Masses – Saturday Vigil 6.15pm Magherafelt; Sunday 9am Castledawson, 11.30am Magherafelt
Weekday Masses Monday – Saturday – 11am
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Monday 11.30am – 7.15pm Benediction Monday 7.15pm; Miraculous Medal Novena Monday 7.30pm; Children’s Liturgy – Castledawson Sunday 9am & Magherafelt 1st & 3rd Sunday 11.30am; Rosary Group – Castledawson Tuesday 7pm; Baptisms – Sunday 12.30pm
REMEMBER OUR DEAD – Pray for Patsy McGeown and Bernadette Conway who died recently & for the following whose anniversaries occur this week –
Sat. 16 May Isobel Laverty, Kathleen Murray, Patsy Halferty
Sun. 17 May Gary Convie, Charlie Keenan, Vera Brennan, Francie Moore, Martin Murray, Mary Quinn, Alfredo Vioni (1st Av)
Mon. 18 May Eugene Beattie, Teresa O’Kane
Tues. 19 May Brendan Cunningham, Michael McDonagh, Ronan Hawthorne, Philip McKeever, Madge Lynch
Wed. 20 May Tom Lagan, Raymond McNabb, Joe Bates, Brendan Kyne, Dermot Browne
Thurs. 21 May Martina Regan, Margo Devlin, Margaret O’Hagan, Mary Mooney, Christy Loughrey, Packie McGlade
Fri. 22 May Mary Tohill, John McErlean, Bella Bates, Joe Shivers, Sarah O’Kane
Sat. 23 May Tommy Doherty, Eileen Mulholland, Eddie O’Neill
CHURCH COLLECTION
Magherafelt & Castledawson £2780; Dues – £50
Vocations – £2804; Trócaire – £13,205 (total);
Standing orders – £1345
CONGRATULATIONS to all the children from Holy Family Primary School and Kilronan School who received their First Holy Communion this weekend. CONGRATULATIONS also to all the children from Holy Family Primary School who received the Sacrament of Confirmation during the week.
Confirmation for New Row St. Patrick’s Primary School and Spires Primary School will take place on Saturday 23 May at 11am.
GRAVEYARD SUNDAY MASS & BLESSING OF THE GRAVES – Sunday 28 June, 12 noon, (no 11.30am Mass in Magherafelt); Parishioners are invited to tidy their family graves & the surrounding areas. No rubbish should be dumped in the hedgerows or at the back of the new graveyard, please use the bins provided.
CATECHESIS for young people and adults, Mondays & Thursdays 8pm in the Parish Centre, for more details contact Fr. Juan
PIUS X COLLEGE ORATORY – hour of prayer & adoration 6.30pm each Wednesday, all welcome.
OUR LADY OF LOURDES PILGRIMAGE SOCIETY – Pilgrimage to Lourdes 8 July – 15 July from Belfast, £949pps, Hotel Agena, contact Kathleen McCann 077 1970 1925
PARISH CENTRE
SUNDAY BIG BANTER Jackpot £2300, 45 calls, doors 6pm; all welcome.
Expressions Bistro open Tuesday – Friday 9am – 3pm
MONDAY – Pilates (Wendy 077 5335 2077)
TUESDAY – Dance Dynamics 5pm; Closed AA Group 8.30pm
WEDNESDAY – Knitting 10am
THURSDAY – Epilepsy Action Support (11am every 2nd Thursday); Tae Kwon Do 5pm – 7pm;
FRIDAY – Musical Wings 9.30am – 11.30am (Colleen 077 0640 0590); Smith School of Irish Dance – 6pm
SATURDAY – Musical Wings 9.30am – 11.30am
O’DONOVAN ROSSA G.A.C. – Lotto 11, 15, 26, 29; £25 to Kelvin Farmer, Teresa Quinn, Cormac McLaughlin; Jackpot £7000
MALACHY’S G.A.C. – Lotto 1, 15, 20, 24; £25 to Thomas Doyle, Maurice Diamond; Jackpot £500; contact Niall McNichol 077 4671 4933
ST VINCENT DE PAUL Helpline 028 7930 0819
MARRIAGE PREPARATION COURSES – for booking & information see www.MarriageEncounter.ie or www.courses.accord.ie