ARCHDIOCESE OF ARMAGH & Walshestown Parish

St Michael Clogherhead SS Peter & Paul Walshestown

To build bridges, bring together and renew the parish community in a spirit of faith,

trust and hope through loving service of God and of our neighbour Website: www.clogherparish.homestead.com Webcam accessible from website E - mail: [email protected] Clogherhead and Walshestown parish Fr. Martin McVeigh PP Parochial House 041 - 982 2224 Sunday & Weekday Masses: All Public Masses are suspended in accordance with the government regulations. Masses will be celebrated privately each day. Confessions — Suspended for the time being

PASTORAL AREA CONTACT NUMBERS:- Mgr Jim Carroll PP Togher 041-988 9335 Fr P Byrne PP VF 041-982 2121 Fr Paddy Rushe PP Monasterboice 086—880 7470

Sacristan – St Michael’s: Maura Kearney 041 982 2211 Parish Secretary Ann McEvoy is contactable @ 041 -9822224 or by email @ [email protected] Vol 8 No 3 THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT 13th December 2020

Sunday Cycle B Weekday Cycle 1 Psalter Week 1 Liturgical colour today is rose (or violet). Rose is a lighter version of violet, because today the penitential violet is mixed with the white of the approaching festival. It is part of human nature that we cannot go on being penitent for a long time, or we sink into a settled and insincere gloom rather than working at the definite and active spiritual exercise called penance. The Church knows human nature, and both in Advent and Lent there is a moment where the atmosphere of penance and preparation is brightened by a shaft of light from the glorious season we are preparing ourselves for. The third Sunday of Advent tells us ‘Gaudéte, rejoice!’ because the Lord is near and the fourth Sunday of Lent says ‘Lætáre, Ierúsalem, be joyful, Jerusalem, and all who love her!’ because she herself is loved by the Lord. On Gaudete and Laetare Sundays, therefore, the dark penitential violet may be lightened to what the docu- ments call ‘rose’ but most laypersons would call ‘pink’. The Parish November List of the Dead and those who died recently: Eileen Johnston (Cloghlea & Clara) & Sr Monica Loughran (former Principal Sacred Heart School, ) Mass Intentions this week

St Michael’s Church Jonathon McKenna & John Sat Vigil John & Sheila Marry McMahon

Sun The People of the Parish Next Sun Mon SS Peter & Paul’s Church Tue Wed Ann Crowe (Month’s Mind) Sun Msgr George A Tancred Thu Next Sun The People of the Parish Fri ParishList of the Dead Next Sat Vigil Patsy, Lil & Eugene Fr Martin continues to offer McKenna, John & Bridie Smith, Larry, weekday Mass intentions in Maggie, Jane & Sr. Annette Kirwan, daily private Masses CHRISTMAS MASSES Front Door. The Parish Pastoral Council at its We are most grateful to those who recent meeting decided on the sanitise our churches after every following arrangements:- Mass.

CHRISTMAS EVE VIGIL MASSES Please be mindful of the fact that 4.00pm in SsP&P Walshestown Christmas is about more than one 6.00pm in St Michael’s day and people may choose not to Callystown (SMC) attend Mass on Christmas Eve/Day 8.00pm “Drive-in Mass” in but at some other point during THE WALSHESTOWN FC, Rinkinstown. TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS, which conclude on the Feast of the CHRISTMAS DAY MASSES Epiphany.

9.00am (SMC) 10.30am (SsP&P) CHRISTMAS CONFESSIONS

People are encouraged to come SUNDAY 20th Dec in the Adoration early to Mass as there are a Chapel in St Michael’s from 2.00pm - limited number of seats in the 3.00pm ( Please enter by the Kitchen churches. Note that the Mass Door, exit by the Adoration Door). will be carried by loud speakers MONDAY 21st Dec Confessions in to the car parks on each side of St Colmcille’s Church, Togher from 7-8pm St Michael’s Church. Also via TUESDAY 22nd Dec Confessions WEBCAMS. in Tenure Church, Monasterboice at Please make your way at 7pm Communion-time to receive Wednesday 23rd Dec Confessions Holy Communion from the in the Church of Immaculate Minister who will stand at the Conception, Termonfeckin from 7pm. Sunday 27 December (FEAST OF you can do so in any of the following THE HOLY FAMILY) ways: - place your offering in the basket Vigil Mass on Saturday 26th at 7.30pm at the church before/after Mass, drop in SMC. Masses on Sunday 27th: your envelopes/contribution into the 10.00am in SsP&P’s & letter box of the Parochial House - online

