Clonmacnois Parish Bulletin January 19th 2019

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

 ST. CIARAN SHANNONBRIDGE

Sat 19th 6:30p.m. James Higgins (Jnr.) Clondelara

Sun 20th 1p.m. (Church-Seniors pre Christmas Party meal)

Mary L’Estrange M/M

Mon 21st  10:00am  Mass (St. Agnes of Rome)

Tues 22nd 10:00am Service (St. Vincent of Saragossa)

Wed 23rd 10:00am Mass

Thurs 24th 10:00am Mass (St. Francis De Sales)

Fri 25th 8p.m. Barry Quinn M/M

Sat 26th  10:00am Mass (SS Timothy & Titus)

Sat 26th 6:30p.m. Rita Kenny (1st A.)

(Do This in Memory Mass)

ST. CIARAN CLONFANLOUGH

Sunday 20th John Loonam, Brendan Loonam & dec’d family members

Sund 27th 10:30a.m. Sean (Jack) Norton (Memorial)

 LOURDES FUND COLLECTION €405 euro… Many thanks.

OFFERTORY  Jan 12th/13th 2019  €745 Monthly €405 (to date)

CLUAIN CHIARAIN  Mass Wed, Jan 23rd 2019 @ 7:30p.m. Celebrant  Fr. Tom Cox        

DAY OF PRAYER at St. John’s Rest Centre, Knock Shrine on Sat. 2nd Feb., 10am to 5pm. Given by Fr. Killian Byrne. Holy Mass, Rosary, Adoration, Talks. Bus leaving from Parochial House, Tullamore at 7.30am on Sat.  Kay 085 7114205 or Sadie 085 7223542.

INVITATION TO MINISTRIES - We would be happy to hear from anyone who may wish to volunteer in parish ministries i.e. , Readers, Choirs, Church Care, Eucharistic Ministers,, Collectors

 SR. MAURA MORAN Sadly we will bid farewell to Sr. Maura Moran OSU (Ard Chiarain) who after 21 years here begins a new phase of her life in Sligo Jan 21st. She will be at our Party on Jan 20th in Shannonbridge. You may wish to contact her personally, but if you’d like to be part of a presentation being planned– you can leave contributions to Tom Cox, Eileen Quinn, Ann Corbett, 

 FREE INTERNET SKILLS CLASSES for beginners. Learn how to send Emails, use websites, pay our motor tax online and much more. All equipment will be provided or bring your own smart phone, tablet or laptop. Consisting of 4 x Two and a Half hour classes held in Shannonbridge starting mid February. Minimum numbers required. Register your interest with Paula on 087 6891036              

OFFALY LOCAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY – Local Training Initiative Welding/Construction Course - We are now taking names for our next Welding/ Construction Course to be run from Banagher College of Further Education starting on March 4th. Award on Completion: QQI level 4 Employability Skills Award Additional Training/ Certification: Safe Pass, Manual Handling, Abrasive Wheels, GOALS Programme, C.V. Preparation. Places are limited, so please contact us for more details on 087 683 5561

STRUGGLING TO FIND THE PATH THAT’S RIGHT FOR YOU? - Offaly Local Development Company offers free one-to-one support to individuals throughout Offaly. For advice and support on employment opportunities, training and education, personal development and community involvement, contact Louise now on 087 692 5276       

JOHN WATERS - Talk along with pro life speakers in the Longford Arms Hotel on Wednesday 23rd January at 7.30pm, located in the small ballroom suite. Organised by Family & Life

                   MINISTRIES                                                        Shannonbridge:Sat  26th Jan @6:30p.m.

Servr:Grp3:Michael Carty,  Rachael,  Paddy, Cliodhna

Reader: Michaela Anderson

Euch. Minister Marian McManus

 Church Care:Eileen Quinn, Dolly Deeley, Veronica Hynes

Clonfanlough:Sun 27th Jan @10:30am

Server Gr.1 Neása Trainor, Tadgh Trainor

Reader: Kathleen Guinan

Euch Min.:Mary Kelly

Ch Care–Jan: Mary Guinan, Anne Guinan

 DOON / SHANNONBRIDGE GAA LOTTO Monday 14th January 2019.

