This document is a parish newsletter providing information about mass times, intentions, readers, and other parish events in Carraroe, Ireland for the coming weeks. It includes notices about a cake sale, Christmas cards, community alert signups, and fundraising concerts.

1. The Sick and Housebound: Mass is on 107FM.
Just tune your radio before Mass. Please let the
housebound know about this service in your area.
ROSARY for the Month of December…Angela Hession
th
30 Nov
7:30pm
Readers
Paddy Loughlin
1st Dec
9:30am
Mary Keegan
11:30am
Carraroe N.S.
th
Eucharistic Ministries
Paula Rochford Nevin &Rose
Casey
Tom Mc Gowan
Marie Mulligan &Aine Moran
Teresa Kelly & Kitty Doyle
7 Dec
7:30pm
Carraroe N.S.
8th Dec
9:30am
Fergal Kelly
Gerry Price
11:30am
Lisa Jordan
Catherine Lynch & Brid Blake
ALTAR
SOCIETY
1st Dec
Angela
Loughlin
Evelyn
Kilcullen
8th Dec
Carmel Moran
Marian Barrett
Collectors
D Kivlehan
T O Callaghan
F Hargadon
S Duffy
J Mc Hale
D Kivlehan
T O Callaghan
F Hargadon
S Duffy
J Mc Hale
MASS TIME’S AND INTENTIONS
Sat
Sun
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Fri
Sat
Sun
Sun
30th
1st
7:30pm
9:30am
11:30am
10:00am
10:00am
10:00am
6-7:00pm
7:00pm
7th 7:30pm
8th 9:30am
11:30am
George & Margaret Kenna (Anniv)
Michael Curran (Birthday Remembrance)
Hugh Rooney (Anniv)
Kathleen Dunne (Rec Dec)
Joe Feeney (Rec Dec)
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Philomena Fallon (Month’s Mind)
Jim Gilmartin & Nell Coyle (Annivs)
Kathleen Begley (Anniv)
Fred Kelly (Anniv)
Cake Sale & Coffee Morning - Carraroe Community Centre
A Cake Sale & Coffee Morning will be held in Carraroe Community Centre
after the weekend Masses of 7th-8th December. Donations of Cakes, Buns and
Yummy Treats greatly appreciated. All proceeds to go towards the printing of the
'Carraroe Parish History Book'. Make sure you get a slice of the action! Contact
Olivia at 086-3925369 for more info.
Parish Newsletter
Sunday 1 st December 2013
Mass Times: Saturday 7:30pm Sunday 9:30am & 11:30am
Holidays 10:00am & 7:30pm
Priest: Fr Jim Murray, Email:
carraroe@holywellsligo.com
Phone: 071-9162136
Mobile: 087-8198466
Websites: www.carraroechurchsligo.com
www.holywellsligo.com
NEW Tobernalt Christmas Cards
NEW Holy Well Christmas Cards are now available.
Samples are available to see on the notice board of the
Church, on the Bookstand and they can also be seen on
our parish websites (see front page). These colourful cards, which contain Christmas
reflections, are available in two different types and depict
scenes from the Holy Well. For more information contact
Carraroe Parish Office at Tel: 071-9162136 or Email:
carraroe@holywellsligo.com. All proceeds go towards the
maintenance of the Holy Well.
Collection for the Hospice
The Hospice acknowledges receipt of €347.62 which was collected at a recent Church
gate collection at Carraroe Church. It is greatly appreciated.
Advent – Where Are You Going?

2. To you, my God, I lift my soul’ – these are the very first words we hear this Advent, in
the Entrance Antiphon of today’s Mass.
The word Advent comes from the Latin ‘adventus’, meaning ‘coming’. There is a
sense of movement and anticipation. The tradition of the Advent calendar is one way
to bring this movement to life. The Lord is coming. We are moving towards
Christmas. We are lifting our souls towards God. And we are always moving towards
the end times and the second coming, as Jesus himself reminds us in today’s Gospel.
