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BALLINASCREEN PARISH - 31 OCTOBER 2021

No.1887 ~ THIRTY-FIRST 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

Tuesday ~ 7.30 pm.

Friday ~ 7.30 pm

St. Columba's, Straw

Tuesday ~ 8.00 am

St. Eugene's, Moneyneena

Tuesday ~ 10.00 am

St. Patrick's Sixtowns

Tuesday ~ 11.00 am

St Mary’s Coolcalm

Monday ~ 7.30 pm

Tuesday ~ 11.00 am

Thursday & Friday 11.00 am

St. Patrick's, Keenaught

Tuesday ~ 7.30 pm


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

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 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.

 

FEASTS OF THE WEEK

Monday 1: Feast of All Saints. NOT a holyday of obligation this year.

Tuesday 2: All Souls’ Day.

Wednesday 3: St Malachy, bishop.

Thursday 4: St Charles Borromeo, bishop.

Friday 5: St Martin de Porres, religious.

Saturday 6: All the Saints of Ireland.


WEEKDAY MASSES: MONDAY 1 NOVEMBER - FRIDAY 5 NOVEMBER

Monday: All Saints’ Day (Not a holyday this year)

Holy Rosary ~ 11.00 am

St. Mary’s, Coolcalm ~ 7.30 pm

Tuesday: All Souls’ Day

St. Columba’s, Straw ~ 8.00 am

St. Eugene’s, Moneyneena ~ 10.00 am

St. Patrick's, Sixtowns ~ 11.00 am

St. Mary’s, Coolcalm ~ 11.00 am

Holy Rosary ~ 7.30 pm.

St. Patrick’s, Keenaught ~ 7.30 pm.

Exposition in Holy Rosary Tuesday from 12 noon – 7.20 pm.

Wednesday: Holy Rosary ~ 11.00 am

Thursday: St Mary’s Coolcalm ~ 11.00 am

Friday: Parish Annniversary Masses

St Mary’s Coolcalm ~ 11.00 am

Holy Rosary ~ 7.30 pm


BLESSED SACRAMENT EXPOSITION ~ ALL SOULS’ DAY

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will be held in Holy Rosary Church on Tuesday November 2 from 12 noon until 7.20 pm. Please email the Parish Office or sign the sheet at the door of Holy Rosary Church if you are willing to please cover one of these hours throughout the day.


DEATHS

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

Marion O’Reilly, Mullahooran Co Cavan, formerly Marion McGlade, Strawmore;

Lyn Davis, Portstewart, formerly Draperstown.


MONTH’S MIND MASSES

Mickey McGlone, Tonagh Heights, on Friday November 5 at 7.30 pm in Holy Rosary Church.

Brendan McBride, Cavanreagh, on Friday November 5 at 7.30 pm in Holy Rosary Church.

Brian McGuigan, Drumard Lane, on Friday November 5 at 7.30 pm in Holy Rosary Church.

Ellen Murray, Belfast and Moneyneena, on Friday November 5 at 7.30 pm in Holy Rosary Church.


PARISH ANNIVERSARY MASS ~ HEALTH AND SAFETY NOTICE

  • Due to ongoing Covid 19 restrictions and the very great need for us to maintain social distance inside buildings, we remind you that only family members of those being remembered attend the Parish Anniversary Masses.

  • Please remain at home and follow the Mass on the parish webcam. As Covid numbers continue to be a cause for concern, there are only a limited number of seats available. Families remembering the Month’s Mind of a loved one or a First Anniversary must have precedence until the pandemic is over.

  • At Bishop McKeown’s request, those attending any mass or service in our churches must wear a face mask.

  • Thank you for your cooperation on these important 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 emailtheir name to Ballinascreen Parish Office by 12 noon on Thursday of the relevant week. e mail 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 Friday Anniversary Mass.


ANNUAL MASS FOR DECEASED

On Wednesday November 10 at 7.30 pm a special Mass for all our deceased family and friends from Ballinascreen and Desertmartin will be broadcast from Holy Rosary Church. This Mass will ONLY be available on Ballinascreen Parish webcam, as it simply would not be possible to facilitate the huge numbers who would wish to attend.

At this Mass the names of all who have died, were waked or buried in Ballinascreen and Desertmartin since All Souls’ Day 2020 will be read out.

All who have been enrolled in our Online Book of Remembrance will be prayed for at this Mass also.


ONLINE BOOK OF REMEMBERANCE

The parish online Book of Rememberance, for all who have died since this time last year, will be open during the month of November. Names of deceased loved ones who have died since November 2020 may now be added to this online book. Parishioners from Ballinascreen or Desertmartin who wish to have the name of their recently departed loved one added to this online book are invited to please email the name to ballinascreenparish@gmail.com

This online Book of Remembrance will be regularly updated during November and will be available to view on the Ballinascreen Parish website. https://www.parishofballinascreen.com

If you submitted name(s) of deceased loved ones last year please do NOT resubmit these names again as their names are already in the Book of Remembrance. All names in this online book, including those names submitted last year, will be remembered at the special Annual Mass for Deceased on 10 November.


ANNIVERSARIES

First Anniversary: Baby Groogan.

Anniversaries:

Eithine Bradley,

Getrude Coyle,

Michael Gordon,

Mary McKenna,

Brigid McEldowney,

Peter Rogers,

Patrick Kelly.


RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES FOR NOVEMBER

A short booklet for families has been created to highlight the month of November as a time to remember and pray for our dearly departed. It also has information about a remembrance event at Knock Shrine. We hope it may bring comfort, solace and the light of Christ to many people during November. This booklet may be of particular interest to families and those who are housebound. This booklet and other appropriate resources may be downloaded from Derry Diocesan website: https://www.derrydiocese.org/news/november-family-prayer-at-home


LAUDATO SI ~ PRAYERS FOR SUCCESS OF COP26

On Sunday 7 November, Bishop McKeown will offer Mass in St. Eugene’s Cathedral, Derry, for the success of the proceedings at COP26. Each parish, each school, each home - united with people of faith throughout the world - are invited to pray for our world at this time.


ST COLM'S HIGH SCHOOL DRAW 2021

The school’s 10 Week Draw is back on again. Please sign up with any pupil for a chance to win. All support would be greatly appreciated.


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.


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