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BALLINASCREEN PARISH - 29 AUGUST 2021

No.1878 ~ TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

 

​​SUNDAY MASSES

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 (NB Townland Rota still applies)

St Patrick’s Sixtowns 11.00 am (NB Townland Rota still applies)

Holy Rosary: 12 noon


DAILY MASS TIMES

Holy Rosary Church

Monday and Wednesday ~ 11.00 am

Friday ~ 7.30 pm

St Mary’s Coolcalm

Tuesday, Thursday and 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

 

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

The Parish Office will be closed this week. Please send names for the Parish anniversary Mass via email or voicemail before Thursday 12 noon. Notices for Parish Bulletin to be also sent via email please


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:

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.

 

WEEKDAY MASSES: 30 AUGUST - 3 SEPTEMBER

Holy Rosary Church

Monday and Wednesday ~ 11.00 am

Friday ~ 7.30 pm

St Mary’s Coolcalm

Tuesday, Thursday and Friday ~ 11.00 am


FEASTS OF THE WEEK

Tuesday 31: St Aidan.

Friday3: St Gregory the Great. Lived 540 -604. Patron of musicians.


SEASON OF CREATION.

A Home for All? Restoring Our Common Home’

Pope Francis established 1 September as World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation following the publication of the encyclical Laudato si’ in 2015.

The Season of Creation or Creation Time, is marked throughout the Christian world from 1 September to 4 October (Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi), celebrating the joy of creation as well as encouraging awareness-raising initiatives to protect the natural environment. The Diocese of Derry is encouraging parishes, schools and families to reflect on what they can do to protect the environment around us all. Nature walks, planting seeds, collecting rubbish or recycling are examples of worthwhile environmental projects.

For more ideas, initiatives, prayers, liturgies and news articles on the theme please see the diocesan social media channels and derrydiocese.org/season-of-creation


REOPENING OF SCHOOLS

We welcome back staff and pupils to all schools this week and we ask God to bless everyone as they begin another school year. Hopefully, this year will be less disrupted by Covid 19 than the past eighteen months.

  • St Colm's High School begins its Diamond Jubilee this week, the school having opened in September 1961. We wish the school's new principal Ms Sinead Mc Allister and all the staff and pupils many blessings in this anniversary year. Covid 19 not withstanding we hope to celebrate this milestone appropriately during the Jubilee Year.


MONTH’S MIND MASS

Margaret Layden, Sixtowns Road on Friday 3 September at 7.30 pm in Holy Rosary Church.


DEATHS

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

Pat Gormely, Desertmartin;

Colm Higgins, Maghera.


ANNIVERSARIES

First Anniversary:

Baby Robin O’Kane

Anniversaries:

Seamus Mulligan,

Rose-Celine Cleary,

Hugh Donnelly,

Francis McCloskey,

Mary Crossett,

Danny Mullan.


BAPTISMS

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

Jasmine Aleshia Kelly, Gortnaskea;

Michael Gary McWilliams, Dromadallagan;

Thomas James McWilliams, Dromdallagan;

Emily Grace McAuley, Ranaghan Road.


WEDDINGS

Congratulations and best wishes for the future to:

Siobhan Donnelly and Anthony McWilliams who were married recently in St Eugene’s Church Moneyneena;

Emma McBride and Johnny McKenna who were married recently in St Patrick’s Church Sixtowns.


BALLINASCREEN PARISH OFFICE

The Parish Office will be closed this week. Please send names for the Parish anniversary Mass via email or voicemail before Thursday 12 noon. Notices for Parish Bulletin to be also sent via email please.


PARISH CEMETERIES

Can. 1240 §1 in the Canon Law of the Catholic Church states:

"Where possible, the Church is to have its own cemeteries, or at least an area in public cemeteries which is duly blessed and reserved for the deceased faithful."

We are blessed in Ballinascreen that all parish cemeteries and individual family graves are beautifully maintained and cared for throughout the year. This makes the reports Fr Madden has received of flowers and other mementoes of loved ones being taken from family graves all the more distressing.

It cannot be stated strongly enough that to disturb the resting place of those who have died is an act of desecration against those who have died, their families and the Church.

At the end of every funeral Mass, the priest ends the ceremony with these words:

"Let us bring our loved one to their final resting place."

It is to be hoped that these recent happenings will end immediately so that those who have died may indeed rest in peace and their loved ones can grieve their loss without any added distress.


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. It is a great opportunity for those currently in leadership roles and those who aspire to, or have an interest in, leadership roles within the Catholic School system. Applications for the Autumn intake close 30 September 2021. If you require any further information, please contact the Derry Diocesan Catechetical Centre on 028 71264087 or email tferry@derrydiocese.org


READERS FOR HOLY ROSARY CHURCH

More readers are needed please for Masses in Holy Rosary Church.

If you are willing to become a regular reader of the Word of God at any of the weekday Masses, the Saturday Vigil Mass or the Sunday Mass in Holy Rosary Church please contact the Parish Office as soon as possible.


KNOCKNAGIN HALL

Monday30 August:

Desertmartin Walk for Health Group meet at Hall on Knocknagin Road at 7.00 pm.(Please note change of time) Come along and join in for chat, fun, exercise and friendship.

Tuesday 31 August:

Exercise and Line-Dancing with Thomasina in Hall at 11.30 am. Admission £4

Wednesday 1 September:

Gardening with Mary Doris.

Week 1: Grow your Own in raised beds /containers

Week 2: Planting containers for autumn colour.

Come along and join in session from 7.00 pm - 8.00 pm admission £3.

Due to Covid Restrictions, it is important to register for sessions, as numbers are limited.

To register please contact either Kathleen 07764277809, Anne: 02879642711 or Olive: 07887614094


PARISH COLLECTIONS

Sincere thanks to all who have returned parish envelopes, established standing orders, made online payments or used the ‘Donate’ button on Parish Website. Envelopes may be returned at any parish Mass, to Parish Office or any Parochial House.

Thank you for your generous support which is greatly appreciated.


SVP DONATIONS

Many thanks for many generous donations. To make a donation please place it in an envelope and mark it SVP. All donations appreciated


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. e mail address is ballinascreenparish@gmail.com

  • We ask that only members of a family, whose loved one is being prayed for, attend the Friday Anniversary Mass in Holy Rosary Church at 7.30 pm. This should ensure that there is sufficient space for those who are remembering a Month’s Mind or any other anniversary, as seating is limited and cannot be exceeded. The Anniversary Mass will be available on the parish webcam. Holy Communion will be distributed at the door of the Church once the congregation has left. Thank you for your cooperation on this matter.