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Parish of the Assumption Area Code: 057 Tel: 93 21587 - 93 22415 Fax: 93 51510 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ 11th November 2018 Fr. Joseph Gallaghar P.P MASS TIMES Weekend Masses Church of the Assumption: Saturday (Vigil) 6.30pm Sunday 8.30a.m, 10.00a.m, 11.30am & 1.00p.m St Colmcille’s Church Durrow: Sunday 11.30a.m Holy Days Church of the Assumption:7.45a.m, 10.00a.m, 1.10p.m, 6.30p.m. St Colmcille’s Church Durrow:Vigil 8.00pm Weekday Masses Monday-Friday 7.45am & 10.00am Saturday 10.00am First Friday 7.45am & 10.00am CONFESSIONS Saturday: 12 noon-1.00pm, 3.00-4.00pm GET IN TOUCH St Mary’s Parish Centre, Benburb St, Tullamore Phone: 0579321587 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Office Hours: Mon-Fri, 9.30am-1pm; 1.30-5pm to book weddings, baptisms, certs, etc; Reception service 5-9pm. Priest available for emergencies 24 hours daily. Parish Shop selling a selection of religious items. Teas after 10am Mass Mon, Wed & Fri. Meeting Rooms available: Contact Administrator for details of rates, availability etc. Parish Support Services: Bereavement Listening, etc. For appointment, ph 0579326604, Monday-Thursday 9.30am-1.00pm; Wednesday & Thursday 6.00-8.00pm. GENEROSITY – FROM THE HEART Generosity is the theme running through all of today’s readings. Firstly, we read of the widow sharing the little food she had with a stranger and the promise of plenty for her generosity. Secondly, we read of the ultimate generosity, where Our Lord, out of love for us, gave His very life (Hebrews 9:27) The Gospel challenges us – in sharing with the poor, we share with Christ. The widow in offering her mite, gave of everything she had – no caluculation, no counting of the cost, her total trust. No matter how challeged we are by life or its circumstances, our greatest offering is of ourselves, our littleness, our smallness, our time, our work, and how acceptable it is to God. He who sees our hearts and knows the poverty of our lives and our need of Him, will replenish us just as He did the widow in the first reading. Let us take a look at our heart today. Is it a grasping or a giving heart? Can you tell? MASS FOR PARENTS WHO HAVE LOST A CHILD On Tuesday 13th at 7.30pm in the Church of the Assumption, we will support and pray for parents who have lost a child. At this Mass we will pray for all parents, family members and friends who have had to cope with the tragic and untimely death of their infant, child, teenager or adult son or daughter. We will remember with love and celebrate the lives of babies who have died before or around the time of birth. We also welcome parents who have undergone the trauma of abortion. All are most welcome. ST CATHERINE’S CHURCH - SUPPORT APPEAL We share the pain of the Church of Ireland community in the wake of the terrible act of vandalism committed against St.Catherine’s Hophill. Our solidarity and our love is the most important thing we can offer. We also wish to help materially. Envelopes are available in the Church and the Parish Centre, for you to make a contribution towards the cost of re-sorting the building. This will be collected and given from our parish at the end of the month. They can be dropped into the sacristy, the Parish Centre or in the weekly collection baskets.The Church of Ireland’s generosity and welcome when our parish church burned down in 1983 will never be forgotten. There will also be a Coffee Morning and raffle in the Parish Centre on Thursday 15 from 10.30am-12.30. Baked goodies welcomed! Donations can also be sent via St Catherine’s “Go Fund Me” web site at www.gofundme.com/st-catherines-church-repair-appealor to The Treasurer, St Catherine’s Church, Charleville Centre,Church Avenue. Cheques should be made payable to Tullamore Union of Parishes.Your support is most welcome. CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE Our annual Christmas Carol Service, featuring Parish and School Choirs, will take place on Sunday 2nd December at 7.00pm in the Church of the Assumption. Admission is €10 with U-14’s free. Tickets are available from the Parish Centre. CHILDREN’S NIGHT OF LIGHT Thanks to those who organised and participated in the Children’s Night of Light celebration, to mark the Halloween vigil of All Saints, which took place in the Parish Centre. It was an interesting experience for our children. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM The next available Baptism dates are Sat 24th Nov, Sun 2nd Dec & Sat 15th Dec, in Tullamore & Sun 9th Dec in Durrow. The pre-baptism meeting for these dates is on Wed 21st Nov. To book in for the meeting and baptisms, contact the Parish Secretary, at the Parish Office, Mon-Fri, 9.30am-5pm. