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Newsletter

PARISH OF LISDOONVARNA, KILSHANNY, TOOVAHERA, AND DOOLIN. January 24/25, 2026. Fr Robert Mc Namara PP, 065 7074142, 087 0949030 lisdoonpp@galwaydiocese.ie Lisdoonvarnaparish.ie

CORPUS CHRISTI, LISDOONVARNA 10am: pro populo

Our recently deceased: Pauline Mooney, née Guerin, London and Summerville, Lisdoonvarna.

7pm Saturday evening Masses in February:

7th Doolin: no booking

14th Kilshanny: Phil Fitzgerald, Month's Mind, and her brother PJ (22nd anniversary). Miko Neylon, Peter and Nora Considine, and deceased family members. Mary B. Carmody, 1st anniversary. Peg Hynes.

21st Toovahera: Mary Margaret Healey. Gertie Collins, Church St., Lisdoonvarna. Seamus and Mary Mc Namara, Ballydonoghue.

THE WAY: Jesus Himself tells us that He is the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6), and His first followers, the first Christian movement is called "The Way" in the Acts of the Apostles, 9:2. Recently the Irish Catholic Bishops have started a wonderful online resource called theWay.ie. This is a new national platform for our Church providing high-quality content about our Catholic faith for all ages. Please visit and share with family and friends. You can also follow this content on Facebook, Instagram, Spotify, and YouTube.

THANK YOU FOR LAST WEEK'S COLLECTION: €820.

NEXT MARY'S MEALS COFFEE MORNING: after 10am Mass in Lisdoonvarna on Sunday, February 1st.

NO MASS next Wednesday evening, January 28, due to a clergy conference, but Adoration will be held. My apologies for the inconvenience.

Please note: Mass on Wednesday, February 4th will be at 8.30am, followed by Adoration, as Fr. Robert is preaching at a Novena in Ennis Cathedral that evening.

GALWAY CATHEDRAL NOVENA: Theme: Let us go to the house of the Lord (Psalm 122). Beginning Monday, February 2nd, three sessions a day: 11am, 1.10pm, and 7.30pm. Sunday times: 10.30am, 12.30pm, 3pm, and 6pm.

LISDOONVARNA FAILTE MATTERS: Lisdoonvarna Town Team aims to support community events in 2026, such as the St. Patrick's Day Parade. In support of this, there will be a fundraising quiz night on Friday, March 6th at 7.30pm, which will include a raffle. Donations of prizes will be gratefully accepted.

Book club starts on February 6th at 5.30pm, in the Pavilion, reading Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.

FEAST OF THE PRESENTION OF OUR LORD/CANDLEMAS, AND FEAST OF ST. BLAISE: Thank you in advance for your offerings of candles to our churches, which will be blessed and then used throughout the year in memory of your deceased loved ones. Candles can be dropped into the church anytime. Blessings of throats will take place at 9.30am Mass in Lisdoonvarna on Monday, February 2nd, and 7pm Mass in Ennistymon on Tuesday 3rd.

NORTH CLARE HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS: the seaweed, kelp, and iodine industry in Ireland especially in Co. Clare, by Peter E. Childs, on Monday, January 26th, at 8pm in the Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon.

FAITH AND LIGHT PILGRIMAGE TO KNOCK: May 16th. More details next week.

PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT for the 2026/27 school year will commence on Monday, January 26. If you wish to enrol your little angel, please contact St Augustine's National School, Kilshanny 065 7071344, kilshannyns@gmail.com; St Enda's NS, Lisdoonvarna 065 7074231, lisdoonvarnans@gmail.com; or Doolin National School, 065 7074403, doolinns@gmail.com.

SINCERE THANKS to Mary Howley for her generous gift of flowers for God's house.

SVP CHRISTMAS COLLECTION in the parish came to €820.45. Thank you very much.

NEXT CHILDREN'S ROSARY: Sunday evening, February 1st, Feast of St Brigid, in Lisdoonvarna Church at 6pm.