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BALLINASCREEN PARISH - 22 MAY 2022

No.1916 ~ SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

 

PARISH CONTACT DETAILS

Fr. Peter Madden PP VF

31 Sixtowns Road

Telephone: 79628376

Fr Dermot McGirr CC​

50 Tobermore Road, Desertmartin

Telephone: 79632196

Fr John Downey Priest In Residence

36 Moneyneena Rd

Telephone: 79628375

PARISH OFFICE

9 High Street Phone: (028)79628248

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.

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

Tuesday 24: Day of Prayer for the Church in China. Our Lady of Sheshan.

Thursday 26: St Philip Neri, priest.

Friday 27: St Augustine of Canterbury, bishop.



FIRST COMMUNION 2022

First Holy Communion will continue to be celebrated in Ballinascreen Parish on the following date:

  • Gaelscoil na Speirini on Saturday 4 June at 11.00 am in Holy Rosary Church.


BAPTISMS

We welcome into God’s family through the Sacrament of Baptism:

Bronwyn Grace O'Kane, Glengomna Road;

Xavier Archibald, Mulinderg.


DEATH

We extend our prayerful sympathy to the family and relatives of:

Francis Quinn Craigavole.


ANNIVERSARIES

Patrick Joseph McGuigan;

Kathleen Wilds;

Brian Donnelly;

John Reid.


TRÓCAIRE

Sincere thanks to all our parishioners who have contributed so generously to this year’s Lenten Trócaire Appeal.

In total a sum of £10. 356.50 was donated in Ballinascreen Parish and this has now been sent to Trócaire, who will use this wonderful contribution to support their many vital projects in developing nations.

Thank you.


PARISH COLLECTIONS

Weekly Collection: £1370

Diocesan Purposes Collection: £815.

Thank you for your generous support which is greatly appreciated


HEALTH NOTICE

While all church seats are now available we ask please when attending any church service that:

  • You wear a face mask

  • You sanitize your hands as you enter and leave the Church

  • Overcrowding in any seat be avoided.

Thank you for your continued cooperation on these matters.


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.


YOUTH 2000

Youth 2000 Prayer Group meet at Lavey Parochial House (opposite Lavey Church) every Friday evening at 7.30 pm.

This Prayer Group Meeting is for those aged 16 - 35.

Please contact Cora on 07704386248 or Declan on 07544790147 for more details.


VOCATIONS

Are you being called to love the Lord and His people as a diocesan priest?

If considering such a vocation, contact your local priest or Derry Diocesan Vocations Director, Fr Pat O’ Hagan, PP Moville at pgoh2111@gmail.com or email info@vocations.ie


GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS

Is gambling affecting your life? Perhaps Gamblers Anonymous can help. Phone 028 7135 1329.


DERRY DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES 2022

Pilgrimage from 3 - 8 July 2022 (ex Belfast) Cost is £689 per person sharing. Places are still available: contact the Pilgrimage Office, 164 Bishop Street, Derry, Tel: 71260293 or email derrypilgrim@outlook.com

All intending pilgrims are asked to return application forms and full payment by Saturday 28 May.


LOUGH DERG PILGRIMAGE 2022

Lough Derg welcomes pilgrims with a full Pilgrimage programme:

  • Three Day Pilgrimage: from1 June until 15 August. Booking advised. Concessions available for students, seniors and groups.

  • One Day Retreats and guided Pilgrim Path experience dates in May and late August and September. Booking essential. All booking information at www.loughderg.org or email info@loughderg.org or phone 00353 719861518

LIFE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT SEMINARS

Seminars on Thursday evenings until Thursday 2 June at 7.30 pm in Sacred Heart Church, Omagh. Mass with Homily. Celebrant on Thursday 26 May will be Fr Gabriel Kelly, Diocese of Kilmore. He will preach on Growth. All welcome to attend the seminar or you may follow it on: www.churchsetvices.tv/drumraghparish


LOUGH DERG DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE 2022

Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lough Derg Friday 24 to Sunday 26 June. Bishop McKeown will lead the pilgrimage and invites you to join him. Booking essential. Please contact Diocesan Catechetical Centre if aged over 16 Tel:71264087 or email email lizzie.rea@derrydiocese.org Cost £80, this includes return transport from St Eugene's Cathedral, Derry.


MISSING

A labelled black wheelie bin is missing from Straw Graveyard. It would be appreciated if it could be returned as soon as possible please.


INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS

Glór na Speiríní are holding a basic 5 week computer course for adults starting on Monday 23 May from 7.30 pm until 8.30 pm in Glór na Speiríní Centre Straw. Cost for the course is only £20. Booking is essential, as numbers are limited. To book your place or for further information please email conchurglor@gmail.com or phone 79627703. Tá fáilte roimh chách- Everyone welcome!


