Sunday 21st March 2010

Fifth Sunday of Lent

Begin Again

Every day is a fresh beginning,
Every day is the world made new;
You who are weary of sorrow and sinning,
Here is a beautiful hope for you
All the past things are past and over,
The tasks are done and the tears are shed;
Yesterday’s errors let yesterday cover;
Yesterday’s wounds, which smarted and bled,
Are healed with the healing which night has shed.

Yesterday now is a part of forever,
Bound up in a sheaf, which God holds tight;
With glad days, and sad days and bad days which never
Shall visit us more with their bloom and their blight,
Their fullness of sunshine or sorrowful night.
Let them go, since we cannot relieve them,
Cannot undo and cannot atone;
God in His mercy, receive, forgive them;
Only the new days are our own,
Today is ours, and today alone.

Here are the skies all burnished brightly,
Here is the spent earth all reborn,
Here are the tired limbs springing lightly
To face the sun and to share the morn,
In the chrism of dew and the cool of dawn.
Every day is a fresh beginning;
Listen, my soul, to the glad refrain,
And, spite of old sorrow and older sinning,
And puzzles forecasted and possible pain
Take heart with the day, and begin again

Deaths:

Please pray for the dead, especially:

Eita Farren, Clones/Westport

Raphael McKenna, NTB Rd,

Sr Lonan Dolan, Clones/Dundalk

Fiona Markey, Scotshouse

Baptisms:

We welcome into God’s community: Cillian Patrick Rhatigan

Marriages:

We wish God’s Blessing to: Paul Maguire & Stephanie Dumas

Clogher Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes: Tues July 6th - Sun July 11th 2010. Total fare €730 or sterling equivalent - includes full board accommodation, insurance, taxes & coach transfer to & from Belfast International Airport from designated points throughout the diocese. Pilgrims contact—P J McGilly 677 37850; Invalid contact - Fr Joseph Mullin 677 21342.

The first Friday of April falls on Good Friday. The housebound will be spiritually attended in their homes from Mon to Wed (Apr 5—7th)

Details of the financial state of the parish available at rear of each church today. Anyone who supports the parish through the weekly envelope and has a question or wishes to see the books is welcome to make an appointment with the Parish Priest for viewing on Tues Mar 16th from 12—1pm or Tues Mar 23rd from 6—7pm.

Helplines

So many feel pain & hurt, so many feel alone, helpless. Whether you are young or old, don't carry a worry or burden alone. A problem shared is a problem halved.

Addiction Resource Centre: 047 72100 & 086 8241228

St Vincent de Paul: 085 2417455

Aware : 1890303302 & 01 6617211

Samaritans: 1850 60 90 90 & 01 872 7700

Teenline: 1800 833 634 & 01 462 2122

Alzheimers Society: 1800 341 341

GROW: 1890 474 474 & 01 873 4029

Marriage Preparation Workshops: Fridays 8—10.30pm; Saturdays 10am—5pm, €150 per couple (Early Booking Advised)

26th & 27th March 2010 - 23rd & 24th April 2010
4th & 5th Dec 2009 - 14th & 15th May 2010
15th & 16th Jan 2010 - 11th & 12th June 2010

Contact Accord, St Macartan’s College, Monaghan. Tel: 047 83359, Mon—Fri 10am-2pm

SACRED HEART CHURCH , CLONES

Weekend Masses: Sat 7 pm (Vigil) Sun 9.30 am and 11.30am.
Confessions: Sat 10.20am; Sat 6.30—6.50; 1st Fri. 9.40am
Baptisms: By arrangement with the priest on Baptisms for the month
Marriage: By arrangement. Three month’s notice is required
Anointing Sick: At any time.
Adoration : Wednesday 10.30am—10pm

Masses for the Week

Sat 7.00pm All for whom Anniversary Masses were celebrated during the week

Sun 9.30am Months Memory Sean McAleer, Clonkeencole
11.30 People of the Parish

Mon 7.30am Mass
10.00 Andrew & Mary Green, Mountsalem

Tues 7.30am Mass
10.00 Vera O’Reilly & Deceased Relatives, Legar Crescent

Wed 7.30am Mass
10.00 No 10am Mass
Adoration 10.30 — 10pm

Thurs 7.30am Mass
10.00 Eamon McQuillan, Legar Hill & Edward McGuirk, Fermanagh St

Fri 7.30am Mass
10.00 Pat & Mae McMahon, Fortview
Evening Mass in Aghadrumsee at 8pm

Sat 10.00 Eamon Kelly & Deceased Relatives, NTB Rd
7.00pm (Vigil) Conor McKenna, NTB Rd &
All for whom Anniversary Masses were celebrated during the week

