MASS INTENTIONS Church of the Immaculate Conception, Ashbourne

Ashbourne

Donaghmore

Parish Bulletin

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time 20-10-2019

Sacraments & Devotions

Morning Masses: Ashbourne Mon.-Sat. 10am

Eucharistic Adoration: Tues. 10.30am. to 11.30 am. Thurs. 10.30am. to 9 pm.

Confessions: Saturday after 10 am. Mass

Rosary: Ashbourne Church Mon-Sat. 9.30am Mon-Sat. after 10am Mass Mon.-Fri. 7.30pm.

Ashbourne: 1st & 2nd Sunday of the month at 1.45pm. 3rd Saturday of the month at 4.00pm.

Donaghmore: Sunday 29th September 2019 after 10a.m. Mass.

Pre-Baptism Meeting Next talk will take place on Monday 14th October 2019 in the Parish Hall, Ashbourne at 8.00pm.

Baptism Registration Forms are available on the Parish Website.

Sat. 19th Oct. 6.00pm Av. James & Sarah Reilly

Sun. 20th Oct. 9.00 am Mary & Patrick & John Gibney

Sun. 20th Oct. 11.00 am Sarah Doherty Months Mind

Sun. 20th Oct. 12.30 pm Av. Kevin Ducie

Mon. 21st Oct.. 10.00am Av. Siobhan O’Connell

Tues. 22nd Oct. 10.00am Remem. John Gernan

Wed. 23rd Oct. 10.00am Sp. Intention

Thurs. 24th Oct 10.00am Mai McCabe

Fri. 25th Oct. 10.00am Av. Camilla Morgan & Elsie Tunney Av. Gerard McGrath RIP Betty Boyd

Sat. 26th Oct. 10.00am Av, Margaret Mintern

Sat. 26th Oct. 6.00pm Av. Paud O’Regan

Sun. 27th Oct. 9.00 am Av. Frances Meskell

Sun. 27th Oct. 11.00 am Brigid Cantwell Months Mind & Husband Ted

Sun. 27th Oct. 12.30 pm Av. Rosín O’Callaghan

Sun. 20th Oct. 10.00am Agnes & Peter Lawless Oliver Synnott

Sun 27th Oct. 10.00am Av. Matthew, Maura & Christy Lambe Av. James & Alice Dervan & Moloney Family

St. Patrick’s Church, Donaghmore

A prayer for those who have entered Eternal Rest:

Michael McDonald, brother of Maeve Smith, Rath Lodge

May they rest in the peace of the Risen Christ. Amen

Priests of the Parish

Fr. John Nally P.P. Fr. Ciarán Clarke C.C.

Priest on Duty Fr. Ciarán T: 01- 8350406

THE POPE’S INTENTIONS FOR OCTOBER

A Missionary "Spring" in the Church That the breath of the Holy Spirit engender a new missionary

"spring" in the Church.

Vocations to the priesthood 'Jesus, master; take pity on us!’

is the cry of the ten lepers. They see in Jesus the chance of healing, reconciliation and a new life. The beauty of Christ is

irresistible when people meet it face to face. The function and duty of the priest is to make this possible by the preached word

and sacraments. If you have considered your life in service of God and his people as a priest in the Diocese of Meath contact Fr

Shane Crombie in Navan frshane@gmail.com or Fr Joe Campbell in Mullingar frjoecampbell@gmail.com for confidential and non-committed information.

Meath Befriending Service aims to reduce loneliness and isolation through a weekly visit from a trained befriending

volunteer. To avail of this service , contact, Eva, 0469280790 or email eva@volunteermeath.ie

Ashbourne Folk Group If you enjoy singing and love to worship through song you might be interested in joining our group. We practice Tuesday evenings 8-9pm in preparation for 12:30 Family Mass each Sunday. If you have singing experience it would be a very welcome asset to our group. If you are interested you can contact Elaine: 085 8611685 any evening after 6pm. ♫ ♫ ♫

The Irish Cancer Society is looking for volunteers to drive patients to and from their chemotherapy treatments in all public hospitals nationwide. Volunteers will need their own car but all expenses are paid. If you have 2 free days a month (Monday – Friday) and an active email address we would love to hear from you. Please call Laura on 01 2310 594, email transport@irishcancer.ie or go to www.cancer.ie for more information. Ashbourne & District Lions Club are holding a Quiz night on1st Nov 2019 at 8pm to raise much needed funds for their winter fuel appeal. Venue: Donaghmore/ Ashbourne GAA pavilion . The Apostolic Works Society are holding their display of Altar Vessels and Priests vestments in Ashbourne church next weekend after all masses.

PARISH GIVING

The second collection for the Month of October takes place at all Masses after Holy Communion. This collection is for the

Missions.

Parish Secretary

Mary Mullen Parish Hall

T: 086-7327737 E: parishhall2014@gmail.com

Parish Office

(for all regular enquiries) Mon-Sat 9.30-12pm T: 01 - 8353149 E: info@ashbourneparish.ie W: www.ashbourneparish.ie

TEA/COFFEE after the 11am Mass each Sunday in the Parish Hall. All welcome.

