Parish Newslink
Ss. Peter and Pauls, Clonmel
Sunday 8th January 2017
Canon Brendan Crowley: 61 26292
Fr. Michael Toomey 61 23239 Office:61 22138
Rev. Deacon Lazarus Gidolf 052 61 22138
parishsspeterandpaul@gmail.com
Parish Radio 107.9 FM

Remember Those Who Died Recently:
Paddy Mullins, River St., Clonmel.
Ann Donovan (née Flynn) Toberaheena.
Alvin Boles, Thurles and late of Jossestown, Fethard and Clonmel.
Gerald (Gary) Nugent, Grange, Clonmel.
Kathleen Doyle (née Murphy) Redmondstown.
Michael Maher, Clonmel.
Derek Hogan (Snr) Riordans Hill, Clonmel.
Eileen O’Donoghue (née McInerney) Dungarvan and formerly Dr. Croke Place, Clonmel.
Eileen Austin, Victoria Island, Canada.

Months Mind of:
Michael Burke, Tommy Lonergan,
Danny Fehilly, Domnick McCauley,
Jim Flynn, Teresa English.

Anniversaries of:
Catherine Cockburn, Alick Lee,
Paddy and Noel Forrestal, Jim, Michael and Paul McGrath, John and Brigid Powell,
Nellie O’Neill, Martin Fogarty, Bridie Taylor, Paddy Hogg, Michael Boyle,
Kathleen (Kay) Harte.

Masses this Weekend
Ss. Peter & Paul’s Church
7.30 pm Bernie Fleming (Months Mind) and Con Fleming (Anniv)
11.00am Tommy Lonergan (Months Mind)
12.30pm Carmel Condon (Anniv)
Church of the Resurrection
10am Teresa Maher (Anniv)
Masses Next Weekend
7.30 pm Nora Dougan (Months Mind)
11.00am Monica Wynne (Anniv)
12.30pm Kevin Condon (Anniv)
Church of the Resurrection
10am People of the Parish

Minsters 14th/15th January 2017
Ss Peter & Paul’s & Resurrection
Ministers of the Word: Team A
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Team 1. Altar Servers : St. Peter’s.
Ministers, New Rotas Have been posted and should be with you shortly. If you have not
received your rota please contact the Office.

PARISH INFORMATION
Confessions: Every Sat from 12pm to 1 and 7pm to 7.30pm Ministry to the Sick/ Nursing Homes :
Mass at Melview Nursing Home Sacrament of
anointing of the sick on request. Sacrament of Holy Communion every First Friday. Sacrament of Baptism: 5pm on the First Saturday of the month in Ss. Peter & Pauls, third Saturday in the Resurrection.
Sacrament of Marriage: Consult with one of the Priests to secure a date. Church and State Require at least 3 months notice.
Masses Peter and Pauls: Vigil:7.30pm Sun:11am and 12.30pm. Weekly 1pm
Masses Church of Resurrection:
Sunday:10.00am. Weekly 9.30am.

St Vincent de Paul: If you have any unwanted presents and you wish to donate them, St Vincent de Paul will be accepting donations in Mulcahy House from Tuesday the 3rd Jan 2017.

The Monthly Medugorje Mass will continue at Holy Family Mission, Glencomeragh, Kilsheelan on Thursday 12th January at 8pm with Rosary, Holy Mass and Prayers for Healing. All welcome

Family Carers Ireland,  Looking for a career in the care sector? Family Carers Ireland are providing the QQ1 Level 5 Healthcare Award in 2017 in your area based on demand. One day topic specific workshops also available. For information contact the training unit Tel 057-9322920.

The 103rd World Day of Migrants and Refugees will be celebrated at Masses on next Sunday January 15, 2017. All are welcome to remember those who have left our shores and those who have come to live among us. The theme chosen by Pope Francis for this day is “Minor migrants, vulnerable and voiceless.”

Vocations Day St Benedict’s Priory, Cobh, Co. Cork are holding a Vocations Day for women discerning a contemplative vocations on Saturday 7th January. Please contact Mother Prioress on 021 4811 354 or email
cobhtyburnconvent@gmail.com for details

January 8th is International Awareness Day for Human Trafficking. Human trafficking is one of the world’s most shameful crimes, a heartless violation of human rights in which lives are traded, sold, exploited, abused and ruined. We invite you to pray for the victims ofthis crime and to keep yourself informed of events and happenings in this important area of human rights.

Last Weeks Collections
Donations: €650
CHURCH RENOVATIONS
We are most grateful to so many parishioners and visitors who have donated €419,862 towards the renovation of our church which cost €875,000. Balance to pay: €80,138.
Donations: €500, €100, €50.
Thank You

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Waterford & Lismore Diocesan 59th
Pilgrimage to Lourdes will take place from Tuesday 6th – Sunday 11th June 2017. and will cost €750 (inclusive of tax, insurance, transport to and from airport). Pilgrimage Bookings, Lourdes Office, St John’s Pastoral Centre, John’s Hill, Waterford or Call 051-878900. Bookings open 9th January.
Information for the Sick
Contact John Healy on (052) 61 23791.

The Baptism of the Lord
How can we enter into the mystery of Jesus’ humble self-abasement and Baptism? Gregory of Nazianzus, a fourth-century Church father tells us: ‘Let us be buried with Christ by Baptism to rise with him; let us go down with him to be raised with him; and let us rise with him to be glorified with him.’ Do you want to see changes in your life? And do you want to become a more effective instrument of the Gospel? Examine Jesus’ humility and ask the Holy Spirit to forge this same attitude in your heart. As you do, heaven will open for you as well. The Lord is ever ready to renew us in his Spirit and to anoint us for mission. We are called to be ‘light’ and ‘salt’ to those around us. The Lord wants his love and truth to shine through us that others may see the goodness and truth of God’s message of salvation. Ask the Lord to fill you with his Holy Spirit that you may radiate the joy of the Gospel to those around you. 
‘Lord, fill me with your Holy Spirit and inflame my heart with the joy of the Gospel. May I find joy in seeking to please you just as you found joy in seeking to please your Father’. Don Schwager
Tríona Doherty

Message from Pope Francis for the 25th World Day of the Sick 2017.
Dear Brothers and Sisters, On 11th February next, the Twenty-fifth World Day of the Sick will be celebrated throughout the Church and in a special way at Lourdes.  The theme of this year’s celebration is “Amazement at what God has accomplished: ‘The Almighty has done great things for me…. (Lk 1:49). 
Instituted by my predecessor Saint John Paul II in 1992, and first celebrated at Lourdes on 11 February 1993, this Day is an opportunity to reflect in particular on the needs of the sick and, more generally, of all those who
suffer.  It is also an occasion for those who generously assist the sick, beginning with family members, health workers and volunteers, to give thanks for their God-given vocation of accompanying our infirm brothers and sisters. 
This celebration likewise gives the Church renewed spiritual energy for carrying out ever more fully that fundamental part of her mission which includes serving the poor, the infirm the suffering, the outcast and the marginalized
(cf. JOHN PAUL II, Motu Proprio Dolentium Hominum, 11 February 1985).

Dear brothers and sisters – the sick, healthcare workers and volunteers – I ask you to join me in praying to Mary.  May her maternal intercession sustain and accompany our faith, and obtain for us from Christ her Son hope along our journey of healing and of health, a sense of fraternity and responsibility, a commitment to integral human development and the joy of feeling gratitude whenever God amazes us by his fidelity and his mercy. With the assurance of a constant remembrance in my prayers, I cordially impart to all of you my Apostolic Blessing.
Pope Francis

Masses this Weekend:

Saturday 7th January

10:00am     Power and Cass Families

                    (Deceased)         

  6:15pm     Kathleen Dunphy

                    Catherine & Gerry Hally

                    Eamon Dowling (Shared)

Sunday 8th January

10:30am     Hugh Achesson

                    Kathleen Shaw

12:00noon Denny Farrell (1st Anniv)

                    Tom Allen (1st Anniv) 

Monthly Medugorje Mass: The monthly Medugorje Mass will continue at Holy Family Mission, Glencomeragh, Kilsheelan on Thursday 12th January at 8pm with Rosary, Holy Mass and Prayers for healing.  All welcome. 

Do This In Memory:  A meeting of the Parents Co-ordinating Committee of the ‘Do This In Memory’ programme will take place next Tuesday night at 7.30pm in the Pastoral Centre. 

January 8th is International Awareness Day for Human Trafficking:  Human trafficking is one of the world’s most shameful ills—a heartless violation of human rights in which lives are traded, sold, exploited, abused and ruined.  We invite you to pray for the victims of this crime and to keep yourself informed of events and happenings in this important area of human rights. 

Sunday 15th January: is a day of special prayer for migrants.  It is the 103rd World Day of Migrants and refugees.  Migrants leave their homes in search of a better life and face difficult experience of migration in its various forms.  The theme chosen by Pope Francis for the upcoming World Day of Migrants and Refugees is “Minor migrants, vulnerable and voiceless.”  He asks us to come together to pray for world day of migrants and refugees.  As Christians, we are called to reach out to and pray for all migrants to emphasize the unity of the human family and the values of acceptance, hospitality and love of neighbour.

