Sunday 26th June 2016 - Parish of Lisdoonvarna and Kilshanny

PARISH OF LISDOONVARNA
AND KILSHANNY
CORPUS CHRISTI; LISDOONVARNA
HOLY ROSARY; DOOLIN
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Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 26th June 2016
MASS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Parish Priest
Father Conor Cunningham
065 - 7074142
[email protected]
Please read this section before Mass begins
to help us all to focus on prayer, praise and silence
during Sunday Mass - and to avoid unnecessary
announcements and explanations.
Please remember to silence your phones too!
Parish Clerk
Mary Mooney
(9.00am-5.00pm)
086 - 4084728
Mass Times
Sunday Masses:
Toovahera Church
SaturdayVigil Mass 5.00pm
of first Sunday of every month.
Kilshanny Church
SaturdayVigil Mass 7.00pm
Doolin Church
Sunday 10.00am
Lisdoonvarna Church
Sunday 11.30am
Weekday Masses:
Lisdoonvarna Church
Monday 7.00pm
Tuesday 10.00am*
Thursday 7.00pm
Friday 10.00am*
(* unless replaced by parish funerals)
Eucharistic Adoration
Toovahera Church
Sundays 3.00pm to 4.00pm
Doolin Church
Wednesdays 8.00pm to 9.00pm
Kilshanny Church
Fridays 7.00pm to 8.00pm
Lisdoonvarna Church
Mondays and Wednesdays
6.00pm to 7.00pm
Most Holy Rosary
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lisdoonvarna Church
Mondays 6.00pm
Doolin Church
Before Sunday Mass, 9.40am
Cemetery Sunday 2016
Outdoor Masses, weather
permitting, otherwise in Church:
Saturday 2nd July
Toovahera Churchyard 5.00pm
Kilshanny Cemetery 7.00pm
Sunday 3rd July
Doolin Cemetery 10.00am
A vocation to Priesthood?
Contact Father Conor anytime
for a confidential chat,
information and spiritual advice.
Let’s all pray for more
vocations!
ST. AUGUSTINE; KILSHANNY
OUR LADY OF LOURDES; TOOVAHERA
Today’s Anniversaries
IN LOVING MEMORY
Kilshanny
Saturday 25th 7.00pm
Teresa O’Shaughnessy,
(née Considine), Dublin (First A)
Mary and Denis O’Dwyer, Ballytarsna (A)
Susan and John Ryan,
Toomevara, Co. Tipperary (A)
Michael and Teresa Power, Quinn (A)
Margaret and Austin Hynes, Knockerska (A)
Maura Schenck (née Hynes),
Ohio, and formerly of Knockerska (A)
Paddy, Joan, and Father Gus Kelly,
Carroweragh (A)
Saturday 2nd 7.00pm
Anto and Tom Greene
and deceased of family, Lahinch View (A)
Doolin
Sunday 26th 10.00am
Tony Considine, Knockacarron (A)
Nora, Stephen and Patrick McCarthy
and deceased of family, Ballyreen (A)
Josephine and Billy Clarke, Gortaclob (A)
Lisdoonvarna
Sunday 26th 11.30am
John Donnellan, Kilmoon (A)
Monday 27th 7.00pm
John D. Harney, Salisbury, Connecticut, USA (A)
Thursday 30th 7.00pm
Jack, Elizabeth, Gerry, Mattie and Philomena
O’Connell and deceased of family, Fernhill (A)
Tony and Maureen O’Connell, Cloghaun (A)
Sunday 3rd 11.30am
Eileen Barrett, Church Street (Month’s Mind)
Charlotte Hillery, Toureen (Month’s Mind)
Tommy Vaughan, Rooska (First A)
John Curtin, Aughiska (A)
Mary and Martin Curtin, Carhumana (A)
Gerald Linnane, Ballinalacken (A)
Ellen and Biddy Linnane (A)
Toovahera
Rita Fogarty (First A)
and deceased of Fogarty and Doherty families
Anne and Paddy Queally, Toovahera (A)
We especially welcome those who are gathered
with us today to offer the power of Holy Mass
for their beloved departed as named on this
newsletter.
