Eucharistic Ministers Readers Servers Irishtown Sat 24th 8pm Sylvia Rattigan Gp 3 B. Mulkeen, J. O`Dea Sat 24th 10pm Bernadine Waldron Team G P. Macken, B. Moran, PJ O`Gara Irishtown Sun 25th 9.30am Evelyn Mitchell Gp 4 P. Waldron, S. Kirrane Ballindine Sun 25th 11am Eddie Clarke Team H J. Naughton, M. Kenny, M. Watchorn Eucharistic Ministers & Readers are asked to please drop in to the Sacristy prior to Mass to organise the Opening Procession with Lectionary & the Offertory Procession of Bread and Wine. Thank you. Servers during the week Irishtown: Gp 3 Servers Ballindine Tues 20th 7pm Team F

Eucharistic Adoration Ballindine 7-9pm ( please note earlier closing time) Irishtown 7-9pm. Deaths: John Joe Fitzpatrick Leface & ; Jimmy Hyland, Westport, brother of Pat, Station Rd., Ballindine; Veronica McCarthy Moore, Letterkenny, daughter of Geoff & Moira McCarthy, Rockfort, Irishtown. May their souls rest in peace, Amen.

Davitts Lotto: There was no winner of last week's jackpot. Numbers drawn were 10, 11, 19 & 22. Draw for a jackpot prize of €9,300 takes place Sunday 24th of April in Gilligan's .

Fixtures: Senior 1A League away to Sunday 24th at 12:30pm. U16's away to Sunday 24th at 11am. €100 Club & County tickets now in circulation. Tickets can also be bought online through mayo GAA website. Purchasers are entitled to full family membership. Contact committee for details.

Ballindine N.S Parent`s Assoc. wish to thank everyone who supported their Quiz Night in Borderline Bar, Ballindine last weekend. A total of €1,178.50 was raised which will go towards new equipment for the school. A big thank you to all the Sponsors, and to all who bought tickets and/or attended on the night.

Computer Classes commencing in Ballindine Community Centre on the 3rd May at 2:00pm. Course is free call Paul on 0876548881 to book at place. €10 booking fee required (refundable)

BALLINDINE/IRISHTOWN/MILLTOWN ACTIVE RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION has organised a 4 day/3 night holiday (7-10 June) based in Athlone. Visits to Athlone Castle, Clay Pipe museum, Birr Castle & Gardens, Tullamore Dew Distillery, St. Mel's Cathedral (Longford), and a trip to a few of the 1916 sites in Dublin are on the itinerary. Travel is by luxury coach with a guide. Next meeting on Tues

26 April at 8.30pm in Ballindine Centre, when final bookings will be accepted. Details 087-6310005

th www.kilvineparish.iewww.kilvineparish.ie Tea Day for Western Alzheimers in Ballindine P.O. Fri 29 9.30am – 4 - PLEASE SUPPORT Visit our website, at the above address, or kilvine parish community facebook page. Claremorris Town Hall are hosting a party in association with Western Alzheimer’s Tea Day - Visit our website, at the above address, or kilvine parish community facebook page.

Friday 29 April between 10.30 am and 2pm. Music, food and fun. All welcome. rd st MAYO DAY 2016 - What does Mayo mean to you? Let your creativity come alive! Email us your plans 23 April – 1 May, 2016 so we can promote your effort to [email protected] . Let us all, as Mayo people, or with a Mayo connection, celebrate and showcase all that is great about our County. Ballindine Tidy Towns would like anyone with a Mayo Flag to please put on display and fly our colours for MAYO DAY. Congratulations to Irishtown Foróige Club members Karina Moran, Heather Kearns, Edel Fahey, Anna Sheridan, Katie Melvin, Laoise Kelly, Aisling Hahessy, Leanne Daly, Shauna Ryan, Jack Trench, Zack Keadin & Gavin Ring who won the All Ireland Foróige Got Talent Dance Section `Texas Hold `em` in Dublin recently. Fantastic achievement, well done to all involved & th to all the supporters on the day. Foróige Club `Car Wash` in Hennigan`s Centra Sat 29 May – ALL DAY. Please support. Congratulations to Thomas Monaghan, Burrish, who did a Sky Dive last weekend in aid of Suicide Awareness. Special thanks to the TY students in Mount St. Michael who made a kind donation of €240.

