Parish Newsletter
May 11/12
Parish
The Parish of Lisdoonvarna, Kilshanny, Doolin & Toovahera
Author
Very Rev. Robert McNamara PP
Mass Offerings
Holy Mass is celebrated daily at 9:30am in Corpus Christi Church, Lisdoonvarna, except for Wednesdays at 7pm. There is no 9:30am Mass the morning of a funeral. The Wednesday evening Mass is preceded by a Medjugorje-style holy hour of Adoration of Jesus in the most Blessed Sacrament, beginning at 6pm with Our Lady’s Holy Rosary, and ending just before Mass with traditional benediction and individual blessings with the Blessed Sacrament. This is a lovely quiet oasis of prayer at mid-week.
Our Lady of Lourdes, Toovahera 5pm: pro populo.
St. Augustine’s, Kilshanny 7pm: Michael Cusack, Ballytarsna, 4th anniversary. NEXT WEEK: Anne Williams, Ballytarsna, Month’s Mind.
Holy Rosary, Doolin 10am: Marie Clancy nee McDonagh, 10th anniversary. Bridie Browne, Doonagore. Mary and Peter Gardiner. Mary (20th), Cyril, and Tim Nagle, and deceased family.
NEXT WEEK: Paddy and Josephine Moloney. Daniel and Katie O’Leary, Boherboy. Deceased of the O’ Leary family, Knockeaven. The deceased of the Considine family, Caherbarna, and the Sullivan family, Connemara. Mary Jones, nee O’Leary, Wimbledon and Doolin.
Corpus Christi, Lisdoonvarna, 11.30am: Mary O’Brien, Springfield House.
NEXT WEEK: Patrick McNamara. Michael Howley, Ballytigue. Autie Linnane, Larakea, Kilfenora. Kitty Hayes.
Our recently deceased: Michael Williams, Rooska. Julie Fitzgerald, Kilfenora Road. John Guerin, Fisher St., Doolin.Denis Fitzpatrick, Church Street, Lisdoonvarna.
There will be no 9:30am Mass on the day of a funeral, going forward.
Parish News
Thank you for last week’s collection: €1975.
St. Brendan’s Road Residents meeting and AGM Monday, May 13th, 8pm the Ritz.
Rooska Residents meeting Monday May 20th, 8pm the Pavilion.
KNOCK ROSARY RALLY: Saturday, June 1st, Holy Mass, Rosary procession, and Sacrament of Holy Anointing. To book a seat on the bus, contact Lourda on 087 2237191.
A little pair of rosary beads as plain as plain can be, but only God in heaven knows how dear they are to me. I have them always with me at every step I take, at evening when I slumber, at morn when I awake. In bright and cloudy weather, in sunshine or in rain, in happiness or sorrow, in pleasure or in pain. It helps me in my struggle, reproves me when I sin, its look of gentle patience rebukes the strife within. In days of pain and anguish the greatest help I knew was to tightly holy my rosary beads, until I calmer grew. So when the time approaches when I will have to die, I hope my little rosary beads will close beside me lie. That the Holy Name of Jesus may be the last I say, and kissing my sweet rosary beads my soul will pass away.