Lackagh Parish Fr. Des - Lackagh Radio Link 106.8 fm Fr. Bernard Tel: 091 – 797 114 Coolarne Mobile: 087- 2255 740 Parish Office Opening Hours: 14:00 – 16:00 Tel: 091- 797 626

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Parish E-mail Address: [email protected]

Baptisms take place on the First and Third Sunday of the month AFTER 11:30am Mass.

**************************************************************************************************** Saturday 15th 11:00am Cregmore N.S First Holy Communion. 8:00pm Ken Ayers, Knockdoe. First Anniversary. Sunday 16th 11:30am Francis, Marian, John and Daragh Glavin, Monard. Monday 17th 9:30am Communion Service.

Tuesday 18th 9:30am Communion Service Wednesday 19th 9:30am Kitty McCadden (nee Morris) Lackagh. First Anniversary. Thursday 20th 9:30am Communion Service

Friday 21st 9:30am Nora and Martin Reynolds, Cloonina.

Saturday 22nd 8:00pm Patrick and Bridget Fahy, Kiltrogue Anniversary

Sunday 23rd 11:30am Fr. Paddy Heneghan, Knockoe. Month‟s Mind.

Weekly Offerings: Lackagh € 1,552. Coolarne €370. Many thanks for your contributions for the upkeep of the Parish.

Easter Collection for the support of the priests: 6 contributions received last weekend. Total 494 Easter Envelopes received to date. Many thanks to all who have returned envelopes. If you have forgotten or overlooked handing in your envelope it would be greatly appreciated if you could do so at your convenience. Priests depend on the generosity of the parishioners.

Please Pray for: Sharon Grealish (Rosmuc and The Claddagh) sister of Michael Mackey, Woodlands. May she rest in Peace. Priest’s Retreat: Fr. Des will be away on the Priest’s Rosary in Cregg Cemetery: Each Sunday for the month of May at 3pm. Retreat from Sunday until Thursday. Fr. Bernard will attend to any urgent Eucharistic Adoration– takes place each Wednesday from 6 - 7.30 pm. matters. Eucharistic Ministers: Team B: Saturday – Mary Tarpey Burke, Bridgie Murphy, Imelda Hussey, Margaret Fahy & Michael Shaughnessy. Sunday – Mary Burke, Bridie Cresham, Mary T Murphy, Annette Cavanagh & Barbara Burke.

Collectors: Team B: Saturday – James Delaney, Martin Kearney, John Ryan & Francis Whelan. Sunday – Liam Hussey, Adrian Mooney, Noel O‟Donoghue & Damien Delaney.

Church Care Group: Team B Margaret Cullinane, Una O‟Shaughnessy, Rita Burke, Ann Hession-Fahy, Mary Cullinane, Sarah Hession, Imelda Hussey, Myra Delaney-Browne, Carmel Mooney, Enda Mooney and Sten Pears.

Mass Servers: Saturday: Team B: Sarah Kearney (L), Cian O‟Connell (L), Orla Finn (Cr), Callum Quinn (L), Robert Culkin (Cr), Sabrina King (Cr), Rebecca Rodgers (L). Sunday - Team B: Ciara Cambell (L), Conor Cambell (L), Sean Coakley(L) Laura Mullally (C ), Andrea Glynn(Cr), Laura Gunning (Cr), Deirdre Keane (B). Cregmore National School First Communicants: Congratulations to – Amy Walsh, Nicola King, Adam Burke, Jade Daly, Ethan Fox, Nathan Grainger, Eanna Kelly, P.J. Burke, Chloe Molloy, Neil Farragher, Sarah McHale, Enda Slattery, Vicka Mulroy, Damien Clarke, Ian Fitzmaurice, Niamh McGrath and Chloe McNamara who celebrated their First Holy Communion this weekend. First Holy Communion is a significant event in the life of children, family, school and parish. We ask that you pray for the children, the parents, the teachers, the priests, and indeed all who have helped to prepare the children to receive Jesus in their First Holy Communion. Thank You: A special word of thanks to the Teachers in Bawnmore N.S , Cregmore N.S, Coolarne N.S., and Lackagh N.S. who prepared the children and the Church for their First Holy Communion.

SMA Annual Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine: takes place NEXT Saturday, 22nd May. We would like as many as possible of our supporters to join us on this day. For Booking and information please contact 091-798 880

Parish evening in Knock: On Wednesday evening 26th May the Young at Heart Group will be travelling to Knock. Mass will be at 7:30pm. Anyone who would like to join us are most welcome.

Scripture Sessions: on Wednesday at 7.30pm in the IT Centre, Lackagh Museum and will continue until Wednesday 26th May.

