No. 2030 ~ SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - WORLD DAY OF GRANDPARENTS AND THE ELDERLY
PARISH CONTACT DETAILS
Fr. Peter Madden PP VF
31 Sixtowns Road
Telephone: 79628376
Fr Dermot McGirr CC
50 Tobermore Road, Desertmartin
Telephone: 79632196
PARISH OFFICE
OPENING HOURS: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm.
9 High Street
Phone: (028)79628248
NOTICES FOR THE BULLETIN
Notices for the Bulletin should be received by 1.00 pm on Wednesday, preferably by email.
SAFEGUARDING
The Diocesan Designated Liaison Person (DLP) is Marie Gormley. To contact Marie Tel: 07596500793, or Email: mariegormley@derrydiocese.org
SVP HELPLINE
Helpline telephone number: 07710838050
SPERRIN FOODBANK
Tel: 07543420639
BALLINASCREEN COMMUNITY SUPPORT GROUP
Please click the link https://www.parishofballinascreen.com/ballinascreen-community-support-gro for full details of Ballinascreen Community Support Group.
SUNDAY VIGIL MASSES
Holy Rosary: 6.00 pm
St Patrick’s, Keenaught: 7.30 pm
SUNDAY MASSES
St Columba’s, Straw: 9.00 am
St Mary’s, Coolcalm: 10.00 am
St Patrick’s, Sixtowns: 11.00 am
St Eugene’s, Moneyneena: 12 noon
DAILY MASSES
Monday 29 July :
10.00 am ~ Holy Rosary Church
Tuesday 30 July:
10.00 am ~ St Mary’s Coolcalm
Wednesday 31 July:
10.00 am ~ Holy Rosary Church
Thursday 1 August:
10.00 am ~ St Mary’s Coolcalm
Friday 2 August:
10.00 am ~ St Mary’s Coolcalm
7.30 pm ~ Holy Rosary Church.
CONFESSIONS
In Holy Rosary Church every Saturday at 5.30 pm before the Vigil Mass.
FEASTS OF THE WEEK
Monday 29: Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus.
Tuesday 30: St Pater Chrysologus, bishop and doctor of the Church.
Wednesday 31: St Ignatius of Loyola, priest.
Thursday 1: St Alphonsus Liguori, bishop and doctor of the Church. Founder of the Redemptorist Congregation.
MONTH’S MIND MASS
John McCormick, White Water Court on Friday 2 August at 7.30 pm in Holy Rosary Church.
DEATH
We extend our prayerful sympathy to the family and relatives of:
Patrick Edward Donnelly, Desertmartin.
ANNIVERSARIES
Charles Conville;
Bill Brennan;
John Campbell;
Joe Hegarty;
Seamus Thayaparan;
Sarah Watson;
John McNamee;
Margaret McGuigan;
Rose Masters;
Mary Connolly;
Padraig Donnelly.
GLENSHANE FOREST MASS ROCK
Mass will be celebrated at the Mass Rock in Glenshane Forest next Sunday 4 August at 3.00 pm. All are welcome.
DIOCESAN VOCATIONS
Vocations Day, for those considering diocesan priesthood, in Buncrana on Sunday 8 September, from 12 noon to 6.00 pm. Anyone interested should please contact the diocesan Vocations Director, Fr Pat O'Hagan by email: pgoh2111@gmail.com
DOUBLE MAC ARE BACK !!!
Double Mac (aka Fr Sean McGuigan and Gerry McGuigan ) will appear in The Hogan Stand Bar on Saturday 17 August. Proceeds in aid of Moneyneena Church Restoration Fund. More details to follow.
SUMMER DRAW 2024
Thank you to all have supported this year’s Summer Draw. The first draw took place after the 6.00 pm Saturday Vigil Mass in Holy Rosary tonight:
You may still purchase a ticket to be entered in the draw for the four remaining weeks.
Week 2: 1st Prize £1,000, 2nd Prize £200, 3rd Prize £100.
Week 3: 1st Prize £1,000, 2nd Prize £200, 3rd Prize £100.
Week 4: 1st Prize £1,000, 2nd Prize £200, 3rd Prize £100.
Week 5: 1st Prize £2,000, 2nd Prize £500, 3rd Prize £300.