Wedding Bells:  Congratulations to Matthew Choat, Eltham, England and Anne-Marie McCabe, Ballingarrane who were married in St Mary’s last Saturday.

Congratulations to Jason Seward, Kinsalebeg and Rapid Response, Cahir and Marianne Conlon, Stradbally, Co. Laois who were married in Stradbally last Friday.

Congratulations to Elaine Burke, Toberaheena and Mark Ahearn, Limerick who were married in Faithlegg last Monday.

We wish all the young couples many years of happiness and togetherness.

Welcome: We welcome into the Christian Faith Community of St Mary’s, Alexander Di Tizio who was christened last week.  We congratulate his parents Federicco and Rachel, godparents, grandparents and extended family.

Pláisin Gort Na Meala

AGM

18^th January 2017

The Annual General Meeting of the CACGA takes place on Wednesday night the 18^th January 2017 in the Community Hall at the rear of St Oliver’s Church commencing at 7.30pm and finish at 9.30pm.  The membership fees will also be due on or before the night and each member needs to attend to sign their membership form which will be at the meeting. Membership fees are the same as last year and the committee request that the correct amount of money be brought to the meeting as the management of change can be difficult.  Last year collection of membership presented some difficulties with members digging their plots and no fee paid. Payment of fees includes insurance and it is vital that fees are paid first before any work takes place on your plot. Each year we have some plot holders giving up membership and many more wanting to join and management of the waiting list is a task which requires the cooperation of all members. If you are not renewing your membership please let the committee know.  Important please note if after the AGM if the licence agreement is not immediately renewed the plot will be relet at the next committee meeting.

Outgoing officers and committee

 Chairman, Billy O Donoghue, Secretary, Bernard Lennon, Treasurer, Ger. McEvoy

Committee

 Michael O Brien, Michael O Donoghue, Eileen Kelly, Ruairi O Caislean, Mieke Muyllaert  Dick Carroll, Robert Hawkins, Bridget Bourke, Jim Hennebry

Contact Details

Billy O Donoghue – 0860869999 or 17 Morton Street, Clonmel

Bernard Lennon – 0862937220 or email blennon@eircom.net

Postal Address -; Bernard Lennon, Old Laundry, Marlfield Village, Clonmel

Masses this Weekend:

Saturday 14th January

10:00am         Eamon & Vourneen Dwan 

  6:15pm         Catherine Larkin (1st Anniversary)

                        Edward Larkin

Sunday 15th January

10:30am         Betty Duggan (Month’s Mind)

12:00noon     Dominik McCauley (Month Mind)

  3:00pm         Blessing of Babies 

Sunday 15th January: is a day of special prayer for migrants.  It is the 103rd World Day of Migrants and refugees.  Migrants leave their homes in search of a better life and face difficult experience of migration in its various forms.  The theme chosen by Pope Francis for the upcoming World Day of Migrants and Refugees is “Minor migrants, vulnerable and voiceless.”  He asks us to come together to pray for world day of migrants and refugees.  As Christians, we are called to reach out to and pray for all migrants to emphasize the unity of the human family and the values of acceptance, hospitality and love of neighbour.

Welcome: We welcome into the Christian Faith Community of St Mary’s, Arianna Kate Diruzza-McDonell who was christened last week.  We congratulate her parents Jason and Natasha, godparents, grandparents and extended family. 

Welcome:  We welcome into the Christian Faith, Henry Leopold O’Keeffe who was Christened in Markham, Canada.  We congratulate his parents Sabine and Cormac (formally of Ballingarrane), godparents, grandparents and extended families.

Villge planting

The village has taken delivery of its trays of primrose plants for the vacant areas and the corner .During the coming days planting will be underway in these areas and please do not transplant to unapproved other areas (no pinching of plants)

Spring

The final phase of the river access facility is nearing completion and when the weather settles the first of the hardy river folk will be on site to test and enjoy our lovely new facility as the evenings lengthen. The really good news is that all the facilities are free to use and we ask that you leave nothing behind only footsteps and take away nothing only memories.

Parish Newslink
Ss. Peter and Pauls, Clonmel
Sunday 22nd January 2017
Canon Brendan Crowley: 61 26292
Fr. Michael Toomey 61 23239 Office:61 22138
Rev. Deacon Lazarus Gidolf 052 61 22138
parishsspeterandpaul@gmail.com
Parish Radio 107.9 FM

Remember Those Who Died Recently:
Francis Cashin, Died in England
(Brother of Paddy, College Ave.)
Pat O’Mahoney, Oliver Plunkett Tce.
Noelle O’Brien (née Moloughney) Clondalkin, Dublin and formerly, Clonmel.
Jim Meaney, Glenagad, Old Bridge, Clonmel.
Jenny Murphy (née O’Domnell) Gortmalogue, Clonmel and formerly, Moyglass.

Months Mind of:
Carmel Binchy, John (Sunshine) Carroll,
Joe Howley, Jim O’Brien, John Griffin,
Shay Fitzpatrick, Agnes O’Dwyer,
Betty Duggan.

Anniversaries of:
John and Catherine O’Callaghan,
Hannah Ryan, Gertie Bowe (1st Anniv),
Thomas Whelan, Catherine and William Lafford, .Seán Cooney, Paddy Williams, Nora Kennedy, Patrick Hogan, Deceased Members of the Dargan Family, Christopher O’Dwyer, Sheehy Tce.,
Mary and Vincent Fox Summerhill Drive,
Daniel Kavanagh, Tim Quigley, Tommy Greene, Nellie Cronin, Paul Prendergast,.

Masses this Weekend
Ss. Peter & Paul’s Church
7.30 pm Jim Flynn (Months Mind)
11.00am People of the Parish
12.30pm John and Mary Conran (Anniv)
Church of the Resurrection
10am Thomas Crotty and Mary Egan
(née Crotty) (Anniv)

Masses Next Weekend
7.30 pm Shay Fitzpatrick (Months Mind)
11.00am Bridie Slattery (1st Anniv)
and Marion Talbot (Anniv)
12.30pm Kitty O’Brien (Anniv)
Church of the Resurrection
10am People of the Parish

Minsters 28th/29th January 2017
Ss Peter & Paul’s & Resurrection
Ministers of the Word: Team C
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Team 3. Altar Servers : St. Peter’s.

PARISH INFORMATION
Confessions: Every Sat from 12pm to 1 and 7pm to 7.30pm Ministry to the Sick/
Nursing Homes : Mass at Melview Nursing Home Sacrament of anointing of the sick on request. Sacrament of Holy Communion every First Friday. Sacrament of Baptism: 5pm on the First Saturday of the month in Ss. Peter & Pauls, third Saturday in the
Resurrection. Sacrament of Marriage:
Consult with one of the Priests to secure a date. Church and State Require at least 3 months notice. Masses Peter and Pauls: Vigil:7.30pm Sun:11am and 12.30pm.
Weekly 1pm . Church of Resurrection:
Sunday:10.00am. Weekly 9.30am.

Place4u Café Activities at Place4u Café have resumed each day from 10am to 12.30pm. Come along for art, paper craft, crochet, sewing, playing cards (25s). Details of all activities or classes can be got at the cafe or by ringing 087 4407935.

Donations: €350
CHURCH RENOVATIONS
We are most grateful to so many
parishioners and visitors who have donated €420,352 towards the renovation of our church which cost €875,000. Balance to pay: €79,648.
Donations: €250, €30, €25, €25, €20.
Thank You

Waterford & Lismore Diocesan 59th Pilgrimage to Lourdes will take place from Tuesday 6th – Sunday 11th June 2017. and will cost €750 (inclusive of tax, insurance, transport to and from airport). Pilgrimage Bookings, Lourdes Office, St John’s Pastoral Centre, John’s Hill, Waterford or Call 051-878900. Bookings are now open.
Information for the Sick Contact John Healy on (052) 61 23791.

Come and See: Thinking about the priesthood? There will be an event on 17th and 18th February at Pallottine House, Thurles for men aged 18 to 40, to ‘come and see’. Starts Friday 17th. Advance booking required. Contact Rev Shane O’Neill on 051 391868.

Traditional Latin Mass: There will be a Traditional Latin Mass in Waterford Cathedral with Gregorian Chant, will be celebrated on Sunday 22nd January at 10am in Holy Trinity Cathedral, Barron-strand Street, Waterford. Fr Andrzej Komorowski, FSSP. All are most welcome.

HELP! Youth Suicide Prevention Ireland For Free Text Suicide Crisis Information TEXT HELP to 50015 This service is free to use and you can text 50015 even if you have no credit. Available 24 hours a day.

