Saturday, September 21, 2019

CLONMACNOIS PARISH BULLETIN SEPTEMBER 22nd 2019

SHANNONBRIDGE
Saturday 21st September (Vigil of 25th Sun in Ordinary Time )
6:30p.m. John Carty
Monday, 23rd September 10am Mass   Padre Pio
Tuesday, 24th September 10am Mass
Wednesday, 25th September - 10am Mass St. Finbarr
Thursday, 26th September -10am Mass  Saints Cosmas and Damian
Friday, 27th September - 10am Mass St. Vincent de Paul
Saturday, 28th September - St. Wenceslaus, St. Lorenzo Ruiz & Companions
Saturday 28th Sept  (Vigil Mass of 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
6:30p.m.Kathleen (Kay) Donegan
CLONFANLOUGH.   
Sunday 22nd September 10:30am
Maura & Anthony Cox Anniv
Sunday 29th September 10;30a.m.
Michael & Lena O’Shea
Sunday 6th Octobeer 10:30a.m.
Kathleen Kilduff (4th Anniv)
CLUAIN CHIARAIN  Mass Wed. 25th September  at 7.30pm (Fr. T. Cox)
COLLECTIONS
Offertory 14/15th Sept €564 Shrine  €51
HARVEST DUES for the support of Priests are due at this time. Please use the Dues envelopes in your box or put your contribution in an ordinary envelope with your name and address and return it
VISITOR CENTRE CLONMACNOIS recruiting for seasonal Visitor Guides for the 2020 Season. Closing Date 10th October 2019. Application Form available on OPW website www.opw.ie  
BEST WISHES to  Belmont hurlers  in both the Junior A county final and in the Senior hurling 1/4 final on Sunday!
 MARRIAGE  Congrratulations to Mary Egan & Joe Carroll (Back Road, Clonfanlough) who married recently.  Blessings in your future life together.

FIRST COMMUNION PARENTS MEETING Monday 30th September 7p.m. in Clonmacnois N.S.
ENROLMENT OF COMMUNION & CONFIRMATION CHILDREN  Saturday, 5th October at 6:30p.m. in St. Ciaran’s Church, Shannonbridge
GDPR (General Data Protection Legislation) .As we have new parish volunteers in areas like Eucharistic Ministry, Reading etc—I will be updating our  Consent Forms to ensure we are Data Protection  Legislation Compliant. This simple 1 page form meams you explicitly give consent to your name or even image being published in some parish matters.
CAROL SERVICE ! (Advance Notice so note it down!)  Clonmacnois Ecumenical Carol Service ( Teampall Chiarain ) Sunday December 15th 3:320pm.
AUTUMN STATIONS -  Station Mass Areas areas:  (1)Chapel St & Hill,  (2)Ballyhearth, (3)Clongowney, (4)Carrowkeel,  (5)Clonfanlough & Lakefield (6) Clonmacnois & Tullabeg  (7)Clonlyon (booked Wed Oct 30th)  (8) Glebe  (booked Oct 25) , (9)Aughincabe/Clerhane/Creevagh (10)Shannonbridge (11) St. Kieran’s Park, (12)Garrymore, Woodbank, Charlestown, Lecarrow,

