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July 16, 2023

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Abbeylara Parish Bulletin – 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 16th July 2023

Priest on Duty: Fr. Michael Campbell Phone 043 6686270. 086 8718999. www.abbeylaraparish.com
Email. abbeylaraparish@eircom.net

St. Bernard’s: Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th July
7.30 p.m. –
11.00 a.m. Edward and Bridget O’Farrell, Ferriskill (A) and all the deceased members of the Farrell and King families.

St. Mary’s: Sunday 16th July.
9.30 a.m. Frank and Mary Earley, their son Tommy, their Grandson Kevin (A) Carra

St. Bernard’s: Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd July.
7.30 p.m. James and Bridget Reilly, (A) Kilbride and all the deceased members of their families.
11.00 a.m. Patrick and Agnes Curran and their son Gerard (A)

St. Mary’s: Sunday 23rd July
9.30 a.m. Joe Donohoe (11th A) Creevy.

Weekday Masses: St. Bernard’s
Monday, Wednesday and Friday 7.30 p.m.

St. Mary’s:
Tuesday 7.30 p.m. Tuesday 18th July 7.30 pm. Celia Connolly (6th A) Creevy and all the deceased members of the Connolly Family.
Thursday 7.30 p.m.

Feast Days:
Monday –15th week in Ordinary Time.
Thursday – St. `Apollinaris.
Friday – St. Lawrence of Brindisi.
Saturday – St. Mary Magdalene.

Death: Your prayers are requested for the happy repose of the soul of Eamon Egan, Glanmore, Kenagh, Co. Longford died Tuesday, 11th July. May he rest in peace.

Collections: Offertory – €653; Holy Land – €23 Peters Pence – €40; Thank you:

Youth 2000 Festival: Join young people between 16 and 35 this August at the Youth 2000 Summer Festival. The festival takes place in Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co Kildare from Thursday 10th August to Sunday 13th August 2023. The festival includes inspiring talks, music, prayer, concert, workshops, dramas, share groups, reconciliation and healing service and Mass. Donation only and we have buses going from all over Ireland. For more information and to book your place go to www.youth2000.ie

Abbeylara Parish Centre Committee will be doing their annual clean up soon, if you or your group have any equipment under or beside the stage or in any of the rooms in the building, can you please organize for it to be removed as soon as possible within the next two weeks. Please contact a member of the committee to gain access or email us on abbeylarapc@gmail.com
Thank you.

Thank You: Thank you to all who contributed to the longford CASA group collection on Sunday, 1st and 2nd July.

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.

OPPORTUNITY IN YOUTH MINISTRY LEADERSHIP
The Diocese of Lancaster Youth Service are looking for a Senior Programme Leader to lead retreats and other programmes in their youth retreat centre, Castlerigg Manor, in the English Lake District. Castlerigg Manor is an innovative project which focuses on leading their volunteers into a closer relationship with God and in working with their volunteers to lead programmes for thousands of young people each year. The post is residential with an excellent salary package. For more information email the director, Jack Regan director@castleriggmanor.co.uk or checkout castleriggmanor.com >> meet the team

Abbeylara Cemetery Sunday: Takes place on Sunday, 30th July. Please clean and tidy this Cemetery for this special occasion.

AG Drive-in Bingo: AG Drive-in BINGO continues each Sunday evening at 6pm at the Granard GAA Grounds. We very much look forward to welcoming everyone to this most enjoyable event.

Pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick, Sunday, July 30th 2023.
Bus departing from the Granard at 05.00, Ballinalee Church 05.15, Killoe Park 05.20. Newtownforbes Church 5.30, St Mel’s Cathedral Car Park Longford (old) at 5.40. Tarmonbarry Grotto 05.55, Strokestown, Percy French 06.10 and Ballaghadereen 06.40. To book a seat ring Kitty 086 040 5621, Peter 087 661 3510

July 1, 2023

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Abbeylara Parish Buletin – 2nd July 2023

Priest on Duty: Fr. Michael Campbell Phone 043 6686270. 086 8718999. www.abbeylaraparish.com
Email. abbeylaraparish@eircom.net

St. Bernard’s: Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd July
7.30 p.m. St. Oliver Plunkett, Armagh & Meath.
11.00 a.m. Parishioners’ Intentions.