Family Carers Ireland Looking for a career in the care sector? Family Carers Ireland are providing the QQ1 Level 5 Healthcare Award in 2017 in your area based on demand. One day topic specific workshops also available. For information contact the training unit Tel 057-9322920. Training unit Tel 057-9322920

Parish Pastoral Council: Next Meeting
Monday 30th January at 7.30pm

Cancer Care Support Centre “For people living with Cancer and those who care for them”. At C.A.R.E. we aim to provide a warm, safe and confidential environment for people with cancer and their families.  Open Mon– Fri 10.00 a.m. – 2.00pm p.m. at 14 Wellington Street, Clonmel Tel 052-6182667.

Bishop Cullinan visits Rome (exerpts from Waterford&Lismore Web pages)
Bishop Cullinan is now on a ten day visit to Rome called ‘Ad Limina’ that takes place every ten years for the Irish Bishops.  They will meet Pope Francis on Friday 20th January, but in the meantime, they will be discussing with various different agencies, what is happening in their various dioceses.  
The Bishops arrived to Rome early last Saturday morning, and celebrated Mass in the Irish College. On Monday 16th January, Bishop Cullinan attended meetings at the Congregation for Consecrated Life. The afternoon saw a meeting at the Dicastery for laity and family life. Another meeting was held at Council for protection of Minors. Tuesday 17th January began with Prayer and Mass at 7.15am followed by a move to the Congregation of Bishops for a discussion about a long term strategy for evangelization in Ireland. Then on to the Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith with Cardinal Muller. In the afternoon a meeting was held with the council for new evangelization. There were lots of news ideas, and some are already in place in this Diocese e.g. Pilgrimages, 24 hours for the Lord, Lectio Divina, Workshops relating to Faith etc.
We pray for the success of this visit and send our prayers to Bishop Cullinan.

‘For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?’
Jesus Christ

Sisters of Charity
Scoil Mhuire na nAingeal,
Mary St, Clonmel.
Enrolments are now being taken for Junior Infants and other classes for the School Year 2017/2018
Early enrolment is advised to secure placement.
Contact: 052 61 21099
Email: nanaingeal@eircom.net
www.sistersofcharityns.ie

Catholic Schools Week 2017
On Sunday 29th January the 11 O’clock Mass here in Ss. Peter and Pauls will be celebrated to mark the opening of Catholic Schools Week 2017. 
Catholic Schools Week is an annual all-Ireland celebration which invites schools to give expression in an exceptional way to the ethos of Catholic education.  It acknowledges the tremendous contribution that our Catholic primary and post-primary schools make, not just to Irish society, but to the mission of the Church.
This year’s theme, ‘Catholic schools: Learning with Pope Francis to care for our common home’ has been informed by Laudato Si’, the 2015 encyclical by Pope Francis on care for our common home.
As well as our regular 11am Mass goers, the liturgy for this year’s opening Mass for Catholic Schools Week will be enhanced by the participation of students from our local schools. Catholic Schools Week will take place from 29th January to 4th February.

Clonmel Daffodil Day Group: The members of the Clonmel Daffodil Day Group will hold their first meeting of 2017 in Hearns Hotel at 11am on Thursday 26th January. New members and volunteers always welcome.

Munster Pioneer Activities Committee: Our next meeting will take place in The Marian Hall, Tipperary Town at 3pm on Sunday 5th February. All Pioneers or people who are interested in becoming Pioneers are welcome. For more info contact sorchaol@gmail.com or ring 0863642619 after 6pm or visit the website at www.pioneerassociation.ie.

Tipperary Sports Partnership is facilitating a Child Welfare & Protection in Sport Basic Aware-ness training. The next series workshops will be delivered in by Sport Ireland tutors on 6th Feb and 3rd April at LIT Campus Clonmel at 6pm. Cost€15. For further details Tel. 0761 065170 or visit www.tipperarysports.ie or email mmaher@tipperarysports.ie

Ladies Football Final: Congratulations to Loreto Convent Clonmel on their recent win in the Munster B Ladies Football Final in what by all accounts was a very exciting match. The cup was accepted by Captain Aisling Deely on behalf of her team mates. The Final Score– Loreto Clonmel 1-12 Scoil Phobal Rathmore 2-4.

Planting

The Marlfield Village Committee has taken delivery of this year’s supply of primroses and we propose to plant a number of strips on the roundabout in the centre of the road beyond the Hurling Grounds. The design has yet to be finalised but it will be panels which will show off the varied colours as an introduction to our fair village. We also intend to plant the high bed at the cross corner with wall flowers and sweet William and tidy up the existing area.

Open Meeting

Marlfield Village invites all residents to an open meeting on Monday night the 6^th February at 8pm to discuss how to enhance our lovely village. We have many assets and potentials which need your input and ideas to develop a plan of action. The Clonmel Borough Council will provide the professional assistance to make it possible but first we need to tell them what our hopes and ideas are. The meeting takes place in Marlfield Chapel and everyone is welcome and can contact any of the committee or call 08762937220 for more details.

Disabled parking area

We have received word from the Chairman of Tipperary Co Council Cllr Siobhán Ambrose that the Marlfield Village request for a marked walking pathway similar to the bypass and a dedicated disabled handicapped parking bay will be on the Council work plan for this year at Marlfield Lake. This is very good news and the village committee thanks all the councillors who made representation on our behalf for this very necessary safety measure.

The Launch of  the Exhibition `The Rough with the Smooth ‘ by the Course Director  of Ceramics at Limerick College of Art and Design, Mandy Parslow, was a great success with over 40 attending. The 3 Artists , Georgina Johnston,Tipperary, Jenny Kelly, Leitrim, both Ceramic artists, with Marja Van kampen, Visual Artist, The Netherlands & Wexford, were thrilled with the Arts Centre Gallery itself, the great attention to detail in the curating of the Exhibition  and the actual Launch itself where a number of artworks were sold. The Arts Centre has been complimented by many on the professional curating of the exhibition as it lifts the spirits with its joyous expressive paintings by Marja,  its nature inspired porcelain by Jenny  and connections to our heritage with the clay Axe heads/Standing stones by Georgina. The Exhibition is open Tues. to Fri. 10 to 5 p.m. & Sat 10. To 2p.m. Admission FREE. Well worth a visit!

Most of the Classes for Children & Adults are back again. Elke’s Friday Arts/Craft class for 8 to 12 years of age  is now full as is Tony’s Drawing and Painting class on Friday mornings for Adults. A waiting list is in operation.  There will be a Drop in Crochet/Knitting Group session on the 1^st Thursday of every month starting on 2^ndFebruary.  Brochures can be got from Reception. We will have  be some new workshops for  Ty students on Music Composition and Record your own Radio Show  coming soon. Coder Dojo for Children  and Animation  for Teenagers will come on stream shortly also: Expressions of interest in Pottery, Basket Making and Community Singing for Adults  can be phoned into the Arts Centre’s Reception at 0526127877 or email info@southtippartscentre.ie

N.B. The Arts Centre seeks to appoint a part time Manager . All details can be got on the South Tipperary Arts Centre website, www.southtippartscentre.ie

Maureen Purcell, Vol. Manager , South Tipperary Arts Centre, Nelson St., Clonmel.

Masses this Weekend:

Saturday 28th January

10:00am                        

  6:15pm     Eddie Barrett

                        Michael Lambe & Brigid Lambe

Sunday 29th January

10:30am     Bridie O’Neill (Month’s Mind)        

12:00noon  Verona Fitgerald

                        Jim McGrath

                        Padraig & Oíne Tobin

Thanks: A big thank you to the Senior Choir and Rotary Club who combined to raise €1000 for our Church Organ Restoration Fund. 

Thanks:  Thank you to Careys Pub, Irishtown who donated €320 from their Christmas Raffle to St Mary’s Church.

Wednesday 1st Febuary:  Mass will be offered on Wednesday 1st at 7pm for Peggy Donegan, a founding member of St Mary’s Lourdes Committee.  The 30th Anniversary of her death. 

Coming Week:

Wednesday 1st Feb: St  Brigid:  Day of special devotion.  St Brigid is one of the Patrons of Ireland.  Today is the beginning of Spring. 

Thursday 2nd Feb: Presentation of Our Lord: Day for consecrated life.  We remember in a special way all who have consecrated their lives exclusively to God.  We also celebrate all with special charisms who promote the witness of the Christian community.

Blessing Of Candles: On this day we bless the candles which will be used during the coming year.  Many people retain the old Irish custom of having a Blessed Candle in their homes. 

Friday 3rd Feb: St Blaise:  The Blessing of throats takes place today at all Masses, 7.45am, 10am and 7pm.  Today is also First Friday—Communion to the Sick.

Saturday 4th Feb: First Saturday: Reconciliation service at 10am Mass.

The Exhibition `The Rough with the Smooth ‘  the` Feel Good’ joint exhibition, by 2 Ceramic Artists and a Visual Artist, has been extended by popular demand.  Open in the Arts Centre Gallery, Nelson St., Clonmel,  daily 10 to 5 p.m. & Sat. 10 to 2p.m., Admission Free. Contact the Reception for workshop bookings  for Community Groups and schools at 0526127877.

