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Clonmacnois Parish Bulletin July 23rd 2023

 

Clonmacnois Parish

July 23rd  2023

16th Sunday Ordinary Time (A)

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

Email: clonmacnoiseparish@gmail.com

     WEB  shannonbridge.blogspot.ie

FACEBOOK www.fb.me/saintciarans

 

16th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR

 ‘Let them both grow till harvest’

‘The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being’ (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn). Good and evil are not neatly separated in ourselves or in the world. There are weedy patches within the best of us and rich wheat within the worst of us. We are all curious mixtures of divine seed and human soil. It’s a sad fact that we tend to judge ourselves by our best intentions and others by their worst faults, but we can never know for sure the full story of another. How often have we judged others badly only to discover later that our judgement was incorrect? The last word cannot be said about anyone until death and then it is God’s part, not ours, to say it. Only God can judge and we take comfort from the fact that He is a God of the second chance. When the bell tolls for us, we dare to hope He will look mercifully on the totality of our lives, discard the weeds of our many faults and failings, and gather the wheat of our good deeds into the celestial granary.

In iothlainn Dé go dtugtar sinn.



 

SHANNONBRIDGE (Eircode N37 FV05) 

Sat 22nd July

Mon 24th 10am Ray Minnock & dec’d family members

Tues 25th 10am

Wed 26th 10am

Thurs 27th 10am

Fri 28th 10am

Sat 29th 7pm Annual Cemetery Mass in Clonmacnois

{also a Birthday remembrance of Allen Kelly]

CLONFANLOUGH (Eircode N37 XR81)

Sun 23rd July 10:30 Annie  (Birdie) Kelly, husband willie & dec’d family Clonfanlough Hill

Sun 30th July 10:30 Ciaran & Gerard Kelly

FEAST DAYS  

Mon 24 July: St. Sharbel Makhluf.

St. Declan.

Tuesday 25 July: St. James.

James is the brother of John the Evangelist. The two were  called by Jesus as they worked with their father in a fishing 

boat on the sea of Galilee

Wednesday 26 July: St. S. Joachim and Anne..They are the grandparents of Jesus. the Sunday closest to this date is 

celebrated as Grandparents Day each year.That is today.

Saturday 29 July: Ss Martha, Mary and Lazarus. Martha and her sister Mary and brother Lazarus were close friends of 

Jesus. The sisters turned to Jesus when their brother died

BAPTISM  We welcomed Fiadh Marie Donaghy  into the Christian Community this weekend

DEATHS - Please pray for the repose of the souls of  Thomas (Tommy) Halligan  Golden Island & Clonown brother of Jimmy Halligan & Eileen O’Shea Carrowkeel Bridie Kane (nee Earls) Bullaun, Leixlip (sister of Kay Kelly (Carrowkeel) Pat Wynne, Clonaslee (formerly Coolnahinch , Ferbane, brother of Pauline Bracken Moyclare,

COLLECTIONS - July 16th  €1,145                                             

CLUAIN CHIARAIN  Wed July 26h  @7:30

GRANDPARENTS  DAY JULY 26TH

"Grandparents hold our hands for just a little while, but our hearts forever."

 SUMMER SAYINGS

The trouble with being punctual is that nobody’s there to appreciate it.” ü “Just because nobody complains doesn’t mean all parachutes are perfect.” ü “Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.”

 

 CLONFANLOUGH CHURCH Interior Painting Complete, some exterior remedial work/repairs in hand. Sanding (dust free) of Parquet flooring to commence July 24th. We would welcome help in removing the 40 Church seats after Mass on July 23rd. Thank you to all who offerered storage options of pews during work.

WORLD YOUTH DAY  takes place from 1st to 6th August in Lisbon,    Portugal.

Christ is alive! He is our hope, and in a wonderful way be brings youth to our world, and everything he touches becomes young, new, full of  life. The very first words, then, that I would like to say to every young Christian are these:   Christ is alive and he wants you to be alive!

Pope Francis, Christus Vivit

 Year of Vocations 30th April 2023 to 30th April 2024.

