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 Margaret Kilpatrick, Tom Maguire (Maghera), Michael Conway (Scotland), Patricia Dodd (Bristol), Seamus McElhone (Wolverhampton) and Anne Moran (Australia) who died recently & for the following whose anniversaries or month’s minds occur this week –
Sat. 17 May Gary Convie, Vera Brennan, Charlie Keenan, Martin Murray, Zenon Komor, Francie Moore, Ronan Hawthorne (1st Av. 11am), Ivan McAleese (MM 6.15pm)
Sun. 18 May Eugene Beattie, Mary Quinn, Teresa O’Kane
Mon. 19 May Brendan Cunningham, George Gallagher, Michael McDonagh, Philip McKeever, Madge Lynch, Martin Heaney (MM 7.30pm)
Tues. 20 May Tom Lagan, Dermot Browne, Brendan Kyne
Wed. 21 May Martina Regan, Margaret O’Hagan, Margo Devlin, Mary Mooney, Packie McGlade, Christy Loughrey, Suzanne McNeilly
Thurs. 22 May Mary Tohill, Sarah O’Kane, John McErlean, Joe Shivers, John Hatton Snr
Fri. 23 May Tommy Doherty, Eileen Mulholland, Eddie O’Neill, Ella Bates, Joe Bates
Sat. 24 May Dermot Devlin, Mary Anne Higgins
CHURCH COLLECTION
Magherafelt & Castledawson – £450
Vocations 2544; Trócaire – £12,873 (total)
Standing orders – £1345
CONGRATULATIONS to all the children from Holy Family Primary School and New Row St. Patrick’s Primary School who received their First Holy Communion last weekend and to all the children from Spires Integrated Primary School who receive their First Holy Communion this weekend.
PARISH PILGRIMAGE TO THE MASS ROCK IN GLENSHANE FOREST – Sunday 8 June 1pm
GRAVEYARD SUNDAY MASS & BLESSING OF THE GRAVES – Sunday 29 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.
SEAG Entrance Assessment Information Evening for P6 pupils and their parents/carers Thursday 29 May 6pm in St Mary’s Grammar School Assembly Hall
PIUS X COLLEGE ORATORY – hour of prayer & adoration 6.30pm each Wednesday, all welcome
MARRIAGE PREPARATION COURSES – for booking & information see www.MarriageEncounter.ie or www.courses.accord.ie
ST VINCENT DE PAUL Helpline 028 7930 0819
PARISH CENTRE
SUNDAY BIG BANTER Jackpot £4050, 48 calls, doors 6pm; all welcome
EXPRESSIONS BISTRO Mon – Fri 9am – 3pm
MONDAY – Kids Dance – 9.45am (Siobhan 073 8563 3743); Pilates from 5.45pm (Wendy 077 5335 2077)
TUESDAY – Dance Dynamics 5pm; Dancefit – 7pm (Kelly 075 2168 9215); Closed AA Group 8.30pm
WEDNESDAY – Knitting 10am
THURSDAY – Epilepsy Action Support (11am – 12.30pm, 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 9, 16, 17, 25; £25 to B. Gribbin, Michaelle Moore, Johnny McKee; Jackpot £4700
MALACHY’S G.A.C. – Lotto 5, 11, 14, 21; £25 to Ellen Bradley, Tony Gallagher; Jackpot £2100; Thanks to all who support this fundraiser, contact Niall McNichol 077 4671 4933
Slieve Gallion Active Retirement Association Dance in St Mary’s Hall, Desertmartin Sunday 25 May 3pm to 5pm, music John Rafferty, £10 includes tea
GRAN QUILTERS 2025 EXHIBITION Resource Centre, Swatragh Friday 30 May 10am-4pm & Saturday 31 May 10am-5pm, admission £5.00