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3rd March 2002

BINGO
A ‘Monster Bingo’ session will be held in Cloonfad Community Centre on Sunday March 3^rd at 3pm. This is a Fund-Raising event to offset the costs of organising the St.Patrick's Day Parade. The 3 Taxi-Services in the area has kindly agreed to give their services Free on the day.
GOLF FOR ADULTS
An introductory session for beginners and improvers will be held in Ballyhaunis Golf Club on Saturday March 9^th at 2pm. All welcome.
NEWSPAPER TOKENS
Cloonfad National School pupil’s are collecting tokens from the Irish Independent and Sunday Independent for a free Digital camera. Your help would be gratefully appreciated. Please give tokens to school pupils or put in a collection box in Straters.
CLOONFAD UNITED F.C.
Roscommon Cup 1^st Round on Sunday March 3^rd. Cloonfad –vs- Skyvalley Rovers. Kick-off at 2pm in Cloonfad. Please support

PRAYER MEETING

For the next 3 weeks – Life in the Spirit Seminars

Venue: St.Patrick's Church, Cloonfad

Date/Time: 8pm Thursday March 7^th

Seminars: A means of helping you understand the Christian Life or deepen your Life in Christ.

How: Prayer, Talk on different theme each week. Testimony on how people experience the Lord.

Who: A team within the Archdiocese of Tuam coordinated by Sr. Anne Maria O’Shaughnessy.

Question: Are you looking for something more in Life? Will you allow yourself time/space to spend one/two hours in prayer, listening and experiencing the Love, Power and Joy of the Risen Christ.

Everyone is welcome. Come and see, hear and understand.

News & Sports

10th March 2002

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Edel McGuire, Ballykilleen and James Hayden, Tibohine, Fairymount who get married in the Irish College Rome on Monday March 11^th. We wish them a lifetime of health and happiness.
PASTORAL COUNCIL
There will be a meeting of the Pastoral Council on Wednesday March 13^th at 9pm.
MAGAZINE COMMITTEE
Meeting will take place on Tuesday March 12^th at 9pm in Community Centre.
ST. PATRICKS DAY PARADE
The St.Patrick’s Day parade will commence at 3pm on Sunday March 17^th. The parade will start coming from Dunmore side of the village. A meeting regarding the parade will take place on Monday night March 11^th at 9pm in the Community Centre. All those willing to help out on the day are invited to attend to finalise plans. The organising committee would like to thank everybody that helped or supported the very successful fund-raising Bingo that took place last weekend.
A MOVING EXPERIENCE
Enter into the drama of Holy Week by experiencing the Passion Play in the grounds of Ballintubber Abbey on Monday 25^th, Tuesday 26^th & Wednesday 27^th March at 9pm. The drama lasts for one hour. This is the 14^th year of production and it is a worthwhile way to commence Holy Week.
CLOONFAD UTD. F.C.
Cloonfad Utd –v- Roscommon Town on Sunday March 10^th. Kick off 2pm in Cloonfad. Please support.
RE-CYCLING BINS
council have provided re-cycling bins in the car park. Green/Brown/Clear glass bottles and jars can be re-cycled. These must be clean with caps/corks removed. Drink cans must be crushed (no food cans). The Mid-Connaught Environmental Concern Group urge people to use this facility to help protect our environment.

PRAYER MEETING

For the next 2 weeks – Life in the Spirit Seminars

Venue: St.Patrick's Church, Cloonfad

Date/Time: 8pm Thursday March 14^th

Seminars: A means of helping you understand the Christian Life or deepen your Life in Christ.

How: Prayer, Talk on different theme each week. Testimony on how people experience the Lord.

Who: A team within the Archdiocese of Tuam coordinated by Sr. Anne Maria O’Shaughnessy.

Question: Are you looking for something more in Life? Will you allow yourself time/space to spend one/two hours in prayer, listening and experiencing the Love, Power and Joy of the Risen Christ.

Everyone is welcome. Come and see, hear and understand.

News and Sports

17th March 2002

ST. PATRICKS DAY PARADE
The St.Patrick’s Day parade will commence at 3pm sharp on Sunday March 17^th. Best wishes to the organising committee and the participants in the Parade, hope everybody has an enjoyable day. Please support.
CLOONFAD UTD. F.C.
Premier Division – Cloonfad Utd –v- Roscommon Town on Sunday March 17th. Kick off 2pm in Cloonfad. Division 1 – Ballymoe F.C. –v- Cloonfad Utd ‘B’. Kick off 2pm in Ballymoe. Please support.
CONNAUGHT PTAA AFTERNNON OF PRAYER
Connaught PTAA annual afternoon of prayer in the Blessed Sacrement Chapel Knock on Palm Sunday March 24^th from 3 to 6pm.

HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY EVERYBODY

BEANNACHTAI NA FEILE PADRAIG

We extend St. Patrick’s Day greetings to all our Parishioners. I hope you enjoy the National Feast Day. We extend a warm ‘Failte’ to any member of your families that have come to spend the week-end with you, I hope they enjoy their stay. May the message of St.Patrick brought to our Country continue to flourish among our people. God’s blessings on all of you.

‘Dochas Linn Naomh Padraig’.

PRAYER MEETING

Final week – Life in the Spirit Seminar

Venue: St.Patrick's Church, Cloonfad

Date/Time: 8pm Thursday March 21^st

9.30pm Mass for Prayer Group

Everyone is welcome.

News and Sports

24th March 2002

Unveiling of the statue of St. Patrick Cloonfad, 17th March 2002

St. Patrick's Day was indeed the appropriate day for the unveiling of the statue of St. Patrick outside the church in Cloonfad. Fr. Tommie Cummins performed the ceremony, the blessing of the statue and the reciting of prayers. The choir was present and a large number of the local people gathered to witness the event. Fr. Tommie thanked all involved and recounted the experience of locating the statue in west Galway in a derelict state and having it brought to Cloonfad for restoration to its original glory. He also spoke of the people involved from the carrying of the statue to the restoration itself, painting and installation to its present site. This was the beginning to a day which was to witness the biggest crowd ever to gather in Cloonfad.

Cloonfad's First Ever St. Patrick's Parade

Peoples first reaction to the first ever St. Patrick's parade in Cloonfad was nothing short of amazement. The preparation for this event was merely six weeks earlier. Speaking to Rose Miskell, she declared that the idea was first mentioned in the pub and from there it grew to fruition

There was a marked excitement and enthusiasm in the village especially on the Saturday before the parade when groups of locals came out to clean up the village and erect bunting and flags.

The parade was led by none other than St. Patrick himself and the Cloonfad Utd. Mayor Sean Corcoran. In all there were forty three groups represented in the parade. Due to start at 3pm, the organisers did not disappoint. The show commenced at 3.10pm and rolled down the main street to turn off to the Williamstown road having passed the inspection stand at the cross-roads.

Johnny Moran had the responsibility of giving a running commentary while the judges were Michael McGreal, Councilor, and Mary Beades of the Roscommon GAA ladies team. Who would have thought that such a huge gathering would be seen in Cloonfad? The rain as constant as it was did not dampen the high spirits of those involved.

Three prizes were awarded to the most imaginative floats. These went to Tom Shannon for "Anaerobic Digester". Second prize to "Uncivil Defence" and the third prize went to "Six on Tour". The third prize members consisted of Sharon Costello, Tara Harvey, Heather Melia, Paula Jennings, Gerard Fagan and Ian Kelly.

Needless to say the day did not end just at this point. The community centre was open to the children for some entertainment and the pubs were awash with people.
Rose Miskell and her committee are to be commended for the forethought of having such an event and for having the organisational skills to pull it off. The people of the community are to be congratulated for their efforts in bringing about such a fete for without the community good-will it could not have achieved success. CONGRATULATIONS ALL.

PRAYER MEETING
There won’t be any prayer meeting on Holy Thursday night. Prayer Group praying in the church after reposition of the Blessed Sacrament on Holy Thursday night. Prayer meeting resumes as usual on April 4^th at 8.15pm in the Community Centre. The Cloonfad Prayer Group would like to thank anybody that helped in anyway and participated in the ‘Life in the Spirit’ seminars during the past seven weeks.
PASSION PLAY
Passion Play in the Grounds of Ballintubber Abbey on Mon, Tue, Wed March 25,26,27 at 9pm. The drama lasts for one hour. It is a worthwhile way to commence Holy Week
The Bone Marrow & Leukaemia Collection will be taken up at all masses in the Parish this weekend.
CLOONFAD NATIONAL SCHOOL
Cloonfad N.S. closes for the Easter holidays on Wednesday next at 12noon and re-opens on Monday April 8^th. We hope you all enjoy your break.
TROCAIRE BOXES
Please return your Trocaire Boxes for the Lenten Campaign to the Church from Holy Thursday onwards.
ST. PATRICKS STATUE
Sincere thanks to anybody that helped in any way from our first day in Clifden (Nov 2001) to the unveiling of the statue on St.Patrick’s Day 2002, to its rightful position in the Church grounds – it was a real community effort – a lasting monument to your efforts for the Cloonfad Church.
ST. PATRICKS DAY PARADE
The committee would like to thank anybody that took part, helped or who just came to support the parade last Sunday. It was a wonderful day for the community. A day that will be remembered for years to come. Well done to everybody.
THANKS
I would like to acknowledge the very kind donation of a set of vestments to the Church during the week from a family in the Parish that wish to remain anonymous.
COMMUNITY CENTRE
A meeting of the Community Centre committee will take place on Wed March 27 at 9pm. New members are welcome.
CROSS COUNTRY SUCCESS
Well done to Cloonfad N.S. pupils Darren O’Malley, Jason Brennan and Eugene Stritch who came 2^nd, 5^th and 9^th in a field of over thirty runners in the Roscommon Community Games cross-country held in Boyle last week. Darren and Jason have qualified for the All-Ireland Finals in Mosney, while Eugene’s performance helped his team Kiltullagh to a silver medal in the Team event.

