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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 10.00am. Saturday 7.30pm.
Eileen, Joe & John Joseph Keigher
Freddie O‟Brien, Upper Main St.
Edward, Mary, Lillian & Noreen Brennan, Kiltiboe
Bill O‟Boyle, Carrowkeel
Sarah Frances & Thomas Halpenny
Mary McGuire, Johnstown
Luke, May & Gerry Greally, Birmingham & Drimbane
Lily & Thomas Murphy, Main St. & Dermot Winston, Carrick
Thomas & Delia Stenson, Tooreen
Margaret & John Lyons, Redford, & Michael Griffin, Johnstown & Manchester
Tommy Jordan & decd. Knox St.
Patrick, Sarah & Michael Waldron, Cave
Reuben Sykes, Leeds & Cave
Oliver Levins, Clare St. *****************************
Sunday 10.00 Month’s Mind
Marie Connell, Galway & Devlis
Mary Plunkett, Mountain
Anne O‟Shaughnessy, Beech Lawn
AUXILIARY LEGION OF MARY Rosary is
recited in the church at 6.00pm. every Friday
evening with a view to re-starting a praesidium
in the parish. All are welcome.
FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION: Thursday next, 15th August is the Feast of the
Assumption. Mass will be celebrated at 10.00am.
PILGRIMAGE TO FATIMA: August 29th for 7 nights, with Fr. Stephen Farragher as
Spiritual Director. Contact Therese at 01-2410822.
PARISH NEWSLETTER 11th AUGUST 2019
Parish Priest: Fr. Stephen Farragher, 094-9630006 / 087-9210305
Email: [email protected] Parish Office: 094-9630006
PARISH WEBSITE: http://www.ballyhaunisparish.ie
Newsletter on line: Parish website
Web-cam: http://www.ballyhaunisparish.ie or www.mcnmedia.tv
Local Safeguarding Representative (LSR): Jacinta Flynn, 087-9654837
MASSES:
Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Friday 10.00am.
Saturday Evening Vigil:
7.30pm.
Sunday: 10.00am. & 12.00
CONFESSIONS:
Before Saturday Vigil Mass
EUCHARISTIC
ADORATION
Wed. & Thurs. 3.00 - 7.00pm.
Friday: 10.30am. - 8.00pm.
BAPTISMS
Saturdays & Sundays 11.00am.
Minimum of two weeks’
notice required. Contact the
parish office, 094-9630006
ANNIVERSARY MASSES 12th - 18th AUGUST
15 & 17/18 AUGUST 7.30pm. 10.00am. 12.00
MINISTERS
OF THE
EUCHARIST
John Dillon Mary Sykes Helena Byrne
Laura Brogan Mary Murphy Anne Carney
Paula Grogan Margie Gallagher (NH) Rita Lundon
Clare Higgins Margaret Tarpey Eavan Caulfield
Margaret Byrne Mary Freeley Bernadette Lyons
READERS Mary Donnelly Orla Phillips Elizabeth Jordan
Emergency numbers:
Knock: 094-9388100
Fr. Feeney, Ballinlough: 094-9640155
Fr. McGuinness, Bekan: 094-9380203
A Bereavement Support
Group meets at the Family
Centre, Knock, each Wednes-
day at 11.00am. Anyone is
welcome to drop in any
week. Contact Monica Morley
on 094-9375320 for further
information.
ST. PATRICK’S CHURCH, BALLYHAUNIS
WEEKDAY READERS
Monday: Mary Gormley
Tuesday: Liam Devaney
Wednesday: Mary Donnelly
Friday: Christina Concannon
Recently Baptised
We welcome into the Faith Community
Patrick John Keane, 46 The Maples
Hugo Jeremy Curley, Greenwood
Offertory Offertory
Collection Collection
3/4 August 3/4 August
€1,795
Recently Deceased
We remember in our prayers
Liam Nestor, Irishtown, brother of Ina
Freyne, Clare St.
LAUDATO SI - APPEAL OF POPE FRANCIS
Loss of biodiversity (continued) We cannot fail to praise the commitment of
international agencies and civil society
organisations which draw public attention to
these issues and offer critical cooperation,
employing legitimate means of pressure, to
ensure that each government carries out its
proper and inalienable responsibility to pre-
serve its country‟s environment and natural
resources, without capitulating to spurious
local or international interests.
The replacement of virgin forest with plantations of trees, usu-
ally monocultures, is rarely adequately analyzed. Yet this can
seriously compromise a biodiversity which the new species be-
ing introduced does not accommodate. Similarly, wetlands con-
verted into cultivated land lose the enormous biodiversity which
they formerly hosted. In some coastal areas the disappearance
of ecosystems sustained by mangrove swamps is a source of
serious concern.
Oceans not only contain the bulk of our planet‟s water supply,
but also most of the immense variety of living creatures, many
of them still unknown to us and threatened for various reasons.
