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 To book Masses, Baptisms and Weddings, or to arrange an appointment to see a priest please call within these times where possible. A receptionist and phone service is available up to 10pm each day. Corpus Christi 25th May 2008
Msgr. Seán Heaney, P. P. Fr. Padraig Corcoran C.C. Fr. Shane Crombie C.C. Fr. Seamus O'Conner C.C. 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 Weekday Masses Monday – Friday: 7.45am & 10.00am Saturday: 10.00am 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
CORPUS CHRISTITHE BODY OF CHRIST Jesus declares: “I am the bread which has come down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever. The bread that I shall give is my flesh for the life of the world. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood live in me and I live in them”. Corpus Christi Procession today at 5.00pm The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to make others so. (Robert G Ingersoll)
The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to make others so. (Robert G Ingersoll)
FIRST COMMUNIONCongratulations to the children from Scoil Bhride who receive the Eucharist for the first time today. We wish God’s blessing on them, their families, friends and teachers and all who helped them on their faith journey to this special time. PARISH WEBSITE COMMENT
G'day from Down Under! Just want to say a big HELLO to all in Tullamore. It's now 40 years since I left Tulach Mhor but remember well the town of my youth. I can still see Walshe's and Kearney's fields on the Clara Rd ....... read full entry on http://www.tullamoreparish.ie/ CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSIONThe Corpus Christi Procession takes place today, 25th, at 5.00pm. Assemble at 4.30pm at the Store St entrance. The route is as follows: Store St, Harbour St, William St, Church St, Henry St, Harbour St and Store St. Flower petals are required for the Procession. Please leave in Day Chapel prior to start. SHOCK THERAPY EUCHARISTNowadays who knows, or cares, what ‘manna’ means? It’s mentioned in today’s 1st Reading. At one level it’s food provided by God for his people in the desert. Yet it’s more than that. It’s a lesson to drive home a fact of life: we need more than bread for survival. We need God, and every word that comes from his mouth. This is shock therapy for the Israelites, because both ‘manna’ and message are new, and different to what they’re used to. Originally, ‘manna’ may have referred to a sweet resinous substance that excuded from a desert tree called ‘tamarix mannifera’. However, in John 6:49, this lowly substance prefigures the true, living bread from heaven. That’s the bread we have access to in our modern desert. Taking it, however, may be shock therapy for us too when we realise its significance. In today’s Gospel, Jesus doesn’t try to explain away the giving of his body and blood as food and drink. He leaves the mystery. Whether we know, or care, what ‘manna’ means, we must know, and care, what Eucharist means. It means ‘thanksgiving’ that God is with us, among us and in us. That’s the therapy. But he’s also in those we hate. That’s the shock.(Fr Tom Cahill, Intercom May 2008)
MASS INTENTIONS Mon 26: 7.45 Michael Lowbridge, Park Ave 10.00 Eileen Gorman, Pearse Park Tues 27: 10.00 Lisa Bassett Wed 28: 7.45 Mary Dowling, Marian Place 10.00 Michael Stanko Snr Thurs 29: 7.45 Patrick & Molly Cleary, Clara Rd 10.00 John McNamara Fri 30: 7.45 Michael O’Neill 10.00 Decd parishioners of past year Sat 31: 10.00 Michael Gallagher, Meelaghans 7.30 Vincent Mullarkey, Clara Rd, Mon Mem Sun 1: 8.30 Larry & Rose Scully, Cartron East 10.00 Lar Hogan, Connolly Park 11.30 Margaret ‘Peg’ Brazil, Mon Mem 1.00 Esther Lawlor, Mon MemDurrow Sun 1 Berry Family SHARED MASSES: The shared Masses on Saturday 14th June & Saturday 19th July are now booked up. The next available Mass is on Saturday 16th August at 10.00am. These Masses are for the anniverary of deaths only and the number of intentions is limited to 40. DEATHS: We offer our sympathy to the families of Dan Boland & Maud Delahunty. If you would like support or comfort in your grieving please phone 9326604.
COLLECTIONS Tullamore €4830; Durrow €308 Envelopes €2395 Burma Fund: €10572 Thank you for your continued support
COMMUNITY GROUPSPERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Hospital Chapel: “He who loves us so much is there waiting for us. Why do we not love Him in return.” St John Vianney. Ph 9321232. MIDLANDS LIVING LINKS (Supporting Families & Individuals bereaved by Suicide). Ph Bernie 0861600641 for further details. INTERESTED IN SPEAKING IRISH? Meet in Eugene’s, Thurs 29, 9pm. Ph 087 4153750. GARDEN CLUB: Trip to ‘Bloom in the Park’, Fri 30. Bus from O’Connor Sq, 9am. Ph Nancy 087 9614900. BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S CLUB: May dinner, Wed 28, Acorn Restaurant, 7.00pm Guest speaker, Mamo McDonald, former ICA president and Cathaoirleach of Age & Opportunity. Ph 9341206 for tickets. THANKS to all who supported ‘Songs of Praise’ led by Town Band. Amount collected for Christian Aid was €1170. HEALING DAY: Emmanuel House, Clonfert, Sat 31. Bus from Harbour St, 9.50am. Ph 9352931. PRAYER MEETING 8-9pm, Thursdays, Mercy Convent. 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
Life Pregnancy Care 7B Cormac St, Drop in service every Saturday 10am-1pm, 057 93 41110 http://www.lifemidlands.ie
ACCORD Marriage & Relationship counselling, Mon-Fri, 9.30am-1pm, 2.00-4.00pm 9341831, http://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
Women in Crisis Esker House, Patrick St, Mon-Fri 9am-1pm, 9351796; Helpline 9351886, 9am-5pm Mon-Fri; 24 hour cover at weekends.
MABS Free & confidential debt advice, 9323211
Vincent de Paul 9322072
Dochas - Cancer Info & Support Mon-Fri 10am-2pm, Offaly St 9328268
Meditation Mondays, 7.00pm, Marian Hostel
Lucia Counselling Service for those with mental illness, 18900621631
Suicide Bereavement Support - group sessions - Rita 0868157320
Citizens Information Service Mon-Fri 9.15am-1pm; 2pm -4pm; Thurs 2-6pm. 9352204
Epilepsy Assoc Mon-Fri, 9am-3pm 9328631
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 Mon 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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