MARTIN MC GINN - Sunday, 10th June 2018

Pobal Parish Newsletter

Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - 10th June 2018

Priest: Fr. John Halton, Parochial House, Tempo | Telephone: 895 41344.

Sunday Masses

Tempo

11.00am Sunday morning

Cradien

9.30am Sunday morning

Eucharistic Ministers:

Tempo: Sun 17th June: David Wilson & Catherine Gallagher.

Cradien: Sun 17th June: Eugene Campbell.

Mass Servers:

Tempo: Week Beginning 10th June: Ben McQuaid & Ebhan Mallon

Week Beginning 17th June:

Cradien: Week Beginning 10th June: Seamus & Michael Cleary, James Moore, Morgan Leonard.

Week Beginning 17th June: Anna Cox, Ryan Gallagher, Joey & Ruairi McGirr.

Daily Masses: Tempo: Tues 10.00am, Fri 8.00pm. Cradien: Mon 7.00pm, Thurs 9.30am.

Anniversaries:

Tempo:

Sunday 10/06 11.00am M.M.M. John McCusker, Shillanmore.

Friday 8.00pm Frank & Anne McCaffrey, Letterbailey.

Cradien:

Sunday 17/6 9.30am Jimmy & Elizabeth McKeogh, Shankill.

Baptism: We welcome into the Community of Faith—Sophie Lianne Corley—26 Dooneen Road, Toneyglaskin, Tempo- who was baptised in the church of the Immaculate Conception, Tempo on Saturday 2nd June 2018. May her home be filled with love, prayer, happiness, and joy!

World Meeting of Families/21st August 2018: The world meeting of Families begin its meetings on Tuesday 21st August. All families in each Parish in Ireland are asked to come together in the Parish Church or Churches to pray on that evening for the success of these meetings. It is important to note that the numbers already booked for these meetings far surpasses the numbers present at other meetings on the family in other countries. We are encouraged to make this evening an evening of Prayer in a lead up to the Mass to be celebrated on the Sunday by Pope Francis. We are advised by the national organising committee to have the Evening Prayer of the Church on that evening with some extra prayers for the occasion. The Praying of the Psalms is the official prayer of God’s Family in the World. This prayer consists of a hymn, some readings and prayers of the Faithful and the psalms of that particular day. As you know the 150 Psalms in the Bible are a precious legacy we Catholics have inherited from our spiritual ancestors. For three thousand years believers throughout the world have prayed these songs of praise to express to God what was in their hearts, hoping to discover in these prayers their mysterious and longed-- for God. These Psalms were the Daily Prayers of Jesus himself, so praying them is praying the very same words the Son of God used to commune with his Father. Countless Christians have made the psalms a part of their lives. Saints and Martyrs have died with psalms on their lips Basil the great, Cyril of Alexandria, Francis de Sales, Francis Xavier, Teresa of Avila, Thomas a Beckett, and Thomas Moore to name but a few. Charlemagne loved the Psalms, and made sure they were taught in schools, and prided himself on his nickname David who was noted as king to write, and promote the Psalms. Some who attended school here in the parish out in the Glen School studied the psalms and until recently used them in prayer until their death. “The Lord is my Shepherd was a popular one”. We have become familiar with them ourselves since the renewal of the liturgy. The psalms predate the Our Father and were a response to our request—“Teach us to pray”. As we pray the psalms we accomplish the purpose for which we were created-- to praise and to love God our creator. The psalms are prayed by lay people, because they are the prayer of the church. They are also prayed by priests and by people who live in monasteries. When we pray them they will be led by lay people. 1: The choir will lead the singing. 2: Two people will lead the praying of the psalms and all the people will join with them. 3: Someone else will read the Word of God. 4: Then someone else again will pray the prayers of the faithful, and 5: another prayer at the end.

Fundraising Auction: on Saturday 7 July at St Mary’s Community Centre, Tempo. All Livestock, Agricultural, Household, Hardware and Machinery are welcome. If anyone has any Machinery, furniture, cars or other items to sell, the auctioneer will sell them for you for a minimal fee. An array of Leam’s Agricultural Goods will be available on the day. Refreshments will also be available on the day. Contact Ciaran on 07856 369616 for details.

BMG Fitness Class: A new 6 week Circuit programme, commencing 13 June in St Mary’s Community Centre. Classes start on Wed at 7.00pm & Sat at 9.00am. Classes are open to every fitness level. £5.00 per class/£50.00 for 6 weeks course. For more information contact Brendan on 07821 300432 or facebook BMG Fitness.

Blessing of Graves: will take place in Edenmore Cemetery on Sunday 29th July at 12 noon. A collection for the upkeep of the Graveyard will take place at the Graveyard gates. Each family is asked to bring a small bottle of Holy Water and sprinkle their family grave during the ceremony.