Clonmacnois Parish
June 9th 2024
10th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
Fr. Tom Cox (Adm) Tel. 090 9674125/ 086-8319500
Email: clonmacnoiseparish@gmail.com
WEB shannonbridge.blogspot.ie
FACEBOOK www.fb.me/saintciarans
10th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
‘It is the end of Satan’
The teaching of the Church, based on the Scriptures, leaves us in no doubt as to the existence of the Devil and the demonic realm. The Church further counsels against two equal and opposite errors in this regard. One is to disbelieve in his existence. The other is to believe and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in him. Pope Francis often refers to Satan as the ‘Father of Lies’, the one who sows seeds of division and disunity, confusion and conflict, the one who attacks us at our most vulnerable moments. In His earthly ministry Jesus Himself came face to face with the ‘Powers of Darkness’. Satan it is who constantly tries to obstruct His plans to bring about the reign of the Kingdom. In the end, goodness trumps evil and it always will. There is only one God and Satan cannot go beyond the limits set by God. In the meantime, the struggle goes on. As children of the light, we are warriors on the frontline of this spiritual battle, which requires the utmost diligence. It is highly significant that the Lord’s model prayer concludes with the petition: ‘deliver us from the Evil One
SHANNONBRIDGE N37 FV05
Sat 8th 7pm {Vigil Mass of Sunday)
-John & Vera Carty
-Verona Greene
-Darren Egan & Johnny Nally
Mon 10th 10am Mass
Tues 11th 10am Mass St. Barnabas Apostle
Wed 12th 10am Downey Family (dec’d) St. Christian/ Giolla Criost
Thur 13th 10am No Mass
Fri 14th 10am Mass St. Davnet/Dympna
Saturday 15th 7p.m. (Vigil)
-Mary & Thomas Coleman & decd family
-Bernadette Kenny M/M
CLONFANLOUGH N37 XR81
Sun 9th 10:30am
Sun 16th 10:30am Concepta Guinan Anniv
RECENT DEATHS Mae O’Sullivan Borrisokane mother of Gerry O’Sullivan (Shannonbridge)
BAPTISMS We welcomed babies Isla Flannery (Creevagh) and Archie Kelly (Ballyhearth) into our Christian Communities recently.
OFFERTORY June 2nd €455
The “Holy Land” envelope (June 2nd in Parish Offertory Box)is forwarded to the “Custody of the Holy Land” (Franciscans) who keep Christian places of worship open in the Holy Land. Basically there are too few local Christians there to be able to maintain the Holy Places As you can see on the News, it’s a time of immense difficulty for everyone there.
Pentecost Dues €1,298 Holy Land €183
Thank you for your financial support. You can also support using electronic transfer if it is more convenient. Bank details are : Clonmacnois Parochial Account.
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Parish Pattern Day Mon Sept 9th @7pm
Clonmacnois Pattern Day Sun Sept 15th@3pm
CLUAINCHIARAIN Mass 12/6/24 7:30pm
Anniversary of Fr. Paddy Kenny …all welcome
FEAST DAYS
June 11th St Barnabas Barnabas was closely associated with St Paul and with Paul set up a Christian community at Antioch (Greece) It was at Antioch that the followers of Jesus were first called Christians.
June 13th St Anthony of Padua (1159- 1231) St Anthony, a Franciscan, was recognized as a great man of prayer and a great scripture and theology scholar
A MISSIONARY GROUP FROM BETHLEHEM, , The Holy Land will be visiting our Parish on the 22nd and 23rd of June to briefly talk about the Holy Land and to sell religious articles ( Crucifixes , Rosary Beads and Plaques ) made out of olive wood in Bethlehem to help and support the poor Christians families , any help you could give them it will be highly appreciated .
Unfailing Prayer to St. Anthony Holy St. Anthony, gentlest of Saints, your love for God and Charity for his creatures, made you worthy, when on earth, to possess miraculous powers. Miracles waited on your word, which you were ever ready to speak for those in trouble or anxiety. Encouraged by this thought, I implore of you to obtain for me (request). The answer to my prayer may require a miracle, even so, you are the Saint of Miracles. O gentle and loving St. Anthony, whose heart was ever full of human sympathy, whisper my petition into the ears of the Sweet Infant Jesus, who loved to be folded in your arms; and the gratitude of my heart will ever be yours. Amen
“Now if I can have one without your phones please”
June 3rd Results Numbers drawn 2-14-25-29 No Winner. One Match 3 winners. Jackpot now
€8,800. Next draw 10/6/25
MINISTRIES Readers: 15/6/24 @7pm Anniv Intention Reader (SB) 16/6/24 Noelle Daly CF) Communion 15/6/24 @7pm Marie McManus 16/6/24 @10:30 Linda Donaghy Church Care Jacinta Kelly, Ann Keena (SB) Leanne Quinn, Mairead Henry (CF) (June) Counters Shannonbridge Servers; 15/6/24 @7pm L. Fitzpatrick, K. Rocke, D O’Duffy (SB) 16/6/24 @ 10:30am A. Hennessy, R & O Daly, H. Maloney(CF)
CLONFANLOUGH HALL
Pilates with Ger, Mondays 8.00 to 9.00 , 10th, 17th & 24th June. Ger will then finish up for the summer, resuming in September.
