Parish of the Assumption

Area Code: 057
Tel: 93 21587  -   93 51510  -   93 22244  -  93 22415   Fax: 93 51510   
 www.tullamoreparish.ie    
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E-Mail website : webmaster
Parish Office Hours: 9.30am - 5.00pm Monday – Friday

The Parish Office has now moved to St Mary’s Parish Centre
on Benburb St and will be open from 9.30am-1.00pm & 1.30-5.00pm. 
To book Masses, Weddings, Baptisms, Certs, etc,
please call during these times.

Baptism of the Lord - 11th January 2009

Msgr. Seán Heaney, P. P.
Fr. Padraig Corcoran C.C.
Fr. Shane Crombie C.C.
Fr. Seamus O'Conner C.C.
Fr. Terry Bennett
Sr. Genny Hassey
Sr. Margaret Burke

Mass Times

Weekend Masses
Church of The Assumption
Saturday (Vigil): 7.30pm
Sunday: 8.30am, 10.00am, 11.30am & 1.00pm

St. Colmcille’s Church Durrow
Sunday: 11.30am

Holy Days
Church of The Assumption
Vigil: 7.30pm
Feast: 7.45am, 10.00am, 1.10pm & 7.30pm

St. Colmcille’s Church Durrow
Feast: 8.00pm

First Friday: 7.45am, 10.00am & 7.30pm

Confessions
Saturday: 12noon – 1.00pm & 3.00pm – 4.00pm
Eve of First Friday: After 10.00am Mass

Advice is like the snow - the more softly it falls, the better it takes hold.

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 GROW INTO BAPTISM

His baptism is a new beginning for Jesus and it is God’s new beginning for His chosen people.  Through the person of Jesus, God will reach out to people in a new way.  Whatever Jesus does will be done by the power of God’s Spirit in Him.

That same Spirit of God empowered us at our baptism too.  Even though we cannot remember that moment, our future was promised to God.  We spend our lives catching up with our beginning, struggling to make good the promises made on our behalf.  We have not left our baptism behind us; it faces us each day as God’s expectation of what we do with our lives.

The Spirit does not retire at our baptism and is not at all shy about helping adults.  We should pray for the sending of the Spirit, especially when we face change and important decisions.  The Spirit of God is the power behind new beginnings.  If we are willing to begin, He is there to grace our new ventures of faith.

 SPECIAL THANKS
to the Church Environment Group for the lovely Church decorations and to all who worked and participated in making our Christmas ceremonies so special.

PARENTS OF CONFIRMATION CANDIDATES
Meeting for all concerned in Church of the Assumption on Monday 19th at 8.00pm.

All Core Groups will have a short meeting immediately afterwards.

PARISH CENTRE BOOKING
A reminder to all parish groups, choirs, etc, that you must book your meeting room in the parish centre  with the Parish Secretary

 DODATEK POLKSI
Nastepna Msza Swieta odprawiana w j.
polskim odbedzie sie 25/01/09 o godz 14:30.
 Prosimy  dzieci chetne do sluzenia do mszy (chlopcow i dziewczynki) o kontakt pod nr tel.Tomek 0876640020 lub Ks.Janusz 0879538786

Panie
usmiecham sie do moich mysli
czasem mysli sa ciemne
ale usmiecham sie
i to wystarcza -
Chce staæ sie
radosnym
usmiechem Twoim Boze!                                                                          Ks.Jan Filewicz

ADMINISTRATION GROUP
Meeting Wednesday 14th, 8.00pm, Parish Centre.

NO EMPTY WORD
“As a missionary in Indonesia I baptised hundreds of babies, but only one adult.  Part of a Holy Saturday vigil, that adult baptism hugely impressed the congregation by the dignity of its rite and the sincerity of its candidate.  Seeing an adult freely and joyfully commit himself to Jesus for life in public was a compelling sign of God’s Spirit at work.
Today’s feast, the Baptism of the Lord, is a reminder of our own baptism.  For those of us baptised as babies it’s a non-event because we can’t remember it.  Its impact is not what it might have been had we been adult when baptised.  However, we ratified what our parents did on our behalf either negatively by not discarding our faith, or positively by making a conscious decision at some stage of our life to continue being a follower of Jesus.
Either way, today’s readings where God says that God’s word does not return empty but fulfils its mission, and where God calls Jesus the beloved son in whom he is well pleased, applies to us baptised.
In baptism God gives us a mission.  It’s a mission to make God known to our world, especially to those who do not know God.  While that mission is general to all baptised, the way we carry it out, gives purpose to our life - and makes us the beloved son or daughter in whom the Father is well pleased.’
(Fr Tom Cahill, Intercom December/January 2008)

