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Abbeylara Parish Bulletin – 21st May 2023
Priest on Duty: Fr. Michael Campbell Phone 043 6686270. 086 8718999. www.abbeylaraparish.com
Email. abbeylaraparish@eircom.net
St. Bernard’s: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st May
7.30 p.m. Famine Commemoration Day.
11.00 a.m. Michael and Ellen McGivney (A) Killina and their daughter, Bernadette Noone (2nd A)
St. Mary’s: Sunday 21st May
9.30 a.m. Tommy Gallagher (38th A) Dalystown and all the deceased members of the Gallagher Family
St. Bernard’s: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th May
7.30 p.m. –
11.00 a.m. –
St. Mary’s: Sunday 28th May
9.30 a.m. Pat and Anne Malone, (A) Ballywillan and all the deceased members of their Families.
Weekday Masses:
St. Bernard’s
Monday, Wednesday and Friday 7.30 p.m.
St. Mary’s:
Tuesday and Thursday 7.30 p.m.
Rosary Outdoors for May at 7 p.m. each evening followed by MASS at 7.30 p.m.
Monday 22nd May – Toneymore -at Rosie Carthy’s.
Tuesday 23rd May – Aughnagarron School.
Wednesday 24th May – Ballywillian – Railway Station.
Thursday 25th May – Outside Carra Church, for the Parish of Abbeylara.
Friday 26th -– Cloonaghmore – at Cistercian Abbey.
Please try to come and join in the outdoor Rosary.
Collections: Offertory – €1,090; Heating – €10; Cemetery – €10; Trocaire – €15; Trocaire to date – €2,505. Thank you:
Feast Days:
Monday – 7th Week of Easter. St. Rita of Cascia
Wednesday – Prayer for the Church in China.
Thursday – St Bede, St Gregory V11. Africa Day.
Friday – St. Philip Neri.
Saturday –St. Augustine of Canterbury.
Abbeylara GFC LOTTO: Play Lotto online at https://play.clubforce.com/play_newa.asp?ll_id=2697#Anchor or contact any club official to play the LOTTO by envelope.
AG Drive-in Bingo:
AG Drive-in BINGO continues each Sunday evening at 6pm at the Granard GAA Grounds. Patrons will play for a chance to win prize money totaling €14,500. We very much look forward to welcoming everyone to this most enjoyable event.
Cemetery Sunday, Carra: Takes place on Sunday 4th June after the 9.30 a.m. Mass. Please ensure that this Cemetery is clean, tidy and grass mowed for this important event.
Abbeylara Active Retirement: Please note that the next meeting of the group is on Wednesday 24th May at 11.00am in the Parish Centre. Followed by Yoga at 1.00pm.
‘In the Midst of Plenty‘ is a new folk musical from Enchanted Croi Theatre touring Ireland and premiering at the Mullingar Arts Centre (May 25th and 26th), before traveling to Town Hall Cavan (May 28th) and Backstage Theatre, Longford (May 31st). The show tells the story of the desperate lengths the starving tenants on the Strokestown estate in Roscommon went to in order to survive the Great Hunger, and their exodus along what is now known as the National Famine Way. Exploring themes of Irish womanhood, family, community, and rebellion, this production peels back the curtain of antiquity surrounding the Great Hunger and presents the reality of this true story in all of its bare, heartfelt authenticity. More information at www.inthemidstofplenty.com or email inthemidstofplenty@gmail.com. Box office contacts: Mullingar (449347777), Cavan (494380494), Longford (433347888). Ticket prices vary by venue, call for best concession rate.
National Famine Commemoration Day: Sunday May 21st next has been nominated as National Famine Commemoration Day.
Religious leaders of all faiths are being asked to remember the innocents and exiles of the Great Hunger on their day of worship or on the weekend of the National Famine Commemoration Day.
It is suggested that tolling Church Bells on that day will help unite the bond of humanity in remembrance of past loss and support and solidarity in grief for present loss.
Abortion: Changing the Narrative – a Statement of the Catholic Bishops
Five years on from the May 2018 referendum which removed the constitutional guarantee of the equal right to life of unborn children and their mothers, the Bishops of Ireland have issued a statement which also takes into account the recent review by Government of the abortion legislation introduced following the referendum. At that time the bishops said, “a new situation now exists in Ireland. It is essential for us as a Church, which cares passionately about the gift of life, and wants to support both mothers and their unborn children, to seek better ways of responding to this new and very challenging reality”. Today, bishops reaffirm the deep conviction of our faith, namely, that the dignity of every human life, from conception to natural death, is a value for the whole of society, rooted in reason as well as in faith. No matter what legislation is passed, the fundamental right to life for all human beings at every stage of development still prevails. The bishops remain convinced that the relevant law, the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 will, in due course, be repealed. In the meantime, the Church will continue to seek loving and supportive protection for every mother and for every child in the womb, including babies diagnosed with a disability or a life-limiting condition. The bishops will continue to do their best to change the narrative through dialogue and by testifying, in season and out of season, to the Gospel of Life. How can People of Faith help? Read the full statement (which is available in the church and also on www.catholicbishops.ie).
Pilgrimage: St Padre Pio’s Annual Pilgrimage to Holy Cross Abbey, Thurles Co. Tipperary – Sunday May 28th , Bus leaving Granard 8.00 am,Edgeworthstown 8.20 am, Ballinalee (via Clonbroney) 8.45 am. Killoe park (Emmet Og) 9.00 am. Cathedral Car Park 9.15 am. Ballymahon, St Matthews Church (via Kenagh) 9.45 am Contact: Peter Reynolds 087 661 3510