Pieta House `Darkness into Light` 5K Walk/Run will be held at Claremorris Athletic Club on Saturday 7th May @ 4.15am. Log onto dil.pieta.ie or contact Mary on 0871343770 for further info.

St. Colman’s College & Mount St. Michael present `Oliver` in the Town Hall Claremorris on Sunday 24th April starting at 8.30 p.m. Anam Cara Parent Evening Wed 4th May 7-9pm in the Ballybane Enterprise Centre, Ballybane, Galway. Admission Free to bereaved parents.

Claremorris Town Hall looking for quality acts for spots on a variety show. Please contact John on 094 931 0999 for details. Tickets for Pat Shortt Sat April 30 & “The Matchmaker” Tue May 3 on sale now. In the Gospel today: Jesus told his friends that he had a new commandment to give them. They were to love one another just as he loved them. Then everyone Family Carers Ireland are providing the QQI (FETAC) Level 5 Nursing Theory and Practice Module due to commence 05/05/2016 in Claremorris. Tel: 057-9370221. would know that they were his followers.

Parenting course in Cúram Centre for Parents of children 6-16 years beginning on Wed 27th April for 6 weeks, 7pm to 9pm. Contact 094 93 62096 to book a place. Cost of the course is €20. Cluster Priests Community Alert Text No`s: Fr. Cribben 093-51609 087-2452565; 087-1322411 Mayo Stroke Support Group meeting is on Thurs. 28th April 11.30am-1pm in the Tennis Club, Fr. Gannon 086-2656563 086-8436958; 087-6528213 “Entitlements & Driving post Stroke.” For further information, please contact: Barbara 096-80451, Niamh 094-9049342 or Ailish Houlihan 094 9049172 Fr. Quinn 087-2685288 Claremorris Garda Station 094-9372080

Offertory Collection Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Eucharistic Ministers Readers Servers th th Fifth Sunday of Easter th W/E 16 /17 April Ballindine Sat 30 8.15pm John Halligan Team G €1,450 (includes e253 from Remembered in Masses this week 23rd April – 1st May, 2016 J. Hennigan, K.Cunnane, P.Kirrane st Claremorris) Ballindine Sat 23rd 8.15pm Michael & Mary Reilly and deceased of family, Irishtown Sun 1 12noon Kathleen Gibbons Gp 1 Thank you for your Nora & Thomas Heneghan, J. Rattigan, G. Hynes contribution. Peter Brady and Michael, John & Nora . Prayers of Faithful th Ballindine Sat 30 : Oisín Kilroy, Ryan Rattigan Irishtown Sun 24th 12noon James & Catherine Ronayne, Irishtown Sun 1st: Alicia Raftery, Jennifer Feerick Parish Meetings William & Winifred Cullina, Parish Pastoral Council Mass Servers Irishtown during the week Gp 4 th Winnie Hunt & deceased of family, th Tuesday 26 April @ 8pm Mass Servers Ballindine Tues 26 : Team F John & Winifred Mitchell and deceased of family, st Marian House Sun 1 May: Celia Griffin Development Fund Tom & Bridie Carney and deceased of family. Wed 27th April @ 8pm Awakening 2016 - Come along on Thursday 5th May at

Ballindine Tues 26th 7.00pm Martin & Eamon Griffin 7:30pm to the Sports arena, Castlebar for a very Ballindine Cemetery

