1. Sick and Housebound: Mass is on 107FM. ALTAR
SOCIETY
Just tune your radio before Mass. Please let the housebound Marie
know about this service in your area. O'Connor,
Mary Duffy,
ROSARY for the Month of December Angela Hession Margaret
Feeney
Frances Kelly,
Emile Feehily
Readers Eucharistic Ministries Collectors
8th Dec 11:00am Carraroe N.S. Brid Blake &Leo Marren P Gorman
Parish Newsletter
E Moran
7.30pm Paddy Galvin Maura Marren &Johnny J Keegan
Mc Goldrick
9th Dec 9:30am Carraroe N.S. Vincent Dunbar R Henry
B Murphy
P Gorman
Sunday 9th December
11:30am Carol Kearney Pauline Jordon &
15thDec 7:30pm Gerry Quinn
Mary Murphy
Ann Hickey &
E Moran
J Keegan 2012
Mary Rose Casey Mass Times: Saturday 7:30pm Sunday 9:30am & 11:30am
th Frances Kelly R Henry
16 Dec 9:30am Mary Gilligan
B Murphy
Holidays 10:00am & 7:30pm
Maureen Casey & Mary Priest: Fr Jim Murray, Email: carraroe@holywellsligo.com
11:30m Carraroe N.S. Davey Phone: 071-9162136 Mobile: 087-8198466
Websites: www.carraroechurchsligo.com www.holywellsligo.com
Christmas Carol Service
Mass Times & Intentions
Sat 7:30pm Hugh Rooney (Anni) St John’s Church, Carraroe
Sun 9:30am Kathleen Begley (Anni) Saturday 22nd December 2012
Sun 11:30am Fred Kelly (Anni) After 7:30pm Mass
Mon/Tue No Morning Mass A time of prayer, reflection and
Wed 10:00am song
Thur 10:00am Mary McCarthy (Anni)
Fri 10:00am Nicholas Tancred (RIP) Celebrating the Christmas season.
Sat 7:30pm Jim Gallagher & Nell Coyle (Anni)
Sun 9:30am Eddie Spellman (Rec Dec) Gift of God
Sun 11:30am Mary McGarty (Anni) A Christmas Nativity
Bookstand at the back of the Church – New Selection At Tobernalt Holy Well Sligo
All I Ask is that You Love Me – An adoration companion book Sunday 16th December 2012 at 5:00pm
Far East – Christmas pudding, The Letter Step back in time on Holy Ground and experience the beauty of Christmas in one of
Praying the Rosary – Leaflets on the Rosary detailing the various mysteries Sligo’s most well-beloved pilgrimage site. It will be a simple depiction of the Nativity
Tobernalt Holy Well Prayer Book – Novenas and reflections. Copies only €5 story by candlelight with narration, music and song throughout.
Tobernalt Holy Well History Book – The story of the Holy Well. New copies €10 Please come along.
A Shower of Blessings – Becoming open to God’s transforming power through daily
prayer. www.Teens2getheR.com
Assorted books, prayer cards and more now available Teenagers, check out this website. Find information on Mental Health,

