Bulletin: Parish of Buttevant & Lisgriffin

February 29th & March 1st – First Sunday of Lent.

Fr. Eugene Baker P.P. (086) 8031876

Weekend Masses

Buttevant
Saturday	06:30:00 PM
Sunday	11:30:00 AM
Lisgriffin
Sunday	10:00:00 AM

Weekday Masses

Buttevant
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday	10:00:00 AM

Confessions & Vigil of Holy Days

Saturdays

6:00:00 PM

Hosts for Coeliacs

Available at all Masses. Please go to the Priest for Holy Communion.

Readers

March 7th	Noel Coleman
March 8th, 10:00AM	Eileen Jones
March 8th, 11:30AM	DJoyce Moynihan

Eucharistic Ministers

March 7th, 6:30PM	Chris Toohey & Rosaleen O' Connell
March 8th, 10:00AM	Oonagh O' Connell
March 8th, 11:30PM	Eddie O' Regan, Josephine Barry & Denis Ramos

Collections

February 21st & 22nd	Offertory: €540.00 Parish Building Fund: €686.60
Thank your for your generousity.

St. Mary's Church Choir will hold their next practice in the Parish Church on next Monday 2nd March from 7:15pm to 8:15pm. New members are always welcome. Communion Calls: Fr. Eugene will visit the Sick and Housebound of the Parish on next Wednesday 4th March and on next Friday 6th March with the sacraments. Holy Hour will take place in St. Mary's Church on Wednesday 11th March from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. Spring Station Masses will continue during March and April. If any Parishioner would like to host a Station Mass in your home, please approach any member of the Parish Pastoral Council or Fr. Eugene. Masses are already booked for the following Station Areas: Lisgriffin and Non Hosting Areas around Lisgriffin: Church of the Immaculate Conception Lisgriffin Wednesday 4th March at 7:30pm. Tenniscart, Pepperhill, Boherascrub and Knockbarry. Friday 6th March at 8pm at Gerry and Joan Ryan. Knockanare, Lackaroe and Spital. Friday 13th March at 8pm at Andy and Juliette Murphy. Ballybeg; Friday 3rd April at 8pm at Margaret O' Connell. Parish Collection Envelopes are available in the Sacristy after Masses this weekend. If any household who regularly use these envelopes did not receive a set so far, come to the sacristy after Mass. If any Parishioner would like to signup to become a regular supporter of the Parish Building Fund, please contact Fr. Eugene and he will issue a set of envelopes for you. Mass Cards: A good selection of Mass Cards for various occasions are available in both sacristies. Enriching your Marriage: A Marriage Enrichment Weekend is for married couples of all ages. The next Weekend takes place at The International Hotel Cork on the 3rd to 5th April 2020 (Fri.730 pm to Sun 4 pm). For info. and to book please visit www.marriageencounter.ie  or Ph: 087-216 2436. Scoil Mhuire na Trócaire will host an Open Afternoon for New Pupils at the school premises on next Tuesday 25th February from 1pm - 2:40pm. Vocations Afternoon for men considering a vocation to the Priesthood in the Diocese of Cloyne will be held on Saturday, 7th March at the Nano Nagle Centre, Killavullen, from 2.30pm-5.00pm. The afternoon will consist of reflection, prayer and the opportunity to find out more about becoming a priest in our diocese. For more information Fr Brian Boyle (Vocations Director) at 085 2553787. Email: [email protected]. Those hoping to attend should make contact by phone or email by Thursday, 5th March. There are currently two candidates studying for the Priesthood for the Diocese of Cloyne. Short Term Pledge: As part of its apostolate, the Pioneer Association has a Short-Term Pledge section for adults over the age of eighteen years. This enables a person who does not wish to make a life commitment to total abstinence to take a pledge for a limited period of time. Many have used it to buttress their resolution to stay ‘dry’ for a particular month for their own personal reasons. If you feel that you can and would like to take the pledge for the six weeks of Lent, please go online at www.pioneerassociation.ie and follow the links to join. A small fee applies if you wish to have the Pioneer emblem and the registration card. Pilgrimage to Oberammergau: Premier Travel in Cork are planning a pilgrimage to Oberammergau from 22nd – 29th May 2020. For further details contact Nora Reidy on 021-4277700 or Email: [email protected] St. Vincent de Paul Helpline: The Buttevant Conference of the SVDP has a dedicated mobile phone number whereby an application for assistance can be made in confidence. An application for assistance can be made by phoning 086/0209477.

Raise To The Lord Praise to the Lord, The Almighty the King of creation. O my soul praise him, For he is your health and salvation. All you who hear, Now to his altar draw near, Join in profound adoration. Praise to the Lord, Let us offer our gifts at his altar. Let not our sins and transgressions Now cause us to falter. Christ, the High Priest, Bids us all join in his feast. Victims with him on the altar.

Now Thank We All Our God Now, thank we all our God, With hearts, and hands and voices. Who wondrous things has done, In whom the world rejoices. Who from our mother’s arms, Has blest us on our way. With countless gifts of love, And still is ours today. All praise and thanks to God, The Father, now be given. The Son, and him who reigns, With them in highest heaven. The one Eternal God, Whom heaven and earth adore, For thus it was, is now, And shall be evermore.