No. 1978 ~ SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
PARISH CONTACT DETAILS
Fr. Peter Madden PP VF
31 Sixtowns Road
Telephone: 79628376
Fr Dermot McGirr CC
50 Tobermore Road, Desertmartin
Telephone: 79632196
Fr John Downey Priest In Residence Moneyneena
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 am
St Eugene’s Moneyneena: 12 noon
DAILY MASS TIMES
Monday July 31: Holy Rosary Church ~ 10.00 am
Tuesday August 1: St Mary’s Coolcalm ~ 10.00 am
Wednesday August 2: Holy Rosary Church ~ 10.00 am
Thursday August 3: Holy Rosary Church ~ 10.00 am
Friday August 4: St Mary’s Coolcalm ~ 10.00 am & Holy Rosary Church ~ 7.30 pm.
FEASTS OF THE WEEK
Monday 31: St Ignatius of Loyola, priest.
Tuesday 1: St alphonsus Liguori, founder of the Redemptorist Congregation.
Friday 4: St John Mary Vianney, priest.
Saturday 5: Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major.
DEATH
We extend our prayerful sympathy to the family and relatives of Stephen Lynn, Cordarragh.
ANNIVERSARIES
First Anniversaries:
Rose Masters
Mary Connolly.
Anniversaries:
Anya McCloskey;
Charles Conville;
Bill Brennan;
Mary McKernan;
Anna McEldowney;
John Campbell;
Joe Hegarty;
Seamus Thayaparan;
Sarah Watson.
BAPTISMS
We welcome into God’s family through the Sacrament of Baptism:
Arwen Elizabeth Campbell, Killycolpy Ardboe;
Fionn Thomas Rogers, The Oaks Magherafelt;
Miah-Rose McIvor, Ranakerran;
Eireann Rose Hasson, Cavanreagh Road.
PARISH COLLECTIONS
Weekly Collection: £1630
Renovation Collection: £1450.
Thank you for your generous support which is greatly appreciated.
BALLINASCREEN PARISH SUMMER DRAW
Thank you and good luck to all who have supported the 5 Week Summer Draw which starts this weekend. Tickets may still be purchased if you wish to be entered in this Draw which continues for another 4 weeks. To purchase a ticket online please use this link: https://www.klubfunder.com/.../Ballinascreen.../TicketSales
ANONYMOUS DONATION
Members of Ballinascreen Parish Choir wish to thank the anonymous donor for their recent generous donation to the choir fund. We truly appreciate your support and appreciation of our contribution to Parish Liturgies and ceremonies.
ST JOSEPH’S YOUNG PRIESTS’ SOCIETY
The Society acknowledges with sincere thanks a very generous donation received recently. Donations help in the education of priests at home and abroad. All benefactors will be remembered in prayer by members of the Society.
BALLINASCREEN GAC 90th CELEBRATIONS
Have you any photos, memories or stories about Ballinascreen GAC? If you have the Club would love to hear ftrom you! They would welcome contributions from players past and present and indeed from anyone who has any involvement with the Club now or in the past. Please email any memory, photo or story to screengac90@gmail.com
LOUGH DERG ONE DAY RETREATS
One Day Retreats will be held in August on 19, 22 and 27 and in September on 2, 6, 9, 12, 16, 17, 23 and 24. Booking essential. Admission €45. See www.lough.org for all details
LOUGH DERG PILGRIMAGE
Continues until Monday 15 August (Saturday 13 August is the final day for pilgrims to begin the Three Day Pilgrimage). Admission €80. Concessions available. See www.lough.org for all details.
SCHOOL CLEANER
St Colm’s High School have a vacancy for a cleaner. For more information please contact the school by phone 02879628377 or email info@stcolmshigh.draperstown.ni.sch.uk
HILL OF SLANE EVENT
On August 6 Archbishop Eamon Martin will light a fire on the Hill of Slane where one was lit by St Patrick many years ago. He will be joined by Sr. Briege McKenna, Dana and Fr. Pablo. There will be Mass, Rosary and a Eucharistic Healing Service on the day. This is a unique and monumental event and will be an opportunity for each of us to shine our light and witness to our faith in a joyful and spiritually uplifting celebration. For more details of a bus from your area please email: hillofslaneaugust6@gmail.com
SVP VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Volunteers needed to help with weekly collections after each Saturday Vigil and Sunday Masses. If you can help please contact 07710 838050.
KILCRONAGHAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
Annual General Meeting on Monday 7 August at 8.00 pm in the Community Hall at Kilcronaghan Centre.
It is important that the services and support they offer meet the needs of their communities, so please come along and have your say!
They also have many volunteering opportunities for people of all ages, so please come along and find something to get involved in.
Everyone is very welcome to attend. More details on Facebook or message 07821963749
MARY’S MEALS
The Open Garden event held recently at Tattykeel House, Omagh raised £4756.23, this will provide a meal in a place of education for a full school year for 248 children in some of the world's poorest countries. Thank you.
