Mass –
Sunday 4th Aug, 11 am, St. Michael’s – Francis Marron, Cornasassonagh, his parents & deceased members of the Marron family.
Patsy Keenan, Sreenty.
Peter & Ellen Keenan, Sreenty, their Sons Brian & Paddy & deceased family members.
Monday 5th Aug, 11 am, St. Michael’s – Memorial Mass for Sr. Alice Keenan, Sreenty, St. Louis Convent Monaghan & California.
Wednesday 7th Aug, St. John’s – No Mass
Sunday 11th Aug, 11 am, St. John’s Mass for the people of the parish.
Webcam & Full Parish Bulletin Link https://www.carrickmacrossparish.ie/our-parish/web-cam/
Corduff Raferagh Lourdes Committee bus to Knock on Wed 7th August, there are a few seats left. Contact Rose Hanratty on 0872298288. A booking fee of €10 is required to book your place.
Parish Cemeteries Collections – We would like to sincerely thank you for your kind generosity and financial support. The total collection for St Joseph’s Cemetery was €12080.00, St. John’s Cemetery Raferagh was €1400.00 and St Michael’s Cemetery Corduff was €2860.00. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all those involved, the Volunteers, the Collectors and the Counters for their time and dedication and the Cemetery Committee for their on-going work. Your continued support for the upkeep of our Cemeteries is greatly appreciated.
Youth2000 Summer Festival at Clongowes Wood College, Co Kildare. Free bus leaving Monaghan Town at 1:45pm, collecting in Carrickmacross at 2:30pm on Thursday 15th August. Returning on Sunday 18th. For more information email Lisa – ulster@youth2000.ie
Condolences – On Monday morning family, relatives, neighbours and friends will gather in St. Michael’s to say farewell to Sister Alice Keenan, Sreenty and California who passed away on July 13th in California.
Sr. Alice, sister of the late Patsy Keenan, Sreenty, is returning to rest in her native graveyard. A beautiful obituary for Sr. Alice is available at https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/northridge-ca/alice-keenan-11897114, the following is a summary. “Sr. Alice was born of Thomas and Alice Keenan on September 24, 1934, in Sreenty. Alice worked for about five years prior to entering the Sisters of St. Louis in 1957. Three years later she came to the USA and began teaching. Alice was fearless – always willing to accept a new assignment wherever she was needed. Obtaining many academic accreditation’s over the years, Sr. Alice spent many years in various roles across schools and hospitals in California. In 2003 Alice “retired”, later spending two years in New York, but returned to California. As her memory started to slip, Sr. Alice resided in various religious institutes, ever active ‘she climbed over the wall at the back of a Chapel to pick flowers at one of the residences. She saw no danger in that – sure she would never fall.’
Poignantly the obituary concludes “It is very appropriate that her cremated remains will be buried in her home parish – through the last number of years she was convinced she was in Sreenty and her home was just around the corner. She was also sure that Uncle Barney was living on the third floor of our two-story building!”
Sr. Alice will be buried with her younger brother Thomas J. Keenan, who returned from Wolverhampton also to rest in his native graveyard in 2012. Alice was predeceased by her sisters Dettie and Josie.
Extending sincere sympathies to Sr. Alice’s sisters May, Rose & Ann and to the extended Keenan family. May Sr. Alice rest in eternal peace.
Job Vacancy in Bright Sparks Community Creche – For details see https://corduffraferagh.ie/bright-sparks-job-vacancy-aug-2024/
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