CLONMACNOIS PARISH BULLETIN OCTOBER 1st 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 30th Sept 8:00p.m. John Carty (5th A)

Mon 2nd Oct,Tues 3rd Oct, Wed 4th Oct 10a.m. Mass

Thurs 5th Oct Communion Service

Fri 6th Oct  First Friday 10:00a.m. Mass

Sat 7th Oct 8:00p.m. John & Ellen Curley & family  (Corrigeen)

ST. CIARAN’S, CLONFANLOUGH

Sun 1st Oct 10:30a.m. Larry & Brigid Rohan (Back Road)

  Thurs 5th  Oct   7:00p.m. Mass Eve 1st Frid

Sun 8th Oct 10:30a.m. Harry Kearns M/M

CLUAIN CHIARAIN Mass Wed 4th Oct @ 7:30p.m.

OFFERTORY Sept 23/24h €690

MONTHLY ENVELOPES for Oct falls dues..

HARVEST DUES returns coming in since Sept 17th…Thanks for your generous support

RECENT DEATHS  Seán Hynes Belmont (brother of Michael Hynes 1 St. Kieran’s Park)  George O’Toole Rhode, late of St. Kieran’s Park.

SAINTS OF THE WEEK

Oct 2nd Guardian Angels  Oct 3 St. Columba Marmion Oct 4th St. Francis of Assisi   Oct 5 St. Faustina Sat  7th O.L. of the Rosary

 YOGA CLASSES High St/ Belmont Womens Group together with Sarah Fahey host yoga classes in Shannonbridge Hall, starting Oct 5th at 8pm. All welcome to attend. Enquiries to 086 4098010

EXERCISE CLASSES with Ger Murray starting in Shannonbridge Hall Tuesday, October 10th at 8p.m. Contact 087 2410587

PILATES CLASSES starting Mon, Oct. 9th at 11a.m. in Shannonbridge Hall. €8 per class. Contact 087 2410587 to book.

 UPCOMING CHURCH ROSTERS                                                                

Shannonbridge:  7th Oct  @8p.m.

Altar Servers:  Group 3 Rachael, Kate, Paddy & Cliodhna

Reader:  Patti Corbett

Euch. Minister: Dympna Fitzpatrick

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

Clonfanlough:Sun 8th Oct @  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   (Oct) Eithne Rohan, Della Fitzgerald

STATION MASSES  AREAS

Thanks to all who have booked– now to finalise dates?!

Host houses required for  (1)Chapel St & Hill, (2)Ballyhearth, (3)Clongowney, (4)Carrowkeel,  (5)Clonfanlough & Lakefield (Booked) (6)Clonmacnois & Tullabeg (booked), (7)Clonlyon (Booked) (8) Glebe, (9)Aughincabe/Clerhane/Creevagh (Booked) (10)Shannonbridge (11) St. Kieran’s Park, (12)Garrymore, Woodbank, Clondelara, Charlestown, Lecarrow, Blackwater (Booked Oct 20th @ 8pm)

Ulster Bank "Bank on Wheels"  comes to Ferbane (to places where former branches existed e.g. Edgeworthstown, Ferbane etc.)

Tuesday 11.15am - 12.15pm  Car Park & Thursday 2.30pm - 3.15pm Car Park beside Heritage Centre

 ALTAR SERVERS REQUIRED: Would you consider encouraging your child to serve Mass here? Once they have made their First Holy Communion, they are eligible to serve. We would really love to have a few new boys and girls for our team. It is a very gentle way of passing on the faith to your children and, more to the point, they all really enjoy the experience. We usually team up new with experienced servers and then we’re  ‘good to go’. Forms will be left into Clonmacnois N.S. this week.

TUES 3rd OCTOBER  ACTIVE RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION meeting at 10:45a.m. in Killeens                   

LIGHT UP A LIFE—Christmas Lights Appeal at Christmas. Shannonbridge Action Group invite you to sponsor a light for Xmas (€5),to remember a loved oneYou can do so at all local businesses.

