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Parish of the Assumption Area Code: 057 Tel: 93 21587 - 93 22415 Fax: 93 51510 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ 1st August 2021 Fr. Joseph Gallagher, P.P., V.G. GET IN TOUCH St Mary’s Parish Centre, Benburb St, Tullamore Phone: 057 9321587 Email: tullamoreparishsecretary@gmail. com Web: www.tullamoreparish.ie Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9.30am-5:00pm; Sat - Closed: To book Holy Mass tickets, weddings, baptisms, certs, etc; Priest available for emergencies 24 hours daily. Parish Support Services: Bereavement Listening, etc. For appointment, Ph 057 9326604, Monday-Thursday 9.30am-1.00pm; Wednesday & Thursday 6.00-8.00pm. Tickets will be required for Saturday Vigil and Sunday Masses only and will be available by calling into the Parish Centre, from each Monday, 9.30am-5.00pm, for the following weekend WEEKEND MASSES (TICKETS REQUIRED) Church of the Assumption: (Vigil) 6.30pm Sunday 8.30am, 10.00am, 11.30am & 1.00pm Durrow: Sunday 11.30am WEEKDAY MASSES (NO TICKETS REQUIRED) Monday-Friday 7.45am, 10.00am Saturday 10.00am First Friday 7.45am & 10.00am JOIN US ON PARISH WEBCAMS BOTH IN DURROW & TULLAMORE. CONFESSIONS Saturday 2.00-3.00 pm in the Day Chapel. THE PARABLE OF THE WEEDS AND WHEAT Jesus explains the parable of the weeds among the wheat. God’s word creates the Church, the community of those who strive to build up the kingdom. But this Church is never absolutely pure and untrammeled, for God’s ways are opposed by a spiritual power, an enemy. His task is to sow weeds among the wheat - clandestinely, quietly, unobtrusively. This sort of coming together of good and evil is to be expected. The Church will always be a place of saints and sinners, and the sinners will often look like saints. The enemy of the Church, who never rests, ensures it. Vigilance in regards to evil is necessary in a fallen world, yet we must be wary of a zeal that, in its passion for setting things right, comes to believe that evil can be dealt with by destroying what is good. In the midst of a fallen world, what is expected of us is that we live in hope that at the end, at harvest time, the Master will separate the good from the bad.
OUR CHURCH CLOCK & CHIMES The clock on the Church Spire has been repaired and is now telling the correct time. This clock has been out of order for several months and it is good to have it in full working order again. The old mechanism was well worn and several attempts to fix it have been unsuccessful, it has now been replaced. The Chimes and the clock faces have been connected to synchronise with an atomic clock signal which improves accuracy and will automatically make corrections necessary after a power failure and adjusts for daylight saving time. The clock rings the Angelus at 12.00 noon and 6.00pm each day, and the bells ring before Mass. The funeral bell tolls as we celebrate the funeral Mass for our loved ones. The bell is a simple but powerful reminder of the importance of praying together even when we cannot gather for worship. When we pray we remember that we are not alone, that God is with us in these challenging times. Every quarter hour during the work day the chimes play the appropriate portion of Westminster Chimes. The familiar sixteen notes of the top of the hour chimes are without a doubt the most familiar and widely used hourly times in the world. The tune was written in 1793 for the Church of St. Mary the Great, the University Church in Cambridge, England. It was chosen for the bells in the clock tower in London’s Palace of Westminster in the middle of the next century and first used in the United States in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in 1875. The words to the tune inscribed on a plaque in the Westminster clock tower are All through this hour
BANK HOLIDAY MASS TIME On Monday 2nd August, there will be one Mass only at 10.00am. (No 7.45am)
PARISH COLLECTIONS Plate: Tullamore €1406; Durrow €142 Envelopes €2503 Thank you for your continued support
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM ~ Contact the Parish Secretary. Welcome to God’s Families Tommy Patrick Wallace, Sophie Nancy Tynan Allen, Theo Rooney, Seán Edward Hopkins & Hannah Mae Kirwan who were baptised recently.
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE To book the Church for weddings, contact the Parish Secretary at least three months in advance. All couples getting married must complete a pre-marriage course. Contact ACCORD 057 9341831 or www.accord.ie. 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 PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR FIONA PENDER, OUR PARISHONER WHO HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE 22nd AUGUST 1996 MASS INTENTIONS Mon 2 10.00 Elizabeth Larkin Tues 3 10.00 Tom McKenna Maria Farrell Wed 4 10.00 Edward Joy Thur 5 10.00 Dolan Family Sun 8 10.00 Mary & Joseph Creevy
DEATHS We offer our sympathy to the family of Sr Nuala Conway COMMUNITY NOTICES SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL - Support for people in need. Ph 057 9322072 or 087 755 7294. ALONE: COVID support line for older people. Ph 0818 222 024, 8am-8pm daily. AA: Offaly House, Offaly St, Mon, Wed, Thurs, Sat & Sun 8.15pm, Tues, Wed, Fri & Sun, 1pm; Charleville Centre, Wed & Sat 8.30pm. Al-ANON – for families of those suffering from Addiction: Thurs 8pm, Tihilly, Lannello, Clontarf Rd. TULLAMORE RAPE CRISIS CENTRE: Mon-Fri 9.30am-5pm, 057 9322500; Freephone 1 800 323232 DOCHAS OFFALY CANCER SUPPORT CENTRE Contact them on 057 9328268, or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it BALLYCOMMON TELEWORK & TRAINING CENTRE offering a range of free/affordable services. email:
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25 April 2024
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