Sun 9.30am Mass

Sun 11.30 People of the Parish

Altar Society: M Beggan, S Lynch, C Monahan, G Cunningham, B Cassidy

ST. MACARTAN’S, AGHADRUMSEE

Masses: Sat 8pm(Vigil); Sun 10am. Fri 8pm;
Confessions: First Sat 7.30 pm. 1st Fri 7.30 pm
Baptisms: By arrangement with priest on Baptisms for month (See above)
Adoration : Wednesday 7.30pm—9.30pm

Masses for the Week

Sat 8pm Jimmy Mohan, Clonmackin

Sun 10am Claire McCarren & DeceasedRelatives, Killyliffer

Mon 8pm Mass (Rorary @ 7.30pm) & Holy Hour

Wed 9.30am Mass (Rosary)

Thurs 7.30pm Holy Hour of Adoration

Fri 9.30am—7.30pm Adoration for Vocations

Fri 8pm Patricia Carey, Donagh

Sat 8pm Phyllis Beggan, Follum Big

Sun 10 Terry, Alice & Paul Grew, Carnmore

Servers: Team G

GFC Lotto: No Winner. Winning No’s 13, 20, 21, 23,

jackpot £1,800, now thank you.

ST. ALPHONSUS, CONNONS

Masses: Sun 11.00 am.
Confessions: 1st Thurs. 6.30pm; 1st Sun 10.40
Baptisms: By arrangement with priest on Baptisms for the month

Sun 11am.

(21st March) Jim & Madge Kennedy, Cloniston

(28th March) James, Angela & Austin Johnston, Kiltober

Altar Servers (28th) Rachel Maguire, Michaela Maguire

Reader (28th) Jacinta Cadden, Jeanette McPhillips, Pat McAdam

Gift Bearers (28th) Johnston Family

Currin Lotto: No Winner. Winning No’s: 10, 14, 17, 28, jackpot now €8,800, thank you.

Irish Catholic on sale today.

Clogher don Óige Youth Pilgrimage to Lourdes: 6th – 11th July 2010. A small number of places are still available to be a youth (16-21) helper in Lourdes. To find out more or book a place, contact Matthew McFadden on 00353 47 72784.

Leadership in Peace Building Training: 19th to 23rd April Castleblayney. The training is free of charge and open to anyone in Co.Monaghan over the age of 55. The training is being delivered by Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation. For more information contact: Laura Caslin (042) 97495000.

Cairde Eois are running a six week Irish course: Starting Saturday 27th March 2010 for 6 weeks from 2 – 4pm for Senior Primary and Secondary school children to help with oral Irish. The cost per child is €50 or €40 for second child. This course is taking place at Páistí Eois , Eanach Cille, Lios Darach, Co. Mhuineacháin. For further details please contact Gaelscoil Eois 047 52162 or email eois.ias@eircom.net

Eugene T. Hamill Photography with Canon Ireland will present Happy Faces Day: On April 1st( Holy Thursday) in Eugene's studio on the Cavan Rd., For a Donation of 25 euros you will recieve a 7x5 portrait(one person only) in a presentation folder. All donations raised will go to Cystic Fibrosis Ireland. Cystic Fibrosis is Irelands most common life threatening inherited disease. Please support a very deserving cause. Last year we raised over 1000 euros for Temple Street Childrens Hospital.

Daffodil Day: Fri 26th March is the Irish Cancer Society’s major fundraising day supporting cancer patient care & information services across the country. If you would be willing to give us some help on the day, Tel Linda on 087 76325761.

Official Opening Clones FRC: Minister Hanafin TD, will officially launch the project on Mon 22nd March @ 5pm. We wish to extend an invitation to all the people in Clones to join us and to meet Minister Hanafin along with the VBOM & Staff. There will also be an tree planting ceremony and Minister Hanafin will be joined by children from the Parent & Toddlers group, pupils from the local schools and members of the community which will be representative of all members of the family. A photographic exhibition within the centre depicting Clones over the years will be on show for the week beginning the 22nd in the centre and we would welcome everyone to call in. Refreshments will also be available.

Irish Farmers Association Monaghan Co Executive invitation to AGM: In Glencarn Hotel. Castleblaney on Thurs 25th March @ 8.30pm.

I.C.A: Get together of Guilds in St Patrick’s Hall, Monaghan on Tues 23rd March. All travelling meet on the Diamond @ 7.30pm. Mon 29th—outing to Enniskillen, to visit antiques showroom. Bus leaving Diamond @ 7pm. Tel:Noreen @ 51710, adm £5, bus €10.

Spring Classes @ Cassandra Hand Centre: We are organising classes in photography which are due to start in early April. There are still a few places left. We are also offering two classes in Easter Flower Arranging subject to demand. A Composting & Recycling seminar will take place on Mon 22nd March @ 6.30pm in the centre. In conjunction with this, we are offering compost bins for sale , price €10. Tel: 52997 if you would like to attend any of these classes or email Josephine@cassandrahand.ie

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive

One friend, one person who is truly understanding, who takes the trouble to listen to us as we consider a problem can change our whole outlook on the world.