PARISH BULLETIN – 29th SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME – 16th October 2022
SUNDAY MASSES
VIGIL MASS
Holy Rosary, Ballinascreen: 6 pm [webcam]
St. Patrick’s, Keenaught: 7.30 pm
SUNDAY
St. Columba’s, Straw: 9 am
St. Mary’s, Coolcalm: 10 am [webcam]
St. Patrick’s, Sixtowns: 11 am
St. Eugene’s, Moneyneena: 12 noon
WEEKDAY MASSES THIS WEEK
St. Mary’s Church, Coolcalm: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday ~ 11 am.
Holy Rosary Church: Monday and Wednesday ~ 11 am; Friday ~ 7.30 pm.
All Masses in St. Mary’s, Coolcalm are transmitted live via the Desertmartin parish webcam:
https://www.churchservices.tv/Desertmartin
All Masses in the Holy Rosary Church are transmitted live on the Ballinascreen parish webcam:
https://www.churchservices.tv/Draperstown
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Fr. Peter Madden P.P. V.F.
31 Sixtowns Road, Draperstown
Phone: 028 7962 8376
Email: ballinascreenparish@gmail.com
Fr. Dermot McGirr C.C.
50 Tobermore Road, Desertmartin
Telephone: 028 7963 2196
Email: desertmartinparish@gmail.com
Fr. John Downey C.C.
36 Moneyneena Road
Telephone: 028 7962 8375
Email: j.downey75@btinternet.com
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DEATHS AND ANNIVERSARIES
Please remember in your prayers:
Delphanine McKenna, The Diamond, Draperstown and Susan Murray, Ranaghan Road, who were buried during the week.
Mona McCambridge, Myles Eastwood and Bernie Murray who died recently.
Sean Henry, Brendan O’Neill, Eddie O’Hagan, Neil McNally, Margaret McWilliams, Gabriel McGurk, Selina McElwee, Ignatius Crawley, Alphonsus Crawley, John McElhennon, Patsy McElhennon and Sam McGirr whose anniversaries occur at this time.
FIRST ANNIVERSARY MASS
The First Anniversary Mass for Margaret McBride, Luney Road, will be celebrated on Friday 21st October at 11 am in St. Mary’s Church, Coolcalm.
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THANK YOU for your generous contributions to the Parish.
Last Week:
Sunday Collection/Priests’ Collection envelopes: £704.40.
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
If you would like to make a donation to the St. Vincent de Paul Society, place your donation in an envelope marked SVP and drop it through the Parochial House letterbox at any time. Thank you for your kind generosity.
PARISH SICK VISITATION
This coming week Fr. McGirr will visit the sick on Iniscarn, Gortahurk, Brackaghlislea and Nutgrove Roads.
KNOCKNAGIN HALL COMMITTEE
Christmas Craft Fair: Back this year on Sunday 13th November, starting at 10.30 am until 4 pm. 1 table £20, 2 tables £30. £10 deposit to pay when booking. For further details, contact Monica on 075 9406 1178 or Olive on 078 8761 4094.
SPRED Group: Meets every other Monday at 7 pm – 8.30 pm for socializing, fun and games. Next Meeting on Monday 17th October at 7 pm.
Chair Exercise with Thomasina on Tuesday mornings at 10 am. Admission £4. Everyone welcome. This will help to improve balance and fitness level and enjoy the chat.
Knit and Natter Class meet on Tuesday evenings at 7.30 pm. You can bring along your own work, have a natter and we will learn from each other.
Indoor Bowls on Tuesday nights at 8 pm. Come along and try the game
Line Dancing with Thomasina on Wednesday evenings at 7.30 pm – 8.30 pm. Come along and enjoy the fun a great way to keep fit.
Here And Now: Older People and Well-Being. Charmaine from Arts Care will be back this year again on Friday 28th October at 7 pm for an eight-week Music and Dance programme. Come along and enjoy the craic. This is a funded programme. Free admission.
If you are interested in any of the above activities, please contact Olive 078 8761 4094, Kathleen 077 6427 7809 or Anne 028 7964 2711 to register.
SARSFIELD’S BAND
Sarsfield’s Band and Div. 30 offers its sincere sympathy and condolences to the Higgins family on the death of Seamus Higgins, Maghera.
The winner of the October Draw was Ticket No.182 Calum Walsh, Magherafelt.
Band Practice continues on Thursday nights. Please note new starting time of 7.30 pm. New and past members are always welcome.
It would be greatly appreciated if anyone who has any photos or videos of the band could pass them on to any band member. All originals will be returned once we have them copied.
