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Clonmacnois Parish Bulletin August 11th 2024

 

Clonmacnois Parish

August 11th  2024

Nineteenth Sunday (B)

Fr.  Tom Cox (Adm)                                              Tel. 090 9674125/  086-8319500 

Email: clonmacnoiseparish@gmail.com

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SHANNONBRIDGE N37 FV05

Sat 10th August 7pm

-John Bogan 1st A.

-Tommy O’Connor & dec’d family members

Mon 12th August 10am Private Intn.

Tues 13th August 10am

Wed 14th August 7pm (Vigil of Assumption

Thurs 15th August 10:30am  (Clonfanlough

Fri 16th August 10am

(7pm Cloniffeen Cemetery Mass-turn right on R357heading east from village  immediately after former BNM Rail line)

Sat 17th August 7pm Mary Allen (1stA)

CLONFANLOUGH N37 XR81

Sun 11th Aug 10:30am Peoples Intentions

Thurs 15th Aug 10.30pm (Assumption)

Sun 18th August 10:30am

-John Joe Maleney, Kathleen Maleney & daughter Catherine Glynn

-Kieran Kelly & son Gerard

RECENT DEATH  We remember in our prayers: Frank Guinan  Raghrabeg. Funeral to Cloonfad Sun 5:30 approx. Mon 11am

CLUAIN CHIARAIN   No Mass  14/8/24 Next Mass Wed 21st August   @ 7:30pm 

OFFERTORY  August 3rd/4th    €1,215  Thank you for your financial support. All donations raised in any parish– stay  in that parish. You can also support using electronic transfer if it is more convenient. Bank details are :   Clonmacnois Parochial Account.
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FEASTDAYS FOR COMING WEEK

August 12th St. Attracta 13th St. Fachtna

 Aug. 14th St Maximilian Kolbe A Polish Franciscan, who sacrificed his life in Auschwitz in 1941 when he volunteered to take the place of another prisoner.

Aug. 15th The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius X11 defined the Assumption of Mary to be a dogma of faith: “We pronounce, declare and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma that the immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul to heavenly glory” This was already a common belief in the Catholic Church.

August 16th St.Stephen of Hungary

Aug.17th Our Lady of Knock

THANK YOU to all involved in any way with our Cemetery Evening Mass on August 3rd last at 7pm. From providing car parking & organising same, music, word, prayer & your good selves– it was good to be there. Thank you for looking after not just our loved ones resting places, but being neighbourly and tending to others as well.

 

MINISTRIES Readers:  17/8/24 @7pm Patti Corbett  18/8/24 :10:30am Mary Kelly (CF) Communion 17/8//24 @7pm Deirdre Kenny  18/8/24 @10:30 Enda Molloy Church Care M. McManus, E. Quinn, P. Kenny  (SB) Marian Devery, Anne Kelly (CF) (August) Counters Shannonbridge  (August) Servers; 17/8/24 @7pm L. Fitzpatrick, K. Rocke, D. O’Duffy (Cemetery)18/8/24 @ 10:30am A. Hennessy, R. Daly, O. Daly, H. Maloney

OF LOCAL INTEREST  A celebration of traditional craft in Offaly past & present

Includes 3 short films  Building a load of Hay on a cart, making a straw rope, making a wooden bird crib featuring Bill Egan,  Jim Delaney 1969 Clonfanlough also making a clothes basket Ciaran C’Arcy Clonascra 1980)

Also God in a Bottle  (Ned Hendricks )

Date TUES 20th August 7:30-9pm

Venue : Esker Arts Centre. Book at 057 9383801

SHANNONBRIDGE/DOON G.A.A.  LOTTO Aug 5th ’24 Draw  Results Numbers drawn 1-7-22-28 No Winner, Seven  Match 3. Jackpot now  €10,600. Next draw 12/8/24

 FR. TOM COX - Who moves to Keadue, Arigna & Ballyfarnon Parish on August 23rd will celebrate his last weekend Vigil Mass on Saturday, August 17th at 7pm in Shannonbridge Church. There will be a cup of tea and refreshments in Shannonbridge Community Centre afterwards. All  welcome

BELMONT ANGLERS OPEN  Competition Sunday 18th August match stretch Shannonharbour Grand Canal. Registration & draw 12:30pm. Fishing 2-6pm Entry Fee €10. Please contact 087-9383553 to book a peg. Event Sponsor BNM

HERITAGE WEEK EVENTS (Aug 17-25th)

CLONMACNOIS Aug 17 - 18 August, 9am - 5:45pm   Free access to the remains of the ancient ecclesiastical site of Clonmacnoise, which are among the most extensive of their kind in Ireland.