NETBALL
Theresa Lanigan netball training Wednesdays from 8.00 pm to 9.00 pm in Backrow Hall. No netball experience necessary. Come along for the craic and the exercise. All welcome from ages 18 to 80!
SPERRIN FOODBANK - NEW OPENING HOURS
Foodbank now operates Monday - Friday 9.00 am - 5.00 pm. If you or someone you know requires assistance please call 07543 420639. No questions asked or criteria to meet. Follow them on facebook at Sperrinfoodbank or email: foodbank@theworkspacegroup.org
FOYLE HOSPICE
The family of the late Dr Cyril and Rita Harkin are fundraising to provide a Garden Room within the grounds of Foyle Hospice, where children who are losing or have lost their parents can go for counselling and support. If you wish to make a donation to their fundraising appeal you will find the direct link to their JustGiving page (Foyle Hospice Orla Rhodes) on the online version of this Parish Bulletin. Any donation, however small will be received with huge thanks and appreciation from the Harkin family.
WORKSPACE RECREATION CENTRE
Nuala’s Keep Fit Circuit Classes Mondays 7.15 pm and Thursdays 6.45 pm. £3.50 per class.
Beginner Exercise Classes Tuesdays 8.00 pm. Cost £3.50.
Birthday parties are half price at weekends, now only £15 per hour.
3G slots still available to book.
For more information please call Workspace on 028 7962 8113
KNOCKNAGIN HALL
Read Yourself Well. An initiative by Northern Health and Social Care Trust. Books from wellness experts, doctors and bestselling authors available to borrow for free at the Parish Hall, on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm, or contact Olive on 07787614094 to arrange a convenient time. All books to be returned within one month of borrowing.
Knit ‘n Natter continues every Tuesdays at 7.30 pm.
Chair Exercises with Thomasina starts Tuesday 1 August at 10.00 am followed by a short walk. Come along to help improve your fitness, health and wellbeing. Admission £4.00. All welcome.
Sarsfield’s Band Practice Thursdays at 7.30 pm. New and past members welcome, All members are asked to make a special effort to attend in preparation for the Feast of the Assumption celebrations which will be held in Carnlough on Sunday 13 August.
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 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 they may be printed in the Bulletin the weekend before the Anniversary Mass.
NATIONAL SYNTHESIS OF THE SYNODAL PROCESS
The Irish Bishops' Conference has published the National Synthesis of the Synodal Process conducted across the Church in Ireland from Autumn 2021. The National Synthesis is the fruit of a wide-ranging process of listening and consultation and is based on the syntheses produced by the 26 dioceses in Ireland, as well as those submitted by religious congregations and other interested groups. The National Synthesis will be forwarded to Rome as part of the worldwide synodal process of listening and discernment launched by Pope Francis in October 2021 and which will culminate in the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome in 2023.
To view this document click HERE
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.
PRAYER FOR THE SYNOD
We stand before You, Holy Spirit, as we gather together in Your name.
With You alone to guide us, make Yourself at home in our hearts; Teach us the way we must go and how we are to pursue it.
We are weak and sinful; do not let us promote disorder. Do not let ignorance lead us down the wrong path nor partiality influence our actions.
Let us find in You our unity so that we may journey together to eternal life and not stray from the way of truth and what is right.
All this we ask of You, who are at work in every place and time, in the communion of the Father and the Son, forever and ever. Amen.
THE SYNOD PRAYER ~ IRISH TRANSLATION (Paidir an tSionaid)
Seasaimid i Do láthairse, a Spioraid Naoimh,
agus muid ag teacht le chéile i D’ainm
Agus Tusa amháin mar threoraí againn
socraigh Tú féin síos inár gcroíthe;
Múin dúinn an tslí a chaithfimid dul
agus conas is féidir linn leanúint di.
Táimid lag agus claonta chun peaca;
ná lig dúinn ainriail a chur chun cinn.
Ná lig don aineolas sinn a chur amú,
ná don chlaonpháirtíocht ár ngníomhartha a mhúnlú.
Lig dúinn teacht Ort inár n-aontacht
chun go dtriallfaimid le chéile chun na beatha síoraí
gan dul ar strae ó bhealach na fírinne ná ón cheart.
Iarraimid é seo uile Ort,
Tusa a bhíonn ag obair de shíor agus i ngach uile áit,
i gcomaoin an Athar agus an Mhic,
trí shaol na saol.
Amen.
To learn more about the Synodal Pathway for the Catholic Church in Ireland please visit:
To learn more about the worldwide Synod please visit: https://www.synod.va/en.html
Please say each day in your prayers the following prayer for the success of the Synodal Process which is both old and new.
PRAYERS FOR OUR PROTECTION
The Irish Catholic Bishops have asked for prayers for those affected by the Coronavirus. Placing all our trust in the Lord, and asking Our Lady to intercede for us, the bishops invite everyone to pray these prayers:
EXTRACT FROM SAINT PATRICK’S BREASTPLATE
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me,
Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ when I arise, Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me, Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me.
MEMORARE
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly to you,
O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer. Amen