St. Mary’s: Sunday 2nd July
9.30 a.m. Michael Reilly and his parents Ned and Ellen and his uncle Andy (A) Carra

St. Bernard’s: Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th July.
7.30 p.m.
11.00 a.m. Mary (14th A) and Peter (9th A) Hynes, Ballyboy and their daughter Kathleen.

St. Mary’s: Sunday 9th July
9.30 a.m. Brian O’Reilly (A) Creevy.

Weekday Masses: St. Bernard’s
Monday, Wednesday and Friday 7.30 p.m.

St. Mary’s: Tuesday and Thursday 7.30 p.m.

Feast Days:
Monday – St. Thomas, Apostle
13th week in Ordinary Time.
Wednesday – St. Anthony Zaccaria.
Thursday – St. Marie Goretti; St. Monnnine.
Friday – St. Maelruain.
Saturday – St. Kilian.

Deaths: Your prayers are requested for the happy repose of the souls of:
Stephen Campbell, Clooncumber, Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim, died Monday 26th June.
Patrick King, Fostra, Aughnacliffe and Carra, Granard, died Monday 26th June. May they rest in peace.

Collections: Offertory – €525; Holy Land – €25; Thank you:

First Friday: Friday 7th July is the First Friday. The sick and housebound will be attended as usual.

Novena: Our Lady of Mount Carmel 9 day Novena will be held in St Mel’s Cathedral on July 7th Friday at 5pm, Saturday 8th at 5pm, Sunday 9th at 3pm, Monday 10th to Friday 14th to Friday at 5pm and Saturday 15th at 4 pm
Novena includes the Holy Rosary, hymns and reflection on Our lady of Mount Carmel devotion and prayer of St Simon Stock.
Enrollment and Distribution of Brown Scapulars on the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Sunday July 16th in St Mel’s Cathedral.
Organised by the Junior Legion of Mary.

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.

OPPORTUNITY IN YOUTH MINISTRY LEADERSHIP
The Diocese of Lancaster Youth Service are looking for a Senior Programme Leader to lead retreats and other programmes in their youth retreat centre, Castlerigg Manor, in the English Lake District. Castlerigg Manor is an innovative project which focuses on leading their volunteers into a closer relationship with God and in working with their volunteers to lead programmes for thousands of young people each year. The post is residential with an excellent salary package. For more information email the director, Jack Regan director@castleriggmanor.co.uk or checkout castleriggmanor.com >> meet the team

Longford CASA group – are holding a Church Gate Collection next weekend, 1st & 2nd July at St. Bernard’s Abbeylara and St. Mary’s, Carragh.
With your support we continue to provide a voluntary & free social outlet to adults with physical & intellectual disabilities in our community for the past 42 years. A small donation makes a big difference to us. Thank you

Abbeylara Cemetery Sunday: Takes place on Sunday, 30th July. Please clean and tidy this Cemetery for this special occasion.

AG Drive-in Bingo:
AG Drive-in BINGO continues each Sunday evening at 6pm at the Granard GAA Grounds. We very much look forward to welcoming everyone to this most enjoyable event.

June 27, 2023

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Abbeylara Parish Bulletin – 25th June 2023

Priest on Duty: Fr. Michael Campbell Phone 043 6686270. 086 8718999. www.abbeylaraparish.com
Email. abbeylaraparish@eircom.net

St. Bernard’s: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June.
7.30 p.m. Parishioners’ Intentions.
11.00 a.m. Nellie (6th A) and Paddy (3rd A) Reilly, Toneymore.