Children’s and Adult Art/Craft Classes now full. Waiting lists in operation. Coder Dojo for Children and Animation for Teenagers coming in February. Expressions of interest by Adults for Pottery Classes  Wed.12. 30 to 2 p.m.  and Community Singing ( day & time to be decided) – ability to read music not essential  – all you need is a love of singing  with a sense of fun! Contact the Reception at info@southtippartscentre.ie or 0526127877 for all information.

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Maureen Purcell, Vol. Manager  Arts Centre, Nelson St., Clonmel

Parish Newslink
Ss. Peter and Pauls, Clonmel
Sunday 5th February 2017
Canon Brendan Crowley: 61 26292
Fr. Michael Toomey 61 23239 Office:61 22138
Rev. Deacon Lazarus Gidolf 052 61 22138
parishsspeterandpaul@gmail.com
Parish Radio 107.9 FM

Remember Those Who Died Recently:
Ellen (Lena) Carey, Marion Court and Irishtown.
Mary Boland (née Crowley), Longford, Limerick and Clonmel.
Gwen Thomson, Ard na Greine, Clonmel.
Gus Nugent, formerly Parnell St., Clonmel and Newcastle..
Richie (Dick) Lambe, Old Bridge, Clonmel.
Joan Meaney (née Kennedy) Barron Park,
Clonmel and late of Midleton, Co. Cork.
John Landers, Queen St. formerly Glenconnor.
Gary Brett, St. Patricks Tce., Clonmel.
Annette Fitzsimmons (née Ahearne)
Heywood Close, Clonmel.
Gerry Lonergan, Gortmalogue, Clonmel.
Mark Doolan, Mylerstown, Powerstown and late of Rockfield, Glenconnor.
George Nedzka, Died in Germany.

Months Mind of:
Paddy Mullins, Ann Donovan, Alvin Boles,
Gary Nugent, Kathleen Doyle, Michael Maher, Derek Hogan, Eileen O’Donoghue, Eileen Austin.

Anniversaries of
John Kerton (2nd Anniv), Finian Daly,
Bridget Fitzgerald, Timothy Connelly,
Kathleen, Michael and Dennis Arrigan,
Annie and Tony Griffin, Pat Murnane,
Eddie and Nellie O’Connor, Kathleen Ralph, Bridget Dwyer, David Cahill, Rita and Gus Sweetman, Edward (Eddie) Kelleher( College Ave),
Tracy Walsh (Ard Gaoithe,) (1st Anniv).

Masses this Weekend
Ss. Peter & Paul’s Church
7.30 pm John Griffin (Months Mind)
11.00am Pat and Padraig Geary (Anniv)
12.30pm John O’Keeffe (11th Anniv) and Maureen O’Keeffe (Months Mind)
Church of the Resurrection
10am Willie Berrigan (Anniv)

Masses Next Weekend
7.30 pm Joe Howley (Months Mind)
11.00am Gary and Leish Fogarty (Anniv)
12.30pm Eileen O’Reilly (Anniv)
Church of the Resurrection
10am People of the Parish

PARISH INFORMATION
Confessions: Every Sat from 12pm to 1 and 7pm to 7.30pm Ministry to the Sick/ Nursing Homes : Mass at Melview Nursing Home Sacrament of anointing of the sick on request. Sacrament of Holy Communion every First Friday. Sacrament of Baptism: 5pm on the First Saturday of the month in Ss. Peter & Pauls, third Saturday in the Resurrection. Sacrament of Marriage:
Consult with one of the Priests to secure a date. Church and State Require at least 3 months notice. Masses Peter and Pauls: Vigil: 7.30pm Sun: 11am and 12.30pm. Weekly 1pm . Church of Resurrection:
Sunday:10.00am. Weekly 9.30am.
Place4u Café Activities at Place4u Café have resumed each day from 10am to 12.30pm. Come along for art, paper craft, crochet, sewing, playing cards (25s). Details of all activities or classes can be got at the cafe or by ringing 087 4407935.

We Welcome to our Parish and the Christian Community:
Kayden James Hogan, Keane Alex Hackett. Congratulations to the Parents and God Parents

Donations: €195
CHURCH RENOVATIONS
We are most grateful to so many parishioners and visitors who have donated €420,772 towards the renovation of our church which cost €875,000. Balance to pay: €79,228.
Donations: €140, €50, €5. Thank You

The Monthly Medugorje Mass will continue at Holy Family Mission, Glencomeragh, Kilsheelan on Thursday 12th January at 8pm with Rosary, Holy Mass and Prayers for Healing. All welcome

Cancer Care Support Centre we aim to provide a warm, safe and confidential environment for people with cancer and their families.  Open Mon– Fri 10.00 a.m. – 2.00pm p.m. at 14 Wellington Street, Clonmel Tel 052-61 82667.

Waterford & Lismore Diocesan 59th Pilgrimage to Lourdes 6th to 11th June 2017.
Booking now open, Call 051 878900. Information for the Sick Contact John Healy on (052) 61 23791.

The Golden Jubilee of Charismatic Renewal in the Catholic Church will be celebrated on: Sunday 19th February from 2pm—6pm at the Edmund Rice Centre, Waterford. Prayer, Praise, Scripture, Sharing, Testimonies and Prayer Ministry. All welcome.
Contact Síle on 086 8590 394 for further information.

Excerpt from a Speech by Pope Francis
And remember that life is a walk, walk always, seeking God. Walk steady, tireless and courageous. Something is missing … and what is missing? Walk with light! And what is light? The Gospel, the word of God. Walk, steady, tireless, courageous and with the light of God’s Word.

O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind? Percy Bysshe Shelley

Tipperary Sports Partnership is facilitating a Child Welfare & Protection in Sport Basic Awareness training. 6th Feb and 3rd April at LIT Campus at 6pm. Cost €15. Tel. 0761 065170

St Pio Prayer Group meet on the 1st Monday of each month and will meet this Monday 6th Feb in St. Marys. Rosary at 6.30pm with Prayers & Mass for all petitions in the basket at 7pm.

Come and See: Thinking about the priesthood? There will be an event on 17th and 18th February at Pallottine House, Thurles for men aged 18 to 40, to ‘come and see’. Starts Friday 17th. Advance booking required. Contact Rev Shane O’Neill on 051 391868.

Sisters of Charity Enrolments are now being taken for Junior Infants and other classes for the School Year 2017/2018. Contact: 052 61 21099.

Active Retirement in Place4U .
Next Meeting Thursday 16th February.

The Church of Ireland Monthly Whist Drive takes place on Friday 10th February in the Sisters of Charity Hall at 7.30 for 8pm. Good Cards, Good Prizes and a Good Cuppa. Come, enjoy and support us.

Safeguarding Sunday: Sunday 5th February has been nominated by Bishop Cullinan as “Safeguarding Sunday”. Safeguarding Children is a priority in our Parish and all Church personnel comply with the Diocesan Safeguarding policy and procedures.

Salt and Light
In today’s Gospel we hear of two scenarios where salt is concerned: one is that we are called to be ‘salt of the earth’. What salt does for food, Christians are called to do for the world – to give life ‘taste’. You might recall someone who brought ‘taste’ to your own life, encouraging you on your journey, offering hope, a new insight or project, someone you followed and learned from. What gifts did they bring? The other scenario in the Gospel today is where salt has lost its taste – how can it be restored? You might recall someone you placed great hope in, whether it be a family member, a public figure, a Church leader or politician; someone who had vision and inspired others. Yet the ‘salt’ or the ‘taste’ was lost. We see this all around us in our world, when someone’s potential is lost.
There are many situations in our world today where people’s light is not allowed to shine. It is controlled, hidden, prevented from being used for the benefit of all because of jealousy or perhaps others are afraid of the consequences. Jesus tells us that these lights must shine, for all, and then we can give glory to God in heaven for the fruits it may produce. To help lights shine and to give flavour to the world is our task today. Another way of putting it might be: how are the effects of our encounter with Jesus Christ evident in our lives?
Jane Mellet

Our Confirmation Parish and School program, “Confirming Our Children” continues for all students in the Sisters of Charity and SS Peter & Paul’s NS this Saturday, 4th Feb at the 7.30pm Mass. We welcome the students, teachers and families.

Masses this Weekend:

Saturday 4th February

10:00am                        

  6:15pm     Tommy White (1st Anniv)

                        Jim Denn (Month’s Mind)

                        Seamus Denn (Shared)    

Sunday 5th February

10:30am     Eileen (Syden) Bolger (Shared)

                        Anne Donovan (Month’s Mind)

12:00noon  Pat Keating

                        Mary & Thomas Kerton  

Coming Week:

Monday 6th Feb: St Paul Miki and Japanese Martyrs.

Tuesday 7th Feb: St Mel, Patron of Ardagh and Clonmacnois.

Friday 10th Feb:  St Scholastica—sister of St Benedict, founder of Benedictines.

Saturday 11th Feb:  Our Lady of Lourdes: World day of sick.  On this day in 1858 Our Lady appeared to St Bernadette for the first time.  In 1992, Pope John Paul II instituted World Day of Sick.

