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 Brendan McMurray,
Philomena Maynes, Annie McKee, Margaret Scullion (The Loup) and Anne Marie McWilliams (Kilrea) who died recently & for the following whose anniversaries or month’s minds occur this week
Sat. 1 Mar. Jennie McCann, Eileen O’Loughlin, Hilda Walls (MM 6.15pm)
Sun. 2 Mar. – Paddy Donnelly, Wladyslaw Bzozawski, Jan Gorski, Joe Breen, Imogen Cleary-Vong (MM 9am), Kevin McKee (MM 11.30am)
Mon. 3 Mar. Patricia Regan, Susan O’Donnell, Frankie Mullan, Nora McNally, Hugh Bradley, Raymond Niblock
Tues. 4 Mar. Josephine Doyle, Patrick O’Kane
Wed. 5 Mar. Jim Kielt, Martha McVeigh, Jane O’Donnell, Charles Conway
Thurs. 6 Mar. Stephen O’Kane, Jimmy Martin, Sheila Kelly, Jean Speirs, Mary McGlade, Henry J. McNally Snr.
Fri. 7 Mar. Malachy McSwiggan, Brendan Corr, Kathleen Lagan, Billy Campbell
Sat. 8 Mar. Eleanor Watson, Thomas O’Kane
WELCOME TO THE PARISH FAMILY – Today we greet Taryn McKay Firth who was baptised recently.
CHURCH COLLECTION
Magherafelt & Castledawson – £2303;
February Dues – £90; Standing orders – £1345
ASH WEDNESDAY AND LENT
Wednesday 5 March is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent and a day of fast and abstinence.
Masses in Magherafelt – 7.30am, 11am, & 7.30pm; 9.30am (prayers & distribution of ashes, schools)
Mass in Castledawson – 10.30am
Mass in Newbridge 10am
WEEKDAY MASS TIMES DURING LENT*
Magherafelt 7.30am Tuesday – Friday;
11am Monday – Saturday; 7.30pm Monday (Novena)
LENT – A SEASON OF RENEWAL
You are invited to a series of talks for adults & young people, Mondays & Thursdays 8pm in the Parish Centre; for more information contact Fr Juan.
MARY’S MEALS – Sincere thanks to Fr. Gates, Fr. Juan and the parishioners for the warm welcome and generosity last weekend. The total amount donated was £3,160.44; this will feed 164 children every day in school for a year. Thanks also to everyone who willingly helped in our collections; see marysmeals.org.uk for more information or contact Pat McNeill 077 7404 3147
PIUS X COLLEGE ORATORY – hour of prayer & adoration 6.30pm each Wednesday, all welcome
ST VINCENT DE PAUL Helpline 028 7930 0819
PARISH CENTRE
SUNDAY BIG BANTER Jackpot £3500, 47 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); St. John’s Bowling Club – 7.30pm
TUESDAY – Dance Dynamics 5pm; Dancefit – 7pm (Kelly 075 2168 9215); Closed AA Group 8.30pm
WEDNESDAY – Knitting 10am
THURSDAY – Slimming World 9.30am, 11am, 5.30pm & 7pm (Roisin 075 6499 8233); Epilepsy Action Support (11am – 12.30pm, every 2nd Thursday); Tae Kwon Do 5pm – 7pm; Bowling Club – 7.30pm
FRIDAY – Musical Wings 9.30am – 11.30am (Colleen 077 0640 0590); Smith School of Irish Dance – 6pm
SATURDAY – Musical Wings 9.30am – 11.30am
HOLY FAMILY LAY MEMBERS – Meeting in the Parish Centre Boardroom Monday 4 March 11.45am
O’DONOVAN ROSSA G.A.C. – Lotto 5, 22, 26, 30; £25 to Shauna McElhone, Rosemary Walls, Martin Duffin; Jackpot £4150
MALACHY’S G.A.C. – Lotto 7, 9, 17, 22; £25 to Megan Doyle, Roisin Muldoon; Jackpot £1000; Thanks to all who support this fundraiser, contact Niall McNichol 077 4671 4933