Parish Newsletter
June 1/2
Parish
The Parish of Lisdoonvarna, Kilshanny, Doolin & Toovahera
Author
Very Rev. Robert McNamara PP
Mass Offerings
Holy Mass is celebrated daily at 9:30am in Corpus Christi Church, Lisdoonvarna, except for Wednesdays at 7pm. There is no 9:30am Mass the morning of a funeral. The Wednesday evening Mass is preceded by a Medjugorje-style holy hour of Adoration of Jesus in the most Blessed Sacrament, beginning at 6pm with Our Lady’s Holy Rosary, and ending just before Mass with traditional benediction and individual blessings with the Blessed Sacrament. This is a lovely quiet oasis of prayer at mid-week.
Our Lady of Lourdes, Toovahera 5pm: Dorothy Rode nee O’Connell, USA and Lisdoonvarna
St. Augustine’s, Kilshanny 7pm: pro populo. NEXT WEEK: Paul Hynes, Smithstown.
Holy Rosary, Doolin 10am: John Guerin, Month’s Mind.
Corpus Christi, Lisdoonvarna, 11:30am: Michael Williams, Month’s Mind. Julie Fitzgerald,Month’s Mind. John (2nd anniversary) and Mary (birthday remembrance)McCarthy. Patrick Vaughan, Rooska, and deceased family members. Mary Elizabeth French, nee Lafferty.
Our recently deceased: James Leahy, Mountbellew, Co. Galway, brother of Bernie Cosgrove.
Parish News
Thank you for last week’s collection: €1296.
Congratulations: to St. Augustine’s National School community, Kilshanny, on the opening of their new astro-turf pitch by Fr. Robert, and congratulations to St. Enda’s National School community, Lisdoonvarna, on the opening of their new classroom by Kathleen Gibbons.
Thank you from the Pro-Life campaign for your collection of euro 665. May we always continue to defend the most defenseless of all: the unborn baby in the womb.
Fanore Catholic Family week: 7th-13th of July, Fanore campsite.Prayer-meeting starts at 11am daily, followed by times of daily activities:Adoration, family football, holy Mass.
Interesting news for our young people and others: last week, Pope Francis announced that we are on track for the canonization of the first saint to use an iPhone: Blessed Carlo Acutis. A young Italian lad, Carlo passed away in 2006 aged only 15, but what goodness and holiness he packed into that short time! Here are some of his memorable sayings: “Everyone starts out as an original; what a pity that so many people end up as photocopies! God has written a unique story for each of us, but we have the freedom to write the conclusion.” Carlo just loved to spend time with Jesus really present in the Blessed Sacrament and described the Eucharist as his “highway to heaven.” He even designed a website describing Eucharistic miracles world-wide. But he also believed that the flip side of love of God is love of neighbour, spending a lot of time caring for the poor and the troubled.