FRIDAY OCT 6th ST. CIARAN’S YOUTH CLUB RETURNS in Clonfanlough hall.   This is a community led youth club for 8years up to 6^th class.  Children from surrounding schools are all welcome.    Membership numbers are capped at 40 children for health and safety reasons. Schedule of events will be distributed after registration night.   While some nights are held in the hall, there are occasions when the club meets elsewhere.    Club members organise their own travel arrangements. Registration fee is €10 per child and €15 for a family of 2 (or more).  The club meet in the hall from 7.30pm to 8.30pm, and the weekly fee is €3.  All parents are expected to take their turn for a scheduled night in the hall, this is of great importance.   If insufficient numbers of parents / leaders are available the club wouldn’t be able to run.  On registration night, parents are asked to stay on for a short while, as the club rules will be explained.    

FRIDAY 13TH OCTOBER AT 9P.M. Table Quiz in Killeens in aid of “The Shine a light for Christmas” campaign  by Shannonbridge Action Group & Tidy Towns. Tables €20 for 4 or €5 per person

SUNDAY 15th OCT YOUTH HARVEST PRAISE—St. Mary’s Church of Ireland , Athlone, from 2:30p.m.

BEST WISHES to our u16 Shannonbridge Club members playing this Sunday (1st) at 11:30a.m. in Tubber for Ferbane/Belmont in the u16 A County Final Vs Tullamore. Bryan Rohan, Bill Egan, Aaron Brazil, Ciaran Mannion, Darragh O'Shea and Adam Nugent..not forgetting Tony Rohan as selector!Good luck guys  

Sunday 1^st October Day For Life. It is a day dedicated to raising awareness about the meaning and value of human life at every stage and in every condition.

The gift of a new child, entrusted by the Lord to a father and a mother, begins with acceptance, continues with lifelong protection and has as its final goal the joy of eternal life.  By serenely contemplating the ultimate fulfilment of each human person, parents will be even more aware of the precious gift entrusted to them.  For God allows parents to choose the name by which he himself will call their child for all eternity (Pope Francis. Amoris Laetitia, 166)

Prayer to Mary , Mother of the Life Within. O Mary, Mother of the Life Within, All life we entrust to you; The life of every expectant mother and the child within her womb: The life of every human body, The life of every human soul; The life of every newborn child And the life of all grown old.

You held the Lord to your own heart and Drew him so close in. So draw us now in all our needs, O Mother of the Life Within Amen.

WELL DONE  TO .Jane,Aine,Roisin & Orla who are playing for Naomh Ciaran Sat 30th Sept in the county u14 B final against St. Rynagh’s, and also best of luck to Ellee McEvoy and Aoife Corbett who are playing in the for Naomh Ciaran in the Leinster Intermediate championship on Sunday (1st) in Dublin.

CLONMACNOIS PARISH NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 24th 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 23rd Sept 8:00p.m. Teresa Rocke (Clonmacnois)

Mon 25th 10:00a.m  Mass

 Tues 26th  Communion Service

 Wed 27th, Thurs 28th, Fri 29th, Sat 30th Sept  10:00a.m. Mass

Sat 30th Sept 8:00p.m. John Carty (5th A)

ST. CIARAN’S, CLONFANLOUGH

Sun 24th Sept 10:30a.m. Michael & Lena O’Shea (Clonlyon)

Sun 1st Oct 10:30a.m. Larry & Brigid Rohan (Back Road)

CLUAIN CHIARAIN Mass Wed 27th Sept @ 7:30p.m.

OFFERTORY Sept 16/17th  € 615

HARVEST DUES envelope  falls due at this time. Thank you for your generous support.

SAINTS OF THE WEEK   Mon 25th Sts. Louis Martin & Zélie Guerin (Parents of St. Therese of Lisieux)/St. Finbarr  Tues 26th Bl. Paul VI Wed 27th St. Vincent De Paul Thurs 28th St. Wenceslaus Fri 29th Michael, Gabriel & Raphael Sat 30th St. Jerome

   

YOGA CLASSES High St/ Belmont Womens Group together with Sarah Fahey host yoga classes in Shannonbridge Hall, starting Oct 5th at 8pm. All welcome to attend. Enquiries to 086 4098010

EXERCISE CLASSES with Ger Murray starting in Shannonbridge Hall Tuesday, October 10th at 8p.m. Contact 087 2410587

 UPCOMING CHURCH ROSTERS                                                                

Shannonbridge:  30th Sept  2017 @8p.m.

