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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.
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!
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
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!
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.
Our Parish Cemetery Sunday is next Saturday 2nd July and Sunday 3rd July
5.00pm Vigil Mass in the churchyard cemetery at Toovahera; 7.00pm Vigil Mass in the ruins of the ancient Church
in Kilshanny cemetery; and10.00am Sunday Mass in Doolin cemetery.
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.
PARISH OF LISDOONVARNA AND KILSHANNY
CORPUS CHRISTI; LISDOONVARNA ST. AUGUSTINE; KILSHANNY HOLY ROSARY; DOOLIN OUR LADY OF LOURDES; TOOVAHERA
www.lisdoon.ie www.facebook.com/lisdoon Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 26th June 2016
MASS ANNOUNCEMENTS
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!
Today’s Anniversaries 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 no-one 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 €591and loose collection plate €469
Kilshanny: €503 Doolin: €255 Lisdoonvarna: €302 Total: €1,060
Parish Priest Father Conor Cunningham 065 - 7074142 [email protected]
Parish Clerk Mary Mooney
(9.00am-5.00pm) 086 - 4084728
Mass Times Sunday Masses:Toovahera Church Saturday Vigil Mass 5.00pmof first Sunday of every month.Kilshanny Church Saturday Vigil Mass 7.00pmDoolin Church Sunday 10.00amLisdoonvarna Church Sunday 11.30am
Weekday Masses: Lisdoonvarna ChurchMonday 7.00pmTuesday 10.00am*Thursday 7.00pm Friday 10.00am*(* unless replaced by parish funerals)
Eucharistic Adoration Toovahera Church Sundays 3.00pm to 4.00pmDoolin Church Wednesdays 8.00pm to 9.00pm Kilshanny Church Fridays 7.00pm to 8.00pmLisdoonvarna Church Mondays and Wednesdays 6.00pm to 7.00pm
Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lisdoonvarna ChurchMondays 6.00pmDoolin ChurchBefore Sunday Mass, 9.40am
Cemetery Sunday 2016 Outdoor Masses, weather permitting, otherwise in Church:Saturday 2nd JulyToovahera Churchyard 5.00pmKilshanny Cemetery 7.00pmSunday 3rd JulyDoolin 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!
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.
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 McCarthyand 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 familiesAnne and Paddy Queally, Toovahera (A)