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Bulletin 13th November 2011
Sunday 13th Nov. 2011
Priest on Duty: Fr. Michael Campbell
Phone 043 6686270. 086 8718999
www.abbeylaraparish.com
St. Bernard’s: Sat. 12th / Sunday 13th Nov.
7.30 p.m. John Mulligan (A) Ballywillian.
11.00 am. Deceased Member of the McCabe Family, Kilbride House & Padraig Dowling.
St. Mary’s Sunday 13th Nov.
9.30 a.m. Parishioners Intentions.
St. Bernard’s: Sat. 19th / Sunday 20th Nov.
7.30 p.m. Bernard Gilligan,(A) Cloonaghmore.
11.00 a.m. Malachy (23rdA) and Theresa (4thA) Farrell.
St. Mary’s: Sunday 20th Nov.
9.30 a.m. Bridget Gallagher, (2ndA) Dalystown.
Weekday Masses: St. Bernard’s:
Monday 7.30 p.m.
Wednesday 7.30 p.m. Mary Brady, (A) Cloonaghmore.
Friday 7.30p.m.Mass for the Dead of 2010/2011.
St. Mary’s:
Tuesday 7.30 p.m. Holy Souls.
Thursday 7.30p.m.
Masses for the Holy Souls: Takes place this week on Tue 15th Nov in Carra and Fri 18th Nov in Abbeylara.
Collections:
Offertory- €1,397. Church heating – €159.
Readers: Kay Cassidy; Teresa Murphy; John Fay:
Eucharistic Ministers:
Ann Sheridan & Kathleen Reilly: Bridie Lynch; Joan Murphy & Bernard Smyth:
Baptism: We welcome into the Christian Community Catherine May daughter of Suzanne Reid and Mel McCormack, Abbeylara.
Prayer Meeting: Larry Cummins will attend the meeting in Tommy & Colette Doyle’s on Tue 15th Nov at 7.30pm All are welcome.
Spend one Hour with me: Holy Hour from 7a.m. to 8a.m. every Thur morning in St. Mary’s, Carra.
Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament:Adoration each Friday in St. Bernard’s Church, Abbeylara from 11a.m. until 7.30p.m. Everyone welcome.
A/G Bingo: Every Wednesday night at 8.45 p.m.
Abbeylara Church Heating: Apologies for the lack of heating in Abbeylara Church due to the circulating pump not working. Thanks very much to Tommy Rabbitt for replacing the pump and all the work he did in order to get the heating system going again.
Parish Draw: Congratulations to the following winners in the Parish Draw:
€300 – Padraig & Nuala Quinn, Ballinacross.
€200 – Brid DonohueNT Drumnavrick, Kilnaleck.
€100 – Dan & Mary Smyth, Tober Phelim.
€100 – Elanora Smith, Ballinacoss.
€50 – Terry & Rose McCormack, Ballywillian.
€50 – Ann Creamer, Robinstown.
Many thanks for your ongoing support of the draw. Also sincere thanks to the collectors.
Abbeylara Parish Centre Draw: Another €100 has come in for the Draw & Fundraiser Night. Total profit to date is now €5345. Once again sincere thanks to everybody who helped in any way to make the Draw & Fundraiser successful.
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St. Mark’s Gospel: The first of two sessions on St. Mark’s Gospel takes place on Tue 15th Nov in the Patrol Centre, St. Mel’s College, Longford at 8pm. The second session is on Tue 22nd Nov. Facilitators Fr. Padraig Kelleher and Sr. Anna Burke. From Sun 27th Nov 2011 until Sun 25th Nov 2012 St. Mark’s Gospel will be read at weekend Masses. These sessions are very helpful to understand better the Gospel in our lives. Anyone who wishes to attend is very welcome.
50th International Eucharistic Congress 2012: Begins on Sun 10th June 2012 in the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin and concludes on Sun 17th June inCrokePark. The overall theme is Communion with Christ and with one another. It is based on the idea of people from every nation, race, tribe and language (Rev.7:9) being drawn together in Communion as “One Body”. More details in the coming weeks and months. Please keep the success of the Congress in your prayers.
Mass for the Dead 2010/2011: Mass for all those in our parish who died during the years 2010/2011 will be offered on Friday 18th Nov. in Abbeylara at 7.30pm Included in this Mass will be those who died outside our parish with relations living in our parish. Everybody is invited and welcome to this Mass especially the families of the deceased
Congratulations: To Nellie & Paddy Reilly, Toneymore who celebrated the Golden Jubilee of their Marriage on Sat 12th Nov with Holy Mass in Abbeylara and a party afterwards in the Pikers Lodge, Gowna. Warmest congratulations to Nellie & Paddy and their family and wishing you every blessing for the future.
Best Wishes: To the Sisters of Mercy Granard who celebrated the 170th Anniversary of the death of their founders Catherine McAuley on Fri 11th Nov. Sincere thanks to all the Sisters for all they have and are doing in our Communities.
St. Joseph’s Care Centre Longford – Mass for Holy Souls: Mass will be celebrated at 7pm on Thur 17th Nov in St. Joseph’s Care Centre Chapel, for the souls of all who died at St. Joseph’s Care Centre in the past year, for deceased staff members, deceased relatives of staff and all who removals took place from St. Joseph’s. All are welcome.
Abbeylara Rural Enhancement: Meeting took place on Thur last in the Sports Centre with eight member in attendance. A very intense discussion took place cantered round the sewerage and state of the Abbey river running through our village this will all form part of the overall enhancement. Major lobbing will be put in place to upgrade this situation in the next few months. Next meeting on Thur 16th Nov at 8pm in the Sports Centre. All parishioners are invited to attend.
Abbeylara GAA Club: Lotto Results 08/11/11. Numbers Drawn 9-11-22-23
€20 Winners:David, Molloy & Peter Sheridan, Carra; JJ Reilly,c/o Jane Reilly, Creevy; James Keary, Streete; Breege Nicholson, Renehan; Niall & Elaine Sheridan, Lisryan; May Fanning, Ballinacross: Next Draw in Crawford’s 15-11-11
Jackpot €4,100.
Irish Heart Foundation Re-Training in Use of AED/Defibrillator & CPR. The Irish Heart Foundation Medico Trainers will provide renewal of certification of those previously trained. Training takes place on Sat. 19th November at 10am until 12.30 in Sports Centre Abbeylara. This training is only available on this day.A charge of 10 euros each. Phone – David 0863118007, Maura 0876292488, Rosaleen 0877634413
Grow:“A free workshop promoting positive mental health in the workplace will be held on Tuesday 29th November in the Family Centre, St. Mel’s Road, Longford. For further information contact GROW inIreland at 057 9351124”
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