.m.

THURSDAY, 13TH JULY

. TIDY TOWNS  will be meeting at the play ground every Thursday evening to do a clean up of the village from 7 to 8. Men, women, children are all welcome. Bring hi-vis jackets please, bags and gloves will be provided. Please share and pass the word on.

OTHER DATES

NATIONAL AMBULANCE CERTIFIED COURSE  takes place on Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th July, 7-10pm in Shannonbridge Hall. Please text back with name and date preference, or call Doris 0872211637 or Paula 0876891036. €5 per person.Light Refreshments served.

VISIT OF RELICS OF St. TERESA OF CALCUTTA Known to many still as Mother Teresa will arrive in St. Mel’s Cathedral, Longford, on Monday 31st July and remain there until Wednesday 2nd August. This event is being organised by the Knights of Columbanus. Further details will be announced nearer the time.

TUESDAY AUGUST 1st Shannonbridge Action Group & Tidy Towns will hold a meeting in the community hall on Tuesday 1st August  @ 8:30pm. We invite you also to interact with your ideas/submissions on village renewal in writing to the Tourist Office during opening hours or via the internet at our Facebook page “Shannonbridge Action Group and Tidy Towns.” 

NATIONAL NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF KNOCK - 14th to 22nd August. The theme for this year’s National Novena is ‘Living Life to the Full’. Ceremonies take place twice daily at 3.00 pm and 8.30 pm (Sundays and Holydays 2.30 pm) and workshops at 12 noon and 6.00 pm. Accommodation available if required at Knock House Hotel (five minute walk to the Basilica) from €85.00 pps.

Guided Prayer Sessions at Knock Shrine take place in the prayer guidance centre daily. Take some time for quiet prayer, meditation and to listen to the word of God. Mon-Fri: 12 noon; 4.15pm, 8.15pm. Sat & Sun: 12 noon, 5pm, 8.15pm.

 Knock Counselling Centre Drop-In Service offers people an opportunity to discuss difficult or challenging life issues in a caring and confidential environment. People attend single sessions to reflect on and discuss personal issues or concerns. No appointment necessary. Available Thursday: 10am-5pm, Friday: 2pm-5pm, Saturday & Sunday: 11am-5pm.

Watch Masses online from Knock Shrine

The daily 3pm Mass in the Basilica is now being streamed live. The 12 noon Sunday Mass is also available to watch online at www.knockshrine.ie/watch and recordings of all Sundays Masses are also available on the Knock Shrine YouTube channel.

Family Focus Week returns from the 10th- 15th July at Family Centre, Knock Shrine. The programme includes daily evening and morning workshops, guest speakers and topics to engage and guide through the challenges of family life. For more information visit www.knockshrine.ie or call the Family Centre on (094) 75320.

Lough Derg 2017:  You may begin the Three Day Pilgrimage on any day up to and including Sunday 13thAugust. Advance booking is not necessary. There are various travel options available countrywide.  The Lough Derg team can help you to co-ordinate public transport or link up with

Pilgrimage Organisers in your locality.  Telephone Maureen or Lorraine on 071 9851518 (from NI 00353 71 9861518).  Email: info@loughderg.org   www.loughderg.org

YOUTH 2000 SUMMER FESTIVAL Cistercian College, Roscrea August 17-20th 2017(ages 16-35) No charge, donations only. It’s being nicknamed “The Holy Oxygen” Inspiring talks, testimonies, prayers, great music, dramas, workshop, reconciliation & healing service. Transport available. Contact 01 6753690 or email office@youth2000.ie / www.youth200.ie

CLONMACNOIS PARISH BULLETIN JULY 1st/2nd 

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

   Email: thomascox@eircom.net   WEB shannonbridge.blogspot.ie                           

   SOCIAL MEDIA www.facebook.com/parishofclonmacnois

ST. CIARAN’S, SHANNONBRIDGE

Saturday 1st July 8:00p.m.Peoples Intentn

Mon July 3rd Feast of St. Thomas

Tues July 4th 10:00a.m. Mass

Wednesday July 5th 10:00a.m. Mass

Thursday , July 6th 10:00a.m.

Friday, July 7th 10:00a.m. First Friday Mass, (exposition till 11a.m.)

      ST. CIARAN’S, CLONFANLOUGH

Sun 2nd July 10:30a.m. —

Friday, July 7th 7:00p.m. 1st Friday Mass

Sun, July 9th 10:30a.m. — Peoples Intentn

FIRST FRIDAY falls this week (July 7th).. Sick will be visited

COLLECTIONS  Offertory:  June 18th €600; June 25th €720  Holy Land:  €272

SAINTS Mon 3rd St. Thomas Tues 4th St. Elizabeth of Portugal  Wed 5th St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria Thurs 6th St. Maria Goretti 

PETERS PENCE This Collection goes to the Pope and Pontifical Charities.