11.30am in SMC from the parish webpage —

NEW YEAR’S DAY clogherparish.homestead.com or Friday 1 January 2021 is the through your bank - the parish account is FEAST OF MARY, MOTHER OF Clogherhead Parish. GOD and World Day of Peace. Sort Code: 98-55-65 Mass will be celebrated in SMC at Account No: 11881942 11.00am. IBAN: IE31 ULSB 9855 6511 8819 42 Please put your name in the FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY (Wed reference box 6 January) Masses @ 9.00am & Since July we have 7.30pm (both in SMC) Welcomed the “A Family Christmas” will take following children place over webcam from St into God’s family Patrick’s Cathedral on Tuesday 22 in December at 7.30pm. It will be led Baptism by Archbishop Martin assisted by Aria Laine McCullough Karl McGuckin, Eilis Fox & Malachi O’Donnell Park; Dan Patrick Cush. People are invited to join via Jerome Clinton Termonfeckin; St Patrick’s Cathedral Webcam for Todd Brody Waters this special celebration. Termonfeckin; Teddy Martin Last weekend you gave €1,218.00 Dawe Ard na Mara; Zac (€996.90 in 83 envelopes & €221.10 on Raymond McEvoy Ch ap el the plate) Thanks for your support. Road; Philip James Lynch This weekend 12/13 December Callystown Road; Saoirse Special Priest’s Collection will Mairéad Gorman The Beeches; take place at all Masses. Roisin Anna Murphy

Grateful Thanks to all those who hand Drumgooter; Max O’Connor in their weekly parish envelopes to the Meagher Oriel Cove; Beau Parochial House or who have made James Michael Matthews Ar d na Mara; Ruby Marie McNee contributions directly through the bank. Martin Ard na Mara; Daithi Your continued support is much Sean Byrne Cal l ys t o w n appreciated. Advent Day of Reflection this If you wish to donate to the Parish coming Sat 19 Dec - Drumalis via Lens on the Gospel John 1: 6-8, 19-28 knew his own value, did not make exaggerated claims and was content 1. ‘There is one among you whom with his mission. Can you recall times you do not know’. We can know when you have been able to be about Jesus but do we know him. yourself, even in the face of criticism What helps you to know Jesus in a from others? way that enables you to follow in his 4. John was ‘the voice of one crying out footsteps, trusting God as he did, in the wilderness’ – announcing and seeing other people as he did? confidently to those in the wilderness 2. John the Baptist came to bear that they must not despair because witness to Jesus. Who have been God’s grace may come to them at any the people who have borne witness moment. Have you had the experience to you of the good news of the of being in the wilderness, feeling lost? gospel that God loves you – a From whom did you hear a voice that friend, a parent, a teacher, etc.? To gave you hope? Have you been able to whom have you borne that witness? give hope to other people when they 3. John appears in the story as one were in the wilderness? Do these who had the courage to be himself questions have any special relevance to in the face of loud and aggressive you in the midst of the current situation people. He was also a person who in our country? John Byrne OSA Zoom Sr Pam Thimmes OSC, Poor The Youth 2000 Christmas E-Retreat will Clares, Faughart, from 10am – 4pm, take place from this 18th - 20th of hosted by Drumalis via Zoom. For December. Registration is now free most of us 2020 has been an on www.youth2000.ie unprecedented time – a time of Smart Start learning People are change, loss and grief, confusion, locked away with nobody to talk to; discovery, wonder and uncertainty. In family friends migrated, died, pubs some ways it has been an extended closed, covid, mental/physical health advent (arrival, emergence). Isaiah’s issues.-no communications no craic. words came to his people in exile. This Community can help by showing them how day of reflection will allow us to bring these to communicate [safely] with people feelings and experiences of exile and outside their front doors. Smart start is a newness of life into focus and perceive teaching programme that is already in anew Christ born among us and living place. If local communities could help among us. Our souls, like Mary’s have by giving a local phone number or been pierced and transformed. Let us person to contact by those who want to open our hearts to God’s newness born learn and those who want to teach so each day among us. Do we see it and that matchup's can be made. how do we live it? The cost for the Day of schools have been contacted about the Reflection is £20 per person or £30 program. per household. To book please contact Drumalis tel 048 28272196/ Clogherhead & Walshestown Parish Bulletin ©2020 28276455 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm).