No. 2026 ~ THIRTEENTH 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
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 1 July :
10.00 am ~ Holy Rosary Church
Tuesday 2 July:
10.00 am ~ St Mary’s Coolcalm
Wednesday 3 July:
10.00 am ~ Holy Rosary Church
Thursday 4 July:
10.00 am ~ St Mary’s Coolcalm
Friday 5 July:
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
Monday 1: St Oliver Plunkett, bishop and martyr.
Wednesday 3: St Thomas, apostle.
Thursday 4: St Elizabeth of Portugal.
Friday 5: St Anthony Zaccaria.
Saturday 6: St Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr.
FR McGIRR ~ SILVER JUBILEE
Fr Dermot McGirr is celebrating the Silver Jubilee of his Ordination to the Priesthood this week, He was ordained a priest on the 4 July 1999. On Saturday next Fr Dermot will celebrate his 25 years as a priest with a special Mass of Thanksgiving in St Patrick's Church Keenaught at 7.00 pm. (Please note the earlier starting time.) Bishop Donal McKeown will preside at the Mass and everyone is welcome to attend. Refreshments in St Martins GAC Longfield Lane immediately after Mass.
DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY ~ MISSION APPEAL
We welcome Sister from the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul order to our parish this weekend to speak at all Masses about their work in Africa.
DEATHS
We extend our prayerful sympathy to the family and relatives of:
Lawrence Bradley, Cavanreagh Road;
Baby Katherine Kennedy-Burns, Castledawson;
Margeret Shrapnel (nee Boyle), Australia formerly Strawmore;
Rose Livesey, Cheshire.
ANNIVERSARIES
Mary Rodgers;
Tillie Stewart;
Art McNamee;
Gerry Madden,
Baby Murray;
Michael McNally,
Anna McWilliams.
DIOCESAN VOCATIONS
Vocations Day, for those considering diocesan priesthood, in Buncrana on Sunday 8 September, from 12 noon to 6.00 pm. Anyone interested should please contact the diocesan Vocations Director, Fr Pat O'Hagan by Email: pgoh2111@gmail.com
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
Weekly Collection: £1540
Renovation Collection: £1410
Thank you for your generous support which is greatly appreciated.
DIOCESE OF DERRY - THREE DAY PILGRIMAGE TO LOUGH DERG
Lough Derg is a sacred place apart to bring burdens and leave them behind, to seek healing for wounds and to offering of prayer. The Lough Derg Pilgrimage provides a breathing space in which people can calmly explore and reflect on where they find themselves in their lives at this moment in time. The Diocesan Pilgrimage led by Bishop McKeown starts on Friday 26 and concludes on Sunday 28 July. Bus will depart after 10. 00am Mass from St Eugene's Cathedral, on 26 July. Cost £80 including transport. Cost without transport £70. Pre booking required. Please email Tony Brennan tony.brennan@derrydiocese.org
or phone the Diocesan Office on 028 7126 2302 for booking form.
ST JOSEPH’S YOUNG PRIESTS’ SOCIETY
The Society acknowledges with sincere thanks several donations for the support and education of student priests at home and abroad. All benefactors share in the Masses and prayers of the society. Further donations gratefully accepted. Please continue to pray for vocations to the priesthood for the church of tomorrow.
ALL-IRELAND RALLY FOR LIFE
Rally in Dublin on Saturday 6 July. Make a stand to protect Ireland’s unborn babies. Coaches will be travelling from towns across Northern Ireland. To book your seat, tel. 028 90278484 or 0759228 0522 or Email info@preciouslife.com.
NATIONAL GRANDPARENTS PILGRIMAGE TO KNOCK
National Grandparents Pilgrimage to Knock will be on Sunday 28 July. Led by Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor, Papal Nuncio to Ireland. Theme: ‘Do Not Cast Me Off in My Old Age’ (Psalm 71:9).
2.30 pm: Anointing of the Sick in the Basilica.
3.00 pm: Pilgrimage Mass followed by Rosary Procession. Those unable to join in person can take part online at www.knockshrine.ie/watch.
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 on-line 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.
BRACKAGH QUARRY WIND FARM COMMUNITY FUND
The 2024 -2025 Community Fund is now open for applications. The Fund offers grants up to £2,000 to community and voluntary groups within a four-mile radius of the wind farm site. Groups outside this area may also apply provided all or the majority of the recipients of their services are based within the four-mile radius. For more information or to request an application pack call Workspace on 028 79628113. Closing date for applications is 4.00 pm on Wednesday 10 July.
MACMILLAN CANCER WALK
‘For walkers of all abilities and those folk who just fancy a cup of tea’
Annual Walk on Saturday July 27, will start and finish at An Ráth Dubh. Registration open from 8.30 am. Long walk (7 miles) starts at 9.00 am, short walk (3 miles) starts at 11.00am. Lunch served from 12 noon. Buckets on day for donations or online at www.justgiving.com/page/walkhudysway2024 . For more details contact Joseph McCullagh 07841820228 or email josephmccullagh@hotmail.co.uk
WORKSPACE RECREATION CENTRE SUMMER CAMP 2024
Camp from Tuesday 30 July until Friday 9 August. Registration costs £10 for registration and £2 per day. Contact Workspace on 028 796 28113 for more details or to request a registration form.
HORTICULTURE CLASSES
Classes in the polytunnel on Back Road, behind the Soup Kitchen, on Thursdays, 6.30 pm -8.30 pm. Everyone welcome, for more details please ring STEPS on 07821119367.
FR MICHAEL COLLINS INTERVIEW
Glasgowbury and Northern Ireland Screen will present, on Tuesday 2 July at 7.00 pm at Glasgowbury HQ, ‘An Interview With Fr Michael Collins’ alongside a screening of Fr Collins’s film, ‘Ballinascreen’, a beautiful and important record of life in the town in 1967. If you or your loved ones featured in the 1967 film or if you’d just love to watch it and meet Fr Michael Collins, come along and for this special screening. Free admission. To book a seat please contact Glasgowbury on 028 79628428 or 07879 870498. The interview will be added to Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive, which is a repository of films about Northern Ireland dating from 1898 to the present. www.digitalfilmarchive.net
STRESS CONTROL
Free online stress control classes begin on Monday 29 July at 9.00 am with session two on 5 August 2024 at 9.00 am at https://ni.stresscontrol.org/
For more details please email stress.control@northerntrust.hscni.net
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
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
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
Irish languages classes starting shortly, to register an interest contact Olive 07887614094, Kathleen 07764277809 or Anne 02879 642711.
Convery School of Irish Dancing continues on Tuesdays at 6.00 pm to register Contact Nicola on 07518207458.
Yoga classes, knit & natter, chair exercise, and line dancing classes HAVE STOPPED FOR July and August. Classes will resume again in September.
Sarsfield’s Accordion Band: July Draw winner, Gerard O’Kane, Magherafelt.
Band practice Thursdays at 7.30 pm, All members are asked to please make a special effort to attend band practice and check they have a complete uniform. New and past members welcome.