St. Mary’s: Sunday 25th June
9.30 a.m.

St. Bernard’s: Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd July
7.30 p.m.
11.00 a.m.

St. Mary’s: Sunday 2nd July
9.30 a.m. Michael Reilly and his parents Ned and Ellen and his uncle Andy (A) Carra

Weekday Masses: St. Bernard’s
Monday, Wednesday and Friday 7.30 p.m.

St. Mary’s: Tuesday and Thursday 7.30 p.m.

Feast Days:
Monday –12th Week in Ordinary Time.
Tuesday – St. Cyril of Alexandria
Wednesday – St. Irenaeus
Thursday – Ss Peter and Paul, Apostles
The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church
Saturday – St. Oliver Plunkett (Armagh and Meath.)

Collections: Offertory – €580; Holy Land – €10; Thank you:

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.

Abbeylara Cemetery Sunday: Takes place on Sunday, 30th July. Please clean and tidy this Cemetery for this special occasion.

AG Drive-in Bingo:
AG Drive-in BINGO continues each Sunday evening at 6pm at the Granard GAA Grounds. We very much look forward to welcoming everyone to this most enjoyable event.

Alzheimer Café: The Longford Alzheimer Cafe, will take place on Wednesday 28th June in The Attic House, Ballinalee Road, Longford, at 7.00pm. Guest speaker on the night is Frank Gearty, Solicitor, and his topics are ‘Power of Attorney and Enduring Power of Attorney ‘ The Café will then run on the last Wednesday of every month, with a different speaker and topic each month. The Alzheimer Café will provide a safe, warm and welcoming space for people with dementia, their family and friends, along with social and health care professionals to meet and exchange ideas and learnings. For Further information you can contact Eileen on 085 8724475 .The Alzheimer Society of Ireland National Helpline is open six days a week Monday to Friday 10am–5pm and Saturday 10am–4pm on 1800 341 341. and The Website is: www.alzheimer.ie

Bishop Paul Connell: Congratulations to our new Bishop Paul Connell who was ordained on Sunday 18th June in St. Mel’s Cathedral. We pray God’s Blessings on him as he takes on the responsibility of shepherding the people of God into the future.

June 17, 2023

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Abbeylara Parish Bulletin – 18th June 2023

Priest on Duty: Fr. Michael Campbell Phone 043 6686270. 086 8718999. www.abbeylaraparish.com
Email. abbeylaraparish@eircom.net

St. Bernard’s: Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th June
7.30 p.m.
11.00 a.m.

St .Mary’s: Sunday 18th June.
9.30 a.m.

St. Bernard’s: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June.
7.30 p.m.
11.00 a.m.

St. Mary’s: Sunday 25th June
9.30 a.m.

Weekday Masses: St. Bernard’s
Monday 7.30 pm Noel O’ Connor, Carra and all the deceased members of the O’Connor family
Wednesday and Friday 7.30 p.m.

St. Mary’s:
Tuesday and Thursday 7.30 p.m.

Feast Days:
Monday –11th h Week in Ordinary Time.
Tuesday – The Irish Martyrs, World Refugee Day.
Wednesday – St. Aloysius Gonzaga.
Thursday – St. John Fisher and Thomas Moore
Saturday – Nativity of St. John the Baptist.

Collections: Offertory – €553; Holy Land – €34; Trócaire – €10; Lenten Alms- €5. Thank you:

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. We very much look forward to welcoming everyone to this most enjoyable event.

Fr. Paul Connell. We wish Father Paul every blessing and success in his new ministry as Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnois.

Abbeylara Active Retirement: Meeting on Thursday next at 11 a.m. I the Parish Centre at 11 a.m. All members please attend and new members welcome.

Fathers Day: Sunday 18th June is Fathers Day. Best wishes to all Fathers on this your special Day

Abbeylara Cemetery Sunday: Takes place on Sunday 30th July. Please clean and tidy this Cemetery for this special occasion.

