Bulletin of 26 April 15

PRIEST ON DUTY THIS WEEK – Mgr O’Byrne                                                 www.magherafeltparish.org

             

   

   

OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION,     MAGHERAFELT

   

Saturday Vigil 6.15pm;     Sunday 8.00am, 10.30am & 12noon

   

Monday – Saturday 11.00am,     Monday & Wednesday 7.30pm

   

Eucharistic Adoration     Monday after 11am Mass followed by Benediction 7.15pm; Confessions Saturday 12.30pm & 5.45pm

   

Baptisms Sunday 1.00pm; contact Parish Office 2     weeks in advance.

   

Altar Society – Group 4 E. Gogarty, U.     McLaughlin

       

ST PATRICK, CASTLEDAWSON

   

Sunday 9.30am, Tuesday     & Thursday 7.30pm

   

Altar Society May Group     5 Betty Foster, O. Heaney, C. Foster

   

 

   

ST JOHN, MILLTOWN First Friday (Apr. – Oct.) 7.30pm

       

3     May                     READERS        EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

   

Vigil 6.15pm         U. O’Kane                 C. McNamee, K. Quinn, P. McKee

   

Sun. 8.00am         Sr. Margaret      M. Duncan, B. McLarnon

   

Sun. 10.30am      B. Gogarty         N. Walls, M. McQuillan, M. Gates

   

Sun. 12 noon        A. Treharne       B. Kelly, B. McGuckin, N. Duffin

   

C’dawson 9.30am S. Keenan       E. Gallagher, C. Diamond

       

REMEMBER     OUR DEAD Pray for John McCorry and Mary Ellen Quinn     who died recently & for the following whose anniversaries occur this     week –

   

Sat.     25 Apr.          Bob Atchison, Frank Donnelly, Terence Devlin, Molly     Gilmore

   

Sun. 26 Apr.         Rose O’Donnell, Jimmy Hagan, Cissie     Maguire, Charlie McKay

   

Mon. 27 Apr.         John McGeown, Fred White,

   

                                Philomena     Hopkins (1st Av)

   

Tues. 28 Apr.       Francie Murray, Helen Gibson

   

Wed. 29 Apr.        Elizabeth Ann Mitchell, Tommy     Scullion

   

Thurs. 30 Apr.      Elizabeth Scullion, Elizabeth Logue,     Susan Dowds

   

Fri. 1 May              Oliver & Sadie Kielt,     Bernard McKenna

   

Sat.     2 May             James McCorry, Kathleen McLarnon, Hugh Martin, Agnes     Gribbin

       

WELCOME     TO THE PARISH FAMILY Today we greet Riley Thomas Peden     Moore, Junlice Vitoria de Barros Vaz Martins and Nilton Ryan de Barros Vaz     Martins who were baptised recently.

       

   

         

   

   

CHURCH     COLLECTION Sunday 19 April    

   

Magherafelt Envelopes – £2007, Loose Plate – £748;     Castledawson Envelopes – £283, Loose Plate – £135;

   

Total S. Orders £715

   

TROCAIRE     LENTEN COLLECTION

   

Total to date – £7719

   

 

   

MAGHERAFELT     APOSTOLIC WORKERS – Annual Collection today after all Masses;     sincere gratitude to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul who will not hold     their weekly collection.

   

 

   

CONFIRMATION     Archbishop Eamon Martin will celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation in the     Church of Our Lady of the Assumption today at 3pm; tea & coffee will be     served immediately afterwards in the Parish Centre.

       

FIRST FRIDAY OF MAY Mass     7.30pm in St. John’s Church Milltown,     the sick & housebound will be visited this week.  Novena to St. Pio 11am, Magherafelt.

       

   

Magherafelt Parish Pastoral Council invites     you to

   

                                                                                                              – It’s your story!

   

Episode     10 ‘World without End: The Last Things’

   

Wednesday 29 April 8pm Parish Centre Board Room

   

   

 

   

VIATORES     CHRISTI

   

Members of Viatores     Christi (an association of Catholic lay missionary development workers),     will speak at all Masses on Sunday 9 May.      They wish to raise awareness about the missionary work of the Church     and the role of lay missionaries both at home and overseas.

       

ACCORD     MARRIAGE PREPARATION COURSES Quinn’s Corner Dungannon –     Tuesday 26 May & Tuesday 2 & 9 June 7pm – 10pm; Tuesday 25 August     & Tuesday 1 & 8 September; to book contact 028 3833 4781 or email armagh@accordni.com.

   

Pastoral     Centre Maghera – 18 & 19 September; 23 & 24     October; 20 & 21 November; to book contact 028 7964 2983 or email maghera@accordni.com.

   

   

         

   

   

   

PARISH CENTRE

   

SUNDAY BINGO     8PM;     JACKPOT £1400

   

COFFEE     SHOP open 9am – 3pm

   

SUNDAY     COFFEE TIME after 10.30am Mass

   

REELROBICS     Monday 7.30pm

   

PARENT     AND TODDLERS Tuesday 9.15 –     11.15am

   

PILATES     Tuesday 7pm

   

ZUMBA     Tuesday 8.30pm

   

KNITTING     GROUP please note Tuesday 10.30am – 12.30pm

   

PILATES     Wednesday 7pm & 8.15pm

   

CEILI     CLASS Wednesday 8pm

   

PILOXING Thursday     8pm

   

TAE KWON DO Friday     4pm – 6pm

   

IRISH DANCING     Friday 6pm

   

   

 

   

HOLY     FAMILY ASSOCIATES Meeting in Convent House Tuesday 28 April     7.30pm.  Anyone interested in     becoming a Holy Family Lay Associate?      Please get in touch with Sr. Margaret 028 7963 2529.

       

O’DONOVAN     ROSSA G.A.C. – Lotto 5, 13, 19, 22; £25 to Bridie McAleese,     Mary Bradley, Aodhán McGuckin; Jackpot £6600

   

 

   

ST.     MALACHY’S G.A.C. – Lotto 5, 9, 10, 19; £25 to Colin Reid,     Owen McKenna; Jackpot £2400

       

ST.     VINCENT DE PAUL – contact 028 7930     0819

   

 

   

MID-ULSTER FLORAL ART SOCIETY presents ‘Spring Delights’ on Tuesday 5 May 7.30pm (doors     open 6.30pm) in the Lurach Centre Maghera, admission £10.

       

GREENLOUGH     PARISH Redemptorist Solemn Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual     Help Thursday 7 May – Friday 15 May; www.greenlough.com or     contact 028 2582 1190 for more details.

   

 

   

KINSHIP     CARE NI provides training, family activities and support for     family members caring for relatives’ children; contact Charlene or Michelle     028 7930 1566.