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Parish of the Assumption Area Code: 057 Tel: 93 21587 - 93 22415 Fax: 93 51510 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ 8th 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.
Have you ever felt like giving up? Elijah certainly did. In the first reading we meet a prophet who has had enough. He is fleeing from trouble and things seem so hopeless after a day’s journey that he sits under a bush and begs God to take his life. Life has a way of getting on top of us, such as when we are grieving a loss, when we are hurt by a friend, when illness strikes, or when we are simply exhausted. We experience the feelings described in the famous anonymous poem Don’t Quit: ‘When things go wrong as they sometimes will/ When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill…’ At these times of struggle it is helpful to pause and to refuel for the journey. Elijah was visited by an angel who offered him comfort and respite, giving him the strength he needed to carry on. In today’s Gospel, we hear Jesus again say he is the living bread. Some people have been complaining about his teaching. Surely this is the son of Joseph, they say, demonstrating their lack of understanding of who Jesus really is. Again, he explains that he is the bread of life – more than physical food, more than an ordinary man, he is the living bread and he is God. In all our struggles, especially when we feel like giving up, Jesus offers us nourishment for the journey. This gift is there for us especially in the Eucharist, offering comfort and strength. ‘The Eucharist, although it is the fullness of sacramental life, is not a prize for the perfect but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak.’ (Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium) Tríona Doherty, Intercom July/Aug 2021 CEMETERY SUNDAY Each year we gather as a community in our cemeteries to remember our dead. Unfortunately in these times of Covid restrictions we cannot come together this year. Our dead are very dear to us and on Sunday, 15th, we will remember all who rest in our parish cemeteries at our parish Masses. Attached is a prayer that you might wish to pray at the graveside. Maybe you could share this prayer with those who are unable to travel to the grave at this time. The priests will bless the graves during the week. Many thanks to everyone who have their graves adorned with flowers. We keep in our prayers the people who are unable to join their families this year to pray for their loved ones. Prayer for Cemetery Sunday Amen. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY people will forget what you did; but people will never forget how you made them feel.’ - Maya Angelou
PARISH COLLECTIONS Plate: Tullamore €1216; Durrow €104 Envelopes €3556 Thank you for your continued support
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM ~ Contact the Parish Secretary. Welcome to God’s Family Kyra Bugyte, Caoimhe Collins, Hannah Jane Francis, Éabha Grace Delaney, Éanna Peadar Gavin, Darragh Peter Minnock & Erika Faith Smyth 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 9 10.00 Kathleen Longworth Tues 10 10.00 Paddy, Rita & Padraig Hogan, Church Rd Fri 13 10.00 Tom & May Conway Sat 14 10.00 Niall O’Sullivan, Ballykilmurray 6.30 Austin Brennan, Whitehall, 1st Ann Sun 15 10.00 Martin Wallace DEATHS We offer our sympathy to the families of Christy Martin, James Cleary, Roseann Bracken & Denis Hoctor. COMMUNITY NOTICES YOUTH 2000 SUMMER FESTIVAL ONLINE AND IN PERSON 13-15 Aug. For all information and to register please visit www.youth2000.ie SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL - Support for people in need. Ph 0579322072 or 0877557294. OFFALY HOSPICE CHARITY SHOP Tues-Sat, 10.30am-4.30pm, Offaly St. All donations of Ladies Gents and Childrens Clothes & Shoes along with Bric a Brac welcome. Ph 083 099 4754 for details. 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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