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        PARISH OF LISDOONVARNA, KILSHANNY, TOOVAHERA, DOOLIN. May 2/3, 2026.

Oh Mary we crown thee with roses today, Queen of the Angels and Queen of the May .

Fr. Robert Mc Namara PP, 065 7074142, 087 0949030 lisdoonpp@galwaydiocese.ieLisdoonvarnaparish.ie

CORPUS CHRISTI, LISDOONVARNA 10am: Julie Fitzgerald, 2nd anniversary. Deceased of the Fitzpatrick and King families of Fernhill and Clifden, including Pap, Noel, and Stephanie from Lisdoonvarna.

Next week: John Petty. Tom and Judy Mc Keen and deceased members of the Mc Keen and Davoren families. Patrick Mc Namara, 4th anniversary.

Our recently deceased: Luke Howley, Kathleen Arkins, Pauline Mee, Micheal Kinnane, Breid Fitzpatrick, John Kelleher, Frances O' Reilly. Saturday evening 7pm Masses in May:

2nd in Doolin: Sandra O' Brien, Month's Mind and her grandmother Madge Gallagher, Donegal. Breda Cullinan. Sean and Christina Sharry, Boston USA. Patrick and Teresa Sharry, Boherbue. Josephine and Paddy Moloney. Daniel and Katie O' Leary, Boherbue. Deceased members of the O' Leary family, Knockeaven, and the Considine family, Caherbarna. Bridie Browne, Doonagore.

9th in Kilshanny: Michael Fitzgerald, Smithstown. Gus and Mary-Ellen Droney.

16th in Toovahera: Sean, Nora, Tommy, and Christy Donnellan, Ballyconnoe north.

DOOLIN NATION SCHOOL PARENTS' COMMITTEE will hold a church gate collection Saturday evening, May 2nd.

VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD IN OUR DIOCESE: Please pray for and encourage everyone to find their vocation in life, but especially for vocations to priesthood in our diocese. Fr. Ian O' Neill, our Vocations Director, is holding a vocations afternoon on Sunday, May 10th, for men who think that Jesus may be calling them to the priesthood. Why not? Of course Jesus could be calling you! Check it out with myself or Fr. Ian on 087 2048497, or at priesthood@clonfertgalway.ie "Come and See" Vocations afternoon in Maynooth this Saturday, May 2nd to explore a call to the priesthood. Contact carol.king@vocations.ie

SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION: on Saturdays before 5pm Mass in Lahinch.

THANK YOU FOR LAST WEEK'S COLLECTION: €760.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION: congratulations and blessings to the children from the parish who receive Jesus their Eucharistic Lord and best friend for the first time this weekend, as food for the journey of life. Thank you to their families, teachers, SNA's, and all who have prepared them. I encourage their parents to renew their commitment to the promise they made at their Baptism to bring them up in the practice of the faith. With the world the way it is at the moment, God knows, faith in the Good Lord is all we've got!

CHILDERN'S ROSARY: this Sunday evening at 6pm in Corpus Christi Church, Lisdoonvarna. A lovey way to continue the First Holy Communion celebrations in the company of Jesus' mammy!

ALL-IRELAND ROSARY RALLY IN KNOCK: Saturday, June 6th. A great day out for all ages. See allirelandrosaryrally.com To book your seat on the bus, contact Lourda on 087 2237191.

BURREN SLOW FOOD FESTIVAL: the Pavilion, Lisdoonvarna, Sunday, May 10th.

THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR LADY'S HOLY ROSARY: Sr. Lucia of Fatima said that there's no problem, however intractable, that cannot be solved by praying the rosary, and in Medjugorje, Our Lady said that the rosary can even stop wars. Wouldn't it be a lovely thing if, for the month of May, we committed as families to praying one decade of the rosary every night for world peace? I have no doubt that it would have a powerful effect.

A little pair of rosary beads, as plain as plain can be, but only God in heaven knows how dear they are to me. I have them always with me at every step I take, at evening when I slumber, at morn when I awake. In bright and cloudy weather, in sunshine or in rain, in happiness or sorrow, in pleasure or in pain. It helps me in my struggle, it reproves me when I sin, its look of gentle patience rebukes the strife within. In days of pain and anguish, the greatest help I knew was to hold on to my rosary beads, until I calmer grew.