2. Bullying, Drugs & Alcohol, Support Groups and more. Website is run by Parish Calendar for 2013
Teenagers for Teenagers in association with Riverbrooke Cross-Border Youth Parish information.... prayers.. Sts. Days.. Beautiful photogrpahy Reflectionsand more
Group. Teens2getheR – teens helping teens. Some copies of our Parish Calendar for 2013 are now availabe at the Church
Bookstand. You may like to sent copies to family or friends abroad. Copies only €3.
Alternative Farm Enterprise Business Support & Tourism Business Supports
Reflection – Second Week of Advent
Are you eligible for a FÁS Community Employment Scheme? Co Sligo LEADER
Partnership invites you to apply for a position on their special ‘Next Move’ Business This week we faces another budget and we all know that
Start Up Entrepreneurial Skills Programme. The scheme will run for six months from
for many life is not easy. We face higher charges, property
January to July 2013. Closing dates for applications: Wednesday 12th December 2012.
For more information contact Tel 071-9120636, Email nextmove@sligoleader.com, taxes, and uncertain times ahead. We are asked to give
Website www.sligoleader.com. more from a dimishing pot of personal money. We look beyone ourselves to a
government that imposes unfair charges on a population that are overstretched
Alzheimer Cafe and under severe pressure. Many face unemployment, uncertainty and are trying
The Glasshouse Hotel,Friday 14th Dec from 11am to 13:00pm in the View Bar with an to find hope in a increasing dark and uncertain world. As a communty we have
information session held in an adjoining conference room. Alzheimer Cafe mornings built larger walls of isolation that surround our lives and we find it difficult to
are free and anyone affected by Dementia are welcome to attend. Claire Matthews find meaning and hope. In all of this we are expected to live, to look for hope
Senior Occupational Therapists with the Psychiatry of Old Age team from Liscarney and to find the presence of God at work in our in our world. Perhaps this week
house will provide an information session on Brain Health and Memory strategies.For is a time to be be gently, to STOP and take time to realise that you are a child of
more info contact:Majella on 9146400 / 0868638171 or modonnell@alzheimer.ie God in a very human and broken world. In the sight of God you are precious
amd sacred. Seek his support through prayer and look beyond yourself to others,
Advent Prayer family and friends, for support and encouragement. Find meaning in life, in
family and friends. Let this second week of Advent be a place of peace for you.
Lord Jesus, Master of both the light and the darkness, send your Holy Spirit upon our
Often what is most precious, most sacred is free – the air we breath, the old Cd
preparations for Christmas.We who have so much to do seek quiet spaces to
hear your voice each day. We who are anxious over many things look forward to we play, the conersations we share and the time we spend in prayer. Perhaps
your coming among us. We who are blessed in so many ways long for the this week is a tiem to look for the good that surrounds each of us.
complete joy of your kingdom. We whose hearts are heavy seek the joy of your Parish pilgrimage to Fatima 2013
presence. We are your people, walking in darkness, yet seeking the light. To you Parish pilgrimage to Fatima takes place from 13th-20th June 2013(ex Dublin)
we say, “Come Lord Jesus!” 7 nights in the recinto Hotel Spiritual Director: Fr Jim Murray
Cost: €699-all in.
Reclaiming Tax – Thank You Early Booking Offers
Reclaiming Tax – Thank You €150 off if payment is received by the 14th Dec 2012
We have distributed over 1,100 envelopes and calendars in our Parish for the new €100 of if payment is received by the 1stFeb.2013
Church year. Please use our envelopes as it is the only way we can provide financial €50 off if deposit (€200) is received by 1st Feb 2013
support for the needs of our Parish. If you have any changes to make, please contact For further details contact
the parish office during the week. We hope you like our 2013 Parish calendar which is Martin Scanlon@0719145491
our gift of thanks for your help and support during the year.
SHORT N SWEET
Advent: The Season of Service A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin, 5, and Ryan, 3. The boys began to
Reflecting on the call to parish ministry and service in the light of argue over who would get the first pancake. Their mother saw the opportunity for a
the season of Advent. St Anne’s Day Chapel, Thursday 13th moral lesson. If Jesus were sitting here, He would say, 'Let my brother have the first
December at 3:30pm and 7:30pm. Let by Colette Furlong, Sligo pancake. I can wait.' Kevin turned to his younger brother and said, 'Ryan, you be Jesus.'
Parishes Cluster Cathechist. Any intersted in this programme from *************************
our parish are invited to attend. Programme is sponsored by our parish and provided free A father was at the beach with his children when his four-year-old son ran up to him,
to our parishioners. grabbed his hand, and led him to the shore,where a seagull lay dead in the sand. 'Daddy,
what happened to him?' the son asked 'He died and went to Heaven,' the dad replied.

3. The boy thought a moment and then said, 'Did God throw him back down?'
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After the church service a little boy told the pastor, 'When I grow up, I'm going to give
you some money.' 'Well, thank you,' the pastor replied, 'but why?' 'Because my daddy
says you're one of the poorest preachers we've ever had.'

4. The boy thought a moment and then said, 'Did God throw him back down?'
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After the church service a little boy told the pastor, 'When I grow up, I'm going to give
you some money.' 'Well, thank you,' the pastor replied, 'but why?' 'Because my daddy
says you're one of the poorest preachers we've ever had.'

5. The boy thought a moment and then said, 'Did God throw him back down?'
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After the church service a little boy told the pastor, 'When I grow up, I'm going to give
you some money.' 'Well, thank you,' the pastor replied, 'but why?' 'Because my daddy
says you're one of the poorest preachers we've ever had.'

6. The boy thought a moment and then said, 'Did God throw him back down?'
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After the church service a little boy told the pastor, 'When I grow up, I'm going to give
you some money.' 'Well, thank you,' the pastor replied, 'but why?' 'Because my daddy
says you're one of the poorest preachers we've ever had.'