This document provides information about various events and services happening in the local parish and community. It includes details about Mass times and intentions, upcoming coffee mornings and fundraisers in support of charities, bereavements, classes such as Irish dancing and piano lessons, and resources available from the parish bookstand. Parishioners are also asked to check and update their contact details.

1. Sick and Housebound: Mass is on 107FM.
Just tune your radio before Mass. Please let the
housebound know about this service in your area.
ROSARY for the Month of September… Carmel Burke
Readers Eucharistic Ministries
ALTAR
SOCIETY
Angela
Loughlin
Evelyn
Kilcullen
Carmel Moran
Marion Barrett
7th
Sep
8th
Sep
14th
Sep
15th
Sep
7:30pm
9:30am
11:30m
7:30pm
9:30am
11:30am
Paddy Loughlin
Carraroe N.S
Ann Mc Gowan
Imelda Henry
Lisa Jordan
Carraroe N.S
Sheila & Christy Murphy
Mary Rose Casey
Mary Harkin &Nuala Flanagan
Paula Rochford Nevin &
Rose Casey
Tom McGowan
Marie Mulligan &
Aine Moran
Collectors
O Mc Lean &
G Price
J Moran
J Feeney
J Kelly
F Mc Cabe
O Mc Lean &
G Price
J Moran
J Feeney
J Kelly
F Mc Cabe
MASS TIME’S AND INTENTIONS
Sat 7:30pm Kathleen & Alphonsis Murphy and
Christina & William Bushell (Annis)
Sun 9:30am Martina McDonagh (Anniv)
Sun 11:30am Colm McLean (Anniv)
Mon – Thurs No Mass
Fri 10:00am Ellen Tarpey (Anniv)
Fri 7:00pm Pro-Life Movement Mass
Sat 7:30pm Jim McDonnell (Anniv)
Sun 9:30am Bridget, Richard & Mary Brennan (Annivs)
Sun 11:30am
Church Bookstand
Holy Spirit Novena – Series of meditations
Padre Pio – Learn about Padre Pio’s life; his entry to the friary and his ordination
Sunday Spirit – Dermot Layden narrates Faith to Move Mountains and the Spirit to
live life to the Full & more.
Bernadette of Lourdes – Willing to Learn, Blessings in Humiliation
Love Me – Jesus Speaks; Turn to the Eucharist; An adoration companion
Jesus Speaks to Sinners – Anne reveals her journey to the heart of Jesus
Parish Newsletter
Sunday 15th
September 2013
Mass Times: Saturday 7:30pm Sunday 9:30am & 11:30am
Holidays 10:00am & 7:30pm
Priest: Fr Jim Murray, Email: carraroe@holywellsligo.com
Phone: 071-9162136 Mobile: 087-8198466
Websites: www.carraroechurchsligo.com www.holywellsligo.com
Tax Reclaim
Tax reclaim forms for 2012 have been sent out. Only 19 have been returned. Please
return your form in an envelope addressed to Fr Jim Murray via the Sunday
collection, post or drop it into the Presbytery.
As a charity we can reclaim tax on your generous contribution to the church. In
previous years refunds were used to roof the community centre, upgrade the Men’s
toilets and replace the windows. Work to upgrade the Ladies’ toilets is expected to
start soon. This work is made possible by the funds received from Revenue.
If you have contributed to the Church but have not received a tax reclaim form in the
post please pick one up at the doors of the Church and return it to Fr Jim.
Honda 50 & Big Bike Run
The Gathering, Knocknashee Honda 50 & Big Bike run, Sunday
15th
Sept 2013 St.Nathy’s Hall, Lavagh, Co. Sligo. Departing 12:00pm. All funds raised
going to Alzheimer Society Dunally Day Care Centre & Cystic Fibrosis Association.
For more info contact 0872280240 / 0874110568 / 0868638171.

