February 22nd & 23rd - 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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
February 29th, 6:30PM Mark Kiely
March 1st, 10:00AM Mary O' Callaghan
>March 1st, 11:30AM Don O' Driscoll
Eucharistic Ministers
February 29th 6:30PM Chris Toohey & Rosaleen O' Connell
March 1st, 10:00AM Veronica Lenehan
March 1st, 11:30PM Eddie O' Regan, Josephine Barry & Denis Ramos
Collections
February 8th & 9th Offertory: €565.00
Parish Building Fund: €1,227.60
Thank your for your generousity.
  • No 10am Mass Tuesday morning; Station Mass Tuesday at 7:30pm.
  • Spring Station Masses will be celebrated during February and March 2020. 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;
    • Buttevant Town and Non Hosting Areas around Buttevant: St. Mary's Parish Church Tuesday 25th February at 7:30pm.
    • 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.
  • Congratulations to all 43 candidates who received the Sacrament of Confirmation last Tuesday. It was a wonderful Parish celebration and we are all very grateful to everyone who were part of the preparation for the occasion, especially the Staff of Scoil Mhuire na Trócaire, Lisgriffin NS and Coláiste Mhuire.
  • Ash Wednesday will be celebrated on next Wednesday 26th February. Ashes will be blessed and distributed at the 10am Mass in the Parish Church and at the 7.30pm Mass in Lisgriffin Church. It is a Holy Day of Fast and Abstinence and marks the beginning of the Season of Lent.
  • 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 sign up 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.
  • 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: priesthoodcloynediocese.ie. 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: norardypremiertravel.ie
  • 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.