MASSES
Weekdays: Mon, Tue, Thurs & Fri 9.30am.
Wed, Thurs (sick) Fri 7.30pm.
Sat: 7.30pm; Sun 9am & 11am.
CANDLEMAS DAY – Wed 2nd Feb.
Candles will be blessed at 7.30pm Mass.
MASS FOR THE SICK – Blessing of Throats
Thursday next (3rd Feb) is the feast of St. Blaise. This feast is associated with the sick. A Mass for the Sick will be celebrated on Thurs 7.30pm. The Blessing of Throats will take place after the morning and evening Masses.
BAPTISMAL TIMES
Saturday: 4.00 – 5.30pm. Sunday: 12 noon.
Arrangements to be made at least 2 weeks before.
ANNIVERSARIES
Jerry Hanley, Lackelly – Month’s Mind
Sat 29th Jan 7.30pm.
Catherine & John Lonergan, Lisobyhane –
Sun 30th Jan 9am.
Tom Burke, Monemore – Sun 30th 11am.
Michael O’Dwyer, Ballyhone – Sat 3rd Feb 7.30.
Jackie Lonergan, Main St., Sun 6th Feb 11am.
READERS – Sat/Sun 6th February 2011.
Sat 7.30pm: Jim Corby
Sun 9am: Mary Condon
Sun 11am: Frances O’Dwyer
PARISH RENEWAL GROUP
Meeting in Duhig House on Fri next at 8pm.
COLLECTORS – February
Sat 7.30pm: Michael Hennessy, John Clancy,
Danny Burke, Josephine Cleary
Sun 9am: Breda Lonergan, Phil McCarthy,
Kathleen Beary
Sun 11am: Paddy Hanley, Liz Creamer,
Peggy Keogh, John Buckley.
EMLY GAA
Race Night: Emly GAA Club, in conjunction with Emly Bord na nOg and Ladies Football club, will hold a race night at the new Limerick greyhound stadium on Saturday night April 30th. Tickets are currently available to purchase from Pa Sheehy or any committee member. A great night guaranteed for all. Tickets cost €20 and include entrance to dog night and entry to a draw for €1,000
Lotto: Next Weeks Jackpot – €1,600
Tickets available in all local businesses.
DEFIBRILLATOR
Contact telephone No: 087/9176250
PARISH DETAILS
Fr. S. Rochford, 062/57103; Mobile 086/8162660.
Fr.S.Kennedy, 062/57111.
e-mail: emly@eircom.net
SAMARITAN VOLUNTEERS
Samaritans are seeking new volunteers
to help with their work for people who may be distressed or suicidal.You are invited to an “an open information night”at their centre in
20 Barrington Street, Limerick on Monday January 31th 2011at 7.30 pm.
Everyone over 18 years is welcome.
AIRBORNE SURVEY – Information Notice
A Geographical Survey from the air is being carried out in counties Limerick, Tipperary and Clare. The survey is being done to gather information on the geology of the area as part of an ongoing mineral exploration. The plane, white with a blue stripe, will be flying low in the sky over the next number of weeks.
GOSPEL REFLECTION
In our Gospel to day we read what are called the Beatitudes. At first reading some of these beatitudes may seem to describe circumstances that we would want to avoid. But perhaps we may have had the experience of a blessing when:
I was poor – I knew the need of God;
I mourned – I felt for others in their sorrow;
I was meek – I knew did not lose my temper;
I did hunger and thirst for some good cause;
I was merciful rather than vengeful;
I was pure in heart – committed to a good act;
I was a peacemaker;
I was persecuted (sneered at) because I stood up for something.