ST. MARY’S BOWLING CLUB FUNDRAISER
St. Mary’s Bowling Club Bonus Ball Fundraiser. £5 entry fee for 5 Draws. Prize of £25 for holder of Bonus Ball after each lotto draw. Draw starts after all 59 numbers are taken and paid for. Numbers allocated by ballot. Contact any Club member for details.
COMMUNITY EVENT ~ HOUSING
For anyone interested in social and affordable housing in the Draperstown area, there will be an information evening in the Community Hub, Draperstown by the Housing Executive on Wednesday 19th October from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm. Everyone welcome. Any queries, please contact Catherine Elattar on 077 1413 6288.
TIRGAN HALL COMMUNITY GROUP
Children’s Primary School Halloween Fancy Dress Disco on Friday 28th October at 7 pm – 9 pm. Music by Live Jets on Saturday 29th October. Music to suit everyone – 80s, Country, Rock. Tickets £10 each. Boxing Day Slieve Gallion Challenge on 26th December. £10 entry fee, refreshments on return to Tirgin Hall. More details to follow.
IRISH LANGUAGE CLASSES
Classes for adults on Thursdays from 7.30 pm – 9 pm in Glór na Speiríní, Straw. Cost for 10 weeks is £30. Classes to suit all levels from beginners to advanced. To register or for more details, please email conchurglor@gmail.com or fón 028 7962 7703 nó 077 9553 6682. Tá fáilte roimh chách – Everyone welcome.
HALLOWE’EN CAKE SALE AND COFFEE MORINING
Coffee Morning and Cake Sale will take place in St. Colm’s GAC on Saturday 29th October from 10 am – 1 pm. Raffle will be held during this event with wonderful prizes to be won. Tickets for this raffle will also be on sale in the parish before the event as well as at the event. Everyone welcome to come along to buy some delicious bakes and enjoy a cuppa. Offers to bake or donations of turf, sticks, potatoes, etc. are still welcome. Please contact the Ballinascreen Parish Office if willing to bake or donate. Thank you to those who have already offered to bake or donate. Meeting regarding this event will be held in GAC Club on Wednesday 19th October at 7.30 pm.
WORLD MISSION SUNDAY
An Event to mark World Mission Sunday, organised by the Derry Mission Team, will take place via zoom on Thursday 20th October at 7 pm centred around the theme of ‘You Will be My Witnesses’. Guest speaker will be Shauna Rose Pickering, head of Religious Studies in St. Louis, Ballymena. Shauna comes from a strong background of mission, evangelisation and working with young people, both at home and overseas. She is a former vice-chairperson of Friends of Africa and has been on mission in Africa and South America with missionary congregations from Ireland. Registration details are on the Derry Diocesan website: www.derrydiocese.org.
STORMONT ROSARY FOR LIFE
Please join Precious Life for a special Candlelight Rosary for Life at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, (meeting at main gate entrance on Upper Newtownards Road) at 7 pm on Thursday 20th October to commemorate all the lives lost to abortion since 2020. For more information, contact Precious Life on 028 9027 8484 /075 9228 0522.
THORNHILL MINISTRIES
‘Becoming’ – 1-Day Retreat by Thornhill Ministries on Monday 24th October from 10 am to 3 pm in An Grianan Hotel, Burt, Co. Donegal. A day in which to take the long view on our awareness and growing in our spiritual ‘becoming’ as we navigate the joys and challenges, the ups and downs of life’s journey. Day includes reflection, input, contemplation and Mass. Lunch provided. A donation welcome. To register: Text 077 3683 2458 or email thornhillministries@derrydiocese.org.
DERRY YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP
Derry Youth is taking expressions of interest for the Derry Youth Scholarship Programme. This is a year-long programme for young people in 6th Form or doing their Leaving Cert. The programme provides opportunities for young people to meet others from across the diocese, to come together to explore their faith, to meet new friends, gain training and learn new skills, and work with a charitable organisation. If you are interested in this programme or would like more information, please message us @Derryyouth on social media or email Niamh at niamh.mclaughlin@derrydiocese.org.
DERRY DIOCESE JOB ADVERTISEMENT
Pastoral Youth Ministry Co-ordinator (St. Eugene’s and St. Columba’s) and Cathedral Hall Manager (1-year Fixed Term contract with possibility of extension) in Parish of Templemore: St. Eugene’s and St. Columba’s, Derry. Closing date on Wednesday 19th October at 4.30 pm.
Part Time Financial and Administrative Secretary – Gortin, Greencastle, Newtownstewart and Plumbridge parishes – 16 hours per week. Closing date on Thursday 27th October at 4.30 pm.
For a job description and application form for either job, please Write: Personnel, Derry Diocesan Office, St. Eugene’s Cathedral, Francis Street, Derry, BT48 9AP; Email: payroll@derrydiocese.org or Telephone: 028 7126 2302.
GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS
Is Gambling affecting your life? Perhaps we can help. Tel 028 7135 1329.
CATHOLIC CHAPLAINCY QUB – GOLDEN JUBILEE MASS
The Catholic Chaplaincy warmly invites you to join them for their Annual Dedication of Studies Mass, which this year takes place on the 50th anniversary of the opening of their landmark site at the heart of the Queen’s campus. Bishop Noel Treanor will celebrate the special Mass on Sunday 16th October at 8 pm in the Chaplaincy’s Corpus Christi Chapel, 28 Elmwood Avenue, Belfast. The Chaplaincy Choir, ‘Canticle’, will provide music and song and refreshments will be served afterwards. Current students and staff are especially welcome, as are alumni, friends and all who support the Chaplaincy’s important work with students.
PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND
Bishop Donal McKeown will lead a pilgrimage to the Holy Land from 13th – 21st February 2023. Visiting Bethlehem, Nazareth, Jerusalem, the Sea of Galilee and other important sites, this is an opportunity to walk in the footsteps of Jesus. Price is €1,895 / £1,655 p.p.s. including taxes and tips. For more details, email info@marian.ie or call Belfast on 028 9568 0005 or Dublin on 00353 1 878 8159.
PATHWAYS – ADULT FAITH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Two-year, part-time course, now enrolling for 2022-2023 intake. Have you ever thought about exploring your faith or wished that you could broaden your understanding of your faith? Would you like to explore, discuss and reflect upon issues and questions of faith, the Church, and how to link faith to life? If the answer is ‘yes’, then Pathways may be for you. The course runs one Saturday per month (10 am – 4.30 pm) from October to June, either in-house at Drumalis, Larne, or online via Zoom. To register for Pathways, please contact Drumalis during office hours (Monday – Friday 9 am – 5 pm) on 028 2827 6455 / 2827 2196 or email maura@drumalis.co.uk. Further information also available on Drumalis website: http://www.drumalis.co.uk. See reflection on the course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE7FIbhuJCI
THE IRISH PILGRIMAGE TRUST
The Irish Pilgrimage Trust Pilgrimage to Lourdes – Easter 2023. The Irish Pilgrimage Trust travels to Lourdes every Easter Sunday with young people and children from all over Ireland. Groups are now accepting applications from young people of all religious denominations with:
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A medical condition, physical disability or illness (aged 9-18)
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A learning disability (aged 11-21)
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Very seriously ill children under the age of 9, accompanied by a parent or close relative
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Young adults between the age of 19 and 30 with a disability or illness.
The young person travels without their family but accompanied by experienced adult carers in the group. This week is a great experience for the young person as they have the opportunity to make new friends, increase their social skills and confidence and often provides respite for parents/carers. The Irish Pilgrimage Trust covers the cost of those young people selected to travel. If there is a young person that you feel would be eligible and would benefit from a trip to Lourdes please contact Mary Dunnion on 00353 87 796 2047 or Aileen Henry on 00353 87 206 3183 for further details and an application form. Please note closing date for applications is 31st October.
Have you ever wanted to volunteer and help others? If you are interested in volunteering with The Irish Pilgrimage Trust to travel to Lourdes as a carer for a week next Easter, please contact Mary on 00353 87 796 2047 for more information. All volunteers pay their own fare which is €750 for adults or €495 for students. More details can be found on our website www.irishpilgrimagetrust.ie.
WORLD YOUTH DAY PILGRIMAGE – LISBON 2023
The Diocese of Derry is inviting any young person who is over 18 or will be 18 by July 2023 to join us on Pilgrimage to Lisbon for World Youth Day. World Youth Day (WYD) is the gathering of young people from all over the world with the Pope. It is also a pilgrimage, a celebration of youth, an expression of the universal Church and an intense moment of evangelization for the youth world. This pilgrimage will take place in August 2023. For now, we are taking expression of interest until we have more information on dates, times and prices. We have limited space so signing up is essential. You can register your interest on the derrydiocese.org website or on the @derryyouth Facebook page. If you have any questions regarding this pilgrimage, please email Lizzie Rea, Youth Coordinator at: lizzie.rea@derrydiocese.org