Parish Website: www.drumlease-killargue.com Fr. John Me Tiernan ~071-9164143 / Fr. John Sexton ~071 -9164131. Dromahair ~ Killargue ~ Newtownmanor Sunday 19th January 2014 ~ The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Today is World Day for Migrants & Refugees We pray for those who have come to our shores from other lands. May we treat them with respect as the children of God. We also remember our own people in other lands ~ near and far ~ especially our younger people forced to leave their native land due to the current economic circumstances. General / Church Notices. [A] From 18th -25th January the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is held. We are asked to pray for unity between Christians and seek justice for all the people of the World. Christ has saved us from slavery and so we are asked to act justly, love tenderly and walk humbly with our God. [B] Getting married in 2014 or 2015? Contact ACCORD for your Pre-Marriage Application Form. Courses should be undertaken at least 6 months or preferably one year before your marriage. ACCORD also offers Marriage & Relationship Counselling in strict confidence. To book your Pre-Marriage Course or speak with a Counsellor, please contact Anne or Grainne on 049 - 4375004. E-mail: cavanaccord@eircom.net Information on other Accord Centres can be obtained from: www.accord.ie Telephone: 01- 5053 [C] St Michael's Family Life Centre ~ Spring / Summer Programme 2014: Enrolment for all courses is now underway. Telephone: 071-9170329 or E - Mail : stmichaelsfamilylifecentre@elrcorn.net. Website: www.stmichaelscentre.wordpress.com [D] First Friday Visitation did not take place during the last two weeks due to illness. It is hoped to commence visitation again as soon as circumstances allow. [E] Parish Pastoral Council: Next meeting at 8.30pm this coming Tuesday, 21st January 2014, in the Depot. [F] We remember: Cathal Branley (brother of Bernadette Wai pole, Corrasra, Killargue) whose death occurred on Wednesday 15th January in Santa Rosa, California, USA; Mary Ann McSharry, Church Rd, Dromahair whose funeral took place on Wednesday 15th January & Margaret Harte, Friarstown, whose funeral took place on Tuesday 14th January. May they rest in peace. ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH, DROMAHAIR. 1. Mass: Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday 9.30am; Sunday 11.15am. 2. Pray for: Neil & Anne Sweeney, Drumlease Road, Anniversary Mass Sunday 19th January at 11.15am. Jim Meehan Mass Wednesday 22nd January at 9.30am. Mary Loughlin, Drumlease, Anniversary Mass Sunday 26th January at 11.15am. May they rest in peace! CHURCH OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, NEWTOWNMANOR 1. Mass: Sunday 10.00am. 2. Pray for:- Michael Dolan, Kate Ellen & Martin Dolan and Larry Lee, Mass Sunday 19th January at 10.00am. Deceased of St Felim's Society, Mass Sunday 26* January at 10.00am. May they rest in peace. ST, BRIGID'S CHURCH, KILLARGUE. 1. Mass: Monday 7.00pm; Saturday Evening ~ Vigil Mass ~ 7.00pm. 2. Pray for:Johnny Kelly, Sweetwood, Anniversary Mass Saturday 18th January at 7.00pm. Patrick Hopper, Sweetwood, Month's Memory Mass Saturday 25th January at 7.00pm. 3. Eucharistic Adoration: Killargue Church on Tuesday evenings from 7.00pm - 8.00pm. Padre Pio Novena ~ First Tuesday of every month. [Community Notices 1. Bingo: Every Monday night at 9.00pm in The Blue Devon. Ail lines €30 except games 5 &10 which are €50. All houses €100 and last game €200. Your support is muchappreciated 2. Progressive 25 Card Game ~ Newtownmanor Hall: Every Friday night at 9.00pm. New faces, young and old, are most welcome. Come along for a night of good fun. 3. ASIST ~ Training in Suicide Intervention ~ 2 Day Workshop: 19th & 20* February in Siigo. Contact Belinda Taylor 071 9135061 4. Community Alert: Envelopes will be available shortly for people wishing to subscribe to Text Alert. Subscription €5 per envelope. Community Alert Volunteers will be calling to your local area in the coming weeks to collect envelopes. 5. Dromahair Library <* Opening Times: Tuesdays ~ 12.30pm - 6.00pm with a break from 4.00pm - 4.30pm. Also open on Fridays from 2.30pm - 8.00pm with a break from 4.00pm - 4.30pm. All New Year releases ~ for children and adults ~ available. Kids' Book Club starts in January 2014. Enquire at the Library for details. 6. Leckaun N.S. Parents Association would like to thank everyone for their support in their recent Cook Book sale. 7. The Depot, Dromahair is available for birthday parties, cake sales and meetings. There is seating for up to sixty people. Rates are very reasonable. Tea and coffee facilities are also available. The Meeting Room upstairs is also available for hire and holds about 10 people. Details from the Depot Office at 071- 9134986. The office is open on Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday mornings from 9.45am -1.30pm. Services available include photocopying ~ colour & black and white ~ laminating, internet access, typing and faxing. Garda Services: Available at the Depot on Mondays in the upstairs room from 4.00pm - 5.00pm. For information on classes including karate, aerobics, boxercise and guitar classes, contact 071- 9134986. 8. Dromahair Art Recreation Centre ~ DARC: Micheal & Barry Loughlin wish to thank everyone for their help and support in their recent fundraising cycle in aid of DARC. A total of €4,448.28 was raised. 9. Leitrim Co. Council advises that household waste will be collected and charged using a Pay by Weight System from 1st February 2014. Please ensure you are registered with a permitted waste collector and set up on the pay - by - weight system & have 3 bins (black, blue and a brown bin caddy). Tagged bins and bags will no longer be collected after 1st February 2014. Please contact your Waste Collector for further information. 10. Extra copies of the 2014 Parish Calendar are available at the back of your church. Feel free to take one! 11. DARC ~ Dromahair Arts & Recreation Centre ~ Annual General Meeting: At 9.00pm on Monday 27th January 2014 in the Depot, Dromahair. Anyone or any Croup interested in joining the Committee is most welcome. E - Mail: dromahairarc@kgmail.com Thanks to ail who contributed to the Sunday Offertory Collections, various other Church Collections and the Dues during 2013. Offertory Collection = Day - to - Day upkeep of each Church, maintenance of parish buildings & churches and the running expenses of the relevant parish area during the year. The Offertory Collection also tops up the major shortfall in the Diocesan Services Collection from the parish. Dues = Support and upkeep of the priests in the Parish. Faith is the power you and I have to move mountains - if we are not too proud to push a wheel - barrow. Peter Fletcher. Vengeance is too little. Pardon is very much bigger and greater! IreneLare, French Resistance Leader. God has created me to do him some definite service. He has committed some work to me which he has not committed to another. I have my mission. I may never know it in this life but I shall be told it in the next!