St John the Baptist: It is unknown where St. John as born, but his nativity, or birth, is usually celebrated on June 24th in many Churches. He was beheaded sometime around the year 30 CE. He is the Patron saint of villages, towns and regions, including Catalonia

The Irish Martyrs: Irish Catholic Martyrs were 24 Irish men and women who were beatified or canonized for dying for their Catholic faith. Feast is the 20th June.

June 4, 2023

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Abbeylara Parish Bulletin – The Most Holy Trinity – Sunday 4th June 2023

Priest on Duty: Fr. Michael Campbell Phone 043 6686270. 086 8718999. www.abbeylaraparish.com
Email. abbeylaraparish@eircom.net

St. Bernard’s: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th June
7.30 p.m. Luke Gaynor ((14th A) Ballyboy Cottage.
11.00 a.m. Francie (9th A) and Cellie (8th A) Coyle, Ballinacross and all the deceased members of the Coyle and Murtagh Families.

St. Mary’s: Sunday 4th June
9.30 a.m. Cemetery Sunday, Carra.

St. Bernard’s: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th June
7.30 p.m. –
11.00 a.m. –

St. Mary’s: Sunday 11th June
9.30 a.m. –

Weekday Masses:
St. Bernard’s
Friday 7.30 p.m. John and Eileen Brady, (A) Cartronbore and all the Deceased members of the Brady & Connolly Families, Cartronbore and Kilnacrott.

Feast Days:
Monday – 9th Week in Ordinary Time.
World Environment Day.
St. Charles Lawnga and Companions. Martyrs of Uganda
Tuesday – St. Jarlath (Tuam).
Wednesday – St. Coleman. (Dromore)
Ven. Matt Talbot.
Friday – St. Columba. (Colum Cille) (Derry)
Saturday – St. Ephrem.

Collections: Offertory – €504.45
Thank you:

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: Rosary at 9.15 a.m. Mass at 9.30 a.m. both in the Cemetery, weather permitting. Graveside Memorial Lights are available on the way in to the Cemetery. You may bring your own Holy Water to bless the graves at the time of blessing after Holy Mass.

Episcopal Ordination of Fr. Paul Connell. 4 people from our Parish are invited to attend Fr. Paul’s Episcopal Ordination as the new Bishop of our Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnois, which will take place in the St. Mel’s Cathedral on 18th June at 3 p.m. You are also invited for hospitality in St. Mel’s College afterwards. 4 tickets are available for our Parish representatives. One of these 4 people will be invited to carry a Banner in the opening procession.

Priests Diocesan Knock Retreat: – Takes place from Sunday evening 4th to Thursday 8th June in Knock House Hotel. The retreat director will be Fr. Hugh Lagan SMA. The retreat this year will be shared with the diocese of Achonry. Please pray for the Priests who are on this retreat.
There will be no evening Masses on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Abbeylara Active Retirement: Group will meet in the Parish Centre at 11am on Thursday next 8th June. Looking forward to seeing everyone there.

Ephrem (or Eprhaim) the Syrian left us hundreds of hymns and poems on the faith that inflamed and inspired the whole Church, but few facts about his own inspiring life.

Venerable Matt Talbot: Young Matt Talbot, known as the “saint in overalls,” knelt outside the doors of his church for hours every morning until the doors were opened.
Once inside, he would prostrate himself on the floor in the form of a cross before entering his pew.
Every Sunday, he spent seven hours in Church without moving, (attending all the Masses) – “his arms crossed, his elbows not resting on anything, his body from the knees up as rigid and straight as the candles on the altar,” a biographer writes. He did this every Sunday for 40 years.
A tremendous son of Our Blessed Mother, in addition to praying the rosary and angelus, one of his favourite little prayers, which he sometimes kept written on his hand, was,
“O Virgin I ask three things from you:
the grace of God,
the presence of God,
the blessing of God”
and
“O blessed Mother, obtain for me from Jesus that I may participate in His folly.”
Most notably, of course, Matt Talbot is known for his total conversion of life away from alcohol addiction, something he described as like “escaping Hell.”
There is evidence that Matt’s first seven years after taking the pledge were especially difficult. Avoiding his former drinking places was hard. Only alcoholic men and women who have stopped drinking can fully appreciate how difficult the earliest years of sobriety were for Matt.

