Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sat 28^th                  6:00 pm                 John & Elsie Sweeney (A)

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

Mon 30^th               10:00 am              Peter & Martha Wimsey & daughters

Marion, Attracta, & Angela (M)

Tues 31^st               Bl Dominic Collins (martyr)

10:00 am        Private Intention (M)

All Saints Day        Holy Day of Obligation

Tues 31^st               7:00 pm                 Holy Souls (M)

Wed 1^st                  10:00 am              Holy Souls (A)

The Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed

Thurs 2^nd               10:00 am              Holy Souls (M)  

Fri 3^rd                    St Malachy (bishop)

10:00 am        Holy Souls (A)

Sat 4^th                    St Charles Borromeo (bishop)

10:00 am        Dec’d. Gorman, Gallagher, Reid families (M)

Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sat 4^th                    6:00 pm                 Billy & Angela Donohoe (M)

Sun 5^th                   10:00 am              Pat & Bea Kennedy & all

dec’d members of the family (A)

Readers of the Word

Saturdays Nov 6pm: Maureen Lee (M)

Sundays Nov 10am: Eugene Henry (A)

READINGS for 31^st Sunday in Ordinary Time

1^st Reading Mal 1:14-2:2. Psalm Ps 130.

2^nd Reading 1 Th 2:7-9, 13. Gospel Mt 23:1-12.

Ministers of the Eucharist

Saturdays Nov 6pm: James Finan (M)

Sundays Sept 10am: Mary Davey (A)

30^th Sunday in Ordinary Time 29^th Oct: Focus: God gives us all we need to answer his call to love others. – If we are to do any good for others, if we are to discern where God is calling us to serve, if we are to have the resources necessary to fulfil such a call, we must begin by seeking God & God’s help first. We must start at the source of all generous love. We must be filled from the eternal font if we are to pour out to others.

Saturday evening Mass at 6pm until the end of March

Adoration in Mullinabreena Church 4-7pm on Tuesdays for the month of November.

Priesthood in Achonry Diocese – It is worth saying “yes” to God: For more information contact Achonry Diocesan Vocations Director, Fr Paul Kivlehan 094-9860011, or 087- 3683535, E-mail pkivlehan@achonrydiocese.org

Achonry National School Parents Association, is inviting all parents to come together for an informal chat in the Knocknashee Hub 6^th November 8-9pm as a follow on from the recent AGM. Looking forward to sharing ideas with the newly appointed committee members. Chairperson Karen Dunne, Treasurer Stephen Fleming, Secretary Sarah Donohoe, PRO Marla Kennedy. Thank you to the previous members of the Parents Association for all their hard work the past few years.

CLOTHES COLLECTION

Achonry national school P.A clothes collection continues on Sunday 29^nd October at St. Nathy's Hall Mullinabreena 10am – 12noon. All donations gratefully appreciated. No pillows or duvets. Any inquiries please contact Mary McAleer 087 7636668. 

25 Drive: In St Nathy’s Hall every Friday at 8:30pm.

Achonry Farmers Market & Café at the Hub: We would like to encourage people to support both our Community Café & our Local Farmers Market. These amenities offer ideal opportunities for people to get together & are instrumental in creating a dynamic & cohesive Community for us all to live in. Café is open Saturday & Sunday 10am-2pm, with Market on Saturday 10am-1pm.

Are you looking for a career in caring for the elderly, have you recently retired or have your children now left home? Home Instead are always looking to recruit CAREGivers. Whether you can work a couple of hours a week or want to work full time, we would like to hear from you. Experience & FETAC/QQI level 5 qualification in healthcare is an advantage but not compulsory as training is provided. Contact Seyi or Ciara on (071) 9317051 for further information or via email recruitment-admin.sligo@homeinstead.ie.

“The Family that Prays together stays together”

Coleman Music Centre Gurteen: Local legend Patrick Feeney & his band will perform a Gospel concert in St Patrick's Church, Gurteen, on Sunday, Nov 26^th at 8pm. This event is organised by The Coleman Music Centre & for tickets please call 0719182599 or book online  www.colemanirishmusic.com Adm €25.

A series of talks entitled “What do we Know about Jesus?”  by Fr Eugene Duffy is being offered in Knock, St John’s Welcome Centre, each Tuesday at 8pm from now until November 21^st. All are welcome & no need to pre-book. Registration is on arrival. This is an ideal Adult Faith Formation opportunity, open to all, especially helpful for members of Parish Pastoral Councils.

Cloonacool Players double bill of 'Spreading the News' & 'The Quiet Land' will be performed on Sunday 29^th October at 8pm in Cloonacool Community Centre.

Knock Basilica: An Evening of Songs of Faith, Hope & Love on Friday, 1^st Dec, - a fundraiser night for Victim Assistance charity that supports victims of crime & trauma in Ireland. Taking part are Margo, Philomena Begley, Donna Taggart. John McNicholl, Marc Roberts, together with Una Nolan (musical director at Knock Shrine) & Schola Cantorum Basilicae. Tickets €30 available from Mary McNicholas, Victim Assistance Head Office, Aiden St., Kiltimagh. 094 9000 251/ 086 3938871.

Banada Abbey Hall Winter Classes in the Hilary Room. 7.15pm: Music lessons for all ages & abilities. Guitar, Singing Guitar, Keyboard, Whistle, etc. (Further Info: 085-1532109).

Bunninadden Community Bowls: Every Tuesday and Thursday from 2-4pm (except Christmas week). New members welcome, age 16 upwards, tuition given. Tea/coffee & biscuits at half time. Nice relaxed atmosphere & a good chance to socialise.

Bereavement Course presented by Monica Morley, Director of the Knock Shrine Family Centre & Broadcaster commences on Tuesday 7^th Nov at 8pm at The Newman Institute. The cost is €60 & will run for the 4 Tuesday nights in November. To book a place please phone 096 72066 or email reception@newman.ie

A free resource for all parishes available now from Veritas. 

It is based around the documentary film, The Letter: A Message for Our Earth which was released in 2022 & is available free on YouTube. The film features Pope Francis & diverse stories from India, Senegal, Hawaii, & the Brazilian Amazon. The course for adults (& young people over 16yrs) is presented over six morning or six evenings & participants watch a part of the film each week.  This is followed by some group discussion, activities, & reflection. 

Two booklets can be accessed free through the Veritas Education App & used on mobile digital devices. To access through the app, please download the Veritas app free. 

1. Apple iOS: apps.apple.com/ie/app/veritas-education/id1626474491
2. Windows: microsoft.com/store/apps/9PKVPKRQ3GZN
3. Android: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yudu.androidreader.vertias

Go to 'My Account' & register for free. 'Browse Parish' & gain access to this resource. You may then download the resources onto your personal digital device.

William Binchy: Address to the Oireachtas Joint Committee. On Tuesday, William Binchy, Emeritus Regius Professor of Laws at Trinity College Dublin spoke before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Assisted Dying & made a passionate & very persuasive appeal to TDs & Senators to oppose the push for euthanasia/assisted suicide to be legalised in Ireland. 
Representing the Pro Life Campaign at the hearing, Mr Binchy told committee members: "Having worked in law reform for nearly twenty years & represented the Irish Human Rights Commission during the formulation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, it is my firm view that introducing physician-assisted suicide would breach the respect for the value of human life in a deep way, with damaging consequences for children, the aged, the infirm & people with mental disabilities. Society is not some empty abstraction. It is the cumulative experience of countless generations of flesh-&-blood people around the world. The sound judgment of society for millennia has been that we should protect life by not introducing a law of this kind."

On several occasions as Mr Binchy attempted to answer questions from committee members, he was interrupted by Senator Lynn Ruane who hurled cheap & tasteless insults at the Emeritus Professor for simply stating his opposition to euthanasia in a calm & thoughtful manner.

Senator Ruane also used the opportunity to have a cut at the pro-life movement, asking Mr Binchy what had the Pro-Life Campaign ever done to advance human dignity.

If Senator Ruane rested the vitriol & took an honest look at the record of the pro-life movement, she'd discover that in addition to defending the right to life of every human being, members & associates of the pro-life movement are to the forefront in providing practical support & outreach to many of the most vulnerable members of society, whether it be helping the homeless, people with special needs, young mothers & families who are struggling, or assisting older persons or those with a terminal illness. The thousands of people who happen to be members of the pro-life movement & selflessly give of their time week in week out to help others are not looking for special praise or recognition. But it is crass in the extreme for a member of the Oireachtas to single out an entire group of people & make sweeping & unfounded claims about them, all because they happen to hold a different position to hers on the right to life. Senator Ruane's conduct on Tuesday is instructive of how far standards have dropped in the Houses of the Oireachtas when it comes to debating issues.

It should be noted for the record though that Mr Binchy was asked some constructive questions by other committee members, leading to robust & valuable over & back exchanges. Senator Ruane's repeated outbursts deserve to be remarked upon but thankfully she didn't manage to wreak havoc on the entire proceedings which lasted for over two hours.

The other witnesses aside from William Binchy who presented before the committee on Tuesday were: Andrew Copson, chief executive of Humanists UK, & Lloyd Riley, Director of policy & research at the UK-based Dignity in Dying.