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Ministers of the Word for the month of July
Sat.Vigil Mass 7.30pm Ann Wilkinson
Sun. 12.00pm Jane Fanning
Walshestown 10.30am Sandra McDonnell

Special Ministers of the Eucharist Sat.Vigil Mass 7.30pm Ollie Gaynor
Sunday 9.00am Betty Caffrey
12.00pm Breid Gaynor

Weekday Mass – Mon- Friday 9am. (Blessing of St.Oliver’s Relic this Monday)
Miraculous Medal Novena after Mon.Mass.
Confessions: Sat. Eve. at 7.00pm
Baptisms – Baptisms take place after 12.00pm Mass Sundays by prior arrangement with the priests of the parish.
Weddings At least 3 Months Notice is required for weddings by arrangement with the priests of the parish. Please check civil and religious requirements well in advance.

Blessing of the Graves in Mayne (3.00pm) and Rath (4.00pm) this Sunday (29th June)

Parish Draw The first & second parish Draw will take place together on Thursday, July 10th. Please make sure that all cards are returned in time for that date.

Festival Day of Saint Oliver 2008
This year Clogherhead parish will participate in the annual festival of prayer to St.Oliver Plunkett. Two Knights of St.Columbanus will take a relic of St Oliver to the morning Mass in St.Michael’s church on Monday 30th June at 9.00am. In addition to the usual Novena Prayers Mass will conclude that morning with a prayer to St.Oliver and a blessing with the relic.

Triduum of Prayer Cardinal Brady has asked for three days of prayer beginning this Sunday, June 29th and ending on Tuesday, July 1st for the restructuring and planning for the future of the Archdiocese. Laminated prayer cards are available throughout the church (to be left in place when used) and individual book mark versions of the prayer card to be taken away. The Cardinal asks for 100 parishioners in each parish to undertake the commitment to daily prayer over the three days.

SCRÍN BHRÍDE NAOFA St. Brigid’s Shrine Committee Faughart, Dundalk 75th Annual National Pilgrimage Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th July
This year there will be special celebrations to mark the 75th Pilgrimage. His Eminence Cardinal Sean Brady, DCL, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, will perform the opening ceremonies and officiate at Mass on Saturday 5th July, at 7.30 pm. A general blessing with the Relic of St. Brigid will be imparted to pilgrims. On Sunday 6th July the traditional Pilgrimage Procession along the banks of St. Brigid’s Stream will commence at 3.00 pm, followed by Mass during which there will be a Blessing of the Sick. Individual blessings with the Relic of St. Brigid will be available after Mass.

Parish Open Day July 13th Preparations for the Parish Open Day on Sunday July 13th are now almost complete. The parochial house will be the venue for a number of events including; cake sale, bring and buy sale, scouts demonstrations and activities for children, Irish dancing and traditional music. In addition the parochial house and church sacristy will be open for viewing following the renovations and a special heritage room will be set aside to view parish historical items such as chalices and vestments and parish registers where you can look up your family tree. Mr.Liam Reynolds will be on hand to answer questions about parish history and booklets and factsheets about the parish will also be available. Tea and sandwiches and strawberries and cream will be served at no charge. Donations may be made on the day and will of course be welcome. It is hoped that there will be a good turnout of parishioners and visitors. Should the weather let us down there will be plenty of room under cover for the events and activities. All are welcome to celebrate our historic parish on the day beginning after the 12.00pm Mass and continuing until 5.30pm.

Prayer Request from Head Chaplain to Defence Forces
As Ireland marks the fiftieth anniversary of service with the United
Nations, we pray God's blessing on personnel of our Defence Forces who
work for the cause of peace. We remember their chaplains who provide
spiritual support to them and their families. May their work for peace
and security be blessed with success at home and abroad. Lord, hear us.



We pray for those on the Parish list of the Dead, deceased Benefactors of the Parish, deceased family members and friends and recently deceased, Paddy Caffrey, May Marley, Andrew ‘Mac’ McArdle and those for whom Masses are offered.

