Parish of Castlebar Church of the Holy Rosary, Castlebar; St Aloysius's, Breaffy; St. Patrick's, Ballyheane Sunday Newsletter 19^th Sunday of the Year 12^th August 2001
'Thought for Sunday' Notices Mass Intentions Altar Society Eucharistic Ministers Rest in Peace Lay Readers Previous Newsletters	‘You too must stand ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect’. The best way to prepare for death is by good living. Our Lord is emphasising that in today’s Gospel. He’s telling us to prepare for death in life’s everyday situations. He appears to be warning us only of the future. In fact he’s inviting us to make the most of the present. We don’t prepare for death by saying, ‘It’s going to be coming anytime, I’d better keep my head down’. How else do we prepare for death except by responding to present situations, and by developing a pattern of life that leaves us ready for anything? Christ comes into our lives in the sick, the poor, the people with whom we live, the challenge of the commandments, the choices we have to make between good and evil. ‘God,’ to quote Patrick Kavanagh, ‘is in the bits and pieces of everyday’. So is preparing for death. Or as Tyron Edwards put it: ‘A faithful Christian life in this world is the best preparation for the next’. (Archbishop Joseph Cassidy)	Email the Presbytery Priest on Call: Fr. P. Curran Tel. (094) 21274
	NOTICES Devotions at 7p.m. in the Parish Church today Sunday Feast of the Assumption, 15^th August Mass times Parish Church: 7.30p.m. (Tues.), 8a.m., 10a.m., 11.15a.m., 12.30p.m. & 7.30p.m. (Wed.) Breaffy: 10a.m. & 7.30p.m. (Wed.) Ballyheane: 8p.m. (Tues.), 10.30a.m. (Wed.) Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament 13^th - 18^th August Mon. - Mary Solan Tues. - Mary Kennelly Wed. - Ger Munnelly Thurs. - Mary Geraghty Fri. - Phil Beirne Sat. - Marie Beirne KNOCK NOVENA 14^th - 22^nd August Two sessions daily, 3p.m. and 8.30p.m. Novena Prayers will be recited at the 10a.m. Mass in the Parish Church during the Novena for those who are unable to go to Knock. A bus will leave Castlebar daily for the Novena. Tel. (098) 27109 Prayer Group There will be no Prayer Group meetings on the 15^th & 22^nd of August. Bingo - Bingo every Tuesday night in the Welcome Inn at 9p.m. I.S.P.C.C. Volunteer Training Course - the I.S.P.C.C. are currently recruiting volunteers in Mayo. A training course will shortly be provided for those interested. Contact Yvonne at 25254, or call into the Centre in Castle Street car park for more information. Prayer of St. Teresa of the Cross (Edith Stein) God is there in these moments of rest and can give us in a single instant exactly what we need. Then the rest of the day can take its course, under the same effort and strain, perhaps, but in peace. And when night comes, and you look back over the day and see how fragmentary everything has been, and how much you planned that has gone undone, and all the reasons you have to be embarrassed and ashamed: just take everything exactly as it is, put it in God’s hands and leave it with Him. Then you will be able to rest in Him - really rest - and start the next day as a new life. SACRISTANS’ COLLECTION The Sacristans’ Collection will be taken up at all Masses on the Feast of the Assumption (15^th Aug.). It is an opportunity for us to show our appreciation for the work of our sacristans in the parish.
	MASS INTENTIONS PARISH CHURCH Monday, 13^th August: 8 - Cliodhna McNally, Curragh. 10 - Pat Bourke, Lacken & Castlebar. Tuesday, 14^th August: 8 - Margaret & Joseph Campbell & dec. members of family. 10 - George & Nancy Hyder, Lucan Street. Wednesday, 15^th August: Holyday Thursday, 16^th August: 8 - Flanagan family, Ardkill. 10 - Danny & Eileen McCormack & Madeline Gallagher, Rush Street. Friday, 17^th August: 8 - David Thomas Leonard & dec. relatives & friends, Rathfarnham, Dublin. 10 - Paddy & McDonnell family, Ardvarney. Saturday, 18^th August: 8 - Mae, John & Tom Lally, St. Martin’s, Newport Road & George Lally, Moneen Braddagh. 9.30 - Vinnie Dever, Ballynew. (M.M.) 10 - Matthew & Margaret Corcoran, Pound Road. BALLYHEANE CHURCH Tues. 14^th Aug.: 8.00p.m.: Maureen Katashis, Mountdaisy. Wed. 15^th Aug.: 10.30a.m.: Michael Fadden, Kinturk. Sat. 18^th Aug. : 8.00p.m.: John Vahey, Carrowclogher. (1^st Ann.) Sun. 19^th Aug.: 10.30a.m.: James Neary, Magherafadda.
	ALTAR SOCIETY: 18^th August Mary Campbell Mary Keane Bernie Downes Judy Mitchell
	EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Sun. 19^th - 3^rd Sun.
	REST IN PEACE: We commend into your hands Lord, the souls of Michael O’Brien, Tipperary, uncle of Margaret Roache, Lakeshore Drive; Sean Corcoran, Ballina, brother of Val Corcoran, Blackfort Manor; Tom Mulligan, Bohola, father of Eileen Conway, Errew. Mary Murray, Castlerea, mother of Margaret McCormack, Knockaphunta.
	LAY READERS: 20^th Sun. in ord. time Parish Church 7.30: Mary Tighe 10.00: Martin McDonagh 11.15: Una Ryan 12.30: Regina McGarrigle Breaffy 10.00: Mary Tuohy, John Caulfield 11.30: Marie Tuohy St. Mary’s 11.30: Tommy Butler DAILY READERS Mon. - Paul Murphy Wed. - Mary Foy Thurs. - Teresa O’Shea Fri. - Kathleen Brady Sat. - Delia Gavin
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