A couple of questions we could reflect on today: Why do we need this ‘lead-in’ time to
Christmas? What are my hopes and goals for Advent? Where do I want to be in my
faith journey, come Christmas day? American baseball legend Yogi Berra once said:
‘If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up somewhere else.’ If we
decide we want to get somewhere, we have to take steps to get there – for example,
when we decide on a particular career path we have to undertake the right training
and experience. Perhaps this Advent we would like to spend more time in prayer, to
be more patient, or to get involved in our local community. What is the point of
Advent, if we don’t end up somewhere different from where we started?
There is a sense of anticipation in today’s readings. Saint Paul tells us ‘the night is
almost over, it will be daylight soon.’ We need to get moving.
Envelopes & Calendars
By now all the houses in the Parish should have received the Parish
Envelopes and Calendars. You are encouraged to contribute to the Church via the
envelope system. Remember that if you use the envelope in another Church it will be
returned to our Church and included in our collection. Thank you to all who
contributed to our Church throughout the year and a special thank you to those who
spent the time during the last few weeks to distribute the envelopes and calendars
across the Parish.
Community Alert
Community Alert is being set up in the Parish. The first action of the group is to
set up the text alert system. This will provide a network locally through which
information can be circulated efficiently to all community members who sign
up. Over the coming weeks area representatives will be calling to all households
with an information leaflet and signup sheet. The service is only €5. The next
meeting of the committee will take place on December 2nd at 8pm in the Fr,
Curly room at which information leaflets will be available. All help is welcome.
Anyone who has not attended a meeting and would like to find out more or
assist - please come along on the night. Text alert will help all members to be
aware of suspected individuals, vehicles, or activities in the locality and
surrounds and the system can also be used to advertise community notices.
Please Support.
Christmas Flower demonstration – Please Support
Please help support the Charity STOP Suicide by attending a Christmas flower
demonstration by the BLOOM Gold Medallist Richard Delmer entitled ‘A gift at
Christmas’. A night not to be missed, the event is hosted by the County Sligo Flower
and Garden Club on Monday 2nd December in the Sligo Park Hotel ballroom, €10
admission including supper and lots more so please come and support this worthy cause.
MCR Community Centre
MCR Community, which is located just off Mail Coach Road, provides services such
as Pre-School, After-School and An Active Age Group. The Board of Management of
the Centre is looking for new members. If you have a few hours per month to spare
your expertise and time would be greatly appreciate. You could make a difference.
For more info please contact Marian 087-2216157 or Catherine 086-3119822.
Bookstand – NEW HOLY WELL CHRISTMAS CARDS
The Angelus – Elphin Diocese newspaper – Articles on: Constitution of Ireland; The Priests’
concert in Athlone; Sligo Gospel Choir Sing in the Cathedral.
Tobernalt Holy Well-Prayer Book – Preparation for Christmas
Novena to the Holy Spirit – Fr Philip Bochanski guilds meditations and prayers.
Africa Magazine – Nov. All Souls, Stand in the Light, From my Bookshelf.
Jesus Speaks to the Sinner – Directions for our times as given to ‘Anne’ , a lay apostle.
Tobernalt Holy Well - History & Heritage – Christmas Present for someone abroad.
Fishers of Men DVD - Priestly Life & Vocation Summit
Holy Well Christmas Cards – See samples - NOW Available in the Sacristy.
Kenya Build Fundraising Concert
Sharon Shannon in Concert in St. Brigid’s Church, Corhawnagh, Ballisodare on
Friday 20th December 2013 at 8:00pm. Tickets €20 available from
Toolan’s Ballisodare (Tel: 9130250), The Record Room (Tel: 9143748)
or Basil Love (Tel: 086-8253531).
Carraroe Community Centre
Our Parish Community Centre is available to anyone who would like to rent it. It is
available most mornings and evenings and very reasonable rates apply. If you are
involved in a group that requires a meeting place why not suggest our Community
Centre to the group leader(s)? Contact the Parish Office if interested (see front page
for contact details).
Cards in the Community Centre
New members are welcome to attend an evening of card playing
(Progressive) that takes place every Tuesday night in Community
Centre Carraroe, starting at 9 pm sharp.