This Weekend –
Saturday June 28th Vigil Mass 7.30pm Margaret & Michael Crawley
Sunday 9.00am John Kelleher
12.00pm The Mulroy Family & Paddy Caffrey (Month’s Mind)
Walshestown 10.30am. Deceased of Mayne & Rath Cemeteries

Weekdays 9.00am
Tuesday: Special Intention
Weds. Sean Lynch
Fri. Margaret Owens (Barrackfield)

Next Weekend
Saturday, July 5th Vigil Mass 7.30pm Patsy Levins
Sunday 9.00am Kate Gogan
12.00pm Sean Lynch & Charles Markey

Walshestown 10.30am. Michael & Kathleen McDonnell


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End of School Year Mass for Callystown School A Mass to mark the end of the school year for Callystown N.S. will take place in St.Michael’s Church on Tuesday next, June 24th at 10.30am. All are welcome.

Drogheda Community Services Will host a powerpoint presentation entitled
‘Modern View of Depression’ by Dr.Harry Barry, Monday 30th June at 8.00pm at Drogheda Community Services, Scarlet Crescent, Drogheda.

Pilgrimage to Knock on Sunday 20th July. To secure a seat on the bus and for further information please phone 086 3566284.


Open Day at Clogherhead Lifeboat Station This Sunday, 22nd June, the Annual Open Day will take place at the Station. Starting at 2.00pm sharp.

Parish Finance/Fundraising Committee Meeting next Thursday (June 26th) at 7.30pm in the Parochial House.

Irish Cancer Society – Church Gate Collection this weekend Sat.21st/Sun.22nd June.

Parish Draw Reminder Those with cards please complete and hand them in asap.

Environmental Awards At the 2008 Primary Schools Environmental Awards on Thursday last in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dundalk, Clogherhead & Walshestown N.S.s both won ‘Platinum Awards’ for their recycling activities in schools. Teacher Maura Callaghan was also named as one of the Environmental Teachers of the Year. Congratulations to Maura and both schools on their achievements.

Faithful Departed

We pray for those on the Parish list of the Dead, deceased Benefactors of the Parish, deceased family members and friends and recently deceased Betty Atkinson, Paddy Caffrey, May Marley, Andrew ‘Mac’ McArdle and those for whom Masses are offered.

This Weekend –
Sat. June 21st Vigil Mass 7.30pm Paddy Byrne & Kate Smith
Sunday 12.00pm James Fanning & Anne McDonnell
Walshestown 10.30am. Brian Anderson

Weekdays 9.00am
Monday: Pat & Mary Kate Reilly & Noel Rafferty and deceased family members.
Tuesday: End of School Year Mass at 10.30am – Special Intention
Friday: Parish List of the Dead

Next Weekend
Saturday June 28th Vigil Mass 7.30pm Margaret & Michael Crawley
Sunday 12.00pm The Mulroy Family
& Paddy Caffrey (Month’s Mind)


Betty Atkinson (nee Levins)R.I.P. The remains of the late Betty Atkinson will repose in St.Michael’s for the 9.00am Mass on Monday, June 23rd. Interment will take place in Mullagh immediately afterwards.


Patruns The blessing of the graves takes place at Mayne (3.00pm) and Rath (4.00pm) on Sunday June 29th and at Mullagh (3.00pm) and St.Denis (4.00pm) on Sunday, August 17th.





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Irish Cancer Society – Church Gate Collection this weekend Sat.21st/Sun.22nd June.

FUNDAY Sunday the 15th of June in the Dreadnots Football field from 3pm. Lots of fun for all the family bouncy Castles and Slides, Face painting, Crazy golf, Fancy Dress Competition, Bric'n' Brac, Tea and Cakes Stall and lots more. Come and support us and have a fun day out with all the family.

Pilgrimage to Knock on Sunday 20th July. To secure a seat on the bus and for further information please phone 086 3566284.

Open Day at Clogherhead Lifeboat Station On Sunday, 22nd June, the Annual Open Day will take place at the Station. This includes a t our of the Boat and Station, various stalls, cakes, bric a brac, books etc. Children’s Fancy Dress, Name the Teddy, Bottle Stall beach races for all the family. Starting at 2.00pm sharp. Donations of cakes, Bric a brac, bottles, (these can be sauces, shampoo, shower gel, toothpaste, deodorant, minerals, alcohol etc.)

Faithful Departed

We pray for those on the Parish list of the Dead, deceased Benefactors of the Parish and recently deceased Paddy Caffrey, May Marley, Andrew ‘Mac’ McArdle, Rose McEvoy and those for whom Masses are offered.

