Parish of Achonry/Mullinabreena Church of St Nathy & St Brigid,Achonry F91 X998 Church of the Sacred Heart Mullinabreena F56 C864 Fr Peter Gallagher 071 9184002 / 087 2221244, F56 CY23 e-mail: pgallagher@achonrydiocese.org 2017 Sunday Cycle A, Weekday Cycle I First Sunday of Lent Sat 4th 8:00 pm Patrick & Agnes Moran, their son Paul, & Sr Maria Christopher Berreen (M) Sun 5th 10:00 am Sarah & James Brennan & sons Robert & Gabriel (A) 11:30 am People of the Parish (M) Mon 6th 10:00 am Private Intention (M) 8:00 pm Private Intention (A) Tues 7th Ss Perpetua & Felicity (martyrs) 10:00 am James Hamilton (M) 8:00 pm Private Intention (A) Wed 8th St John of God, (religious), St Senan (bishop) 10:00 am Private Intention (M) 8:00 pm Private Intention (A) Thurs 9th St Frances of Rome (religious) 10:00 am Private Intention (M) 8:00 pm Private Intention (A) Fri 10th 10:00 am Private Intention (M) 8:00 pm John & Therese Kennedy, & daughter Rose Donnellan (A) Sat 11th St Aengus (bishop & abbot) 10:00 am Private Intention (M) Second Sunday of Lent Sat 11th 8:00 pm James Joe & Evelyn Gannon (M) Sun 12th 10:00 am Tommy Stenson (A) 11:30 am People of the Parish (M) ADORATION: Tuesdays MULLINABREENA 3:00pm – 7:00pm ACHONRY 6:00pm – 9:00pm READERS of THE WORD Saturday 11th 8:00pm Pat O’Donnell (M) Sunday 12th 10am Francis Brennan (A) Sunday 12th 11:30am Mary Henry (M) 1st Reading Gn 12:1-4. Psalm Ps 32. 2nd Reading 2 Tm 1:8-10. Gospel Mt 17:1-9. Reader of Universal Prayer Saturday 11th 8:00pm Eire Finan (M) Sunday 12th 11:30am Laoise Gannon (M) 1st Sunday of Lent 5th March: Focus: Jesus is the model of love & obedience. - It can be difficult to be obedient. Temptations, deceptions, & lack of will can contribute to our failures. When we focus on what love asks us to do, however, we can overcome the obstacles to our desired choices & behaviours. Jesus serves as the model of love & obedience, relying on him in prayer gives us strength to make right choices. SYMPATHY: We remember in our prayers at this time: Winnie Seery, Cloonacool, (mother of Eileen Brennan, Mullinabreena South), Eddie Johnston, Keighley, Yorkshire, & Cloonacool, (brother of Baby Johnston, Carrowmore). May the Souls of the faithful departed rest in peace. Prayer & Planning (Parish Pastoral Council): Meeting on Wednesday 8th March at 9pm in Parochial House Marian Laity: Meeting in Parochial House Thurs 9th March. 7pm. Townland & Parish Enhancement: A community public meeting will be held in the parochial house on Tue 21st March at 9pm. Let's be proud of our area & keep it tidy & attractive. Contact Michael 0879293318, Johnny 0872280240, Anne Marie 0876235468, Bernie 0872273224. The Western Drama Festival is hosting the All Ireland Confined Drama Finals in St Brigid’s Hall Theatre from Fri 21st - Sat 29th April. Booking for the Finals is being handled by the Hawks Well Theatre. Season tickets & individual night tickets available. Phone Hawks Well 071 9161518. The Western Drama Festival committee have recently launched a web site for the Finals. The site is still ‘work in progress’ & will be continually updated. To log in go to www.westerndramafestival.com Lough Derg: One day retreats in May, August & September, adm €40. Three day Pilgrimages from 1st June to 13th August, adm €70. Irish Stew Night: in the Mountain Inn, Rockfield on Friday 17th March, at 8pm, with music by Henry Gawley Band Knock Pilgrimage to New York 8th- 14th May. This offers the chance to be part of a memorable & historic trip. Itinerary includes a Requiem Mass on Sat 13th at Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral for the re-interment of the remains of John Curry, the youngest of the Knock witnesses which will be celebrated by His Eminence Cardinal Dolan. If you would like to find out more please contact Joe Walsh Tours 01241 0800 or email: brownwyn.clinton@joewalshtours.ie Table Quiz in Tubbercurry Golf Club on Wednesday 15th March at 8.30pm. Great Prizes & only €10 per person. Please support. A very important meeting: FARMERS: Do you want to double YOUR ANC payments? The Irish Natura & Hill Farmers Association are holding a regional meeting to lobby attending MEPs, TD’s & Co Cllrs to ensure our region secures its proper share of funds in the current review of the Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme. It's vital YOU come & make your view known at The Bee Park Centre, Manorhamilton on Friday 10th March at 8pm. Further info call: 071 9302715 John Hannon Memorial Annual Céilí: in Higgins' Lounge, Culfadda on Fri 24th March at 9:30pm. Music by Duntally Céilí Band. Refreshments served. Adm €10. A great night assured, please support. Coolaney / Mullinabreena GAA Club - Monthly meeting on Tuesday 7th March at 9pm, in Coolaney, Community Centre. Please return all sold lotto tickets to this meeting. Station Mass: If you are interested in having Mass celebrated in your home during the season of Lent please contact Fr Peter. 25 Drive in St Nathy’s Hall every Friday at 9pm. Fri 3rd; Winners: Mary Lee, Francis Gilmartin, Liz Walsh. Raffle: Mary Lee, Mary McCarthy, Christy Gaughan, John Kennedy Social Dancing; In St. Nathy’s Hall for beginners, Mondays at 8:30 Set Dancing in St Nathy’s Hall on Thursdays at 8:30pm. ‘Mothers Prayers’ annual weekend in Knock 10th – 12th March (No cover charge & you are welcome even if only for a short time). St. John’s Rest & Care Centre. Queries: 087 6184110 or 091 771009 or ireland@mothersprayers.org You do not have to be a mother to be part of ‘Mothers Prayers’ Health & Fitness Class: Every Thursday at 7:15pm in St Nathy’s Hall. Contact Mairead 0879615023. Evening Classes at St Attracta's CS, Tubbercurry. (beginners/improvers) 1. Computer Aided Design (CAD) - learn how to create 3D designs using Solid Works. Tuesdays 7th March for 6 weeks, 6.45 to 8.45pm €70. Woodwork - come & learn a new skill or refresh your knowledge. 7 Tuesdays 6.45 to 8.45pm starting March 7th. Cost €80 Computer classes for all starting in North Connaught College. Please contact the College on 07191-85035 for more information. Coleman Music Centre - Traditional Irish Music band GATEHOUSE (John Wynne, John & Jacinta McEvoy & Rachael Garvey) in concert on March 11th at 8.30pm, Adm €15. South Sligo AC 44th 5K/10K race on St. Patrick's Day in Tubbercurry. This is a chip timed race & starts at 12 noon. We have almost 100 members on our couch to 5K programme. With the St. Patrick's Day 5K their first 5k race. This year’s race charity is the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust. It is our privilege to support this charity. Register at www.coretiming.ie or Thurs 16th March in Killoran’s from 7 - 8:30pm. Entry fee: pre-registration €15, or €20 on the day. The 5K run is €15. For more info see Facebook. The Irish Augustinians Vocation Weekend from Fri March 31 - Sun April 2. This will be in their Drogheda Community & is open to any interested male over the age of 18. The Augustinians have been in Ireland close to 800 years & our charism is "community" as well as seeking God with a "restless heart". For more info contact Fr Colm O Mahony osa on 0868845747 or augustinianvocations@hotmail.com Trócaire supports individuals & communities in over 20 developing countries to live with independence & dignity. In Ireland, the charity raises awareness about the root causes of poverty & inequality. Please take a Trócaire Box & return your contribution at the end of Lent. Lent is a time for PRAYER, FASTING, & ALMSGIVING. Website re Trocaire in Honduras. www achonrydiocese.org/hoping-in-the-sand
Parish of Achonry/Mullinabreena
Church of St Nathy & St Brigid,Achonry F91 X998
Church of the Sacred Heart Mullinabreena F56 C864
Fr Peter Gallagher 071 9184002 / 087 2221244, F56 CY23
e-mail: pgallagher@achonrydiocese.org
2017 Sunday Cycle A, Weekday Cycle I
First Sunday of Lent
Sat 4th 8:00 pm Patrick & Agnes Moran, their son Paul,
& Sr Maria Christopher Berreen (M)
Sun 5th 10:00 am Sarah & James Brennan
& sons Robert & Gabriel (A)
11:30 am People of the Parish (M)
Mon 6th 10:00 am Private Intention (M)
8:00 pm Private Intention (A)
Tues 7th Ss Perpetua & Felicity (martyrs)
10:00 am James Hamilton (M)
Wed 8th St John of God, (religious), St Senan (bishop)
10:00 am Private Intention (M)
Thurs 9th St Frances of Rome (religious)
Fri 10th 10:00 am Private Intention (M)
8:00 pm John & Therese Kennedy, &
daughter Rose Donnellan (A)
Sat 11th St Aengus (bishop & abbot)
Second Sunday of Lent
Sat 11th 8:00 pm James Joe & Evelyn Gannon (M)
Sun 12th 10:00 am Tommy Stenson (A)
ADORATION: Tuesdays
MULLINABREENA 3:00pm – 7:00pm
ACHONRY 6:00pm – 9:00pm
READERS of THE WORD
Saturday 11th 8:00pm Pat O’Donnell (M)
Sunday 12th 10am Francis Brennan (A)
Sunday 12th 11:30am Mary Henry (M)
1st Reading Gn 12:1-4. Psalm Ps 32.
2nd Reading 2 Tm 1:8-10. Gospel Mt 17:1-9.
Reader of Universal Prayer
Saturday 11th 8:00pm Eire Finan (M)
Sunday 12th 11:30am Laoise Gannon (M)
1st Sunday of Lent 5th March: Focus: Jesus is the model of love & obedience. - It can be difficult to be obedient. Temptations, deceptions, & lack of will can contribute to our failures. When we focus on what love asks us to do, however, we can overcome the obstacles to our desired choices & behaviours. Jesus serves as the model of love & obedience, relying on him in prayer gives us strength to make right choices.
SYMPATHY: We remember in our prayers at this time: Winnie Seery, Cloonacool, (mother of Eileen Brennan, Mullinabreena South), Eddie Johnston, Keighley, Yorkshire, & Cloonacool, (brother of Baby Johnston, Carrowmore).
May the Souls of the faithful departed rest in peace.
Prayer & Planning (Parish Pastoral Council): Meeting on Wednesday 8th March at 9pm in Parochial House
Marian Laity: Meeting in Parochial House Thurs 9th March. 7pm.
Townland & Parish Enhancement: A community public meeting will be held in the parochial house on Tue 21st March at 9pm. Let's be proud of our area & keep it tidy & attractive. Contact Michael 0879293318, Johnny 0872280240, Anne Marie 0876235468, Bernie 0872273224.
The Western Drama Festival is hosting the All Ireland Confined Drama Finals in St Brigid’s Hall Theatre from Fri 21st - Sat 29th April. Booking for the Finals is being handled by the Hawks Well Theatre. Season tickets & individual night tickets available. Phone Hawks Well 071 9161518. The Western Drama Festival committee have recently launched a web site for the Finals. The site is still ‘work in progress’ & will be continually updated. To log in go to www.westerndramafestival.com
Lough Derg: One day retreats in May, August & September, adm €40. Three day Pilgrimages from 1st June to 13th August, adm €70.
Irish Stew Night: in the Mountain Inn, Rockfield on Friday 17th March, at 8pm, with music by Henry Gawley Band
Knock Pilgrimage to New York 8th- 14th May. This offers the chance to be part of a memorable & historic trip. Itinerary includes a Requiem Mass on Sat 13th at Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral for the re-interment of the remains of John Curry, the youngest of the Knock witnesses which will be celebrated by His Eminence Cardinal Dolan. If you would like to find out more please contact Joe Walsh Tours 01241 0800 or email: brownwyn.clinton@joewalshtours.ie
Table Quiz in Tubbercurry Golf Club on Wednesday 15th March at 8.30pm. Great Prizes & only €10 per person. Please support.
A very important meeting: FARMERS: Do you want to double YOUR ANC payments? The Irish Natura & Hill Farmers Association are holding a regional meeting to lobby attending MEPs, TD’s & Co Cllrs to ensure our region secures its proper share of funds in the current review of the Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme. It's vital YOU come & make your view known at The Bee Park Centre, Manorhamilton on Friday 10th March at 8pm. Further info call: 071 9302715
John Hannon Memorial Annual Céilí: in Higgins' Lounge, Culfadda on Fri 24th March at 9:30pm. Music by Duntally Céilí Band. Refreshments served. Adm €10. A great night assured, please support.
Coolaney / Mullinabreena GAA Club - Monthly meeting on Tuesday 7th March at 9pm, in Coolaney, Community Centre. Please return all sold lotto tickets to this meeting.
Station Mass: If you are interested in having Mass celebrated in your home during the season of Lent please contact Fr Peter.
25 Drive in St Nathy’s Hall every Friday at 9pm. Fri 3rd; Winners: Mary Lee, Francis Gilmartin, Liz Walsh. Raffle: Mary Lee, Mary McCarthy, Christy Gaughan, John Kennedy
Social Dancing; In St. Nathy’s Hall for beginners, Mondays at 8:30
Set Dancing in St Nathy’s Hall on Thursdays at 8:30pm.
‘Mothers Prayers’ annual weekend in Knock 10th – 12th March (No cover charge & you are welcome even if only for a short time). St. John’s Rest & Care Centre. Queries: 087 6184110 or 091 771009 or ireland@mothersprayers.org You do not have to be a mother to be part of ‘Mothers Prayers’
Health & Fitness Class: Every Thursday at 7:15pm in St Nathy’s Hall. Contact Mairead 0879615023.
Evening Classes at St Attracta's CS, Tubbercurry. (beginners/improvers) 1. Computer Aided Design (CAD) - learn how to create 3D designs using Solid Works. Tuesdays 7th March for 6 weeks, 6.45 to 8.45pm €70.
Computer classes for all starting in North Connaught College. Please contact the College on 07191-85035 for more information.
Coleman Music Centre - Traditional Irish Music band GATEHOUSE (John Wynne, John & Jacinta McEvoy & Rachael Garvey) in concert on March 11th at 8.30pm, Adm €15.
South Sligo AC 44th 5K/10K race on St. Patrick's Day in Tubbercurry. This is a chip timed race & starts at 12 noon. We have almost 100 members on our couch to 5K programme. With the St. Patrick's Day 5K their first 5k race. This year’s race charity is the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust. It is our privilege to support this charity. Register at www.coretiming.ie or Thurs 16th March in Killoran’s from 7 - 8:30pm. Entry fee: pre-registration €15, or €20 on the day. The 5K run is €15. For more info see Facebook.
The Irish Augustinians Vocation Weekend from Fri March 31 - Sun April 2. This will be in their Drogheda Community & is open to any interested male over the age of 18. The Augustinians have been in Ireland close to 800 years & our charism is "community" as well as seeking God with a "restless heart". For more info contact Fr Colm O Mahony osa on 0868845747 or augustinianvocations@hotmail.com
Trócaire supports individuals & communities in over 20 developing countries to live with independence & dignity. In Ireland, the charity raises awareness about the root causes of poverty & inequality. Please take a Trócaire Box & return your contribution at the end of Lent. Lent is a time for PRAYER, FASTING, & ALMSGIVING. Website re Trocaire in Honduras. www achonrydiocese.org/hoping-in-the-sand