May 25th 2014

The Sixth Sunday of Easter

25^th May 2014                                                                           

MASS INTENTIONS                BALLINLOUGH

	Sun	25	May	12 Noon			John Gaffney, Carraghs. 3rd Anniversary. Josephine & Jim McWalter, Cloonlee. Anniversary
	Tue	27	May	10 am			Mass for the people of the Parish.
	Wed	28	May				No Mass
	Sun	1	June	12 Noon			Luke Cregg, Cloonlough, anniversary.             John Gaffey, Islands, anniv, & his wife Brigid and deceased members of the Gaffey family. Deceased members of the O’Donovan Family, Ballymahon.             Martin McLoughlin, Ballinlough 18th Anniversary
					Eucharistic Ministers:			Church Readers:
Ballinlough Church:
Sun. 1 June 12 Noon						Sylvia Murphy, Noreen Byrne.		John James Cregg
Granlahan Church:
Sat. 31 May 8pm.						Joe Keane, Mary Gormley (B)		Sheila Brady.

The Job Club are running  a job seeking skills course in Castlerea Tues. 10^th June 10am-1pm each day. The course is free and open to jobseekers of all ages.  Contact Mary 094 9862373 or DSP Office Roscommon, 090 6632980.  
                                                                                               The Mattie McDonnagh Centre & Ballygar Tidy Towns are holding a monster auction Sat 3^rd June in Community Centre, Ballygar. Come along & grab a bargain.  Info contact 087 6575904, 087 7611022, 086 3636007, 087 7554319.               
  Heartiest congratulations to the children from Carrick N.S. who received their First Holy Communion on Sunday last. Congratulations & thanks to their parents and teachers and to all who helped with the celebration and ceremony    Fathers Day is on Sunday June 15^th

MASS INTENTIONS:                               GRANLAHAN

Sat	24	May	8 pm.	Patrick & Margaret Ruane & their son Patrick and daughter Annie Curley. Michael Ruane, Granlahan. 3rd Anniversary.
Fri	30	May		No Mass
Sat	31	May	8 pm.	Owen Cooney Coraslustia. M.M.                         Bernie Murphy, Anne Sheary nee Murphy. John & Brigid Murphy, Castlequarter.                               William & Anne McDonald & deceased family members, Currisloustia.                                        Helen & JohnJoe Lynch, Lowberry, anniversary.

OFFERTORY COLLECTION  Sat. and Sun. 17^th  & 18^th May

                        Ballinlough: €501       Granlahan: €356 
The Feast of Corpus Christi is celebrated on Sun 22^nd June. This is a Sunday when we honour the real presence of Christ in the Blessed Eucharist. We hope to have a Corpus Christi Procession in all our Churches. We invite all our children who received First Holy Communion this year to take part.                                                                          
Mass on Kiltullagh Hill this Sunday 25^th May @ 4pm. Annual Sponsored Walk to raise funds for Granlahan N.S. takes place on Sunday May 25^th. Walkers depart from church car park. @ 3pm for Kiltullagh Hill and will return to The Community Centre. Please support your local School.    
 Granlahan Ladies Club hold a 5km walk every Tuesday & Thursday evening at 8pm sharp at The Community Centre.   Please pray for the repose of the soul of Tony Cunningham, Lasbally, Lisacul, formerly of Cloonlough, Ballinlough, whose internment took place in Lisacul Cemetery on Fri. 16^th May, also the repose of the soul of Linka Victova, Carrick, Ballinlough, who died recently. May they rest in peace.                                                                                                      
Time Out Café art competition; Theme is “The wild side of Life”. Categories include, Creative writing, photography, Poetry, Art. Date of submission of entry with application form Fri,7^th June. from 7-9pm at the Time Out Café. Details in Café. Volunteers required for the Café.                                                 
 A seventh Eucharistic Adoration of 33 hours in memory of Our Lords years of life is being held in St. Jarleths College Chapel, Tuam on 7^th & 8^th June. It begins in Tuam Cathederal with Mass & Benediction @ 10am on Saturday followed by procession to St Jarleths College Chapel. It continues until 7pm on Sunday. Everyone is welcome, Priests, Sisters, Parishioners, Ministers of the Eucharist, Pastoral Councils, Readers, Students, Pioneers, Teenagers and any other group. Every Church in the Archdiocese is allocated a minimum of one hour and our Church time will be Sunday from 9-10am.