Prayers of the Faithful
may include the following:
Pope Francis’ Universal Intention for June:
That the aged, marginalised, and those who have noone may find, even within the huge cities of the world,
opportunities for encounter and solidarity.
Pope Francis’ Evangelising Intention for June:
That seminarians, and men and women entering
religious life, may have mentors who live the joy of the
Gospel and prepare them wisely for their mission.
Our Parish Prayer Intention for this week:
For all sick and elderly parishioners, that they may
know the Lord’s closeness and consolation.
Father Conor’s Prayer Intention for this week:
For all our young parishioners, especially a teenager, a
young mother, and a young man, who are carrying the
cross of serious illness at the moment, and for all who
love them and care for them.
The Offertory Collection
As a sign of our desire to be deeply united with
Christ’s self-emptying death, and his resurrection,
- which are about to become present upon the
altar - we spiritually ‘send’ ourselves upon the
altar with our gifts of bread and wine. We also
send a sacrificial portion of our weekly income to
help to support Christ’s Church in our local
parish. Thank you for your continued support,
and for your contributions of last Sunday 19th
June:
Enrolled parishioners envelopes
€591
and loose collection plate
€469
Kilshanny:
Doolin:
Lisdoonvarna:
Total:
€503
€255
€302
€1,060
Other bits and pieces from the
Pastor’s Desk…
a cháirde,
We warmly welcome our guest speaker
this weekend, Niall McDonagh. Niall will
be sharing with us a personal testimony on
his own faith journey, and on how a living
relationship with Jesus helps him to really live
life to the full as a young man in today’s
culture. A native from Galway, Niall is
currently studying for the priesthood in the
Archdiocese of New York. Light refreshments will be served in
the meeting room after the 11.30am in Lisdoonvarna where
Niall will be glad to meet our parishioners. Our young people
are especially invited to chat with him about ways to deepen
their faith and to find joy in it.
Youth 2000 Summer Festival, takes place this year at Cistercian
College, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary from Thursday 7th to Sunday 10th
July. This is a four-day celebration of faith for young people aged 16
to 35. There is an action-packed programme of inspiring talks,
workshops, testimonies, prayer, music, drama and much more. The
festival is donation-only, with no fixed charge. See
www.youth2000.ie or phone 01 6753690 to book.
The “First Friday’ monthly sacramental visits to sick, elderly
and homebound will take place as usual this week. There are
many parishioners who are unwell at present and I urge you to pray
for them every day. I offer a special Mass for them all each week. If
you know someone who is sick and who would like Confession,
Anointing and Holy Communion in their homes every month please
encourage them to invite me. It would be my privilege to serve
them.
is next Saturday 2nd July and Sunday 3rd July
I renew my invitation to parishioners to consider volunteering
to serve as a Eucharistic Minister. The need is great but, so far,
no new volunteers have stepped forward. Please don’t be shy about
letting me know if you’d like some extra information or
encouragement about helping the Lord and his people in this special
ministry!
5.00pm Vigil Mass in the churchyard cemetery at Toovahera;
7.00pm Vigil Mass in the ruins of the ancient Church
in Kilshanny cemetery; and
10.00am Sunday Mass in Doolin cemetery.
Thank you all for your support, encouragement and ongoing
kindness. I rely on your prayers, and I assure you of mine every day
at the altar of God. - Father Conor
Our Parish Cemetery Sunday
I hope the weather will be good enough for us to celebrate
these Masses outside in the cemeteries as planned. If so, I
encourage you to bring along deckchairs - especially for the
elderly. We may begin each Mass a few minutes late to allow
everyone to assemble. However, if the weather is unkind to us
we will celebrate these Masses for our beloved departed in the
local Churches instead. After the Mass in Toovahera we will
make a brief visit to Kilmoon cemetery to pray for all those who
are buried there and in the nearby Killeaney cemetery. At the
Mass in Kilshanny will pray also for the priests buried in
Kilshanny churchyard cemetery. At the Mass in Doolin we will
pray also for all who are buried in Killilagh and in all the ancient
forgotten graves and Cillíns in our parish, as well as for all
parishioners and loved ones who were ever lost to the sea.