June 3, 2023

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Abbeylara Parish Bulletin – The Most Holy Trinity. 4th June 2023

Priest on Duty: Fr. Michael Campbell Phone 043 6686270. 086 8718999. www.abbeylaraparish.com
Email. abbeylaraparish@eircom.net

St. Mary’s: Sunday 4th June
9.30 a.m. Cemetery Sunday, Carra.

St. Bernard’s: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th June
7.30 p.m. –
11.00 a.m. –

St. Mary’s: Sunday 11th June
9.30 a.m. –

Weekday Masses:
St. Bernard’s
Friday 7.30 p.m. John and Eileen Brady, (A) Cartronbore and all the Deceased members of the Brady & Connolly Families, Cartronbore and Kilnacrott.

Collections: Offertory – €504.45
Thank you:

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.

Episcopal Ordination of Fr. Paul Connell. 4 people from our Parish are invited to attend Fr. Paul’s Episcopal Ordination as the new Bishop of our Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnois, which will take place in the St. Mel’s Cathedral on 18th June at 3 p.m. You are also invited for hospitality in St. Mel’s College afterwards. 4 tickets are available for our Parish representatives. One of these 4 people will be invited to carry a Banner in the opening procession.

Priests Diocesan Knock Retreat: – Takes place from Sunday evening 4th to Thursday 8th June in Knock House Hotel. The retreat director will be Fr. Hugh Lagan SMA. The retreat this year will be shared with the diocese of Achonry. Please pray for the Priests who are on this retreat.
There will be no evening Masses on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Abbeylara Active Retirement: Group will meet in the Parish Centre at 11am on Thursday next 8th June. Looking forward to seeing everyone there.

Ephrem (or Eprhaim) the Syrian left us hundreds of hymns and poems on the faith that inflamed and inspired the whole Church, but few facts about his own inspiring life.
Venerable Matt Talbot: Young Matt Talbot, known as the “saint in overalls,” knelt outside the doors of his church for hours every morning until the doors were opened.
Once inside, he would prostrate himself on the floor in the form of a cross before entering his pew.
Every Sunday, he spent seven hours in Church without moving, (attending all the Masses) – “his arms crossed, his elbows not resting on anything, his body from the knees up as rigid and straight as the candles on the altar,” a biographer writes. He did this every Sunday for 40 years.
A tremendous son of Our Blessed Mother, in addition to praying the rosary and angelus, one of his favourite little prayers, which he sometimes kept written on his hand, was,
“O Virgin I ask three things from you:
the grace of God,
the presence of God,
the blessing of God”
and
“O blessed Mother, obtain for me from Jesus that I may participate in His folly.”
Most notably, of course, Matt Talbot is known for his total conversion of life away from alcohol addiction, something he described as like “escaping Hell.”
There is evidence that Matt’s first seven years after taking the pledge were especially difficult. Avoiding his former drinking places was hard. Only alcoholic men and women who have stopped drinking can fully appreciate how difficult the earliest years of sobriety were for Matt.

May 28, 2023

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Abbeylara Parish Bulletin – Pentecost Sunday – 28th May 2023

Priest on Duty: Fr. Michael Campbell Phone 043 6686270. 086 8718999. www.abbeylaraparish.com
Email. abbeylaraparish@eircom.net

St. Bernard’s: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th May
7.30 p.m. Parishioners’ Intentions.
11.00 a.m. Parishioners’ Intentions.