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

Reader:  Ffion Anderson

Euch. Minister: Martha Murphy

Church Cleaners Shannonbridge (weekly) Mairead Darcy, Martha Murphy, Marie McManus

Clonfanlough:Sun 1st Oct @  10:30

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

Reader: Bridie Coughlan

Min.  of Eucharist:Enda Molloy

Monthly Cleaning Rota   (Sept) Anne McEvoy, Eilish Egan

STATION MASSES  AREAS

Still time to book… Many thanks to those who have agreed to host a Station Mass. Simplicity is best.

Host houses required for Chapel St & Hill, Ballyhearth, Clongowney, Carrowkeel, Tullabeg Clonfanlough & Lakefield (Booked) Clonmacnois, Clonlyon, Glebe, Aughincabe/Clerhane/Creevagh (Booked) Shannonbridge (Booked), St. Kieran’s Park, Garrymore, Lecarrow, Woodbank, Clondelara, Charlestown

SEPTEMBER is a month where many people consider something new. If you’d like to help in the Mission of this Parish by   helping as a Server, Reader, Choir, Church Cleaning, Eucharistic Minister or any role we’d love to hear from you. Contact Fr. Tom 086 8319500

SUNDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER Belmont Harvest & Vintage Festival   A great family fun day. Adults €5 (Children free).  Traditional Threshing & Steam Engine dsplay, food stalls, Model Air Craft flying display, Dog Show, Pets Corner, Childrens entertainment area, traditional style cooking.

TUES 26th SEPTEMBER ACTIVE RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION meeting at 10:45a.m. in Killeens Tues 26th                  

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SEMINARS Come & experience the power of the Holy Spirit in your life: as requested by Pope Francis. Life in the Spirit Seminar continues on Friday, Sept 29th 2017 at 8:00p.m. and each Friday for 6 more weeks. Renowned Speakers, Powerful Testimonies, Inspirational Music. Family Centre, Brackernagh, Ballinasloe.

FUTURE DATES AT TEMPLE CONNOR .  Community Harvest Thanksgiving. 22nd of October @ 3.00 pm  cancelled owing to conservation works on building. Community Carols  Sunday 17th Dec. 3.00pm

ST. CIARAN’S YOUTH CLUB returns on Fri 6th Oct

OFFALY ASSOCATION FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES  Church Gate Collection at Clonfanlough/Shannonbridge  on 23/24th September 2017

LIGHT UP A LIFE—Christmas Lights Appeal at Christmas. Shannonbridge Action Group invite you to sponsor a light for Christmas (€5), to remember a loved one in that season. You can do so at all local businesses.

SENTENCE SERMON The fastest horse cannot catch a word spoken in anger. - Chinese Proverb

YOUTH CLUB  St. Ciaran’s youth club is recommencing on Friday 6^th October in Clonfanlough hall.   This is a community led youth club for 8years up to 6^th class.  Children from surrounding schools are all welcome.    Membership numbers are capped at 40 children for health and safety reasons.

Schedule of events will be distributed after registration night.   While some nights are held in the hall, there are occasions when the club meets elsewhere.    Club members organise their own travel arrangements.                                                                                                                                  Registration fee is €10 per child and €15 for a family of 2 (or more).  The club meet in the hall from 7.30pm to 8.30pm, and the weekly fee is €3.  All parents are expected to take their turn for a scheduled night in the hall, this is of great importance.   If insufficient numbers of parents / leaders are available the club wouldn’t be able to run.                                                                                 On registration night, parents are asked to stay on for a short while, as the club rules will be explained.                                                                                                                                     THANK YOU FROM OFFALY HOSPICE The Sum of €200 was raised at the recent Coffee Morning.. Many thanks.                                                   

    WELL DONE  to Conor, Adam, Cian ,Jamie, Matthew, Sean F and Sean Q representing “the bridge” on Ferbane under 14 panel..  Beaten by a single point in County u-14B final (Sept 23rd) in Mucklagh against a strong Ballinamere-Durrow side.

Clonmacnois Parish 17/9/17

   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

Sat 16th 8:00p.m. William Dillon (15th A)

Mon 18th &Tues 19th 10a.m. Communion Service

Wed 20th, Thurs 21st, Fri 22nd, Sat 23rd  Sept  10a.m. Mass

Sat 23rd Sept 8:00p.m. Teresa Rocke (Clonmacnois)

ST. CIARAN’S, CLONFANLOUGH

Sun 17th Sept 10:30a.m. Catherine (Kitty) Higgins (1st Anniversary)

Sun 24th Sept 10:30a.m. Michael & Lena O’Shea (Clonlyon)

CLUAIN CHIARAIN Mass Wed 20th Sept @ 7:30p.m.

