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• We welcome into the Christian Family:
  Leon Gary Muldoon who was baptised in Ballyote on Aug 25th 2007
  Naoise Eve O Dowd O Rourke who was baptised in Ballymote on Aug 26 2007
  Alanah Sadbh O Dowd O Rourke who received Batismal Ceremonies in Ballymote on Aug 26 2007.
  We congratulate their parents and godparents.

• We offer our congratulations to Anthony MichaelO Doherty and Ruth O Dowd, London who were married in Ballymote on Aug 25th 2007.

• The Harvest Collection for the upkeep of the Priests of the Parish is being taken up at all Masses this weekend. We thank you for all your generosity in the past.

• Congratulations to Ballymote MixedTag Rugby Team who won Bronze Medals in the All Ireland Finals last weekend in Mosney. Congrats also to their manager, Michael Mc Morrow and his team of mentors and helpers.

• FR. James Mc Donagh will attend the sick of the parish on Thursday of the coming week.

• School Opening Times for Knockminna Ns and Ballymote NS will be Mon 3 Sept 2007.

• The Annual Mass for the Dead will take place in the New Kilmorgan Cemetery on Sundaynext Sept 9th at 10am. (It will replace the usual 10am Mass in Doo church.

• The Vincentian AnnualPilgrimage to Knock takes place on Sat. Sept 9th with Rosary and novena at 2.20pm. COncelebrated Mass at 3pm.

• Fr. Tom Hogan of the World Mercy Fund has written to ask for support in Funding projects aimed at the poor tespecially in Tanzania. Donations to World Mercy fund, TRC House, Dundrum Road, Dublin 14.

• Pilgrimage to Assisi-Rome: This pilgrimage takes place from Fri Oct 26 to Fri Nov 2 es Dublin with JWT. 3 nights in Assisi and 4 nights in Rome. Spiritual leader Fr. Joe Caulfield. Contact Marion Maloney 087-2112555. A previous similiar tour had to be cancelled.

• An afternoon of music and reflection 3pm - 6ppm will be held at the Galilee Community Tintagh, Boyle on Sunday Sept 9th 2007.

• Collooney Parish Bingo will be held in Collooney Parish Hall on Thursday nights starting Thurs June 7th at 9pm. Books €10. All welcome.

• A cluster of 5 Catholic parishes in this area will come together for a series of 5 weekly Inter-Parish Meetings starting on Tues Sept 23rd 2003 and ending on Tues 28th Oct.2003. The parishes are Ballymote, Keash, Bunninaden, Gurteen and Ballaghadereen. The general theme is "Our parish - Preparing for the Future" ( see Reflection page).It is important that we have a good representation of parishioners and a good cross-section of age groups present at these meetings. You are invited then to come and express what you feel are the needs or your parish community - now and into the future.

• The Second Meeting of the Five Parish Cluster took place on Tuesday last and once again it drew a very large attendance. The focus was on Christ's vision of church and community as outlined in the Gospels. Then we asked how this vision may inspire us once again in our search to respond to the needs of people in today's world.
  The next meeting will look at "Parish" and examine how Parish life at various levels may be fostered and strengthened. You are very welcome to join us for this coming Meeting in the Coach House Hotel on Tuesday Oct. 7 from 8 pm - 10 pm. Hopefully you will find some new food ffor thought, reflection and action at every meeting you are able to attend.

• Our third Meeting again drew a large attendance. It focused on Parish - parish as we have known it and as it is likely to develop into the future. Our next meeting will reflect on our Baptismal calling - what it means for us as individuals and as members of the Christian community. We look forward to your insights once again.

• Getting Married in Rome? Log on to www.irishcollege.orgThe website of the Irish College in Rome. Wedding dates for 2002 & 2003 are available here. You will find information on both civil and church requirements as well as information on videos, photographs, Papal blessings and audience and lots more.

• Mart:

• GAA:

• Ladies GAA:

• Golf:

• Handball:

• Ballymote Celtic:

• Ballymote Boxing Club:

• Corran Athletics Club:

• Ballymote Snooker Club:

• Mrs Olive Braiden, formerly Olive Egan, O'Connell Street, Ballymote, has recently retired after a highly successful ten-year stint as Director of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. Olive was educated in the Convent of Mercy N.S. Ballymote, St. Mary's Secondary School, Ballymote and U.C.D.

