CLONMACNOIS PARISH BULLETIN FEBRUARY 24/25th  2018

2ND SUNDAY OF LENT (TRANSFIGURATION)

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

Email: thomascox@eircom.net  

WEB shannonbridge.blogspot.ie SOCIAL MEDIA www.facebook.com/parishofclonmacnois

BAPTISM - The next meeting for parents in our pastoral area who have a child for baptism will be held in the Parochial House in Ballinahown on Thursday 15th March from 8-9pm. Subsequent pre-baptism meetings are scheduled for April 12th and May 17th – contact me for details..

STATION MASSES to book your Station please contact 086 8319500

 Station Mass Areas are:  (1)Chapel St & Hill, (2)Ballyhearth, (3)Clongowney, (4)Carrowkeel,  (5)Clonfanlough & Lakefield (6)Clonmacnois & Tullabeg  (booked) (7)Clonlyon  (booked)  (8) Glebe, (9)Aughincabe/Clerhane/Creevagh (10)Shannonbridge (11) St. Kieran’s Park, (12)Garrymore, Woodbank, Clondelara, Charlestown, Lecarrow, Blackwater

PETITIONS - During Lent this year, as part of our preparation for the World Meeting of Families in August, people are welcome to write personal petitions for their families & place them in a special Petition Box in each Church. These boxes will be taken to St. Mary’s, Athlone when the Holy Family Icon comes there on March 21st/22nd. Then they will be brought to the Poor Clare Convent in Drumshanbo, where the nuns will pray for these intentions & finally they will be taken to the Papal Mass in Dublin on August 26th.

 “Love…It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” 1 Corinthians 13, 4-7. Trócaire has launched it’s Lenten campaign ‘Until Love Conquers Fear’. Fear is felt by millions of people around the world who can’t feed their families, are forced to flee their homes because of conflict or are imprisoned for standing up for their rights. Love is the support shown to them by people here at home through the Lenten campaign. To find out more visit www.trocaire.org

 ST. CIARAN’S, SHANNONBRIDGE

Sat 24th Feb 8:00p.m. (Vigil) Allan Kelly (5th A)

Mon 26th Feb 10:00a.m.Mass

Tues 27th Feb 10:00a.m. Communion Service

Wed 28th Feb  10:00a.m. Mass

Thurs 1st March 10:00a.m. Mass

Fri 2nd March 10:00a.m. Mass (First Friday)

Sat 3rd March 10:00a.m. Mass James Mc Bride & parents (dec’d)

Sat 3rd March 8:00p.m (Vigil) Bina & Tom Nugent

ST. CIARAN’S, CLONFANLOUGH

Sunday Feb 25th  10:30a.m.  Michael & Mary Kelly, & Monsignor Willie Kelly & family members

Fri 2nd March First Confession 6:45p.m.

Fri 2nd March 8p.m.Mass (First Friday)

Sun 4th March 10:30a.m. John-Joe Maleney (2nd A)

CLUAIN CHIARAIN mass  Wed Feb 28th @7.30p.m.

MINISTRIES

Shannonbridge: Sat 3rd March 2018@8p.m.

Altar Servers: Group 4 Darragh, Lauren & Isobel, Rian Claffey, Shane Kelly

 Reader: Eileen Quinn

Euch. Minister: Margaret Duffy

Church Cleaners Mairead Darcy, Martha Murphy, Marie McManus

Clonfanlough:Sun 4th March ‘18 @  10:30

Altar Server Group 3 Conor Dunican, Roisin Daly, Teegan Daly,

Reader: Marie Egan

Min. of Eucharist: Kay Kelly

Mthly Cleaning Rota(Mar) Josie Egan/Betty Dolan

PARISH COLLECTIONS OffertoryFeb 17/18€895

SHROVE DUES Shrove 2018 €2,740  (Shrove 2017 reached  €1,725.) Thank  you very much.

LOURDES FUND I’ve forwarded €465 to this Fund from our recent Collecction. Thank you. (2017 total €672)

TRÓCAIRE BOXES - Trócaire encourage people to help the poor by taking home a Trócaire box and place their loose change into it during the 40 days to be returned to the Church on Good Friday.