MASS INTENTIONS

Mon 12:
7.45 Bridie (Mon Mem) & Mick Geoghegan, 14 Clontarf Rd
10.00 Kathleen Kavanagh
Tues 13:
7.45 Mary Butler, Dillon St
10.00 Julia Scally
Wed 14:
7.45 Michael Weir, Clonminch
10.00 Teresa & Patrick Powell
Thurs 15:
7.45 Marcella Martin, Chapel St
10.00 decd members Divine Mercy
Fri 16:
7.45 Thomas , Cissy & Thomas Jnr Moore
10.00 Smollen Family, Ballykilmurray, Gaffey Family & Fr O’Hanlon
Sat 10:
7.30 Kitty O’Meara, Connolly Pk, 1st Ann
Sun 18:
8.30 Teresa O’Flanagan
10.00 John O’Toole, Pearse Park
11.30 David & Joe Doheny, Roselawn, 1st Ann
1.00 Gladys Lawlor, Mon Mem.

Durrow: Sun 18 Donal Ward

Shared Mass Sat 17, 10am:
Stephen, John & Harry Lowbridge; James Devaney; Albert Sweeting; James Galvin;
Jimmy & Molly McGarry; Martin Devine; Michael Byrne; Ann Pidgeon; Jimmy Smith;
Siobhan Drea & Mikela Ardelenau; Michael, Annie & Joseph Feery; Barney & Peg Murray;
Paddy Feery; Dor Morrissey; Robert Kelly; Mary Donegan; Tom & Mary Kate Owens;
Margaret Carroll & Bessie Dowling; Joseph & Mary Anne Feery & Family;
Michael & Mary Cully & Family & Hickey Family; Michael, Brigid & Michael Jnr Scully;
John & Elizabeth Lewis & Daniel & Johanna Galvin; Theresa O’Keeffe; Gary Toner;
Frances Mitchell; Patrick, Mary & Joseph Fogarty; Joseph Kelly; Kelly Family;
Agnes & Michael Wyer; Patrick & Kathleen Grogan; Molloy Family;
Paddy & Josephine Geoghegan & Family; Paddy & Brendan Norton & Family; Andrew & Anne Dunne & Family; John & Elizabeth Carroll; Thomas Deevy;
Michael & Julia Egan & Patrick Cunningham; Gerry O’Connor & Gorman Family;
John, Josephine & Elizabeth Hayes; Martin Kelly.

DEATHS:  We offer our sympathy to the families of  Elizabeth Bracken, Stephen Lynam, John Lloyd, Dora O’Brien, Sr Conrad Lynam, Kathleen Cassidy, Michael Halloran, Joe White, Maeve Horan, Pat Conboy, Kathleen Doyle (nee Piggott), Ann Murray, Kay Hannon, Betty Coughlan (nee O’Connor & Florence Longworth.   If you would like support or comfort in your grieving please phone  9326604

WEDDING BELLS

Couples intending to marry should contact Priest & Registrar of Births Deaths & Marriages at least six months in advance.

For premarriage courses contact Accord, www.accord.ie. 

NEW ARRIVALS
Welcome to the family of God’s people Ealga Cadhla Mary McAuliffe, Jill Ellen Guiney, Joshua Kevin Thomas McCormack, Stephanie Mary Lawlor, Allanah Della Lydon & Caitlin Brianne Lynam who were baptised recently.

   Baptisms take place in    Tullamore on the 1st     Sunday & 3rd Saturday of    every month and in     Durrow on the 2nd     Sunday of every month.

All parents who wish to have their child baptised must attend a pre-baptism meeting which takes place in the Parish Centre, at 8.30pm on designated Wednesdays. Please contact the Parish Secretary to book in for meetings and Baptisms.

 COLLECTIONS

25/12  Tullamore €13117; Durrow €1448
28/12 Tullamore €4491; Durrow €395; Envelopes €6300
4/1 Tullamore €4717; Durrow €262; Envelopes €3550
6/1 Tullamore  €2329  
Thank you for your continued support.

