Parish of the Assumption

Area Code: 057 Tel: 93 21587 - 93 22415 Fax: 93 51510
www.tullamoreparish.ie 
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30th October 2022  ~ 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

Fr. Joseph Gallagher, P.P., V.G.
Rt Rev Sean Heaney, P.E.
Fr. Joe Campbell, C.C.,
Fr. Fergal Cummins, C.C.
Fr. Damian Budau, C.C
Sr. Margaret Burke.

GET IN TOUCH

St Mary’s Parish Centre, Benburb St, Tullamore, 

Office Hours:  Mon-Thurs, 9.30-1; 1.30-5pm.  

Phone: 0579321587 
Email:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Web: www.tullamoreparish.ie

Reception service Friday, 9.30-5.  

Priest available for emergencies 24 hours daily.

Meeting Rooms available:  Contact Administrator for details of availability, rates, etc.

Teas after 10.00am Mass Tuesday, Thursday & Friday

Bereavement Listening Support:  Ph 0579326604.

WEEKEND MASSES

Church of the Assumption:(Vigil) 6.30pm

Sunday 8.30am, 10.00am, 11.30am & 1.00pm

Durrow:  Sunday 11.30am

WEEKDAY MASSES

Monday-Friday 7.45am, 10.00am

Saturday 10.00am 

First Friday 7.45am & 10.00am

JOIN US ON PARISH WEBCAMS ON PARISH WEBSITE.

CONFESSIONS

Saturday 2.00-3.00pm in the Day Chapel.

CALLED BY NAME

A wealthy man with a senior job would really need to be searching for something to so forget his dignity as to climb a tree … Zacchaeus did.  He not only caught a glimpse of Jesus, but Jesus looked up at him and called him by name.  Zacchaeus hurried down filled with joy.  What was lost was found!  Zacchaeus had heard his own name spoken by Jesus whose gaze held the infinite compassion of God.

As a son of Abraham, Zacchaeus would have well known the Word of God as spoken by the prophet Isaiah, “I have called you by your name you are mine.  Do not be afraid, I have redeemed you.”  For Zacchaeus, suddenly nothing else mattered.  He immediately decides to give away half his property and plenty more besides – not to gain favour from Jesus, but, because he now knows his own true dignity and who he really is.

Jesus doesn’t categorise people into boxes … rich, poor, powerful, stupid, useful etc.  He sees the unique person first … and loves them for who they are in themselves.  We have to admit that that’s not what we usually do.

We would do well to ask the Holy Spirit to teach us how to see each other as people first so that we are assured of our value and dignity … children of the one Father first of all, everything else is secondary.

MONTH OF NOVEMBER

FEAST OF ALL SAINTS

Tuesday 1st is the Feast of All Saints.

Mass Times:  Tullamore 7.45am, 10.00am, 1.10pm, 6.30pm

Durrow Vigil (Monday 31st) 8.00pm.

FEAST OF ALL SOULS

Wednesday 2nd is the Feast of All Souls.

Mass Times:  Tullamore 7.45am, 10.00am, 6.30pm

All Masses celebrated on Wednesday 2nd & Thursday 3rd and all First Fridays Masses will be offered for the Altar List of the Dead.

MASS FOR THE BEREAVED

Next Saturday, 5th, the 10.00am Mass will be for all the families in our Parish who have lost a loved one during the year.

It is the teaching of the Church and the practice of our ancestors to remember the dead during this month.  Birth, growth and death are of the natural order.  Each of us will die some day as it is part of God’s plan for us.  Let us follow God’s command and pray for the souls of the dead who have gone before us – our relatives, neighbours, ancestors and all the holy souls.  May God increase his glory, ease the pain and grant them remission of their sins.  We can also visit a church or cemetery during this month.

It is comforting to remember that our relatives are not gone from us but before us and one day we will be with them in Paradise.

NIGHT OF LIGHT- CELEBRATION OF HALLOWEEN

Monday 31st, let’s celebrate with Holy Mass at 6.00pm in Tullamore Church, followed by a Procession and a party in the Parish Centre.  Children are invited to come along dressed as … their favourite Saint. 

