There will be  Mass in Drumsna on Friday evening June 15^th followed by Exposition of the Blessed sacrament Holy hour duty Ella Gannon ; Margaret Mc Guire.

9.30am Mass Sunday June 17^th Reader Rebecca Duignan. Ministers Martina Gill ; Colleen Guckian.

Corpus Christi Procession

The Corpus Christi procession took place on amid glorious  Sunshine on Sunday last. Fr. John Wall carried the Blessed Sacrament from the church down to Garvey’s corner where Blessing and Benediction took place. Thanks to  all the organisations in the Parish who were represented with Banners ,to the 2012 communicants who together with sisters Bridget and Una followed leader Thomas Duignan recited the Rosary as the procession wound its way  along. The canopy  was carried by representatives of the four corners of the Parish with Niall Daniels Drumsna , John Faughnan Annaduff, Niall Lyons Dromod and John Mc Nulty Lisduff.  The Choir also comprised of  representatives from all round the Parish with Imelda Gaffney, Fionnuala Maxwell, Nancy Reynolds , Gerry O Connor, Jennifer Mc Gwynne who were joined by  the congregation. Thanks to the servers Chloe Daniels, Louise Gaffney , Caolann Quigley, Lauren Fitzgibbon, To Erin Hughes and Marie Morrison for the Candle lighting ,to Sinead Guckian for the canopy and photography,To Sonny Moran for the flags ,to Jim Gannon and Micheal O’Dowd for the seating and stewarding, to Ella Gannon for the Altar decorating and assistance, To Gerry Butler for the electricity,  to Barry Guckian for the pictorial record , which you can see by logging on to www.drumsna.com to Padraig Dunne who took care of the mobile seating for Fr. John,  to everyone who put up altars outside of their homes and to all those who came  to join in the Procession which made it a very special day in the Parish of Annaduff to mark the start of the Eucharistic Congress 2012.

Bingo

Bingo continues on Thursday night in the Centre Drumsna at 9pm.Last week’s winners included Linda Duignan, Sharon Mc Tiernan. Raffle Marian Casserly, Francis Conboy,  MartinaTully, Free Books Bridgie Duignan, Tracey Duignan.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Edwina Guckian’s troupe of Sean Nos dancers, Liam Taylor Jack Hughes, Anna Crossley, Lillie Crossley, Tara Noone and Roisin Noone who brought home bronze from the recent All Ireland Community Games finals.

Free Concert

A free end of term concert of the Sean Nos dancing School will be held in St. Mary’s hall Carrick on Friday June 15^th and everyone is invited. This is a great chance for Mammies ,Daddies, Grannies ,Grandads and everyone else to see the wonderful dancing that Edwina’s pupils can perform.

Annual Vintage and family Day

The Annual Family and vintage day will be held in Mc Loughlin’s Paddock Drumsna on Next Sunday June 18th commencing at 2pm with blessing by Father John Wall. The Bronze Sean nos Medalists will then open the family fun day with a rousing exhibition of dancing. There will be bouncy Castles where after an initial 3Euro fee you get a smiley stamp on your wrist and you can bounce for the rest of the day. Madame X will be telling fortunes, There will be a  dog show at 3pm Best puppy up to 12months, best Toy dog, best working dog, best Terrier, Best mixed breed, any dog handled by a child, any dog handled by a lady, Overall champion and reserve champion. Bonny baby show at 4pm in the Community Centre, There will be a demonstration of Traditional crafts including crochet , rope making, butter making, Besom making , Spinning, Boxty making, also cross cut demonstration with Bertie. On Field you can kick a ball through a loop, have a go at cock-a-doodle-poo, grab a bargain at the bric-a-brac stall, throw the wellie ,get your face painted, see the animals with Gerry, look at the vintage car ,tractor, display, enter in the mothers /fathers race or the childrens sports with races U4  U6 U8  U10  U12  U14 , watch the  football match of under 10 between Annaduff A team and Annaduff B team. If you are feeling peckish after all this excitement  you can get a bite to eat in the quay street café in the Community Centre .See you all in the paddock on Sunday.

G.A.A./ Parish Lotto

There was no winner of the recent G.A.A./ Parish lotto. The numbers drawn were 1 ; 11 ; 12 ; 18. The winner of the 50 Euro prize was Dorothy Thornton. The winners of the lucky dip are as follows. J & B Bohan; Paddy Gilbane ; Lauren Shanley ; Nicola Charles. The next draw will be in Taylors Bar Drumsna with a jackpot of 2,100 Euro. Please note this draw will take place on Saturday night next June 16^th.

Golden Age Meeting.

There will be a meeting of the above on next Wednesday June20th at 11am in the centre Drumsna. This is definitely the last meeting before the Autumn.The Golden Age group have been invited to Rooskey Active Age Summer Bar-B-Q in the old School Rooskey on Friday night June 22^nd with music by Eamonn Kelly.

Alzheimers Collection.

Thanks is extended to all those who contributed to the recent Alzheimers Church gate Collection . Your support is much appreciated

Drumsna Dev.,Association.

Drumsna Development association wish to thank everyone is contributed to their recent Chuch gate collection. It is much appreciated and will go towards the upkeep and maintainance of the village.