-Music Generation Offaly: Music lessons every Wednesday. Times: 4-5pm ages 8-12 (primary school) 5-6pm ages 13 + ( secondary school).
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING June 20th @ 8p.m. Presbytery Members: John Mitchell, Noelle Daly, Paula Claffey, George Quinn (Chair) Rita Molloy (Secretary), Declan Egan, Fr. Tom Cox
CHAIR YOGA starting in Shannonbridge Hall June 18th at 11am contact 087 2410587 for details. [please note change of date]
COMFORT HOMECARE - Have Home Support Worker vacancies in Ferbane. Part-time and full-time opportunities available. Level 5 qualification in QQI desirable but not essential as full training will be provided. Please contact manageroffaly@
Parent Evening for bereaved parents on Wednesday 12th June at 7.15pm in the Mullingar Park Hotel. This event is FREE and open to all bereaved parents. For more information call 01 4045378.
St. Ciaran's National School Clonmacnois
FUN RUN & BAKE SALE Please Support! Sunday 9th June starting at Clonfanlough Hall at 12pm Registration from 10am. Bake Sale starts at 11am For Fun Run: Studen t €5, Adult €10 Family €20. P.S. No Dogs! No Bikes FOREST GARDENING WORKSHOP -
June 15th, 10am - 5pm. €50 - €80. Coole Eco
Community, Ferbane, R42 K066. Learn a whole
new way of gardening - create beautiful eco- systems that produce more food in less space with less work! For more information and to register: CooleEcoCommunity.ie or call Siobhán 089- 2196045
BEAT ON THE PEAT - Will take place in
Moystown on Sunday 30th June. Tickets are €30
(plus €2.50 booking fee), under 16’s free. Purchase
tickets online at willwego.com/beat-on-the-peat.
Tickets can also be purchased from Joe Cahill’s
shop, Belmont, 090 6457202.
Congratulations to our neighbour Fr. Pat Browne, Ferbane, who celebrates 50 years of priesthood on Sunday 9th June May God continue to bless him with joy and good health. Ad multo annos.
LOUGH DERG: 3-day Pilgrimage Fri. 31st May to Thurs. 15th Aug. Adm. €80. Booking advised 071 9861518 www.loughderg.org or info@loughderg.org. Concessions available for students, seniors and groups
“ Having moved into grandmother mode I’m out of step with the parents of children sitting exams in the month of June. One June I watched an elegant grandmother sitting in a café waiting for her granddaughters. They arrived wearing green school uniforms and looks of exam weariness. She stood up and enfolded them in large hugs and ordered hot chocolates with marshmallows on top.We can do very little as parents as grandparents: we cannot live their lives for them; we can’t expect them to be like us; all that matters is for them to be themselves and to like themselves. But we can offer love and support and that’s all that matters”. Anne Thurston
EXAMINATIONS - Best wishes& blessings to all students who are doing examinations at this time
PRAYER BEFORE AN EXAMINATIION:
Dear Lord, as I take this exam, I thank you that my value is not based on my performance, but on your great love for me. Come into my heart so that we can walk through this time together. Help me, not only with this test, but the many tests of life that are sure to come my way. As I take this exam, bring back to my mind everything I studied and be gracious with what I have overlooked. Help me to remain focussed and calm, confident in the facts and in my ability, and firm in the knowledge that no matter what happens today you are there with me. Amen.
Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Knock on Sat. 15th June 2024. Celebrant :Most Rev. Luis Mariano Montemayor, Papal Nuncio to Ireland. Homilist: Most Rev. Niall Coll, Bishop of Ossory. Choir: Mullingar Cathedral Choristers, directed by Dervilla Conlon. Outdoor Stations of the Cross and Rosary Procession 2 p.m. Holy Mass in the Basilica with Anointing of the Sick at 3 p.m. Eucharistic Adoration and Sacrament of Reconciliation throughout the day. See www.catechism.ie for local contacts. Further Details - Kate catechismstudies.ie@gmail.com and Máirín 087 7950325. Event organised by: Catechism of the Catholic Church-Adult Studies.
FOOT CARE: MOBILE Foot Health Practitioner Service House Calls Available Daytime and Evening:Maura (086) 8053671
-Fri 2nd August 7pm in Mullinakill (Glebe)
-Sat August 3rd 7pm in Clonmacnois Cemetery
-Friday August 16th @7pm in Cloniffeen
We are fortunate to have the help of an SES group in Clonmacnois Cemetery, but I would gently appeal to, those who have loved ones interred in the cemeteries to bring home any rubbish, dead flowers, broken wreathes and not to pile them up inside the walls or worse over the wall, right in the path of farm machinery and animals. It only takes a moment, a bag and some thought to bring things away.
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