Clonmacnois Parish
October 2nd 2022
Twenty-Seventh 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)
TWENTY SIXTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
‘‘Increase our faith’
Walter Ciszek, a Polish Jesuit priest spent fifteen years in forced labour camps in Siberia. When asked what kept him going during those dark days he replied: ‘it was not I who kept the faith; it was the faith that kept me’. Faith is not always a pleasant, fulfilling experience. It is often just seeing in the dark, but then it is only in the darkness that you can see the stars. As the great Bengali poet and novelist Tagore wrote so eloquently: ‘Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark’. Central to faith is patience. To believe is to plod on, but without faith, life loses its meaning. It is a trust, then, rather than a certainty, a journey rather than an arrival. It’s not the belief that God will do what you want. It’s the belief that God will do what is right. With the disciples in today’s Gospel we pray: increase our faith
This Week We Offer A Special Prayer For... Those Experiencing Financial Distress
O Dear Lord, In this time of uncertainty, Be my rock in a world built on sand; Be my oasis of grace and peace in a world filled with tension and turmoil; Help me to carry my cross gracefully, as you did in Your Passion; Help me to follow Your beam of light in the midst of this darkness; Help me to see Your will in all things And show others Your comfort and strength. Keep me calm when tempers flare up; Keep me sane in a crazy world; Keep me focused on the houses in Heaven rather than the houses of cards collapsing around me; Keep my eyes focused on the prize of Heaven and not lose hope in You in this world or in the world to come; Make me compassionate in dealing with others; Let me see my travails as carrying my cross and sharing in Your Passion, for the love of You and for the salvation of souls, including mine. And may all my difficulties be ultimately for my good and Your glory. Amen.
SHANNONBRIDGE
Sat 1st October 7pm Teresa Rocke & dec’d family members
Mon 3rd Oct 10am Mass
Tues 4th Oct 10am Service
Wed 5th Oct 10am Mass
Thu 6th Oct 10am Mass
Fri 7th Oct 10am Mass
Sat 8th October 7pm John Carty
CLONFANLOUGH
Sun Oct 2nd 10:30am
Fri 7th Oct 7pm Tim Devery
Sun 9th Oct 10:30am Condron Family (Lakefield) [James, Mary Ann, Katie, John & Martin Condron]
CLUAIN CHIARAIN Next Mass Wed., Oct 5th @ 7:30pm
OFFERTORY Sept 24/25 €695
Feast Days for coming week
Feast Days for coming week
Oct.4th St Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) From the cross in the neglected chapel San Damiano, in Assisi, Christ told him, “Francis, go out and build up my house, for it is near falling down” Francis thought the Lord meant the building. What he really wanted fixed was the institution of the Church.
Oct 5th Feast of Saint Faustina 1905 – 1938. St. Faustina inspired the movement dedicated to proclaiming and imploring Divine Mercy throughout the world.
Oct. 7th Our Lady of the Rosary Pope St Pius V established this feast in 1573. The purpose was to thank God for the victory of the Christians over the Turks at Lapanto, a victory attributed to the praying of the rosary.
RECENT DEATHS
Catherine (Kate) Glynn (Née Maleney ) Island Lake, Chicago, USA, late of Glebe , Belmont Mary Burns (née Glynn) Cloneash, Oldtown
First Friday The usual house calls will be done at the usual times, next Friday
MINISTRIES
Readers: 8/10/22 @7pm Pattie Corbett (SB)/ 09/10/22 @10:30am Kathleen Guinan (Cf)
Communion 8/10/22 @7pm Sinéad Ryan 09/10/22@10:30am Kay Kelly Church Care Marion McManus, Catherina Slattery, Ann Corbett SB:Eithne Rohan/Della Fitzgerald (Oct) (CF) Counters: S’bridge (Oct)
SEASON OF CREATION: concludes on this Tuesday, Oct 4th which is the Feast Day of St Francis. ECUMENICAL PRAYER SERVICE FOR THE SEASON OF CREATION takes place this Sunday 2nd Oct at 3pm in the Friary Garden, Athlone followed by the blessing of pets. All welcome
THANK YOU - The McManus Family, Kilcummin, Belmont would like to thank all who supported their recent Memory Walk (in Lough Boora) in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society which realised €3,579. This has been presented to Birr Day Care Unit. Your support is much appreciated.
COURSES - Get Autumn 2022 off to a great start by learning new skills and hobbies at our Night Classes starting on Monday 10th October in Moate Business College. Check out our full range of day and night classes on our website www.moatebusinesscollege.com or our Facebook/Instagram pages.
ANAM CARA MIDLANDS - The organisation that supports bereaved parents, is holding its first monthly Parent Evening for bereaved parents on Wednesday 12th October at 7.15pm in the Mullingar Park Hotel. This event is FREE and open to all bereaved parents. We also offer an online service. For info. 01 4045378.
CLOTHES COLLECTION - Naomh Ciarán Girls Football Club are having one last drop off point for collecting bags, Saturday 8th October between 9.30 and 10.30am, at Ferbane Gaa pitch.
HIGH ST./BELMONT WOMEN’S GROUP - Mon. 3rd Oct.: We continue our Mosaic Class with Rosemary Langtry in High St. Hall at 8pm. All welcome.
PALLIUM: At a special Mass at 3pm this Sunday 2nd October in Tuam Cathedral, Archbishop Eamon Martin, Primate of All Ireland, will place the Pallium on Archbishop Francis Duffy for the first time. Representatives from the 56 parishes in the Tuam Archdiocese will attend the ceremony. Archbishop Francis received the Pallium from Pope Francis on 29th June, along with 32 other Archbishops from around the world.
PILATES CLASS Shannonbridge Hall. Thursdays 11am 087 2410587
DOON/SHANNONBRIDGE GAA LOTTERY Draw 26/9/22 numbers drawn 4-12-27-31 No winner. One Match 3. Jackpot €10,800
SUNDAY EVENING MASS at the Shrine of Our Lady of Clonfert at 6.30pm followed by Rosary and Benediction starting Sunday October 2nD
PATRICK FEENEY in Concert in Moore Hall on Thurs Oct 20th at 8pm Tickets €15 Available 09096 73538 (9am-3pm) Also on door.
NEW SERVERS: 17 (13 Clonfanlough/4 Shannonbridge) have volunteered for which I’m very grateful to them and their parents. More forms due next week. If anyone wants to chat with me about it, feel free. Apart from training in school a short Church practice on
Friday 7th @ 6:30pm for Clonfanlough Service
Saturday 8th at 6:30pm for S/bridge servers.
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
Day for Life 2022 – Caring for the Older Person celebrated on Sun. 2nd Oct. It is a day dedicated to raising awareness of the meaning and value of human life at every stage and in every condition. The theme is ‘Caring for the Older Person’. We are invited to reflect on the value and importance of older people in families and in our parish community. To read the pastoral message for Day for Life in Full visit www.councilforlife.ie Saint Joachim and Saint Anne, pray for us. “The whole of society must hasten to take care of its elderly – they are its treasure” Pope Francis. .
QUOTABLE QUOTES
“The amount of sleep required by the average person is about five minutes more.”-Max Kauffmann. “Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs or cutting hair.” -George Burns. “Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself.” -George Meredith. “
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