Saturday 4^th 7pm                     St Malachy’s Church                                              Francis Lucas First Anniversary,

John & Mary Ellen Cassidy

Adoration after Mass til midnight

Sunday 5^th 10am                     St Matthew’s Church

Sunday 5^th 11.30am                Church of the Immaculate Conception                   Mary & John O’Hagan

Tuesday 7^th 10am                    St Malachy’s Church

Wednesday 8^th 10am              St Mary’s Church

Adoration after Mass til 12noon

Thursday 9^th 10am                  Church of the Immaculate Conception

Adoration after Mass til 8pm

Friday 10^th 8pm                      St Matthew’s Church

Adoration 4pm til Benediction at 7.30pm followed by Rosary

Saturday 11^th 11am                 St Malachy’s Church                                                              First Communion

Saturday 11^th 5pm                  St Mary’s Church                                                   Owen, Brigid, James, Margaret Nugent

Saturday 11^th 7pm                   St Malachy’s Church                                              Brigid, Patrick, Sean McCrystal

Adoration after Mass til midnight

Sunday 12^th 10am                   St Matthew’s Church                                              Frank & Anne Horisk

Sunday 12^th 11.30am              Church of the Immaculate Conception                   Mary Begley Month Mind, William, Mary, Rosaleen,

Elizabeth Kelly, Margaret McCourt,

Trocaire monies can be returned to Churches but only at Mass times – do not leave monies unattended in the Churches.

Monies to date received: £3068.32stg and 16.28Euro.

Mass responses: we will use the response My Lord and my God for the Mystery of Faith.

Sacrament of Marriage: congratulations to Terri McAleer and Cathal McWilliams; Stephen Donaghy and Joline Donnelly;

Anne Marie McGirr and Sean Tuck; Roisin Hagan and Brian McCaughey who were married recently.

Sacrament of Baptism: we welcome into the Errigal Ciaran faith community Tomas Donal McAnenly; next dates: Saturday 18^th May in St Matthew’s Church, Garvaghey at 3pm; Saturday 1^st June in St Malachy’s Church, Ballymacilroy at 2pm; Saturday 15^th June in Church of the Immaculate Conception, Ballygawley at 3pm.

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Lately Deceased: Mary Begley, Frankie Mullin, Nuala McNally.

Sunday collection 20^th/21^st and 27^th/28^th April amounted to £3535. Thanks to all who contributed.

Feasts: Sunday 5^th Bl Edmund Rice; Wednesday 8^th Bl John Sullivan; Friday 10^th St Comgall; Sunday 12^th Sts Neeeus, Achilleus, Pancras.

Statue of Our Lady of Fatima, which has been procured by the Legion of Mary and blessed recently at Mass will be available for any person/family in the Parish from Tuesday 14^th May. What is expected of host families? – pray the Rosary every day with family and neighbours for the week that you/your family hosts the statue. To have the statue in your home contact the Legion of Mary, Eilis at 07517456305.

Mary’s Meals A speaker from the charity Mary’s Meals Armagh and Benburb will speak at all Masses on Saturday 25^th and Sunday 26^th May. Mary’s Meals is a worldwide organisation that gives a free meal at school every day to 1.6 million children in 18 developing countries. The Armagh group organise the sending of filled schoolbags/backpacks to these children.

Armagh Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes – collection last weekend amounted to £513.62stg and 29.50Euro – thanks to all who contributed. Your intentions will be remembered during the Pilgrimage 16^th to 21^st May. Our Lady of Lourdes and St Bernadette and St Patrick pray for all.

Lectio Divina Mondays in the Upper Room. All welcome.

Legion of Mary meeting Tuesday at 8pm in the Upper Room. New members welcome.

Armagh Diocesan Youth Commission (ADYC) are excited to bring a group of teenagers to the only LifeTeen Camp in UK & Ireland this summer. The Camp takes place in Alton Castle, England.

Camp LifeTeen is a new initiative that ADYC are supporting, designed for personal and team growth where individuals can learn to overcome fears and challenges whilst relying on their friends and faith for help. LifeTeen believes deeply in the power and grace of the Sacraments. The Camp offers opportunities to participate in the Sacraments and leading teens closer to Christ.