SCULPTURES OF LOUGH BOORA  Discovery Par 23 August, 2:30pm - 4:30pm Lough Boora Discovery Park Visitor Centre Tullamore, Co. Offaly R35 R220  Booking  info@loughboora.com

Storm the Castle! Athlone Castle Open Day

21 August, 10:30am - 5:30pm St Peter’s Square, Athlone, (recreation of a medieval town market with onsite demonstrations)

'Relics of a BNM Past' - Week long Photographic Exhibition  Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre, O.P.W. Keenagh, Co. Longford

N39 XT18 043 3322386 mary.forbes@opw.ie

Step Into Nature 22 August, 10:30am - 12:30pm

Noggus (Cranberry) Bog on the R437 (Ferbane to Lumcloon Road)1.6km south of the Grand Canal bridge at Gallen) Co. Offaly Book with heritage@offalycoco.ie.

Lots of “Wild Child” explore events on heritageweek.ie  plus lots, lots more

 

 SHANNONBRIDGE TIDY TOWNS THANK YOU A big thank yu to all who contribute in many ways to enhancing our beautiful village. To those 1) who maintain the large green areas and the verges to a very high standard.

2)For watering all our planted containers and flowers beds.

For sweeping our footpaths and roadside almost daily, for litter picking daily. It has been noticed that our village is clean and tidy. To the private landowners who display lovely gardens and adorn their houses with window boxes and hanging baskets. All your work is much appreciated. Kind regards. Tidy Towns Committee.  

 

 OUR LADY OF KNOCK NOVENA (14th-22nd August). Daily ceremonies (3pm & 8pm); Anointing of the Sick (2.30pm). Candlelight Procession each evening. Guest Speakers: Dr. Austen Iverleigh; Fr. Richard Leonard SJ; Toni Pyke; Msgr. Kevin Gillespie; Donna Taggart; Judith King; Bishop Kevin Doran; Sr. Orla Treacy; Fr. Michael McCullagh CM; Dr. Gráinne Doherty; Fr. Richard Gibbons; Fr. Jos Moons SJ.

Prayer to Our Lady of Knock Our Lady of Knock, Queen of Ireland, you gave hope to your people in a time of distress and comforted them in sorrow. You have inspired countless pilgrims to pray with confidence to your divine Son, remembering His promise, "Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find." Help me to remember that we are all pilgrims on the road to Heaven. Fill me with love and concern for my brothers and sisters in Christ, especially those who live with me. Comfort me when I am sick, lonely or depressed. Teach me how to take part ever more reverently in the Holy Mass. Give me a greater love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Pray for me now, and at the hour of my death. AMEN

St. Bernadette Relics in Ireland Visit  the relics of St Bernadette will journey on pilgrimage to Ireland for the very first time. This special once in a lifetime event will provide an opportunity for people of all ages and backgrounds to experience the special gifts and charisms of Lourdes near them. In our own diocese the relics will be in St Mel's Cathedral on Fri 27th and Sat 28th September. 

 

 CLONFANLOUGH HALL WORKS

Contractor Quotes sought

The Clonfanlough Hall Committee is currently applying for grants to fund renovation work on the hall. The priorities are;
1. Hall roof
2. Heating, lighting and electrical works
3. Upgrades to kitchen, bathroom, stage, painting and decorating
We invite contractors interested in providing quotes for any or all of these projects to contact Lorraine Guinan - 086 8677904 or Derek Hennessy - 0879180251 as soon as possible.

 ANNUAL DIOCESAN PRILGRIMAGE TO KNOCK will take place on Sunday 1 st September

Parish Pattern Day Mon Sept 9th @7pm             Clonmacnois Pattern Day Sun Sept 15th@3pm

 

 

 

 

 

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