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No.1902 ~ SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
PARISH CONTACT DETAILS
Fr. Peter Madden PP VF
31 Sixtowns Road
Telephone: 79628376
Email:ballinascreenparish@gmail.com
Fr Dermot McGirr CC
50 Tobermore Road, Desertmartin
Telephone: 79632196
Fr John Downey Priest In Residence
36 Moneyneena Rd
Telephone: 79628375
Email: j.downey75@btinternet.com
PARISH OFFICE
9 High Street Phone: (028)79628248
email: ballinascreenparish@gmail.com
Open Monday and Tuesday from 9.00 am until 3.00 pm
NOTICES FOR THE BULLETIN
Notices for the Bulletin should be received by 1.00 pm on Wednesday ballinascreenparish@gmail.com
Bulletins are presently only available:
Online at www.parishofballinascreen.com
On the noticeboard inside the front porch of Holy Rosary Church.
SVP HELPLINE
Helpline telephone number: 07710838050
BALLINASCREEN COMMUNITY SUPPORT GROUP
Please click the link https://www.parishofballinascreen.com/ballinascreen-community-support-gro for full details of Ballinascreen Community Support Group.
FEAST OF THE WEEK
Monday 14: St Cyril and St Methodius. Patrons of Europe.
MASS TIMES FOR WEEK AHEAD
SUNDAY MASS TIMES
Vigil Masses
St Eugene’s Moneyneena: 5.00 pm
Holy Rosary: 6.15 pm
St Patrick’s Keenaught: 7.30 pm
Sunday
St Columba’s Straw: 9.00 am
St Mary’s Coolcalm: 10.00 am
St Patrick’s Sixtowns: 11.00 am
Holy Rosary: 12 noon
DAILY MASS TIMES (MONDAY 14 - FRIDAY 18 FEBRUARY)
Holy Rosary Church:
Monday: 11.00 am
Wednesday: 11.00 am
Friday: 7.30 pm
St Mary’s, Coolcalm:
Tuesday: 11.00 am
Thursday: 11.00 am
Friday: 11.00 am
All Masses in the Holy Rosary Church are transmitted live on the Ballinascreen parish webcam:
https://www.churchservices.tv/Draperstown
All Masses in St Mary’s Coolcalm are transmitted live on the Desertmartin parish webcam:
https://www.churchservices.tv/Desertmartin
DEATHS
We extend our prayerful sympathy to the family and relatives of:
Francis Costello, Cahore;
Margaret Ellis, England.
FIRST ANNIVERSARY MASS
Pat Logue, Weddellbridge Road, on Friday 18 February at 7.30 pm in Holy Rosary Church.
ANNIVERSARIES
First Anniversary: Pat Logue
Veronica Kelly;
Joe Morgan;
Cathal Conville;
Bernie Hamill;
Colette Kelly;
Gracie-Mae Corrigan Bradley;
Bridget Elmslie;
Marian Haskins.
BAPTISMS
We welcome into God’s family through the Sacrament of Baptism:
Rose Catherine Toner, Edenderry Cottages, Belfast;
Tadgh Donncha Murray, Drumard Road.
LENTEN MASSES 2022
From Monday 7 March it is planned to have daily Masses during Lent as follows:
Holy Rosary ~ 7.00 am from Monday to Thursday,
St Eugene’s, Moneyneena ~ 11.00 am from Monday to Thursday,
St Mary’s, Coolcalm ~ 7.30 pm from Monday to Thursday.
Readers are needed please for each of these Masses.
If you would like to read at a particular Mass on one of the days (Monday – Thursday) each week during Lent 2022 please email either the Ballinascreen or Desertmartin Parish Office as soon as possible.
Thank you.
STRAW CAR PARK
Fr Madden would like to make it known that Straw Car Park is for the exclusive use of those attending Mass in St Columba's Church, Straw or visiting Straw Cemetery. It is being increasingly used as a public carpark which it is not. The Staff of Gaelscoil and Naíscoil na Speiríní and parents visiting the school have permission to use it but no one else.
If you park your car there all day, please make other arrangements.
Funerals have had to be rearranged due to the unavailability of space in the parish car park and therefore action must be taken now to address this situation.
DERRY DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES
The pilgrimage will resume this year, from 3 - 8 July 2022. Cost: £689 per person sharing, with single room supplement £150. Price includes flights, transfers and full board. The pilgrimage will be suitable for pilgrims who do not require medical, nursing or personal assistance as, unfortunately, this cannot be provided this year. The intentions of the sick of the diocese can be taken to Lourdes. The Pilgrimage Office, 164 Bishop Street, Derry, will be open for enquires and application forms on Thursdays and Saturdays, 11.00 am – 1.00 pm, from 3 March. Tel: 028 71 260293 or email derrypilgrim@outlook.com
BRING A HYMN!
