Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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

Sun 12^th                 10:00 am              Mass at Mullach na Croise

                                                        11:30 am              People of the Parish (M)

Mon 13^th               Ss Pontian (pope) & Hippolytus (martyrs), St Fachtna

10:00 am        Private Intention (M)

Tues 14^th               St Maximilian Kolbe (priest & martyr)

10:00 am        Private Intention (M) Knock Novena

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Tues 14^th               8:00 pm                 John & Elsie Sweeney (A) Knock Novena

Wed 15^th               10:00 am              People of the Parish (M) Knock Novena

                    7:00 pm             Visit to St Finnian’s Holy Well

Thurs 16^th             St Stephen of Hungary

10:00 am        Private Intention (M) Knock Novena

Fri 17^th                  Our Lady of Knock

10:00 am        Private Intention (A) Knock Novena

Sat 18^th 10:00 am              Private Intention (M) Knock Novena

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sat 18^th                  7:00 pm Achonry Cemetery Knock Novena

Sun 19^th                 10:00 am              Patrick & Eleanor O’Brien (A) Novena

                                                        11:30 am              Courtabbey Cemetery Knock Novena

Readers of the Word

Tuesday 14^th 18^th 8pm Anthony Benson (A)

Wednesday 15^th 10am Mary Keane (M)

Saturday 18^th 8pm Anthony Benson (A)

Sunday 19^th 10am Francis Brennan (A)

Sunday 19^th 11:30am Nonie Marren (M)

1^st Reading Prov 9:1-6. Psalm Ps 33.

2^nd Reading Eph 5:15-20. Gospel Jn 6:51-58.

Readers of Universal Prayer

Wednesday 15^th 10am Ella Finan (M)

Sunday 19^th 11:30am Conor Marren (M)

19^th Sunday in Ordinary Time 12^th August: Focus: Jesus the Bread of Life, teaches us how to come to the Father. – The claims that Jesus makes about himself leave us with a choice: to receive him & be transformed, following him as he leads us to the Father, or remain as we are.

Baptism: We welcome into the Christian community through the Sacrament of Baptism Ciarán James Henry, Newgrove.

World Meeting of Families; Presentation to the following:

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

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

August 25^th 8pm (A) John & Martina Brennan & family

MASS SERVERS-Teams

Achonry Tuesday 8pm 14^th August: ST ATTRACTA  

Mullinabreena Wednesday 10 am 15^th August: ST FRANCIS

Achonry Saturday 8pm 18^th August:  ST BRIGID

Achonry Sunday 10am 19^th August: ST. COLUMBA

Mullinabreena Sunday 11:30am 19^th August: ST. AGNES

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.

Day Trip to Lough Derg on Tuesday 4^th 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.

One Day Writing Workshop for Teenagers August 17^th 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

Coleman Music Centre: The Coleman Traditional Festival, dedicated to the world renowned fiddle player Michael Coleman takes place August 22^nd- 26^th.  All concerts commence at 8.30pm in the Coleman Centre & Sunday Aug 26^th 3 – 5pm visit the Coleman Cottage, Mount Irwin for a monster music session. Fáilte roimh gach duine. Festival organised by Craobh Coleman C.C.E.

PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION: We still need your help. If you or some of your family could identify some of the faces, type names, count photos, sort photos into townlands, anything really to help speed up the process....Contact Anne Marie 0876235468. Thanks to all those who donated timber for the polytunnel, it’s greatly appreciated. We also received several packets of seeds to get us started, hanks for those too.

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.

The finance committee for Cloonacool, Church would like to thank all the people that supported their fundraising event on the Old Fair Day. The two animals weighed in at 987kg. There were three winners, each received €50. The event raised €1300 approx. The money will go towards ongoing church renovations.

Coolaney / Mullinabreena G.A.A. Club -Lotto Draw results –May: 10,14,31,35 No Jackpot winner. Match 3 winners -Martin Coffey, John &Martina Brennan, Lorraine Feely, Conor Mc Cormack.

June: 4,15,23,35 No Jackpot winner, Match 3 winners John Joe Stenson, Stephen Barrett, Padraig McGourty. Any member who would like their name entered in the draw for All Ireland Hurling final tickets should email secretary.coolaneymullinabreena.sligo@gaa.ie or text their name to 087 2447098 before Monday 13^th August.

1. To mark the beginning of the World Meeting of Families, every diocese has been asked to host a special celebration in the cathedral on the evening of August 21^st. Our celebration in the Cathedral in Ballaghaderreen will take place at 8 p.m. on August 21^st. It will have as its theme the message of the Servant of God, Fr Patrick Peyton, 'The family that prays together stays together' & 'A world at prayer is a world at peace.' His message seems particularly relevant in the context of the World Meeting of Families & given that he is a native of our diocese & recently declared 'Venerable', a significant step on the path to canonisation, it seems appropriate to centre our diocesan celebration on the message he brought to Rosary Rallies all across the globe. The celebration will involve families from all the parishes in the diocese. Let us make this a memorable moment in our marking the World Meeting of Families.
2. For the Festival of Families in Croke Park on Saturday, August 25^th, every parish in the country is being offered ten tickets (first come first served basis). The Festival of Families, a celebration of family in music & in word, will be attended by Pope Francis who will address those present. It begins at 6.30pm & ends at 8.30pm

Buses for the event will leave the diocese from two points, Ballymote & Charlestown, & bring those attending directly to Croke Park & back again. The buses will need to leave around 11.30am on Sat, August 25^th.

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

Pope Calls Abortion 'White Glove' Equivalent of Nazi Crimes;

Pope Francis expressed regret at couples who opted for pre-natal tests to discover if their unborn child had any "defects" with the result in parents choosing to terminate a pregnancy if the fetus is malformed or suffering other problems.  "Last century the whole world was scandalised by what the Nazis did to purify the human race. Today we do the same thing with white gloves" said the Pope. Argentina, the Popes homeland, is on the verge of relaxing laws on abortion. Recently Ireland voted by an overwhelming majority to introduce abortion up to 12 weeks. Pope Francis has repeated the strict anti-abortion stance of his predecessors and integrated it into his broader condemnation of what he calls today's "throwaway culture." He has frequently lamented how the sick, the poor, the elderly & the unborn are considered unworthy of protection & dignity by a society that prizes individual prowess.

The Pro Life Campaign has welcomed the vote in the Argentinian Senate against the introduction of wide-ranging abortion.

Pro Life Campaign spokesperson, Cora Sherlock said: "There's one marked difference between the abortion debate in Argentina & the recent one in Ireland. Thankfully the lies that were repeatedly told by many abortion supporters during the referendum debate in Ireland didn't pervade the debate in Argentina to the same extent. The evidence of the negative after-effects of abortion on women & the fact that abortion kills an innocent unborn baby clearly resonated during the public debate in Argentina in recent weeks. The scaremongering & deep seated bias from large sections of the media didn't win out on this occasion. That's a great result for mums & their unborn babies & the right to life which is being disregarded in so many places at present."

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)