Parish of Castlebar Church of the Holy Rosary, Castlebar; St Aloysius's, Breaffy; St. Patrick's, Ballyheane Sunday Newsletter 23nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 7^th September 2003
'Thought for Sunday' Notices Mass Intentions Altar Society Eucharistic Ministers Rest in Peace Lay Readers Previous Newsletters	23^rd Sunday in Ordinary Time --------------------------------------- Know your place It often seems like some kind of preordained plan that gatherings at meetings or churches fill from the back, up to the front. Could it be a hang-over from the one time custom where you had a section for well-to-do families in some parishes? ‘High money, High Mass’ etc? Thankfully that’s no longer the case. People sit in fairly equal manner in churches. Still, in more subtle ways, people make distinctions all the time. How you dress, what you drive, where you live, your lifestyle, even your surname dictates the attitude you get. It’s as wrong now as it was in the time of the apostle James (second reading) - who calls for what it is. The Gospel reminds us that impaired hearing can have long-term implications on speaking and reading abilities. No more that the deaf-mute Jesus met, we need to come to our senses. We need a sense of empathy for one, to realise that Christ is the healer of all that divides us, from our God, from one another, from our true selves. That his call is for everyone: rich, poor, healthy, sick, disabled, the celebrated and the forgotten. Anything less than that is not the Gospel. ‘Do not try to combine faith in Jesus Christ… with the making of distinctions’ (Second reading) Fr. Tom Cox, Intercom. Children’s Liturgy Group Do you have one hour to spare, once every six to eight weeks to help out with the 10a.m. Children’s Liturgy Mass on Sun.? An information meeting will be held on Tues. 9^th Sept. at 8.30p.m. in the Monastery. All existing members of the Group are also invited. Training and support will be provided to anyone who is interested in getting involved. For further details Tel. Nuala at 27578.	Email the Presbytery Priest on Call: Fr. Ml. Murphy 094 9021844
	Tóchar Walk - Reminder The annual Tóchar Walk in aid of St. Brid’s Special School will take place on Sat. 13^th September. It will be lead by Fr. Pat Farragher. Bus leaving at 8.15a.m. from St. Brid’s. Parish Choir Rehearsals resume this Monday, September 8^that 8p.m. in the Parish Centre.
	Family Centre Programmes For booking tel. (094)25900 Prism This is a support programme for bereaved and separated parents to help them become attuned to their own and their child’s grief process and to learn single parenting skills so they can re-create family again
	Information Night: Date: Mon 15^th September. Time: 8.00p.m. Venue: Family Centre, Chapel St. Prism commences on: Tuesday 23^rd Sept at 7.30p.m. - 9.30p.m. and continues for 11 weeks. Security For The Elderly Meitheal Maigh Éo Teo, the Community Dev. Organisation is applying to the Dept of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs for funding for Social Alarm pendants for those over 65 or living alone. If you have an accident or just need reassurance, you can get help and peace of mind at the press of a button. For further details contact Michelle at (098) 42030. Mini Bingo Sessions will resume on Mon. 8^th Sept. at 2.p.m. in the Social Service Centre. All are welcome. The Mayo Mental Health Association is a charitable voluntary organisation and promotes good mental health and assists the mentally ill. These are worthy aims and deserve our support. Apostolic Work Annual Display A note of thanks to all who supported the Apostolic Work in their annual display and sale of hand knits on 30^th & 31^stAug. last. If anyone would like to join us in this work please come along on Wed. 10^th Sept. at 8p.m in St. Gerald’s Parish Centre Mayo Male Voice Choir resuming rehearsals, 11^th Sept. at 8p.m. in Davitt College. New members welcome St. Joseph’s Young Priests’ Society A meeting of the Castlebar Branch of the Society will be held in St Gerald’s Parish Centre on Tues. 9^th Sept. at 8p.m.
	BALLYHEANE MASS INTENTIONS
	Sat. 13^th Sept.: 8.00.p.m.:Kate & Tom Neary & dec. members of family, Derrygarve Sun. 14^th Sept: 10.30a.m.:Jimmy Ryan, Coolodge. (1^st Ann.)
Castlebar Parish Home Page Go to Castlebar	Mass Intentions Monday, 8^th September: 8 - Vincent McNeely, Riverdale Court, Kathleen & Martin Joyce, Lahinch. 9.30 - Paddy McDonagh, 8 Hollow Grove. (M.M.) 10 - Hoban family, Linenhall Street. Tuesday, 9^th September: 8 - Nellie McManamon, Ellison Street. 10 - George & Mary Gillan & family. Wednesday, 10^th September: 8 - Ginnelly family, Glenisland. 9.30 - Joe O’Brien, Cogaulla. (M.M.) 10 - Thomas & Alice Foy & Gretta Lynch. Thursday, 11^th September: 8 - Len Trew, 1 Gallows Hill. 9.30 - Thomas Barrett, 10 Knockthomas Drive. (M.M.) 10 - John & Teresa Joyce, Richard Street. Friday, 12^th September: 8 - Eugen Heyl, Islandeady. 10 - Tommy Coughlan & dec. members of Coughlan & Mongan families. Saturday, 13^th September: 8 - John Kennedy, Snugboro & dec. members of Kennedy & O’Brien families, Ballinrobe & Kilmaine. 9.30 - Mike Cuffe, Charles Street. (1^st Ann.) 10 - James Lohan, 1 Rathbawn Road. ALTAR SOCIETY: 13^th September Agnes McKenna Agnes McLoughlin Maureen Davoren EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Sun. 14^th - 2^nd Sun. LAY READERS: Triumph of the Cross Parish Church: 11.15: Gerry Ryder 12.30: Ml. Gormley Breaffy 10.00: John Caulfield, Mary Tuohy 11.30: Gerry Hughes St. Mary’s 11.30: Mary Finnegan DAILY READERS Mon. - Maureen Tobin Tues. - Peggy McAllister Wed. - Chris Millett Thurs. - Mary Waldron Fri. - Ann Gallagher Sat. - Pat O’Dwyer REST IN PEACE We commend into your hands Lord, the souls of Patrick Gannon, 21 St. Bridget’s Crescent; Sr. Mairead O’Quigley, Dublin & late of Blackfort; Mary Gaynard, Roundfort, mother of Therése Moran, Carrownurlar, Breaffy; Nora English, Achill, mother of Tony English, Newport Road.	Tuam Archdiocese