CLONMACNOIS PARISH BULLETIN FEBRUARY 2ND 2020
SHANNONBRIDGE
-7p.m. Vigil Mass of Sunday) Barney Reynolds (2nd A) & Christeen Reynolds Months Mind
-Monday, 3rd February - St. Blaise
9a.m. Mass Blessing of Throats
-Tuesday, 4th February 10 Mass
-Wed 5th Feb. St. Agatha 10 Mass
-Thursday 6th February - Ss Paul Miki and companions 10 Mass
-Friday, 7th February - Feast of St Mel - First Friday 10a.m. Mass
-Sat 8th 7:00p.m. (Eve of Sun, 9th Feb) - 5th Sunday in Ordinary 7pm. Edel Anderson
CLONFANLOUGH.
-Sunday, 2nd February - 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time 10:30a.m. Patrick (Paddy) Dolan (Glebe)
-Monday, 3rd February - St. Blaise 7p.m. Blessing of Throats
-Friday 7th February 7pm. Mass Jack, Mary & Son Pat & son in law Frank Moran
-Sunday, 9th February - 5th Sunday in Ordinary
10:30am Padraig Devery (Clonlyon)
CLUAIN CHIARAIN Wed 5th February 7.30pm
COLLECTIONS: Offertory Jan 26th €760 Shrine €55
PASTORAL COUNCILTues,Feb 4th @8 Fr. Tom’s Home
SHANNONBRIDGE FITNESS CLASSES Tuesday at 8.15pm classes will run for 45 mins and cost €5,
SHANNONBRIDGE YOGA CLASSES ENROLLING Please contact Liz if interested 087 2410587
NOTICES FOR BULLETIN are always welcome. Email is great (clonmacnoiseparish@gmail.com) as I have an exact record of what is asked. Presently I get notices by word of mouth, handwritten, Messenger, WhatsApp & mistakes happen.. Also if relatives could be told re anniversaries please. Many thanks.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE SICK - Tuesday 11th February
SEINN CONCERT - A Celebration of Liturgical Music with second level students from all over the Diocese takes place in St. Mel’s Cathedral, Longford on Thursday 6th February at 7.30pm. First and Second Year music students from Gallen C.S. are taking part. Admission is FREE but you need to be early to get a seat.
SHANNONBRIDGE LIBRARY open Thursday 7-9 Health Centre
GALLEN C.S. - Present the Musical “The Wedding Singer” from Tuesday 11th to Friday 14th February at 8pm. Tickets may be booked now from the school office or you can ring on 090 6453600.
THE STOMA SUPPORT GROUP - Meeting will take place on Wednesday 12th February 6.30-8.30pm in the Dóchas Offaly Cancer Support Group Centre. Please contact Anne on 086 3074846. All are welcome.
SOCIAL DANCE - Classes resume in High Street Hall on Wednesday 12th February at 8pm. Adm. €8. Refreshments served. All welcome.
SHANNONBRIDGE ACTION GROUP & TIDY TOWNS Meeting on Tues 4th Feb in Health Centre@ 9p.m. All welcome
ANNUAL SERV ICE OF REMEMBRANCE: for parents who have
experienced bereavement through the loss of their baby through miscarriage, ectopic
pregnancy or foetal anomaly, stillbirth or neonatal death. Service in Portiuncula
University Hosp Chapel on Mon 3rd @ 7.30p.m. Tel: 9648200
A Mass of Remembrance will be held on Wednesday, 5th February 2020, at 3:00 pm in St. Loman's Hospital Chapel, Mullingar, in memory of deceased patients and people buried in St. Loman's Hospital Cemetery from 1907 to 1970. All are welcome.
BORD NA MÓNA - TG4 have a program “Gan Fód” on Wednesday February 5th at 9:30p.m. about the issues we face locally.
WORDS OF THE WISE Each of guards a gate of change that can only be unlocked form the inside (Marilyn Ferguson) / The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. (Samuel Johnson)/
SPRING STATIONS To book your station please contact me from Friday 31st Jan on...086 8319500
Station Mass Areas (1)Chapel St & Hill, (2)Ballyhearth, (3)Clongowney, (4)Carrowkeel, (5)Clonfanlough & Lakefield (6) Clonmacnois & Tullabeg (7)Clonlyon (8) Glebe , (9)Aughincabe/Clerhane/Creevagh (10)Shannonbridge (11) St. Kieran’s Park, (12)Garrymore, Woodbank, Charlestown, Lecarrow, Blackwater (12) Clondelara
FEAST OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD - Candlemas Day, Sunday 2nd February. Candles will be blessed on that day.