• You are asked to observe silence and reverence in church at all times and to show respect for the house of God. Keep your conversations until you leave the church.

• Ballymote Station
  Ring freephone: 1800 638 638 for train times if ticket office is closed.

• A Website has been set up by Fr. Aquinas Duffy, Dublin, for missing persons. The address is: www.missing.ws
  Posters for display may be downloaded.

• Are you an unattached Catholic seeking new friends or perhaps looking for someone special? Why not join the Catholic Unattached Directory? It is run by Practising Catholics for Practising Catholics. For a free information pack ring Dublin: 01-283 7888 or write to : The Catholic Unattached Directory, 10 Lower Abbey Street, (Freepost (F2046), Dublin 1. Or visit the web pages at: www.cathud.com
  The object of the Directory is to help unattached practising Catholics to find and meet one another and to foster friendships and marriages between them. There are now 1,600 members and over 80 marriages already and many more in the pipeline.

• Support Group, WEAVE, is a confidence building group for women who have left abusive relationships. WEAVE is a free 20 week course, one evening per week. Help with childcare costs available. Commencement is Oct 18th. Supported by NWHB. If interested contact Gill Brehony, Perry's or Bridie Colleran for application form. Women's aid Freephone: 1800-341-900.

• Counselling Services.
  Counselling helps people resolve difficulties in relationships. People come to counselling for a variety of reasons: they may be experiencing problems in relating in the family, in their marriage or in the workplace' they may be coping with bereavement,loss, illness or they may be physically or sexually abused. Some people come because they want to improve the quality of their relationships.
  Counselling for individuals, couples and families is available at the Family Institute, at its new location in Pound Street, Ballaghaderreen ( beside the Cathedral Car Park).
  Mondays to Fridays, 9.30 - 5.30 pm. For appointments contact: Ethna O'Grady, Tel: 097-61000

  Counselling for individuals, couples and families is also available in the Presbytery, Ballaghaderreen and in the old Parochial House, Tubbercurry: Thursdays and Fridays 9.30 - 5.30 pm. For appointments contact: Phyllis Kilcoyne, 0907-61250.

• Ballymote Web Page.
  If you would like to send a short message to your friends( who are not on the internet), or seek your relatives past and present; send your greetings through the e-mail address: jhiggins@eircom.net

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'Father, may you support us all day long, till the shadows lengthen and evening falls, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done: then in your mercy grant us a safe lodging, a holy rest, and peace at last. We ask this through Christ our Lord.'

Some Catholic Web sites.

www.irishcollege.org

www.catholiccommunications.ie

www.veritas.ie

www.ferns.it

http://achonrydiocese.org/ballymote.htm

www.stnathys.com/

www.knock-shrine.ie

Carraroe Church, Sligo

Castlebar Parish

Parish of Riverstown,Gleann, & Sooey, Co. Sligo

Episcopal Commission for Irish Emigrants

Archdiocese of Tuam

The Columban website

http://ic.net/~erasmus

www.jesuit.ie/prayer

www.catholic.net/

www.theology.ie

Andrew Greeley

Rathcormac Parish, Cloyne

St Mark's Springfield

The Jesuit sponsored: www.sacredspace.ie is a site for words of comfort and compassion. For those looking for a few moments reflection as they sit before the computer I can heartily recommend Sacred Space. For others who wish to access a thought of meditation based on the Sunday readings:www.staudeons.dublindiocese.ie

If you want to access Church documents, even before they are published, try: www.vatican.va This is a window on the Vatican and includes recent documents and the text of Papal audiences. For those who are looking for accurate information on the teaching of the Church try: www.catholic-pages.com

www.cwn.com a comprehensice Catholic news service by subscription.

Of interest may be:www.catholic-ministries.com/retreats - news of retreats throughout the country. www.jubileeireland.com is celebrating the 2000 anniversary of the birth of Christ. A good site for those wanting to know more about scripture comes from Fr. Tom Lane at: www.frtommylane.ie

The Dublin Diocese web site also has good links that are a help to searching: www.dublindiocese.ie

A new Irish site on the web helps couples prepare for a Catholic wedding.
www.gettingmarried.ie gives a guide to the ceremony and special tips for choosing reading, prayers and music. The website also has stories and experiences of couples, an online bookshop and lots more.

LINKS:
Community Games Sligo: www.communitygames.ie
Ballymote Golf Club: www.ballymotegolfclub.com

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