Parish of the Assumption

Tel: 21587/51510/22244/22415 Fax: 51510   
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1st Sunday in Lent
13th February 2005

Fr. Seán Heaney, P. P.
Fr. Frank MacNamara C.C.
Fr. John Nally C.C.
Fr. Gerry Boyle C.C.
Sr. Genny Hassey
Sr. Margueritta McCarthy

Sunday Mass Times:
Vigil: 7.00pm & 8.30pm; Sun: 8.30am, 10.00am, 11.30am, 1.00pm.  Durrow: 11.30am.
Hospital Chapel 
9am Sunday,  9am Friday
Lent Mass Times
Tullamore         Monday to Friday 6.15pm
Durrow      Fridays 8.00pm 
Confessions:
Sat 12-1pm;3-4pm. Eve 1st Fridays 12-1pm; 7.30-8pm.

 Mass Intentions:
Mon 14:
10.00 Mary Creevy.  6.15 William Lynam, Clontarf Rd.
Tues 15:
10.00 William Keenan, Convent View.  6.15 Michael & Annie Feery, Marian Place. 
Wed 16:
7.45 Mary Nevin.  10.00 Victor & Mary Hogan.  6.15 Anthony Heffernan, Ballydaly. 
Thurs 17: 
10.00 Bobby O'Connor, Coleman's Tce.  6.15 Hughes & Farrell Families. 
Fri 18:
7.45 Owens Family & Bridie Murphy.  10.00 Sadie Lloyd.  6.15 Joe Flynn.
Sat 19:
7.00 Agnes Wyer, The Glebe, Durrow. Mon Mem.  Sun 20:  8.30 Joseph Mills & Mary Tracey.  10.00 Bessie Dowling.  11.30 Teresa McCabe, Park Ave. 1st Ann

Durrow:
Fri 18
Delia & Paudge Kelly & Kelly Family, Ballybought. 
Sun 20 Matt Flynn.

Shared Mass Sat 19 10am:
Dan & Josephine O'Connor;
John Grennan & Family;
Clancy & John Boyd;
Tom & Mary Hassey & Ian Parnell;
Martin & Honorah Garrett;
Jim & Elizabeth McLoughlin;
Mick & Chris Quirke;
William, Margaret & Liam Power;
Peg McKeon;
James & Mary Kidney;
Stanley Family;
John Grogan & parents;
Matt & Eileen Horan & Gallagher Family;
Ignatius Keegan & Joe Maher;
Peggy & Joseph Murray;
Michael & Catherine Cleary;
Matthew & Bridie Nooney;
Thomas O'Toole;
Josephine Raleigh;
Paddy Carroll;
John Horan & Horan Family;
Thomas & Agnes Gorman;
John, Josephine & Elizabeth Hayes & Mary Cuskelly;
Frank Maher;
Ian Farrelly & Farrelly Family; Hanley Family;
John Dowling & Robert Brocklebank;
John Quinn & Quinn Family;
Valerie Neary;
Peter & Annie Waters;
Matt Hayes;
Willie Craven;
James & Molly McGarry.
   
Deaths:
We offer our sympathy to the families of
Gerry Martin, Daingean Rd;
Jim Shelly, Park Ave. 
If you would like support comfort in your grieving, ph 26604.  

    
Baptisms:
Welcome to the parish community
Hannah Rebecca Fraser, Ard nd Greine;
Michael Martin Derek & John Paul Donoghue, 2 Kilcruttin;
Ciara Anna Kate Power, 57 Marian Place;
Amy Elizabeth Berry, 11 Marian Place;
Rochella Antonia Thorley, 6 Eiscir Circle Rd;
Niall David McCabe, 17 Callary St. 

It is our policy, in so far as possible, to celebrate Community Baptisms.  Baptisms are in Tullamore on the 1st Sunday & 3rd Saturday of the month and in Durrow the 2nd Sunday of the month.
Next pre-Baptism meeting - Wed 16 Feb - 8.30pm, Parochial House. 
All parents who wish to have their child baptised must attend a meeting.  Contact Parish Secretary for details.

Collections:
Tullamore €4495; Durrow €229. Envelopes €4776. 
Thank you.

Please continue to pray for Fiona Pender, our parishioner
who has been missing since 22nd Aug ‘96

Parish Activities

."Then the Spirit led Jesus into the desert".  Matt 4:1
Come and visit the desert area in the church during Lent.