NAOMH CIARAN LADIES FOOTBALL CLUB say thank you to all who supported the recent church gate collection

CONGRATULATIONS to Matthew Darcy who represented Offaly under 14 at football and Conor Dunican at hurling at half-time during the Offaly games recently 

PARISH COUNCIL Last Call for Nomination Forms to be returned. It’s an invaluable role

 UPCOMING CHURCH ROSTERS                                                                

Shannonbridge:  8th July 2017 @8p.m.

Altar Servers: Group Group 2

Fiachra, Sean, Niamh & Aoife

Reader: Eileen Quinn

Euch. Minister: Sinead Ryan

Church Cleaners Shannonbridge (weekly) Jacinta Kelly, Mary Killeen, Ann Keena

Clonfanlough:Sun 9th July @  10:30

Altar Servers: Group Group 2  Jane E, Tadgh T, Charlie G.

Reader: Della Fitzgerald

Min.  of the Eucharist:Kay Kelly

Monthly Cleaning Rota  (July) Niamh Egan, Anne Rohan

CEMETERY DATES 

Clonmacnois Sat Aug 5th 2017 @7p.m. (replaces 8p.m. Shannonbridge Vigil)                     

Mullanakill Children’s Cemetery, Clonlyon Glebe  Mon August 7th @ 7p.m.                                       

Templeduff Children’s Cemetery,  Cloniffeen Tuesday, August 15th @ 7p.m

 TUESDAY 4TH July 

Active Retirement Association meeting after 10:00a.m. Mass Shannonbridge Hall. 

SHANNONBRIDGE ACTION GROUP  in association with the Tidy Towns will hold a meeting in the community hall on Tuesday 4th July @ 8,30, to receive ideas to be put forward to the local authorities for inclusion in the Village Renewal Scheme, which is currently being developed. This is now your time to have your say as to on what you require to be done, It is important to support the group committee, and have your concerns addressed and your voice heard by attending the meeting. Submissions in writing may be deposited at the tourist office during opening hours.

WEDNESDAY 5th July            Cluain Chiarain– mass at 7:30p.m.

THURSDAY, 6TH JULY

Pastoral Area visit to Ballintubber Abbey. Thursday July 6th. Bus leaving Boher church  8:30am  Ferbane church 9a.m. (Arr. 11:15am) Adults €10 children €5.  Tea/coffee on arrival (bring own sandwiches if desired). Visiting 1)Abbey & Grounds in use for 801 years "the Abbey that refused to die" 2) Celtic Furrow-tracing over 2,000 years our cultural and spiritual roots. We shall discuss on bus if people want to book a meal on return journey  in Hannon's Roadhouse, Roscommon. Arrive home 7pm. Bookings Monday July 3rd at latest to Fr. Tom at 090-9674125.

TIDY TOWNS  will be meeting at the play ground every Thursday evening to do a clean up of the village from 7 to 8. Men, women, children are all welcome. Bring hi-vis jackets please, bags and gloves will be provided. Please share and pass the word on.

SATURDAY, 8TH JULY

OUTING TO GLENSTAL ABBEY Saturday, July 8th 2017. 50 places, Cost €75 per person. Booking with €30 deposit via CH Computers & Stationery, Main St., Ballinasloe. Information from Michéal Cregg 086 2618152. Bus departs 9a.m. Ballinasloe Townhall Carpark, lunch, bus, teas, Evening meal included. Arrives 9:45p.m. in Ballinasloe.

OTHER DATES

NATIONAL AMBULANCE CERTIFIED COURSE  takes place on Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th July, 7-10pm in Shannonbridge Hall. Please text back with name and date preference, or call Doris 0872211637 or Paula 0876891036. €5 per person.Light Refreshments served.

VISIT OF RELICS OF St. TERESA OF CALCUTTA Known to many still as Mother Teresa will arrive in St. Mel’s Cathedral, Longford, on Monday 31st July and remain there until Wednesday 2nd August. This event is being organised by the Knights of Columbanus. Further details will be announced nearer the time

PALLOTINES SAY THANKS Fr. Martin Mareja who spoke in our parish last weekend would like to thank all who welcomed and supported them in their Mission Appeal.  Between the 2 parishes of Ferbane and Clonmacnois they preached in, a total of €2988 was donated from both parishes. (no breakdown given to me.)

A WORD IN YOUR EAR: Schools are closed and families will be going on holidays. May everybody be safe on the roads and at the seaside during the Summer. We were saddened by the devastating loss of life in the terrible disaster that occurred in the Grenfell Tower fire in West London. Forest fires swept through European countries; the worst being in Portugal . This disaster brings home to us how important it is that we do everything we can to protect our environment  our common home. Let us pray for those who have died and for their loved ones who are heartbroken. Lord your love for us has never failed. Lord your love has never failed us. Listen to our prayer and come to the aid of those who are suffering because of disaster and tragedy. Save us from all evil and help us in time of need. Amen