News & Sports

31st. March 2002

Dangerous building is removed

I'm sure most of you traveling on the Cloonfad to Ballyhaunis road will recognise the building above situated at Gurrane Ballyhaunis. It has been the cause and focal point of a number of motor accidents over a number of years. Great efforts have been made by local residents and the County Council to have it removed. Not least among the officials involved was Councilor John Cribbin who informed us that the site would be cleared on Monday, and indeed it was. The image above shows the leveling commence at 10.30 am on Monday last. By evening the entire building was in rubble and the road widened a little. The foundations, of what appears to be a replacement, are in place within a few feet from the edge of the road.

Kiltullagh Mentally Handicapped Association
The results of the monthly draw for January to March of this year are hereunder.

January:- Lorraine Mitchell €40, John Green €30, Rachel Birmingham €20, Catherine Ford €20, Amy Naughton €20, Peggy Henly €20 and the following received €10, Linda Mulryan, India Costello, Phil Kelly, Emer O’Malley, Karina McCarthy, Dermot Winston, Brendan Cregg, Bernadette Burke and Kitty Fitzgerald.

February:- John Quinn €40, Kitty Murphy €30, John Pa Burke €20, Peter Quinn €20, Eugene Burke €20, Avril Regan €20 and the following received €10, Tommy Forrester, Dolly Hussey, Joe Murphy, Peter Connolly,Noreen Costello, Patricia Brown, James Healey, Bridie Hussey and Anne Sloyan.

March:- John Pa Burke €40, Delia Mullarkey €30, Paddy Jennings €20, Peter Quinn €20, Noreen Costello €20, Maria Dullaghan €20 and the following received €10, Peter Leonard, John Maloney, Kathleen Lyons, Beatrice Flemming, Margaret McGuire, Bridie Mulvihill, Michelle McDermott, Noreen Kelly and Carmel Cafferty.
Congratulation to all concerned.

CLOONFAD UTD. F.C.
Premier Division – Skyvalley Rovers –v- Cloonfad on Sunday March 31st. Kick off 2pm in Taughmaconnell. Cloonfad require just 8points from there remaining 4 games to win the Championship. Division 1 – Cloonfad Utd ‘B’ –v- Ballymoe F.C. Kick off 2pm in Cloonfad. A win is needed to avoid relegation. Please support.

CONGRATULATIONS
Congrats to John Cummins, Mountdelvin on winning the Roscommon Sportstar of the year in Boxing for 2001.

WELL DONE
Well done to all involved in the planning, organising and taking part in the ‘Sli na Slainte’ walk in Cloonfad on Good Friday. Happy, safe and healthy walking!

TROCAIRE BOXES
Would those who have Trocaire Boxes to hand in, please hand them in whenever possible. Thank You.

PRAYER MEETING
Prayer Group meet in the Community Centre on Thursday at 8.15pm. All are welcome.

GRATEFUL THANKS
We wish to thank all who have enhanced the Liturgies during the Easter Ceremonies and all who helped throughout the year – Choirs, Readers, Altar Servers, Eucharist Ministers, Sacristan, Pastoral Council, Church Care Group, Collectors, Prayer Group, Teachers, FAS Scheme, Newsletter, and all that help in the running of the Church.

BONE MARROW & LEUKAEMIA COLLECTION
The Bone Marrow & Leukaemia Collection taken up last weekend amounted to €393.16. Thanks to the Collectors and to all who supported the collection.

GOLF FOR ADULTS
An introductory session for beginners and improvers will be held in Ballyhaunis Golf Club on Saturday April 6^th at 2pm. All welcome.

HAPPY EASTER EVERYBODY