Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter

Sunday  26^th Jan 2014 – 3 A

Tel (090) 9674125.  Email: jimboclonmacnois@gmail.com

Mass times: Shannonbridge: Weekend, 8pm (Sat), & 12 noon, Sun;

Weekdays, 10am.                  Clonfanlough – Sunday, 10.30am

Shannonbridge

Masses: Each day @ 10am

Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €495.    Many Thanks

Church Cleaners:  J.Kelly, M.Killeen, A.Keena,

Ministers of Holy Communion: Group 4

Readers for next Weekend: Group 4, S.Grennan, Sr Marie

Altar Servers for this week: Group 2, Ciarán, Róisín, Ffion, Fiachre

Mass on next Sun for the late Josephine Scicluna

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Clonfanlough

Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €244.   Many Thanks

Church Cleaners: A.Walshe, R.Gunning

Readers for next Sunday: D.Gavin

Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group 2, Bill, Rosanna, Jane

Minister of Holy Communion for next Sunday: L.Quinn

Mass on next Sun for the late Mick Rocke

We celebrate the Feast of St Brigid on Sat 1^st Feb

Many thanks for your donations to the Lourdes fund last weekend, which realised €600.00.

We Celebrate the Feast of the Presentation, (Candlemas) on next Sun, when we will bless candles for Church & home.

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Mass in the Prayer Centre Clonmacnois every Wed @ 7.30pm

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 Ballinahown Parent & Toddler group - meet every Friday morning from 10:30 to 12:00 in Ballinahown Parish Hall.  Play, stories, art & crafts for the children, and tea/coffee and chat for the parents, grandparents, minders ….. All very welcome.

For more info call 086-8677904

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Medjugorje 28^th May for 7 nights, €609.  €50 deposit by 17^th Feb secures this price. Contact Josephine Mulryan, 9642635 or 087-7883264.

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 Portiuncula Hospital Remembrance Service

For parents who have suffered a bereavement through the death of their children, miscarriage or stillbirth   , on Mon 3^rd Feb @ 7.30pm in the Hospital Chapel.

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Athlone Community College

Adult Education Evening Classes: enrolment dates, Môn 27^th Jan & Mon 3^rd Feb from 7-8pm. New reduced fees.  First class night 10^th Feb.

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 Catholic Schools Week 2014: ‘Places of Faith and Learning’

Catholic Schools Week 2014 will begin on Sunday 26 January and will conclude on 1 February. The theme for Catholic Schools Week this year is ‘Catholic Schools – places of faith and learning’. This year’s theme was chosen to highlight that all learning takes place in a values context. Catholic Schools Week is an occasion to celebrate the work and achievement of Catholic Schools in Ireland, north and south. Resources have been provided to all primary and post-primary schools to assist with the celebration of CSW.

 Catholic education tradition is built on respect for faith and reason, which is the most important principle underpinning such education today.  This helps to explain why Catholic schools are so popular and respected throughout the world,

There is no contradiction between being a fully educated person and a committed Christian.

Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter

Sunday  19^th Jan 2014 – 2 A

Tel (090) 9674125.  Email: jimboclonmacnois@gmail.com

Mass times: Shannonbridge: Weekend, 8pm (Sat), & 12 noon, Sun;

Weekdays, 10am.                  Clonfanlough – Sunday, 10.30am

Shannonbridge

Masses: Each day @ 10am

Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €532.      Many Thanks

Church Cleaners:  M.Darcy, M.Murtagh, M.McManus

Ministers of Holy Communion: Group 3

Readers for next Weekend: Group 3,K.O’Connor, O.Costello

Altar Servers for this week: Group 1,Stephanie, Jenny, Adam, Matthew

Mass on next Sat eve for the late Geraldine, Tommy & Simon McManus

Anniversary Mass for Michael Shrahan on next Sun

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Clonfanlough

Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €290.   Many Thanks

Church Cleaners: M.Guinan, A.Guinan

Readers for next Sunday: C.O’Shea

Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group  1, Aaron, Conor x2, Eoin

Minister of Holy Communion for next Sunday: N.O’Shea

Mass on next Sun for the late Brigid Rigney

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins this Sat 18^th Jan and concludes on 25^th Jan, feast of the Conversion of St Paul.

Lourdes Invalid Fund Collection this weekend

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 Ballinahown Parent & Toddler group - meet every Friday morning from 10:30 to 12:00 in Ballinahown Parish Hall.  Play, stories, art & crafts for the children, and tea/coffee and chat for the parents, grandparents, minders ….. All very welcome.