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE It is advisable to give six months’ notice of your intention to marry to both the Church and the Registrar. To book the Church for weddings, contact the Parish Secretary, Monday-Friday, 9.30am-5.00pm. All couples getting married must attend a pre-marriage course. Contact ACCORD, 9341831 or www.accord.ie. ACCORD also available for marriage and relationship counselling. NB: NOTICES FOR THE BULLETIN MUST BE IN THE PARISH CENTRE BY 9.30AM WEDNESDAY. Only notices from parish groups, non-profit making organisations & clubs included MASS INTENTIONS Mon 12 7.45 Margaret, Charlie &ConorLawlor Tues 13 7.45 Our Lady’s Mass 10.00 Edward & Mary Ellen Egan Wed 14 10.00 Liz, Mary & Joseph Cassidy Thurs 15 10.00 Lar Malone & parents Kieran & Mags Fri 16 10.00 Michael & Mary Cowley Sat 17 6.30 Gerard Galvin, Mon Mem Sun 18 8.30 Bryd Lee, Collins Lane 10.00 Mary Guiney 11.30 Kathleen Boland, Mon Mem Nuala Lowry, Cormac St, 1st Ann 1.00 Bridie Dolan, Mon Mem Shared Mass Sat 17, 10am: Joe & Mary Lambe; Patrick, Ellen & Catherine Egan; Con & Catherine Leavy & Colette Grennan; Kathleen Leonard; Ivor Lenihan; Kitty & Seamus Martin; Martin Heffernan; Agnes, Eddie & Jimmy Malone; Joyce Marsden; Paddy & Alice Vicars; Maud & Paddy O’Brien & Kelly Family; Kathleen, Erney & Tony McGuire, Margaret & Peadar Smyth & Maura & Mio Dempsey; Nora & Sonny Berrigan, Brigid & Paddy Kelly, Sr Mary Ellen, Patricia & John McLoughlin; Patricia & Edmund Rhatigan, Dodi Nuzum, Willie & Christa Brandt & Francis & Tommy Martin; Terry McDonald; Frank O’Brien & Parents; Paddy McCabe, McCabe & Dunne Families; Mary & Mary Ann Smith; Sheila, Patrick, Jimmy & Kathleen Kirby; Thomas & Annie Finlay; Christy & Christine Cutler; John & Annie Carroll; Thomas Herley; Frank & Chrissie O’Brien & Family; Paudge & Phyllis Mooney; Michael & Catherine Killeavy & Family & Mary Poland; Patrick Collins; Michael Snr & Jnr & Bridie Scully; Clem McMorris; Tom Sheerin; Valerie Kelly; Charles Bowers& Patrick & Mary Berry; Joe Purcell, John, Elizabeth& Maureen O’Connor; Thomas Westman; Paddy & Bridie Kidney; James Dervin; Brian & Stephen Power & Family; Colm, Julia & Josephine Madden, Eileen Seward, Kathleen Geraghty & Patrick McLoughlin; Michael, Annie, Oliver & Dolores Clarke, Sheila & Don Lehane, Josephine & Mike Jacob. BAPTISMS Welcome to God’s Family Sadie Kathleen Rose Sheridan, Katie Phyllis Lawlor, Nathan John, Harry Brendan & Evan Richie Keoghan who were baptised recently. DEATHS We offer our sympathy to the family of Michael Dowling. NEW READERS Practice for new readers will be on Monday 12th in the Church of the Assumption at 7.30pm. PARISH COLLECTIONS Tullamore €3241; Durrow €339; Envelopes €2576 Holy Day Tullamore €1554; Durrow €68 Thank you for your continued support PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR FIONA PENDER, OURPARISHONER WHO HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE 22ND AUGUST, 1996 COMMUNITY NOTICES PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC ADORATION HOSPITAL CHAPEL: Can you sit an hour with the Lord:Thurs 11am-12noon; Fri 11am-12noon; Sun 3-4pm, or any hour?Ph: 0851162668. ROSARY Alfie Lambe’s House, Tues 13, 8.15pm. All welcome. OFFALY BRANCH IRISH KIDNEY ASSOC: Monthly meeting, Court Hotel, Thurs 15, 8pm sharp. Refreshments served. ARMISTICE DAY SUN 11 TULLAMORE LIBRARY: Exhibition/enactment by Tullamore Phoenix Militaria Club, 11am-2pm. Offaly Historical & Archaeological Society launch ‘Offaly and the Great War’,2.30pm. All are welcome. BALLYDALY/TINNYCROSS RESIDENTS’ ASSOC: AGM Wed 14, 7pm, Parish Centre. All residents welcome. COLÁISTE CHOILM OPEN NIGHT Wed 14, 7pm. Enrolments will be taken on the night.Closing date is Fri 16, 12.30pm. COFFEE MORNING FOR COELIACS 10.45am Sat 17 Nov Bridge Centre Tel:087-2563439. STOMA SUPPORT GROUP: Meeting Tues 13, 6.30-8.30pm,DóchasOffaly Cancer Support Group Centre. PhAnne, 086 3074846. All are welcome. ST VINCENT DE PAUL: Church gate collection 24/25 Nov. CAPPINCUR COMMUNITY ALERT: AGM, Tues20, 8pm, St Joseph's Oratory. All are welcome. BALLYCOMMON TELEWORK & TRAINING CENTRE: Lotto Results 05/11/184, 15, 18, 20. Bonus 23. REGIONAL PIONEER MEETING Tues 13, 8pm, Parish Centre.Ph Mary 0871249313. All welcome. CLONMACNOISE PRAYER VIGIL, Cluain Chiarain Prayer Centre, Fri 16, 9pm-2.15am. All welcome. Ph 085-7746763. |
18 April 2024
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