CLONMACNOIS PARISH BULLETIN FEBRUARY 18th 2018
Fr. Tom Cox Adm. (Adm) Tel. 090 9674125/ 086-8319500 Email: thomascox@eircom.net
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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.
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