RECENT DEATHS : Eileen Keena (née Guihen (Wynne, Barney) Derrnavoggy, Arigna, Co. Roscommon, Aughincabe & 1 St. Kieran’s Park

OFFERTORY Sept 9/10th  €960 Pattern Mass €815

HARVEST DUES envelope  falls this weekend. Thank you for your generous support.

SAINTS OF THE WEEK   Tues 19th St. Januarius, Wed 20th Ss Andrew Kim  & companion Korean Martyrs, Thurs 21st St. Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist,  Sat 23rd St. Pius of Pietrelcina

                          Starting in October in Shannonbridge Hall. To enrol/Information.. Tel 087 2410587

 UPCOMING CHURCH ROSTERS                                                                

Shannonbridge:  23rd Sept  2017 @8p.m.

Altar Servers:  Group 1 Matthew, Emily & Ruth

Reader:  Dympna O’Carroll

Euch. Minister: Marie McManus

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

Clonfanlough:Sun 24th Sept @  10:30

Altar Servers:Group 1 Conor S,Abigail K

Reader: Alan/Leanne Devery

Min.  of Eucharist:Anne Rohan

Monthly Cleaning Rota   (Sept) Anne McEvoy, Eilish Egan

STATION MASSES  AREAS

For many years it has been part of the Irish Catholic tradition to have mass in your home and it is still a lovely form of prayer.  If you would like to host a Station Mass please contact me (Tom Cox) at 086 8319500

Host houses required for Chapel St & Hill, Ballyhearth, Clongowney, Carrowkeel, Clonfanlough & Lakefield, Clonmacnois, Clonlyon, Glebe, Shannonbridge, St. Kieran’s Park, Garrymore, Lecarrow, Woodbank, Clondelara, Charlestown

SEPTEMBER is a month where many people consider something new. If you’d like to help in the Mission of this Parish by   helping as a Server, Reader, Choir, Church Cleaning, Eucharistic Minister or any role we’d love to hear from you. Contact Fr. Tom 086 8319500

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH PATHWAYS TO APPRENTICESHIP interested in starting an apprenticeship but don’t know where to start? Galway/Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB) and Ballinasloe Community Resources, are holding a free information morning on Tuesday, Sept 19th at 11a.m. in the Jobs Club, Ballinasloe. For more information, call Ballinasloe Jobs Club 090-9643057 or Email: info@ballinasloejobsclub.ie

ACTIVE RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION meeting at 10:45a.m. in Killeens Tues 19th                  

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND

Come & experience the power of the Holy Spirit in your life: as requested by Pope Francis. Life in the Spirit Seminar commencing on Friday, Sept 22nd 2017 at 8:00p.m. and each Friday for 7 weeks. Renowned Speakers, Powerful Testimonies, Inspirational Music. Family Centre, Brackernagh, Ballinasloe.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND  Social Dance in Cloghan Hall  On Friday 22nd Sept at 9.30 pm.  All welcome. 

FUTURE DATES AT TEMPLE CONNOR .  Community Harvest Thanksgiving. 22nd of October @ 3.00 pm  Community Carols  Sunday 17th Dec. 3.00pm

ST. CIARAN’S YOUTH CLUB returns on Fri 6th Oct

OFFALY ASSOCATION FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES  Church Gate Collection at Clonfanlough/Shannonbridge  on 23/24th September 2017

LIGHT UP A LIFE—Christmas Lights Appeal at Christmas. Shannonbridge Action Group invite you to sponsor a light for Christmas (€5), to remember a loved one in that season. You can do so at all local businesses.

LOSS OR GAIN! Once a man was asked, “What did you gain by praying regularly to God?” The man replied, “Nothing. But let me tell you what I lost: anger, ego, greed, depression, insecurity and fear of death.” Sometimes the answer to our prayers is not gaining but losing; which ultimately is the gain.

Marred Hands Settled the Issue

The price Jesus paid for our redemption was terrible indeed. When we think of the extreme suffering He endured to purchase our freedom from sin’s penalty, our hearts should overflow with love for Him. Leslie B. Flynn told a story that illustrates this truth.

An orphaned boy was living with his grandmother when their house caught fire. The grandmother, trying to get upstairs to rescue the boy, perished in the flames. The boy’s cries for help were finally answered by a man who climbed an iron drainpipe and came back down with the boy hanging tightly to his neck.

