CLONMACNOIS PARISH BULLETIN APRIL 27th/28th 2019

 SHANNONBRIDGE

Sat 27th 6:30p.m.  Hubert “Louis” Darcy M/M

Monday 29th April 10a.m. Mass

Tuesday 30th April 10am Service

Wednesday 1st May 10a.m. Mass

Thursday 2nd May  10a.m. Mass

Friday 3rd May  10am Mass 1st Fri

Saturday 4th May 10a.m. May Rocke anniv.

Saturday 4th May 6:30p.m. Margaret & Edward Cogavin & dec’d family

CLONFANLOUGH.   

  Sunday 28th  April 10:30a.m—

Friday 3rd May 7:00p.m. First Friday

Please Note: No Do This In Memory group Mass on 5/5/19. Next Mass First CommuNion 12 Noon, May 18th

Sunday 5th May 10:30a.m.

OFFERTORY  COLLECTION for weekend of April 20th/21st.  €1130 Míle Buíochas.

Trocaire (to date) €2,241

(Last year €2435.)

CLUAIN CHIARAIN   Next Mass Wed. May 1st  2019 @ 7:30p.m.

BAPTISM We welcomed Daniel Mark Kelly Kilboy  into our Christian Community last weekend.

DEATHS Bridget Ward (Ahascragh) grand-daughter of Mick Ward, Shannonbridge

Breeda Bracken (Clara) sister of Bernie Kilduff (Clonlyon)

TRÓCAIRE:  Please return your Trócaire box as soon as possible.

SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER A quieter day after the drama of Easter. Behind closed doors the disciples are dazed and dispirited. Then Jesus appears, and the scene is transformed, but Thomas is not there. Eight days later, he is present when Jesus shows himself to His friends again. He encounters the Lord. He sees, he believes and his life is changed forever. If proof were needed of the power and importance of praying with the community, it is surely to be found in today’s Gospel. Where two or three gather in His name, He is present in their midst. We absent ourselves from the Sunday gathering at a cost. It is the first step on the road to faithlessness. As the water lifts and supports the swimmer so does the praying community lift and support its’ individual members in their search for the living God. The Christian life was never meant to be solitary. Thomas discovered that truth.

COMMUNITY NOTICE

There is  a public consultation meeting in Clonmacnois School on Monday 29^th April at 8pm. This meeting will be attended by T.D.’s Barry Cowen, Carol Nolan and Marcella Corcoran-Kennedy and a number of other public representatives. The purpose of this meeting is to highlight the fact that our school would greatly benefit from a fourth teacher and that our student numbers currently do not allow for the school to apply for one. We would like to ask these public representatives to help us to put a case to the Department of Education regarding student/teacher ratio etc.  This is a meeting for everyone with a concern for our local school, present and past parents, grandparents, relatives of any of the children.

                          MINISTRIES                                                  

Shannonbridge:Sat  4th May  @6:30 p.m. Servr:Grp 1 Emily D, Ruth Q, Grace F

Reader: Kieran O’Connor

Euch. Minister Marian McManus

 Church Care:Martha Murphy, Marie McManus

Clonfanlough:Sun 5th  May  @10:30am

Servr Grp 1Abigail K, Rory D, Grace D, Kate McC

Reader: Mary Kelly Euch Min.:Bridie Coughlan

Ch Care–April Bernie Kenny/Margaret Lantry  May Angela Walsh, Rosaleen Gunning

 DOON/SHANNONBRIDGE GAA LOTTO  Winning Numbers in the April 22nd Draw 1-17-24-25 No Jackpot wintner, 2 Match 3’s Jackpot now €4,400 Draw in Doon 29/4/19

 KNOCK Pilgrimage Season. April 28th to October 13th. Mini Vigils 1st Fri of each  month from May to November (8pm to 12 midnight). Anointing of the sick eachvSunday @ 2.30p.m. with Concelebrated Mass at 3p.m. Contact 094 9388100

