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No.1922 ~ FOURTEENTH 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 4: St Elizabeth of Portugal.
Wednesday 6: Saint Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr.
MASSES FOR JULY 8 / 9 / 10
This is the schedule for Masses next weekend:
Friday July 8:
St Mary’s Coolcalm 11.00 am
Holy Rosary Church 7.30 pm
St Patrick’s Keenaught 7.30 pm followed by Blessing of Graves.
Saturday July 9:
Holy Rosary Church 4.00 pm
St Patrick’s Keenaught 4.00 pm
No Vigil Mass in Moneyneena on Saturday July 9.
Sunday July 10:
St Columba’s Straw 9.00 am
St Mary’s Coolcalm 10.00 am
St Patrick’s Sixtowns 11.00 am followed by Blessing of Graves.
St Eugene’s Moneyneena 12 noon followed by Blessing of Graves.
No Mass in Holy Rosary at 12 noon on Sunday July 10.
BALLINASCREEN PARISH SUMMER DRAW - 15 CHANCES TO WIN!
Five Weekly Draws from Saturday 16 July to Saturday13 August.
Total Prize Fund £8,000
Week 1: First Prize £1,000, Second Prize £200, Third Prize £100.
Week 2: First Prize £1,000, Second Prize £200, Third Prize £100.
Week 3: First Prize £1,000, Second Prize £200, Third Prize £100.
Week 4: First Prize £1,000, Second Prize £200, Third Prize £100.
Week 5: First Prize £2,000, Second Prize £500, Third Prize £300.
Three fantastic cash prizes every week of the draw.
Winners will be announced every Saturday night at the 6:15 p.m. Mass in Holy Rosary Church.
Tickets only £20 each - Now available to buy from:
Ballinascreen 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.
We thank all those who are presently selling tickets and encourage as many as possible to please actively promote this draw around your family and friends including those who live outside the parish. Thank you.
DEATH
We extend our prayerful sympathy to the family and relatives of:
Rita O’Neill, Clonoe.
FIRST ANNIVERSARY MASSES
Kathleen McCloskey, Mulnavoo, on Friday 8 July in Holy Rosary Church at 7.30 pm.
Andrew McBride, Moydamlaght, on Friday 8 July in Holy Rosary Church at 7.30 pm.
ANNIVERSARIES
Art McNamee;
Gerry Madden;
Irene Magee.
BAPTISM
We welcome into God’s family through the Sacrament of Baptism:
Larsa Vaitiekus, Dromdallagan.
WEDDING
Congratulations and best wishes for the future to:
Eimear Kelly and Ciaran Kelly who were married recently in St Eugene’s Church Moneyneena.
PARISH COLLECTIONS
Weekly Collection: £1450
Renovation Collection: £1138.
Thank you for your generous support which is greatly appreciated.
LOURDES DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE
This weekend the Diocesan Pilgrimage will travel to Lourdes for the first time since July 2019.
The pilgrims will carry the prayer intentions of the Diocese to the Grotto. Please keep the pilgrims in your prayers and remember that you may follow the diocesan pilgrimage online at www. Lourdes-france.org.
MATT TALBOT MASS
The next Matt Talbot, Freedom from Addiction Mass, takes place on Monday 4 July at 7.30 pm in St Eugene’s Cathedral, Derry.
You are very welcome to join this Mass, either in person or via the cathederal webcam to pray for all those battling addiction, their families and all those affected by addiction.
Prayers will be offered specifically at this Mass for all those enrolled in the Matt Talbot Prayer Society.
If you wish to enrol somebody in the Matt Talbot Prayer Society please call 028 71262894 or email vita@matttalbotprayersociety.com
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.
THE NET
The latest edition is now available on the Derry Diocesan website. Articles in this month’s edition include reports on:
Fan the Flame Mass;
Remembering Sr Clare Crockett;
Ordination of Rev. Shaun Doherty as deacon in Rome;
Memories of First Holy Communion Days and
Mgr Andy Dolan gives thanks for 51 years of priesthood.
BALLINASCREEN CREDIT UNION DRAW
June Quarterly Cash Draw Winners:
1st Prize: £10,000, Mr Paddy Cleary, Sixtowns Road;
2nd Prize: £7,000, Miss Bronagh Regan, Draperstown Road;
3rd Prize: £5,000, Mrs Rose Sargent, Cavanreagh Road;
4th Prize: £3,000 Mr Martin McCartan, Bancran Road.
Next Quarterly Cash Draw Saturday 24 September 2022.
IOSAS CENTRE MUFF
Iosas Centre Café Muff is starting a Sunday Carvery starting on 3 July, serving meals 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.
SYNOD REPORT
The Diocese of Derry recently submitted its report on its consultations to the Irish Synodal Pathway Steering Committee. This report may be viewed at: www.derrydiocese.org/synod-report
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@