The following Masses will be streamed live from Littleton Church:
Monday – Friday @ 9am; Saturday @ 7.30pm & Sunday @ 12 noon.
The link is: https://www.churchservices.tv/littleton
Parish Office:
The parish office will reopen on Monday, November 23rd at 9.45am. Opening Hours: Monday; Tuesday; Thursday & Friday: 9.45am – 1.30pm.
Christmas Cards:
Beautifully designed Christmas Cards featuring the names of our three villages in the parish are now been sold in the Parish Office, price – €1 per card.
Christmas Virtual Choir:
Due to restrictions on group singing in the Church, we are proposing a virtual choir project for Christmas. A song will be recorded in advance & streamed during Christmas Day Mass. The choir is open to parishioners of all ages. A special invitation is extended to those who are from the parish but who live elsewhere in Ireland or abroad.
If interested and would like to get more details please send an email with your name and contact details to mblpastoral@gmail.com by Monday, November 23rd. A member of the Parish Pastoral Committee will then contact you with further details.
Sacrament of Baptism:
The next information session will be held in the Parish Office on Monday December 7th from 7.30-8.15pm. Please email the Parish Office in advance to confirm your place on the course. Parish Office (email: mblparish@gmail.com).
Masses For The Holy Souls:
Thirty (30) Masses will be celebrated for the Holy Souls. It is traditional to recite the rosary every Sunday during the month of November. This year we are asking families to continue this tradition and make a private visit and pray for their loved ones.
Recent Deaths:
Nancy O’Dwyer (née Woodlock), Leigh, Two-Mile-Borris, formerly of Bohernanave, Thurles – Arriving at the Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles on Sunday, 22nd November, at 10.30am for Requiem Mass at 11am. Burial afterwards in St Patrick’s Cemetery.
Helen (Nell) Hayes (née Gooney), Aughnagomaun, Horse & Jockey.
Patrick (Paddy) Corcoran, Gortnaclea House, Co. Laois and formerly of Aughnagomaun, Horse & Jockey.
Johnny Hayes, The Village, Holycross (brother of Dinny Hayes, Aughnagomaun, Horse & Jockey).
Month’s Mind Mass:
Thomas Power, London & formerly of Galboola this Sunday, November 22nd at 12.00.
Anniversaries:
Moycarkey: This Saturday at 7.30pm: Jim & Maura Walsh, Pouldine; William & Mary Dwyer, Ballinure; Jimmy Concagh, Knockroe.
Littleton: This Saturday at 7.30pm: William (Willie) Maher, Kevin’s Park, Littleton; Jimmy Fox, Derryvilla, Glengoole.
Mass for all the deceased priests who served in this parish will be celebrated next Wednesday at 9.00am.
Friday at 9.00am: Edward & Mary Hayes, 19 Church View, Littleton.
Next Saturday at 7.30pm:
Littleton: Ann Ryan, Ballymoreen & deceased members of the Ryan & Shorley families; Michael & Elizabeth Ryan, Ballybeg; John Ward, Donegal; Paddy Cooney, 7 McDonagh Terrace, Littleton.
Next Sunday at 12.00: Sr. Joseph (Alice) Darmody (1st Anniversary); Deceased members, relatives & friends of Moycarkey Pipe Band.