May Rosary:
May is the month of Our Lady, The rosary will be prayed at 8pm on the following dates and locations:
• Tuesday, 5 May at the Grotto in Coolmeen;
• Tuesday, 12 May at the Grotto in Shessive;
• Tuesday, 19 May at the Cillenn in Clondrina.
All welcome.
Holy Week and Easter in Coolmeen-Cranny 2015
Thursday 26 March
Coolmeen Service of Reconciliation 7pm
Tuesday 31 March,
Cranny Service of Reconciliation 7pm
Holy Thursday, 2 April
Coolmeen Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7pm
Good Friday, 3 April,
Cranny The Lord’s Passion 3pm
Cranny Stations of the Cross 8pm
Holy Saturday, 4 April,
Cranny Easter Vigil 8pm
Easter Sunday 5 April
Coolmeen Easter Mass 9.45am
For details of the Holy Week and Easter ceremonies in Kildysart please click here
The Coolmeen-Cranny 2014 Parish Accounts have been completed by our parish finance committee and may be viewed on the parish website www.kilfidaneparish.com or on the notice boards in our Churches. The summary is as follows:
To access the details of our 2014 parish accounts, please click on this link Coolmeen-Cranny Parish Accounts 2014
We thank all the members of our parish for your extremely generous and unfailing support for our parish. We also thank the members of our parish finance committee for their diligent work in taking care of our parish finances. Our parish finance committee are: Christy O’Connor, Chairman; Susan King, Secretary; Antoinette Quinlivan; Catherine Corry and Fr Albert McDonnell.
Many of you may have taken an interest in the Extraordinary Synod on the Family which was held in Rome last autumn. The questions which Pope Francis raised for discussion by our Church leaders were refreshingly honest and pertinent. What he had to say found its way into our hearts and minds because family is common to us all. The quality of our lives and the health of our relationships are very closely related to the kind of family life we succeed in making for ourselves. Whatever damages the family hurts us all and whatever enriches family life is a blessing for us all. Pope Francis is inviting us to help him and all Church leaders in “the task of formulating the pastoral responses to the real situation of family life around the world” as it was expressed at last year’s Extraordinary Synod.
In tackling the questions put before us, we are asked to share our experience of married and family life and to ask ourselves how well or how badly our local Church supports and provides pastoral care for married couples and families. Ideas and reflections are invited from individuals, families, pastoral councils or any other group with an interest in the family. You are welcome to send your reflections by e mail office@killaloediocese.ie or by post to:
Killaloe Diocesan Office, Westbourne, Ennis, Co Clare before 13 March, 2015.
If you wish to read the full document you will find it here
You may find the following questions helpful as you reflect on and discuss the family in today’s world.
1. How are people being helped to see the value of lifelong commitment in marriage?
2.How can people be helped to see how faith in God can help and enrich marriage, and how it brings blessings on marriage and sustains couples in lifelong love?
3. How can couples living together be helped to enter into marriage?
4. How can couples in the early years of marriage be helped and supported?
5. What kinds of families are most in need of help? How can they best be helped? How can we remove factors that can make life difficult for families?
6.How can we, the Church best minister to gay people and their families?
7.How can parents be motivated and helped as they seek to hand on the faith to their children?
The Sacrament of confirmation for the parishes of Coolmeen-Cranny and Kildysart will be celebrated in St Michael’s Church, Kildysart on Friday 6 February 2015. We congratulate the young people who received the sacrament and pray that the gift of the Holy Spirit may fill the hearts of the boys and girls. We pray also for their parents, teachers and families and all who have accompanied them as they prepares to receive the sacrament.
Our parish preparation for confirmation will include the following:
The Feast of the Epiphany Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Vigil Mass (Monday 5 January) St Benedict’s Church, Coolmeen 7pm
St Mary’s Church, Cranny Tuesday, 9.45am
St Michael’s Church, Kildysart Tuesday, 11am
The Feast of the Epiphany (the word means “manifestation”) celebrates the making known of God the Son as a human being in Jesus Christ. The feast commemorates the visit of the Three Kings (the Magi) to the Baby Jesus and the revelation Jesus’ birth beyond the Jewish world. The Kings brought gifts of gold (for a king), frankincense (for worship) and myrrh (for embalming, since Christ was to die for us). In Italy and other countries children receive gifts on this day. Traditionally in Ireland, the day was known as ‘Nollaig na mBan’ as it was the day when women celebrated Christmas
We congratulate Kerry King, Carrowreagh East and Jonathan Toman, Ennis who celebrated the sacrament of marriage on Monday 29 December, 2014 at the St Mary’s Church, Cranny.
We pray that the Lord will bless their marriage and their home.
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We congratulate Una Shannon, Cranny and Barry John Kelly Lissycasey who celebrated the sacrament of marriage on Friday 10 October, 2014 at the Church of Our Lady of the Wayside, Lissycasey.
We pray that the Lord will bless their marriage and their home.
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We congratulate John Noel Normoyle, Newbridge and Tina Tierney, Clarecastle who celebrated the sacrament of marriage on Saturday 4 October, 2014 at the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Clarecastle.
We pray that the Lord will bless their marriage and their home.