Tickets only £20 each are still available to buy from:
Parish Draw Promoters
Heron’s Gift Shop
Moneyneena Post Office
Fr Madden’s and Fr McGirr’s Parochial Houses
Ballinascreen and Desertmartin Parish Offices
Ballinascreen and Desertmartin Credit Union Offices
Tickets may also be purchased online by scanning this QR Code:
or by clicking on this link: https://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Ballinascreen_Parish/TicketSales
PARISH COLLECTIONS
Weekly Collection: £2335
Renovation Collection: £1339
Thank you for your generous support which is greatly appreciated.
NATIONAL GRANDPARENTS PILGRIMAGE TO KNOCK
National Grandparents Pilgrimage to Knock on today, Sunday 28 July. Led by Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor, Papal Nuncio to Ireland. The theme this year is: ‘Do Not Cast Me Off in My Old Age’ (Psalm 71:9). Mass at 3.00 pm in the Basicilla may be viewed online at www.knockshrine.ie/watch
GROUP PILGRIMAGE TO MEDJUGORJE
From 4 to 11 September, cost €835 includes daily breakfast, evening meal and full religious programme. Operated by Marian Pilgrimages. For more details please contact Group Leader Luke McCann on 07955386288. To book contact Marian Pilgrimages on 028 95680005
HORTICULTURE CLASSES
Classes in the polytunnel on Back Road, behind the Soup Kitchen, on Thursdays from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm. Everyone welcome, for more details please ring STEPS on 07821119367.
STRESS CONTROL
Free online stress control classes begin tomorrow Monday 29 July at 9.00 am with session two on 5 August at 9.00 am on https://ni.stresscontrol.org/
For more details please Email: stress.control@northerntrust.hscni.net.
PARISH BAPTISMS 2024
Baptisms Sundays at 3.00 pm and bookings to be made please via the Parish Office, by phone 028 79628248 or Email: ballinascreenparish@gmail.com
August 4 ~ St Eugene’s Moneyneena
August 18 ~ Holy Rosary Church
August 25 ~ St Columba’s Straw
September 1 ~ St Patrick’s Sixtowns
September 22 ~ St Eugene’s Moneyneena
September 29 ~ Holy Rosary Church
October 13 ~ St Columba’s Straw
October 20 ~ St Patrick’s Sixtowns
November 3 ~ St Eugene’s Moneyneena
November 10 ~ Holy Rosary Church
November 24 ~ St Columba’s Straw
December 1 ~ St Patrick’s Sixtowns
December 15 ~ St Eugene’s Moneyneena
December 22 ~ Holy Rosary Church
PARISH ANNIVERSARY AND MONTH’S MIND MASSES
If you wish to have a deceased loved one prayed for at any Anniversary Friday Mass, you MUST please email their name to Ballinascreen Parish Office by noon on Thursday of the relevant week. Notices for First Anniversary and Month's Mind Masses should be received before the Wednesday of the previous week so that they may be printed in the Bulletin the weekend before the Anniversary Mass.
PRAYER FOR THE ELDERLY
I thank You, Lord, for the comfort of Your presence: even in times of loneliness,
You are my hope and my confidence,
You have been my rock and my fortress since my youth!
I thank You for having given me a family and for having blessed me with a long life.
I thank You for moments of joy and difficulty, for the dreams that have already come true in my life and for those that are still ahead of me.
I thank You for this time of renewed fruitfulness to which You call me. Increase, O Lord, my faith,
make me a channel of your peace, teach me to embrace those who suffer more than me, to never stop dreaming and to tell of your wonders to new generations.
Protect and guide Pope Francis and the Church, that the light of the Gospel might reach the ends of the earth.
Sustain me in weakness and help me to live life to the full in each moment that You give me, in the certainty that you are with me every day, even until the end of the age. Amen.
PRAYER FOR GRANDPARENTS - LOOK WITH LOVE
Look with love on grandparents the world over.
Protect them! They are a source of enrichment for families and for all of society.
Support them! As they grow older, may they continue to be for their families strong pillars of Gospel faith, guardian of noble domestic ideals, living treasuries of sound religious traditions.
Make them teachers of wisdom and courage, that they may pass on to future generations the fruits of their mature human and spiritual experience.
Help families and society to value the presence and roles of grandparents.
May they never be ignored or excluded, but always encounter respect and love.
Help them to live serenely and to feel welcomed in all the years of life which you give them.
Keep them constantly in your care, accompany them on their earthly pilgrimage, and by your prayers, grant that all families may one day be reunited in our heavenly homeland, where you await all humanity for the great embrace of life without end.
Amen