Sunday 12th Feb:  To celebrate World Day of Sick we will have a Blessing and Anointing of the Sick in St Mary’s Church at 4.00pm.  We invite all who are sick, infirm, housebound to come along.  All are welcome.

Saint Pio Prayer Group: Will be meeting on the first Monday of the month, 6th February at 6.30pm with Rosary and Prayers.  Mass at 7pm for all petitions placed in the basket on the altar.  All are welcome.

Do This In Memory:  A meeting of the Parents coordinating committee will take place on Tuesday night at 7.30pm in the Pastoral Centre.

Irish Wheelchair Association: will be holding their church gate collection on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February.  Your support would be greatly appreciated.

Parish Newslink
Ss. Peter and Pauls, Clonmel
Sunday 12th February 2017
Canon Brendan Crowley: 61 26292
Fr. Michael Toomey 61 23239 Office:61 22138
Rev. Deacon Lazarus Gidolf 052 61 22138
parishsspeterandpaul@gmail.com
Parish Radio 107.9 FM

Remember Those Who Died Recently:
Elizabeth (Betty) Corcoran (nee Sweeney) Elm Park.
Margaret (Peggy) O’Dwyer (née Dunphy) Griffith Ave.
Laishea Toomey Gardiner Poulmucka, O’Neill St and Rink Place
Patrick (Paddy) Mackey Churchtown Dublinand Clonmel
Sarah Walshe (née Clarke) Ard Fatima.
Mary Keating (nee Desmond) Marlfield .
Anthony (Tony) Byrne, Dun Laoghaire. Uncle of the late Fr. Colm O’ Brien.

Months Mind of:
Dick Phelan, Breda Moroney, Jim Denn,
Mary Fennessy, Joe Howley.

Anniversaries of
Ann Fanning Larry and Nancy Collins,Breda Butler,
Kathleen and Maureen Brazil, Bridgie and Christine Mulcahy, Helen Cooney,Marie Pyke,
Richard Kennedy, Jim Chadfield, Joe Collins.
Birthday Remembrance: Billy Farrell

Masses this Weekend
Ss. Peter & Paul’s Church
7.30 pm Joe Howley (Months Mind) and his father Michael Howley (Anniv)
11.00am Joey and Leish Fogarty (Anniv)
12.30pm Eileen O’Reilly (Anniv)
Church of the Resurrection
10am People of the Parish

Masses Next Weekend
7.30 pm Paddy Mullins (Months Mind)
11.00am Liam Ó Duibhir (1st Anniv)
12.30pm Billy and Kitty Devine (Anniv)
Church of the Resurrection
10am Patrick and Mary Lawlor (Anniv)

Minsters 18th/19th February 2017
Ss Peter & Paul’s & Resurrection
Ministers of the Word: Team C
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Team 3 Altar Servers : St. Paul’s.
Peter&Pauls & Resurrection

PARISH INFORMATION
Confessions: Every Sat from 12pm to 1 and 7pm to 7.30pm Ministry to the Sick/ Nursing Homes : Mass at Melview Nursing Home Sacrament of anointing of the sick on request. Sacrament of Holy Communion every First Friday. Sacrament of Baptism: 5pm on the First Saturday of the month in Ss. Peter & Pauls, third
Saturday in the Resurrection. Sacrament of Marriage: Consult with one of the Priests to secure a date. Church and State Require at least 3 months notice.
Pre –Marriage Course: It is strongly recommended to partake in a Pre– marriage course organised by ACCORD (Catholic Marriage Advisory Council) for bookings and information contact 052 6124144 .
Masses Peter and Pauls: Vigil:7.30pm Sun:11am and 12.30pm. Weekly 1pm . Church of
Resurrection:Sunday:10.00am. Weekly 9.30am.

Donations: €190. Sale of CD: €250
Payment of Diocesan Loan from Offertory: €2,788
CHURCH RENOVATIONS
We are most grateful to so many
parishioners and visitors who have donated €424,000 towards the renovation of our church which cost €875,000.
Donations: €250, €100, €50, €20, €20.
Offertory for Diocesan Loan €2,788. Total: €3,288.
Balance to pay: €76,000.Thank You
Total from sale of CD to date: €10,260.
Tipperary Sports Partnership is facilitating a Child Welfare & Protection in Sport Basic
Awareness training. 3rd April at LIT
Campus at 6pm. Cost €15. Tel. 0761 065170

Come and See: Thinking about the priesthood? There will be an event on 17th and 18th February at Pallottine House, Thurles for men aged 18 to 40, to ‘come and see’. Starts Friday 17th. Advance booking required. Contact Rev Shane O’Neill on 051 391868.

Active Retirement in Place4U . Next Meeting
Thursday 16th February. Social Evening.

Cancer Care Support Centre we aim to provide a warm, safe and confidential environment for people with cancer and their families. Open Mon– Fri 10.00 a.m. – 2.00pm p.m. at 14 Wellington Street, Clonmel Tel 052-61 82667.

Waterford & Lismore Diocesan 59th Pilgrimage to Lourdes 6th to 11th June 2017.
Booking now open, Call 051 878900. Information for the Sick Contact John Healy on (052) 61 23791.

The Golden Jubilee of Charismatic Renewal in the Catholic Church will be celebrated on: Sunday 19th February from 2pm—6pm at the Edmund Rice Centre, Waterford. Prayer, Praise, Scripture, Sharing,
Testimonies and Prayer Ministry. All welcome.
Contact Síle on 086 8590 394 for further information.

Table Quiz in Hillview Sports Centre on Thursday 16th at 8-45 pm in aid of Rape Crisis Centre Organised by Clonmel Soroptimist Club £20 per table

Parish E-Mail Change Due to circumstances beyond our control the parish email has changed. All mail can now be sent to: parishsspeterandpaul@gmail.com

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love. Maya Angelou
Happy Valentines Day!

Going Deeper
This Sunday we have a third extract from the Sermon on the Mount. It can appear at first glance to be a series of moral statements and rules from Jesus. On closer reflection we can see Jesus’ message here is the call for each of us to ‘go deeper’. The Scribes and the Pharisees followed the letter of the law but without depth. Jesus is clear that he has not come to demolish the law, rather, this whole passage is a call to a more profound reflection on our lives; not ticking boxes but moving towards a deeper change of heart in dealings with others. Jesus gives many examples of how people might do this: warning against the hypocrisy of offering gifts and rituals at the altar when we may have huge anger and resentment towards another. Is the real sacrament not in reconciling that relationship first? Which offering is more life-giving? It is not enough to ‘not murder’, but we must watch our anger which can lead to violence. Jesus is calling on people to watch their thoughts which can lead to serious actions like murder and adultery.
When we encounter Christ, the grace that this experience brings can make us aware of what is not ok in our lives. We are called to a radical conversion, a change of heart. And so we read today’s passage with our hearts, not our heads. It may help to recall a time when you felt God’s grace bringing you to a deeper realisation about your life. Jane Mellet

Lectio Divina
Reflections on the Sunday Gospels to deepen your knowledge of the Word of God in the weekly Liturgy‘ There is one particular way of listening to what the Lord wishes to tell us in His Word and of letting ourselves be transformed by the Spirit. It is what we call ‘lectio divina’ Pope Francis Please join the Sisters of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at St. John’s Pastoral Centre, John’s Hill, Waterford every Wednesday night, 7.30 p.m.
(15th February to 26th April)
Donation: €5 including light refreshments

Tipperary County Museum is looking for members of the public to donate or loan postcards and pictures of towns and villages throughout the County for an upcoming exhibition. While we already have a large collection of historic postcards of South Tipperary towns we are seeking historic images of north Tipperary towns and villages. We are also especially interested in images from the period 1970 -2000 for all areas, which would illustrate the more recent changes that have taken place around the County. Any postcards/pictures donated will be added to the Museum collection and any offered on loan will be scanned and returned within a specified time period.
Our exhibition will open in July 2017 and a full programme of events will accompany. Please contact the Museum on museum@tipperarycoco.ie or 07 61 06 5252 to arrange delivery or call in with your Photographs and for further information.

Excerpts from a speech by Pope Francis on 9th February.
Speaking about the contribution of education in sowing hope “Man cannot live without hope, and education is a generator of hope. I am convinced that the young of today need above all this a life that builds the future. Therefore, the true educator is like a father and a mother who transmits a life capable of having a future…..it is
necessary to listen to the young: the ‘work of the ear’. Listen to the young! … “Dear brothers and sisters,
Catholic schools and universities make a great contribution to the mission of the Church when they serve growth in humanity, dialogue and hope”.

Parishioners: your new Weekly Envelopes are due to start on the 6th March. Your new boxes will be delivered in due course. Can you please discard all old envelopes when you receive your new boxes. Any Parishioner who wishes to receive a Box of Weekly Envelopes can contact the Office, the Shop or Canon Crowley or Fr. Toomey.
Distributors: Boxes of Weekly Envelopes will be available for Collection next Week. As usual we
appreciate your continued help. Thank You.

