FR JOHN DOWNEY RIP
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Fr John Downey’s First Anniversary Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday 18 September in St Eugene’s Cathedral, Derry at 7.30 pm. All welcome.
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On Saturday morning, September 21, at 11.00 am in St Eugene’s Church Moneyneena there will be a Mass of Remembrance at which a dedication to Fr Downey, presented to Ballinascreen Parish by his family, will be unveiled and blessed. Everyone welcome.
Ordained Priest: 3 June 1984
St. Patrick’s, Pennyburn: 1984 -1989
Faughanvale (Tamnaherin): 1989 - 1997
Limavady (Ballykelly): 1997 - 2004
Ballinascreen Parish: 2004 - 2023
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Requiescat In Pace.
WELCOME FR McCAUL
As we bade farewell to Fr Dermot last weekend, we warmly welcome Fr Michael McCaul to Ballinascreen and Desertmartin this weekend. We wish him every blessing, fulfilment and joy in his priestly ministry among us. It will take Fr Michael time to settle in and get used to all the churches and schools but we are looking forward to getting to know him and he, us.
Welcome Fr Michael.
FR DERMOT McGIRR
This being Fr Dermot's last weekend in Desertmartin and Ballinascreen, it is appropriate to record our thanks for all he has done in both parishes and in our schools over the past 8 years. His priestly service to the people of God has been unswerving. His attention to detail, when arranging family funerals or weddings, and the caring and compassionate manner in which he visited the sick and attended to their spiritual needs in Desertmartin Parish and in Ballinascreen Fold will long be remembered.
To me personally, he has been a great support and made the administration of our two parishes so much more manageable.
On behalf of us all, I wish him every blessing in his new appointment as Parish Priest of Banagher.
Fr Peter Madden P.P.
MESSAGE FROM BISHOP McKEOWN
Further to the exceptionally generous donation which was made by the people of this diocese to the Archdiocese of Lviv, for their relief work with the refugees from the war in Ukraine, I have received an email from the Archbishop of Lviv, indicating the relief work which has been carried out by that Archdiocese for those suffering in the war. Please find below, an outline of the relief work which has been achieved by the Archdiocese. The donations of your parishioners will have made a great contribution towards this Christian humanitarian work.
Sincerely
+ Donal