Church music leaders are invited to consider appropriate music for Lent and Holy Week and some might be willing to share a resource or two with others. Zoom session on Monday 21 February at 6.30 pm. To register and receive Zoom details, please email: thornhillministries@derrydiocese.org
ZOOM ON ~ EXPLORING PRIESTHOOD
On Tuesday 1 March at 8.00 pm there will be an opportunity for men to join in on a Zoom to find out more about priesthood and to hear directly from a priest and from two young men who are studying for the priesthood in the National Seminary in Maynooth. The event is being run by the National Vocations Office. For more details and to register please email info@vocations.ie or visit vocations.ie/zoom
The Zoom session should end by 9.30 pm. There will be a short time spent watching YouTube videos on priesthood and vocation, and a Questions & Answers session with the seminarians and the panel.
CONFIRMATION DATES 2022
Proposed dates for Confirmation Ceremonies in Ballinascreen Parish are:
St Columba’s P.S. on Friday 25 February at 5.00 pm in Holy Rosary Church.
St Eoghan’s P.S. on Friday 4 March at 5.00 pm in St Eugene’s Church, Moneyneena.
St Mary’s P.S. on Friday 11 March at 5.00 pm in Holy Rosary Church.
Gaelscoil na Speiríní on Friday 1 April at 5.00 pm in Holy Rosary Church.
COMMUNION DATES 2022
Proposed dates for First Holy Communion Masses in Ballinascreen Parish are:
St Mary’s P.S. on Saturday 7 May at 11.00 am in Holy Rosary Church.
St Eoghan’s P.S. on Saturday 14 May at 11.00 am in St Eugene’s Church, Moneyneena.
St Columba’s P.S. on Saturday 21 May at 11.00 am in Holy Rosary Church.
Gaelscoil na Speirini on Saturday 4 June at 11.00 am in Holy Rosary Church.
ST.COLM'S HIGH SCHOOL ~ JOB VACANCY
St Colm’s are looking for a Sixth Form Supervisor required to cover maternity leave with immediate start. Please contact the school office if interested. Tel: 028 79628377.
YOUTH 2000 ~ ST VALENTINE’S BALL
Youth 2000 invites you to the St Valentine`s Ball 2022 on Saturday 19 February. The evening will include dinner, a raffle, a band and DJ and an opportunity to meet many new people from across Ireland. The evening will begin with the celebration of Holy Mass at 4.00 pm in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh. From there, the ball will commence at 7.00 pm nearby in The Armagh City Hotel.
The event is strictly for persons aged 18 and over and ID will be required. Tickets cost €55 and can be purchased only on www.youth2000.ie
KILCRONAGHAN CENTRE
Spring Planting with Margaret Johnston on Friday18 February, 10.00 am – 12 noon. Cost £5. Fill a container with Spring flowers and enjoy a demonstration on planting vegetable seeds. All materials/bulbs will be supplied. Please bring plastic table covering and gardening gloves. Places are restricted and MUST be pre-booked. To book your place text: 07821963749 or email manager@kilcronaghan.co.uk
Creative Writing classes with Maura Johnston resume on Tuesday 15 February, 10.30 am – 12 noon for 8 weeks. Cost is £3 weekly or £20 if paid on week one.
Painting for pleasure classes will resume on Wednesday evenings in February if there is enough interest. Please ring or email to register your name and then a start date can be confirmed. Phone 028 796 27826 or email manager@kilcronaghan.co.uk
DRAPERSTOWN LIBRARY
Rhythm and Rhyme Sessions are on again on Friday mornings at 11.30 am.
Knit & Natter on Tuesday evenings.
For further information please phone 796 28249.
THE NET – JANUARY 2022
Sharing the fruits of the faith in the Derry Diocese, the January edition of ‘The Net’ is now available on the Diocesan website – https://www.derrydiocese.org/publications/the-net/the-net-january-2022.pdf
For coverage of faith stories just email editorthenet15@gmail.com.
Some of articles in this month’s Net are:
A New Year message from Bishop Donal
Francis Lagan – A man of faith who lived the ethos of Catholic Education
Fr Liam Donnelly reflects on priesthood
Synodal Pathway challenges and hopes
Behold Your Mother – A Lenten Retreat
Reflections on 2021
Children’s Catechism Club – C3
Irish Section by Fr Oliver Crilly Banagher & Claudy welcome first faith formation coordinator
The birth of Children’s Rosary
Young writers share thoughts on various issues.
KNOCKNAGIN HALL
Tuesday 15 February: Exercise with Thomasina at 11.30 am. Adm. £4.
Wednesday 16 February: Line Dancing from 7.30 pm until 9.00 pm.