St. Mary’s: Sunday 28th May
9.30 a.m. Pat and Anne Malone, (A) Ballywillan and all the deceased members of their Families.

St. Mary’s: Sunday 4th June
9.30 a.m. Cemetery Sunday, Carra.

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 – at Abbeylara Church
Tuesday – Carra, Bullys acre
Wednesday, – Derragh- at Inny River Bridge.

Death: Your prayers are requested for the happy repose of the soul of: Kathleen Mulligan, Rossduff, Aughnacliffe, Co Longford (formerly Kathleen Kelly, Cloughernal, Granard, died on Friday, 19th May. May she rest in peace.

First Friday: Friday 2nd June is the First Friday. The sick and housebound will be attended as usual.

Collections: Offertory – €646; Lenten Alms – €10:
Thank you:

Feast Days:
Monday – 8th Week in Ordinary Time. Mary mother of the Church.
Wednesday – Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
No Tobacco Day.
Thursday –St. Justin
World Parents Day.
Saturday – St. Kevin (Dublin)

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.

Cemetery Sunday, Carra: Rosary at 9.15 a.m. Mass at 9.30 a.m. both in the Cemetery, weather permitting. Graveside Memorial Lights are available on the way in to the Cemetery. You may bring your own Holy Water to bless the graves at the time of blessing after Holy Mass.

‘In the Midst of Plenty’ is a new folk musical from Enchanted Croi Theatre touring Ireland and premiering 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.
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
Knock: Bus from Longford to KNOCK for ROSARY rally for the first Saturday June 3rd, Granard, 9 30am; Ballinalee 9 45am. Longford 10.00am; Killashee 10.15am; Lanesboro 10. 45am. Roscommon 11. 00 am

May 20, 2023

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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.

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

May 14, 2023

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Abbeylara Parish Bulletin – 14th May 2023

Priest on Duty: Fr. Michael Campbell Phone 043 6686270. 086 8718999. www.abbeylaraparish.com
Email. abbeylaraparish@eircom.net

St. Bernard’s: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May
7.30 p.m. Mary and Peter Smith, Ballinacross, their daughter Teresa, sons Paddy and Bernie, their Grandchildren James Croke and Peter Smith and all deceased members of their families.
11.00 a.m. Parishioners’ Intentions.

St. Mary’s: Sunday 14th May
9.30 a.m. Francie Lynch (A) Creevy and all the deceased members of the family.

St. Bernard’s: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st May
7.30 p.m. –
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.

Weekday Masses:
St. Bernard’s
Monday, Wednesday and Friday 7.30 p.m.

St. Mary’s:
Tuesday and Thursday 7.30 p.m.

Marriage: Congratulations to Louise Battrim, Ballinrud and Stephen Ellis, Arva who were married on Saturday 13th May in St. Bernard’s Church, Abbeylara.

Rosary Outdoors for May at 7 p.m. each evening followed by MASS at 7.30 p.m.
Monday 15th May – Outside Abbeylara Church, School and Parish Centre.
Tuesday 16th May – Springtown, old School at McHugh’s precast.
Wednesday 17th May – Renehan, at old Railway Bridge.
Thursday 18th May – Carrickduff & Clough at crossroads near Drake’s and O’Hara’s.
Friday 19th May – For Abbeylara Parish, at Crossroads, Abbeylara Village.
Please try to come and join in the outdoor Rosary.

Feast Days:
Monday – 6th Week of Easter. International Day of Families.
St. Matthias; St. Carthage (Waterford and Lismore)
Tuesday – St. Brendan (Kerry, Clonfert)
Friday – St. Christopher Magallanes and companions.
Saturday –St, Bernadine.

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.

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.

‘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 Commeration 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.

Marian Movement: You are warmly invited to the Marian Movement of Priests, Regional Cenacle of Prayer in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Roosky, Co Roscommon on Sunday May 21st commencing at 3pm. Including:- Cenacle, Holy Hour, Confessions and concluding with Holy MASS at 5pm. Kitty 086 0405 621

May 2, 2023

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Abbeylara Parish Bulletin – 4th Sunday of Easter – 30th April 2023

Priest on Duty: Fr. Michael Campbell Phone 043 6686270. 086 8718999. www.abbeylaraparish.com
Email. abbeylaraparish@eircom.net

St. Bernard’s: Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th April
7.30 p.m. John and Kitty Quinn, Ballinacross and all the deceased members of the Quinn Family.
11.00 a.m. John McNally, (A) Kilbride.

St. Mary’s: Sunday 30th April.
9.30 a.m. Noreen O’Reilly, (1st A) Creevy.

St. Bernard’s: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th May
7.30 p.m. Packie Lynch, (1st A) Renehan.
11.00 a.m. Tommy Gilligan (A) his parents Mary Kate and Thomas, his brothers Barney and Jimmy (A) Ballywillan.

St. Mary’s: Sunday 7th May
9.30 a.m. –

Weekday Masses: St. Bernard’s
Monday 1st May. Mass at 7.30 p.m. Feast of St. Joseph the Worker

Death: Your prayers are requested for the happy repose of the soul of Sr. Christine Reilly (Katty), Presentation nun in Pakistan, formally of Glasscarrick, Loughduff, Co. Cavan. Died 23rd April 2023. Sister of Rita Kiernan, Cartronbore. May she rest in peace.

First Holy Communion We congratulate the pupils of Aughnarraon and Abbeylara, who will receive their First Holy Communion in Abbeylara Church on Saturday 6th May at 11 a.m.

First Friday: Takes place on Friday 5th May. The sick and housebound will be attended as usual.

Rosary Outdoors for May at 7 p.m. each evening
Monday, 1st h May – Kinkillew and Toberphelim- at entrance to Toberphelim.
Tuesday, 2nd May – Dalystown and Aughnagarron – at Dalystown Cross.
Wednesday 3rd – Ballyboy at Tobar Rí an Domhnaigh. GAA Pitch Car Park.
Thursday 4th – Aughnagarron & Trumra at The Old Hall.
Friday 5th – Ballinacross at Pauline Cummins.
Please try to come and join in the outdoor Rosary.

Collections: Offertory – €1,119.25; Trocaire – €290; Trocaire to date €1,995: Thank you

Feast Days:
Monday – 4th Week of Easter. St. Joseph the Worker.
Tuesday – St Athanasius
Wednesday – Ss. Philip and James, Apostles. World press freedom day.
Thursday – St Conleth – Kildare
Friday – BL. Edmund Rice.

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.

Trócaire: It’s at this time of year that we ask people around the country to return their boxes or donations to their local Church or to us directly at trocaire.org.

Killeen Dramatic Society – Presents John B Keanes. SIVE. in Granard Community Centre on 28th, 29th, and 30th April. Curtain up at 8pm . Tickets at the door.

AG Drive-in Bingo:
AG Drive-in BINGO continues this Sunday at 5pm at the Granard GAA Grounds. We very much look forward to welcoming you.

Mary’s Meals: Kick off the start of the summer with Mary’s Meals, Family Fun Day at the Army Barracks, Longford. May 1st from 1.30pm to 7pm. Come and enjoy. The best of Live local Musicians, also includes Dancers, Stalls. Sport activities, tiny tots area and hear all about Mary’s Meal’s and more from John Pridmore, Damien Richardson and Patricia Friel.

Flower Festival
The Festival organised by Longford Federation ICA is taking place in St. Mel’s Cathedral Longford. Opening at 6.00pm on Friday 28th April and running through until Monday 1st May. Well worth a visit

St. Joseph:
It is believed that he died with Jesus and Mary at his side, something that we should all desire. He was truly a humble servant and foster father to Jesus, and as we celebrate the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, we honor his life of hard work to protect and care for the Holy Family.

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