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Clonmacnois Parish October 31st 2021

 



Clonmacnois Parish

October 31st 2021

31st Sunday in OrdinaryTime(B)

Fr. Tom Cox (Adm) Tel. 090 9674125/  0868319500 

Email: clonmacnoiseparish@gmail.com

     WEB  shannonbridge.blogspot.ie

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 31st SUNDAY OF THE YEAR

‘Love the Lord your God and your neighbour as yourself’

The core of Jesus’ message was so uncomplicated: ‘Love God and love your neighbour’. Uncomplicated, but not simple! It begins, according to the Master, by having a relationship with God. We love others best when we love God most. If we lose Him, we are more likely to lose respect for others. Pope Francis expressed this another way: ‘when the light of faith goes out, all other lights grow dim’. Look around! When we make space for God in our lives, however, we begin to look at the world and other people through a different lens. Then every encounter becomes a moment of grace and opportunity. We come to see that every creature is full of God and all things speak of God. The celebrated 19th century Indian poet, Tagore had this deep awareness of the all-embracing divine presence in our world and his words should cause us to reflect: ‘when you left my house I found God’s footprints on my floor’.

  

TRÓCAIRE’S SPECIAL APPEAL on 6th and 7th November 2021 to support its work to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in East Africa - Across East Africa, families face a dire threat of famine. People and their livestock are dying of starvation, pushed back by cruel climate shocks and Covid. Trócaire has called for special support for the people of East Africa, where up to 30 million people in Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are currently facing life-threatening food shortages. Parishes throughout Ireland are requested to undertake a Special Church Collection on 6th and 7th November. If you wish to donate you can place your donation in any envelope and mark it Trócaire. Your support would be appreciated

 Halloween: On Sunday we celebrate Halloween, the word literally means the eve of all the Hallowed people, in other words the eve of ‘All Saints’ What is it like to be a Christian Saint? It is like being a Halloween pumpkin. God picks you from the field, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off you. Then he cuts off the top and scoops out the yucky stuff. He removes the pulp of impurity and injustice and seeds of doubt, hate and greed. Then he carves you a new smiling face and puts his light inside you to shine for the entire world to see. ‘When the sun shines right even the meanest trees sparkle’ (Flannery O’ Connor)
 (Churches  at 100%  Capacity)

SHANNONBRIDGE

Sat 30th 7pm  Maureen Claffey

Mon 1st Nov 7pm (All Saints– a Holyday of Obligation)

Tues 2nd November  10am (All Souls)

Egan Family (Clondelara)

Wednesday 10am Service

Thursday 4th November 7p.m. Enrolment for First Holy Communion &  Confirmation

Friday 5th November 10am (First Friday)

Mary & Kieran Henry (Anniv)

Saturday 6th November 7p.m. Anne Egan ( Ballyhearth)

CLONFANLOUGH 

Sunday 31st October 10:30am

Mon 1st  10:30am (All Saints– a Holyday of Obligation)

Tues 2nd November 7p.m. Phil Coolahan (20th Anniv.)

Friday 5th November 7p.m. (1st Friday)

Sunday 7th November 10:30a.m. Michael & Kathleen Kelly

 

CLUAIN CHIARAIN  Mass Wednesday 3rd November  @7:30pm (Fr. T.C.)

OFFERTORY Oct 24th €340 October Monthly  €306

SAINTS THIS WEEK

Wed. Nov 3rd St Malachy, Bishop

Thurs Nov 4th  St Charles Borromeo, Bishop (Memorial)

Fri 5th Nov St Martin de Porres, Religious (Memorial)

Saturday 6th November is the Feast of All the Saints of Ireland. We remember the holy men and women from Ireland whose example and goodness inspires and encourages us.

NOVEMBER  LIST You are invited to prepare your List of the Dead to return it at Masses this weekend or during this week to the Parochial House or to the box near the altar in Athboy Church You may place your List of the Dead in the box in the sanctuary .

PARISH COUNCIL MEETING  Nov 1st @ 8pm Shannonbridge Hall

CHOIR— As you can see from the diocesan guidelines, Choirs are welcome to return. It is a beautiful ministry to help people to pray better. Please consider it

ENROLMENT FOR FIRST COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION Thursday November 4th at 7pm in St. Ciaran’s Church, Shannonbridge

 (Churches  at 100%  Capacity)

SHANNONBRIDGE

Sat 30th 7pm  Maureen Claffey

Mon 1st Nov 7pm (All Saints– a Holyday of Obligation)

Tues 2nd November  10am (All Souls)

Egan Family (Clondelara)

Wednesday 10am Service

Thursday 4th November 7p.m. Enrolment for First Holy Communion &  Confirmation

Friday 5th November 10am (First Friday)

Mary & Kieran Henry (Anniv)

Saturday 6th November 7p.m. Anne Egan ( Ballyhearth)

CLONFANLOUGH 

Sunday 31st October 10:30am

Mon 1st  10:30am (All Saints– a Holyday of Obligation)

Tues 2nd November 7p.m. Phil Coolahan (20th Anniv.)

Friday 5th November 7p.m. (1st Friday)

Sunday 7th November 10:30a.m. Michael & Kathleen Kelly

 

CLUAIN CHIARAIN  Mass Wednesday 3rd November  @7:30pm (Fr. T.C.)