BETHANY BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT: Drop-in Centre in Parish Hall on 3rd Tuesday of each month 8-9pm or anytime by appointment. Tel. 087 2715222.

SAINT JOSEPH’S YOUNG PRIEST’S SOCIETY (Supporting Seminarians & Priests) - Meetings take place in the Saint John Paul II Chapel at 10.45am on the last Friday of each month (except June/December)

MEDITATION takes place on Wednesdays at 8p.m. in JPII Chapel. All welcome.

Collections Ashbourne Plate €1,070 Donaghmore Plate €230 Development Fund €985

We thank all who contribute and all who pay by Standing Order.

ASHBOURNE MENS SHED: Social club for men of all ages. Drop-in Centre, 58 High St (Youth Café) at Lidl Carpark. Open Wed. and Fri. 10.30am—1pm. Contact Hugh Stevens 087 6691529.

MATT TALBOT PRAYER GROUP: Meeting on second Monday of each month in the Parish Office after the 10am Mass & Rosary.

ASHBOURNE PIONEERS meet the 2nd Wednesday of the month (except January & August) in the Parish Hall at 8pm.

LEGION OF MARY: Meetings each Thurs at 8pm in the Parish Office.

Altar List of the Dead are available at the back of the Church. These intentions will be remembered during the First Friday Masses.

TOGETHER WE ARE MISSION

This year, Mission Month not only celebrates its 93rd anniversary, but also the 100th anniversary of Pope Benedict VX/s ground-breaking apostolic letter Maximum Illud. In honour of this, Pope Francis announced October as an Extraordinary Month of Mission - a month of prayer and action for the faithful to rediscover the meaning and importance of mission in the modern world.

World Missions Ireland is a member of a global community of offices, found in over 120 countries, all of which are coordinated by the Pontifical Mission Societies—and together they form the Church’s official charity for overseas mission. They are the only Catholic charity which supports the 40% of the Universal Church that is too new, young or poor to support itself. Collectively these 120 offices have one mission—to share and strengthen the Catholic faith in overseas communities. Together, World Missions Ireland, its global offices and the faithful of Ireland are helping to secure the future of the Church by providing over one thousand struggling, young dioceses, in over 157 countries, with the tools and abilities they need to become self-sufficient. Together they enable local people to form sustainable communities of faith. They reach out to vulnerable children through educational, medical and welfare programmes. They train future priests, sisters and catechists, while also educating the faithful about mission. Delivering on this mission is no mean feat, and without World Mission Sunday it would not be possible. Official church collections for missionary activity are recorded as far back as 1838; however the official World Mission Sunday collection began in 1926. In that year Pope Pius XI announced World Mission Sunday as an official Papal collection, and every since, World Missions Ireland has been entrusted with its coordination. It is very humbling to know that on World Mission Sunday, every single parish—from the most abundant in the Western world, to smallest in developing countries—gives what it can, no matter how little, in support of missionary work. It is easy to imagine the impact the smallest gift can make when you consider that in some of the largest church in The Gambia, weekly Mass collections can come to the equivalent of just one euro. World Mission Sunday mostly assists mission diocese applications. These include daily essentials for missionaries, communication and transport needs, building of chapels, churches, nurseries, community and pastoral centres, refugee programmes, and supporting the valuable work of lay catechists in remote areas where there are few priests. Funds also support the training of local priests, brother and sisters. Our Church is a global community. We depend on one another, on our shared prayer and solidarity. World Mission Sunday and World Missions Ireland act on this by calling every parish to stand together. By continuing to support this work, not alone are the faithful of the world helping to secure the future of the Catholic Church, they are allowing it to thrive where it is most needed. For more information on World Missions Ireland, go to www.wmi/mm2019.

Harvest Mass of Thanksgiving: Sunday 27th October 2019

The Harvest Mass of Thanksgiving affords us all the opportunity to pause and give thanks for the blessings we have in life, to reflect on the sustainability of our ‘common home’, from which we sustain our families with food, and to think of, and respond to caring for those without food. All produce that will be used in the Harvest Mass will be distributed by St Vincent De Paul to needy families in our Parish and support the work of the Missionary of Charity Sisters who care for those who are homeless.

All-Saints Halloween Party takes place in the Parish Hall, Ashbourne on Thursday 31st October (eve of ‘All Saints Day’) from 6.30pm-8.30pm. Children are invited to model their costume on a saint. Why do we celebrate Halloween with All Saints party? The word Halloween literally means "hallowed evening," and was previously known as All Hallows' Eve. This name was eventually shortened to "Halloween,". Think of this when we pray the ‘Our Father’ as we say “hallowed be thy name”.

Extraordinary Month of Mission Prayer

Heavenly Father, when your only begotten Son Jesus Christ rose from the dead, he commissioned his followers to ‘go and make disciples of all nations’ and you remind us that through

our Baptism we are made sharers in the mission of the Church.

Empower us by the gifts of the Holy Spirit to be courageous and zealous in bearing witness to the Gospel, so that the

mission entrusted to the Church, which is still very far from completion, may find new and efficacious expressions that

bring life and light to the world.

Help us make it possible for all peoples to experience the saving love and mercy of Jesus Christ,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, One God, forever and ever.

Amen