No. 2024 ~ ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - DAY FOR LIFE
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 a
St Eugene’s, Moneyneena: 12 noon
DAILY MASSES
Monday 17 June :
10.00 am ~ St Mary’s Coolcalm (N.B. No 10.00 am Mass in Holy Rosary Church today.)
Tuesday 18 June :
10.00 am ~ St Mary’s Coolcalm
Wednesday 19 June:
10.00 am ~ Holy Rosary Church
Thursday 20 Juney:
10.00 am ~ St Mary’s Coolcalm
Friday 21 June:
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
Thursday 20: The Irish Martyrs. 17 Irish martyrs, men and women, cleric and lay, put to death for the Catholic faith between 1579 and 1654 were beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1992.
Friday 21: St Aloysius Gonzaga, religious. He was born in Lombardy in 1568, joined the Jesuits in Rome. As a novice he worked in the plague hospital and caught the fever, dying in 1591 aged 23. Patron of youth.
FORTY HOURS ADORATION
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in St Mary’s Church Coolcalm will be on today, Sunday 16 and tomorrow Monday 17 June. Forty Hours will start after 10.00 am Mass each day and conclude on both evenings with Benediction at 7.30 pm.
DEATHS
We extend our prayerful sympathy to the family and relatives of:
Fianna Grace Harkin, Tirruadh Road;
Declan McGuigan, Dungiven;
Francis Lagan, Maghera.
ANNIVERSARIES
Rose Devlin;
Margaret Kelly;
David Hegarty;
Dessie Manning;
Bernard McGuigan;
Sophia Conway;
Charles O'Hagan;
Michael Kelly;
Brendan O'Kane.
WEDDING
Congratulations and best wishes for the future to:
Louise Murray and Matthew McKenna who were married recently in St Eugene’s Church, Moneyneena.
SUMMER DRAW 2024
The Annual Summer Draw is upon us and this year the need for us all to make a huge effort to get as many to take part cannot be exaggerated. The work in St Eugene's Church, Moneyneena is progressing well and we are hoping that the Summer Draw will be a great success. We rely on every parishioner to take tickets into their work place and to distribute them among family members who live outside the parish.
The total prize fund is £8,000 and the Draw will be held each Saturday from 13 July until Saturday August 10. Winners will be announced each Saturday at the 6.00 p.m. Vigil Mass in Holy Rosary Church.
Week 1: 1st Prize £1,000, 2nd Prize £200, 3rd Prize £100.
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 now 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
First Collection: £3025
Renovation Collection: £1554
Diocesan Purposes a further £56.
Thank you for your generous support which is greatly appreciated.
TRADITIONAL MUSIC FUNDRAISING EVENT
Irish Traditional music session in An Ráth Dubh on Saturday 15 June. Junior session from 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm. Senior Session 8.30 pm to late. Admission £10. All proceeds from this event are in aid of renovation work on St Eugene's Church Moneyneena. All welcome.
BALLINASCREEN SVP
Ballinascreen SVP have introduced a ‘'Tap to Donate' contactless card machine as an additional method to donate towards parish families in need. An SVP member will be available with the card machine after selected Masses. Ballinascreen SVP thank you for your continued support.
WARM WELCOME WEDNESDAY LUNCHEON CLUB
Final lunch before the summer break takes place on Wednesday 19 June, offering a FREE lunch for over 60s and the chance to meet and chat to others. This event will be held in Workspace Community Hub from 11.00 am to 1.30 pm. Food will be served about 12.15pm. Places limited so booking is essential. To confirm your place, please contact Workspace on 028 7962 8113 by 12 noon on Monday 17 June.
ST EUGENE’S CHURCH
Fr Madden is grateful for the donations already received towards the renovation work on St Eugene’s Church. Further donations gratefully accepted.
Donations may be given directly to Fr Madden or left in the Parish Office or made online via the Donate Button on our Parish website. If using this button please select the ‘Restoration Fund’.
You may also contribute directly to Ballinascreen Church Renovation Fund account, using these bank account details:
Ballinascreen Parish Premium Business Reserve account number: 10585922. Sort code: 98-05-50.
Thank you for your ongoing support and for your support of the various fund-raising events.
DRAPERSTOWN HEALTH MATTERS PROJECT
The last session of this project will be held on Wednesday 26 June in Workspace Community Hub from 11.00 am. To mark Deaf Blind Awareness Week, a representative from Deafblind UK will be giving a talk at 11.30 am and O’Kane’s Pharmacy will be carrying out ear checks. Everyone welcome, no booking required. Refreshments served.
DIOCESE OF DERRY THREE-DAY PILGRIMAGE TO LOUGH DERG
Pilgrimage will be led by Bishop Donal McKeown from Friday 26 July to Sunday, 28 July. A bus will leave from St Eugene's Cathedral Derry, on Friday 26 at 11.00 am. Cost £80 includes transport. The cost for those making their own way to Lough Derg is £70. Pre-booking required for those travelling by bus.
For a booking form please email tony.brennan@derrydiocese.org or phone the Diocesan Office on 02871262302. Lough Derg is a sacred place a place to bring burdens and leave them behind, to seek healing for wounds and to ask for them to be healed. The Lough Derg Pilgrimage provides a kind of breathing space in which people can calmly explore and reflect on where they find themselves in their lives at that moment in time.
We look forward to welcoming you!
PARISH BAPTISMS 2024
Baptisms on Sundays at 3.00 pm and bookings are to be made via the Parish Office, by phone 028 79628248 or Email: ballinascreenparish@gmail.com
June 30 ~ St Eugene’s Moneyneena
July 7 ~ Holy Rosary Church
July 14 ~ St Columba’s Straw
July 28 ~ St Patrick’s Sixtowns
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
KILCRONAGHAN CENTRE
Annual Art Exhibition & Creamed Tea Fundraiser, on Saturday 22 June from 12 noon to 4.00 pm. Proceeds in aid of Parkinsons.
Annual Vintage Rally, Family Fun Day & Craft Fair on Saturday 28 September.
MACMILLAN CANCER WALK
Annual Walk on Saturday July 27 - will start and finish at An Ráth Dubh . More details later.
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
KNOCKNAGIN HALL
Convery School of Irish Dancing, for boys and girls aged 3+: Tuesdays at 6.00 pm. To register call Nicola 07518207458.
Chair Exercises: Tuesdays at 10.00 am followed by a short walk. Admission £4.00.
Line dancing: Wednesdays 7.30 pm
Yoga classes and Knit & Natter will resume again in September.
Sarsfield’s Accordion Band Practice: Thursdays 7.30 pm. New and past members welcome.
