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Newsletter 8Th November 2020 DOONBEG PARISH NEWSLETTER Religious Services & Programmes Media and Online 8th November 2020 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time/ A Clare FM: Sunday - Mass at 9am, Fr G. Kenny Beyond Belief at 9pm Pastoral Area Clergy (Doonbeg, Kilkee, Carrigaholt, Killballyowen) Doonbeg Parish webcam Masses on Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday at 7pm Fr. Gerry Kenny Co-PP. Kilkee 065-9056580 Kilkee Parish webcam (www.kilkeeparish.com) on Wed & Fri at 7pm & Sun at 11am. Fr. Michael Casey Co-PP. Cross 065-9058008 Weekday Mass is broadcast live on RTE News Now TV channel - Mon to Fri at 10.30am Fr. P. Culligan, Carrigaholt Masses will be celebrated in Doonbeg church & live streamed on the parish webcam on www.doonbegparish.com during these weeks. Community Notices Doonbeg and Bealaha churches will remain open for private prayer at the usual times during these weeks. Mass Intentions McInerney’s & Hayes’s Shops will gladly deliver for free to anyone who Thurs 5th Nov at 7pm : Declan Hayes & Desmond Hayes, Doonmore cannot travel out during the COVID 19 outbreak. You can order and pay for Alice & Thomas Tubridy, Tullaher supplies by card over the phone. McInerney’s: 087-6774907. Sat 7th Nov at 7pm: Margaret Cleary, Mountrivers & deceased family members Michael & Kathleen Russell, Doonbeg Hayes’s: 065-9055054 Francis Dooley, Cloonegarnane Vacancies on CE Project in Doonbeg, Mullagh & Kilmihil for Environmental Josephine Kelly, Carrowmore North Workers, Maintenance Workers & Sportsfield Caretaker. Interested Tue 10th Nov at 7pm : For all the deceased of our parish whose funerals we applicants need to be in receipt of a social welfare payment for 12 months to celebrated during the past year qualify. Contact Intreo on 065-6869296 to check eligibility. Thurs 12th Nov at 7pm : For all the deceased of the past year from outside our parish Call Nuala on 087-2079564 for more info. Online Music Lessons Emma Karren has been teaching piano, flute and whom parishioners wish to be remembered basic tin whistle as well as music theory and composition in the Doonbeg area for five years. Presently she is teaching online. If you are interested in trying this option she offers a trial lesson for free, on WhatsApp, Facetime or Skype. Pray for the repose of the soul of Bernadette O’Halloran, wife of the late Senan All ages welcome. Contact Emma on 089-2330829 O’Halloran, Birmingham & formerly of Caherfeenick who was laid to rest in West Clare Family Resource Centre: Free courses online. Tuesday nights: Clohanes Graveyard last Saturday, and Esther O’Sullivan, Kilrush (sister of Caring for our Well-being and Managing Stress, 7pm to 9.30pm 10th Maggie Browne, Doonbeg) To their families, relatives and friends we offer our November - 15th December; Thursday mornings: Caring for our Well-being sincere sympathy, support and prayers. May they rest in peace. 10am to 12.30pm, November 12th - December 17th; Tuesday mornings: Managing Stress 10am to 12.30pm November 10th - December 15th. November Masses for our Deceased: A special envelope for you to list the deceased Contact Pauline 086-7524377 or email [email protected] you wish to be remembered at our Parish Masses during November is available in our Mid West Aries free Mental Health & Well-being Online Workshops during churches. The three Parish Masses on Tue 10th, Thurs 12th & Sat 14th November will be November. To book a place visit Eventbrite at Masses celebrated for the deceased of the past year. If there is any relative or friend you https://midwestaries.eventbrite.ie or sign up by emailing Margaret at wish to be remembered who may have died outside the parish, please contact Fr. Kenny [email protected] or text 0862873526 at 065-9056580 so that we can remember them in prayer during these Masses. Babysitter wanted for occasional babysitting in Caherfeenick, Doonbeg. Parish Donations: Thank you for the continued support to all our collections. At this Contact: 087-2274964 time you can use the collection boxes in our churches or place your envelopes into the CS Fish Shop open every Friday from 9am to 2pm. special collection boxes at McInerney’s shop or at Hayes’ shop, Doonbeg or by dropping Fuels for Sale 3 price deals available on a selection of fuels - coal, turf, them into the letterbox at my house in Kilkee softwood and kindling. The prices are €50, €80 and €100. Free local delivery. Support at this time: If at any time someone would like to chat or pray with me by Delivery all over Clare. Contact: 089-2170861 phone I will be happy to facilitate. Please contact me by phone 065-9056580 leave a For Sale silage bales. Can be delivered. Phone 086-1928854 message if I am not able to answer directly and I will endeavour to support and assist in any way I can. A special video with a prayer service for all the deceased laid to rest in our parish graveyards is available now on the Doonbeg Parish Facebook page. Doonbeg Community Defibrillator Local Responder: 065 - 7050112 May God continue to protect you. Fr. Gerry Doonbeg Text Alert: 065 - 9080550 .
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