Parish of St. Ultan BOHERMEEN CORTOWN TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 19TH SEPTEMBER 2021 E-mail:[email protected] www.bohermeenparish.ie Office Tel: 046 907 3805 Fr. Andy Doyle. P.P. Mon-Fri 9.30-1.00

'We are called to be a welcoming caring faith community who bring people to Jesus who sends us out with Good News for all'. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today’s Gospel –I have come to serve by Fr. Silvester O’Flynn OFM Cap. The Irish Catholic

A Church of service By and large, ever since the time of the Acts of the Apostles down to our own time, the Church has been in the forefront of service to people in need, setting up hospitals, schools, feeding the hungry, liberating captives or working for peace. Whenever I am confronted by somebody who wants to see the end of the , I mention some of the charitable organisations serving people today: Vincent de Paul, Focus , Trócaire, Concern, Threshold, Mary’s Meals, Peter McVerry Trust, Simon Community … the list is endless. These and many other agencies of serving have one thing in common: they were all founded by practising Catholics. Is this the Church you want to disappear? Who will replace this variety of Christian service? The vast majority of our charitable organisations were founded by people inspired by Christ’s teaching and example. Pope Francis tells us, “True faith in the incarnate Son of God is inseparable from selfgiving, from membership of the community, from service, from reconciliation with others. The Son of God, by becoming flesh, summoned us to the revolution of tenderness.”

The road to reforming Of course, not everything in Church history has been exemplary. Jesus did warn us that the kingdom would have good crops and dangerous weeds, fish to be taken and fish to be thrown away. There have been many contradictions of the Beatitudes. Wars have been fought in the name of religion, bishops who have lived like princes, a clericalism which exuded an atmosphere of superiority. Hopefully, the forthcoming synods will bring us back to the spirituality of the Beatitudes, our identity card. A motto in Cursillo (meaning a walk with Christ) is “I am here to serve”.

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Finances - Thank You-We wish to acknowledge and thank all those who have sent in their Offerings and weekly envelopes and all those who pay by standing order. This really helps our finances. Thank you for your help. It is greatly appreciated. Offerings can be made by; • leaving your weekly envelopes into the Parish Office. • go online and do a weekly/monthly direct debit to Bank of Ireland, , IBAN IE04 BOFI 903509 8059 7424 BIC BOFIIE2D (please include your box no.) Building Fund €448.00 Priests Offerings €110.00 Offertory Collections: Bohermeen - €220.40 Cortown - €65.40 Boyerstown – €78.20

Tap to Donate- We have a new Tap to Donate facility in Bohermeen Church. It is an easy, secure and confidential way to donate to our parish finances. The limit is set at €5.00.

The Sacrament of Confirmation will take place on Tuesday 21st September at 5.00pm in St. Mary’s Church, Navan. Restrictions remain in place, therefore only the child, parents/guardians and sponsor are permitted to attend. The ceremony can be watched on St. Mary’s webcam. www.navanparish.ie

Congratulations to all the boys and girls receiving the Sacrament of First Communion this weekend.

Thank you to our Societies for decorating the for the ceremonies. Thank you to the children for their donation towards the flowers.

Mass for all our loved ones buried in our local cemeteries will take place on the following dates;

Bohermeen Sunday 3rd October at 11.30am

Cortown Sunday 10th October at 10.00am

Boyerstown Sunday 17th October at 10.00am

Mass Intentions 18th – 26th September 2021

Bohermeen Church Mass every weekday morning at 9.30am (Mon 20th-Tom & Nan Fitzsimons & Alice Fay) Funeral replaces daily Mass. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sat. 18th September- Bohermeen at 11.00am- First Holy Communion for Bohermeen NS Cortown at 6.00pm – Patrick & Mary Ellen Barrett-Ann Mass Bohermeen at 7.15pm-Joe Reilly-1st Anniversary -Marion Flanagan-18th Anniversary

Sun. 19th September- Boyerstown at 10.00am-for the people of the parish Bohermeen at 11.30am-MM-Katelyn Boyle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sat. 25th September- Boyerstown at 6.00pm – for the people of the parish Bohermeen at 7.15pm- Ann Bernadette Deane-1st Anniversary

Sun. 26th September- Cortown at 10.00am – James Gilsenan 3rd anniversary - Thomas, Una & Eamon Loughran-Ann. Mass Bohermeen at 11.30am- Peter Reilly Ann. Mass -Pat Vahey-27th anniversary

Ministers of the Word: Sept. 18th Aine Keating Sept. 19th Kerrie Finnegan Sept. 25th Majella Murray Sept. 26th Geraldine McHugh Eucharistic Ministers: Sept. 18th Margaret Farrell Sun. 19th Dorothy Rennicks & Joe Murtagh

Pray for Andrew Molloy, Kilberry (father of Andrea Molloy) who died recently. May he rest in peace.

Online Alpha – Our online Alpha programme for Autumn will begin on Tuesday 28th September at 7.30pm on Zoom. Everyone is welcome and we encourage as many as possible to take part. If you would like to join us, please email the parish office on [email protected] before Sunday 26th September.

Introduction to the Bible on Kells Webcam Beginning Monday, September 27th 2021, Fr. John will continue his introduction to the Bible. This time he will introduce the Gospel of Luke. The webcam sessions will be on Mondays and Thursdays at 12 noon. Each session will last 25 minutes (approx). You can access the talks on www.kellsparish.ie and click on Webcam. Any queries, please contact Fr. John on email: [email protected]

Moving Forward My God, sometimes I do not want to grow to move forward in freedom, to leave my comfortable captivity. I cling to the familiar smallness of my own world, pulling back from the vast wilderness of the exodus journey. Help me to open to the stretching of your Spirit; to allow my heart to be expanded beyond my immediate comfort and control. Lead me into that larger life, that wide land of plenty where my narrow self can blossom with new life. Enlarge my heart, O God; Fill me with your boundless love. Catherine of Sienna

Final thought Happy Sunday. Make your week great. Take care and God bless.