Feast of the Holy Family
29th December 2013

V. Rev. Nicholas J. Irwin, P.P. – V. Rev John J. O'Rourke A.P.
056 8834855 & 086 3298060 – 056 88 34128 & 087 2370899

All Masses from Gortnahoe & Glengoole Churches
are broadcast on 106.6 F.M.

Defribulator contact numbers are 086 7749521 or 086 7749713

Envelope Collection 2014
Thank you for your generosity and support during 2013. A box of envelopes for the various Collections in 2014 will be distributed to you before the First Sunday in January, namely this week.

A new envelope is included in the box; a weekly offering envelope. This weekly envelope is for the weekly offering you and members of your family put in the basket at the Offertory Collection. The parish is losing out by not recording your contribution to the basket each week.
A charity, e.g. the parish of Gortnahoe Glengoole, receiving donations from someone amounting to €250 in the course of the year, is entitled to a rebate of 31%, if certain conditions are fulfilled. One of these conditions is that the donations are recorded. That is the reason for the new weekly offering envelope. If the weekly contributions, added to the other collections during the year, reach the threshold of €250, the parish can get 31% of the total back from Revenue. It is difficult to make ends meet – for households and parish – and it would be a shame to miss out on this rebate simply because we do not record your weekly contributions. Please make every effort to use this new envelope.

Once again thank you for your generosity and support.

A Parish Envelopes Distributers Meeting will be held this Monday night in Gortnahoe Hall at 8.00. We appeal to all families who have been distributers to kindly come along to this Meeting, so that all the boxes of envelopes for the people of the parish will reach their destination before Sunday next. We invite also people who have not been usual distributers but who are willing to help to please come along. It is just one round of the parish that is involved for the whole of 2014.

Morning Masses
Gortnahoe: each morning except Friday at 9.30
Glengoole: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 9.30.
New Year Wishes to all parishioners for every blessing at the beginning of this New Year and throughout 2014.

First Thursday
Glengoole: Mass in Latin on Thursday at 7.00.

First Friday
Glengoole: Confessions 6.30. Mass 7.00
Gortnahoe: Confessions 7./30. Mass 8.00.

Flowers Collection
Annual Sanctuary Flowers Collection is being taken up this weekend. Let your admiration of the decorations each week and the cost of flowers lead to great generosity at this one collection for the year.

Priests' Christmas Collection
Sincerest thanks to all who contributed to the Priests Christmas Collection. If you overlooked it, please contribute as soon as possible.

Family Masses
January Family Masses will be next Sunday 5th January in Glengoole at 10.00 and in Gortnahoe at 11.15. Theme: A Ray of Hope.

Annual Walk
Grange Crag Annual Walk is on Dec. 29th at 1.15. Refreshments at Hogans afterwards. Everybody welcome.

Pray for the following

• Kitty Campion, Clonamicklon, who was buried during the week.
  

Gortnahoe

• Liam Nolan, Gortnahoe.
  Anniversary Mass Saturday 28th at 7.45
  
• Kathleen & John Egan, Coole.
  Anniversary Mass Sunday 29th at 11.15.
  
• Gerry & Dolly Fahey, Graigaheesha.
  Anniversary Mass Saturday 4th at 7.45.
  
• Liam Dunne, Graigue.
  Anniversary Mass Sunday 5th at 11.15.

Glengoole

• Mary, Ned, Tomas & Eamon Egan, and deceased members of the Egan Family, Coole.
  Anniversary Mass Saturday 28th at 6.30.
  
• John Nora, Josephine & Ml. Kennedy, Clonora.
  Anniv Mass Sun 29th at 10.00
  
• James Stokes, Graigaman.
  Anniversary Mass Tuesday 31st at 9.30.
  
• Michael Kiely, Glengoole Nth.
  Anniversary Mass Wednesday 1st at 9.30
  
• Alice, Edward & Sarah Norton, Glengoole & Killenaule.
  Anniversary Mass Saturday 4th at 6.30
  
• Edward Purcell, Foilacamin.
  Anniversary Mass Sunday 5th at 10.00.

Family Prayer
Father, help us to live as the Holy Family, united in respect and love. Bring us to the joy and peace of your eternal home. Amen.

Parish Newsletter Publishing for each week

• All emails can now be directed to this address: newsletter@gortnahoe.com
• All notices to the E Mail or the priests by Friday at 6pm.
  
  

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