This Weekend –

Sat. June 14th Vigil Mass 7.30pm Teresa Casey & Rose McEvoy (Months Mind)
Sun. 12.00pm Oliver Tallon & Tom Cunningham.

Weekdays 9.00am

Thursday Special Intention

Next Weekend
Sat. June 21st Vigil Mass 7.30pm Paddy Byrne & Kate Smith
Sunday 12.00pm James Fanning & Anne McDonnell

Walshestown 10.30am. Brian Anderson


Louth County Childcare Committee Ltd.

‘Are you a Childminder or are you thinking about becoming a Childminder? If so Louth County Childcare Committee Ltd. would like to hear from you. LCCC offer support, access to training/information/networks and as part of the Quality Awareness Programme for Childminders, a new NCIP Childminding Development Grant (2008-2010) worth up to €1000 is now available. Information on all of the above is available from our Childminding Advisory Officer, Sinead Rock on (041) 6859912.’

Parish Draw Reminder Those with cards please complete and hand them in asap.


Festival Day of Saint Oliver 2008
The Festival Day of St Oliver Plunkett is celebrated in St Peter’s Church, Drogheda, on Sunday 6th July. This year there will be an added dimension to the occasion as the Concelebrated Mass will commemorate the death of Fr Declan Collins SDB, a native of Termonfeckin, who was murdered at the All Saints Parish Centre in Ennerdale, South Africa, in November 2002. The Mass will honour St Oliver Plunkett, and will also acknowledge those who, like Fr Declan, continue to serve the Gospel even to the point of death. The Festival Mass in St Peter’s Church will be attended by the Papal Nuncio Archbishop Guiseppe Leanza as well as members of the Salesian Order and priests of our own Diocese led by Cardinal Sean Brady, Archbishop of Armagh. On the day of the Procession, the Relics of St Oliver Plunkett will leave Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 3pm to arrive for Mass in St Peter’s Church at 4pm. This year Clogherhead parish will participate in the annual festival of prayer to St.Oliver Plunkett. Two Knights of St.Columbanus will take a relic of St Oliver to the morning Mass in St.Michael’s church on Monday 30th June at 9.00am. In addition to the usual Novena Prayers Mass will conclude that morning with a prayer to St.Oliver and the blessing with the relic.



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Look! New coloured sheet for Sunday Mass called Look for children which can be taken home.

Special Priest’s Collection taken up after Communion at all Masses this weekend.

Parish Finance/Fundraising Committee Meeting on Thursday, May 12th at 7.30pm in the Parochial House.

Irish Cancer Society – Church Gate Collection next weekend Sat.21st/Sun.22nd June.

Parish Open Day July 13th after 12.00pm Mass until 5pm. Among the plans for the parish open day at the parochial house is a bring and buy and a cake sale. If you have any unwanted Christmas gifts such as soaps, deodorants or bric a brac this would be a great occasion to donate them. They can be handed in at any time to the church or parochial house and to Deirdre Delaney in the Community Centre.

St Oliver Plunkett Pilgrimage Procession, Drogheda on Sunday 6th July
You are invited to attend the Procession with your family and friends on Sunday 6 July 2008. This year the procession will leave Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 3.0pm and process to St. Peter’s Church for Concelebrated Mass at 4.0pm. The procession will be led by Sean Cardinal Brady, also attending will be the Papal Nuncio, Archbishop Leanza and other Bishops. These ceremonies conclude a month of special prayer and devotion to St Oliver Plunkett in the cause of peace and reconciliation in our communities, our country and the world. You are invited to process as a group under your religious banner if you have one.

Faithful Departed

We pray for those on the Parish list of the Dead, deceased Benefactors of the Parish and recently deceased Paddy Caffrey, May Marley, Andrew ‘Mac’ McArdle, Rose McEvoy and those for whom Masses are offered.

This Weekend –
Sat. June 7th Vigil Mass 7.30pm James & Margaret Califf
Sun. 9.00am Anne Kelly
12.00pm Michael & Maureen Kirwan & Deceased Members of the Conlon Family
Walshestown 10.30 John & Josephine Stanley

Weekdays 9.00am
Mon. William & Kathleen Stephens
Tues. Deceased members of the Johnston & Reilly Families
Weds. Special Intention
Thursday. The Morgan Family

Next Weekend
Sat. June 14th Vigil Mass 7.30pm Teresa Casey & Rose McEvoy (Months Mind)
Sun. 12.00pm Oliver Tallon & Tom Cunningham.


