Mass –
Sunday 6th Oct, St. John’s, 11 am – Pat, Bridget & Gerry Crossan, Cargaghoge.
Michael Carroll & his son John, & deceased members of the Ward & Carroll families, Raferagh.
Hugh, Mae, Tommy, Pat & Hubert Larkin & deceased members of the Larkin family, Raferagh.
Owen Culleton, Greaglone.
Kevin & Anne Rice, Corvalley
Wednesday 9th Oct, St. Michael’s, 7.30 pm – No Mass.
Sunday 13th Oct, St. Michael’s, 11 am – Tommy Feeney, Corkishbane, formerly Ardara, Co. Donegal.
Noel & Eugene Finnegan, Lisacullion.
Patsy & Rose McConnon, Shanco & deceased family members of the McConnon family.
Thomas Mee, his parents Tom & Bridget & his Brother Gerard, Corkishduff.
Mick & Katie McCabe, & their son Michael & deceased members of the McCabe & Carragher families.
Patrick McCahery & deceased family members & Patricia Lennon
Community Centre Activities – Monday, Pickleball 10.30 am – 12.30 pm. Set Dancing at 8pm. Tuesday, Active Retirement Group meet every second week at 10 am; Ceili Dancing at 8.15 pm. Wednesday, Bowls. Thursday, Pipers at 7 pm.
Line Dancing returns in October, date to be announced.
Altar Servers Recruitment: May I take this opportunity to say, ‘Thank you’ and ‘Well done’ to our teams of Servers and their parents, for enabling our liturgies to be enhanced with young people serving at the Altar over the past two years. Some of the senior Servers are retiring and we wish them well for the future when they may become part of the other ministries in our Church. We are now seeking new recruits from 5th and 6th class to come forward to join the teams we have in place. The priests have already spoken to the pupils in the schools and some children and parents have already signed up for this. If you wish to become an Altar Server, or if parents would like to find out more about this wonderful ministry, please speak to one of the priests or the office staff. All Church activities for children are under the direction and guidance of the Child Safeguarding Committee in the parish.
Sacramental Dates 2025 for the Parish of Machaire Rois.
Confirmation: Saturday 3rd May at 11.00am in St. Joseph’s Church, Carrickmacross.
First Holy Communion: Corcreagh National School, 10th May at 11.00am, St. John the Evangelist, Raferagh.
Scoil Padraig Corduff, 17th May at 11.00am, St. Michael’s Church, Corduff.
Defibrillator Fundraiser – On Sunday last Tess O’Connor handed over the proceeds of the Defib Fundraiser in Raferagh the previous week to Conor Comiskey, representing his son Luke who is looking after the purchasing and maintenance of our local Defibrillators. Luke is a member of the Shercock Cardiac First Responders group who are on call 24/7 to attend Cardiac emergencies in this area. The work the group undertakes is vital and of immense assistance to families in time of emergency. If you didn’t get a chance to donate yet, you’re not late, you can drop off your donation with Tess or Breda at Corcreagh NS, any surplus donations if there are any will go to the Shercock CFR group.
Pickleball – Equipment has been ordered for the Community Centre so on Monday 7th October from 10.30 am – 12.30 pm anyone interested in trying out this new sport is welcome to come along. Pickleball is a cross between tennis & badminton, with its own unique paddles and soft ball. Many retired or semi-retired people are taking up the sport for the social and exercise benefits. If you would like more details call Bernie on 087 9555762 or Pauline on 087 2977091
South Monaghan Parkinson’s Support Group – For details call Seamus in confidence on 087 2482292.
Nationwide – If you hadn’t a chance to see Nationwide on Monday evening last featuring Co. Monaghan, it is worth checking it out on RTE Player. It featured the Patrick Kavanagh Centre and artist Kate Beagan.
Litter – Sadly our roadways are getting grubby again due to litter. Please dispose of your litter in a proper bin.
Monaghan Field Names Pilot project 2024 – The current pilot scheme will close on Oct 18th, leaving it tight for collecting field names and marking up the maps. To facilitate the collection of data we are inviting property owners to come to the Community Centre for two Mapping Days. We are using the old Ordnance Survey Maps which we have printed out and numbered each field, garden, haggard etc in each townland. So it is just a matter of connecting a field name to a field number. This information will be added to the Loganim.ie website. GDPR is very important with this project, so only our numbers and your field names are added to the system. Property owners are not added to the system. If you could spare a little time on Sunday 6th October from 2 pm – 5 pm, to help us out, or on Monday 7th October from 10 am – 4 pm, we would very much appreciate your assistance. For further details contact Bernie on 087 9555762 or Mary on 087 2251487.
Relics of Saint Bernadette will visit the Diocese of Clogher for two days in October. Wed 9th October in Saint Mary’s Church, Castleblayney & Thurs 10th October in Holy Cross Church, Lisnaskea. More details on the schedule of prayers, liturgies, and devotions each day available soon. See www.clogherdiocese.ie/stbernadette
Bernie’s Famine Way Fundraiser Go Fund Me page will close at midnight Sunday October 6th. Sincere thank you to all who donated. https://www.gofundme.com/f/bernies-famine-way-fundraiser
Email Address info@corduffraferagh.ie for all community newspapers, webpage or Facebook notices, announcements or events etc.