Annual Pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick in Co. Mayo takes place on Sun. 30th July. This year the pilgrimage is  dedicated to the Year for Vocation to the Diocesan Priesthood. 

Mass on the      Summit at 8am, 9am, 10am 11am, 12noon, 1pm and 2pm.  Beidh an Aifreann ag 10am as Gaeilge. Confessions on the Summit are from 7.30am.

Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock: The Diocesan pilgrimage will take place on Sunday 3rd September. Ceremonies will begin with the Anointing of the Sick at 2.30pm followed by on-celebrated Mass at 3pm.

Lough Derg 2023 - One Day Retreats: August - Saturday 19th, Tuesday 22nd, Sunday 27th. September - Saturday 2nd, Wednesday 6th, Saturday 9th, Tuesday 12th, Saturday 16th, Sunday 17th, Saturday 23rd, Sunday 24th Admission: €45, Booking Essential

Portiuncula Indulgence Triduum at St. Francis Church, Meelick H53 H728 from July 31st to August 2nd 2023. Mass on Monday 31st July at 7 p.m. to include Meelick Cemetery Mass. Mass on Tuesday 1st Aug. at 7 p.m. Mass on Wed. 2nd of 

Aug. at 7 p.m. with confessions prior to Mass this evening. A member of the Franciscan Order will attend. 

Mobile Foot Health Practitioner Service. House Calls Available daytime and evening. Contact Maura 086 8053671 to arrange an appointment.

MOORE COMMUNITY  HALL Summertime Social Dance on Fri Aug 25th. Music by Matt Leavy

SHANNONBRIDGE/DOON G.A.A. CLUB LOTTO  Results 17/7/23 Numbers drawn 9-19-24– 31 . No Winner, No Match 3  Next draw 24/7/23 400 added to Next Jackpot €9,800

SEAMUS O’ROURKE IN MOORE HALL Fri 22nd Sept  2023 at 8pm  Seamus O'Rourke is an award-winning writer, director and actor from County Leitrim. He tours Ireland regularly with his own self-penned shows

MINISTRIES Readers: 29/7/23 Cemetery Mass @7pm M. Kelly, P. Corbett   30/7/23 @10:30am Ann Guinan (Cf)  Communion 29/7/23 @7pm Cemetery Mass   30/7/23@10:30am Jacqueline Hennessy Church Care D. Fitzpatrick, D O’Carroll, L. Moran  SB:Niamh Egan, Anne Rohan (July)  (CF) Counters: Clonfanlough (July)   Servers; 29/7/23 Cemtery Mass  30/3/23 Clonfanlough Mark O’Shea, Alannah Daly, Caoimhin Daly, Saoirse Trainor

 

 BURIALS IN CLONMACNOIS 23/7/22 to 8/7/23

Thomas O’Connor Clonmacnois 13-8-22

John Joseph Horan Staffs, UK 4-9-22

Cathryn Glynn Maleney Chicago&Glebe 23-9-22

Thomas Egan Ballyhearth 20-10-22

Stephen Kenny Shannonbridge 25-10-22

Francis Dolan Kilgarvin 6-11-22

John Gunning Derrycarney 13-11-22

Philomena Gaffey Ballyduff 28-11-22

Liam Coolahan Glebe 13-12-22

Jimmy Norton Clonmacnois 4-2-23

Mary Halligan Clonfanlough5-2-23

Mary Rohan Ferbane 11-2-23

Sabina Mannion Athlone  14-2-23

Annie Greally Miltown Malbay 9-3-23

Liam Keoghan Shannonbridge 12-3-23

Carmel Kelly Long Ballingarry & Carrowkeel  14-4-23

Ann Teresa Kennedy London 4-5-23

Paddy Daly Ballyhearth 20-5-23

Verona Greene Clonever 8-6-23

Terea Egan  Clonaderig/Belmont 18/7/23

 

Funerals within parish but buried elsewhere.

Kieran Flynn Glebe– Banagher Cemetery 16/1/23

Phyllis 14/4/23 & Larry Murphy 5/7/23 (S’bridge) Coosan Cemetery

 

 

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