Do You Want to Advertise an upcoming event? Is there something that you feel would be of interest to the Community? You can e-mail in your piece to parishsspeterandpaul@gmail.com or ring 052 6122138 or call to the Parish Office. Deadline before 12pm on each Thursday.

Masses this Weekend:

Saturday 11th February

10:00am                        

  6:15pm     Kitty & Johnny Hallinan (Shared)

                        Jack (John) Ryan (1st Anniversary)         

Sunday 12th February

10:30am     Charlie O’Reilly       

12:00noon Maurice Patterson

                        Tom Morrissey

  4:00pm     Blessing of the Sick 

Welcome: We welcome into the Christian Faith Community of St Mary’s, Kian Declan Ryan-Amos who was christened last week.  We congratulate his parents Declan and Laura, godparents, grandparents and extended family.

Umbra Clothing Appeal:  Clothing collection on behalf of Fr Nicholas Ngulutu of St Josephs Parish, Kavisuni, Diocese of Kitui, Kenya.  All types of clean ladies, gents and children’s clothing and paired shoes.  Collection on Tuesday 28th February before 12 noon from Church Gate Door.  All donations greatly appreciated.

Irish Wheelchair Association: will be holding their church gate collection on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February.  Your support would be greatly appreciated.

Blessing of the Sick: There will be a special ceremony of the Blessing of the Sick on Sunday at 4pm.  This is to celebrate World Day of Sick which is kept on the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, Sat 11th February.

St Mary’s Lourdes Pilgrimage 2017: This year’s Pilgrimage takes place on 4th –10th August.  Cost is €745pps.  Costs includes return coach fare to Cork Airport, flights, city tax and accommodation.  Anyone who would like to book a place, please see Jim Connolly after the 6.15pm Vigil on Saturday at the Crying Room at the back of the Church.

Parish Newslink
Ss. Peter and Pauls, Clonmel
Sunday 19th February 2017
Canon Brendan Crowley: 61 26292
Fr. Michael Toomey 61 23239 Office:61 22138
Rev. Deacon Lazarus Gidolf 052 61 22138
parishsspeterandpaul@gmail.com
Parish Radio 107.9 FM

Remember Those Who Died Recently:
Tom Cusack, Berkley Drice, Prior Park, Clonmel and formerly Ballyporeen.
June Daniels (née Moroney) College Ave.
Months Mind of:
Paddy Mullins, Francis Cashin, Pat O’Mahoney,
Noelle O’Brien, Jim Meaney, Jenny Murphy.
Anniversaries of
Peggy Fennessy, Sheila, Tim and Vincent
Corcoran, William, James and Margaret Arrigan, Mary Grogan, Anthony O’Reilly, Orla Murray,
Bridget and Tony O’Dwyer,
Lena Lonergan Shamrock Hill, Des Delahunty,
Michael Burke (3rd Anniv) Old Bridge .

Masses this Weekend
Ss. Peter & Paul’s Church
7.30 pm Paddy Mullins (Months Mind)
11.00am Liam Ó Duibhir (1st Anniv)
12.30pm Billy and Kitty Devine (Anniv)
Church of the Resurrection
10am Patrick and Mary Lawlor (Anniv)
Masses Next Weekend
Ss. Peter & Paul’s Church
7.30 pm Dick Phelan (Months Mind)
11.00am Mary Farrell (Slievenamon Rd) (Anniv)
Tina Keane (1st Anniv)
12.30pm Linda Marie Condon (Anniv)
Church of the Resurrection
10am People of the Parish

Minsters 25th/26th February 2017
Ss Peter & Paul’s & Resurrection
Ministers of the Word: Team A
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Team 1 Altar Servers : St. Peter’s.

PARISH INFORMATION
Confessions: Every Sat from 12pm to 1 and 7pm to 7.30pm Ministry to the Sick/ Nursing Homes : Mass at Melview
Nursing Home Sacrament of anointing of the sick on request. Sacrament of Holy Communion every First Friday. Sacrament of Baptism: 5pm on the First Saturday of the month in Ss. Peter & Pauls, third
Saturday in the Resurrection. Sacrament of Marriage: Consult with one of the Priests to secure a date. Church and State Require at least 3 months notice. Pre –Marriage Course: It is strongly recommended to partake in a Pre– marriage course organised by ACCORD (Catholic Marriage Advisory Council) for bookings and
information contact 052 6124144 .
Masses Peter and Pauls: Vigil:7.30pm Sun:11am and 12.30pm. Weekly 1pm . Church of Resurrection:Sunday:10.00am. Weekly 9.30am.

Donations: €416.
CHURCH RENOVATIONS
We are most grateful to so many parishioners and visitors who have donated €424,416 towards the renovation of our church which cost €875,000.
Donations: €131, €100, €75, €60, €50.
Balance to pay: €75,584.Thank You

Active Retirement in Place4U
Next Meeting Thursday 2nd March. New member welcome.

Clonmel Widows Association:
The first meeting of 2017 will be held in the Friary Hall on Thursday 21st February from 3pm to 5pm. Subs are due, to be collected on that date. Raffle, Bingo, Teas. New Members Welcome.

World Day of Prayer – Old St Mary’s Church  Over 3 million people in Ireland and worldwide will take part in the annual World Day of Prayer ecumenical service on Friday March 3rd. This years’ service has been
prepared by Christian women of the Philippines. The Clonmel service will take place in Old St Mary’s Church at 7.30pm. Parishes across the Clonmel area are participating. All are welcome.  

Yes-To-Life Canvass: The Yes-to-Life canvass is getting underway in the South Tipperary area. We need your help to campaign to save our Eight Amendment and continue to protect mothers and their unborn children equally. To find out more information or get involved, call/text 0879036648.

NET TEAM VISITS CLONMEL:  On the weekend of 11/ 12 March the NET team who ave been working hard with many of our young people in the diocese will be speaking at all Masses to inform all of us of the work they do. Their parish ministry has been a great opportunity to encounter lots of different people from the community. We look forward to welcoming the team here and wish the every success and blessing in their mission. 

Coffee Morning: A coffee morning to launch Clonmel Daffodil Day’s fundraising for 2017 will be held in the Greyhound Stadium Clonmel, Saturday 25th February from 10.30am. Please come along and bring a friend or two to support this worthy cause.

Do You Want to Advertise an upcoming event? Is there something that you feel would be of interest to the Community? Email in your piece to parishsspeteandpaul@gmail.com or ring 052 6122138 or call to the Parish Office. Deadline before 12pm on each Thursday.

Turn the Other Cheek
Today we hear and read one of the most famous passages in the Gospels: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. It is a radical text and not so easy. How can we be expected to love those who have hurt us or done harm to us? Anthony de Mello, an Indian Jesuit who wrote many books on spirituality, spoke often about the concept of ‘loving enemies’. When someone hurts us, when someone triggers emotional pain in us, de Mello suggests that we try to come to the realisation that we are ‘standing before our benefactor’. The situation is a reminder that we are still to grow and we are hurt because someone has not met our expectations. It is these expectations that we must let go of. We can learn from the other who has wronged us: how has this affected me? What do I need to let go of?
The teachings in this passage are radical and go against what we hear around us in our world like calls for retribution and revenge. However Jesus has high expectations of his followers, to go against the grain. Jesus is not encouraging passiveness. He is inviting people to a ‘third way’: to make a non-violent stand when faced with persecution. By ‘offering the other cheek’ we allow for the potential of conversion of the other to a realisation of what they have done. The easy option is to retaliate, to not see our brother or sister standing before us. We can offer them an opportunity to see our own sacred humanity. ‘Loving our enemies’ is a call to constantly move towards restoring relationships, offering mercy and peace. ‘An eye for an eye will leave the whole world blind’.Gandhi Jane Mellet

Cancer Care Support Centre we aim to provide a warm, safe and confidential environment for people with cancer and their families.  Open Mon– Fri 10.00 a.m. – 2.00pm p.m. at 14 Wellington Street, Clonmel, Waterford & Lismore Diocesan 59th Pilgrimage to Lourdes 6th to 11th June 2017.
Booking now open, Call 051 878900. Information for the Sick Contact John Healy on (052) 61 23791.

The Golden Jubilee of Charismatic Renewal in the Catholic Church will be celebrated on: Sunday 19th February from 2pm—6pm at the Edmund Rice Centre, Waterford. Prayer, Praise, Scripture, Sharing,
Testimonies and Prayer Ministry. All welcome.
Contact Síle on 086 8590 394 for further information.
Tel 052-61 82667

Retired Priests Colletion: The collection for the retired Priests of the Diocese will be taken up at Masses on this weekend, 18th and 19th February.

Lent: The season of Lent begins on Wednesday, 1st March and continues until Easter Sunday, 16th April.
Lent is a time of preparation for our celebration of the events of Holy Week, when we commorate what is central to our Christian faith—the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Lent is traditionally a time of prayer, fasting, and good works. In more recent years, one of the most important “good works” is our contributions to Trócaire—an initiative of the Irish Church to help cater for needs in Third World Countries. Trócaire boxes will be available in the Churches from next Sunday. Please take one home with you and place it in a prominent place in your home. Contribute whatever you can to it during Lent, and return to it to the Church during Holy Week.