Several weeks later, a public hearing was held to determine who would receive custody of the child. A farmer, a teacher, and the town’s wealthiest citizen all gave the reasons they felt they should be chosen to give the boy a home. But as they talked, the lad’s eyes remained focused on the floor. Then a stranger walked to the front and slowly took his hands from his pockets, revealing severe scars on them. As the crowd gasped, the boy cried out in recognition. This was the man who had saved his life. His hands had been burned when he climbed the hot pipe. With a leap the boy threw his arms around the man’s neck and held on for dear life. The other men silently walked away, leaving the boy and his rescuer alone. Those marred hands had settled the issue.

Many voices are calling for our attention. Among them is the One whose nail-pierced hands remind us that He has rescued us from sin and its deadly consequences. To Him belongs our love and devotion. -D.C.E.

SENTENCE SERMON The fastest horse cannot catch a word spoken in anger. - Chinese Proverb

CLONMACNOIS PARISH BULLETIN SEPTEMBER 10TH 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

Sat 9th  NO 8:00p.m. Mass.

(Mass at Clonmacnois for Feast of St. Ciaran)

Mon 11th, Mass

 Tues 12th,  Communion Service

 Wed 13th, Thurs 14th, Fri 15th  Mass  

Sat 16th 8:00p.m. William Dillon (15th A)

   ST. CIARAN’S, CLONFANLOUGH

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

Sun 17th Sept 10:30a.m. Catherine (Kitty) Higgins (1st A.)

CLUAIN CHIARAIN Mass Wed 13h Sept @ 7:30p.m.

RECENT DEATHS : Jim Downey 6 St. Kierans Park, & Lisbrock, Curraghboy Angela Redican Clonfanlough & 11 Collins Lane, Tullamore. Both laid to rest in Clonmacnois.

 

OFFERTORY Sept 2/3rd  €760

HARVEST DUES envelope  falls this weekend. Thank you for your generous support.

SAINTS OF THE WEEK Tues 12th Most Holy Name of Mary Wed 13th St. John Chrysostom Thurs 14th The exaltation of the Holy Cross Fri 15th Our Lady of Sorrows

BAPTISM MEETING Next meeting for

Parents in our pastoral area who have a child for baptism will be held in the Parochial House in Ballinahowen on Thursday 14th September  from 8-9p.m.

FITNESS CLASSES  Starting in October in Shannonbridge Hall. To enrol or for information.. Telephone  087 2410587

 UPCOMING CHURCH ROSTERS                                                                

Shannonbridge:  16th Sept  2017 @8p.m.

Altar Servers:  Group 4 Darragh, Lauren & Isobel

Reader:  Catherine Doolan 

Euch. Minister: Marie McManus

Church Cleaners Shannonbridge (weekly) Kathleen Price, Catherine Curley, Patricia Anderson

Clonfanlough:Sun 17th Sept @  10:30

Altar Servers: Group 3  Conor D, Roisin D, Teagan D, Rory D-n

Reader: Marie Egan

Min.  of Eucharist:Bridie Coughlan

Monthly Cleaning Rota   (Sept) Anne McEvoy, Eilish Egan

STATION MASSES This is the time of year when we celebrate the ‘Station Masses’, a long-standing tradition in Ireland & and unbroken link with the faith and practice of our ancestors. We are looking for volunteers to host the Station  Mass, even it is not your ‘Turn’, or/and having it for the first time; or you may simply wish to have Mass in your home. We would encourage people to keep the occasion as simple as possible. We do not want this to be a burden on anybody.

SEPTEMBER is a month where many people consider something new. If you’d like to help in the Mission of this Parish by   helping as a Server, Reader, Choir, Church Cleaning, Eucharistic Minister or any role we’d love to hear from you. Contact Fr. Tom 086 8319500

 SUNDAY 10th SUNDAY 10th  PATTERN DAY  will be celebrated Sunday 10^th Sept with the traditional pattern, beginning 2:45p.m.  followed by concelebrated mass at 3pm  We will officially launch our diocesan program in preparation for the World Meeting of Families (WMOF) 2018 that will take place in Dublin August 2018 We are encouraging families to make a special effort to attend this year’s Pattern.  Fr. Pat Murphy. (PP Mohill) and Mrs Sharon Connon (Ferbane) will speak on the theme of family. There will be a presentation of a WMOF candle to a representative from each parish at the Mass. Could I have the name of a volunteer family who will represent our parish and receive the WMF candle on Sunday next.