COMMUNITY GROUPS

PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
Hospital Chapel: ‘Jesus became one of us and chose the name ‘Emmanuel’, which means ‘God with us’ because as much as we want to be with one another, infinitely more does Jesus want and desire to be close to us.  “I thirst with such a terrible thirst to be loved by you in this Blessed Sacrament. 
Watch one hour with me.   Ph 9321232.

TARA:  Meetings resume Wed 14, 2-4pm.

PIONEERS:  Regional committee meeting Tues 11, 8.30pm, Mercy Convent.

LEGION OF MARY:  Rosary, Alfie Lambe House, Tues 11, 8.15pm.  All welcome.
Alfie Lambe 50th Ann, Sun 11, Kinnegad, 3pm - celebrant Rev P Moore PP,  followed by reception & talk by Noel Lynch, Envoy to South America.

STEP & SET DANCING:  Pitch & Putt Club, Thursdays, 8-10pm.  New comers welcome.

DURROW ACTIVE RETIREMENT ASSOC:  Wednesdays, 2.30-4.30pm, Durrow Hall.  New members welcome.  Ph 086-1966038 for more details.

PIANO STOOL - of special value to owner -taken in error after Carol Concert in the Church Sun 7th Dec. Anyone with information please phone or text 0868761495 or leave in Parish Centre.

CAO INFORMATION NIGHT FOR MATURE STUDENTS:  Tullamore Court Hotel, Thurs 15, 7.30pm.  Event of interest to  over 21’s & students one year out of school.  For more information ph Offaly Outreach Project, 9326884; email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Please continue to pray for Fiona Pender, our parishioner 
who has been missing since 22nd August, 1996.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Parish Support Services confidential phoneline (057) 93 26604 Mon-Fri 10am-1pm and 6-8pm


ACCORD Marriage & Relationship counselling & premarriage course details. Mon-Fri, 9.30am-1pm, 2.00-4.00pm 9341831,      http://www.accord.ie

AA Mon/Wed/Thurs/Sat, Mercy Convent 8.15pm; Wed 1-2 & Sun 12-1pm, Youth Centre. 01-4538998 or 1890412412 after 5pm

Al-Anon Thurs 8.30pm, Parochial House, 018732699

MS Offaly Austin 0863760257;Mary 9323946.  Helpline 1850233233

Grow Thurs 7.30pm, Day Care Arden Rd, 9351124

Aware Mon 8.45pm Community Mental Health Centre 1890303302

Sexual Abuse & Rape Counselling Mon-Fri 9.30am-2.30pm; 1800323232, www.tullamorercc.ie

MABS Free & confidential debt advice, 9323211

Vincent de Paul 9322072

Dochas - Cancer Info & Support Mon-Fri 10am-2pm & Wednesday 7.30pm to 9.30pm, Offaly St 9328268
http://www.dochasoffaly.ie/

Meditation Mondays, 7.00pm, Marian Hostel

Lucia Counselling Service for those with mental illness, 18900621631

Midland Living Links - Suicide Bereavement Support Ph Bernie 0861600641

Citizens Information Service Mon-Fri 9.15am-1pm; 2pm -4pm; Thurs 2-6pm.  9352204

Epilepsy Assoc Mon-Fri, 11am-4pm, 9346790

La Leche League Breastfeeding Support Group 3rd Thurs, 8pm, Health Centre, 9355061

Fibromyalgia Group Last Tues of month, 8pm, Day Care Centre.
1800201068 Tues 10am-12

Anew women with alcohol problems, Ofalia House Edenderry, 0861024743

Alzheimers Society Carers last Monday of month, 9328244

Adult Educational Guidance Service 9327104

ISARC (Sarcoidosis Support Group) Health Centre 1st Wed every month, 7.30pm, 0870648070 www.isarc.ie

Diabetes Assoc (Offaly) 1st Wed of month, Bridge House, 8pm.  Ph 9321211 after 6pm.

Offaly Domestic Violence Support Service:  9351886 Mon-Fri, 10am-12; 2-4pm.

Community Drugs Scheme:  HSE helpline 1850241850.

Newsletter Notices to be in the Parochial House
by Tuesday evening
Charitable / Non-profit organisations only