BALLINASCREEN EARLY YEARS

Pre-Pre school places are available from September at Ballinascreen Early years in their Sunshine Room.

If your child will be 3 years old between 2 July 2022 and 1 July 2023, please ring 07840595382 or message their Facebook page to discuss the options they have available for your child.


MASTERS IN CATHOLIC SCHOOL LEADERSHIP

The Derry Diocesan Catechetical Centre, working in Partnership with Saint Mary’s University, Twickenham, offers the Masters in Catholic School Leadership. This is a post-graduate degree dedicated to the professional development and spiritual formation of Catholic school leaders. An Information Session on the Masters Programme will take place via ZOOM on Monday 13 June at 3.30 pm. If you would like to attend this session, please email tferry@derrydiocese.org.


SIXTOWNS COMMUNITY HALL

Monthly Dance in Sixtowns Cross Community Centre on Friday 27 May at 9.30 pm. Music By Glenshane Country. Everyone welcome


DUBLIN FLOWER SHOW

On Saturday 4 June a bus will leave Draperstown for the Bord Bia Flower Show in Dublin. Cost £15, this does not include admission to the Flower Show. Passengers must book their own Flower Show tickets online. Please contact Fiona 07597260262 to book and for more details.


ST COLUMB’S COLLEGE FORMAL GALA DINNER

St Columb’s College invite you to attend a Formal Gala Dinner in the City Hotel Derry on Friday 10 June. The night will be an opportunity to celebrate our faith, our island and the talents of their pupils past and present. Special guest Mickey Harte will deliver a speech on his own witness and faith journey. Tickets cost £40 per head, drinks reception and 3 course meal is included. Booking of tables can be arranged. For any enquiries or to reserve a table please email: columba1500@stcolumbscollege.org


KILCRONAGHAN CENTRE

  • Annual Plant Sale on Friday 27 May Gates open at 6.30 pm. Great selection of perennials, annuals and shrubs will be available to buy.

  • Jiving Classes with Conor and Mairead McEldowney start on Monday 23 May for 5 weeks from 8.00 pm until 9.00 pm. Cost £25 to be paid on the first night. Book with Conor on 07871210585.

  • Painting classes continue every Wednesday from 10.00 am until 12noon and from 7.00 pm until 9.00 pm. Suitable for all abilities and beginners, everyone welcome. Text/ring 07821963749 for more details /to book your place.


KNOCKNAGIN HALL

  • ‘Knit and Natter’ classes on Tuesdays 7.00 pm - 8.30 pm all welcome, come along and to knit or crochet hats for Neonatal Unit Antrim Area Hospital, wool can be provided. Contact Kathleen 07764277809 Anne 79642711 or Olive 07887614094.

  • SPRED Group meeting on Monday 23 May at 7.30 pm.

  • Chair Exercises every Tuesday at 10.00 am.

  • Band practice every Thursday from 8.00 pm until 9.00 pm, new members welcome.

  • Line Dancing Wednesday 7.30 pm.

  • Charity Dance on Friday 27 May for Air Ambulance N.I. Music by Liam McLaughlin, dancing from 8.30 pm until midnight. Admission £5 - includes light supper.

CONCERT FOR UKRAINE

The Magnificent Seven Crew in partnership with the Derry Branch of Concern Worldwide and many other singers and entertainers will feature in a concert on Monday 6 June in the Millennium Forum Derry in aid of Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. All artists are appearing for free. Tickets £16.50 available online or at the Millennium Forum Box Office.


MATT TALBOT PRAYER SOCIETY

This society prays daily for those with addictions. You can enrol somebody to be prayed for each day as well as at the Mass on the First Monday of each month at 7.30 pm in St Eugene's Cathedral Derry. For more details visit www.matttalbotprayersociety.com where you can also enrol somebody via an online submission.


MARY’S MEALS

Mary’s Meals reach more than 2.2 million children in 20 countries with a nutritious school meal each day. They invite us during May to offer prayers of thanksgiving for the 20 years of little acts of love that have made their work possible and in petition for God’s continued blessing on their good work. More details and prayer resources on: www.marysmeals.org.uk/prayinmay


ROSARY AT THE GROTTOS

The Rosary will be prayed for peace in the world each day during May at hundreds of grottos around Ireland.

For more details including the list of grottos please visit www.coastalrosaryireland.ie


ACCORD CATHOLIC MARRIAGE CARE SERVICE

This service is currently recruiting volunteers to train as marriage preparation programme facilitators. Registration of interest from those who have a positive attitude towards marriage in the Catholic Church and the enthusiasm to be part of a team supporting couples who are preparing for the Sacrament of Marriage are being sought. Successful applicants will receive professional training and be part of a team delivering marriage preparation programmes locally. Contact Deirdre 07980898399 or email info@accordni.com

Closing date for receipt of registration of interest forms for this year is Friday May 27. Forms and further details about becoming a facilitator are on www.accordni.com


PARKRUN AND PARKWALK

Parkrun and Parkwalk at Derrynoid Forest every Saturday at 9.30 am.