GAA lotto numbers 8-12-21-22 Three match threes.  Thanks to everyone for their continued support. Next weeks Jackpot will be €4,800. Draw:Doon                                    BAPTISM PREPARATION - 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 14th February  from 8pm to 9pm. Subsequent pre-baptism meetings are scheduled for nd Thursday 14th March. Parents are asked to contact their local priest about attendance at these meetings.

SUNDAY READINGS  2019 is now freely available to parish Readers. If  others would like to get a copy, we’d appreciate  €5.00.

PARISH CALENDARS are in the Church porches and you are welcome to take a copy home

SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE for who have experienced bereavement through the death of a child or who have lost a baby  ub Portiuncula University Hospital Chapel on Monday 4th February 2019 at 7:30p.m. Refreshments afterwards.. Queries to Hospital Chaplain 090 9648200  (Bleep 812)

CHURCH UNITY WEEK - From Friday 18th to Friday 25th January the Church begins a week of prayer for Christian Unity as Jesus desires.

Shannonbridge Library reopens after Christmas break  from Thursday 17 th January. Happy New Year to all. Library open Thursday nights from 7  to 9.

 SHANNONBRIDGE SENIOR CITIZENS CHRISTMAS PARTY  Sunday, January 20th 2019 commencing with Mass  in Church at 1p.m Please contact 087 2410587.Please take this as your invitation.

 SVP THANKS  On behalf of St Vincent de Paul from St Josephs Conference in Moore, I would like to thank most sincerely all of you who enabled us in the conference to reach out to so many people by giving them food hampers and non perishables over the Christmas period. It was greatly appreciated by the recipients and eased the burden and worries of many families. Thank you also for your generous contribution towards the annual St Vincent De Paul collection.

The full total was €2,850 and the amount collected  in Shannonbridge ,Clonfanlough, and Clonmacnois (Carol Service) was €448 euro.
Sr Margaret Mary.

 Tourism Masterplan for Shannon Region

Consultative Workshops

Mid-Shannon  Athlone            

Radisson Blu, Northgate St. Athlone

Wednesday 23rd January 2019

10.00am – 1.00pm

The Masterplan is addressing the Shannon Navigation from Limerick City to Lough Allen, including Lough Key, Co Roscommon the Shannon-Erne Waterway to Belturbet in Co. Cavan. It encompasses a 10km wide corridor traversing 10 counties (see map attached), and will form a central component of Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands experience offering.

These workshops will help us to identify compelling tourism experiences, based on emerging themes from consultations to date, to underpin the Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands ‘Active in Nature’ tourism proposition for the River Shannon. For this we need key people who know, love, understand, and live or work along the River Shannon corridor, who can contribute to developing ideas for new and exciting tourism initiatives along the entire river. Replies to gemma@telltale.eu

 Catholic Schools Week Catholic Schools Week 2019 will run from 27th Jan to 3rd February 2019. As Irish society changes, it is important that we reflect on the unique contribution of Catholic schools to our collective goal of education. Each Catholic School shares an ethos that is inclusive, welcoming and vibrant. Each school works towards a vision of each student as made in the likeness and image of God. This means that we work towards helping each child, irrespective of background, ethnicity or creed, read their full potential academically, spiritually and socially. This year, our parish celebrates the unique contribution&work of our parish school Clonmacnois N..S. 

 SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME There are seven miracles of Jesus recorded in the Gospel of St. John. They are referred to as ‘signs’. The spectacular drama of the Wedding Feast of Cana is a case in point. It teaches us, that, when Jesus is invited into a situation, He transforms it for the better. He alone can restore hope when the wine of life runs out. The abundance of wine in the story points to the limitless generosity of God. He takes delight in granting us all we need. The contribution of the servants who filled the stone jars reminds us that the Lord relies on us to be His instruments in the world. And, finally we take note of Mary’s instruction to the servants, which are her last recorded words in the Bible: ‘Do whatever He tells you.’ It would make a wise New Year’s resolution!