LOUGH DERG  One Day Retreats begin on Saturday 4th May and continue on 5th, 6th, 11th,12th, 14th,19th, 21st, 25th, 26th and 27th. Why not take some time and space on Lough Derg personally or as a parish group this May? A NEW event for those who serve in lay parish ministry, is our Parish Ministry Day Saturday 18th May. Booking essential. Tel: 071 9861518. Email: info@loughderg.org Web: www.loughderg.org

Lough Derg Pilgrimage : Opens Saturday 4th May. One Day Retreats May, August and September. Three Day Pilgrimage can begin any day from 31st May to Tuesday 13th August. Contact 0719861518 or www.loughderg.org.  

ROSARY FOR FAITH & LIFE Each day in May 2019, thousands of people from all around Ireland will gather at their local Grottos to recite the Rosary for Faith and Life in Ireland. To sign up your local Grotto, text/call 087 278 6552 or www.coastalrosaryireland.ie

DIOCESAN LOURDES PILGRIMAGE FUNDRAISER A Table Quiz will be held in Longford Arms Hotel on Thursday 2nd May at 7.30. All welcome

WEST OFFALY TRAINING -  Working with Autism starting the 30th April; Digital Skills/Manual Handling/ Abrasive Wheel Training (weekly). We are also taking names for Makeup/Hairdressing/Train the Trainer, Mindfulness courses and ECDL. Call 057 9152003 to find out more                      LOUGH BOORA  Discovery Park Sunday May 5th 11-4p.m.  Entry free-all welcome, Tug of war, Wellie Throwing,skipping challenge, Junk drumming, basket weaving, local food produceers/vendors face  painting, arts & crafts, Musicians Paddy Buckley, Diarmuid Guinan, Liz Corrigan

                                   

  DIOCESAN DISPLAY DAY - You can sponsor a sacred vessel which will go to the Missions with your intentions. A list and contact numbers in Ferbane Church porch. All items may be seen at the Apostolic Work Display Day on Sunday 28th April in St. Cynoc’s N.S. after 11am Mass. Refreshments, gifts and Cake Sale will also be part of the occasion. Please support.

OPEN DAY AT  MEN’S SHED BELMONT

The members of Belmont Men’s Shed, in conjunction with their patrons, Tom & Sandy, would like to invite the community to visit their workshop at the Old Mill, Belmont. This community event is part of a national campaign called The Big Hello. It is about communities exchanging greetings, sharing a coffee or tea and catching up with each other. The event will take place on Monday May 6th from 2 to 4p.m . In addition to visiting the Men’s Shed, there will also be an opportunity to visit the bottom floor the old mill. Refreshments will be available in the canteen  of the Craft Centre free of charge. The event is sponsored by Offaly Local Development Committee

FIRST SATURDAY Ark of Divine Mercy will host First Saturday in honor of our Blessed Lady in St Ronan’s Parish Church Taughmaconnell on Saturday 4th of May 2019 starting at 2.00pm with a short Procession,Rosary, Chaplet of Divine Mercy. Concluding with Holy Mass.  Celebrant Fr Pierre Pepper.  All are most welcome. Details from Kathleen O'Connor or Paul Woods on 087 7828283.or arkofdivinemercy@gmail. com

JOIN ACCORD: (Catholic Marriage Care Service) is recruiting volunteers to train as a Marriage Preparation Course Facilitator. Successful applicants will receive professional training & be part of a team delivering marriage preparation courses locally. Tel: Aisling (01)5053112 or info@accord.ie

We thank you for your generosity to Trócaire. The hardest part of the Trócaire appeal is to get the boxes returned on time. If you see a Trócaire box in a house, you might be so kind as to suggest that you would bring it to the church or local primary school. Your generosity to Trócaire is very much appreciated.

 CLONFERT NOVENA

Wed 1st May Mass at 8p.m.

Opening Mass Fr. Declan McInerney

Thurs 2nd May 8p.m.

Fr. Augustine Chifu Loughrea

Fri 3rd May 12 Noon & 8p.m.