 MASS TIMES At Present our Pastoral Area of St. Ciaran (Leamonaghan/Ferbane/Clonmacnois/Cloghan & Banagher supply 14 masses with a reduced number from seven to five priests (A 6th priest on studies available for weekend)
Mass times as of today September 21st are 
Saturday 6:30p.m. Pullough 6:30p.m. Shannonbridge 7p.m. Banagher 7p.m. Ferbane, 8p.m .Cloghan
Sunday 9:30 Boora 10a.m. Cloghan 10:30 Boher 10:30 Clonfanlough 11 Ferbane 11 Banagher 11:30 Ballinahowen 12 High Street 7p.m. Ferbane
We plan to ballot people on Saturday, October 5th as to preferred Mass time of 7pm or 7:30p.m. in Shannonbridge. Whatever about time choice, it would seem from reducing number of priests and worshippers, that change is inevitable in our wider pastoral area
 BEGINNING EXPERIENCE  weekend 18-20 October for people who have lost a spouse through death, divorce or separation Esker Retreat Centre Athenry; Phone Maureen 0876646896 or Josie 0879881143!!
SHANNONBRIDGE FITNESS CLASSES
1) Pilates on Monday at 11am in the Hall, S’bridge
2) Fitness Class Tuesdays at 8p.m. in the Hall, S’bridge
ACTIVE RETIREMENT GROUP MEET  on Tuesdays at 10:45a.m. in Hall. All welcome
KNOCK  Oct 5th -A day in Honour of Our Lady - "Calling all Families". Consecrate your families to Our Lady on Saturday, 5th October in Knock Shrine at the 3pm Pilgrimage Mass. Followed by testimony, food and music in the Rest and Care Centre and concludes with a Holy Hour to pray for our Priests, Bishops and their Dioceses. To book your seat on the subsidised buses (€10, Booking Essential) please contact Human Life International in Knock on 094 9375993 or email: mail@humanlife.ie
MOVIE NIGHT don’t forget movie night is tonight at 7.30. at  the GAA Pitch.  It STILL goes ahead regardless of the weather. In case of inclement weather conditions we will move the event to the parish hall in shannonbridge village.
Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the visit of St. John Paul ӏӏ to Ireland in 1979
 Monday 30th September marks the 40th anniversary exactly of his visit to Clonmacnois. I'm hoping to plan something that we could mark this date with- possibly on Sunday, 6th October. As October is the month of Mission and we have the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary on Oct 7th. More details to follow!
Season of Creation (Sepember 1st –October 4th
Prayer “God our Father, Awaken within us a renewed appreciation for the wonder of creation. Help us, in these times to care for our world, so beautiful,
so immense and yet so fragile. Allow us some
quiet moment to surrender to the whisper of your
love in the gentle breeze and in the warmth of
the sun. may the essence of your presence,
shimmering through creation fill our entire being,
spirit, soul and body, through Christ our Lord.”

                          MINISTRIES                                                  Shannonbridge:Sat  28th September  @6:30 p.m.           
Servers Grp2Niamh&Aoife F,Harry,Luke & Ellie O’D
 Reader: Michaela Anderson
Euch. Minister Dympna Fitzpatrick
 Church Care:Marian McManus, Catherina Slattery, Ann Corbett
Clonfanlough:Sun 29th  Sept  @10:30am
Server Grp 1 Rory D, Grace D, Kate McC
 Reader: Noelle Daly  Euch Min.:Mary Kelly
Church Care–  Sep Anne McEvoy/Eilish Egan

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 me at 090 9674125/ 086 8319500
DOON / SHANNONBRIDGE GAA LOTTO
The winning numbers in last week’s lotto draw were 7, 18, 19, 32. No jackpot winner. Two match 3 winners. This week’s jackpot is €9,200 and the draw will be held in Shannonbridge on Monday 23rd September .
HIGH STREET/BELMONT SOCIAL DANCING - Classes resume on Wednesday 2nd October at 8pm. Learn to line-dance, military-two-step, quick-step, waltz, foxtrot etc... Tea & refreshments served. Adm. €8. All welcome
LEARN HOW TO SEW - Qualified Seamstress and Sewing Tutor. For details contact Sandra 086 3769459.
BRIDGE CLUB FERBANE - Bridge lessons for beginners begins Mon. 23rd September at 8pm
MOATE BUSINESS COLLEGE - Moate Business College night classes starting at the end of September.Registration evening is this Monday 23rd September between 7-9pm. Check out our full range of courses on www.moatebusinesscollege.com.
BIRR COMMUNITY NURSING UNIT Pop Up Shop Sunday, 6th October, commencing 1p.m. Proceeds will specifically fund the creation of a Multisensory Enclosed Garden for Day Care Users.30 Pop up Shops to cater for all your Shopping needs including: Pre Owned, pre loved and new Jewellery, Clothing, Cakes, Paintings, Arts & Crafts, Home Produce, Household Products

 TWENTY FIFTH  SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
‘You cannot serve both God and money’. The old proverb tells us that the one who serves two masters has to lie to one. Our life is shaped by the end we desire. If the end we desire is to be with God we must make or preparations now. Our future is purchased by our present. In today already walks tomorrow. The Gospel today reminds us that serving God can never be a part time or spare time job. Our commitment to serve Him will manifest itself above all in our treatment of the poor. The ‘Poor’ are mentioned in one way or another in every ten lines of Scripture. They were especially close to the heart of Jesus. The recently deceased Jean Vanier said: ‘to live with Jesus is to live with the poor; to live with the poor is to live with Jesus’. It is wise to presume, that when we reach the end of the journey, the celestial turnstiles will be supervised by the ‘Poor’.



  

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