Halloween means evening of ‘The Saints’ and while it has been re-designed by culture as a night of goblins and ghouls, the whole idea of Halloween is the preparation for the great feast of All Saints Day November 1st.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

Baptisms take place monthly on the first Sunday in Tullamore, second Sunday in Durrow, third and fourth Saturday in Tullamore.  Contact the Parish Secretary.

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 0579341831 or www.accord.ie. 

ACCORD also provide couple and relationship counseling In-Person and Online in Tullamore.  Phone 057 9341831 or 0864669926 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

NB:  NOTICES FOR THE BULLETIN MUST BE IN THE PARISH CENTRE BY 9.30AM WEDNESDAY.

Only notices from parish groups, non-profit making organizations & clubs included

PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR FIONA PENDER, OUR PARISHONER WHO HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE 22nd AUGUST 1996

MASS INTENTIONS

Mon 31      10.00  Barbara Cassidy

                            Jamie Souter

Tues   1       7.45  McCormack Family

                            Kathleen Cullen, Patrick St

                 10.00  Martin Poland

                            O’Neill Family, Adams Villas

                  1.10   Paddy, Brigid & Joe McCabe, Dunne &

                            McCabe Families

Sat      5      6.30 .Carmel Somers, Ashley Crt, Mon Mem

Sun     6      8.30 .Rosie Berry

                            Ann Galvin

                10.00  Phylis Kelly, Mary Smith, Julia & Stephen

                            Coughlan & Olive Slammon

                            Ellen Quaid, 125 O’Molloy St

                11.30  Mary Sweeting, Ashley Crt, 1st Ann

                            Maura Kilcline, 1st Ann

                   1.00  Caoimhe Molloy, 1st Ann

Durrow Sun 6, 11.30am:  Pat & Anna Kinnarney; Michael, Margaret & Thomas Smith & Family; Kay McGrath 

DEATHS

We offer our sympathy to the families of Mary Keegan, Carmella Hoctor & Iris Connell.

BAPTISMS 

Welcome to God’s Family Robbie James Hannon, Hayden Lee Anthony Kearney, Ally May Martin, John Patrick Ward & Tiana Rose Kerrigan who were baptised recently.

COLLECTIONS

Plate: Tullamore €2262; Durrow €169

Envelopes €2135

Missions: Tullamore €3784; Durrow €169

Thank you for your continued support.

COMMUNITY NOTICES

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: Can you cover a holy hour? Hours available. Further info phone Pat 085 1162668

SECULAR FRANCISCANS:  Meeting Tues 1, 6.45pm, Mercy Convent.  New members welcome.

TULLAMORE SPORTSLINK GREAT HALLOWEEN PÚCA WALK:  Dr Kelly’s Field to O’Brien Park, 11am, Mon 31.

FAMILY EVENTS FOR TULLAMORE SCIENCE WEEK 11-18 NOV:  Everything can be booked online on www.midlandsscience.ie and it’s all free.

40 HOURS ADORATION: Mon 31 October – Fri 4 Nov, 1-9pm daily.  Ceilí Community, Kilbeggan.  All welcome. 

DOCHAS OFFALY CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: Mon–Fri, 9.30-5pm. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0579328268, 

OFFALY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT SERVICES: For advice and support call 0579351886 or 0860419154.  

AA:  Offaly House, Offaly St, Mon, Wed, Thurs, Sat 8.15pm; Tues, Wed, Fri 1pm; Sun 12noon & 8.15pm.

AL-ANON, Thurdays, 8pm, Darmagh Community Centre, Tihilly, Lanello, Clontarf Rd.

ALONE support line for older people Ph 0818 222 024, 8am-8pm daily.

TULLAMORE RAPE CRISIS CENTRE:  Mon-Fri 9.30am-5pm; Ph 0579322500; Freephone 1800323232; email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

GROW:  Meeting for those in distress, feeling isolated or low, Thursdays, St. Mary’s Youth & Community Centre, 11am.  Contact Michelle 086 4183805.

BALLYCOMMON TTC: Social & Activities Morning for Seniors, Tuesdays, commencing 15 Nov, 10am-12pm, Dun Eochla, Ballycommon. Details from 057 9353177.

MEATH DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO HOLY LAND:  6-14 Mar 2023.  Enquiries to Kingscourt Parish Office 0429667314.