BAPTISM - Recently, in Shannonbridge Church, we welcomed into the Christian Community Dan Ryan (Lecarrow)

LENT AT ARD CHIARAIN  Lenten Prayer in Ard Chiarain continues Monday Feb 26th at  8.00pm 

 SHANNONBRIDGE HALL: PILATES CLASS   Mondays 11a.m. €8 per class  EXERCISE CLASS  Tuesdays @ 8p.m. YOGA Thursday at 8p.m. €12 per class. Phone 087 2410587

ACTIVE RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION on Tuesday 27th Feb 2018 at 10:45a.m.  (after 10 Mass) in Shannonbridge Hall. Annual Membership of €15 per person due.  

PRO LIFE RALLY – A bus will travel to Dublin on Saturday 10th March to joins tens of thousands of others to call for protection of the unborn baby. The bus will call to Banagher, Cloghan, Ferbane, Ballinahown. This is an important moment in our history. Please show your support by joining us on the 10th. Contact Fr. Pierre 087 6960542 or Caitriona 087 7703089.

 HIGH STREET DRAMA GROUP present The Loves of Cass McGuire, this Sun. 25th February at 8pm. In Tuar Ard Moate Tickets €12/€10

TABLE QUIZ Friday, 2nd March at 9p.m. in Killeens, In aid of Melanie Baxter (worked in Killeens in past).. Your support would be greatly apppreciated.

ENROLMENT AT CLONMACNOIS N.S. if  you wish to enrol your child in Clonmacnois N.S. for the school year 2018/2019 please contact the school on 090-9674150 for enrolment forms by February 28th 2018.

GAA LOTTO  Winning numbers Numbers were 8-14-17-27  No Jackpot winner & 5 match 3 numbers Jackpot now €7,000.  Draw in Shannonbridge on Monday 26th February.

Medjugorje Pilgrimage with the Ark of Divine Mercy (Athlone)  will depart from Dublin Airport on Thursday 24th of May 2018 for 7Nights with J.W.T. Spiritual Director Fr Jim Candon. Cost €719.Full details from Kathleen O’Connor or Paul Woods on 087 7828283

CHURCHGATE COLLECTION  S’bridge/Clonfanlough Feb 24th/25th Oseophageal Cancer

HIGH STREET/BELMONT WOMEN'S GROUP - Stella O’Malley, APCP, BPS Psychotherapist and Councillor (appears on national and local radio) will speak on Well-Being and Mindfulness on Mon. 26th February at 8pm. Admission: Members €5. Non-members €8.

CHOOSE LIFE - Copies of a one-page note from the Catholic Communications office on the sacredness of every human life is available in each Church this weekend. Please take one and reflect on

 The World Meeting of Families August 21– 26th 2018 Dublin,

Ireland has the great joy of hosting the 9th World Meeting of Families that will take place in just under seven month’s time form the 21st -26th August 2018. The sense of excitement, expectation and anticipation is building by the day as we prepare to welcome families from across Ireland and across the world to our family gathering. The World Meeting of Families was established in 1994 at the request of Pope St. John Paul and to date has been hosted in Rome, Rio de Janeiro, Milan, Valencia, Mexico City and Philadelphia. Now it’s our turn here in Ireland because Pope Francis has personally chosen Dublin to be the host city for the next World Meeting of Families and he has invited us to reflect on the theme “The Gospel of the Family: Joy for the World” The main events of WMOF2018 will take place in Dublin but it is also anticipated that related events, including the hosting of international groups, will take place all over the island of Ireland. The following key moments make up the 9th World Meeting of Families. 1) A National Opening on Tuesday 21st August which will take place simultaneously in each of the dioceses of Ireland. 2) A three day congress from 22-24 August in the RDS, Dublin 3) A Festival of Families on Saturday 25th August , comprising a reflective concert style event within a prayerful and joyful atmosphere, in which personal stories of faith will be shared by families from all continents. 4) A Closing Mass will be celebrated on Sunday 26th August with thousands of people from Ireland and across the World.

