31st Sunday > B 31st October 2021
Recently Deceased: Paul O ’Dwyer, Canon Hayes Park; Edward (Ned) Delaney, Aherlow Heights; Breda Bresnan, Bownbog, Bansha; Jean Forrester (nee Thornton), England & late of St. Michael’s Ave;
Month’s Mind: Sr. Hillary Hennessy, Loretta Convent, Kilkenny & late of Dundrum Road, Tipperary; Laurence (Larry) Walsh;
Anniversaries: Jimmy O’Connor; Dora & Billy Horan; Pauline Waters (Nee Dore); Eileen Quirke (nee Dore);Seán Crowe; Fr. Seamus Stapleton; Conor Hogan; Alicia Quinlan; Maura Gaynor; Danny Cahill; Christina Kennedy; Edmond Joseph Ramsey; Mary Toomey; Stephen & Mary Maguire; Jackie & Daisy Hughes; David Dee (1st Anniversary); Helen Coughlan; Nora Murphy; Paddy & Joan Lowry; Mary B. & Johanna Barry; Paddy Grogan, Bansha; Dolly Merrigan; Nell Collins; Matt & Margaret Ryan; John Carew; Joseph Halligan; Mary Tuohy; John Mulcahy; Mary Ryan; Mary Hayden; Mary McCormack; Nora Mulcahy; Billy & Dora Horan; Bridget O’Shea, Joanna Martin; Michael O’Shea; Go ndéana Dia trócaire orthu.
Feast of All Saints: Monday 1st November – a holyday of obligation. There will be no vigil mass on Sunday evening. The usual Sunday Mass times on Monday 8.30am, 11.00am; 12.30pm. & 7.00pm
Feast of All Souls: Tuesday 2nd November. Mass on Tuesday at 8am; 10.15am & 7.00pm.
Month of the Holy Souls: Envelopes are available at back of the church to include your departed loved ones in the masses during the month. These can be placed in the boxes in the church. Candles are available to include on the November Cross. Mass every Wed in November at 7.00pm.
Norms for Indulgences for the Holy Souls: Details on Notice Boards in the porch of the church.
Annual Remembrance Mass: St. Michael’s Bereavement Support Group invite parishioners to the Annual Remembrance Mass in St. Michael’s Church on Wed 10th Nov at 7.00pm. All are welcome. Those who have died in our parish in the past two years will be remembered especially on the night.
Mission Sunday Collection: Thanks to all who contributed a total of €2,575 to this collection so far.
Rosary: will be recited in the parish cemeteries on Sundays in November at 3.30pm – New Church Graveyard, Greenane. St. Michael’s Cemetery and St. John’s Famine Graveyard.
Trócaire Special Appeal Collection: A special collection will be taken at masses next weekend to help the million who are suffering hunger and sickness in Sudan and Ethhopia at present Donations can be left in the box at back of the church next weekend.
Covid 19 Guidelines:
- Continue to wear a mask in church
- Sanitize your hands on entering the building
- Do not gather in numbers at the back of the church.
Newsletter: You are asked to take the newsletter home and not leave it in the church after you have used it.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Every Wed 3.00pm -6.00pm. This wed St. Joseph’s Young Priests Society Holy Hour will take place at 5.00pm conducted by Canon McNamara.
Confessions: Saturdays 3.00pm-4.00pm in the sacristy/side chapel.
Parish Lotto: Congratulations to Nick mcCarthy who was the lucky dip winner of €50 this week. To join the Lotto, go to the parish Website www.stmichaelsparishtipperary.ie and press the Lotto Button. Good luck.
Scripture Course: Exploring the Acts of the Apostles with Sr. Therese Fitzgerald. This course will be six nights beginning the 8th Nov. It will be online except for the first and last night. Details on poster in church porch.
St. Michael’s Parish Bereavement Support Group: Committee meeting on Wed 3rd Nov at 7.30pm in St. Michael’s Parish Centre.
The Forge Players: will present, Seán O’Casey’s Juno and The Paycock at The Tipperary Excel from Wednesday November 3rd to Saturday 6th. each night at 8pm. Tickets can be booked at the Excel 062 80520.
Diocesan Pastoral Plan – Seeds of Hope: All are invited to an information evening on the Five Year Pastoral plan in the Marian Hall on Thursday 18th Nov at 7.30pm. “We have now come to a moment when we, as a community of believers, step into the future together. Each of us is invited to dream and to plant seeds now that will bear fruit over time as the Holy Spirit leads and directs our journey ahead.” (Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly)