CLONMACNOIS PARISH NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 10th 2019

 SHANNONBRIDGE

Saturday, 9th November  eve of 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

6:30p.m  Michael Anderson

Monday, 11th November  9:30am.  (NOTE TIME)- St. Martin de Tours

Tuesday, 12th November - St. Josaphat

10a.m. Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion

Wednesday, 13th November 10a.m.  Mass Tom Rocke

Thursday, 14th November - St. Laurence O’Toole 10a.m. Mass

Friday, 15th November –10a.m.  St. Albert the Great  Deceased Relatives & Friends

Saturday, 16th November - 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, 6:30p.m.  Vigil   Barry Quinn (1st Anniv). [World Day of the Poor]

CLONFANLOUGH.  

Sunday 10th November 10:30a.m.32nd Sunday in Ordinary time

1) Larry & Brigid Rohan Anniv

2) Brigid McEvoy 

Tuesday, 12th November - St. Josaphat

7:00p.m.. Deceased Relatives & Friends

Sunday, 17th November - 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, World Day of the Poor

10:30a.m.  Mass for the People

[NOTE Some people were puzzled to see “Deceased Relatives and Friends” appear in the Mass Schedule...Through the year  I remember Deceased Relatives and Friends in my Masses– if I don’t receive particular intentions– it’s just in November I make it public.]

                                    

ESB Shannonbridge Mass for Deceased, St. Kieran’s Church, Shannonbridge, Thursday, November 21st at 8p.m. 

SHANNONBRIDGE ARA  Mass for deceased Members, Wednesday, November 20th at 10a.m.  (Shannonbridge)

NOVEMBER CEMETERY ROSARY -in Clonmacnois cemetery Sunday, 10th November after 10:30mass Clonfanlough

DUMPING IN CEMETERY Again we would appeal to people visiting and tending graves to bring waste items away.

CLUAIN CHIARAIN  Mass Wed. 13th October  at 7.30pm

COLLECTIONS: Offertory Nov 2nd/3rd  2019 €840  Shrine €45    

 NOVEMBER DUES:  To date €1,016.00 and is one of the 6 annual collections we have to form a priests income.

SHANNONBRIDGE FITNESS CLASSES

1) Pilates on Monday at 11am in the Hall, S’bridge 2) Aerobic & Fitness Class Tuesdays at 8p.m. in the Hall, S’bridge

ACTIVE RETIREMENT GROUP MEET  Tuesdays at 10:45a.m. in Hall. All welcome. Membership subscriptions  of €15 by December 10th please.

ACTIVE RETIREMENT  GROUP Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 12th November at 10:30a.m. New Members welcome.

S’BRIDGE LIBRARYopen Thursdays 7-9pm

DOON / SHANNONBRIDGE GAA LOTTO

The winning numbers in last week’s lotto draw were 6, 9, 18, 22. No jackpot winner. Five match 3 winners. This week’s jackpot is €10,800 and the draw will be held in Doon on Mon. 11th Nov

NOVEMBER - Remembrance Tree  & Books in both Churches, if you wish to place/write  loved ones names on them

BAPTISM PREPARATION - The next meeting for parents in our pastoral area who have a child for baptism will be held on Wed. 27th November at 8pm in the Granary, Boher. Please contact me (Fr. Tom Cox 086 8319500) or Fr Brendan 057 9336119.

ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY  -CLONFANLOUGH Sunday, November 24th 1:30p.m.  in Clonfanlough Hall

FERBANE APOSTOLIC WORK Table Quiz on Friday 22nd November in the Black Boot at 9pm in aid of the Missions.

CLONMACNOIS PRAYER VIGIL in Cluain Chiaráin Prayer Centre on Friday 15th November and every third Friday. Mass at 9pm. Adoration and prayers follow until 2.10am. Enquiries to Dave 085-7746763.

SATURDAY EVENING MASS TIME CHANGE  As of Sunday, 5th January 2020 the Saturday Evening Mass time will be at 7:00p.m. Thank you to the large number who indicated their preference.  Please tell friends/family who might not otherwise hear. I shall alert local bulletins-but you know yourselves!

CHURCH GATE COLLECTION

Naomh Ciaran LGFA collection this weekend

MEETING OF PARENTS/GUARDIANS on Nov 4th   and PPC  on Nov 5th  I would like to express a very big thank you to all who came to the Monday meeting and also to members of the Parish Pastoral Council on Tuesday for excellente feedback and for your time.  Also via the Response boxes in both Churches. The proposals have been forwarded to the Diocesan Office to help form Themes for the May 9/10th Diocesan AssemblyThey have been received & acknowledged at assembly@ardaghdiocese.org

HIGH STREET / BELMONT SOCIAL DANCING - Classes continue on Wednesday 13th November at 8pm. Refreshments served. Adm. €8. All welcome

WEST OFFALY TRAINING - Are running some great courses in the Autumn. Photography through Smart Phones (by Paul O’Moore) €35 on Tuesday 12th Nov., 6- 9pm. FREE Smartphone training for beginners starting Tuesday 12th Nov., 10am-12.30pm. Train the Trainer QQI Level 6 starting on 15th Nov., €395. Manual Handling/Abrasive Wheel Training (weekly) €50. Call 057 9152003 to find out more.

