Living the Sunday Liturgy

Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven

PRAYER FOCUS

Father, all powerful and ever living God,
Today we rejoice in the holy women and men
of every time and place.

May their prayers bring us your forgiveness and love.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Questions for Action for the week

For your marriage: Do you use the gift of touch in your general communication?

How could you develop that with each other this week?

For others: This week, how could you encourage those who work for the renewal of marriage in the church?

Sunday, 1st November 2009

All Saints

First Reading Apocalypse 7: 2-4, 9-14
I saw a huge Number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language.

Second Reading 1 John 3: 1-3
Think of the love that the Father has lavished on us, by letting us be called God’s children.

Gospel Matthew 5: 1-12
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.

 

 

Masses

St. Mary, Glennan

Monday, 2nd: 7.30pm Commemoration of All Souls.

Anniv. Peter and Wilfred McCaffrey, also Michael Ryan.

Saturday 7th: 7.00pm (Vigil). All the Faithful Departed.
Sunday 8th 10.00am.

St. Patrick’s

Friday: 6th 7.30pm Anniv. John McKenna and all deceased relatives, Clarna.
John and Chris McKenna and deceased family members, Doogary

Sunday:8th. 11.30am.

Donagh Oratory

Monday 2nd 10.00am. Commemoration of All Souls

Tuesday 3rd 10.00am All the Faithful Departed.

Wednesday 4th 10.00am Anniv. Johnny and Mary Gormley, Main St, Emyvale and all deceased
members of the Gormley and Hughes Families.

Thursday, 5th 10.00am. All the Faithful Departed.

St. Mary’s

Sat. 7th 7.00pm. Jack McKenna, Johnathan Hughes, Rory McCarey, Edwina McKenna.

Sun. 8th 10.00am. Mark McNally, Caolan McGee, Kyle Hughes.

St. Patrick’s

Sun 8th 11.30am. Nicole McCarron, Conall McKenna, Shauna McAree, Sarah Donohue,
Máire McCarron.

Eucharistic Ministers

St. Mary’s

Sat. 7th (Vigil) Michelle Molloy, Eileen McDonald.

Sun. 8th (10.00am) Gerard McQuillan, Kathleen McKenna.

St. Patrick’s

Sun. 8th (11.30am) Breda McKenna, Tommy O’Donaghue, Declan McMahon.

The Aged and Housebound will be attended on

Thursday 5th and Friday 6th November.

Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

Walk in the footsteps of Jesus. May 10 – 17th 2010. For more details call Brandy 86744.

Parish Pastoral Group.

A meeting will take place in Parochial House, Glennan at. 8.30pm on Monday 2nd November.

All members are asked to attend.

All Saints.

The ultimate object of veneration of the Saints is the glory of God and the sanctification of people by conforming one’s life fully to the divine will and by imitating the virtue of those who were pre-eminent disciples of the Lord.

All Souls.

The Church in its pilgrim members, from the very earliest days of the Christian religion, has honoured with great respect the memory of the dead. It is a holy and a wholesome thought to pray for the dead that they may be loosened from their sins. (2 Mac 12:46)

A Novena of Masses will be offered in the parish for all the faithful departed.

November lists of deceased relatives should be placed in the basket provided before all

Masses in the parish for the first week in November.

Church Gate Collection

November 7th and 8th for Donagh Community Games

Connecting Through Dance

Have you ever thought you’d like to dance but felt you didn’t know how? Maybe you feel you don’t have the energy required or feel you can’t dance without a partner? If you are interested in trying something new and are willing to have a go and meet new people, then Monaghan Community Forum Invite you to join them for a day of connecting through dance. This one-day workshop will include Circle Dance, Bollywood Dance and Community Dance(dance making) in Clones Protestant Hall on Saturday 7th of November from 11am to 3.30pm. The workshop will be Free of charge and is open to older teens and adults. Pre- booking is essential as numbers will be limited. To book contact Dara at 047 73716

New Podiatry/ Chiropody Service

at McSorley's Pharmacy, Emyvale.

Phone 047 87773 to make an appointment.

House calls can also be arranged for anyone unable to attend the clinic.

Knockatallon Ramblers A.G.M

will be held on Wednesday11th November in the Sliabh Beagh hotel at 8.30pm.

New members are welcome. Membership fee will be taken on the night.

For more details call Paddy – 087 2525457.

Go Green and become more Environmentally friendly.

There are hundreds of simple and effective ways you can help the environment. Many of them cost nothing. If you would like some information on how to become more eco friendly, then join Emybelles next Tuesday Nov. 3rd in Leisure Centre.. Niall O’Connor, Environmental Officer with Monaghan Co. Council will give a talk on this subject and share some good ideas you and others can draw inspiration from. All welcome.

Blackwater Learning Centre, Ballyosion.

Seniors lunch Monday 2nd November at 1pm with entertainment by Ruby O’ Hanlon
followed by raffle. Everyone welcome

Ladies Toning Class

Commencing Tues. 3rd Nov @ 9.45am at Blackwater Centre .

Bring exercise matt and dumb bells if possible. For more information contact 087 7604 181,

Digital Photography

Age Action will be providing Digital Photography classes commencing Wednesday 4th November from 7.30 – 9.30 pm for Over 50’s with the assistance of a photographer and will last 6 – 10 weeks. Within this class, photography using mobile phones will also be covered. If interested please contact Mary Beggan at Age Action on 047-75942.

Booking of Anniversary Masses 2010

- Months Memory Masses on Saturday mornings.
- First Anniversary Masses on Saturday evening Vigil Mass in Glennan.
- Families are advised to include all deceased relatives in one publicly announced anniversary mass.
- In the event of pressure on available dates, two or three families may share their celebration in one publicly announced anniversary mass, provided there is agreement between families.

Bookings of Marriages 2010

While the regulation in the diocese and in the state is 90 days notice,

early booking is essential to ensure you can have the date you require.

Message From Fr. Cathal Deery:

Since I was last in contact I have had a few baptisms and had my first funeral last week. Both are very similar to Ireland with a few differences where funerals are concerned. I've done a bit of traveling to various places - Dunedin, the cathedral city of the diocese, a city of more than 100,000 people about a three hour drive from here. It's on the east coast and has many fine attractions. I also spent two days in a very scenic area called the Catlins and stayed along the coast at a place called Nugget Point. Two weeks ago I had a tour around western southland which is a beautiful part of the south island. There is just one big scattered parish in this area with four churches and a combined Sunday congregation of less than 100 people. I've never yet celebrated a Sunday mass for just five people but that's the norm in one of these churches! Over the next few weeks I will return to Dunedin and then in early November I plan to spend some time in Queenstown, one of the most popular tourist areas of New Zealand.

Today (Tuesday) I was invited to speak to a local Rotary Club in the city and so I gave them something on the history of Ireland. They seemed to like it but they looked a bit lost when I began my presentation in Irish. Sensing their unease I switched to the Queen's English and they began to smile!!

Preparations are now underway for First Holy Communion which I will celebrate with 35 children on Sunday 22nd November. By the time you read this I will have had a meeting with their parents in preparation for the big day. This evening I attended a parish council meeting where many of the same issues and problems that we have in the Irish church were discussed - falling mass attendance, youth, maintenance of buildings, getting more people involved, etc.

Anyway, as you can see, life is good and who knows, I might like it too well here!

For now take care, Fr. Cathal

40 Perth Street, Windsor, Invercargill 9810, New Zealand