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Newsletter

PARISH OF LISDOONVARNA, KILSHANNY, TOOVAHERA, AND DOOLIN. January 31/February 1, 2026

BEANNACHTI LA FHEILE BRIDE Fr. Robert Mc Namara PP, 065 7074142, 087 0949030 lisdoonpp@galwaydiocese.ie Lisdoonvarnaparish.ie

CORPUS CHRISTI, LISDOONVARNA 10am: pro populo

Our recently deceased: Tom Connelly, Church Street, Lisdoonvarna.

No 7pm Mass this Saturday evening, as it's a 5th Saturday.

7pm Saturday evening Masses in February:

7th Doolin: Mary Dunealvy, 13th anniversary. Micho, Packie and Gussie Russell, and deceased family.

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 McNamara, Ballydonoghue.

THANK YOU FOR LAST WEEK'S COLLECTION: €814.

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

WELCOME to our First Communion and Confirmation candidates today.

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.

Children's Rosary this Sunday evening at 6pm, Lisdoonvarna church.

FEAST OF THE PRESENTATION 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, the 3rd. BUS ESCORT NEEDED: contact Doolin National School at doolinns@gmail.com or on 065 7074403. Applicants must be available morning and evening and be Garda vetted. BEST OF LUCK to all facing mock exams.

MASS FOR DECEASED MEMBERS OF FIANNA FAIL: Ennistymon church, Sunday, February 8th, at 12 noon.

SINCERE THANKS: to Cllr. Shane Talty for securing funding for car park lighting for Kilshanny and Clouna churches, and to Cllr Joe Garrihy and John O' Loughlin, Chair, Parish Finance Committee, for securing a 20K grant for repair and replacement of Kilshanny church windows.

HEALING MASS on Wednesday, February 11th, at 7pm in Lisdoonvarna, to mark the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and World Day of Prayer for the Sick.

SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION available before 5pm Mass on Saturday evenings in Lahinch.

RESTRUCTURING AND RENEWAL CONFERENCE for the Bishop and clergy of Galway and Clonfert Dioceses was held last week in Spanish Point. Some members of Parish Pastoral Councils were invited as well, who strongly advocated for PPC members to be much more hands-on, visible, and involved. We had a number of interesting inputs, including one from Fr Tom Hayes, Vicar General of Cork and Ross diocese, on how they implemented a system called "Families of Parishes", administered by teams of priests and lay ministers, run from a single secretarial hub in Clonakilty, using only one newsletter. There are no longer any stand-alone priests or parishes there. A presentation from Fr. Martin Glynn and the Parish Council Chairwoman showed how this model is well-underway in Galway city east. When asked during the ensuing discussion if priests from abroad would be introduced, Bishop Michael said that this is unlikely to happen any time soon, as, first of all, we have to put new structures in place. There would be no point in bringing in priests to prop up a system that is no longer working. Also, many parishes can no longer afford to pay the salaries of two priests.