What is more, marine life in rivers, lakes, seas and oceans,
which feeds a great part of the world‟s population, is affected by
uncontrolled fishing, leading to a drastic depletion of certain
species. Selective forms of fishing which discard much of what
they collect continue unabated. Particularly threatened are ma-
rine organisms which we tend to overlook, like some forms of
plankton; they represent a significant element in the ocean food
chain, and species used for our food ultimately depend on them.
In tropical and subtropical seas, we find coral reefs comparable
to the great forests on dry land, for they shelter approximately a
million species, including fish, crabs, molluscs, sponges and
algae. Many of the world‟s coral reefs are already barren or in a
state of constant decline. “Who turned the wonderworld of the
seas into underwater cemeteries bereft of colour and life?”
This phenomenon is due largely to pollution which reaches the
sea as the result of deforestation, agricultural monocultures,
industrial waste and destructive fishing methods, especially
those using cyanide and dynamite. It is aggravated by the rise in
temperature of the oceans. All of this helps us to see that every
intervention in nature can have consequences which are not im-
mediately evident, and that certain ways of exploiting resources
prove costly in terms of degradation which ultimately reaches
the ocean bed itself.
MARY’S MEALS NATIONAL WALK TO KNOCK Please support the walkers who will arrive in Ballyhaunis at
4.00pm. approx. on Wednesday 14th August on their fundrais-
ing walk from Dublin, Limerick, Armagh & Kilkenny to Knock
in aid of Mary‟s Meals - a worldwide charity providing free
school meals to over 1 million children daily while attending
school at a cost of €15.60 per child per year.
Visit www.sbs4marysmeals.ie for further information.
HEALING/ANOINTING CATHOLIC MINISTRY SERVICE
Sunday August 18th from 1.15 to 5.15pm. in the Church of the
Holy Rosary, Castlebar. Led by Fr. Shane Sullivan and Fr. Bill
Keogh, UK, of international renown. Praise and worship heal-
ing prayers, talks and Eucharistic Adoration after 12 noon Mass.
All are welcome. Contact: Carmel on 086 3836055.
NATIONAL NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF KNOCK 14th - 22nd August. Ceremonies at 3.00pm. & 8.00pm. daily in
the Basilica with Anointing of the Sick at 2.30pm., and seminars
at 12 noon. The theme of this year‟s Novena is „Continuing our
Journey‟. Sunday 18th August is Family Day - activities in-
clude drumming, kite making, face painting, games on the green
and much more, beginning at 12 noon and ending for the
3.00pm. Mass in the Basilica. See the full programme of
Novena speakers on www.knockshrine.ie/events
OFFERTORY PROCESSION FOR KNOCK NOVENA
This year, as Knock Shrine celebrates the 140th anniversary of
the Apparition, any individuals, groups or families who would
like to participate in the presentation of the gifts at the evening
Mass at 8.00pm. are invited to make contact with Monica
Morley on 094-9388100.
FR. PATRICK BURKE AUGUST 15th VIGIL WALK: From Bekan Cemetery to Knock - 10K. (Burial place of witness
Catherine Murray). Starts 2.45am.
From the Blessed Well in Balla to Knock - 20K. Starts 1.00am.
Both arriving at Knock Parish Church for 6.00am. Mass.
Contact Michael at 087 9947842. Visit www.knockshrine.ie
LOUGH DERG 2019: Last day to begin the Three Day
Pilgrimage is Tuesday 13th August.
One Day Retreats resume on Saturday 17th August and continue
on specific days until Sunday 29th September.
For bookings or further information telephone Maureen or
Lorraine on 071– 9851518. Email: [email protected]
www.loughderg.org
CHURCH WEBCAM: The primary purpose of the webcam
is to enable those who are unable to be present in church to link
in with the various ceremonies (Masses, Marriages, Funerals,
Baptisms, etc.). It also serves as a deterrent to possible theft or
damage to the church interior.
NATIONAL HERITAGE WEEK—19th to 24th AUGUST Several interesting events are being organised by Ballyhaunis
Community Council, Ballyhaunis Chamber and the Abbey Part-
nership to mark National Heritage Week in Ballyhaunis.
Among the events: Monday 19th Gerry Glennon will outline the
story of Midwest Radio, a presentation by Fr. Kieran Waldron
on the history of the Parochial Hall will take place on Wednes-
day 21st,and on Friday 23rd there will be several presentations
at the Friary on the history of the building as well as local ath-
letic and political history. All events are free of charge with tea
and coffee. Look out for details on posters, Facebook, MWR.
‘WHOLENESS AS A PERSON’ Foundation in Counselling
Course will take place at the Newman Institute, Ballina. A one
year part-time course from 10th October 2019 - 21st May 2020.
Course fee €1,200, deposit €100 required to secure a place.
For enquiries please phone 096-72066 or email:
CITIZENS INFORMATION will hold their monthly visit to
the Family Resource Centre this coming Monday 12th August
from 1.30 to 3.30pm. at the Friary House. Information and ad-
vice about a wide range of issues is available so please feel wel-
come to call in this Monday afternoon.