2. Alzheimer Cafe - The Glasshouse Hotel
Alzheimer Cafe, The Glasshouse Hotel, Friday 13th
September
2013 from 11:00am -1:00pm in the View Bar. Alzheimer Cafe mornings are
free and anyone affected by Dementia are welcome to attend. This month’s
speaker, Helen Rochford Brennan, is a person with early onset Dementia. For
more info contact: Majella on 9146400 / 0868638171
or modonnell@alzheimer.ie
Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning in aid of North West Hospice
Could you organise a coffee morning in aid of North West Hospice? Ireland’s Biggest
Coffee Morning in aid of hospice care throughout Ireland takes place on Thursday
19th
September. All funds raised locally stay local, so all proceeds from coffee
mornings held in Sligo, Leitrim and South Donegal will go directly to North West
Hospice. Thanks to Bewley’s, the national sponsor of Ireland’s Biggest Coffee
Morning, all coffee is provided free to organisers. If you would like to organise a
coffee morning in aid of North West Hospice, please call us on (071) 9143317 or email
info@northwesthospice.ie
Social Dance Classes – Carraroe Community Centre
Dance classes starting Thursday 19th September @ 8:15pm. Call Trish for more details –
086-8445628. Social Dancing for all after class from 9:15pm - 11:00pm
No Partners Needed - All Welcome
Bereaved
We remember our deceased: Margaret Murphy, Ransboro, whose funeral took place
last Tuesday and Sadie Scanlon of Tonafortes & Liverpool whose funeral took place
here on Saturday morning. May their souls rest in peace.
Keyboard / Piano Lessons
Keyboard / Piano Lessons are available in Carraroe
Community Centre or in your own home. For more
information contact Ray at 087-4198262
Pro-Life Movement Mass - Fr Michael Ross
A Mass of reparation for the recent legislation of the Abortion Bill will be held at
7:00pm on Friday 13th
September 2013, with Fr Michael Ross celebrating Mass. We
will also be praying for the defeat of the legislation in the courts and for the sanctity of
life. Please come and join us.
Irish Dancin g Classes
Irish Dancing Classes - Fridays 4.30-5.30 in the community centre.
Beginners welcome. For more information contact 0879395364
The Deep End – The Cost of Discipleship
This account is troubling. Surely Jesus does not expect us to hate our families, friends
and even ourselves in order to be his followers? Maybe he didn’t really mean it?
Crosses and possessions, we can understand that bit. Perhaps Jesus is making a point
here about how we attach ourselves to things and to people, even to images of
ourselves. Attachment can cause all sorts of suffering in our lives. If we are to grow,
we move on from the comfortable. If we are to be agents of change, we let go of the
familiar, and that can often be painful whether it be old rituals, a group we were once
part of, friends who don’t understand. The two parables in this story remind us to
think things through and weigh up the cost involved. This Kingdom of God stuff does
involve sacrifice even though we would prefer to skip the bits that make us
uncomfortable. It’s not so simple Jesus...I find it difficult...and sometimes it feels like
20,000 against 10,000.
So this passage is a call to conversion and we read it from the various forms of
discipleship that we are in: parenting, advocacy, political life, social work and so on.
In order to achieve our goals we make sacrifices. Jesus ‘turned to them’, he is
speaking from experience. Jesus’ words are harsh, but spend time with this text today,
his words can be interpreted as passionate, urgent, focused and even offer us a great
freedom and encouragement in whatever form of discipleship we have chosen.
Meditation for Beginners
This is a gentle silent form of prayer which enables us to become more aware of the
presence of God in the stillness, at the core of our being. Sessions will resume in the
Sisters of Mercy House, Cranmore Drive on Thursdays at 10:45am and 8:00pm. All
are welcome. No previous experience of this kind of prayer necessary but new
members are requested to contact Rita beforehand at 071-9162930.
DVDs & Books at the Bookstand
Christian Suffering & Bernadette of Lourdes – A Father’s Gift, Farewell to Lourdes,
The Problem of Suffering
St Michael’s Family Life Centre – Details of courses available
DVD: Will You Be My Witnesses - Three 10-minute films promoting vocations to
religious life.
Tobernalt Holy Well History & Heritage – My Own Place, I Am Still, St Patrick
Devotion in Honor of Our Mother of Perpetual Help – Prayers to Our Lady
Fishers of Men – This DVD film is intended to renew priests’ sense of fulfilment
Novena to the Holy Spirit – Nine-day guide book.
Are Your Details Correct?
Any changes to your address...please let the Parish Office know at 9162136 or email
carraroe@holywellsligo.com. We are preparing the Parish envelopes for 2013/2014.
Your help would be appreciated as always.
The Parish Choir Resumes
Parish Choir rehearsal resumes on Friday 20th
September at 7:30pm. New members
welcome...we will get you singing...come along!