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Gerry Boyle PP   046-9054138

 Advent for us has a very clear end point as we prepare to celebrate the birth of our Saviour at Bethlehem. He never leaves us. And throughout our pandemic journey He has  always been by our side. Perhaps some of us had to use 'Face Time' more to keep in contact with our loved ones in recent times. Advent offers us a journey that leads to Face time with the Christ child lying in a manger. And, we all know, that is only the beginning of our many encounters in this new Church year with the face of Christ.  + Denis Nulty

Masses this weekend and in the coming week

Saturday         6.30pm   Rushwee                                                                                                                                                                            
Sunday         10.00am   Grangegeeth              Pat Devin and deceased members of family
                                                                        Johnny Carpenter and deceased members of family
                     11.30am   Rathkenny                 Lal and Daisy Monaghan
                                                                         Al Mongey and deceased members of family

Mon             10.00am   Rathkenny                   

                      7.30pm    Rushwee                                              
Tue                9.00am    Rathkenny                   
                      7.30pm    Grangegeeth                                        
Wed               8.30am    Rathkenny                                           
Thur              7.30pm    Rushwee                                             
Fri                 7.30pm    Rathkenny                  Parish List of the Dead - First Friday

Sat                 6.30pm    Rushwee                    
Sun              10.00am    Grangegeeth              Ann, Thomas, Joe and Pat Wogan
                                                                         Noel Morgan                                                       

                    11.30am    Rathkenny                  Deceased members of the Curtis family, Rathkenny,                                                                                                                                                     and Faganstown

Thanks also to all who helped with cleaning and stewarding in our churches and thanks to our sacristans.
There are no capacity limits on churches currently.
Please use all the space in the churches to allow some space between people from different households.
Masks are stillrequired along with hand sanitation and cough etiquette.

Online Donations
Online donations can now be made to parish and diocesan collections
via the Diocesan website  HERE

Thanks to all
 who have returned envelopes for parish funds, priest’s offerings, Trócaire, cemeteries and other collections over the past weeks.

Pope Francis tweeted  'Let us be fearless amid the messy situations all around us, because that is where the Lord is, in our midst; God continues to perform his miracle of bringing forth good fruit.'