Parish Pastoral Council:
Next Meeting Monday 27th February at 7.30pm , 22 Gladstone St.

Fashion Show in aid of Place4u
Showcasing the exclusive Brown Thomas collection 
Hosted by RTE’s Miriam O’Callaghan.. Music by Two & Half Tenors. Hotel Minella, Wed 5th April 
Tickets €50 from Marian’s Bookshop, Buttermarket Café and Place4u 087 4407935.

Anam Cara: the organisation that supports bereaved parents, is holding its next monthly Parent evening on Monday 20th February from 7.30pm to 9pm in the Horse & Jockey Hotel, Thurles.
 
I am blessed to have so many great things in my life – family, friends and God. All will be in my thoughts daily.

Lil’ Kim

 Masses this Weekend:

Saturday 18th February

10:00am     Mary Drohan         

  6:15pm     Jimmy Ryan (Abbey Road)

                        Patrick & Bridget Barrett (Shared)

Sunday 19th February

10:30am    

12:00noon Rory Hickey

                        Jenny Murphy (Month’s Mind)

 St Mary’s Lourdes Pilgrimage 2017: This year’s Pilgrimage takes place on 4th –10th August.  Cost is €745pps.  Costs includes return coach fare to Cork Airport, flights, city tax and accommodation.  Anyone who would like to book a place, please see Jim Connolly after the 6.15pm Vigil on Saturday at the Crying Room at the back of the Church.

Envelope Distributors: The Trocaire boxes/envelopes are now available from the Crying Room Office/Shop for all envelope distributors. 

Umbra Clothing Appeal:  Clothing collection on behalf of Fr Nicholas Ngulutu of St Josephs Parish, Kavisuni, Diocese of Kitui, Kenya.  All types of clean ladies, gents and children’s clothing and paired shoes.  Collection on Tuesday 28th February before 12 noon from Church Gate Door.  All donations greatly appreciated

Welcome: We welcome into the Christian Faith Community of St Mary’s, James Sean Doyle who was christened last week.  We congratulate his parents Graham and Sarah, godparents, grandparents and extended family.  We also welcome Ruadhán Ellis Henckert, we congratulate his parents Jonathan and Rachel, godparents, grandparents and extended family.

Rosary/Fatima/Fr Peyton

On next weekend, 25th and 26th February, Fr Jim Kelleher, a priest from Texas will be visiting our Parish with his team, which includes Dana (Of All Kinds of Everything Eurovision fame).  Fr Jim is promoting the cause of Fr Peyton and hopes to establish what he terms a Global Living Rosary.  On Monday night Fr Jim will lead an hour of Adoration at 7.00Pm in St Mary’s Church.  Dana will lead the singing.  All are welcome.

Teenagers  Animation Workshop will take place this coming Saturday in the Arts Centre, Nelson St., Clonmel ( Opposite the Court House) from 12 noon to approx. 4 p.m. with Bobby and Patricia, Animators,  and Ali, LIT, Clonmel. Only a few places left. Cost €15. All materials supplied. Book now at 0526127877, info@southtippartscentre.ie

A 6 week Coding workshop for 1^st yr to Leaving Cert. Students, with John Hannafin, LIT,  will commence  in the Arts Centre, Saturday week 4^th March, 12 noon   to 1. 30  p.m. approx..  Donation of €5 per session required & bring your  laptop/tablet.   Book now as places are limited.

Adult /Teen Pottery workshop with Eileen Singleton on Sat. 4^th March, Arts Centre. 12 noon to 5 p.m. All material & light refreshment supplied . To book contact Eileen at 0879017148

A Beginner’s series of 4 workshops with Maura Barrett,  on  ` Finding  my Ancestors’ will commence  on Monday nights  in March.€ 48 for 4 weeks. Names now being taken at reception.

Make  a Basket in a Day workshop for Adults and Teens with Lynn Kirkham, on Sat.25^th March.  All materials & light refreshments supplied.  Book at Reception

The children’s Art/ craft workshop with Elke and Angela on Fridays and Saturdays are preparing for  the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. It is hoped that many of the children with their parents  will walk in the parade under the Arts Centre Banner which is being  painted by staff at the moment and is called Colour and Creativity.  Confirm attendance at Reception.

Last chance to see the  extended Exhibition `The Rough with the Smooth’ by 2 Ceramic Artists from LSAD and a Visual Artist from the Netherlands as it will  close on next Tuesday at 4 p.m. Workshops with one of the Ceramic artists have been taking place for schools and community groups  during the last few  weeks & there is still time to book in for a workshop. Also on display  and for sale are two models  by Chris Collins , Men’s Shed, of The Main Guard, Clonmel  and St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. These beautiful models took Chris 6oo hours and 400 hours respectively to make.

0526127877 Monday through lunch to  Sat 2 p.m.

info@southtippartscentre.ie

www.southtippartscentre.ie

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The monthly meeting of Clonmel Horticultural Society will take place on Wednesday next 1st March, 2017 at 8.00 p.m. in Hotel Minella.

Peter Dowdall will be the guest speaker. Peter is a well know gardening expert who writes on gardening topics in various publications including the Irish Examiner. He also presents the gardening slot on the RTE1 Today Show with Daithi O’Shea and Maura Derrane.

New members and visitors are welcome to attend what promises to be a most interesting lecture. This is one of a number of lectures being organised for 2017 to mark the society’s 35th anniversary year.

All are welcome and the admission is €5.

Parish Newslink
Ss. Peter and Pauls, Clonmel
Sunday 26th February 2017
Canon Brendan Crowley: 61 26292
Fr. Michael Toomey 61 23239 Office:61 22138
Rev. Deacon Lazarus Gidolf 052 61 22138
parishsspeterandpaul@gmail.com
Parish Radio 107.9 FM

Remember Those Who Died Recently:
Matt Whelan, Elm Park and formerly Bolton St.
Edmond Phelan, Mullinarinka, Clonmel.
Patrick (Paddy) Corbett, Grange, Clonmel and Newcastle.

Months Mind of:
Sr. Margaret Finn, Nicholas Ryan, Ann Moore, Liam Aherne, James Lynch, Alice Horan, Noelle O’Brien,
John McEvoy, Eily Barson., Dick Phelan

Anniversaries of
Philip and Joan Shanahan, Susan Grant,
TJ Hackett, Majella Hackett, Cyril Nugent,
Billy Byrne, John R. Sullivan,
Biddy Bourke (1st Anniv), Maymie Cleary.
Tony Alazia, John Bourke, Clonmel/London,
Tom Halpin, Bridget (Dolly) Bowe (1st Anniv),
Helen Lyons (1st Anniv) Bridget Moore, Tessie Harte.

Masses this Weekend
Ss. Peter & Paul’s Church
7.30 pm Dick Phelan (Months Mind)
11.00am Mary Farrell (Slievenamon Rd) (Anniv)
Tina Keane (1st Anniv)
12.30pm Linda Marie Condon (Anniv)
Church of the Resurrection
10am Noelle O’Brien (née Moloughney) (MM)

Masses Next Weekend
Ss. Peter & Paul’s Church
7.30 pm John McEvoy (Months Mind)
11.00am People of the Parish
12.30pm Mary and William Doyle, Knocklucas (A)
Church of the Resurrection
10am John Joe and Elsie Ryan, Fred and Mary Culkin and Hanna Sullivan (Anniv)

Minsters 4th/5th March 2017
Ss Peter & Paul’s & Resurrection
Ministers of the Word: Team B
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Team 2 Altar Servers : St. Paul’s.

PARISH INFORMATION
Confessions: Every Sat from 12pm to 1 and 7pm to 7.30pm Ministry to the Sick/ Nursing Homes : Mass at Melview
Nursing Home Sacrament of anointing of the sick on request. Sacrament of Holy Communion every First Friday. Sacrament of Baptism: 5pm on the First Saturday of the month in Ss. Peter & Pauls, third Saturday in the Resurrection. Sacrament of Marriage: Consult with one of the Priests to secure a date. Church and State Require at least 3 months notice. Pre –Marriage Course: It is strongly recommended to partake in a Pre– marriage course organised by ACCORD (Catholic Marriage Advisory Council) for bookings and information contact 052 6124144 .
Masses Peter and Pauls: Vigil:7.30pm Sun:11am and 12.30pm. Weekly 1pm . Church of Resurrection:Sunday:10.00am. Weekly 9.30am.

Place4u Café Activities at Place4u Café have resumed each day from 10am to 12.30pm. Come along for art, paper craft, crochet, sewing, playing cards (25s). Details of all activities or classes can be got at the cafe or by ringing 087 4407935.

Next Friday, 3rd March is the First Friday of the month, a day when we bring Holy Communion to the sick and housebound of our parish. Please contact one of the priests or ring the Parish Shop 6122138 if you or someone you know needs a call.

