c/o Clarecare, Harmony Row, Ennis  www.accord.ie

Confidential counselling by trained counsellors for people experiencing difficulties in their marriage. Fertility counselling,family planning and marital sexual therapy also available.
Engaged Encounter at Esker, Athenry. Tel: 091 562331

Contact - 065 682 4297 / 1850 58 5000

St. Catherine’s Adoption Society, Clarecare, Harmony Row.
Contact: Laura O’Callaghan, Joan O’Keeffe, Michelle Dowling or Carmel O’Dea
Admin Secretary: Michelle O’Halloran
Contact: 065 68 28178

Floral decoration of Church and care of Altar Linens
Cathedral - Contact Josepha Quigley, 065 6823795
St. Joseph’s - Contact Fr. John Mc Govern, 065 6822166 / 6821511
Cloughleigh - Contact Fr. Tom O’ Gorman, 065 6840715

A day care centre operates three times weekly in Respond House, Drumbiggle (off the Market). Open from 9.30 am to 4.00 pm, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday. Contact : Mary at 6823514 during opening times.

Monthly support meetings are held for carers, relatives and friends at the Alzheimer Office, Unit 17, Clonroad Business Park, Clonroad, Ennis, on the second Thursday of each month at 8.00pm.

Support meetings also held in Kilrush and Ennistymon, contact 6823514 for details.

Home care support can be obtained from this office for carers in need of a break. Telephone: Brigid or Pauline at 6845835 or 6868621. Drop in service for information available at office, Unit 17, Clonroad Business Park.

Aware is an organisation formed in 1985 by a group of interested patients, relatives and mental health professionals. Meetings are held all over the country to give help and encouragement to people suffering from depression and to their relatives.

Contact no: 01 6766166.
www.aware.ie

Bereaved Parents Association is an organisation for bereaved parents, grandparents, brothers, and sisters. Meetings by arrangement or any Tuesday in Cathedral House at 8pm, or Friary Parlous any day.
Contact - Ann on 065 682 0024 to arrange.

Living Links: Support for families bereaved by Suicide.  In Clare, there is a group of people who have undergone some training, to offer confidential, practical support & advice to families, who have experienced death by suicide.   The suicide outreach support person, at the request of the family, can call to the home or meet at a location, appointed by the family.  Please feel free to contact Clare “Living Links” Support Co-ordinator at 086 056 5373  between 5pm & 7pm  Monday to Friday.

Other Help Lines:
Teenline Ireland 1800 833 634 www.teenline.ie

STEM Support Group; providing inidvidual and group counselling for the bereaved.All Counsellors are qualified and have experience working in this area. We operate in Ennis and north Clare. Services free and confidential but a small voluntary contribution is appreciated.
Contact: Pauline Bradley 087 6383988

Adult Counselling Service, H.S.E. Ennis
Confidential professional counselling available. Free of charge for adults who suffered any kind of abuse and neglect in childhood.
Contact: 1800 234 115

Rainbows: Support group programme for children who have suffered significant loss in their lives, either through death, divorce or other painful transition.
Contact: Caitriona Mc Nicholas 087 6245675

Bushypark, Ennis.
Tel 065 694 0944
Email: bushyparkhouse@clarecare.ie
Web: www.bushypark.ie

Bushypark Treatment Centre is a facility designed to help individuals and their families recover from addictions and regain control of their lives. Bushypark offers a 30 day residential treatment program for people addicted to alcohol, chemicals or gambling

National Cancer Support Group:
Contact no: 1800 200 700

Action Breast Cancer support:
Contact no: 1800 30 90 40

Irish Cancer Society: 5, Northumberland Road, Dublin 4.

Free Breast Check: 1800 454 555

Clare Cancer Support: 087 6912396
www.clarecancersupport.com

Caring for Carers meet at Clarecare, Harmony Row, Ennis on the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 7.30 p.m. - 9.00 p.m.
Contact 065-6866515.

Carers Centre, 2 Carmody St. Business Park, Carmody Street.
Open Monday to Friday from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm where information, support and advice are available for carers.
www.caringforcarersclare.ie

The work of the Chaplaincy covers:-Visitation of schools, support of the work of teachers, Preparation of parishoners for the Sacraments, Class and Graduation Liturgy, Participation on Boards of Management.

Cathedral - Contact Michael Hennessy, 065 682 4043
St. Joseph’s Church - Contact 065 682 2166 (Director: Theresa Murphy, & organist Claire Browne)
Cloughleigh
The Friary - Contact Michelle Hennessy, 065 682 8751

You can read more here about the choir and its history

Director: Margaret Slattery,
Tel: 065-6824137

Rights & entitlements, accommodation, travel, local info, working abroad, education, application forms, outreach programmes, full secretarial & printing service available.  

Youth Training Schemes:  Contact Youth Centre, Carmody St.  

Harmony Row, Ennis.
Tel. 065 682 8178
General Manager: Fiacre Hensey

Email: info@clarecare.ie
Web: www.clarecare.ie

A professional voluntary agency, which aims to provide a range of people centred accessible services that meet current and changing needs in Co. Clare.  

Cloughleigh Community Centre is based at Davitt Terrace, Cloughleigh. The centre is community based and is administered by Cloughleigh Residents & Development group.
This group is voluntary and liaise with the statuary bodies for the betterment of the community of Cloughleigh.
Chairman: Noel Fawl, Gordon Drive, Cloughleigh.
Vice-Chairman: flan Brennan, Morrissey Ave, Cloughleigh
Treasurer: Kieran Walsh, 065 6820745
Assist Treasurer: Flan Brennan, 065 6822601
Assist Secretary & RAPID Community Chairperson: Dolores Nevin; 6842096.
RAPID Community Rep.: Flan Brennan, Dolores Nevin & Robert Wilkie.