MONDAY 11th SOCIAL DANCE CLASSES recommence  Monday 4th Sept at 8:30p.m. in Cloghan Hall, Beginners welcome. Enquiries to Alice at 086 2220328

TUESDAY 12th ACTIVE RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION resumes after Summer on Tuesdays after 10a.m. Mass. Meeting in Killeens this week.   

WEDNESDAY 13TH SHANNONBRIDGE ACTION GROUP  - have your Say…  The village renewal scheme proposed plans, will be available for your inspection in the Tourist office over the next few days, prior to the Public Consultation Meeting which will take place on Wednesday 13th September in the hall between 6-8pm. Signed written proposals may also be presented for submission at the Tourist office during this time. Now is the opportunity for you to have your say.

THURSDAY 14th COFFEE MORNING FOR HOSPICE In Killeens after 10 Mass

SHANNONBRIDGE COMMUNITY LIBRARY Opening hours Thursdays 7pm to 9 pm. Great selection of books on offer for adults and children.

FRIDAY 15th CLONMACNOIS PRAYER VIGIL Cluain Chiarain Prayer Centre on Friday 15th  of September and every third Friday. Mass at 9pm. Adoration and Prayers follow until 2.10am. All Welcome. Enquiries Dave; 085-7746763

SATURDAY 16th  DAY VISIT TO LOUGH DERG with High St./Belmont if interested contact Marion 086 4098010

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH PATHWAYS TO APPRENTICESHIP Help on how to apply. Information morning at Jobs Club Ballinasloe, Tuesday, Sept 19th at 11a.m. 090-9643057

 OFFICIAL FAMILY PRAYER FOR WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES 2018

[Launch of Diocesan Preparation at Clonmacnois Pattern Sept 10th 2017]

God, our Father, We are brothers and sisters in Jesus your Son,One family, in the Spirit of your love.                                                                                    

Bless us with the joy of love. Make us patient and kind, gentle and generous, welcoming to those in need. Help us to live your forgiveness and peace.       Protect all families with your loving care, Especially those for whom we now pray:  [We pause and remember family members and others by name].      

  Increase our faith, Strengthen our hope, Keep us safe in your love, Make us always grateful for the gift of life that we share. This we ask, through Christ our Lord, Amen Mary, mother and guide, pray for us. Saint Joseph, father and protector, pray for us. Saint Joachim and Anne, pray for us. Saints Louis and Zélie Martin, pray for us                  

   PRAYER TO ST. CIARAN St Ciarán Patron of our parish&diocese.Watch over your people.Teacher and friend,Help us to see God’s presence,Prayerful youth.Inspire the young. Pilgrim for God,Be with all missionaries.Steep us in Gospel Ways.Protector&Patron,confirm our faith, that we may walk anew with Christ

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CLONMACNOIS PARISH BULLETIN SEPTEMBER 2ND/3RD 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

Sat 2nd Sept 8:00p.m. Margaret & Kieran

Joseph Mannion (Aughinacabe)

Mon 4th Sept 10a.m. Donor Intention

Tues 5th 10a.m. Communion Service

Wed 6th, Thurs 7th, Fri 8th, 10a.m. Mass

Sat 9th 10a.m. Mass  Alo Moran (1st Anniv).

Sat 9th  NO 8:00p.m. Mass.

(Mass at Clonmacnois for Feast of St. Ciaran)

   ST. CIARAN’S, CLONFANLOUGH

Sun 3rd Sept 10:30a.m. Gordon McEvoy

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

CLUAIN CHIARAIN Mass Wed 6th Sept @ 7:30p.m.

RECENT DEATHS : Kieran (Harry) Kearns, Clonfanlough, Vera Carson (Née Price) UK & Tyrone (Sister in law of Kathleen Price 

 

OFFERTORY Aug 26/27th €600

 Shrine €265 August Monthly €428

 

SEPTEMBER MONTHLY ENVELOPE falls this weekend. Thank you for your generous support.

 

SAINTS OF THE WEEK Sun 3rd  Gregory the Great Tues 5th  Ble. Teresa of Calcutta, Fri 8th  Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Sat 9th St. Ciaran

BAPTISM MEETING Next meeting for

Parents in our pastoral area who have a child for baptism will be held in the Parochial House in Ballinahowen on Thursday 14th September  from 8-9p.m.

