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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

2018 Sunday Cycle B, Weekday Cycle II  

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sat 4th                    8:00 pm Private Intention (A)

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

                                                        11:30 am              People of the Parish (M)

Mon 6th                  The Transfiguration of the Lord

10:00 am        Denis Mullarkey, his parents Thomas &

Nora, & sister Mary Kate O’Driscoll (M)

Tues 7th                 Ss Sixtus II (pope) & Companions (martyrs)

10:00 am        Private Intention (M)

Wed 8th                  St Dominic (priest)

10:00 am        Private Intention (A)

Thurs 9th               St Nathy (bishop) Achonry, St Teresa Benedict of the Cross

10:00 am        Private Intention (M)

Fri 10th                  St Lawrence (deacon & martyr)

10:00 am        Private Intention (A)

Sat 11th St Clare (virgin)

                 10:00 am              Private Intention (M)

                                                 DevotionsVenerable Fr Peyton

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sat 11th                  8:00 pm Patrick & Kathleen Gilmartin (A)

Sun 12th                 10:00 am              Mass at Mullach na Croise (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 8pm Anthony Benson (A)

Sunday 12th 10am Peggie Devaney (A)

Sunday 12th 11:30am Ella Finan (M)

1st Reading 1 Kg 19:4-8. Psalm Ps 33.

2nd Reading Eph 4:30-5:2. Gospel Jn 6:41-51.

Readers of Universal Prayer

Sunday 12th 11:30am Kenneth Coleman (M)

 

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time 5th August: Focus: Only God can satisfy our longings. – Today’s readings remind us of a fundamental truth about human beings: we are never satisfied. Nothing that the world provides – be it food, material things or fulfilment of desires – can ever be enough to make us truly content. In the end, only God can satisfy our longings.

 

World Meeting of Families; Presentation to the following:

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

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

MASS SERVERS-Teams

Achonry Saturday 8pm 11th August:  ST DAVNET

Achonry Sunday 10am 12th August: ST. NATHY

Mullinabreena Sunday 11:30am 12th August: ST. ELIZABETH

 

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.

 
 

Mullach na Croise Mass: Sunday 12th August 10am

Visit to Holy Well: Wednesday 15th August 7pm

Cemetery Mass Achonry: Saturday 18th August 7pm

Cemetery Mass Courtabbey: Sunday 19th Aug 11:30am

Papal Visit to Knock Sunday 26th August 12 noon

Vigil Mass on Saturday 25th 8pm (A) & 9pm (M), No Mass on Sunday 26th to allow for people going to see Pope Francis, or to see the events from Knock & Phoenix Park on TV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Day Trip to Lough Derg on Tuesday 4th September: Organised by Tubbercurry Active Retirement. You don’t have to be a member of the Active Retirement to go on this trip. Further information from Maura Coleman 9184053.

Real Tubber Summer Camp 7th -10th August. See Facebook for more details.

One Day Writing Workshop for Teenagers August 17th 11-3pm

Expressive Writing Courses for Adults (Memoir & Life Writing, Poetry, Short-Story) August 18/19 at Yeats Memorial Building. No experience necessary. PH 083-8561559 to register

 

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.

Bonniconlon Agricultural Show & Gymkhana Monday 6th August.

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

PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION: Please Call into Anne Marie Gorman someday to help identify some of the faces in photos, or maybe you could help for an hour sorting through them. 087 6235468.

Timber: We have enough timber now for our next project. Thank you to everyone that contributed.

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.

 

TDs behaving like global cheerleaders for abortion

The Pro Life Campaign has said some TDs appear to be "obsessed" with abortion of late and "are behaving like global cheerleaders for legalised abortion."

The PLC was commenting on news that over sixty TDs & Senators have signed a letter calling on Argentina's senate to legalise wide-ranging abortion. A fortnight ago, a similar number of TDs & Senators signed a letter pressuring British Prime Minister Theresa May over Northern Ireland's pro-life laws. On August 8th, the Argentinian senate will vote on whether a bill legalising abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy becomes law.

Commenting on the decision of over sixty members of the Oireachtas to try & influence the Argentinian vote, Eilís Mulroy of the Pro Life Campaign said: "Some TDs of late appear obsessed with abortion. It looks like they're not doing much else but campaigning on the issue. More & more, they are behaving like global cheerleaders for abortion.

She continued: "In their letter to Argentinian senators, the Oireachtas members present themselves as experts on the issue given their involvement in campaigning for changes to abortion laws in Ireland. The truth is they presided over a process in this country that shut out the heart-breaking testimonies of women who regret their abortions. It was a process that also ignored Ireland's record as a world leader in safety for pregnant women without recourse to abortion.

