PRIEST ON DUTY THIS WEEK – Fr. Gates 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 5 A. McVey, M. Purvis ST PATRICK, CASTLEDAWSON Sunday 9.30am, Tuesday & Thursday 7.30pm Altar Society Mar. Group 5 Betty Foster, O. Heaney, C. Foster 6 Mar. READERS EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Vigil 6.15pm P. Quinn M. Bradley, C. Smyth, B. McKee Sun. 8.00am F. Gallagher A. McQuillan, R. McLaughlin Sun. 10.30am F. Lynch R. Tohill, J. Clayton, R. Clayton Sun. 12 noon N. O’Connor B. Kelly, B. McGuckin, N. Duffin C’dawson 9.30am S. Keenan C. McKenna, S. McGuckin
REMEMBER OUR DEAD Pray for Barney Devlin, Brigid Gordon, John Joe Graham (Birmingham), Krystyna Walczak (Poland), Jimmy Logan (Stewartstown) and Mary Kelly who died recently & for the following whose anniversaries or month’s minds occur this week – Sat. 27 Feb. Paul & Jo Hogan Sun. 28 Feb. Kathleen McElhone, Annie Mary McKenna, Terry McKee, Wladyslaw Brozozowski Mon. 29 Feb. Tues. 1 Mar. Eileen O’Loughlin Wed. 2 Mar. Joe Breen, Sheila Barr, Bernard Walls Thur. 3 Mar. Frankie Mullan, Hugh Bradley, Patrick O’Kane, Moira Wilson Fri. 4 Mar. Alice Bradley (MM 7.30pm Magherafelt), Gavin Moore (MM 7.30pm Milltown) Sat. 5 Mar. Martha McVeigh, Jane O’Donnell |
CHURCH COLLECTION Sunday 21 February – Magherafelt Envelopes – £1877, Loose Plate – £647; Castledawson Envelopes – £232, Loose Plate – £93; Total S. Orders £715
WEEKDAY MASS TIMES DURING LENT Our Lady of the Assumption Magherafelt 7.30am Monday – Friday, 11am Monday – Saturday, 7.30pm Monday, Wednesday & Friday St Patrick’s Castledawson 7.30pm Tuesday & Thursday
FIRST FRIDAY OF MARCH Friday 4 March 7.30pm in St. John’s Church Milltown; the sick & housebound will be visited this week; Novena to St. Pio 11am, Magherafelt. CONGRATULATIONS to Geraldine Mulholland & Frederick Cooke who were married recently.
FIRST PENANCE for children of Holy Family Primary School, Spires Integrated Primary School and Gaelscoil an tSeanchaí, will take place in the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Magherafelt on Thursday 10 March at 7.30pm.
THE ‘BRIDGE PROGRAMME’ – meeting for parents & guardians of those preparing for First Holy Communion & Penance takes place in the Parish Centre Bistro on Friday 11 March 7.30pm. The next ‘Bridge’ Mass will be on Sunday 13 March at 10.30am.
‘I am Patrick, a sinner, unlettered, the least of all the faithful’ (from The Confession) Fr. Aidan Larkin will give a talk on St. Patrick on Friday 11 March at 7.30pm in the Holy Family P. S. Hall; everyone welcome. ARMAGH DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES CHURCH GATE COLLECTION Many thanks for your generosity last weekend, total amount collected – £1864; you will be remembered in prayers at Lourdes. |
PARISH CENTRE Find us on Facebook SUNDAY BINGO Jackpot £2700 in 47 calls; ALSO to celebrate our 1ST BINGO BIRTHDAY – £500 Last House, must be won on the night; doors open 7pm; everyone welcome; please come along & support your Parish; books £7, flyer £1
EXPRESSIONS BISTRO open Tues. – Fri. 9am – 3pm SUNDAY COFFEE TIME after 10.30am Mass ST. JOHN’S BOWLING CLUB – Monday 7.30pm PARENTS & TODDLERS Tuesday 9.15am-11.15am WHIST Tuesday 2pm PILATES – Tuesday 7pm ZUMBA – Tuesday 8.30pm – 9.30pm KNITTING GROUP – Wednesday 10.30am – 12.30pm PILATES – Wednesday 7pm & 8.15pm CEILI DANCING – Wednesday 8.15pm ST. JOHN’S BOWLING CLUB – Thursday 7.30pm PILOXING – Thursday 8pm – 9pm TAE KWON DO – Friday 4pm – 6pm SMITH SCHOOL OF IRISH DANCING – Friday 6pm ST. PATRICK’S SNOOKER CLUB Sun–Fri. from 7pm CHARITY CEILI Friday 4 March 9.30pm – 12.30am, Ceol Raymond Lunny, tickets £5 available in the Parish Centre or pay at the door, everyone welcome; proceeds to Our Lady of Lourdes Pilgrimage Society
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION PHOTOGRAPHS (circa 1960’s) on display in Expressions Bistro, can you help identify any of the faces?
O’DONOVAN ROSSA G.A.C. – Lotto 3, 8, 12, 16; £25 to Billy Thompson, Mary Cunningham, Frank Scullion; Jackpot £1100 ST. MALACHY’S G.A.C. – Lotto 2, 3, 4, 8; £25 to Anne, Tom & Mairead, Aidan McElhone; Jackpot £800 COFFEE MORNING in Rainey Rugby Club on Sunday 6 March at 11.30am, all proceeds to Alzheimer’s Society |