A brief Kilshanny Church Restoration
Community Meeting will take place after
7.00pm Mass in Kilshanny Church on
Saturday 16th July. Now that we have
resolved the dampness problem with
considerable parish investment over the
past two years, I will outline the options
available to us in moving forward with restoring and beautifying
the interior and exterior of our beautiful Church of Saint
Augustine. I am keen to get the advice of everyone in the whole
parish who loves Kilshanny Church on what pace we should
proceed given our financial limitations. In particular, I hope we
might form an energetic and imaginative fundraising group
specifically for this project so that we might be able to get the
restoration completed soon and to a high standard. I encourage
all parishioners who are interested in Kilshanny Church, and all
who have skills and energy for fundraising, to please attend this
meeting. Let’s place all our efforts in the prayer and protection
of our heavenly patron. Saint Augustine, pray for us!
Warmest Wedding Congratulations to our parishioner Claire
Considine who was married in Lisdoonvarna Church on
Thursday to John O’Donoghue of Dublin. May their wedding day
joys and graces flow onward into their lifelong marriage.
Special “Peter’s Pence” Collection Today for our Holy
Father’s Charitable Works: Today after Mass there is a box at
the door as you leave the Church to receive your special
donations to the “Peter’s Pence” charitable fund. Pope Francis
uses your offering purely for charitable purposes in the name of
the Catholic Church to help people in need. Thank you so much
for whatever you might be able to contribute to this worthy
cause.
Community and Sporting News
Feasibility Study Update: Lisdoonvarna Fáilte would like to thank
everyone who contributed to the study. After almost one year the
study is now complete. If anyone would like a copy of the study
please email [email protected] and we will forward you on a
copy. The study is 70 pages long and we would like to avoid any
unnecessary printing!
The tenth All Ireland Rally for Life will take place in Belfast next
Saturday 2nd July. We are celebrating life, with special emphasis on
supporting families of unborn babies with serious conditions. A bus
will leave from Ennis, Shannon and Limerick at no charge, though a
donation can be made if desired. All are most welcome. For more
information contact Ger at 087 3622334.
Aillwee Cave would like to share their Fortieth Anniversary with
the Senior Citizens of North Clare. Come and join us for an
Afternoon Tea Party with live music by Chris Droney, JJ Conway
and friends, Friday 1st July from 2.30pm. Please join us!
The Annual Ladies Retreat at Glenstal Abbey: Give yourself a
day away on Tuesday 5th or Wednesday 6th July to relax, reflect,
pray, and enjoy the company of others in the peaceful and beautiful
surrounds of the monastery. Rev Henry O’Shea, a monk of the
community, will lead the day. To book your place call 061 621005 or
email [email protected]
Bingo! Local bingo every Thursday night at 8.30pm at The Pavilion.
Your presence and participation would be deeply welcome!
The Parish Policy for ‘Church-Gate’ Collections
is posted in the Church Porches.
Garda-permit public collectors are asked to respect our agreed
code of practice by holding collections in their designated spaces
and only after each Mass. Goodwill shown towards our
worshipping community by the courteous cooperation of
collectors with this policy is appreciated.
Have you community news to share?
All suggestions for inclusion in the parish newsletter, items for a
community-building, sporting, voluntary and non-commercial
nature, should be sent to [email protected] before deadline of
6.00pm on Wednesdays.
Genealogical and Family History queries of baptism, marriages and
deaths for our parish are handled by the excellent Clare Heritage and
Genealogy Centre, based in Corofin. Contact them at
www.clareroots.com or [+353 (0)65] 6837955.