Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sat 28^th                  8:00 pm Rita Tansey, Abbey View (M)

Sun 29^th                 10:00 am              Peter & Ellen Murtagh (A)

                                                        11:30 am              People of the Parish (M)

Mon 30^th               St Peter Chrysologus (bishop)

10:00 am        Private Intention (M)

Tues 31^st               St Ignatius of Loyola (priest)

10:00 am        Private Intention (M)

Wed 1^st                  St Alphonsus Ligouri (bishop)

10:00 am        Private Intention (A)

Thurs 2^nd               St Eusebius of Vercelli, St Peter Julian Eymard

10:00 am        John Gannon (M)

Fri 3^rd                    10:00 am              John & Delia McGowan (M) First Friday

                                                                8:00 pm Private Intention (A) First Friday

Sat 4^th                    St John Vianney (priest)

                 12:00 pm              Joan Coleman (M) Months Mind

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sat 4^th                    8:00 pm Private Intention (M)

Sun 5^th                   10:00 am              Private Intention (A)

                                                        11:30 am              People of the Parish (M)

Readers of the Word

Saturday 4^th 8pm Anthony Benson (A)

Sunday 5^th 10am Ray Wims (A)

Sunday 5^th 11:30am Caroline Coleman (M)

1^st Reading Ex 16:2-4, 12-15. Psalm Ps 77.

2^nd Reading Eph 4:17, 20-24. Gospel Jn 6:24-35.

Readers of Universal Prayer

Sunday 5^th 11:30am Hannah Lee (M)

17^th Sunday in Ordinary Time 29^th July: Focus: It is not enough to count our blessings – we need to share them. – We have to fight the temptation to “not share” what we have with others for fear there may not be enough for us in the future. Jesus calls us to be more than spectators in the work of salvation. We must be agents of his love & mercy at all times.

World Meeting of Families; Presentation to the following:

July 29^th 10 am (A) Lee family Rinbane.

August 5^th 10 am (A) Rogan family, Achonry

August 12^th 11:30am (M) Gorman & Gardiner families.

MASS SERVERS-Teams

Achonry Saturday 8pm 4^th August:  ST BRIGID

Achonry Sunday 10am 5^th August: ST. COLUMBA

Mullinabreena Sunday 11:30am 5^th August: ST. DECLAN

WEDDING BELLS: Congratulations & best wishes to Patrick Henry, Tubbercurry, & Laura Bandut, married in Tubbercurry Church on Sunday 15^thJuly.  

We wish them health & happiness

The North West Simon Community Charity Shop at JFK Parade, Sligo are looking for donations of good quality ladies clothes & small bric-a-brac which can be dropped off at the shop. If you are interested in volunteering please call 071 9147522. All money raised through the shop goes to providing vital services in our own area. www.northwestsimon.ie Charity no 16939.

Coolaney / Mullinabreena GAA Club - Monthly meeting will take place on Monday 30^th July at 9.30pm, in St.Nathy's Hall.

Real Tubber underage soccer registration Monday 30^th July 6.30pm – 8pm in the FRC Tubbercurry. All players must be registered in advance of the new season.

Real Tubber Summer Camp 7^th -10^th August. See Facebook for more details. Avoid the delay Pre registration Monday 30^th July 6:30 – 8pm FRC Tubbercurry  

Coleman Centre Gurteen: Dave Munnelly, Shane McGowan & Joseph McNulty in Concert on Thursday 2^nd August at 8.30pm. A fantastic night of traditional music assured. Bookings & enquiries on 071 9182599 or www.colemanirishmusic.com.

A clothes bag collection will take place in August for Cloonaccol C.C. For details, contact Attracta McIntyre on 086 3058844.

The Cloonacool Card Game continues at 9pm every Monday.

Sligo Greenway: Following the recent publication by Government of a new Greenway Strategy, it seems more likely than ever that Sligo will have a greenway in the future. Greenways provide safe, off-road cycle & walking routes, providing a much-needed local amenity & a great tourist attraction. Sligo Greenway Co-op are the local community working with Sligo Co Co to help create the greenway on the disused line; Sligo to Bellaghy. You can help by signing up for Co-op membership at these local outlets: Collooney (McKim’s), Coolaney (O'Grady's & Mountain Inn), Tubbercurry (Computerbits, Laundy Basket, & Coffee Dock), Curry (Yeat’s County Inn), & Charlestown (Market Café). Membership is also available on the Co-op website, www.sligogreenway.com.

Carrowmore School annual get-together on Saturday 11^th August at 2pm in the school. All are welcome.

Humanae Vitae Conference 28^th & 29^th July (for everyone) in the Emmaus Retreat Centre Swords, Co. Dublin (close to M1 & Airport). For Bookings & more info please contact: Human Life International, Knock Tel: 094 9375993 Web: www.humanlife.ie  Email: mail@humanlife.ie

PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION: If you are interested in helping with the identifying of any people in photographs please come along to Ann Marie Gorman’s for an hour or two any day or time to help with names. There are thousands of photos, so help is needed. Please come along & do a little.