Come along and walk, jog or run on Saturday mornings at Parkrun Derrynoyd Forest, Derrynoyd Road.

Suited to walkers and runners of all abilities, to boost fitness for free. Children and dogs on leads welcome. Parkrun is a free community event and is a timed 5km walk or run. Walkers, runners and new volunteers all welcome. To join register online: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/register/

Follow on Facebook: Derrynoid Forest Parkrun

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DROMANTINE CENTRE ~ NEW WORKSHOPS

Bookings now open for these workshops:

  • ALONE TOGETHER ~ Finding our way back to connection. Saturday 18 June 9.30 am - 4.30 pm.

  • THE LONG GOODBYE ~ Practical advice for caregivers of people living with dementia. Friday 19 August 5.00 pm - Sunday 21 August 2.00 pm.

  • WHEN IT IS DARKEST ~ Understanding suicide. Saturday 24 September 9.30 am - 4.30 pm.

  • CHURCH ABUSE: A UNIQUE BETRAYAL ~ A call to listen, a call to action, a call to change. Friday 4 November 5.00 pm - Sunday 6 November 2.00 pm.

Workshop Facilitator is Fr Hugh Lagan SMA, priest and chartered clinical psychologist who has led retreats, workshops and trainings internationally on psychological and spiritual well-being, positive change, trauma, mental health and resilience.

Please contact Jacinta or Louisa to reserve your place: Phone 3082 1964 or Email: admin@dromantineconference.com


SYNODALITY

Synodality is about seeking together to discover God’s way forward in a new time and place.

This is not just a time of change but a change of time.

It is about learning to journey in hope from the great figures of the Advent liturgy: Isaiah, John the Baptist, Mary and Joseph.

We are a pilgrim people, following the voice of God who calls us one step at a time.

We are moving beyond a Church where everything depends on ‘Father’.

Pope Francis has asked us to rediscover the Advent spirit of leaving our secure base and trusting that the Lord will guide our feet into the way of peace.

We aim to have a time of local listening to one another in January/February, building towards a diocesan submission to an Irish national response.

All national responses will be considered by the Vatican and a Working Document sent back for local reflection and comment in late 2022 – building towards the Synod of Bishops’ meeting in October 2023, and beyond.

This is the beginning of a new way of being Church. It is not just a passing initiative. It is facing the future together, open to the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Advent is not just a season of the year. It is a permanent part of our identity as Church.

 

PRAYER FOR THE SYNOD


We stand before You, Holy Spirit, as we gather together in Your name.


With You alone to guide us, make Yourself at home in our hearts; Teach us the way we must go and how we are to pursue it.


We are weak and sinful; do not let us promote disorder. Do not let ignorance lead us down the wrong path nor partiality influence our actions.


Let us find in You our unity so that we may journey together to eternal life and not stray from the way of truth and what is right.


All this we ask of You, who are at work in every place and time, in the communion of the Father and the Son, forever and ever. Amen.


THE SYNOD PRAYER ~ IRISH TRANSLATION (Paidir an tSionaid)

Seasaimid i Do láthairse, a Spioraid Naoimh,

agus muid ag teacht le chéile i D’ainm

Agus Tusa amháin mar threoraí againn

socraigh Tú féin síos inár gcroíthe;

Múin dúinn an tslí a chaithfimid dul

agus conas is féidir linn leanúint di.

Táimid lag agus claonta chun peaca;

ná lig dúinn ainriail a chur chun cinn.

Ná lig don aineolas sinn a chur amú,

ná don chlaonpháirtíocht ár ngníomhartha a mhúnlú.

Lig dúinn teacht Ort inár n-aontacht

chun go dtriallfaimid le chéile chun na beatha síoraí

gan dul ar strae ó bhealach na fírinne ná ón cheart.

Iarraimid é seo uile Ort,

Tusa a bhíonn ag obair de shíor agus i ngach uile áit,

i gcomaoin an Athar agus an Mhic,

trí shaol na saol.

Amen.


To learn more about the Synodal Pathway for the Catholic Church in Ireland please visit:

To learn more about the worldwide Synod please visit: https://www.synod.va/en.html

Please say each day in your prayers the following prayer for the success of the Synodal Process which is both old and new.

 

PRAYERS FOR OUR PROTECTION

The Irish Catholic Bishops have asked for prayers for those affected by the Coronavirus. Placing all our trust in the Lord, and asking Our Lady to intercede for us, the bishops invite everyone to pray these prayers:

EXTRACT FROM SAINT PATRICK’S BREASTPLATE

Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me,​

Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ when I arise, Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me, Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me.

MEMORARE

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly to you,

O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer. Amen

 

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