Clonmacnois Parish
July 31st 2022
Eighteenth Sunday C)
Fr. Tom Cox (Adm) Tel. 090 9674125/ 0868319500
Email: clonmacnoiseparish@gmail.com
WEB shannonbridge.blogspot.ie
FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/tomas.macconchoille (Live)
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
‘Be on your guard against avarice of any kind’ This is the only parable in the New Testament in which words are attributed to God. He calls the young man ‘fool’ for his blind pursuit of wealth and possessions, without making any effort to make himself rich in the sight of God. In our world today we never had so much wealth and possessions, and yet there was never less contentment and security. We look around to see bigger houses, higher walls, security cameras, guard dogs and electric fences. Covetousness is the road to slavery! The person who does not know what is enough will never have enough. In Kenya the practice exists of removing the clothes from the dead before burying them to remind the living that we leave the world the same way we came into it. Come to think of it, we came into the world with fists clenched but we leave it with hands wide open!
‘He who is not contented with what he has would not be contented with what he would like to have’ (Socrates).
‘Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed’ (Mahatma Gandhi).
SHANNONBRIDGE
Sat 30th Vigil 7pm Brian & Josephine Kenny 9th A
Mon 1st Aug (Public Holiday) 10am
[Glebe Mass 7pm]
Tues 2nd Aug10am
Wed 3rd Aug 10am
Thurs 4th Aug 10am
Fri 5th Aug 10am (First Friday)
Sat 6th August Vigil 7pm Pro Populo
CLONFANLOUGH
Sunday 31st 10:30am Peoples Intn.
Thurs 4th Aug 7pm Eve of 1st Friday
[wedding Friday Clonfanlough 12:30]
Sun 7th Aug 10:30am Seán Rohan 3A
CLUAIN CHIARAIN
Next Mass Wed., 7th Sept @ 7:30pm 74
OFFERTORY July 17th €740 July Shrine €320
FEAST DAYS for coming week
Aug. 1st St Alphonsus Ligouiri (1696-1787) St Alphonsus is the founder of the Redemptorist religious order.
Aug. 4th St John Vianney (1786-1859) St John Vianney is known as the Cure Ars. Ars is a remote village in France. He is the patron saint of priests.
Aug.6th The Transfiguration At the Transfiguration Christ showed his disciples the splendour of his beauty, to which he will shape and colour all those who are his.
GLEBE CEMETERY - (Mullanakill Children’s Cemetery) Mass on Monday 1st August at 7pm.
DEATH - We pray for the repose of the soul of Kieran (Ronnie) Caulfield, Killygally,(brother of Ann Kelly Clonmacnois) who died recently.
CLONMACNOISE PATTERN DAY is Sunday 11th September. Pattern at 2.45pm and Mass at 3pm.
Reek Sunday 2022 - The annual Reek Sunday pilgrimage takes place on Sunday July 31st at Croagh Patrick. Confessions at summit 7:30am - 2:00pm. Mass hourly 8:00am - 2.00pm
MINISTRIES
Readers: 06/8/22 @7pm Isobel Claffey (SB)/ 07/8/22 Bridie Coughlan (Cf) Communion Martha Murphy 06/8/22 (7pm SB) Anne Rohan 07/8/22 (10:30am Clonfanlough) Church Care Eileen Quinn, Dolly Deeley, Veronica Hynes SB:Niamh Egan/Anne Rohan (CF)
ü “The less people know about how laws and sausages are made, the better.” —Bismark. ü “Television is far more interesting than people. If it were not, we should have people standing in the corners of our sitting rooms.” -Alan Coren. ü “When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.” - Winston Churchill
POPE FRANCIS IN CANADA Pope Francis, 85, has long spotlighted older people and regularly denounces how they are treated like garbage in a “throwaway culture.” In Canada this week, as he relied on aides to get in and out of wheelchairs, Francis used his own visible frailty to again demand dignity and respect for other older people. In Alberta, Francis said that there needed to be “a future in which the elderly are not cast aside because, from a ‘practical’ standpoint, they are no longer useful.” Analysis: The world is aging rapidly. A U.N. report predicted that by 2050, people age 60 and over will exceed people under 15. “Never as many as now, never as much risk of being discarded,” Francis said.
POPE’S HEALTH & RUMOURS Francis denied rumours that he was planning to resign next month, a development some said was possible given his planned Aug. 28 visit to L’Aquila, the Italian city that is the burial place of St. Celestine V, who abdicated the papacy in the 13th century, which will be followed by a meeting of cardinals. When asked if the visit and the meeting indicated his imminent resignation, the pope responded: “For the moment no, really. But when the time comes that I see that I can’t do it [run the church, because of bad health] I will do it [resign].” The pope called rumours that cancer had been found during a surgery to remove part of his left colon “court gossip,” but said he would consider stepping down when he felt he could no longer perform the functions of his job.
Active Retired Meeting Tuesday 2nd August 10:30am in River Café. Galway outing on August 9th.
Birr Theatre & Arts Centre
Arán Agus Im (Thurs 4 Aug 2.30pm) with Manchán Magan, writer and documentary film maker, who makes bread in front of the audience while discussing the wonders of the Irish language. This show combines all senses, sight, sound, touch smell AND taste as the members of the audience will get to taste, freshly baked bread and butter!
Song Recital with Dylan Rooney (Friday 5 Aug 2pm) Local talent Dylan Rooney enthrals with a selection of his favourite pieces from American, Irish and German songbooks. Don’t miss it, his rich baritone and warm personality will win you over. These and many other events can be seen on www.birrtheatre.com 0579122911
DOON/SHANNONBRIDGE GAA LOTTERY Draw 25/7/22 2umbers drawn 3-25-28-30 No winner. One Match 3. Jackpot €9,000
KNOCK NOVENA Aug 14-22pm Ceremonies 3&8pm Theme “A Journey in Hope” Aug 18th Ukraine Day Aug 21st a family day
Items like sofas, three-piece suites, wardrobes, bedside lockers, mattresses, bed frames, dining tables and chairs, will cost just €5 during this period.
BROADCAST MASS from St. Mel’s Cathedral on Wed 3rd Aug at 10:30am (RTE News channel)
DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO KNOCK: The pilgrimage will take place on Sunday 04th September with ceremonies beginning at 2.30pm
ARDAGH AND CLONMACNOISE DIOCESE ASSEMBLY REPORT: The Diocesan Synodal Report Synthesis is available at www. ardaghdiocese.org
