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No.1929 ~ TWENTY-FIRST 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, preferably by email.
Email: ballinascreenparish@gmail.com
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.
DAILY MASS TIMES
Monday: Holy Rosary Church ~ 11.00 am
Tuesday: St Mary’s Church, Coolcalm 11.00 am
Wednesday: Holy Rosary Church 11.00 am
Thursday: St Mary’s Church, Coolcalm 11.00 am
Friday - Parish Anniversary Masses: St Mary’s Coolcalm 11.00 am & Holy Rosary Church 7.30 pm
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
FEASTS OF THE WEEK
Monday 22: The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Tuesday 23: St Eugene, bishop.
Wednesday 24: St Bartholomew, apostle.
Saturday 27: St Monica.
BALLINASCREEN PARISH OFFICE
Parish Office will be closed for the next two weeks. Please email or post through the office letterbox any anniversaries for the Friday Anniversary Mass or notices for the Bulletin. Please ensure names for Anniversary Mass are received before 12 noon on Thursday. Please also state clearly the Friday evening required.
Notices for Bulletin must be received before 1.00 pm on Wednesday.
Fr Madden will be in the Parish Office on Wednesday 24 August from 11.30 am to 1.30 pm.
DEATH
We extend our prayerful sympathy to the family and relatives of:
Charlie Higgins, Magherafelt.
ANNIVERSARIES
Paddy McKenna;
Nora McKenna;
John McNamee;
John Convery,
Joseph Duffy;
Marie Groogan.
BAPTISM
We welcome into God’s family through the Sacrament of Baptism:
Issac Donnelly, Slievegallion Drive.
WEDDING
Congratulations and best wishes for the future to Catriona McBride and Niall Higgins who were married recently in St Patrick’s Church Sixtowns.
NATIONAL SYNTHESIS OF THE SYNODAL PROCESS
The Irish Bishops' Conference has published the National Synthesis of the Synodal Process conducted across the Church in Ireland from Autumn 2021. The National Synthesis is the fruit of a wide-ranging process of listening and consultation and is based on the syntheses produced by the 26 dioceses in Ireland, as well as those submitted by religious congregations and other interested groups. The National Synthesis will be forwarded to Rome as part of the worldwide synodal process of listening and discernment launched by Pope Francis in October 2021 and which will culminate in the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome in 2023.
To view this document click HERE
DERRY DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO KNOCK
Ballinascreen Parish Choir has been invited to sing at the forthcoming Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock on Saturday September 24. This is a great honour for the Choir and the Parish. If you have never been to Knock, this will be a great opportunity to bring the family to Ireland’s National Shrine to Our Lady. This pilgrimage will be led by Bishop Donal McKeown.
Stations of the Cross at 2:00 pm followed by Mass at 3:00 pm with Sacrament of the Sick.
Buses will travel from a variety of pick up points. For further information please contact
Fr Patrick Lagan at St Eugene’s Cathedral on 028 7126 2894 or email cathedral@derrydiocese.org.
PARISH COLLECTIONS
First Collection: £1320
Renovation Collection £ 1131.
Thank you for your generous support which is greatly appreciated.
BALLINASCREEN PARISH SUMMER DRAW
Winners Week 4:
£1000 ~ Michael C Doyle, Sixtowns Road;
£200 ~ Michael Heron, Sixtowns Road;
£100 ~ B Park.
COME AND SEE RETREAT
Anyone interested in diocesan priesthood is invited to attend a weekend ‘Come & See’ retreat from 26-28 August. For information and booking please contact diocesan Vocations Director Fr Pat O’Hagan at pgoh2111@gmail.com
SAFEGUARDING IN DERRY DIOCESE
The Derry Diocese has invited the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland to conduct a review of safeguarding practice. This review will commence with the Safeguarding Sunday Mass on 18 September in St Columb’s Church, Waterside at 3.00 pm. Everyone welcome to attend this Mass. The review will continue from Monday 19 September to Friday 23 September 2022. If you have any views about Safeguarding in the Derry Diocese, we invite you to come forward to Teresa Devlin, Chief Executive Officer, National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland, prior to the review dates. Teresa can be contacted on 0035315053124 or by emailTeresa.devlin@safeguarding.ie
If you wish to report a child safeguarding concern, please contact Marie Gormley, Designated Liaison Person (DLP) on (+44) 07596 500793 or report directly to PSNI or HSC.
