Parish of the Assumption Area Code: 057
Tel: 93 21587 - 93 51510 - 93 22244 - 93 22415 Fax: 93 51510
www.tullamoreparish.ie
E-mail Parish Secretary:
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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.
4th Sunday of the Year - 25th 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 TimesWeekend 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
Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
A CALL TO PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS
After the Resurrection Jesus told the Apostles, “Go out to the whole world and proclaim the Good News”. Since his experience on the road to Damascus Paul has orientated all his vital powers towards his witness to the Risen Jesus. Paul no longer lives for himself. He no longer lives for happiness nor success apart from Christ. “The life I now live, I am living in faith, faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me”, (Gal 2:20). Paul is sure of God’s call and is conscious of being sent each day, because the time is short. “In fact preaching the Gospel gives me nothing to boast about, because I am under compulsion, and I should be in trouble if I failed to do so”, (1 Cor 9:16). From now on, Paul will admit no activity that runs parallel to his apostolate. He is an ambassador for Christ everywhere and at every moment, even in the powerlessness of his prison. Are we conscious of God’s call and of being sent each day to proclaim the Good News? We too, are ambassadors of Christ!
PARISH CENTRE Parish Office open Monday-Friday 9.30am-1pm and 1.30-5.00pm for booking Masses, Weddings, Baptisms, Certs etc. Reception service available 5.00-9.00pm. There is a priest available for emergencies 24 hours a day. Parish Shop - selling a selection of religious items - open Wednesday to Saturday 10.30am-1.00pm. Teas/Coffees after 10.00am Mass Wednesdays & Fridays.
CHURCH UNITY WEEK Prayer Service in St Catherine’s Church, Hophill, today, Sunday 25th at 5.00pm. All are welcome.
DODATEK POLKSI Nastepna Msza Swieta odprawiana w j. polskim odbedzie sie 22/02/09 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
Cud istnienia
to cud przyjmowania
obecnosci Bozej
Cud, ktory
przyjely moje rece
tylko nie wiem
jak wyrazic podziw
jak sie radowac
jak z nimi wzrastac Boze pomoz mi ... !
Ks.Jan Filewicz
MINISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST The new rota is now available from the Sacristy. Please collect yours.
SEEING YOUR LIFE THROUGH THE LENS OF THE GOSPELS Mark 1:14:20 ‘The time is fulfilled’ - this is a decisive moment in the life of Jesus. His public ministry is about to begin. Recall turning points in your own life when something new happened and with hindsight you can say the time was ripe for it to happen, ‘the time was fulfilled’. ‘Repent and believe the good news.’ Jesus called for a change of heart, as a response to the Good News. A new level of faith in yourself leads to a new of seeing yourself. A new way of understanding God leads to a conversion in how we relate to God, a change of heart. A growth in awareness of who we are can lead us to a new level of self-confidence, another change of heart. Can you recall times when ‘good news’ led you to a change of heart? The Spirit of God who was at work in Jesus calling the disciples continues to work in our day and in our lives. In the everyday events of our own lives we can see the grace of God at work. When have you had what you would consider a ‘call experience’ that led you to a different style of life? Who was the ‘Jesus person’ through whom the call came to you? To whom have you been a ‘Jesus person’ in this way? (Fr Sylvester O’Flynn OFM Cap, Intercom Jan 2009)
MASS INTENTIONSMon 26:
7.45 Edward Donnolly
10.00 Michael Quinlan & Family
Tues 27:
7.45 John Hannigan, Paddy Coakley & Danny Sheehan
10.00 William Walsh, Ballydaly
Wed 28:
7.45 Michael Hughes, O’Moore St
10.00 Molly Keane, nee Cunningham, 109 O’Molloy St
Thurs 29:
10.00 Denis, Ann, Marie & Colette Dunne, Coleraine
Fri 30:
7.45 Michael Moore
10.00 Patrick Brennan & Family, 81 O’Molloy St
Sat 31:
10.00 James Sheehan, Park Ave
7.30 Margaret Dunne, Mon Mem
Sun 1:
8.30 Mary Murray
10.00 Margaret Slattery
11.30 Damien Egan, 1st Ann
1.00 John Lloyd, Arden View, Mon Mem
Durrow: Fri 30 Stephen Lynam Mon Mem (8pm) Sun 1 Patrick O’Brien & Family, Derrygolan DEATHS: We offer our sympathy to the families of Gerardine Cusack, Brigid Caffray, Charlie Breen & Brigid Kinsella (nee Foley)
If you would like support or comfort in your grieving please phone 9326604
SHARED MASSES: The shared Masses for 14th Feb & 14th Mar are now booked up. The next available one is on Saturday 25th April at 10.00am. You are reminded that the intentions for this Mass are for the anniversaries of deaths only.
COLLECTIONS Tullamore €4556; Durrow €279
Envelopes €2455
Thank you for your continued support.
NEW ARRIVALS Welcome to the family of God’s people Michael William Kavanagh, Logan Joseph & Liana Kate Boland, Keeley Morgan Ryan, Dylan Kenneth Greene, Hannah Mary Griffin & Eoin Edward Cusack 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.
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. PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Hospital Chapel: “Watch one hour with me”. Ph 9321232. TABLE QUIZ: Thursday 29th, Court Hotel, 8pm. Table of four €40. Proceeds towards Scoil Mhuire Parents’ Assoc. CYSTIC FIBROSIS ASSOC: Church gate collection Saturday 31/Sunday 1. FATIMA PILGRIMAGE with Fr John Nally, 4-11 June. Bookings at 9351309. HEALING DAY Emmanuel House of Prayer, Clonfert, Saturday 31. Bus from Harbour St 9.30am Ph 9352931. DURROW ACTIVE RETIREMENT ASSOC: Wednesdays, 2.30-4.30pm, Durrow Hall. New members welcome. OFFALY CHILDMINDING INITIATIVE exciting calendar of events for Childminders. Ph Fiona 9370630. GATEKEEPER COMMUNITY EDUCATION: 6-week course commencing Monday 26, Tullamore College. Topics include Positive Mental Health, Suicide, Depression and Self Harm. Ph Michelle Offaly VEC, 9351392 or Josephine, HSE Suicide Resource Office, 8664513. IRISH CATHOLIC: Feature this week on visit by Colaiste Choilm students to Mumbai, India. Copies on sale from Legion of Mary stall. FATIMA 7-14 May; LOURDES 29 July-5 Aug with Fr Lorenzo Bracken. Ph 087-6630231.
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, 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
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.
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by Tuesday evening
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