For more info call 086-8677904

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Medjugorje 28^th May for 7 nights, €609.  €50 deposit by 17^th Feb secures this price. Contact Josephine Mulryan, 9642635 or 087-7883264.

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 SAFETALK

This is a ‘Suicide Alertness’ programme that prepares participants to identify & engage with persons who may be having thoughts of suicide.  Participants also learn how to provide practical help by using the steps of

TALK (Tell, Ask, Listen, Keepsafe), and gain information on the supports & resources available locally, regionally & nationally,       

For more info contact Josephine Rigney, A/Suicide Prevention Resource Officer on 086-8157850, or 057-9357807.

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 Athlone Community College

Adult Education Evening Classes: enrolment dates, Môn 27^th Jan & Mon 3^rd Feb from 7-8pm. New reduced fees.  First class night 10^th Feb.

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 Portiuncula Hospital Remembrance Service

For parents who have suffered a bereavement through the death of their children, miscarriage or stillbirth   , on Mon 3^rd Feb @ 7.30pm in the Hospital Chapel.

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Words of inspiration                                                ( Moytura.com)

“Grace is when God gives us what we don't deserve; Mercy is when God doesn't give us what we do deserve.

Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have

There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness but there is the discovery of joy

Living in the past is a dull and lonely business, looking back strains the neck and causes you to bump into people not going your way.”   

Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter

Sunday  12^th Jan 2014 – Ubatizo wa Y.K. A

Tel (090) 9674125.  Email: jimboclonmacnois@gmail.com

Mass times: Shannonbridge: Weekend, 8pm (Sat), & 12 noon, Sun;

Weekdays, 10am.                  Clonfanlough – Sunday, 10.30am

Shannonbridge

Masses: Each day @ 10am

Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €477.    Many Thanks

Church Cleaners: A.Ryan, L.Turley, M.Mitchell

Ministers of Holy Communion: Group 2

Readers for next Weekend: Group 2, M.Anderson, E.Quinn

Altar Servers for this week: Group 3, Alisa, Katie, Lauren

Mass on next Sun for the late James Higgins

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Clonfanlough

Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €242.  Many Thanks

Church Cleaners: B.Higgin, D.Guinan

Readers for next Sunday: A.Kelly

Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group 3, Celine, Conor D. Adam

Minister of Holy Communion for next Sunday: P.Trainor

Mass on next Sun for John Loonam & family deceased

Mass in the prayer Centre Clonmacnois next Wed & every Wed @ 7.30pm

Night Prayer Vigil in Clonmacnois Prayer Centre

Fri 17^th Jan, beginning with Mass @ 10pm.  Adoration follows and finishes at 3.10am.  All welcome.  Enquiries Dave 085-7746763

The Year to come – some central Feasts in 2014

The centre of the whole liturgical year is the Paschal Triduum of the Lord, crucified, buried and risen, which will culminate in the solemn Vigil of Easter, during the holy night that will end with the dawn of the 20^th April – Easter Sunday.

Every Sunday, as a weekly Easter, holy Church makes present that great and saving deed by which Christ has forever conquered sin and death.                                                                                                From Easter there comes forth and are reckoned all the days we keep holy: Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, 5th March;

the Ascension of the Lord, 1^st June; and  Pentecost, 8^th June;

First Sunday of Advent, 30^th November.

Likewise, in the feasts of the Holy Mother of God, of the apostles and saints, and in the commemoration of all the faithful departed, the pilgrim Church on earth proclaims the resurrection of Christ the Lord.

We will celebrate Confirmation on 9^th April with the new Bishop

We will celebrate First Holy Communion on 18^th May

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Lourdes Invalid Fund Collection

We have been requested to take up this collection as a second collection after Holy Communion on next weekend, 18/19^th Jan.

Your support will be much appreciated.

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Thoughts to Ponder                        ( Moytura.com)

 When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was  smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift.

 When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.
It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.

Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter

Sunday  5^th Jan 2014 – 2 Christmas A

Tel (090) 9674125.  Email: jimboclonmacnois@gmail.com

Mass times: Shannonbridge: Weekend, 8pm (Sat), & 12 noon, Sun;

Weekdays, 10am.                  Clonfanlough – Sunday, 10.30am

Shannonbridge

Masses: Tues- Sat @ 10am;  Mon 6^th Jan @ 12noon – this is the feast of Epiphany – a Holy Day; Mass also on Mon eve @ 7pm

Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €545.     Many Thanks

Church Cleaners:  K.Price, C.Curley, P.Anderson

Ministers of Holy Communion: Group 1

Readers for next Weekend: Group 1, D.Finnerty, P. Corbett

Altar Servers for this week: Group 2, Ciarán, Róisín, Ffion, Fiachre

Mass on next Sun for the late Michael Brennan

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Clonfanlough

Mass for the Epiphany on Mon @ 10.30am – this is a Holy Day

Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €178.   Many Thanks

Church Cleaners: C.Spain, C.Guinan

Readers for next Sunday: E.McEvoy

Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group 2

Minister of Holy Communion for next Sunday: A.Guinan

Mass on next Sun for the late Mary & Kieran Daly and Tom Mannion

Reflection on PEACE

P is for prayer that stills the heart

E is for each other, where harmony starts

A is for all, whom we should love

C is for caring, like Mary above

E is for everything that God gives

Peace is forever while Jesus lives

"Peace is the nurse of love, the mother of unity, the repose of the blessed, and our eternal home."                             (St Bernard)

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A word from the late Cardinal Hume as we begin a New Year:

'You think because you don't find prayer easy, because attendance at Mass is not congenial, because your record in the service of God

is not good, that the things of God are not for you.  Can't you see that the more inadequate you are the more you need God's help?'

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Teach the Next Generation                       ( Elizabeth Kubler-Ross)

"We need to teach the next generation of children from day one that they are responsible for their lives. Mankind’s greatest gift, also its greatest curse, is that we have free choice. We can make our choices built from love or fear."

Discover One’s Mission                             (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

Every person must have a concern for self, and feel a responsibility to discover one’s mission in life. God has given each normal person a capacity to achieve some end. True, some are endowed with more talent than others, but God has left none of us without talent. Potential powers of creativity are within us, and we have a duty to work assiduously to discover these powers."

 

Making Mistakes                                          (Benjamin Franklin)

"The man who does things makes many mistakes, but he never makes the biggest mistake of all – doing nothing." 

Shannonbridge GAA Club Notes

Sympathy.

Sincere sympathy to the family of Paul Kelly on his sudden and untimely passing last week.  May he rest in peace.

Shannonbridge / Doon Lottery.

There was no jackpot winner last week.  The numbers drawn were 7, 14, 17 and 24.  There was one match three winner.  This week’s jackpot is €4,600.

 Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter

Sunday 29^th Dec 2013 – Holy Family A

Tel (090) 9674125.  Email: jimboclonmacnois@gmail.com

Mass times: Shannonbridge: Weekend, 8pm (Sat), & 12 noon, Sun;

Weekdays, 10am.                  Clonfanlough – Sunday, 10.30am

Shannonbridge

Masses: Each day @ 10am; Mass on 1^st Jan @ 12noon

Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €640.      Many Thanks

Church Cleaners:  M.McManus, C.Slattery, A.Corbett

Ministers of Holy Communion: Group  4

Readers for next Weekend: Group 6, A.Hynes, D.O’Carroll

Altar Servers for this week: Group 2, Ciarán, Róisín, Ffion, Fiachre

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Clonfanlough

Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €221.  Many Thanks

Church Cleaners: J.& C.Rigney

Readers for next Sunday: C. & P.Rigney

Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group  1, Aaron, Conor x2, Eoin

Minister of Holy Communion for next Sunday: N.Hynes

Mass on 1^st Jan @ 10.30am

The family, grounded on marriage freely contracted, monogamous and indissoluble, is and must be considered the first and essential cell of humanity.               (Pope John 23^rd)

Beannachtaí na Nollag agus Síocháin san Ath Bhliain do gach duine

A special word of thanks to all who contribute to the various collections during the year, and to all who help out in any way in the Church and community.  It is much appreciated

Jesus

Read at least the first two lines....Ever thought of it?

Jesus died over 2000 years ago.

Nobody has ever referred to HIM as the ‘late Jesus’,

Not even the heathens.

Nowhere in history.

Nowhere has HE ever been referred to in the past tense

HE 'is' the Living God!

When Jesus died on the cross HE was thinking of you!

Ten Commandments of Home Rule

1. If you sleep on it - make it up.

2. If you wear it - hang it up.

3. If you drop it - pick it up.

4. If you eat out of it - put it in the sink.

5. If you step on it - wipe it off.

6. If you open it - close it.

7. If you empty it - fill it up.

8. If it rings - answer it.

9. If it howls - feed it.

10. If it cries - love it.                            (The Fight, J. White, IVP, pp. 121ff)

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Annual Mummer’s Festival

In New Inn leisure centre on Sat 4^thJan @ 7.30pm  for senior groups;

On Sun 5^th Jan @ 2.30pm for junior groups.

Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter

Sunday  22^nd 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

 

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)

 

 

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.