 UPCOMING CHURCH ROSTERS                                                                

Shannonbridge:  9th Sept  2017 @8p.m.

Altar Servers:  Group 3 Rachael, Kate, Paddy, Cliodhna

Reader:  Seamus Grennan

Euch. Minister: Margaret Duffy

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

Clonfanlough:Sun 10th Sept @  10:30

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

Reader: Della Fitzgerald

Min.  of Eucharist:Kay Kelly

Monthly Cleaning Rota   (Sept) Anne McEvoy, Eilish Egan

STATION MASSES This is the time of year when we celebrate the ‘Station Masses’, a long-standing tradition in Ireland & and unbroken link with the faith and practice of our ancestors. We are looking for volunteers to host the Station Mass, even it is not your ‘Turn’, or/and having it for the first time; or you may simply wish to have Mass in your home. We would encourage people to keep the occasion as simple as possible. We do not want this to be a burden on anybody.

FUTURE DATES AT TEMPLE CONNOR .  Community Harvest Thanksgiving. 22nd of October @ 3.00 pm  Community Carols  Sunday 17th Dec. 3.00pm

SATURDAY 16th HIGH ST./BELMONT WOMEN’S GROUP  Day visit to Lough Derg if interested contact Marion 086 4098010

  SUNDAY 3rd  SEPTEMBER 3RD DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO KNOCK  led by Bishop Francis Duffy. Ceremonies begin at 2:30p.m. with the anointing of the sick, and mass will be celebrated at 3p.m. Homilist: Fr. Tom Cox. We encourage as many of you as possible to join with us as we gather as a Diocese on this special Day of Pilgrimage. 

MONDAY 4th SOCIAL DANCE CLASSES recommence  Monday 4th Sept at 8:30p.m. in Cloghan Hall, Beginners welcome. Enquiries to Alice at 086 2220328

TUESDAY 5th  SHANNONBRIDGE ACTION GROUP meeting Tues, 5th Sept @ 8p.m. in Hall. Leaflet outlining proposed development plan sent to every house in village.Offaly Co Co proposed plans on display in Tourist Office for your questions/queries or make submission to Public Consultation Meeting (in Hall on Wed 13th Sept 6-8p.m.)

THURSDAY 7th SHANNONBRIDGE COMMUNITY LIBRARY   reopens after summer break on Thursday 7th of September. Opening hours Thursdays 7pm to 9 pm. Great selection of books on offer for adults and children.

FRIDAY 8th VISIT OF STATUE OF OUR LADY OF  FATIMA TO ST. MEL’S CATHEDRAL

Friday 8th September 2017 8.00 am: Mass  10.00 am: Mass  7.00 pm: Guided Rosary - (Fr. Ailbe O’Reilly ) 7.30 pm: Mass: Celebrant: Bishop Francis Duffy. Homilist is Fr. Ailbe O’Reilly

SATURDAY 9th  Feast of St. Ciaran. Mass in Clonmacnois at 7p.m. (replaces 8p.m.)

SUNDAY 10th  GRANDPARENTS NATIONAL ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE September 10th 2017, Knock Shrine 2.30p.m. Everybody welcome to honour & thank Grandparents alive & dead for all they have done for us down through the ages. Chief Celebrant Archbishop Eamon Martin - Ballina School Choir - Dana sings 'Our Lady of Knock' 

SUNDAY 10th  SEPTEMBER 10th PATTERN DAY  will be celebrated Sunday 10^th Sept with the traditional pattern, beginning 2:45p.m.  followed by concelebrated mass at 3pm  We will officially launch our diocesan program in preparation for the World Meeting of Families 2018 that will take place in Dublin August 2018 We are encouraging families to make a special effort to attend this year’s Pattern. Homilist: Fr. Pat Murphy.

HURLERS PRAYER Grant me O Lord, a hurler's skill, With strength of arm and speed of limb Unerring eye for the flying ball And courage to match whate'er befall May my stroke be steady and my aim be true My actions manly and my misses few No matter what way the game may go May I rest in friendship with every foe When the final whistle for me has blown

And I stand at last before God's judgement throne May the great referee when he calls my name

Say, “you hurled like a man; you played the game”. Seamus Redmond