Comboni Missionary Fathers will visit our Parish on PARISH OF AGHALURCHER Aghalurcher Parish Mission Sunday 8th - Friday 13th September the weekend of 17th/18th August. Founded by St. Daniel Comboni in the 19th Century to work in Afri- Sunday 11th August 2019 ca . Fr. Sean Dempsey will speak to us about their life Canon Jimmy McPhillips, P.P. 028 677 21342 – email: [email protected] A Prayer for our Parish Mission and mission. Canon Joseph Mullin, P.E. 028 677 24355 God our Father, we ask you to send your Holy Spirit on our parish, our families, friends and neighbours. Catholic Grandparents Association Annual National Parish Mass Times - Holy Cross: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 10am Fill us with your love and grant that our parish mis- Grandparents Pilgrimage September 8th 2019, (if there is a funeral - Mass will be at 11am); Tuesday at 7pm sion may be a time of grace for everyone: for couples Knock Shrine 2.30pm. Everybody welcome to honour & thank Grandparents alive & dead for all they have Saturday 6pm Vigil and Sunday 11.30am and their children; for grandparents; for the en- done for us down through the ages. Chief Celebrant : Friday 7pm; Sunday 10am gaged; for the single person; the estranged; the sick; Bishop Kevin Doran, Bishop of Elphin - Combined Live streaming: www.churchservices.tv/ the hurt; the separated; the forgotten; for our young Choirs of Knock Parish - Dana sings 'Our Lady of www.churchservices.tv/maguiresbridge and for our elderly; for those who no longer believe; Knock'. for our loved ones away from home; for those who Parish Website: www.lisnaskeamaguiresbridgeparish.com are new to the community. Guide and inspire us as Lough Derg 2019: Last day to begin the Three Day Parish Twitter: @Aghalurcher Parish Facebook Page: Parish of Aghalurcher we refresh ourselves in the faith, hope and love we Pilgrimage is Tuesday 13th August. Parish Office Tel. 028 677 21088 (Monday-Thursday: 2-6pm) share as disciples of your Son, Jesus Christ. Through Parish Office Email: [email protected] the intercession of Our Lady, St Joseph, St Ronan and One Day Retreats resume on Saturday 17th August St Kevin, we implore your divine assistance this week with the Clogher Diocesan One Day Retreat. Retreats Anniversary Mass Intentions as we reflect and celebrate. Amen. continue on specific days until Sunday 29th Septem- HOLY CROSS ber. For bookings or further information telephone Saturday 10th August On Saturday 17th August Maureen or Lorraine on 071 9851518 (from NI 00353 6.00pm Vigil Mass: • Dick, Kathleen, Noel and Declan Ingram • Gerry Rice, Castle Lane • Philip McElgunn, Drumraine. Lisnaskea. at 12noon in Holy Cross, 71 9861518). Email: mailto:[email protected] Sunday 11th August Lisnaskea we will anoint all [email protected] 11.30am: • (Month’s Mind): Sean O’Brien, Newbridge Road • Sean Reihill. our sick at mass. This will Parish Contributions: Monday 12th August be followed by lunch in the 10.00am: John and Elizabeth Collins, their sons Tony & Gerry and John Reilly. 4th August - £3544.95 and €60. Parish Centre. Tuesday 13th August Many thanks for your generosity. 7.00pm: Novena Mass to St. Peregrine for all the sick. Wednesday 14th August KNOCK 140years - Novena 14-22 August, 3pm and 8pm Thought for the Week daily; Seminars 12noon; Anointing of the Sick at 2.30pm. 10.00am: Private Intention.

Thursday 15th August - The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Novena Speakers: 10.00am: Private Intention. I have a plaque hanging in my home and it reads in big black John Bruton - ‘Faith, Future and Europe’ Friday 16th August letters, "Move forward, I will be with you". I try to live with Archbishop Rino Fisichella - ‘Mary in the life of the Church’ 10.00am: Terry, Emily, Vera & Paddy McManus and deceased family members. those words in my ministry and in my life. I think about Olive Foley - ‘Family and Faith’ Saturday 17th August those words whenever fear threatens to paralyse me when Bishop Alan McGuckian - ‘What Knock means to me’ 6.00pm Vigil Mass: • (Month’s Mind): Colum McManus • Vincent and Kitty McDermott and grandson Paul. those big and small decisions have to be made. Dr. John Feehan - God in Creation - learning to read the Sunday 18th August other Book of Revelation 11.30am: •Joe and Sheila McGoldrick and daughter Gwendoline and deceased of the McGoldrick and Armstrong families Each day we must make the choice to press on past that Bishop Kevin Doran - ‘A joy that lies ahead of us’ • Jack and Molly Collins and deceased family members. fear, and with those feelings of being inadequate, we must Msgr. John Armitage - ‘Mary and the reality of family life’ move forward to receive those blessings that await us, for Carole Coleman - ‘Motherhood, media and me’ ST. MARY’S God has a plan for each one of us, and He is with us, and Rev. Trevor Sargent - Faith in Action Sunday 11th August with Him, we will overcome anything that stands in our way. Archbishop Michael Neary - ‘The Message of the Knock 10.00am: For the people of the parish. Apparition then and now’ Thursday 15th August - The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Have a good week. Fr. Peter McVerry - ‘Following the dream of Jesus’ 7.00pm: Private Intention. Friday 16th August - NO MASS THIS EVENING. Lisnaskea Emmett’s Notes: Our Senior Team play in the IFC Quarter-Final against TODAY Sunday Sunday 18th November at 1:30pm in Tempo. Let's all get to Tempo to support the team. Nothing beats being there! 10.00am: For the people of the parish. The Hughie Cathcart Annual Blitz in takes place on the 24th August for the U8.5 and U10.5 teams. In prepara- tion for this training will resume on Wednesday evening at 7:30pm in Emmett Park. This clashes with the U13 girls train- We welcome into the Christian community the following infants who were baptized last Saturday in Holy ing and soome may be attending the U13 boys training so don’t worry if you can’t make it. Our aim is to ensure everyone Cross: Eolann John Reilly, Erin Grace O’Reilly and Rionach Rose Herron. can access some training. The Lotto Jackpot now £5,100.

Congratulations to Fiona Reihill and Brian MacAllister who were married in Holy Cross last weekend, may they have many happy days together. This week’s bulletin has been sponsored by The Leonard Family, The Knocks.