PALLIATIVE CARE WEEK
Annual Palliative Care Week, from Sunday 11– Saturday 17 September. Theme this year is ‘Palliative Care: Living as well as possible’ offers an opportunity to raise awareness of the positive impact that palliative care has on the lives of people with life-limiting illnesses and their families; allowing them to live their lives as fully as they can. For details please visit: thepalliativehub.com
WORLD YOUTH DAY PILGRIMAGE - LISBON 2023
The Diocese of Derry is inviting any young person who is over 18 or will be 18 by July 2023 to join their Pilgrimage to Lisbon for World Youth Day. World Youth Day (WYD) is the gathering of young people from all over the world with the Pope. It is also a pilgrimage, a celebration of youth, an expression of the universal Church and an intense moment of evangelization for the youth world. This pilgrimage will take place in August 2023. For now, they are taking expression of interest until they have more information on dates, times and prices. Spaces are limited so signing up now is essential. You can register your interest on the derrydiocese.org website or on the @derryyouth Facebook page Any questions regarding this pilgrimage, may be emailed please to Lizzie Rea, Youth Coordinator at: lizzie.rea@derrydiocese.org
SLIEVE GALLION ACTIVE RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION
Dance and tea in Knocknagin Hall on Sunday 21 August at 3.00 pm. Music by Stuart Moyles. Come along and support the group.
FOUND
Jewellery found in Derrynoid Forest. Please contact Maura at 07510856083 if you lost it.
BLESSING OF MOTORBIKES AND BIKERS
Blessing at St Aengus’s Church, Burt, Co Donegal on Sunday 11 September, at 1.00 pm. All welcome. Biker friends who have died since last blessing in September 2019 will be remembered. Collection for R.N.L.I.
Bike run after blessing to Ned’s Point to present the donation and for refreshments. For more details please email Fr Gerry Sweeney at gerardsweeney@ymail.com
STRESS CONTROL CLASSES
Free online Stress Control classes with Jim White, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, as a key presenter will commence on Monday 12 September and run until Thursday 29 September. To register and for more details please view https://ni.stresscontrol.org
PARISH ANNIVERSARY AND MONTH’S MIND MASSES
If parishioners wish to have their loved one prayed for at any Anniversary Friday Mass, you MUST please email their name to Ballinascreen Parish Office by 12 noon on Thursday of the relevant week. Email address is: ballinascreenparish@gmail.com
PLEASE NOTE: First Anniversary and Month's Mind notices should be received the previous week in order for them to be placed in the Bulletin the weekend before the Anniversary Mass.
KNOCKNAGIN HALL
Knit and Natter classes will resume on Tuesday 13 September.
Chair Exercises on Tuesday 23 August at 10.00 am. Admission £4.
Line Dancing with Thomasina will resume in September.
Date for Diary: SPRED Group Coffee Morning fundraiser on Sunday 11 September from 10.30 am until 1.00 pm. Your support would be much appreciated.
To register for any of the above classes, or alternatively if you have any ideas for group activities, please contact Olive 07887614094, Kathleen 07764277809 or Anne 02879 642711.
IOSAS CENTRE MUFF
Iosas Centre Café Muff: Sunday Carvery from 12.30 until 3.00 pm. Delicious starters, mains and desserts, using their own organic vegetables. Booking recommended and take away is available. Phone 00353 749384866
(1 course €12.50 ~ 2 courses €15.50 ~ 3 courses €19.50)
Finish your afternoon with a walk in the beautiful Celtic Prayer Garden.
A SUMMER BLESSING
May you walk with God this summer In whatev