BOOKING ESSENTIAL  for the above events: email: info@worldmeeting2018.ie or call: 01 5676800 Volunteers needed: www.worldmeeting2018.ie/volunteer

 

CLONMACNOIS PARISH BULLETIN FEBRUARY 18th 2018 

Fr. Tom Cox Adm. (Adm) Tel. 090 9674125/ 086-8319500  Email: thomascox@eircom.net  

WEB shannonbridge.blogspot.ie SOCIAL MEDIA www.facebook.com/parishofclonmacnois

 WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES - People who wish to attend the WMF Congress in the RDS (August 22nd, 23rd and 24th) and/or the Festival of Families in Croke Park (Saturday 25th August) and/or the Phoenix Park Mass (Sunday 26th August) must register online. There is a charge for adults attending the events in the RDS (under 18’s free). The Festival of Families and the Phoenix Park Mass are free, but must be pre-booked online.

Third National Collection for WMOF 2018 will be held in Shannonbridge & Clonfanlough next week -end of 24th/25th February 2018.  Envelopes included in Parish Offertory Box. If you don’t use the Parish Envelope– simply put your donation in any envelope marked “WMOF”

 Volunteers are vital to the success of the WMOF 2018; it is a once in a lifetime event. If you wish to give of your time and abilities to help, please visit the WMF website. Volunteers are needed for various roles including stewards, photographers, bloggers, media support, logistics and programming support. http://www.worldmeeting2018.ie/en/Get-Involved/Volunteer.

PETITIONS - During Lent this year, as part of our preparation for the World Meeting of Families in August, people will be invited to write personal petitions for their families, and place them in a special Petition Box in each Church. These boxes will be taken to St. Mary’s, Athlone when the Holy Family Icon comes there on March 21st/22nd. Then they will be brought to the Poor Clare Convent in Drumshanbo, where the nuns will pray for these intentions, and finally they will be taken to the Papal Mass in Dublin on August 26th.

ST. CIARAN’S, SHANNONBRIDGE

Sat 17th 8:00p.m. James Higgins (10th A) & Higgins family dec’d

Mon 19th 10:00a.m. Communion Service

Tues 20th 10:00a.m. Mass

Wed 21st 10:00a.m.  Mass

Thurs 22nd 10:00a.m. Mass

Fri 23rd 10:00a.m. Mass

Sat 24th Feb 10:00a.m. Mass

Sat 24th Feb 8:00p.m. (Vigil) Allan Kelly (5th A)

ST. CIARAN’S, CLONFANLOUGH

Sun 18th 10:30a.m. People’s Intentions

Mon 19th  7:00p.m.  Lenten Mass

Sunday Feb 25th  10:30a.m.  Michael & Mary Kelly, & Monsignor Willie Kelly & family members

CLUAIN CHIARAIN mass  Wed Feb 21st @7.30p.m.

MINISTRIES

Shannonbridge: Sat 24h Feb 2018@8p.m.

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

 Reader: Michaela Anderson

Euch. Minister: Marian McManus

Church Cleaners Anne Ryan, Lena Turley, Maureen Mitchell 

Clonfanlough:Sun 25th Feb ‘18 @  10:30

Group 2 Neása Trainor, Tadgh Trainor, Charlie Gilson

Reader: Della Fitzgerald

Min. of Eucharist: Declan McEvoy

Monthly Cleaning Rota  (Feb) Bridie Coughlan..

SAINTS  OF THE WEEK  Wed 21st  St. Peter Damian  Thurs 22nd Chair of St. Peter  Fri 23rd St. Polycarp 

PARISH COLLECTIONS -Offertory Feb 10/11€890

SHROVE DUES envelope welcome Thank you for your generosity to my upkeep.

DEATHS - Please pray for the repose of the souls of  Mary Smyth (Ahascragh)  mother of Ann McCoy Shannonbridge who died recently. May she rest in peace.

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SHANNONBRIDGE HALL: PILATES CLASS   Mondays 11a.m. €8 per class  EXERCISE CLASS  Tuesdays @ 8p.m. YOGA Thursday at 8p.m. €12 per class. Phone 087 2410587

LENT Lenten Prayer in Ard Chiarain every Monday at  8.00pm  (Beginning Mon. Feb 19th ) 

LENTEN TRÓCAIRE CAMPAIGN – Boxes available from the Churches of the Parish. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. Read Kumba’s story & give what you can ...as we “don’t give up on her.”

