Parish of the Assumption

Area Code: 057 Tel: 93 21587 - 93 22415 Fax: 93 51510
www.tullamoreparish.ie 
E-mail Parish Secretary:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

12th February 2023  ~ Sixth Sunday of the year

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.

THE BARE MINIMUM

There are times when we try to get by with the bare minimum.  Maybe we have scraped through an exam with the minimum of effort, or done a last-minute rush job to complete a work project.  Plenty of us know what it’s like to do just enough around the house to keep it from descending into total chaos!

Perhaps unconsciously, we sometimes take the same approach to our relationships – only phoning a parent once in a blue moon to ‘check in’, or visiting a friend only when we are reminded.  It can be easy to slip into a pattern of acting out of a sense of duty rather than love.

Of course, our faith can go the same way.  Are there times when we approach the Eucharist with a niggling feeling that something is not quite right?  If so, Jesus has some strong words for us in today’s Gospel.

If we believe that all we are expected to do is ‘follow the rules’ we have missed something important.  Jesus does not want us to merely follow the letter of the law.  Where is the joy or the challenge in that?  He tells us that our virtue must go deeper than simply doing the bare minimum.

Not only must we not kill, we must not be angry with others.  Not only must we not break a promise, we must be honest in all our dealings and in our speech.  If we approach the Altar without being on good terms with others, we are not in true communion with God.

Obeying the rules is the bare minimum.  The Gospel is calling us to a more radical way of living.

Triona Doherty, Intercom February 2020

READERS FOR LENT

Readers are needed for weekly Evening Masses, 7.30pm, during Lent.  Please contact the Sacristy.

SEEING YOUR LIFE THROUGH THE LENS OF THE GOSPELS 

Matthew 5:17-37

In this section of the Sermon on the Mount Jesus proposes standards that go beyond external ways of behaviour.  He challenges our inner attitudes.  When have you found that living out of inner conviction is more life-giving than keeping up appearances?

Jesus applies his teaching to feelings of anger and sexual desire.  He suggests that if we do not keep an eye on our feelings and thoughts we will not be able to control our actions.  Perhaps you have experienced the truth of this.  What has helped you to integrate your feelings so that you were able to live in right relationship with yourself and others?

For Jesus, people with genuine authenticity do not need to swear an oath to be convincing.  Their ‘yes’ or ‘no’ suffices.  Recall people who had this kind of credibility for you.  When have you found that your simple, direct and honest communication had a positive persuasive force?

In recent times public discourse sometimes has little respect for truth.  What effect does this have on how you view politicians or other people in the public eye?  What helps you to distinguish the truth from fake news?

John Byrne OSA Intercom Feb 2023

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

My flesh and my heart may fail, 

But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.  

Ps 73:26

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

Tues   14  10.00  Mary Creevy

                           baby Joseph Anthony Ward

Wed   15    7.45  Paddy Scally 

               10.00  Rosie, Frank & Brendan Condron 

Thurs 16   7.45  Vincent Lennon

               10.00  Anthony Heffernan, Ballycosney

Fri     17  10.00  Bobby O’Connor, St Coleman’s Tce

                           Kathleen McDonagh 

Sat     18  10.00  Betty McMahon, Spollenstown

                         Molly & Paddy Owens & Bridie Murphy

                 6.30  Dody Farrell, 1st Ann

Sun   19    8.30  Tom & May Hughes, 16 Parnell St

                          John Drea

               10.00  Sadie Lloyd

                          Kieran Egan, O’Molloy St

                 1.00  Tony Holleran, 1st Ann

Shared Mass Durrow Sun 19, 11.30am:  Rose Scully; Richie Wallace & Wallace Family.

DEATHS

We offer our sympathy to the families of Robert Dunne, Jimmy Bracken, Tim Devery & Mary Galvin.

BAPTISMS

Welcome to God’s family Antonina Fiadh Agata & Henry Colm Antoni Gleeson, Niamh Mary Tully, Charlie Keith Dunne & Hailey Alexandra Pasztor-Sexton who were baptised recently.

COLLECTIONS

Plate: Tullamore €3075; Durrow €234 

Envelopes €2515

Thank you for your continued support.

COMMUNITY NOTICES

ST PADRÉ PIO MASS Tues 14, 7.30pm, Tullamore Church.  All welcome.

READY:  Dinner dance, Sun 12, 7pm sharp, Town House.  No dinner order taken after 7.30pm.

CÉILÍ every Tuesday, 8pm, Durrow Hall.  All welcome

YOUTH 2000 PRAYER MEETING: Thurs, Holy Hour, 7.30pm, Day Chapel; refreshments 8.30pm, Parish Centre, concluding 9pm.  Ages 16-40.

THANK YOU to all who supported the Offaly Prolife Community Baby Showers recently.  Items have been delivered to organisations providing support to individuals and families in the Midlands.

"LIFE IN THE SPIRIT” SEMINARS: St. Brigid’s Parish Centre, Clara, Thurs 16, 8pm, for 7 weeks.  Guest speaker each night.  All welcome

WORLD YOUTH DAY 2023:  1-6 Aug, Lisbon, Portugal.   See www.dioceseofmeath.ie, Meath Diocese WYD.

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

ALONE support line for older people who have concerns or are facing difficulties.  Ph 0818 222 024, 8am-8pm.

OFFALY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT SERVICES:  0579351886 or 0860419154.  www.odvss.ie

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