Fr. Kieran O'Rourke Woodford

Sat 4th May 8pmBishop John Kirby

CLONMACNOIS PARISH BULLETIN APRIL 21st 2019

 ST. CIARAN  SHANNONBRIDGE

Saturday, 20th  April 6:30p.m.

Mon 22nd  7:00p.m. Mass

Tues 23rd  10a.m. Mass

Wed 24th  7:00p.m. Mass

Thurs 25th 10:00a.m. Mass

Fri 26th 10:00a.m. Liam Fitzpatrick & deceased family members

Sat 27th 6:30p.m.  Hubert “Louis” Darcy M/M

NO 7pm MASS ON EASTER SUNDAY EVENING

ST. CIARAN CLONFANLOUGH.   

 Sunday 21st  April 10:30a.mPro Pop

 Sunday 28th  April 10:30a.m—

OFFERTORY  COLLECTION for weekend of April 13/14th.  €560 Shrine €60

CLUAIN CHIARAIN   Next Mass Wed. May 1st  2019 @ 7:30p.m.

BAPTISM We welcomed Thade Jack Maloney Carrowkeel  into our Christian Community last weekend.

DEATHS Laid to rest in Clonmacnois last week were Mary (Molly) Rohan, Killabillaghan, Fardrum (Brocca), Athlone. … sister of Annie Anderson (Creevagh).

ALSO  Margaret Kenny, Ballyduff, Ballinahown, Athlone, Offaly  

HOLY WEEK CEREMONIES - A BIG THANK YOU - As it would be impossible to mention by name so many of our generous parishioners who have helped in various ways towards making our Holy Week and Easter celebrations in the Parish experiences of communing and blessing - we simply offer sincere thanks to all involved. We are very grateful to sacristans, choir, servers, altar societies, offertory gift bearers, collectors, readers, Eucharistic Ministers, all who had feet washed, all who worked with our children, all who helped lead and organise the Stations and other prayer services. We pray that they and all of us will each know the joy of the Resurrection in our own hearts during this season of new life, thanksgiving and hope.

 DISABLED DRIVERS ASSOC thank you for the sum of €103.79 from their recent Church Gate Collection.

SOCIAL DANCE taking place on Easter Sunday 21st of April from 9.30pm-12am in Moore Hall. All are welcome

TAUGHMACONNELL Commnity Care presents Brendan Shine in Gullane’s Hotel, Ballinasloe on Friday, 3rd May 2019 Price €15 Dancing from 10p.m.

ARK OF DIVINE MERCY - Will host Divine Mercy Sunday at Cluain Chiaráin Clonmacnoise on Sunday 28th April starting at 2pm. All are most welcome. Details from 087 7828283.

LOUGH BOORA PARK 5K Fun Run / Walk - On Easter Sunday morning at 11am. Donation bucket on the day. Prizes for first female/male home.

WEST OFFALY TRAINING - Are running an eggcellent Easter Computer Camp for Kids in Banagher from 23rd – 26th April (including coding). Call 057 9152003 for details.

RIVER CAFÉ  reopens   this weekend from 10am

. SHANE HYNES  "Shane and Helen Hynes and family would like to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to everyone in the parish and surrounding areas for their kind support, prayers and generosity during this time.            

                Special thanks to Shannonbridge GAA, Rashna Vintage Club and Doon GAA for organising fundraising events and all who were involved or contributed in any way; Our friends and neighbours for all of your help and support at home; All who sent well wishes and prayer cards; All the Employees of Banagher Percast; Finally, thanks to Fr Tom (Clonmacnois) Fr Peter (Ferbane) and Fr Declan (Clonfert) for leading church services and healing prayers and all who attended.
            I would appreciate your continued prayer during my ongoing recovery. God bless you all - Shane Hynes."

