MASS INTENTIONS for the week ahead:  

Sat Vigil: Martin & Annie Doherty                                                     

Sun 9am: Margaret Daly                                

Sun 11.30am: Thomas Maguire                                                

Tues 7.30pm: Mary Kenny           

Wed 9.30am: Dec’d Members of the Gallagher, Whitton & Core Families                             

Thurs 7.30pm: Paddy Cole                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Sat Vigil: Frank & Kathleen Hanily           

Sun 9am: Brendan Smith & Dec’d Family                                                

Sun 11.30am: Michael & Betty Glynn

WEEKDAY MASSES: Mon 8am, Tues 7.30pm, Wed 9.30am, Thurs 7.30pm, Fri 9.30am, & Sat 10am.   

MINISTERS OF THE WORD for next weekend Masses are: Vigil (Sat Jan 21st) Sr. Frances 11.30am (Sun Jan 22nd) Ann Fitzpatrick

MINISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST for next weekends’ Masses are: Vigil (Sat Jan 21st) Mary Holland, Mary Mc Guinness, Olive Rice-Cole, Paul Doherty & Sr. Mary.  11.30am (Sun Jan 22nd) Catherine Mc Elhinney, Betty Masterson, Noel Mc Loughlin, Tom Sheridan & Tony Barry.    

 ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: Adoration on Friday commencing after Mass and continuing throughout the day until late.  

COLLECTIONS: Athboy €1780, Rathmore: €180, Rathcairn €220. Thank you for your generosity.

FEASTDAYS occurring in the week ahead:                                                          

Mon 16^th Jan – St. Fursa.                        

Tues Jan 17^th – St. Anthony Abbot                                                            

 Fri Jan 20th – Ss Fabian & Sebastian                                                                   

Sat Jan 21^st – St. Agnes      

 REST IN PEACE:  Your prayers are requested for John Carolan, Killalon who died during the week. May he rest in peace.  

BINGO in aid of Church funds takes place today Sunday Jan 15^th in the Hotel at 3pm.                                                                                                                       

BAPTISMAL MEETING: The next Baptismal meeting will take place on Wed Feb 1st 2012 at 8pm in the Old Darnley Lodge Hotel. Bookings for baptisms at this meeting.

MINISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST: We are recruiting new Ministers of the Eucharist. If anyone would like to become a Minister of the Eucharist could you please contact the Parochial House. Training will commence in February.                                                                    

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION ......Volunteer for the 50^th International Eucharistic Congress:  The 50^th International Eucharistic Congress 2012 will take place in Dublin from 10^th to 17^th June 2012. Volunteers will have an integral role to play in the success of the Congress. Between two and three thousand volunteers will be needed during the week of the Congress and also to assist in preparations in the months leading up to the Congress. The Congress is recruiting volunteers for a wide range of roles such as administration, data entry, stewards, marketing, transport, meet & greet, multimedia, pastoral preparation and much more! If you would like to get involved please visit the IEC2012 website www.iec2012.ie/volunteer and fill out an online application or request an application form from the Congress office.  Induction training sessions will be held on the 19^th and 28^th January in the RDS, Dublin. For more information please contact the IEC2012 offices on 01/2349900 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

 ALLOLMENTS: Limited number of community organic allotments available. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or phone 086 8867455. 

O’GROWNEY N.S: Tenders are being invited for a design team for major rebuild project at O’Growney N.S. Details on etender.gov.ie and closing date for tenders is 3^rd Feb.  The school will be open for those interested in tendering on Monday 16^th Jan from 3.30pm to 5.30pm only. 

COFFEE MORNING: Athboy Community School are holding a coffee morning and raffle on Friday January 20^th 2012 from 10.30am to 12.30pm in the lecture room. Proceeds of Coffee morning will go to SOSAD.                                                                                               

MEATH FIELD NAMES PROJECT is a local history project gathering old farm field names and associated lore all around the county.  A meeting to discuss gathering farm field names in the Athboy area will be held on Thursday Jan 19^th in the Old Darnley Lodge Hotel at 8pm. All welcome. Queries to Joan at 087 2077622.                                    

 ATHBOY MACRA NA FEIRME are hosting the county round of Macra’s debating competition on Friday Jan 20^th at 8pm in St. James’ Hall, Athboy, with Athboy and Carnaross debating the contentious issue of cannabis legalisation. All welcome. Also are you aged between 17 and 35? Athboy Macra offers a range of activities from debating to light entertainment, community involvement to drama. Call us on 086 4093422 or visit facebook.com/AthboyMacra for information and latest news.

MEATH PARTNERSHIP  are running the following training courses for community groups this spring – Website Development for Community Groups, PR and Communications for Community Groups, Oral History Training Programme, Care & Conservation of Historic Graveyards and Tour Guide Training. For more info contact Aine at 046 9280790.