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 January….Martin Scanlon
18th Jan
7:30pm
19th Jan
9:30am
Readers
Lisa Jordan
Carraroe N.S.
Niamh Casey
11:30am
Eucharistic Ministries
Vincent Dunbar & Mary
Murphy
Ann Hickey
Frances Kelly& Mary Rose
Casey
Paddy Loughlin
25thJan
26th Jan
7:30pm
9:30am
Jimmy Hughes
Carraroe N.S
11:30am
Maureen Casey & Mary
Davey
Martin F Scanlon
Sheila & Christy Murphy
ALTARSOCIETY
19th Jan
Carmel Moran&
Marion Barrett
26th Jan
Kitty Doyle &
Kathleen Henry
St Johns Church Carraroe
Parish Newsletter
Sunday 19 th January 2014
Collectors
O Mc Lean
G Price
J Moran
J Kelly
F Mc Cabe
O Mc Lean
G Price
J Moran
J Kelly
F Mc Cabe
MASS TIME’S AND INTENTIONS
Sat 7:30pm
Mary & James Hargadon (Annis)
Sun 9:30am
Fr. Michael Gethins (Annis)
Sun 11:30am
Eileen & Martin Melly, Mary E Kelly (Annis)
Mon/Tue
No Morning Mass
Wed 10:00am
Thur 10:00am
Pat McGuiness (Rec Dec)
Fri
10:00am
Brian Cotter (Rec Dec)
Sat
7:30pm
Paddy & Peter Loftus (Annis)
Sun
9:30am
James & Mary Moran (Annis)
Sun 11:30am
Peggy Doherty (Annis)
Parish Calendar
If you would like more copies of our Parish Calendar there are
available to purchase at our Church bookstand. €5 per copy
Mass Times: Saturday 7:30pm Sunday 9:30am & 11:30am
Holidays 10:00am & 8:00pm
Priest: Fr Jim Murray, Email:
carraroe@holywellsligo.com
Phone: 071-9162136
Mobile: 087-8198466
Websites: www.carraroechurchsligo.com
www.holywellsligo.com
Carraroe and District Community Text Alert
Members of the Carraroe and District Community Text Alert will be calling to
houses from Monday 20th January 2014 to distribute leaflets, forms and collect €10.00
per sign up. (This will cover the introductory fee and group set up charges).
Community Centre _
Social Danicing : Every Thursday evening beginning at 8:15pm
.Classes in all kinds of Dancing with full instruction.
Thump Boxing Classes: Every Wednesday beginning at 8pm.
This is a non contact sport which is suitable for all fitness levels.
Contact Alan: 0871256674
Parish Envelopes
Please use your Parish Envelopes during the coming year. It is our only source of
income and support. Your help and support is appreciated. If you have not receive
your parish envelopes by now, please contact the Parish Office.

2. Christian Unity Week – Is Christ Divided?
Interdenominational Service in the Cathedral on Friday 24th January at 8:00pm.
Homilist by Right Rev. S. Ferran Glenfield.
Refreshments in the Gillooly Hall afterwards.All welcome.
Booking Masses
Reflection – Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Gospel is from St. John 1:29-34.The pages of the Gospel present John the
Baptist as a symbolic example of a ‘bridegroom’s friend’, as Christ’s excellent and
exemplary witness. The Baptist’s pre-eminent witness was affirmed in two ways: firstly
If you would like to book Anniversary Masses for the coming year, please call into the
Sacristy after Mass.
with regard to the content of his testimony and secondly with respect to its style.With
Accord – Sligo
Accord Sligo provide Pre- Marriage Course and Counseling throughout the year.
Please contact Mary at 071-9145641 for more information. Web Ste: www.accord.ie
who takes away the sins of the world’ (Jn 1:29). Anticipating Jesus’ messianic and
Bereaved
Please remember in your prayers the soul of Harry Kielty, Cairns Road, whose
funeral took place on Wednesday. Also, Margaret Harte, mother of Oliver Harte,
Carraroe, whose funeral took place on Tuesday. We extend our prayers and sympathy
to family, relatives and friends. May they rest in peace.
regard to the content of his testimony, the Baptist identified Jesus as ‘the Lamb of God
salvific role, each of the four evangelists start their Gospels with the Baptist’s words. The
Lamb refers to the idea of salvation. The Lamb is the gift of liberation that, following the
flight from Egypt, the Israelites sacrificed to the Lord. The Lamb recalls the servant of the
Lord, the messianic image described by the Prophet Isaiah, ‘like a lamb led to the
slaughter-house, like a sheep dumb before its shearers’ (Is 53:7). The Lamb recalls the
image of the Victorious Lamb in the Book of the Apocalypse who at the end of time will
definitively destroy evil and sin. John the Baptist is therefore, an authoritative witness
Tobernalt Holy Well
The image of the Holy family at the Holy Well reminds us of our own families.
Let us visit the Holy Well and pray at this unique and sacred shrine.
A Clothes Swap Event
For young women will be held in the Glasshouse hotel on the 25th of January from
3pm-6pm. Clothes must be handed in to the venue between 1-2pm on the day.
Entrance and clothes swapping fee is €10,
Proceeds go to Mercy College Tanzanian project.
For more information and terms and conditions go to our face book page
www.facebook.com/daisychains
St. Johns GAA Club
St John’s GAA Club will hold their Dinner Dance on Saturday February 1st in the
Sligo Park Hotel. Tickets cost €30 and can be purchased from Gerry Quinn
(0872636914), Colm Nevin (0870601797) and Niall Gordon (0876787803).
Please come out and support your local club.
Parish Ministries
Please note the time that you are helping out in the parish.
Information is provided on your timetable and at the back of the newsletter.
Your support and help is appreciated.
Baptism/ Confirmation Certificates
Due to demand a request for Baptism/ Confirmation Certificates
normally takes up to one week. Normal donation is €10.
who knew Jesus’ exact identity and why He came amongst men. Today’s Gospel offers us
an eloquent example to imitate, so that we can also become Christ’s authoritative
witnesses. A believer can only give an authoritative witness if it coexists in perfect
harmony with two of the Baptist’s evangelical qualities. Firstly, knowledge of Christ that
is cultivated through prayer, the sacramental and ecclesial life, reading good books and
edifying friendships. Secondly, the constant attributes of a ‘bridegroom’s friend’ who goes
in search of the Groom through the virtue of humility because always, in everyone’s life,
Christ must increase and we must decrease!
Church Bookstand – New Items
St. Martin – Echoes, Christian Hope, The Garden this Month and more
Ards Friary – Programme for the New Year
The Blessed Eucharist – Explaining the Mass
St. Michael’s Family Life Centre – Brochure for Spring/Summer
Be Healed in Heart – A New Heart/ Mending Homes/ Memories Buried
God’s Way of Salvation – The Bibles Response
Tobernalt Holy Well Prayer Book – Easter Prayers and Reflections
Tobernalt Holy Well History Book – The story of the Holy Well
Please Note: Parish Calendars for 2014 are not out of stock.
Selection of Books from Anna Lay Apostle.
Money for books/ Cards etc should be left in the money box at the Bookstand