30th Sunday of Year. God, your love for us is beyond what we can grasp.
MASSES FOR THE DEAD THIS WEEK
Josie and Ger Carroll, Kilbiller, and their grandsons Dermot and Ben Carroll.
May Glynn, Terryglass.
Booking of Masses – Masses for Months Mind and Anniversaries can be booked by phone, text or email.
Supporting Parishes without Masses
We invite you to put your collection envelopes into the letter box of your parish house.
It is possible now to contribute by direct debit on the diocesan website.
We thank you most sincerely for your support in these very difficult times.
STATION AND HARVEST MASS
This weekend we pray for the people of our Station Areas and we give thanks for the harvest and for all God’s blessings on our people. This Mass can be accessed on the Parish website www.terryglasskilbarron.com
Blessing Graves In the absence of us being able to hold gatherings to bless graves at the cemeteries this year, we invite you to join Bishop Fintan who will lead the Diocesan prayer ceremony for the faithful departed via webcam on Sunday November 1st at 3.00 pm. https://www.killaloediocese.ie/november-remembrance-for-the-faithful-departed/
Feast of All Saints – Sunday November 1st.
Monday Nov 2nd Feast of All Souls.
Weekend Mass will be available on the parish website. There will be no formal blessing of graves this year but we invite you to visit your family grave to say a prayer, and drop into the church to light a candle. We will celebrate a Remembrance Mass on the weekend of 14 / 15 November for those who have died during the past year.
November envelopes for names and offerings for Masses for the Holy Souls are available in the Churches.
COVID-19 Support Line for Older People : ALONE manage a national support line and additional supports for older people who have concerns or are facing difficulties relating to the outbreak of COVID-19. The support line is open seven days a week, 8am – 8pm, by calling 0818 222 024.
Marriage Preparation during Covid Accord CLG is providing a 4 hour facilitated virtual interactive programme for couples preparing for marriage. See Accord.ie or phone 01 5053112
Level 5 Covid 19
We are disappointed that we are back to Level 5 restrictions with no attendance at Masses.
During Level 5 Covid 19
- Funeral Ceremony-attendance is now 25
- Wedding Ceremony-attendance is now 25
- Baptisms-postponed unless an emergency
- Churches remain open for private prayer from 9am to 5pm.
- First Friday Calls-maybe a family member could arrange to take Holy Communion to their relative.
- Confessions-may be heard upon request
- Sunday Masses on Webcam Borrisokane – 7pm Saturday and 10:30am Sunday. Weekdays Masses on Borrisokane Webcam 10am. Tues,Thurs, Fri.
- We will be inviting readers and singers and musicians to help us remotely.
- Terryglass has a recording of weekend Mass that can be accessed through the Parish website www.terryglasskilbarron.com
Weekly Reflection
And people stayed at home, and read books, and listened, and they rested and did exercises and made art and played and learnt new ways of being and stopped and listened more deeply.
Someone meditated, someone prayed, someone met their shadow. And people began to think differently. And people healed. And in the absence of people who lived in dangerous, meaningless and heartless ways, The earth also began to heal.
Reflection written in 1869 – writer unknown (edited) PARISH OF TERRYGLASS & KILBARRONFr. Michael Cooney and Fr. Tom O’Halloran
Parish offices – Phone: 067-22017 / 067- 27105
Email: terryglasskilbarron@gmail.com
Parish Website – www.terryglasskilbarron.com