OUR NEW PARISH WEBSITE: Lisdoonvarnaparish.ie

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MARY’S MEALS MEETING with Patricia Friel for adults, Parochial House, Tuesday, March 5 th , at 7pm.

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PREP SESSION FOR FIRST HOLY COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION: Monday March 4 th , at 7pm in

Lisdoonvarna church, conducted by Patricia Friel, for children and parents/guardians.

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PARISH WEBSITE: our new parish website, www.lisdoonvarnaparish.ie has been live since Christmas, and

contains all parish information, featuring the weekly newsletter, a secure link for donations, a link to a daily

blessing, and my weekly homilies. Any web designer out there would be most welcome to assist us. This might

be a nice project for secondary school students. All suggestions to Kate at katemcgavinwalsh@yahoo.com

Sincere thanks to Kate, Louise, and all involved.

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CORRECTION: the collection for the weekend of February 17/18 was mistakenly reported as euro 935. The

correct amount was 1417. Apologies, and thanks so much for your support!

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LAST WEEK’S COLLECTION: euro 1640.

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SINCERE THANKS to those who donated candles to be blest and used for Holy Mass in our churches. Thank

you to Jordan’s for their assistance in this.

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BISHOPS’ STATEMENT ON THE FAMILY AND CARE REFERENDUM on Friday, March 8 th : the proposed family

amendment to the Constitution diminishes the unique importance of the relationship between marriage and

family in the eyes of society and State and is likely to lead to a weakening of the incentive for young people to

marry. The Care amendment would have the effect of abolishing all reference to motherhood in the

Constitution and leave unacknowledged the particular and incalculable societal contribution that mothers in

the home have made and continue to make in Ireland. The role of mothers should continue to be cherished in

our Constitution.

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KILSHANNY UPDATE: work is almost complete on a beautiful border wall for the church carpark. Thank you to

Pat Costello for doing a lovely job. With the help of Cllr. Shane Talty and Electric Ireland, we plan to install

better street lighting there and then to tarmac the surface and paint lines for parking spaces. We have been

advised professionally that removal of moss from the church roof which is causing some water ingress on the

choir side, urgently needs to be done and so we will move on it as soon as possible.

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CONGRATULATIONS to the children from Doolin Nation School who celebrated their First Confession last

Wednesday. No matter what age we are, may we never be too proud to say sorry when we’re in the wrong!

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Bring God everything: your dreams, your success, your rejoicing. And if you have little to rejoice over, bring him

that little. And if your life seems only like a heap of fragments, bring him the fragments. And if you have only

empty hands, bring him your empty hands. Shattered hopes are his raw material. In his hands all is made good.

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