On the Death of Our Loved One -
from ‘Benedictus’ by the late John O’Donohue (author of Anam Cara)
Though we need to weep your loss
You dwell in that safe place in our hearts,
Where no storm or night or pain can reach you.
Your love was like the dawn
Brightening over our lives,
Awakening beneath the dark
A further adventure of colour.

Let us not look for you only in memory,
Where we would grow lonely without you.
You would want us to find you in presence, beside us when beauty brightens,
When kindness glows and music echoes eternal tones.

May you continue to inspire us;
To enter each day with a generous heart.
To serve the call of courage and love
Until we see your beautiful face again
In that land where there is no more separation.
Where all tears will be wiped from our mind
And where we will never lose you again.


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Knock Summer Youth Festival
Living life to the full? Looking for something more? Tired of the samo?! This is what you’re looking for! Time out for you... Knock Summer Youth Festival July 24th-27th. 18-35 yrs for more info and to book your place contact 094 9388100/08776927850.

Quiet Hour of Prayer for Exam Students There will be an hour of silent prayer in front of the Blessed Sacrament this Sunday evening, June 1st from 7.00-8.00pm to pray with and for students sitting examinations.

Table Quiz for 7th Louth Scouts
Clogherhead on Friday 6th June 2008 in the Harbour Bar at 9.00pm. 4 People to a table - €20.00. Please support our local scouts, cubs and beavers and their leaders.


June Priest’s Dues The June Priest’s Dues can be donated from this Sunday using the pink envelope provided in this year’s box of green weekly envelopes. There are also some spare Dues envelopes available in the porch for those not using the weekly envelopes or alternatively please use a plain envelope with your name on it.

The Parish Weekly Envelope and Plate Collection for May amounted to €7456

First Friday The sick and housebound will be attended next Friday and Saturday.

Look! There is a new coloured sheet for Sunday Mass this weekend called Look for children which can be taken home.

Congratulations to Brendan Hoey on being awarded a Gold Badge at a ceremony in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham for his services to the RNLI and to Dr.Gordon Daly who was presented on the same occasion with a statuette for his services as medical officer.

Parish Open Day July 13th after 12.00pm Mass until 5pm. Among the plans for the parish open day at the parochial house is a bring and buy and a cake sale. If you have any unwanted Christmas gifts such as soaps, deodorants or bric a brac this would be a great occasion to donate them. They can be handed in at any time to the church or parochial house and to Deirdre Delaney in the Community Centre.

June – Month of the Sacred Heart
But why is the Heart of Jesus selected as the object of this special adoration? Because His real and physical Heart is a natural symbol of the infinite charity of the Saviour and of His interior and spiritual life. The heart is a vital organ which, as it throbs within us, is part of our existence. It has always been looked upon as an emblem, sometimes of courage, sometimes of one's whole interior nature, but oftener of love. How often we hear such expressions as "Be of good heart," meaning "Have courage"; " He opened his heart to me," meaning " He told me all his secrets "; and our Lord Jesus, in asking our love, made the request in these words, "Son, give me thy heart." We see, then the reasonableness of taking the Sacred Heart of our Saviour as an object of our worship, not only because it is a part of Him, but because it symbolizes His love for all mankind.



We pray for those on the Parish list of the Dead, deceased Benefactors of the Parish and recently deceased Paddy Caffrey, May Marley, Andrew ‘Mac’ McArdle, Rose McEvoy and those for whom Masses are offered.

This Weekend –
Sat May 31st Vigil Mass 7.30pm Patrick Montague
June 1st Sunday 9.00am Michael & Kathleen Plunkett
12.00pm Mary Frances Gartland & Deceased Family Memb.

Walshestown 10.30am Patsy Howell & Patrick & Mary (Molly) & Thomas Morgan.

Weekdays 9.00am
Mon. May McLoughlin

Next Weekend
Sat. June 7th Vigil Mass 7.30pm James & Margaret Califf
Sun. 9.00am Anne Kelly
12.00pm Michelle & Maureen Kirwan & Deceased Members of the Conlon Family.

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