Bulletin of 29 March 15

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 7 B. Morgan, A.     Doyle, C. Devlin

   

ST PATRICK, CASTLEDAWSON

   

Sunday 9.30am, Tuesday     & Thursday 7.30pm

   

Altar Society Apr. Group     4 A. Martin, P. Hanson, M. Quinn

       

5 APRIL                     READERS        EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

   

Vigil 6.15pm         C. Donoghue    C. McNamee, K. Quinn, P. McKee

   

Sun. 8.00am         C. O’Kane                 M. Duncan, B. McLarnon

   

Sun. 10.30am      C. McGarry        N. Walls, M. McQuillan, M. Gates

   

Sun. 12 noon        L. McNally         B. Kelly, B. McGuckin, N. Duffin

   

C’dawson 9.30am D. McElwee    F. J. O’Kane, L. Brown

       

REMEMBER OUR DEAD Pray for all those who     died recently & for the following whose anniversaries or month’s minds occur     this week –

   

Sat.     28 Mar.         

   

Sun. 29 Mar.         Eugene McElhone, Kathleen McElhone,     Veronica O’Kane, Bridget McKee

   

Mon. 30 Mar.        Alfie Heaney, Jackie Devlin

   

Tues. 31 Mar.       Danny Walsh, Hugh Devlin, Willie John     & Hanna McCorry

   

Wed. 1 Apr.          

   

Thurs. 2 Apr.        Eileen O’Kane

   

Fri. 3 Apr.              Joe McNeill

   

Sat. 4 Apr.             Jim Henry, Kathleen     Boyle (1st Av)

       

FIRST FRIDAY OF APRIL there will be no     Mass; however the sick & housebound will be     visited as follows – visits for Fr. Gates will be done between Wednesday &     Friday; visits for Mgr. O’Byrne & Fr. McAnerney will be done on Friday.

   

 

   

WELCOME     TO THE PARISH FAMILY Today we greet Luadh Martin Joyce who     was baptised recently.

   

CONGRATULATIONS to Barry Kerr and     Emma McCusker who were married recently.

       

   

         

   

   

CHURCH     COLLECTION Tuesday 17     March

   

Magherafelt     Envelopes – £990, Loose Plate – £391

   

Castledawson Envelopes – £228, Loose Plate – £128

   

Sunday     22 March – Magherafelt Envelopes – £1857, Loose Plate – £776; Castledawson     Envelopes – £303, Loose Plate – £141; Total S. Orders £715

   

 

   

HOLY WEEK CEREMONIES

   

WEEKDAY MASSES

   

Our Lady of the Assumption     Magherafelt

   

Monday – Wednesday 7.30am & 11am

   

Monday 7.30pm

   

St. Patrick’s Castledawson Tuesday 7.30pm

   

HOLY THURSDAY

   

Our Lady of the Assumption     Magherafelt

   

Mass of the Lord’s Supper 5pm (Children’s Mass) & 7.30pm; Altar     of Repose until 11.30pm ending with prayers at 11.15pm

   

St. Patrick’s Castledawson

   

Mass of the Lord’s Supper 5pm

   

We will have washing of the feet at all Masses.

   

GOOD FRIDAY

   

Our Lady of the Assumption     Magherafelt

   

Stations of the Cross 3pm

   

Celebration of the Passion 7.30pm

   

St. Patrick’s Castledawson     Stations of the Cross 3pm

   

Veneration of the Cross at the end of all these ceremonies

   

Collection     for the Holy Land on Good Friday

   

 

   

HOLY SATURDAY / EASTER SUNDAY

   

Our Lady of the Assumption     Magherafelt

   

Easter Vigil 9pm; Easter Sunday 8am, 10.30am, 12noon

   

St. Patrick’s Castledawson Easter Sunday 9.30am

       

Sacrament     of Reconciliation in Holy Week

   

Penitential     Service – Wednesday 7.30pm in Magherafelt

   

Palm     Sunday – after 9.30am Mass in Castledawson

   

Monday     – after 11am & 7.30pm Mass in Magherafelt

   

Tuesday     – after 11am Mass in Magherafelt & after 7.30pm Mass in Castledawson

   

Wednesday     – after 11am Mass in Magherafelt

   

Please note that there     will be no more Confessions after Wednesday until after Easter Sunday.

   

   

         

   

   

   

PARISH CENTRE

   

SUNDAY BINGO     TONIGHT AT 7.30PM IN THE PARISH     CENTRE, DOORS OPEN 7PM; EVERYONE WELCOME; PLEASE COME ALONG AND SUPPORT     YOUR PARISH; JACKPOT £1200

       

COFFEE     SHOP open Tuesday – Friday 9am – 3pm SUNDAY COFFEE TIME after 10.30am Mass

   

LATIN     SALSA Monday 7pm

   

ST.     JOHN’S BOWLING CLUB Monday 7.30pm

   

PILATES     Tuesday 7pm

   

ZUMBA     Tuesday 8.30pm

   

KNITTING     GROUP Wednesday 10.30am

   

PILATES     Wednesday 7pm & 8.15pm

   

CEILI     CLASS Wednesday 8pm

   

TAE KWON DO Friday     4pm – 6pm

   

   

 

   

   

Magherafelt Parish Pastoral Council invite     you to

   

                                                                                                              – It’s your story!

   

Episode     7 ‘Word made Flesh, True Bread of Heaven: The Mystery of the Liturgy &     the Eucharist’

   

Tuesday 31 March 7.30pm Parish Centre Board Room

   

       

Trócaire’s Lenten campaign 2015 highlights the     injustice faced by many in the developing world.  Please     remember to return your Trócaire boxes.

   

 

   

NEW     PARISH ENVELOPES available for distributers to collect in     the Parish Office or by arrangement (please contact the Parish Office or     Fr. Gates).

   

 

   

O’DONOVAN     ROSSA G.A.C. – Lotto 4, 17, 21, 23; £25 to Conor Smylie,     Shauna Kerr, Russell Fullerton; Jackpot £6400

       

ST.     MALACHY’S G.A.C. – Lotto 4, 11, 16, 20; £25 to Colin Reid,     Seamus Mitchell; Jackpot £2000

   

 

   

ST.     VINCENT DE PAUL – contact 028 7930     0819

   

 

   

CHARITY CEILI in Bellaghy     Parochial Hall Sunday 29 March 8pm – 11pm, £5, proceeds in aid of Romania.