CHURCH RENOVATIONS
Donations: €275
We are most grateful to so many parishioners and visitors who have donated €424,691towards the renovation of our church which cost €875,000.
Donations: €100, €50, €50, €50, €15, €5, €5.
Balance to pay: €75,309.Thank You

Coffee Morning: A coffee morning to launch Clonmel Daffodil Day’s fundraising for 2017 will be held in the Greyhound Stadium Clonmel, Saturday 25th February from 10.30am. Please come along and bring a friend or two to support this worthy cause.

Family & Youth Evening of Eucharistic Adoration and Rosary. Spiritual Director Fr. James R Kelleher with Special Guest Dana. St Mary’s Clonmel, Monday 27th February at 7pm. All Welcome.

Umbra Clothing Appeal: Clothing collection on behalf of Fr Nicholas Ngulutu, Kenya. All types of clean ladies, gents and children’s clothing and paired shoes. Collection on Tuesday 28th February before 12 noon from St. Marys’s. All donations greatly appreciated.

Waterford Pro Life: follow up talk and training on “How to argue the case for the Pro Life Amendment” with Paddy Manning and Michael Dwyer of Family & Life on Tuesday February 28th in St Joseph & St Benildus Church Parish Centre, Waterford at 7.30pm. All Welcome.

Weekly Envelopes
Parishioners: your new Weekly Envelopes are due to start on the 6th March. Thank you for your support of the Parish. Your new boxes will be delivered in due course. Can you please discard all old envelopes when you receive your new box. Any Parishioner who contributes to the weekly or the Christmas/Easter and Autumn Collections and wishes to receive a Box of Envelopes can contact the Office, or Canon Crowley or Fr. Toomey.
Distributors: Boxes of Weekly Envelopes are available now for Collection. If you usually delivered Boxes and are unable to do so can you please let us know and we will make alternative arrangements. As usual we appreciate your continued help.
Charitable Donations Parishioners thanks to contributions from yourselves, the Parish can benefit from the Tax Rebate Scheme available to Charities. For all contributions that exceed €250 the Parish can get a Tax rebate. We have contact a number of parishioners who have met this criteria. If you pay tax and would like to help we would ask you to fill in and return in the enclosed SAE, the form that you receive. If you receive a form and you do not pay tax we would ask you to fill in the bottom part of the letter and return it in the SAE, this will ensure that you do not receive communication of this type in the future. Many Parishioners have already signed and returned these forms and we thank you for this. There is no onus on any Parishioner to fill out this form it is only if you wish to further help the Parish. Thank you for your continued support.
Canon Brendan Crowley and Fr. Michael Toomey

Do You Want to Advertise an upcoming event? Is there something that you feel would be of interest to the Community? Email in your piece to parishsspeteandpaul@gmail.com or ring 052 6122138 or call to the Parish Office.. Deadline before 12pm on each Thursday.

Cancer Care Support Centre we aim to provide a warm, safe and confidential environment for people with cancer and their families.  Open Mon– Fri 10.00 a.m. – 2.00pm p.m. at 14 Wellington Street, ClonWaterford & Lismore Diocesan 59th Pilgrimage to Lourdes 6th to 11th June 2017. Booking now open, Call 051 878900. Information for the Sick Contact John Healy on (052) 61 23791.

Parish Pastoral Council:
Next Meeting Monday 27th February at 7.30pm , 22 Gladstone St.

Fashion Show in aid of Place4u
Showcasing the exclusive Brown Thomas collection
Hosted by RTE’s Miriam O’Callaghan.. Music by Two & Half Tenors. Hotel Minella, Wed 5th April
Tickets €50 from Marian’s Bookshop, Buttermarket Café and Place4u 087 4407935.

C.SAW: A support group for those bereaved by Suicide will take place at the C.SAW office William St., Clonmel on the 1st Thurs of every month at 2pm. All Welcome.

Divine Mercy Devotions: Friday 3rd March in Ss Peter and Pauls at 3pm

Franciscan Friary Clonmel: Bible Study resumes in the Friary Hall on Monday nights at 7.30pm with Fr. Tom Russell O.F.M. All welcome.

Active Retirement in Place4U . Next Meeting Thursday 2nd March. Final Arrangements for Annual Lunch on 12th March. New members welcome.

‘Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best.’
St. Jerome

Lent
The season of Lent begins on Wednesday, 1st March and continues until Easter Sunday, 16th April.
Lent is a time of preparation for our celebration of the events of Holy Week, when we commemorate what is central to our Christian faith—the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Ash Wednesday is a day of fast and
abstinence and is marked by the blessing and distribution of ashes. Masses in Ss. Peter & Paul’s Parish next Wednesday are – Church of the Resurrection 9.30 am and Ss. Peter & Paul’s Church 1 pm .

Trócaire
Lent is traditionally a time of prayer, fasting, and good works. In more recent years, one of the most important “good works” is our contributions to Trócaire—an initiative of the Irish Church to help cater for needs in Third World Countries. Trócaire boxes are available in the Churches. Please take one home with you and place it in a prominent place in your home.
Contribute whatever you can to it during Lent, and return to it to the Church during Holy Week.
The Faith Journey of the Deise People’ with Mgr. Michael Olden ‘March 7th & 14th 2017, 7:30 -9:00 pm , €5 including refreshments.
Music in the Liturgy February 25th 2017 10.30am to 3.30pm. Booking essential €12 including light lunch.
Lectio Divina: Reflections on the Sunday Gospels Every Wednesday night from 15th February to 26th April at 7.30pm. Cost €5. All take place at:St. John’s Pastoral Centre, John’s Hill Waterford

Married Recently in Peter and Pauls :
James Buck and Deborah Smith .

Day of Prayer for Temperance
All of us, ordinary and flawed, have at heart a seemingly boundless longing for fulfilment. On this Day of Prayer for Temperance, we consider Matt Talbot, who had only seven people at his funeral in 1925, but whom hundreds of thousands came to see as a beacon of hope that reflects the struggles addiction can impose on someone’s life. He relied on a higher power that affirmed and accepted him, without preconditions. He made an extraordinary journey from the darkness of excessive addiction to wholeness and the light of holiness. Amidst the anxieties and personal anguishes of his own pain-filled days and nights, he shows us the answer to one of the seven questions that Jesus asks in the Gospel today: ‘Can any of you, for all his worrying, add one single cubit to his span of life?’Matt Talbot could identify with the words of today’s Psalm: ‘In God is my safety and glory, trust him at all times, pour out your hearts before him’. He imbibed the refreshing waters of grace and renewed his life as a heroic witness of the power and presence of God at work within him.
Fr John Cullen

Masses this Weekend:

Saturday 25th February

10:00am     The Nolan Family             

  6:15pm     Patrick O’Mahoney

                        Eileen Bourke

Sunday 26th February

10:30am    

12:00noon Gary Brett (Month’s Mind)  

Monday 27th February at 7pm: On Monday evening at 7.00pm in St Mary’s Church, Fr Jim and Dana will lead us in an evening of prayer and Adoration.  Feel free to come along  –  whether regular Church goes or not.  This may be a time, a moment of grace for you when you find peace, direction in life and light in your troubled life and dark world.  Young people are especially welcome.  The Church needs you  –  you are it’s future, it’s hope.  ALL welcome.  

Envelope Distributors: The Trocaire boxes/envelopes are now available from the Crying Room Office/Shop for all envelope distributors.

Umbra Clothing Appeal:  Clothing collection on behalf of Fr Nicholas Ngulutu of St Josephs Parish, Kavisuni, Diocese of Kitui, Kenya.  All types of clean ladies, gents and children’s clothing and paired shoes.  Collection on Tuesday 28th February before 12 noon from Church Gate Door.  All donations greatly appreciated

Friday 24th February:  Divine Mercy Devotions in St Mary’s Church celebrates 1 year.  Divine Mercy Devotions at 2.30pm with Mass at 3pm.  New members welcome. 

Wednesday 1st March—Ash Wednesday:  A day of fasting and abstinence, the beginning of Lent.  There will be Blessing of the Ashes at 7.45am, 10am and 7pm. 

County Champion:  Congratulations to young Michael Carey, Irishtown who won the County Novice Road Championships last Sunday in Moyne.

Welcome: We welcome into the Christian Faith Community of St Mary’s, Maisie Marie Gavigan who was christened last week.  We congratulate her parents Declan and Stephanie, godparents, grandparents and extended family.  We also welcome Michael Anthony O’Brien, we congratulate his parents, Keith and Natasha, godparents, grandparents and extended family.

 St Mary’s Lourdes Pilgrimage 2017: This year’s Pilgrimage takes place on 4th –10th August.  Cost is €745pps.  Costs includes return coach fare to Cork Airport, flights, city tax and accommodation.  Anyone who would like to book a place, please see Jim Connolly after the 6.15pm Vigil on Saturday at the Crying Room at the back of the Church.

Confirmations 2017:  The young boys and girls who are preparing to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation will be formally accepted as candidates next Sunday at the 10.30am Mass.  Let us remember them in our prayers.