Please take this copy of the parish Newsletter home with you. Parish of Quin-Clooney-Maghera ffertory Donations; (Parish administration, maintenance of church buildings, th th O insurance, etc.). Collection (three churches), weekend 8th/9 August:: €810, and 15/16 August: €860 Tellers: Quin, Sunday, 30th August – Mary Moloney & Mary Maher. Abbey Cluster - Diocese of Killaloe aptism: Parents of children due to be baptised during the month of September are invited

Parish Administrator: Rev. Ignatius McCormack, Quin. Tel. 086 2777139. B to a preparation meeting to be held on Wednesday next, 26th August, at 8.00pm in the Quin Parish Secretary: (065) 6825612 church meeting room (over Sacristy).

Broadcasting to the parish from Quin on FM 107.9 megahertz illaloe Diocese – Autumn Pilgrimage to Lourdes, 4th October to 9th October 2015;

Web site: www.quinclooneymagheraparish.ie K direct from Shannon. Fare: €667 pps (€10 discount for online booking). Pilgrimage Director:

Fr. Tom Ryan, Shannon. Book www.joewalshtours.ie , or Joe Walsh Tours 01-2410810. rd Sunday, 23 August 2015 he Samaritans ( & Clare branch) gratefully acknowledge €105 received at Clooney

T and €50 at Maghera in a recent churchgate collection (8/9th August). This money helps to sustain the 24-hour. seven-day confidential listening service provided by a rota of volunteers - to Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time support people who are troubled or in distress. Their helpline is Freefone: 116 123. Anniversaries If you think you may be interested in becoming a volunteer, the Samaritans will welcome you to a st rd Sat. 22nd Aug. (Clooney), 7.00 p.m. Christy, Mary & Brian Mungovan, Quin. choice of two Information Sessions - Tuesday 1 or Thursday 3 September at 7.30pm in the Sat. 29th Aug. (Clooney), 7.00 p.m. John & Maureen Daffy and Nora & Jim Samaritans House, Kilrush Road, Ennis (200 yards from traffic lights, R/H side).

Halligan, Rathclooney. ommunity Employment (CE) Scheme - The agency, Mid-Clare Way Ltd., | Sun. 30th Aug. (Quin), 11.00 a.m. Nonie, Michael & Geoffrey Dooley, Corbally. | Sun. 30th Aug. (Quin), 11.00 a.m. Mark Slattery, Moyriesk. C currently has vacancies on its Community Employment Scheme, as follows: (a) General Operative in Quin; (b) Office Administrator in Tulla, and (c) General Operative on Mid Clare

Please pray for the happy repose of the souls of the following who died during the week: Way. Usual CE conditions apply. For further details, call (065) 6835912, or email:

 Erin O’Grady, Rathclooney; [email protected].

 Raymond Rice, Dublin, brother of Frank Rise, Arbutus Grove, Quin. th ulla Festival: Sunday week, 6 September, O’Halloran’s Field, Church Road, Tulla –

T Vintage & Classic car and machinery display, from 12 noon. All types of vintage welcome. th No Mass in Quin on Monday next, 24 August. Eucharistic Service at 9.00am. Family Fun Day. Proceeds in aid of local community initiatives.

Mass on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday at 7.30 p.m. each day.

rish Dancing: The Minogue School of Dancing at Quin Community Centre opens on Next weekend ……. I Friday. 4th September. Classes every Friday – Beginners at 5pm, Advanced at 6pm. Currently

accepting students from age 4 upwards. Details: Laura at 087 1936288 or

Mass Readers Eucharistic Ministers [email protected].

Clooney – 7pm Grace O’Sullivan Catherine Ryan hildren’s Art: Classes in Art for Children every Wednesday, from 3pm to 4pm, at Quin th Saturday Vigil, 29th August C Hall, commencing 9 September.. All materials supplied. Details: Helen at 086 7363320

Maghera – 9.30am Barry Corbett Mary Whelan ake Music: Free open sessions in how to play various musical instruments will be held th Sunday, 30 August th M on Saturday next, 29 August, 10am to 1.30pm at Clare Music Makers, Bank Place, Ennis Quin – 11am Clare Duggan & Breege Kelleher & lare Haven is a voluntary organisation which provides information, support and refuge Sunday 30th August Sally O’Neill Lauren King C accommodation to women and children who are being physically, emotionally or sexually Eucharistic Adoration, Quin church, each Thursday, 10am to 6.00pm. abused in their own homes. The Organisation has obtained approval to hold a churchgate

th collection in this parish next weekend, 29/30 August. Please give generously. ray & Play - Please note that the Children’s Play & Pray sessions during 11am Mass in Quin looney/Quin GAA; P church on Sundays will resume next Sunday next, 30th August. Leaders, 30th August: Team 6, C Lotto th Geraldine DeSousa, Sineád Gardiner, Grainne Brennan. Results, Draw, 20 August: Numbers drawn: 01-04-08-11: No Winner. Jackpot next week: €3950. Lucky Dip Winners (€40 each): Jane Liddy, Jaspers Pound; postolics: A meeting of the Quin/Clooney Apostolic Work Society will be held on Sunday next, Michael Ryan, Quin Village; Pat McMahon, Spancilhill; Catherine Hayes, c/o O’Neill’s th A 30 August, after 11 o’clock Mass, in the church meeting room, Quin.. Newmarket; Orlaith Nash, Toonagh.

------National Heritage Week 2015 National Heritage Week is being marked in over 40 countries right across Europe. Ireland is at the forefront in its promotion. The Week lasts until Sunday next 30th August. So why not get out and about to celebrate our rich heritage. Entry to all OPW (Office of Public Works) sites is free of charge for the duration. Places to visit locally: ,

Knappogue Castle, , Hill Fort; Ennis Abbey, Coole Park, etc.

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