Parish of Castlebar Church of the Holy Rosary, Castlebar; St Aloysius's, Breaffy; St. Patrick's, Ballyheane Sunday Newsletter 2^nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 20^thJanuary 2002
'Thought for Sunday' Notices Mass Intentions Altar Society Eucharistic Ministers Rest in Peace Lay Readers Previous Newsletters	‘I have seen, and I am the witness that he is the Chosen One of God.’ There’s no trace of doubt at all in John’s affirmation of his cousin. One would need great certainty to endorse one’s contemporary in such language. But John did. No doubt, they had reflected together in the wilderness and had discerned the voice of the Father speaking to them both. And yet, a short while later, John sent messengers to cousin Jesus: ‘Are you he… or should we wait for someone else?’ John had to deal with ambiguity: ‘I did not know him myself and yet, it was to reveal him to Israel that I came baptising with water’. And then the certainty - ‘I have seen and I am the witness’. Certainty would be lovely, wouldn’t it? But, it’s not like that: we live with ambiguity and struggle - and the pain it involves. Sometimes, when I share with those in the depths of depression, at the certainty of Holy Communion - ‘This is the Lamb of God’, I shudder. Like John the Baptist, I ask - ‘Is that what it’s all about or am I leading others and being led up the garden path’. It’s a struggle. And yet, the Lamb of God and Isaiah struggled with uncertainty and doubt too, with pain, anguish, impending death - all that is human. The sin of the world, all that is painful in the human condition, is what he came to take away. My baptism into his life and death, while painful, is my road to fullness of life. Fr. Ciaran Kitching	Email the Presbytery Priest on Call: Fr. J. Buggy Tel. (094) 21844
	NOTICES Rosary and Benediction in the Parish Church today Sunday at 5p.m. Christian Unity Week, 18^th - 25^th January Please pray for the unity of all Christians. Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament 21^st - 26^th January Mon. - K. Gallagher Tues. - M. Mullarkey Wed. - M. Davoren Thurs. - Eileen Pierce Fri. - M. Farragher Sat. - Mgt. McCormack FAMILY CENTRE PROGRAMMES For booking tel. (094) 25900 Enneagram - Part 1 An opportunity to examine different personality types, aimed to help you understand and see your own strengths and weaknesses, with a view to growth in wholeness and in relationships with others and God. Dates: Mon. Jan. 21^st, Wed. Jan. 23^rd, Mon. Jan. 28^th & Wed. Jan. 30^th. Time: 8p.m. - 10.30p.m. Facilitator: Benny McHale Apostolic Work monthly meeting will take place this Wednesday evening January 23^rd at 8p.m. in St. Gerald’s Parish Centre. Thanks - Ballyheane Community Council would like to thank all those who contributed to the senior citizens party. Bingo every Tuesday night in the Welcome Inn at 8.45p.m. Great prizes. Mayo Historical & Archaeological Soc. - an illustrated lecture by three members of the crew of the ‘Northabout’ a vessel that left Westport, June 2001 to sail through the Northwest Passage, takes place in the Welcome Inn on Wed. Jan. 23^rd at 8p.m. All are welcome. Castlebar Mitchels Ladies G.A.A. Club - A.G.M. on Tuesday 29^th January at 8p.m. in the Welcome Inn Hotel. Prayer of St. Francis Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred let me sow love, where there is injury let me sow pardon, where there is doubt let me sow faith, where there is despair let me sow hope, where there is darkness let me give light, where there is sadness let me give joy. O divine master, grant that I may not try to be comforted but to comfort, not try to be understood but to understand, not try to be loved but to love. For it is in giving that we receive, It is forgiving that we are forgiven, and it is dying that we are born to eternal life.
	MASS INTENTIONS PARISH CHURCH Monday, 21^st January: 8 - Sean & Mae Henry, Ballyhaunis, John & Ann Healy, Claremorris. 10 - Martin & Kate McHale, Borradruma. Tuesday, 22^nd January: 8 - Sean Flynn, St. Bridget’s Cres. & dec. members of Flynn family, Tim & Delia Lyons & dec. members of Lyons & Corley families, Keelcoil & Kilmacrade. 10 - Thomas & Seamus Lally & dec. members of family, 1 The Grove. Wednesday, 23^rd January: 8 - Nonie & Bridie Loftus, Newtown. 10 - John & Fr. Sean Murphy, Con & Ellen O’Callaghan & dec. members. Thursday, 24^th January: 8 - Edward Mullen, Springfield. 10 - Michael Prendergast, Curragh. Friday, 25^th January: 8 - Nora & Patrick Kilcoyne, Aughadrina. 10 - Mary Deacy, Castlehill Park. Saturday, 26^th January: 8 - Elizabeth & Ellen Hallinan & Tom Heaney, Dooncastle, Westport. 9.30 - Bridie O’Connor, St. Joseph’s Terrace. (M.M.) 10 - Willie Heneghan & Larry McKeown, Mountain View. BALLYHEANE CHURCH Saturday, 26^th January: 8.00p.m.- Dec. members of Timlin family, Derrywash. Sunday, 27^th January: 10.30a.m.- Margaret Patience nee Richardson. (1^st Ann.)
	ALTAR SOCIETY: 26^th January Teresa Quigley Maureen O’Loughlin Eileen Pierce
	EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Sun. 27^th - 4^th Sun.
	REST IN PEACE: We commend into your hands Lord, the souls of Margaret Costelloe, Ayle, Westport, mother of Patricia Flannelly, Curradrish & Frank Costelloe; Patrick Hughes, Kildare & Mayo Abbey, brother of John, Tom & Evelyn, Lower Charles Street; William Ferrins, Louisburgh, father of Mary McNicholas, Rocklands; Michael McDonnell, Cornanool; George Convey, St. Mary’s Hospital & Ballina; Richard McSweeney, Derrylea, Westport Road; Maureen Regan nee Cawley, cousin of Ann Bourke, Coolodge.
	LAY READERS: 3^rd Sun. in ord. time Parish Church 11.15: Padraig Flynn 12.30: Kathy McGreal Breaffy 10.00: Francis Mitchell 11.30: Grace Jackson St. Mary’s 11.30: Oliver Moran DAILY READERS Mon. - Maureen Tobin Tues. - Peggy McAllister Wed. - Chris Millett Thurs. - Pauline Taylor Fri. - Ann Gallagher Sat. - Pat O’Dwyer
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