"All of the signatories to the letter declare abortion as a 'human right' but not one of them has ever stated where they believe human rights or the right to life begin. These same members of the Oireachtas are uncomfortable with abortion being described as 'killing'. But that's precisely what abortion involves. It ends the life of a new & unique human life with the same potential & value as every member of the Oireachtas or Argentinian senate.

"Before the referendum in Ireland, most TDs on the 'Yes' side campaigned as though they only favoured restrictive abortion. Now voters can see what these elected representatives really supported all along, namely an international right to unrestricted abortion where the rights of unborn babies are set at zero. We will ensure the electorate is fully reminded of this at the next election."
                                                           Pro-Life Release - Love Both
Amnesty International an organisation that in the past stood for human rights, now, doesn’t seem to know where life begins & promotes the killing of the baby in the womb. Please don’t trust an organisation that has such double standards.

Second Look - OPEN LETTER TO THE GOVERNMENT

Dear Pro-Life Supporter,

We are sending out this email to show how skewed and fatuous the Government's "research" on the 8th Amendment was and how disgracefully false the Government's and the Together for YES campaign was.  Suspicions of crooked manipulation of votes are not without credibility. The Referendum will have removed the 8th Amendment and empowered the Government to legislate for abortion but does not compel it to do so.  Every future effort to introduce abortion must be faced robustly.

The Government's moves to brainwash the Irish people to accept abortion.

Our Government decided on a referendum to repeal Article 40.3.3 which protects the lives of unborn children just as the lives of all others are protected.  The abortion rates of Irish residents declined by 52% over the past 16 years. It is one of the lowest abortion rates in the world, as is Northern Ireland's.  Respect for unborn life is equally valued in both parts of Ireland.

Ironically one great threat to unborn life in both parts of Ireland is Sinn Fein.  Indeed, many of our supporters have said that if they lived in Northern Ireland, they would vote for the DUP, as the only viable Christian party in the whole island, guided by Christian principles.

Why the sudden clamour for legal baby-killing in the Republic?

Prior to the General Election in 2011, both Enda Kenny and Miceal Martin pledged to defend the right to life of the unborn child and to legislate to protect human embryos outside the womb.  The same promise was made then by Leo Varadkar and Simon Harris. Then Fine Gael formed a coalition with abortion-loving Labour and the 2013 abortion legislation resulted. There was no respect shown by Fine Gael for the consciences of Oireachtas Members and gifted people like Lucinda Creighton and the late Peter Matthews who were expelled from the party.

At the 2016 General Election, Fine Gael/Labour seats declined by 50% and Labour's by a staggering 81%.  Promoting abortion was not an electoral asset!

We now have people as Ministers and Junior Ministers in Government of a quality that beggars belief.  The cry for abortion became louder and much foreign money poured in from foreign billionaires, driven by Malthusian zeal for reducing world population by abortion.

Ironically, the present and last two Ministers for Children campaigned for abortion. The Taoiseach's office (Enda Kenny's) set up the Citizens Assembly- an insult to the intelligence of the Irish people.  But there was not one squeak of outrage from RTE, the Irish Times et cetera.  99 people were chosen, allegedly by random sample, and then charged to take account of those who could not take off weekends to go to Malahide for months on end.  To ensure that the 99 reached the right conclusions, they were divided into groups of 6 with a paid note-taker and facilitator at each table to "guide" them. To complete their education, there was an expert panel that chose "suitable" speakers. Two panel members are well known campaigners.

Those 99 people were fair game for brain-washing and they came up with recommendations that merited rejection. To give an air of respectability to the whole pantomime, a judge was appointed as Chairperson.  The "findings" of the Assembly were then promulgated as if they had come from elected representatives or even from a Court.

The Assembly's Report then went to a largely self-selected Oireachtas Committee of 21 about two or three of whom respected the unborns' right to life and the Pantomime continued.  The whole scenario is somewhat like the Nazi era which began in the 1930s with the extermination of the sick and disabled. Later, they worked up to Jews, Gypsies, Poles and Slavs. Nazi-like movements are rising again in many parts of Europe including Ireland.

It is a tricky, cruel, brutal and inhuman road that is planned.  It is a total reversal of democracy and real human rights.

Background to the actual referendum campaigners for YES

The Together for YES campaign was the official Government campaign which Leo Varadkar and Simon Harris fought alongside.  This again was controlled by the Council for the Status of Women, a totally Government funded operation and probably now funded more than normal from public funds.  Unknown to most citizens, the homosexual organisation GLEN was comfortably funded from the HSE since Mary Harney was Minister of Health in 2006. During Leo Varadkar's Ministry in 2015, while the "gay marriage" referendum was in progress, GLEN received extra funds from two different sections of HSE!  GLEN went bankrupt after 2015 and there appears to have been many abuses.