 DOON/SHANNONBRIDGE GAA LOTTO - Winning Numbers 16-19-28-32 No Jackpot winner. One  Match 3’s. Next draw 22/4/19 in Shannonbridge. Jackpot stands at €4,200

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 16th May. Please contact me beforehand

 KNOCK Pilgrimage Season. April 28th to October 13th. Mini Vigils 1st Fri of each  month from May to November (8pm to 12 midnight). Anointing of the sick eachvSunday @ 2.30p.m. with Concelebrated Mass at 3p.m. Contact 094 9388100

 EASTER SUNDAY The remarkable victory of Tiger Woods in the Masters Tournament at Augusta last Sunday has caught the imagination of sporting and nonsporting people the world over. The achievement transcends sport. It’s a story of redemption, an Easter parable, a powerful reminder to all that the human spirit has the capacity to soar from the lowest depths to greatest heights. The Creator has planted within us the seeds of greatness. Consequently, the light will always conquer the darkness, and those who stumble on the pathway of life can rise again and make their way home. We may be flawed, but we are also ‘graced’, and nobody should ever be written-off as a lost cause. This joyful news we proclaim on Easter Day because the stone has been removed, the tomb is empty, hope dawns anew, our God reigns. The grave will never be our permanent address, but rather the halfway house on the journey home. We are no mere mortals. An iconic golfing moment unveiled for us the Easter truth. Alleluia!

  Dear parents/guardians,

We are holding a public consultation meeting in Clonmacnois School on Monday 29^th April at 8pm. This meeting will be attended by T.D.’s Barry Cowen and Marcella Corcoran and a number of other public representatives. The purpose of this meeting is to highlight the fact that our school would greatly benefit from a fourth teacher and that our student numbers currently do not allow for the school to apply for one. We would like to ask these public representatives to help us to put a case to the Department of Education regarding student/teacher ratio etc. It is imperative that all parents attend this meeting and show a strong, united front on behalf of the welfare of our children. Parents Association Committee

  DIOCESAN DISPLAY DAY - You can sponsor a sacred vessel which will go to the Missions with your intentions. A list and contact numbers in Ferbane Church porch. All items may be seen at the Apostolic Work Display Day on Sunday 28th April in St. Cynoc’s N.S. after 11am Mass. Refreshments, gifts and Cake Sale will also be part of the occasion. Please support.

TROCAIRE  We thank you for your generosity to Trócaire.(€1,345 Holy Thursday/Good Friday) The hardest part of the Trócaire appeal is to get the boxes returned on time. If you see a Trócaire box in a house, you might be so kind as to suggest that you would bring it to the church or local primary school. Your generosity to Trócaire is very much appreciated.

OPEN DAY AT  MEN’S SHED BELMONT

The members of Belmont Men’s Shed, in conjunction with their patrons, Tom & Sandy, would like to invite the community to visit their workshop at the Old Mill, Belmont. This community event is part of a national campaign called The Big Hello. It is about communities exchanging greetings, sharing a coffee or tea and catching up with each other. The event will take place on May 6th from 2 to 4p.m . In addition to visiting the Men’s Shed, there will also be an opportunity to visit the bottom floor the old mill. Refreshments will be available in the canteen  of the Craft Centre free of charge. The event is sponsored by Offaly Local Development Committee

HIGH STREET/BELMONT WOMEN’S GROUP Tuesday 23rd April: Weaving Class with Mary O’Connor in High Street Hall at 8pm. A few places still available! All welcome. Happy Easter to all. We thank you for your generosity to Trócaire. The hardest part of the Trócaire appeal is to get the boxes returned on time. If you see a Trócaire box in a house, you might be so kind as to suggest that you would bring it to the church or local primary school. Your generosity to Trócaire is very much appreciated.

 CLONMACNOIS N.S. SCHOOL BREAK We’d like to wish our young friends a lovely   Easter break. We want to keep our school safe and well maintained, so we would ask passers-by & local residents to be vigilant and to report any suspicious activity. Just to remind that apart from school hours, the school and grounds are closed to public access.

-FUN RUN/WALK Sunday, May 26h                                              

for School Funds, Clonfanlough Hall 12 Noon.