SUNDAY
AFTER CHRISTMAS
Feast
of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
29 December 2013
NEW YEARS GREETING
I wish to extend New Year’s greeting
and good wishes for 2014 to you all. I
hope the year ahead will bring you health and happiness and I pray for God’s
Blessings on all your work and undertakings.
May God guide and direct all our efforts during the New Year. I pray God’s Blessings on all families, and
I pray especially for children in examination classes and those who are seeking
employment; may you all be successful in your endeavours. I welcome all who have recently come into
our community. I wish those people and
their families happiness and success in our parish. With God’s help and guidance may the year ahead be a good year
for us all. Fr.
Joe
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY
MASS INTENTIONS: BALLINLOUGH
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Sat.
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28
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Dec.
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8 pm.
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Kate
& Ned Judge, Cloonalough, Anniv.
Vincent
Kelly, Cloonalough, 2nd Anniv.
Martin
& Mary Ellen Kelly, Foxboro, Anniv.
Mary
Nealon, Cloonalough, Anniv.
Martin
Finnegan, Willie & Nellie Egan, Marystown, Anniv.
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Tues.
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31
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Dec.
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10 am.
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New
Years Eve. Private Intention.
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Wed.
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1
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Jan.
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10 am.
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Feast
of Mary, Mother of God. It is a World
Day of prayer for peace.
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Sat.
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4
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Jan.
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8 pm.
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Eileen
O’Connor, 1st Anniv.
Patrick
Godfrey, Oola & Birmingham, 9th Anniv.
John
& Rose Caulfield, Clooninsla.
Deceased
members of the Greene & Caulfield families.
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Eucharistic Ministers:
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Church Readers
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Ballinlough Church:
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Sat. 4 Jan. 8 pm.
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Nancy Flynn
Mary Finan
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Nessa Doherty
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Granlahan Church:
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Sun. 5 Jan. 12 noon
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John Caulfield
Mary Ruane
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Cáit Phillips
Ursual Brady
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Offertory Collections:
Sat & Sun. 21st & 22nd Dec..
Ballinlough: € 620. Granlahan: €590.
Pray for the
repose of the soul of Fr. John Fennelly who died 23 December last. He was born in 1925 and ordained a priest in
1996. He worked as a curate in Athenry
and as a confessor in Knock. He died in
Our Lady’s Manor, Dalkey, Dublin.
MASS INTENTIONS: GRANLAHAN
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Sun.
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29
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Dec.
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12 noon.
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Tom
Bailey, Anniv. & also Andy & Sarah Bailey & deceased members of
the family
John
Joe & Helen Lynch, Lowberry,
Patrick
Conroy, Moigh.
Martin,
Brigid & John Cooney, Coraslustia.
Edward
& Cecilia Coggins and deceased family members, Ballina
John
& Margaret Lyons & deceased family members, Redford, Ballyhaunis.
Deceased
members of the Naughton Family, Coraslustia.
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Wed.
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1
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Jan.
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10.30 am.
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Feast
of Mary, Mother of God. It is a World
Day of prayer for peace.
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Sun.
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5
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Jan.
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12 noon
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Tessie
Walsh, Altore, 3rd Anniv.
Michael
& Anne Sheil and their daughter Sr. Mary Bernadette, Altore, Anniv.
Mary
Cregg, Derryvounge, Anniv.
Pat
Gormley, Ballybane, Anniv.
Joe
& Josephine Igoe and deceased members of the Hussey family,
Castlequarter.
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I want to thank most sincerely the
many people who helped with the Christmas Liturgies; all the people who
decorated the churches, Granlahan and Ballinlough both inside and outside; all
who took part in the liturgy itself; those who organised people – adults and
children to take part and finally our organists and members of the choirs. It all helped to make Christmas a meaningful
celebration of the great feast that it was –the Birth of Christ. Many thanks to you all.
Wednesday next 1 Jan 2014 has been designated A World
Day of Prayer for Peace.
I wish to thank everyone who
contributed so generously to the Christmas collection for the support of the
priest of the Parish.
Care of the Churches:
Ballinlough: Sincere thanks to the people of Town South
who looked after the flowers during the month of December. Would the people of Town North and the
Avenue look after them during the month of January.
Granlahan: Our gratitude to Group C who cared for the
church during the month of December.
Would Group D look after it during the month of January 2014. Group D:
Noreen Coggins, Mary Patterson, Mary Raftery, Mai O’Gara, Ruth Sullivan,
Angela Keaveney.
There will be no First Friday calls
this month of January.
Thanks to everyone
who supported the Carrick N.S. Draw. 1st
Prize Fiachra Nee. 2nd Jason
Kelly. 3rd Colm
Considine. We raised a total of €2330.
Granlahan Card Game: Winners: 1st Frank Cregg, \peter Culcannon . 2nd Maureen Devaney, Helen Hogan 3rd Colin Conroy, Sheila Brady.
Raffle Winners: Gerry Coffey, Tommy Geraghty, Jackie Finan, Colin
Conroy.
A very special
Gathering in Ballinlough on New Year’s Eve as we celebrate a very successful
year. Dancing to Jivin Ivan in
Campbell’s Lounge, light refreshments will be served. Ring in the New Year on the square with live music, ringing of
bells as we watch lanterns rise into the midnight sky to welcome in 2014.
Cluster
Choir. Choir practice in Ballyhaunis
Parish Church at 11 am. on New Year’s Day.
Mass will be at 12 noon and all singers are welcome.
