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No.1892 ~ SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
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
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:
Online at www.parishofballinascreen.com
On the noticeboard inside the front porch of Holy Rosary Church.
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
Tuesday 7: St Ambrose, bishop and doctor of the Church.
Wednesday 8: The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
WEEKDAY MASSES: MONDAY 6 DECEMBER - FRIDAY 10 DECEMBER
Holy Rosary Church:
Monday and Wednesday ~ 11.00 am
Friday ~ 7.30 pm
St Mary’s Coolcalm:
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday ~ 11.00 am
FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
This is NOT a holy day of obligation this year. There will be a Vigil Mass on Tuesday evening December 7 at 7.30 pm in St Patrick’s Church Keenaught and Mass on Wednesday morning, December 8, at 11.00 am in Holy Rosary Church.
BALLINASCREEN PARISH ~ ANNUAL CAROL SERVICE
The Annual Carol Service will be held on Sunday next December 12 in Holy Rosary Church at 6.00 pm. Due to the huge numbers that would want to attend it is not possible to open the service to the general public. Therefore, it will only be available via the webcam but we do hope that many families in the parish will gather in their homes to join in this important annual event.
DONATING CHRISMAS FOOD AND GIFTS FOR SVP
On Saturday and Sunday next until 4.00 pm each day, Holy Rosary Church will be open for parishioners to leave presents and non-perishable foodstuff for distribution by St Vincent de Paul Society.
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.
HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY
Congratulations to Rose McWilliams, Drumderg who celebrates her 100th birthday this weekend, Sunday 5 December. It is a remarkable achievement and we wish Rose and her family every blessing and good wish as they celebrate this milestone in their lives.
TRÓCAIRE ~ EMERGENCY COLLECTION
Fr Madden wishes to acknowledge a further £490 received for the Trócaire emergency collection. Total now raised in Ballinascreen Parish for this emergency Trócaire collection is £8500. Many thanks to all who contributed so generously to help Trócaire in its vital work to alleviate the current humanitarian crisis in East Africa.
MONTH’S MIND MASS
Annie Kelly, Mallon Villas, on Friday December 10 at 7.30 pm in Holy Rosary Church.
FIRST ANNIVERSARY MASS
John F McGuigan, Moneyshanere and Amsterdam on Friday December 10 at 7.30 pm in Holy Rosary Church.
DEATHS
We extend our prayerful sympathy to the families and relatives of:
Bridie McGuigan, Desertmartin;
Robbie Crossett, Glenelly Villas;
Peter McAllister, Straw;
Carmel McKenna, Maghera and Draperstown;
John Molloy, St Patrick’s Street;
Jamesy Gribbbon, Maghera;
Francis Lagan, Maghera;
Willie Kearney, Bellaghy.
ANNIVERSARIES
First Anniversaries:
Johnny O'Hagan;
Baby Rio Crossett;
Brian McCloskey.
Anniversaries:
Neil Kennedy;
Baby Leonie Ellen Kidd;
Kevin McAuley;
Sean Kelly;
Seamus McBride;
Peter McEldowney
BAPTISMS
We welcome into God’s family through the Sacrament of Baptism:
Eadaoin Mary O'Connor, Fivelmilestraight;
Caiden Francis Conville, Cloane Road;
Oran Padraig Groogan, Cordarragh Heights.
LAUDATO SI ~ QUOTE FOR ADVENT
‘Since the market tends to promote extreme consumerism in an effort to sell its products, people can easily get caught up in a whirlwind of needless buying and spending.... Purchasing is always a moral - and not simply economic – act’
Laudato Si' 203, 206
HOW FIT IS YOUR SOUL?
The How Fit Is Your Soul Programme is an online programme from St Eugene’s Cathedral taking place during Advent. This is for anyone who is interested in reflecting on and developing their prayer life, whether you would like to start praying, pray more or experience new ways to pray. For more details please phone 028 71262 894 or eamil: emmett.mullan@btinternet.com
ADVENT 2021
A Family Prayer Booklet, for family prayer at home during Advent, has been been created by the diocese in conjunction with the Northern Pastoral Network. The booklet contains a Gospel reading for each Sunday of Advent, a family activity, prayers and a reflection. It can be downloaded at this link https://www.derrydiocese.org/advent
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.