ST. BLAISE - Feast Day, Monday 3rd February - The Blessing of Throats is customary on that day in many churches. It will be conducted after the morning (9am Shannonbridge) and evening Masses (7pm Clonfanlough). But, unlike Sunday Mass, the blessing is not compulsory!
SILENT RETREAT: by Foyer of Charity in St. Mary’s, Knock from Feb 24th – March 1st. Do you need to come away, have time for yourself and rest for a while? This is an invitation that Jesus is offering you. Full details: Helen (086) 1678027 / hellywilliams@gmail.com / www.foyerofcharity.ie
DOON / SHANNONBRIDGE GAA LOTTO - The winning numbers in last week’s lotto draw were 14, 17, 24, 29. No jackpot winner. Two match 3 winners. This week’s jackpot is €13,200. Next draw Doon Feb 3rd
WEST OFFALY TRAINING - Are running some great courses in February. Understanding Autism starting 5th Feb., Introduction to Mindfulness Course starting 5th February. Train the Trainer QQI Level 6 starting 7th February, Manual Handling/Abrasive Wheel training (weekly). FREE Smartphone, Computer and Tablet training for beginners (taking names). Make-up Course (taking names). Call 057 9152003.
HIGH STREET/BELMONT WOMEN’S GROUP - Monday 3rd Feb: Caroline Mannion, Taughmaconnell, Co. Roscommon will give a talk on Wellness Advocate Terra Essential Oils 8pm High St. Hall. All welcome
Lord Of All Hopefulness
Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy. Whose trust ever childlike No cares could destroy. / Be there at our waking and give us we pray. / Your bliss in our hearts, Lord,
at the break of the day. / Lord of all eagerness, Lord of all faith. / Whose strong hands were skilled at the plane and the lathe. / Be there at our labours and give us we pray / Your strength in our hearts, Lord,/ At the noon of the day. Christ Be Beside Me. Christ be beside me, Christ be before me, /Christ be behind me, King of my heart,/ Christ be within me, Christ be below me,/ Christ be above me, never to part. Christ on my right hand, Christ on my left hand. / Christ all around me, Shield in the strife. / Christ in my sleeping, Christ in my sitting. / Christ in my rising, light of my life.
Let There Be Peace.
Let there be peace shared among us./ Let there be peace in our lives / May now your peace sweep this nation./
Cause us O Lord to arise/ Give us a fresh understanding,
Brotherly love that is real. / Let there be peace shared among us,/ Let there be peace.
Don’t miss Shannonbridge GAA AWARDS NIGHT!!
Saturday 8th February 2020 in County Arms hotel.. This promises to be a brilliant night where our county champions will be presented with their medals for this year’s amazing Intermediate championship victory!! Music on the night by The LOLS Tickets (€40) from Tony Rohan 086 882 2451 Vincent Costello 087 901 0340 Niamh Ryan Egan 086 332 0017 Jason Mahon 086 8211559
MINISTRIES
Shanonbridge:Sat 8th Feb @7:00 p.m.
Server Grp 4 Charlotte C, Isobel C, Rian C, Shane K Reader: Eileen Quinn E.M. Marie McManus Ch Care Dympna Fitzpatrick Dympna O’Carroll, Linda Moran COUNTERS Feb: Shannonbridge Martha & John Murphy
Clonfanlough:Sun 9th Feb @10:30am
Server Grp 2 Neáa T, Eva S Reader: Kathleen Guinan Euch Min.:Linda Donaghy
Church Care– Feb Bridie Coughlan
FEAST OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD ‘The parents of Jesus took Him up to Jerusalem’ Forty days after His birth, Mary and Joseph take Jesus to the temple. In the Eastern Christian Church this feast is known as the ‘Feast of Encounter’. God comes to meet His people. The temple would have been crowded on that day but it is only the elderly couple, Simeon and Anna who recognise the child. All their lives they had waited, prayed and longed for the coming of the Messiah, and now their hopes are fulfilled. Their story teaches us the importance of patient waiting in life. ‘A waiting person is a patient person. The word patience means the willingness to stay where we are and live the situation out to the full in the belief that something hidden there will manifest itself to us’. (Henri J Nouwen). Everything God is preparing for us is worth the wait.
ST. BRIGID (Old Prayer) Oh Brigid Mary of the Gael, may your protection never fail. Spread your mantle over me where ‘ere I am, ‘ere I’ll be. In weather foul or weather fair, keep me in your loving care. Till I rest my journey o’er, with God and you forever more
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