Covid is still with us. Let us continue to look after each other.
Year of Prayer for Vocations to Priesthood!
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday 1st July St Malachy’s Church Ballymacilroy 7pm
Sunday 2nd St Mary’s Church, Dunmoyle 10am Blessing of the Graves-bring water!
Altar Glen Mass 11am
Tuesday 4th Church of the Immaculate Conception 7pm*
Wednesday 5th St Mary’s Church 10am
Thursday 6th St Malachy’s Church 7pm
Friday 7th St Matthew’s Church 10am
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday 8th Church of the Immaculate Conception, Ballygawley 7pm*
Aidan Goodwin Month Mind, Dolores & Gerry Blake, Paddy Mallon
Sunday 9th St Matthew’s Church, Garvaghey 11am
Pat Rafferty
Tuesday 11th Church of the Immaculate Conception 7pm*
Wednesday 12th St Mary’s Church 10am
Mark, Patrick, Mary McGirr
Thursday 13th St Malachy’s Church 7pm
Friday 14th St Matthew’s Church 10am
Friday 14th St Matthew’s Church 12noon wedding
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday 15th St Malachy’s Church Ballymacilroy 7pm
Sunday 16th St Mary’s Church, Dunmoyle 10am
John & Brigid McCann, Kevin McMenamin, Patrick Dan & Mick McGarvey
After Mass procession to Grotto to mark the 18th and final apparition of Our Lady to St Bernadette, 16th July 1879. Because the Grotto at Lourdes was barricaded by the local government, St Bernadette knelt outside the fence by the riverbank. She said of the Apparition: “I thought I was at the Grotto, at the same distance as I was the other times. All I saw was Our Lady … She was more beautiful than ever.”
Coeliacs – Holy Communion for you available – contact Fr before Mass.
Sacrament of Confirmation: congratulations to the 44 young people who were Confirmed recently in our Parish and to all those Confirmed elsewhere – keep using those gifts to make a difference!
I want to thank Parishioners for your patience and understanding as Mass times and venues were changed to accommodate First Communion and Confirmation ceremonies. This is a prelude to the future when Parishioners will have to travel to attend and participate in Mass. Like the prophet and the mountain – you will have to come to Mass, Mass will not always come to you!
Lately deceased: Aidan Goodwin
Blessing of the Graves: Ballymacilroy Sunday 30th July at 11am; Garvaghey Sunday 6th August at 11am; Old Errigal Sunday 10th September at 2pm. Please bring water with you which will be blessed on the day, and in turn will be used to bless the graves by those present.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Wednesdays after Mass until 12noon in St Mary’s Church; Thursdays 10am to 6pm in Church of the Immaculate Conception; Fridays after Mass til 1.30pm in St Matthew’s Church.
Sacrament of Marriage: congratulations to Mark Hackett and Nicola Donnelly who were married recently.
Sacrament of Baptism: we welcome into the Errigal Parish faith community Peadar Aiden Quinn,
Aodhan John Quinn, Evelyn Mary Kilcullen who were Baptised recently.
Parish Envelopes: some still to be collected in the Churches!
St Oliver Plunkett Sunday – 2nd July in Drogheda. Procession with relic from Holy Family Church at 3.00pm. Mass at 4.00pm in St. Peter’s Church. Celebrant & Preacher: Most Rev. Thomas Deenihan, Bishop of Meath.
First Friday July visits: Garvaghey & Ballymacilroy Tuesday 4th: Dunmoyle Wednesday 5th; Ballygawley and Tuesday Club Thursday 6th.
Continuous Rosary in Ireland for Peace and Charity – Our Parish of Errigal Ciaran has been allocated Sunday 2nd July, surname A-L 05.24am -05.42am; surname M-Z 05.42am-6am – an early start!.
Pastoral Area Parishes: Aghaloo & Carnteel 2nd July 4.12-4.48am; Beragh 2nd July 6.00-6.38am; Killeeshil 3rd July 0.36- 1.12am: Pray well!
Lough Derg – Three Day Pilgrimage Admission: €80 Booking Advised Concessions available for students, seniors & groups Thursday 1st June until Monday 15th August (last day to begin Saturday 13th August).
The statue of Our Lady of Fatima is available again to visit the homes of the Parish for those with special intentions such as exams, illness etc – can avail of the statue for a week. There is many special graces and blessings that accompany her. Those who would like to host the statue please contact Kathleen at 07776188654.
At a crowded Church the Parish Priest asked, ‘can you all hear me at the back?’ A voice at the back said, ‘yes, I can hear perfectly well but I don’t mind changing with somebody who can’t.’
Bingo: St Ciaran’s Hall Wednesdays 9pm. All welcome! Lotto continues as usual.
Bulletin – the next will be published on 2nd & 16th July. Deadline for notices 28th June & 10th July.
Fr PJ Gormley writes: Dear Parishioners, during the Easter period 15 brave students from St. Ciaran’s College travelled to Zambia to spend time with the Catholic Community in Holy Trinity Parish, Mulenga, Kitwe. This visit was significant as it was the first visit of students from St. Ciaran’s for three years due to Covid 19.
One of the questions often asked is: “What work were you doing while in Zambia”? My answer to that question is, Zambia no longer wants volunteers coming to their country to work – a country where 40% of the people are unemployed!! If you put the word, “volunteer” on your visa application you will not be allowed into the country. In saying the above, the reality of the visit to Zambia is no longer a one way street. It is much deeper than that. There is a spiritual awakening. There is a symbiotic relationship growing between the two groups. From my experience from working with the people of Mulenga for example, there is a noticeable increase in the number of students from there wishing to continue with their education. We have a number of students from the parish studying: nursing, teaching, engineering, medicine, computer science, statistics, accounts, etc. This was non-existent before St. Ciaran’s came in 2009. The experience of meeting young people from Ireland gives the people from Holy Trinity Parish the confidence to go further in life and that anything is possible with hard work.
Every year thousands of people from Ireland travel abroad on their annual holidays to site-see, soak up the sun and relax. All well and good but in terms of engaging with the locals, they remain as tourists living on the periphery of their host society. St. Ciaran’s students on the other hand, have a unique opportunity to live, eat, pray, sing, learn, teach, work and socialise with Zambians in Mulenga Compound. Unconsciously, the students of St. Ciaran’s discover the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” They learn what joins us is our common humanity. Entering into a new culture does not change your Irish cultural traditions. It strengthens them. Engaging with another culture is an opportunity, not a threat.
“To be successful, you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like” Anon. On the Timeline in Dromantine it states that: “To be a missionary is first to get to know the people you wish to serve and let yourself to be known by them.” Then let God do the rest!!
We, in Kitwe, thank St. Ciaran’s Peregrini for starting this programme many years ago