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PARISH OF LISDOONVARNA, KILSHANNY, TOOVAHERA, DOOLIN. September 26/27, 2026.

Fr. Robert McNamara, PP, 065 7074142, 087 0949030

lisdoonpp@galwaydiocese.ie

Lisdoonvarnaparish.ie

Corpus Christi, Lisdoonvarna, 10am: John Vaughan, First Anniversary. Thomas and Catherine Mc Gavin and their daughter Nancy McGavin-Palmer.

Daily Masses are booked on condition that they may have to be moved in the event of a funeral. Thank you for your understanding and flexibility.

Welcome to all our September visitors. We hope you have an enjoyable, refreshing, and safe time.

Saturday evening 7pm Masses in October:

Doolin 3rd: Patrick, Mary-Jane, Patrick Jnr, and John McDonagh; Glasha; Kevin and Mary McDermott; and Bee and Stephen Considine. Paddy and Margaret O'Neill. Denis Hogan. Peter and Tess O' Toole. Kitty and Tommy 'O'Brien, baby Katie, and family deceased, Doonmacphelim. Paddy and Teresa O' Donoghue. John and Margaret Cooney. Gussie, Eileen, and Roisin MacMahon, Lough. Paddy Nagle, 9th anniversary. Dora and Willie Shannon, Ballyvara. Agnes and Paddy Williams, Ballyvara. Mary and Thomas Crawford, Carnane.

Kilshanny 10th: Tom 'O'Leary, Caheramore. John and Nora Tierney, Ballytarsna, and deceased family members.

Toovahera 17th: John Whelan, Phyllis McNamara. Roisin, Tadhg, and Daithi Considine, and their grandad Michael.

Thank you for last week's collection: 775.

Please pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the diocesan gathering for Parish Councils on October 10th.

Speakers from the National Apostolate of Adoration will speak at Masses on the weekend of November 7/8 with the aim of refreshing and enhancing Adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament in the parish.

St. Enda's National School Parents' Association will take up a church gate collection today.

Harvest Dues: thank you for your offerings. The harvest dues, along with the November, Christmas, and Easter dues, comprise the priest's salary. He does not have access to the weekly collection, which goes towards the maintenance of the four parish churches. Recently, for example, we paid almost 10K for insurance.

WORLD YOUTH DAY 2027 will be in Seoul, South Korea, from July 27-August 12th. If you're interested in going, contact Fr. Declan Lohan on dlohan@clonfertgalway.ie it's for those aged 18-30.

NEXT CHILDRENS' ROSARY: Sunday, October 4th, 6pm, Corpus Christi Church, Lisdoonvarna.

NORTH CLARE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: A focal point for a community for 180 years—St. Columba's Church, Clouna, 1846-2026, by Martin Barry on Monday, September 28th, Courthouse Gallery, 8pm.

VINTAGE TRACTOR FEST: the Pavilion, Sunday, October 4th, 11am.

SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION: Thursday, April 8th, 2027, 11am, Corpus Christi Church, Lisdoonvarna.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION:

St. Enda's National School, Lisdoonvarna: Sunday, May 2nd, 2027, at 10am, in Corpus Christi Church.

St. Augustine's National School, Kilshanny: Saturday, May 8th, 2027, at 11am in St. Augustine's Church. No evening Mass that day.

Doolin National School: Saturday, May 1st, 2027, at 11am in Holy Rosary Church, Doolin. No evening Mass that day.

It is expected that parents would remember the promise they made at their little ones' Baptisms to bring them up in the practice of the faith by attending holy Mass weekly, as required by the Church. To miss our weekly Mass is gravely sinful, because to do so deprives us and others of time spent with the Lord, praising and thanking Him for all His gifts, and asking for His grace and strength to handle this challenging world, grace and strength which come only from the Lord and Our Lady's intercession.