OFFERTORY Oct 24th €340 October Monthly  €306

SAINTS THIS WEEK

Wed. Nov 3rd St Malachy, Bishop

Thurs Nov 4th  St Charles Borromeo, Bishop (Memorial)

Fri 5th Nov St Martin de Porres, Religious (Memorial)

Saturday 6th November is the Feast of All the Saints of Ireland. We remember the holy men and women from Ireland whose example and goodness inspires and encourages us.

NOVEMBER  LIST You are invited to prepare your List of the Dead to return it at Masses this weekend or during this week to the Parochial House or to the box near the altar in Athboy Church You may place your List of the Dead in the box in the sanctuary .

PARISH COUNCIL MEETING  Nov 1st @ 8pm Shannonbridge Hall

CHOIR— As you can see from the diocesan guidelines, Choirs are welcome to return. It is a beautiful ministry to help people to pray better. Please consider it

ENROLMENT FOR FIRST COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION Thursday November 4th at 7pm in St. Ciaran’s Church, Shannonbridge

 THE FALLING LEAVES

with a constant chorus of cicadas

the leaves tumble down,

 from long, thin silver poplars,

they twirl to the ground,

dancing the Autumn death

 dance beneath the great blue sky.

 

the leaves seem glad at the going.

(is there something I don’t know?)

sparkling in the October sunshine,

they fill the air with gentle rustling.

 

one, then another and another,

on they skim down from above,

bedding the forest table before me

with comforting crunches and crackles.

 

this gigantic death scene of leaves

does not smell of sorrow and sadness, rather, the earth is coloured with joy

and the leaves make music in the wind.

 

why is this dance of death so lovely? why do leaves seem so willing to go? are they whispering to each other,

urging one another to be freed?

 

maybe “you first and then I’ll follow” or: “you can do it, go ahead”

supporting one another gladly

in their call to final surrender.

 

I have not yet discovered the secret

of the serenity of sailing leaves;

every autumn I walk among them

with a longing that stretches forever, wanting to face that death-dance

and the truth of my own mortality

No new growth comes unless Autumn agrees to let go of what has been The same is true of our lives

(Joyce Rupp)

 

The 26th UN Climate Conference (or COP26 for short) begins this week in Glasgow and will go on until 12 November. Pope Francis, along with other religious leaders has called on those attending COP26 to renew their commitment to keep global temperatures below 1.5°C and to take action to make this possible. We are asked to pray for the success of COP26 during these days

 

CLOCKS go back one hour at 1am Oct 31st

 SHANNONBRIDGE EXERCISE CLASSES

Wednesdays, Nov. 3rd @ 7:30pm  €7 per class

COMMEMORATION DINNER DANCE of 1996 Offaly Senior Championship Win. Saturday 6th November 2021 at 7:30pm Shamrock Lodge Hotel, Athlone,  Tickets €40. Special Guest Matt Connor. To book text/call 087 6891036

SHANNONBRIDGE GAA LOTTO DRAW  Oct 25th 2021 Numbers drawn on FB Live 7-14-21-26 No winner, 9 Match 3Jackpot   €15,800 

 MINISTRIES  IN CHURCH              

 CHURCH CARE Eileen Quinn, Dolly Deeley, Veronica Hynes  Clonfanlough:   Dorothy Darcy (Nov) READER Nov.  6th @ 7pm Dympna O’Carroll   Nov. 7th  @ 10:30 Maura Molloy

Church Counters  Clonfanlough (November)

 

West Offaly Training: Understanding Autism Course is due to commence on the 3rd Nov. This course is delivered by our tutor David and has been very well received by previous students. If you or a family member would like to know more and be in a position to help an individual affected by Autism Spectrum disorders then this course is the first step. Train the Trainer Course is a QQI Level 6 award which helps to develop an understanding of the methodologies and processes involved in Training Delivery and Evaluation. Our next course is Tues. 2nd Nov. It will run for 5 weeks, 2 nights per week. The cost of the course is €395. josephine@westoffalytraining.com or phone 086 8413082

NOVEMBER LISTS  available in Churches and can be sent electronically if you let me know

FEASTS OF ALL SAINTS & FEAST OF ALL SOULS - These Feasts stem from the core Christian belief that there is a powerful bond between the Church on earth and the Church in heaven. ‘Death is the end of earthly life, but not of existence’ (St. Ambrose).

INDULGENCES-CONDITIONS

Noon Nov. 1st - Midnight Nov. 2nd: Having received the Sacraments of Confession and Holy Communion and prayed for the Pope’s intentions (Our Father/Hail Mary), visit a Church and recite the Our Father and Apostle’s Creed.

2. Nov. 1st - Nov. 8th: Visit a cemetery and pray for the dead. 40 HOURS OF ADORATION - From the 1st to 5th November from 2-10pm. Healing Mass at 8pm each day in Ceilí Community Centre, Harbour Road, Kilbeggan.

KNOCK SHRINE-Young people reflect on the first Tuesdays of the month (till June 2022) in word/music/imagery on their favourite scripture. Beginning n Tuesday 2nd November at 8.30pm. www.knockshrine.ie/watch-live

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

 


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