Sunday, December 22, 2013

Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter
Sunday  22nd Dec 2013 –  4 Adv A
Tel (090) 9674125.  Email: jimboclonmacnois@gmail.com
Mass times: Shannonbridge: Weekend, 8pm (Sat), & 12 noon, Sun;
Weekdays, 10am.                  Clonfanlough – Sunday, 10.30am

'Joseph, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife' 

Shannonbridge
Masses: Mon-Tues @ 10am; Thurs, St Stephen’s day @ 12 noon
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: € 551.   Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: G.Brennan, D.Deeley, V.Hynes
Ministers of Holy Communion: Group 3
Readers for next Weekend: Group 5, L.Moran, C.Doolan
Altar Servers for this week: Group 2, as arranged
‘Months Mind’ Mass for Josephine Kenny on next Sun
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Clonfanlough
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €193.    Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: M.Claffey, B.Coughlan
Readers for next Sunday: A.Rohan
Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group s as arranged
Minister of Holy Communion for next Sunday: E.Molloy
Mass on Christmas Day for the late Michal Kelly (Lakefield)

AVE MARIA, DOMINUS TECUM 

 


TIMETABLE FOR CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS
Shannonbridge                                          Clonfanlough     

24th  December                                           24th December    
Christmas Eve night mass @ 9pm
Carol singing @ 8.45pm                              Christmas Eve night mass @7pm                                                                                                               

Wed  25th December                                  Wed 25th December

Mass for Christmas Day @ 12 Noon         Mass for Christmas @ 10.30am
                                                                                                 
Wed 1st Jan 2014- New Years Day            Wed 1st Jan 2014
Feast of Mary Mother of God                       Feast of Mary Mother of God
Mass for peace @ 12 Noon                         Mass for peace @ 10:30 am

Christmas Message 2013  -from Bishop Francis Duffy
 St Luke wrote “As for Mary, she treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart” (Lk 2: 19 . .  Sometimes our treasure is gone: bereavement can leave us feeling empty.  The absence of family members who are abroad can leave our Christmas celebration incomplete.   Many people think about Jesus in Bethlehem and wonder what this tells us about God and about being human?  It has to do with the treasure that God is to us, the treasure that we are to God and the treasure that we can be to each other.  I hope that the message of Christmas will us bring peace and joy and help us treasure what is important.  Happy Christmas to all.


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