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YOUR PRAYERS ARE REQUESTED
Eileen Gibbons, Lisduff, Claremorris – Aunt of Anne Hosty,
Lavallyroe.
May she rest in peace.
Sincere thanks
for your very generous support of the Church.
ADVENT-A TIME OF WAITING
An Advent Retreat conducted
by Fr.John Finn M.S.C will take place in St.Patricks Church Cloonfad
from Dec 11 to 14th. Starting
with Rosary at 7.30pm Thursday evening followed by Mass & Healing
Prayers at 8pm. Friday
12noon Mass – Fr. will be available to visit in Sacristy after Mass.
Frdiay 8pm – Penitential Service for Christmas
Saturday 8.15pm – Mass & Homily
Sunday 11am – Mass & Homily.
PRAYER MEETING
NO
Prayer Meeting in the Community Centre this week.
Prayer Group will lead us in rosary in Church on Thursday night
at 7.30pm to start our Advent Retreat.
CHRISTMAS LIGHTING
The Christmas Lights will be officially turned on in Cloonfad
village on Sunday evening December 7th at 5pm at the
Cross-Roads. All the
community are invited to come together to celebrate this joyful
occasion.
CLOONFAD F.C.
Sunday Dec 7th –
Div 1.
St.John Ath –v- Cloonfad ‘B’.
Kick Off 11am in Lecarrow. Premier
Div. Cloonfad Utd –v- Ballinasloe Town. Kick off 2pm in Cloonfad.
Well done to the U-16 side who are through to the Cup Final.
They face Roscommon Town in the Final on December 20th.
25th Anniversary night out in Flatleys on Sunday
December 28th. Tickets
on sale now.
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
St.Vincent De Paul annual church gate collection will be taken up
this weekend. Thanking you for your support.
CHRISTMAS BINGO
The Dunmore Community School Parent’s Council are holding their
Christmas Bingo on Sunday 7th December at 3pm in Archbishop
Donnellan Sports Centre. Excellent
prizes, please support.
25 DRIVE
A monster 25 Card drive in aid of St.Lukes Hospital Dublin will be
held in Claremorris Town Hall on Wednesday December 10th at
8.30pm. Big cash prizes
with lots of spot prizes and raffle prizes.
CLOONFAD CEMETERY PRAYER MEETING
We are planning on having a Prayer Recital by Fr.Tom in Cloonfad
Cemetery on Wed 24th Dec (Christmas Eve) at 5pm.
The plan is to have a candle lamp lighting on each grave before
prayers commence. Candle
Lamps will be on sale in the local shops prior to this date.
We are asking people to purchase a candle lamp and put it on the
grave for this special evening of prayer.
We hope you will support our idea and come to the cemetery at the
above time. Hopefully we
can make this an annual event. We
are having a Cemetery Meeting in Cloonfad Community Centre on Tuesday
9th Dec at 9.30pm.
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At the official switching on of the Christmas
lights in Cloonfad on Sunday last a large crowd gathered to watch Vincent
and Nell Prendergast Pollinalty, throw the switch. A surprise guest
appeared on the scene in the form of Santa Clause who just happened to be
passing. Pat Carney's horse and buggy was a convenient mode of transport
while Santa mingled with the children and as the picture shows a few older
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YOUR PRAYERS
ARE REQUESTED
Frank
Murray, Glenamaddy – Brother of Molly Keane.
May
he rest in peace.
WEEKLY OFERING
Sincere thanks for
your very generous support of the Church.
PRAYER MEETING
Prayer Group
meet in the Community Centre on Thursday at 8pm. All are welcome.
Christmas Cemetery Prayer
Evening
Please note the Candle Lamps will be on sale in Costcutters and
O'Malleys from Monday evening Dec.15th for the Cemetery prayer evening
on Dec.24th at 4.30pm. |
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News and Sport |
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21st Dec. 2003
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| At the end of the special retreat in Cloonfad Fr.
John Finn, Fr. Tom and Sr. Bernadine give a blessing to each another.
The retreat extended over four nights ending with mass and a homily from
Fr. Finn on Sunday morning. Fr. John comes from Clare but has made
his home in San Antonio, Texas. |
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YOUR PRAYERS ARE REQUESTED FOR
Barney Crinnigan,
Tullahgane, Granlahan. May
he rest in Peace.
PRAYER
MEETING
Next Prayer meeting in
the Community Centre on Thursday Jan 8th at
8.00pm.
CLOONFAD UTD
25th
Anniversary celebrations in Flatleys Lounge on Sunday Dec 28th.
Tickets now on sale. The
club wishes all in the community a Happy Christmas.
NATIVITY PLAY
The pupils from
Cloonfad N.S. will perform the Nativity play on this Sunday at 2.00pm.
All are welcome.
KILTULLAGH/BALLINLOUGH HOSPICE
SUPPORT GROUP
Will be holding their
AGM on Mon 22nd Dec at 8pm in O’Connors Lounge,
Ballinlough. This will be
followed by the drawing of the Christmas Raffle.
Old/new members welcome. May
we thank you for all your support and wish you a happy and peaceful
Christmas.
IRISH EPILIPSEY ASSOCIATION
Church gate collection
is taking place next weekend Sat & Sun 27th and 28th
Dec.
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