Marriage/Relationship Counselling -“If you can‟t talk to each other – Talk to Accord”- The ACCORD Centre, offers private, safe, professional and confidential Marriage and Relationship Counselling. This process facilitates couples and individuals to explore, reflect upon and resolve difficulties in their marriage or other relationship. For appointments and information, call 09324900 or email [email protected]. Parish Newsletter Clubs, Societies, Organisations etc. who wish to place a notice in the Newsletter are asked to e-mail to [email protected] by Thursday at 12 NOON to be included in the weekend‟s newsletter.

Cuan Mhuire Chapel Readers: Sat. 22nd. Paul Hession Sat. 15th 6.30pm Dec. of White Family, Kilskeagh. Sun. 23rd. Linda Keane. Sun. 16th 10.30. Private Intention. Eucharistic Ministers. Fri. 21st 9.10. Katie, Willie & Pat Lardner, Sat. 22nd. Maura Linnane Lackaghmore. Sun. 23rd. Jody Murphy. Sat. 22nd 6.30pm Catherine Larkin. Sun. 23rd 10.30 Mary Kavanagh, Ballybrone. .

Daily Mass : Mon. - Fri. @ 9.10.

Community Notices

NEW Parish Website: A new website for Lackagh Parish Church was successfully completed and launched in the last week. To view the website enter www.lackaghchurch.ie in the Uniform Resource Locator (URL). Visitors to the website will be able to keep abreast of parish matters. The parish newsletter will be uploaded each week. The email listed on the website is for church matters only. Comments about the site itself should be forwarded to [email protected]

Local Business, Employment and Social Directory. Scoil Pádraig Naofa, Cregmore are putting together a directory of local businesses and details of individuals with various skills, services and trades. All local sporting organisations, clubs and voluntary groups should also submit their contact details. If you have a business, a trade, or if you would like to make people aware of a service you provide or a club you are involved with, please send details to Scoil Padraig Naofa, Cregmore or call the school office on 091-799 037. Copies of the directory will be available from the school in early June.

Family Day will take place in S.M.A. House, on Sunday, 6th June, 1-5pm. You can help by baking a cake, donating good quality unwanted gifts - such as ornaments, toiletries, plants, etc. No electrical goods please. Proceeds are in aid of the Missions.

Month of May Farm Plastic Collection: Agri-Services and IFFPG are holding a collection of farm plastics at the following locations during the second half of the month of May: Ballinasloe Mart: Monday 17th & Tuesday 18th, Tuam Mart: Wednesday 19th & Thursday 20th, Mart: Friday 21st & Saturday 22nd, Mountbellew Mart: Monday 24th & Tuesday 25th, Headford Mart: Wednesday 26th & Thursday 27th,

Cregmore Bottle Bank Facility is being abused and if it continues the bottle bank will be removed altogether. Some people are dumping old crockery, children‟s broken plastic toys, books and bags of rubbish there. This is not a recycling centre. It is an excellent facility to have locally and it would be a shame if it were to be removed. People are asked to be observant and to see who the culprits are that are dumping their rubbish here. Bottle Banks have been removed from other areas recently and will be removed from Cregmore too if this abuse continues.

Lackagh Museum Lotto: Winning Numbers – 4, 9, 16, 21. No Winners. Two match 3 numbers - Moira Murphy, Ballinvoher c/o Museum and Seamus Finnerty, c/o Peter Farragher. Promoter‟s Prize: Peter Farragher. Next week‟s Jackpot is €3,100

Lackagh Old Cemetery: Please note all rubble, withered wreaths etc. will have to be removed from Cemetery in the future. People are asked to bring black plastic bags when cleaning the graves and to take the rubbish away with them. Also, Monumental Sculptors and gravediggers must remove all rubble on completion of work, as the Skip facility is no longer available in the graveyard. In the interest of keeping the graveyard at its best, everyone‟s co-operation is needed if the graveyard is to be kept neat and tidy.

"The Story of the Presentation Sisters, Presentation College, Athenry 1908-2008". Copies are still available. Price: €30. For further details contact Gerry on 087-245 35 85.

Lackagh Ladies Club & Apostolic Work Society: Held a meeting on Tuesday 11th with a view to organising a night out for the members of the group. It was decided to look for the names of those who would like to attend the Daniel O‟Donnell concert in July. As it is imperative to book well in advance any member interested in going to the concert should contact Helen Delaney at 087 2518385 immediately so that tickets & transport can be booked and organised.

9 Arch Musical Society Auditions for The Wizard of Oz: will be held this Sunday 16th, May in the Claregalway Hotel. Juniors aged 10 or over from 2.30pm -3.30pm. Seniors aged over 15 and adults from 3.30pm - 5.00pm. Lots of opportunities for the part of Dorothy and also adult parts Cowardly Lion, Tin Man & Scare-crow as well as full chorus for adults and children. Come along. Enquiries „phone Annette 091-797239 or 087- 219 7772.

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