The Together for YES campaign issued constant falsehoods and misleading statements. Some voters thought they were campaigning for better healthcare and less crowded A&Es.  They stated emphatically that Savita Halapanaver would be alive today if she had had an abortion. This was a deliberate lie. Four investigative committees – the Coroner's court, hospital doctors' committee, HSE and HIQUA committees saw no connection between her death and the 8th Amendment, Both Leo Varadkar and Simon Harris, both of whom knew the truth of the matter, backed that story all the way.  If the Taoiseach and the Minister of Health, come out with such blatant untruths, how could anyone accept their word on anything.

The Together for YES in a nationwide leaflet said that 70% of Irish women who have abortions are married. In truth, it seldom exceeded 19%.and the Campaign's publication proudly sported two pro-abortion obstetricians who had been roundly condemned by a number of past chairmen of the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists for spreading misleading and false comments.

Aftermath of the Referendum

The scene in Dublin Castle Yard on May 26th as the count concluded showed a jubilant concourse with the prospect of the massive slaughter of the unborn on Irish soil. Highly predictable people were there including Leo Varadkar and Simon Harris.

Other Matters

The Taoiseach then proceeded up to Northern Ireland to address a meeting of Sinn Fein in a Catholic institution chaired by Gerry Adams. From there he called upon Northern Ireland to legalise abortion, much to the disgust of the Catholic institution & the DUP.

The Republic is over 80% Christian, & since 2011, the Government has adopted a very hostile and insolent attitude to religion. This may be a consequence of its constant promotion of all things relating to LGBT.  If a Taoiseach or a Minister is homosexual, bi-sexual or lesbian, that should be their own private and personal business. But while prancing abroad, representing the Republic, it is the worst of bad taste to attend numerous "gay Pride" marches. It was recently revealed that the Government plans to promote LGBT activities though all Government Departments.  According to US and UK statistics, active homosexuals total no more than 1.5% of the adult population for all cases. There is a very dark side to it too – AIDS, HIV, suicides, high rates of STDs and homosexual rape, chronicled by the CSO, the Gardai and the Rape Crisis Centres. This is a matter of grave concern.

The threats by both Leo Varadkar & Simon Harris to deny freedom of conscience on abortion to doctors & nurses & to try to force Catholic Hospitals to do abortions is despotic and Fascist & cannot be tolerated.

Some journalists recently claimed on very tenuous grounds that some of the founders of our State were homosexual.  What is certain is that there were a number of homosexuals in the Nazi Party & Hitler's brownshirts. That is a matter of historical record also

Mr.Varadkar said recently that he was inspired by Mr. John A. Costello. In our Republic's short history we have had Taoisigh of integrity, character & good judgement including Eamon de Valera, John A Costello, Liam Cosgrave et cetera. They would not be inspired by Mr. Varadkar's activities & knowingly false statements.

Thanks and Admiration to those opposing the Government's murderous plans

Thanks to every organisation and individual who opposed those plans – all the Christian churches, the pro-life bodies and a number of Oireachtas, Members, including, Mattie McGrath, Peadar Toibin, Carol Nolan, Sean Barrett, Peter Fitzpatrick, Sean Haughey, Michael Harty, Danny and Michael Healy Rea, Eamon O’Cuiv, Michael McGrath, Bobby Aylward and a large number of Fianna Fail, who rejected the Party attitude to abortion accepted by the Fianna Fail leadership.

Things to Remember for  the Future

If the Referendum result is judged valid, despite the lies of the Together for YES Campaign (and Messers Varadkar's and Harris's endorsement of those lies) and the grave suspicions about vote-counting etc, one fact remains.  The vote simply removes the 8th Amendment and allows the Government to legislate on abortion.

It does not compel it to do so to any particular degree or at all.

Killing any human being is a very serious matter.  Of all human beings the baby is totally innocent of any wrong-doing, no matter how conceived or handicapped.

The battle is far from over.

It is time we discarded political correctness and regained freedom of speech. We cannot allow the murder of our children, serious insults to churches and the undermining of religious freedom and the right to have our children educated in conformity with their religion without our Government's interventions designed to undermine their morality and cause confusion.

WHAT WE ARE FACING IS A MASSACRE OF INNOCENT HUMAN LIVES, THE PERSECUTION OF RELIGION and THE EROSION OF REAL DEMOCRACY.

Yours faithfully

John O'Reilly

Secretary

PS For Data, please check our website www.secondlookproject.ie

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 16th to Sun 20th 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

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.

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 13th 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 2nd to 7th 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 19th – 27th 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.

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