EVENING MASSES FOR LENT: Evening Masses for Lent will be in Tullamore, Monday - Friday 6.15pm and in Durrow on Fridays at 8.00pm.

LENTEN EVENING PRAYER in Church of the Assumption today, Sunday, 5.30pm.  All welcome.
 
YOUNG PEOPLE - DO YOU FIND GOOD FRIDAY BORING?  Then come to a meeting in the Day Chapel to help plan your own ceremony on Tuesday 1st Mar at 7.30pm.
 
LECTIO DIVINA Tuesdays, Parochial House, 8.00pm.
 
CHURCH GROUNDS CAR PARK: Closed from 11.00am, Monday-Friday.

DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE to Madrid, Salamanca & Santiago de Compostela, 26 Sept-6 Oct.  Contact Parochial House for booking form.

Community Activities

St Mary's Youth Centre:
Mon Choir 7.30pm.  Tues 10-12 Club 5-7pm. Thurs 7-9 club 5-7pm; post primary club 7-9pm.  New members welcome.  Volunteers urgently wanted for supervision of junior clubs.  Closing date for talent show 25 Feb.
Scoil Mhuire: Enrolment
Mon 14-Fri 18, 9.20am-3pm.  Table Quiz Thurs 24, Court Hotel.
Scripture for Daily Living:
Thurs 17, Marian Hostel, 11am.  Lk 23:33-46.
Cystic Fibrosis:
Thanks to all who supported recent collection.
Mercy Convent Prayer Group:
Thursdays, 8pm.  All welcome.
Ready:
No 1 Church St, Tues 15, 7.30pm.
Aware: Public lecture
"Restoring Confidence & Building Self-Esteem after Depression", Mon 21, Bridge House, 8pm.  Free admission.  All welcome.
Padre Pio Group:
Mass Tues 15, 8pm, Church Assumption.  All welcome.
14th Divine Mercy Conference Sun 20, RDS.  Bus from Convent 8am. Ph 52931.
TARA:
Trip to Clonakilty, Mon 11-Fri 15 Apr. €285.  Deposit €35 by 23 Feb.  Ph Mary 23978.
Scoil Naoimh Colmcille Durrow:
Enrolment 1st Mar, 2-3pm.
Medjugorje: Pilgrimage
Sun 24 Apr, €498.  Ph Amy 0906481090.

Support Services

Parish Information & Support Services -
Confidential Phone Line 26604: Monday to Friday, 10.00am-1.00pm; 6.00-8.00pm.
ACCORD Marriage & Relationship counselling Mon-Fri 9.30am-1.30pm,  41831; 
Lucia Counselling Service for those with mental illness  Helpline 1890621631
Suicide Bereavement Support - group sessions for family members or friends - if interested ph Rita 086-8157320;
CIC Mon-Fri 10am-12.30pm, 2-4pm, Sat 10-12 ,52204;
Epiplepsy Assoc Mon-Fri, 9am-3pm 28631; 
AA Mon, Thurs, Sat Mercy Convent 8.30pm;
Al-Anon Thurs 8.30pm, 17 Chapel St.  01-8732699;
Vincent De Paul 22072;
Dochas - Cancer Info & Support Drop in centre 12 Henry St, Mon/Wed/Fri 10.30am-12.30pm 28268y
Sexual Abuse & Rape Counselling Mon-Fri 10am-2pm, Mon 8-10.30pm. 1800323232;
Women in Crisis Ozanam House, Mon-Fri 9am-1pm, 51886;
Grow Thurs 7.30pm Day Care Arden Rd, 51124;
Aware Mon 8.45pm Community Mental Health Centre 1890303302;
Breastfeeding Support Group 3rd Thurs, 8pm, Education Resource Centre Hospital. 0502-24317;
Fibromyalgia Group: Last Tues of month, 8pm, Day Care Centre. Helpline 1800201068 Tues 10am-12 only;
Anew - support group for women with alcohol problems, Wed 8pm, Ofalia House Edenderry, 086-1024743
Mabs: Free and confidental, phone 23211
Meditation: Mon, Marian Hostel, 7.45pm.
Pregnant, Worried ?
Life Pregnancy Care 7B Cormac Street Tullamore
Drop in every Saturday 10am-1pm
0506-41110
or 1850 281281 9am to 9pm every day for the price of a local call  

Those who give when they are asked have waited too long.