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We congratulate Melissa O’Sullivan and Thomas Sweeney who celebrated the sacrament of marriage on Thursday 21 August at St Mary’s Church, Cranny.
We pray that the Lord will bless their marriage and their home.
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We congratulate Yvonne Hehir, Carrowcreigh East and Thomas O’Connor, Kilmaley who celebrated the sacrament of marriage on Friday 8 August at St Mary’s Church, Cranny.
We pray that the Lord will bless their marriage and their home.
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We congratulate Geraldine Eustace, Effernan and Niall Fitzgerald, Ennis who celebrated the sacrament of marriage in St Benedict’s Church, Coolmeen on Saturday, 24 May 2014.
May the Lord bless their marriage and home.
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We congratulate Michael Coghlan, Cragg and Patricia Campion, Co. Kilkenny who celebrated the sacrament of marriage on 1 March 2014 at St Patrick’s Church, Graine, Co. Kilkenny.
May the Lord bless their marriage and their home.
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For weddings in Coolmeen/Cranny in 2013 please click here
We welcome Ryan Patrick Corry into the Christian family. Ryan was baptised in St Benedict’s Church, Coolmeen on Sunday, 28 December 2014. We congratulate his parents Martina and Colm, Crossderry and pray God’s blessing on the family.
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We welcome Páraic Martin Meaney into the Christian family. Páraic was baptised in St Mary’s Church, Cranny on Sunday, 21 December 2014. We congratulate his parents Esther and Vincent, Boloughera and pray God’s blessing on the family.
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We welcome Oliver James Neenan into the Christian family. Oliver was baptised on 29 November, 2014 in St Benedict’s Church, Coolmeen. We congratulate Oliver’s parents Jessica and Kevin, Erribul and all who love and care for him. May the Lord always be close to them.
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We welcome Timmy Joseph McMahon into the Christian family. Timmy was baptised on 20 September, 2014 in St Benedict’s Church, Coolmeen. We congratulate Timmy’s parents Sinead and John, Derryguiha and all who love and care for him. May the Lord always be close to them.
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We welcome Oisin Patrick Cleary into the Christian family. Oisin was baptised on 5 July 2014 in St Benedict’s Church, Coolmeen. We congratulate Oisin’s parents Emma and Michael, Gortnafrehane and all who love and care for him. May the Lord always be close to them.
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We welcome Dáire James Shannon, Boloughera into the Church. Dáire was baptised on 30 March, 2014 in St Michael’s Church, Kildysart. We congratulate his parents Agnes and Gerard and pray that the Lord may always guide and protect them
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We welcome Cian James Stephens into the Christian family. Cian was baptised on 1 February 2014 in St Benedict’s Church, Coolmeen. We congratulate Cian’s parents Bernie and Albert, Lissyurivheen and all who love and care for him. May the Lord always be close to them.
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We welcome Feidhlim Matthew Joseph Frawley into the Christian family. Feidhlim was baptised on 5 January 2014 in St Mary’s Church, Cranny. We congratulate Feidhlim’s parents Aisling and Gerry, Derrynalicka and all who love and care for him. May the Lord always be close to them.
For baptisms in 2013 click here
During the year which is coming to an end, the following celebrations took place in our parish:
We pray that the Lord will always be present to us in the special and in the ordinary moments of our lives.
You are asked to remember in prayer Kevin Marrinan, Emlagh, Moyasta, father of Albert (Cranny) and Carmel Clancy (Kildysart), who died St Stephen’s Day, 2014. May the Lord grant him eternal rest and comfort all who mourn him.
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You are asked to remember in prayer Sister Margaret Galvin of the Sisters of Christ, Sittingbourne, England and Derryshane. Sr Margaret’s funeral has taken place in England.
May the Lord grant her eternal rest.
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You are asked to remember in prayer Lisa Attewell, Carrowreagh who died on 11 December.
Her funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 o’clock on Saturday in St Mary’s Church, Cranny with burial to take place in Wales.
We pray that the Lord may grant her eternal rest and console Steve and Keisha, Alannah and Tia.
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You are asked to remember in prayer Michael Callinan, Birnfadda, Cranny who died on 18 November, 2014 suddenly at his residence.
Michael will repose at St Mary’s Church, Cranny on Thursday evening from 5pm with prayer at 7pm. The funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday at 11am followed by burial in Kilmurray-McMahon cemetery.
We pray that the Lord may grant Michael eternal rest and console Ann and all who mourn him.
Michael’s months mind Mass will be celebrated in St Mary’s Church, Cranny on Saturday 20 December at 7pm.
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You are asked to remember in prayer Mary O’Connor who died recently in Washington DC, USA .
May the Lord grant her eternal rest and comfort all who mourn him.
Mass will be offered for Mary Margaret on Friday, 31 October, 2014 at 7pm in St Mary’s Church, Cranny.
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May the Lord grant Ambrose eternal rest and console all who mourn him
Ambrose’s months mind Mass will be celebrated in St Mary’s Church Cranny on Saturday 20 September at 8pm.
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Please remember in prayer Margaret Brooke (nee Sexton) late of Birrinfadda who died in England on 17 May, 2014.
Mass in her memory will be offered in St Mary’s Church, Cranny on Thursday, 19 June at 8pm. May she rest in peace. Continue reading “Rest in Peace 2014”
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