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 Susan O’Hagan, Tom Maguire (Maghera) and Michael Conway (Scotland) who died recently & for the following whose anniversaries or month’s minds occur this week –
Sat. 24 May Dermot Devlin, Mary Anne Higgins
Sun. 25 May Lucy Dowds, Hugh Thomas Graham, Mary McNulty, Freddie Gallagher, Teresa McKeever
Mon. 26 May Hugh McGuckin, Tommy Maguire
Tues. 27 May Patrick O’Neill, James Bothwell, Imelda O’Neill
Wed. 28 May Noreen Bennett
Thurs. 29 May Annie McKee
Fri. 30 May Teresa Thomas, Paul O’Neill, Christina Doyle, Pat Doyle
Sat. 31 May Margaret Kilpatrick (MM 6.15pm)
CONGRATULATIONS to Grainne Scullion and Thomas Quinn who were married recently.
CHURCH COLLECTION
Magherafelt & Castledawson – £2588; Dues – £160
Vocations £2806 (total); Trócaire – £13,088 (total)
Standing orders – £1345
CONGRATULATIONS to all the children from Gaelscoil an tSeanchaí 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 £4100, 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 1, 4, 10, 25; £25 to Anna McGuckin, Geraldine Purvis, Nicola Martin; Jackpot £4750
MALACHY’S G.A.C. – Lotto 8, 10, 13, 16; £25 to Eamon Tennyson, Cassie Doyle; Jackpot £2200; 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