 BANAGHER DRAMA GROUP - Presents ‘The Playboy of the Western World’ by John Millington Synge and directed by Jared Madden in St. Rynagh’s College of Further Education from November 14th-17th at 8pm. Booking line (087) 456 1569.

WELL DONE & THANK YOU   to the ladies of Shannonbridge Community Services Group who  lost out to Rathmore in the final 6 in the “Community” Section in the “Community”  Section of the National Lottery Good Causes Awards on November 2nd in Dublin.

BAPTISMS - We welcome into our Christian

Community Benjamin Rocke and Ethan Rocke

BEST WISHES   Well done firstly to Shannonbridge GAA (Offaly) who won Vs Roche Emmetts (Louth)  Nov 9th in the Leinster Junior Club Quarter Finalt ALSO to Naomh Ciaran LGFA  who take on Inch Rovers (Cork) in the All Ireland Intermediate Club Semi final in Ferbane on Sunday (2pm) ALSO to Ferbane/Belmont Minor Club  in the u20 County Semi Final in OCP Tullamore at 12 Noon Sunday.  Rachra GAA have a few players on the panel!

 THIRTY SECOND  SUNDAY OF THE YEAR   ‘He is not God of the dead but of the living’

‘How strange the fear of death is; we are never

frightened at a sunset’. So wrote Scottish Christian poet, George McDonald. The Sunday Gospels during the month of November, the month of the Holy Souls invite us to reflect in a deeper way on life and its destination. Our Celtic ancestors had a strong belief that our

relationship with a dead relative or friend does not end with his/her disappearance, but continues on a different plain. The Christian vision of life and death sits easily here. We too believe in the continuity between the here and the hereafter. We are citizens of both earth and

heaven, and death is but our second birthday. Our earthly pilgrimage is not so much a funeral march to the grave, but, rather, a victory parade to the place prepared for us, the place we call home. This is the reassuring message offered by Jesus in today’s Gospel, in answer to the question posed by the doubting Sadducees. It is a message that should banish our fear.

 ARD CHIARAIN an appreciation .This past week saw the last Public Mass in Ard Chiarain which since 1997 has been a beckoning light given by the Ursuline Sisters. It is good that the call to prayer and reflection will continue with members of the Romanian Orthodox Church opening a Monastery there at some date in the future.  We are sister Christians with them. We are Christians of the West (Latin or Roman Catholic if you prefer)- they are Christians of the East (sometimes called “Orthodox” for short

SHANNONBRIDGE POWER STATION Friday, November 8th was a date we will remember as the closure of West Offaly Power (Shannonbridge) and Lough Ree Power (Lanesboro) was announced by the end of 2020.  It has obvious implications on Bord Na Móna. Bishop Duffy has expressed his concern and joins with us in our sadness at this development. As a Community we have legitimate concerns for our locality and call on all the bodies involved to liaise with local groups and to ensure what has been called a “just transition”. In the context of a long relationship for which we are very thankful between ESB, Bord Na Mona and our local communities it is the least one can expect.

 We Remember Them. In the rising of the sun and its going down, we remember them. In the gush of the wind & in the chill of Winter, we name them In the opening of the buds & in the rebirth of Spring, we call them, In the blueness of the skies & in the warmth of Summer we honour them. In the rustling of the leaves & in the beauty of Autumn, we thank them. In the beginning of the year & when it ends, we celebrate them.When we are weary & in need of strength, we whisper them.When we are lost and lonely, we carry them. When we have joys we yearn to share, we love them. So long as we live, they too shall live, for they are part of us as we entrust them to our God of love&everlasting peace. Amen.

 MINISTRIES                                               

  Shannonbridge:Sat  16th November @6:30 p.m.          

Servers Grp1 Emily D, Ruth Q, Grace F

 Reader: Dympna O’Carroll

Euch. Minister Marie McManus

 Ch Care:Jacinta Kelly, Ann  Keena, Mary Killeen

Clonfanlough:Sun 17th Nov  @10:30am

Server Grp 2 Neáa T, Eva S

 Reader: Declan McEvoy Euch Min.:Anne Rohan  Ch Care– Nov Joey Rigney/Dorothy Darcy