Committee Members: Carmel O’Grady; Fr. O’Gorman, Cloughleigh Curate, Noel Fawl; Flan Brennan; Kieran Walsh; Dolores Nevin

The Community Centre is available for Hire at a nominal fee, proof of insurance will be required.

These activities are currently run at the Centre:
Mondays: Playgroup :9.15 a.m. to 12.30pm (Marion)
Young at Heart Go for Life 3.30pm ( Nellie & Mary)

Tuesdays: Playgroup : 9.15 a.m. to 12.30pm (Marion)
Yoga 8.00pm to 9.00pm: (Sarah)

Wednesdays : Playgroup : 9.15 a.m. to 12.30pm (Marion)
Judo (Albert & Joe) 7 to 9.30 p.m.(Glen)

Thursdays : Playgroup : 9.15 a.m. to 12.30pm (Marion)
Youth Club 7.00pm to 9.30pm (Glen)

Fridays: Playgroup : 9.15 a.m. to 12.30pm (Marion)
Friday Club 7.00pm to 9.00pm , (Margaret)

Hall is used by different interest groups for committee meetings.
Occasional functions for older people;
Christmas activities and children’s Summer Camp.

The brief of the 5 members of the Communications Group is to let people know what is happening in Ennis Parish and invite them to get involved in the life of their church. Contact Fr. Tom Hogan

Pregnant & Worried? CURA cares.
Unexpected pregnancy is hard to take.

For confidential and free advice contact Cura @ 6829905.

Office hours:
Monday 7.00am to 9.00pm
Wednesday & Thursday 11.00am to 1.00pm

Office at 2 Barrack Close, Ennis.

Ennis Parish Pastoral Council is a decision making body, composed of lay people, priests and other religious, who take co-responsibility for pastoral planning and pastoral care within the Catholic Church in the Parish of Ennis.  The focus of the Pastoral Council is collaborative ministry, in other words all of us working together for the good of parish and sharing the responsibility.  The role of the Pastoral Council is to confirm, refine and co-ordinate the policy making, planning and management of the Pastoral, Administrative and Financial affairs of Ennis Parish.
Read more about the structure of the Pastoral Group here.   Any new items of news about the Pastoral Council will be posted here. 

John Tunney, Elm Park is the  Chairperson of the Parish Pastoral Council.  
John hales from Letterkenny, Co. Donegal and is married to  Ennis native Mary Murphy.
 

Pastoral Council Minutes

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If you would like to volunteer for any of these ministries, please contact:
Cathedral – Call 065 682 4043
St. Joseph’s Church - Call 065 682 2166
Cloughleigh – Call 065 684 0715
The Friary – Call 065 682 8751

Grow consists of a network of mutual help groups, which meet weekly.  In these meetings, people learn to understand the factors which promote mental health and what steps they can take themselves, along with friendly help and support, to overcome problems such as phobias, anxiety, depression, panic attacks and loneliness. 

Meetings in Ennis: Monday 8pm in St Anthony’s Hall, (Friary). 
Thursday 8pm, room 2, Community Centre, Ennis or tel: 061 318813 for more information

www.grow.ie
www.console.ie

Maria Assumpta Hall, Station Road, Ennis

Hours of Opening: Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 10am - 1.00pm and 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Contact: 065 6823351
email: killaloeapostolic@eircom.net

Objectives: To share in the missionary aposolate of the Church by prayer, and by supplying material and financial aid in those areas where the Church is not yet fully established. To sanctify members’ lives by their participation in Apostolic Work.

SENIOR PRAESIDIUM (men and women)
Members meet on Mondays at 7.30 p.m
Venue: St. Joseph’s Meeting Hall
No. 51 Kincora Park
Lifford
Ennis

Newcomers are very welcome

MID-CLARE COMITIUM MEETING:
2nd Thursday of every month at 8.00 p.m.
Venue: Venerable Edel Quinn Room
Maria Assumpta Hall
Station Road
Ennis

Mass in Honour of Our Lady with Novena Prayer at 10.00am every Saturday in the Friary Church.

Our lady of Fatima devotions in the cathedral on the 1st Saturday of each month after 10.00am Mass

Visiting Legionaries, Priests or Religious always welcome.

MABS is a national, free, confidential and independent service for people in debt or in danger of getting into debt

Contact:  Clare MABS,
                       8 Harmony Row,
                       Ennis

Tel: 065 684 1991.
http://www.mabs.ie

Support group programme for children who have suffered significant loss in their lives, either through death, divorce or other painful transition.
Contact: Caitriona Mc Nicholas 087 6245675

Respond! is Ireland’s largest not for profit Housing Association. We seek to create a positive future for people by alleviating poverty and creating vibrant, socially integrated communities.

We do this through providing access to education, childcare, community development programmes, housing and other supports.

Tel 065 6823514
http://www.respond.ie

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is an international voluntary Catholic Christian organisation.
The Society has been in Ireland since 1844 and has extensive experience of working with a diverse range of people who experience poverty and exclusion. Through a network of over 9,500 volunteers, it is strongly committed to working for social justice and advocates the creation of a more just and caring society.

 The aim of the S.V.P. is to help the poor in Ennis.
Conferences are held on Monday nights @ 8.00pm.
Written requests can be left into the Parish Office or the SVP Shop, 84 Parnell St.

 Contact: 065 6824188 or  065 6824043
http://www.svp.ie