& deceased of family, special concert of over 300 young people coming together from Committee Meeting Thurs Patrick & William Aughwan. a large number of our secondary schools across our diocese to 5th May @ 8pm provide us with an evening of uplifting church and th Irishtown Wed 27 7.00pm People of the parish, living & dead contemporary music. The proceeds of this concert will be May Offertory Collectors: going to Pieta House. Tickets are €12. Check out th Ballindine: Ballindine Thurs 28 9.30am Private Intention www.dyctuam.ie for more info. Contact Teresa on 087- R. Dunne, B. Stephens, 2424927 to book your tickets th E. McHugh, M. Devane. Irishtown Fri 29 9.30am Private Intention Mayo International Choral Festival is hosting a Peace Concert Irishtown:

th with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, & conductor David Brophy, in E. Mitchell, E. Nolan Irishtown Sat 30 11.00am Martin Waldron (Month`s Mind) Knock Basilica on Sat May 14th. This Peace Concert will Church Cleaners:

th commemorate the 1916 Rising and World War One. The orchestra Ballindine: S. Dunne, Ballindine Sat 30 8.15pm Joe & Mary Gibbons and daughter Helena will perform with a 120 member choir and soloists Anne Marie M. Peters, J. Mangan and deceased of family, Gibbons and Owen Gilhooly. For information and tickets, visit Irishtown: Michael & Kate Healy and deceased of family, www.mayochoral.com or www.knockshrine.ie/faithrenewal G. Higgins, M. Cullina Josephine & Lily Trench, Ballindine Church Flowers: Advance Notice Low flying aircraft will be flying over this area Deceased of Mongan & Jordan Families. Maureen Naughton collecting geological information. The white, twin propeller

Irishtown Sun 1st 12noon Joe & Nora Kelly plane has a red tail, black stripe, and Reg. No. C-GSGF. The First Holy Communion sound of the plane is similar to that of a passing lorry, however th and deceased of McHugh Family, Ballindine Sat 14 May Mary Coughlan. it may startle sensitive animals, such as horses. @ 12noon If you have sensitive livestock, particularly horses, and you are concerned, please contact us now on 1800 303 516 or Irishtown Sat 21st May A one-day conference entitled ‘Climate Change and Me: [email protected]. See www.tellus.ie or @TellusGSI @ 12noon Rising to the Laudato Si Challenge’ on Saturday 30th April in the Rest & Care Centre at Knock 10am-4pm. Professor Cemetery Masses 2016: Refreshments will be served after the John Sweeney, NUI Maynooth will discuss the latest science Irishtown New Cemetery - Sun 19th June Ceremonies in the Community Centres. th of climate change. There will talks on sustainability, water Ballindine New Cemetery - Sun 10 July All are welcome. conservation and recycling. Beekeepers Mayo, Green Sod Kilvine Cemetery - Sat 31st July Last call for Trócaire this weekend. and a host of other environmental groups will be Eucharistic Adoration Please bring in any outstanding Ballindine Tuesday 7.20 – 8.20pm Prayer Services: available for advice on the day. Entry is €10 and students th contributions this weekend as we will be Irishtown Wednesday 7.20 – 8.20pm Irishtown Old Cemetery - Sun 26 June go free. More info: www.knockshrine.ie/climatechange th Ballindine Old Cemetery - Sun 17 July sending all away this week.

Anniversaries: Tuam Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock Sun, May 1st. Anyone wishing to have their deceased loved ones remembered in the Parish Newsletter please forward As part of the Tuam Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock, we, the Cluster of your list with names and dates and they will be included annually in the newsletter. Those we hold most dear never truly leave us; they live on in the kindness they showed us. Claremorris, Kilvine, Milltown and Crossboyne, are asking you to make a special John Mitchell, Johnny Connolly, Patrick Dowd, Mary Walsh, Mary Gibbons, Margaret McMorrow, effort to make this pilgrimage and to meet together as a group behind the Cluster Peter (Sally) Mitchell, Mary Niland, Luke Corr, Eileen Huane, Mary Ellen Ruane, Eileen Huane. Banner outside the Basilica at 2pm.