TIMBER WANTED: As some of you may know John & Val Bailey have kindly given the Community Enhancement space in their poly tunnel. Tables & potting boxes will be made up very soon so we are asking for any pieces of suitable timber (without nails) you may have in your shed/house that you won’t be needing. All produce grown will be passed around to the different areas in the parish. Please have a look & drop timber off to Baileys, Lavagh Village over the next week or so.

Drummartin Indoor Country Market: (9km from Tubbercurry beside Joe Dan’s Pub). Every Saturday 10.30 to 12.30. Take a trip to Drummartin for perfect presents - eco prints, window stickers with Celtic designs, as well as fabulous food - home baked bread & soup, summer salads & more. Coffee from Bean West.

Cast of Thousands to lead Global Celebration of Families in Croke Park!

The Festival of Families will be one of the highlights of WMOF2018 & is choreographed as a celebration of family life. It will include national & international performers, hundreds of musicians, dancers, choirs & flag-bearers & features community-based groups & artists. Pope Francis will deliver an address to the families in the stadium & will hear five family testimonies, shared by families from Ireland, Canada, India, Iraq & Africa. The selection of themes & artists featured in the event reflect many of the priorities in the ministry of Pope Francis including homelessness & those on the margins; migrants & refugees; care for our common home & the importance of the family.

Youth 2000 Summer Festival: Cistercian College, Roscrea Thurs 16^th to Sun 20^th Aug 2018. For young people aged 16-35, an opportunity not to be missed to experience the Catholic faith & meet many new people, with over 1000 young people from all corners of Ireland attending last year. The festival is donation only. Free buses travelling from all around Ireland. For more info see www.youth2000.ie

David Ewings &his family, & his friends the Pilgrim Players, a group of actors from London, who will be performing Much Ado About Nothing in the garden of the Bishop's House on the weekend of 17, 18, 19 August. For more information, please see http://pilgrimplayers.co.uk/

PERFORMANCE TIMES:

Friday 17 August, 7pm (grounds open from 6pm)

Saturday 18 August, 3pm (grounds open from 2pm)

Saturday 18 August, 7pm (grounds open from 6pm)

Sunday 19 August, 3pm (grounds open from 2pm)

TICKETS: €15 payable on the door by cash or card (children under 14 welcome free of charge to Saturday matinee)

Beginning experience programme for Men & Women who have lost a spouse through death, divorce, or separation, 19-21 October Esker Retreat Centre, Athenry; Contact Gerry 0863855090 or Maureen 0876646896.

Lough Derg 2018: The 3 Day Pilgrimage is currently open. You may begin on any day until Monday 13^th August. Advance booking is not necessary. The Lough Derg team can help you to co-ordinate public transport or link up with Pilgrimage Organisers in your area, phone Lorraine on 0719861518 email: info@loughderg.org

Vincent dePaul: Would you have any spare time? Have you an interest in retailing? Volunteers wanted for a few hours weekly in St Vincent dePaul Shop in Tubbercurry. Contact Enda at 0872668605

Coleman Music Centre: Summer Music Sessions every Wed for July & August at 8.30pm. This is a great stage show of Irish Music, Song & Dance. Adm €12. More info call 071 9182599

Icon Painting Workshop October 8-13, 2018 Knock, Alexian Brothers Monastery www.theodoreicons.com/knock

Killala- Achonry Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes under the leadership of Bishop John Fleming, Killala & Very Rev. Dermot Meehan, Administrator of Achonry. Spiritual Directors: Fr. Tom Doherty, Killala & Fr. John Maloney Achonry. From the 2^nd to 7^th September, departs from Ireland West Airport Knock. 5 nights in full board accommodation in the Hotel Agena. Price €723- (single rooms available, supplement applies). Contact: Michael Walkin, Ballina, JWT on 086-6080763. Assisted/Invalid Pilgrim Section: Eileen O’Brien on 086-4013897

BA (Hons) in Religious Studies Applications are invited for the BA (Hons) in Religious Studies at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT), commencing in Sept 2018. Further Info: Programme Chair: Barry McMillan, E-mail: barry.mcmillan@gmit.ie Tel: 091 742472

Christmas Pilgrimage Group to the Holy Land Ex Dublin 19^th – 27^th December 2018. Trace the Footsteps of Jesus, taking in Bethlehem, Jerusalem (Mount of Olives, Garden of Gethsemane, Last Supper Room & Calvary), Mount Tabor, Cana, Nazareth, Jericho, River Jordan, Dead Sea & Sea of Galilee. Contact James Treacy 061921470 or 0860572216. Payments can be made in instalments & it’s perfectly safe to go at the moment otherwise you will get your money back if cancelled.

Cloonacool Card Game 9pm every Monday during Summer Time.

Child Protection Policy for Achonry Diocese: See posters at Church door.