Clonmacnois Parish
June 26th 2022
Thirteenth Sunday (C)
Fr. Tom Cox (Adm) Tel. 090 9674125/ 0868319500
Email: clonmacnoiseparish@gmail.com
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THIRTEENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
‘Once the hand is laid to the plough, no one who looks back is fit for the kingdom of God’
Anyone who has ever attended the National Ploughing Championships will understand the image used by Jesus in todays’ Gospel when He tells His disciples that once they put their hands to the plough they must not look back. No ploughman ever ploughed a straight furrow while looking back over his shoulder. He must not be distracted by what he has left behind. Jesus calls His followers to persevere in commitment. He doesn’t want lukewarm service. He invites them to a pilgrimage, not a parade; to a fight, not a frolic. He makes it clear that without commitment there is no depth in anything. In other words, we must not look back and say why, but rather look forward and say why not? Looking back brings you regrets; looking forward brings you opportunities. Your destiny will never be found in the rear view mirror! As President Lyndon B Johnson reminded the American people just one week after the assassination of John F Kennedy in November 1963: ‘Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose’. The Christian marches forward to shape the future with hope
SHANNONBRIDGE
SATURDAY 25th 7pm
· Jimmy, Lizzie, James Joseph & baby Joseph McManus
· Kieran Hanniffy (3rd A 28/6/19)
Mon 27th 10am
Tues 28th 10am
Wed 29th 10am
Thurs 30th 10am
Fri 1st July 10am
SATURDAY 2nd JULY 7pm
CLONFANLOUGH
SUNDAY 26th JUNE 10:30am
Friday 1st July 7pm First Friday Shane Hynes (3rd Anniv.)
SUNDAY 3rd JULY 10:30am
CLUAIN CHIARAIN
Mass Wednesday, June 29th @ 7:30pm
OFFERTORY June 19th € 550
RECENT DEATHS Your prayers are requested for the soul of Mary Colgan
Formerly the Wild Geese Bar Shannonbridge who died recently (June 13th) in Mucklagh.
Feast Days or coming week
Monday 27 June: St, Cyril of Alexandria. Tuesday 28 June: St. Irenaeus.
Wed. 29 June: S. Peter and Paul.
June 29th SS Peter & Paul (Apostles) St Peter died by crucifixion in Rome around the time of the Emperor Nero 64AD. St Paul, the pharisee who became the ‘Apostle to the Gentiles’, was martyred by beheading around the year 67. Both proclaimed with their lives that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Thursday 30 June: The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church
Friday 1st July St. Oliver Plunkett Oliver Plunkett was born at Loughcrew, Oldcastle in 1625. His family were Irish nobility and were supporters of King Charles I. Oliver was ordained to the priesthood in Rome in 1654 and in 1669 he was appointed Archbishop of Armagh, returning from Rome during difficult times for the Catholic Church in Ireland. He was arrested in Dundalk in 1679 and found guilty of “promoting the Catholic faith” at a trial in London. He was the condemned to a gruesome death, being hanged, drawn and quartered on 1st July 1681 at Tyburn. St Oliver was canonised in 1975 by Pope Paul VI.
KNOCK PILGRIMAGE - takes place in Knock Shrine on Sunday Sept 4th at 2.30
Clonmacnois Pattern Day - takes place on Sunday Sept 11th. Pattern 2:45 Mass 3pm
CEMETERY DATES Kilrehan: Sunday 3rd July, 11am. High Street: Sun 10th July @12
Clonmacnois Cemetery Mass Saturday July 30th @ 3pm
Caring for our cemeteries: a reminder to take home withered flowers, wreaths and other waste material from your family plot. Please refrain from dumping in the grounds or neighbouring grounds of our cemeteries
Communion Calls: Fr. Tom will make his Communion Calls on Friday 1st July
First Friday: Friday 1st July is the First Friday of the month.
CONGRATULATIONS to Ian Maleney (Glebe) who has been announced as the Offaly recipient for the 2022 Platform 31 scheme which is a nationwide artist development scheme.
THANK YOU FROM FR. O’ HANLON Fr. O’ Hanlon would like to thank everyone who was part of last Friday (17th) 60th Jubilee Mass. To all who helped organise and were part of the liturgy in the Church and all who worked in the Hall. To all who attended and were so generous- a very big thank you.
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS : Our primary school celebrated graduation, end of year mass for the sixth class of our school. We wish the young students every blessing and best wishes on their progress to secondary school. We wish all the boys and girls in our schools a happy and safe holiday and look forward to welcoming them back in September. We wish all the teachers similarly a happy and well deserved and safe vacation. We thank them for their loyalty, commitment and dedication.
KIDS COMPUTER CAMP 11-15th JULY
Banagher 10am-2pm Ages 7-12 €55 per participant. Learn Coding, Stop Motion, Scratch, Micro-bit, play fun games & so much more. Call 057 9152003 or Email
Admin@westtoffalytraining.com
MINISTRIES
Readers: 2/7/22 @7pm Dympna O’Carroll (SB)/ 3/7/22 Mary Kelly (Cf) Communion Fergal Moran 2/7/22 (7pm SB) Ann Guinan 3/7/22 (10:30am Clonfanlough) Church Care Dympna Fitzparick, Dympna O’Carroll, Linda Moran SB:LeanneQuinn/Breda Maleney(CF)
The Loser’s Blessing
Lord bless the folk who never quite got there
The people who intended something fine
The folk who might have lived a better, nobler existence The ones who somehow always failed to shine
The people who tried to keep their temper
And yet who seemed to lose it all the more
The one’s who haven’t made their name in business
Who should be rich but always will be poor
The folk who aren’t as clever as they might be
Who aren’t as good and feel their efforts are in vain
Lord bless all these—and me among them
And give us all the heart to try again Fr. Ronan Drury RIP
Prayer for the appointment of a new Bishop God, shepherd and guide, in your mercy, give your Church in our diocese a shepherd after your own heart who will walk in your ways, and with loving care watch over your people. Give us a leader of vision and a teacher of your truth. So may your Church be built up and your name glorified, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
WATERWAYS NEWS We were saddened to find that our own Shannonbridge version of Fungi the Dolphin—namely “Honky” the Goose had died. Found on the Slipway. Quite a character and woke up many a boater early looking for breakfast. Loved by many people– the Jetty Mermaids called him “Clancy” for some reason.
-By the way Shannonbridge Toilets & Showers facilities at the Jetty came in for great mention at a Rally last weekend. Top Class was the comment. Well done to all.
PLACES TO GO WITH YOUNG PEOPLE– KNOCK SHRINE THE HUB is a place for young people at Knock Shrine, and will be open during July & August. The HUB runs a daily Summer programme, offers the Ark kids club - where parents can drop in their child for an hour while visiting the Shrine—and provides a drop-in space for teenagers and young adults. The team will also run Summer Camps for 7-11 year olds, from July 11th-15th, and from August 15-18th including arts & crafts, sports, prayer, dance, music etc. Cost €30—places are limited and can be booked by calling 094 9375321. A Family Day will take place on Sunday 21st August for families and children, with a range of fun activities in the beautiful grounds of Knock Shrine.
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