ACTIVE RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION on Tuesday 20th Feb 2018 at 10:45a.m.  (after 10 Mass) in Shannonbridge Hall. Annual Membership of €15 per person due.  

BAPTISM - The next meeting for parents in our pastoral area who have a child for baptism will be held in the Parochial House in Ballinahown on Thursday 15th March from 8-9pm. Subsequent pre-baptism meetings are scheduled for April 12th and May 17th – contact me for details..

 Station Mass Areas are:  (1)Chapel St & Hill, (2)Ballyhearth, (3)Clongowney, (4)Carrowkeel,  (5)Clonfanlough & Lakefield (6)Clonmacnois & Tullabeg  (booked) (7)Clonlyon  (booked)  (8) Glebe, (9)Aughincabe/Clerhane/Creevagh (10)Shannonbridge (11) St. Kieran’s Park, (12)Garrymore, Woodbank, Clondelara, Charlestown, Lecarrow, Blackwater

PRO LIFE RALLY – A bus will travel to Dublin on Saturday 10th March to joins tens of thousands of others to call for protection of the unborn baby. The bus will call to Banagher, Cloghan, Ferbane, Ballinahown. This is an important moment in our history. Please show your support by joining us on the 10th. Contact Fr. Pierre 087 6960542 or Caitriona 087 7703089.

 HIGH STREET DRAMA GROUP - Present the Brian Friel play ‘The Loves of Cass McGuire’ .  The play runs Sat 17th/Sun 18th in High St. Hall & moves to Tuar Ard Moate on Fri. 23rd, Sat. 24th and on Sun. 25th Feb.  Call 090- 6482042 to pre-book Tuar Ard. All shows at 8pm and entry may be gained at the door on any night.

ENROLMENT AT CLONMACNOIS N.S. if  you wish to enrol your child in Clonmacnois N.S. for the school year 2018/2019 please contact the school on 090-9674150 for enrolment forms by February 28th 2018.

GAA LOTTO  Numbers were 5-8-9-16  No winner & 3 matched 3 numbers. Jackpot now €6,800

ESB CONSULTATION PROCESS There will be a Public Consultation on Wed 21st Feb 3:00-8:00p.m. in Shannonbridge Parish Hall  relating to a planning application &  environmental impact assessment for ESB for a proposed development at West Offaly Power (Shannonbridge) station

PIONEER ASSOCIATION  Anybody interested in joining the Pioneer Association should contact any of the Pioneer Council. Applications are especially welcome from 5th. and 6th. class students who will be confirmed shortly. Please contact 0872950005 for further details.

Medjugorje Pilgrimage with the Ark of Divine Mercy (Athlone)  will depart from Dublin Airport on Thursday 24th of May 2018 for 7Nights with J.W.T. Spiritual Director Fr Jim Candon. Cost €719.Full details from Kathleen O’Connor or Paul Woods on 087 7828283

CHURCHGATE COLLECTION  S’bridge/Clonfanlough Feb 24th/25th Oseophageal Cancer

OFFALY HOSPICE thanks for €640 donated via Carol Singing at Christmas Eve last Dec 24th 2017

Bishop Francis writes on the National Collection for World Meeting of Families on Feb 24/25

On behalf of the National Finance Committee I write to thank you and the people of your parish, very sincerely, for your generous response to both national collections for the World Meeting of Families 2018.   Pope Francis personally chose Dublin, to host the World Meeting of Families from 22-26 August 2018.  Planning for this great national and international celebration of faith is at an advanced stage.   A dedicated office and support team has been established and they are working hard to bring to life the different elements of the WMOF2018 which include (i) A National Opening in each diocese; (ii) A Pastoral Congress from 22-24 August; (iii) the Festival of Families on 25 August; and, (iv) the Closing Mass on Sunday 26 August.  The WMOF2018 has also rolled out the ‘Amoris: Let’s Talk Family! Let’s be Family’ programme which is a conversation about the family with an emphasis on Pope Francis’ teaching and reflections.  The World Meeting of Families promises to be an occasion that will reflect on the faith experience of families from many parts of the world as well as on the challenges and celebrations which characterise the ups and downs of day-to-day family life.  Hosting this national and international event requires an enormous amount of planning and funding.  In this regard the third national collection will be held on the weekend of 24 and 25 February 2018.