The cost is £400.00 (all-inclusive of accommodation, meals, activities, day trips, return transport and t-shirt). Please use the link following for further information can be found by following the link below: https://www.armagharchdiocese.org/camp-lifeteen-2019/

Lough Derg Youth Pilgrimage: 21-23rd June, ages 18+  Fatima Pilgrimage: 27th June – 2nd July, ages 16+    Camp LifeTeen, England: 10th -15th August, 14-15 year olds Camp Assume, Newcastle Co. Down: 11th – 15th August, 12-13 year olds

Further information available on the Diocesan Website or contact Dermot Kelly on 075-25774024 or email dermot@adyc.ie

Lough Derg One Day Retreats in May on 11^th,12^th, 14^th,19^th, 21^st, 25^th, 26^th and 27^th. Why not take some time and space on Lough Derg personally this May?  Booking essential. Tel: 0(0353) 71 9861518.  Email:  info@loughderg.org   Web: www.loughderg.org

Cursillo Weekends – Renew, recharge and grow! Would you like to experience a one in lifetime opportunity for a joyful, uplifting, peaceful weekend encounter with Christ, yourself and others and make true friendships on the way? Benburb Priory, Tyrone is venue for the residential weekends. Mens: Thurs 30th May – Sun 2nd June, Ladies: Thurs 6th – 9th June. For more info or to book your place contact Martin- 02887748623, Donna 02887752589 or Veronicia 07733171082

St Vincent De Paul, Holiday Home, Newcastle are takings bookings for Day trips lunches / Tea / Coffee & Biscuits, Overnight or Weekly stay overs, Conference meetings, etc. Everyone welcome SVDP does not discriminate against Colour or Creed. Open all year round. Any information required contact Regina or Tom on Telephone 437 22849 or email  clare.lodge@svpni.co.uk

Retreats SMA Retreat Centre, Dromantine offering 2 short Retreats. 1. Awareness and Mindful Living. Conducted by Martina and Patrick Sheehan. From 10am Fri. 10th May – Sun. 12th at 2pm. 2. Forgiveness; the journey from hurt to healing, freedom and peace.

Conducted by Fr. Des Corrigan SMA Sat. 22nd June 9.30am – 5pm. Contact retreat Centre, Dromantine Tel. 028-30821964 E mail: admin@dromantineconference.com

Cloughfin Community Association In Cloughfin Old School the programme is as follows:-

Mondays 5pm – Children’s Irish Dancing Class with the Treanor School of Irish Dancing.   For details of closures contact Michaela on 07891969909.

A qualified zumba instructor is interested in taking a class for adults and young people over 7 years on the four Thursdays in June at 6.30 – 7.30pm.  Adults £5 & children over seven £2.50.  Contact Roberta on 07922816056 to book a place.

Contact the The Walkie Talkies walking group on 07533691895 for information on where the walk is taking place this week.

Everyone welcome to all activities.  For other information contact us on 07709712989, rosiemcm@btinternet.com or join us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/CCA138/.

Loreto Past Pupils Reunion 2019 A chance for all age groups to meet former school friends on Saturday 1st June 2019 in Kellys Inn, Garvaghey, at 1pm. This is a fun afternoon with an opportunity to reminisce about school days and to look at photo albums from over the years. To book in for a 3- course lunch, or for further details, please contact either Briege 07867934684 or Joan 07934377699 or Mary 07736687950.  Looking forward to a good response.

Bingo and Parish Lotto draw – next held on Wednesday 8^th May 2019.

Bulletin notices should be left at the Parochial House or sent by email to errigalciaran99@gmail.com by Tuesday for inclusion the following Sunday. The next bulletin will be published on 12^th and 26^th May 2019.

Lotto

9              12            18            19

1match 3 winner who receives £100

Paul Quinn

Next draw £4200 on 8^th May 2019.

Errigal Ciaran Club Notes

The letters drawn in the weeks Club Errigal Alphalot draw were as follows; A C F Y Z. There were no jackpot or Match 4 winners and so the 4 lucky dip winners drawn were Damien Corrigan, Ann McDonald, Rosie Loughran and John McKenna who each receive £25. Due to the May Day Bank Holiday this weekend, our next draw will take place on Tuesday 7^th May. Thank you for your continued support.

Underage training resumes in Dunmoyle this Thursday evening, 2^nd May from 6:30pm – 7:30pm. All children must be accompanied to the pavilion from the car park and collected from the pavilion at the end of training for health and safety reasons.

The members of our successful 1999 Minor Championship winning team are running a series of fundraising events in conjunction with the Spirit of Paul McGirr Foundation.   The foundation aims to send a group of volunteers to Zambia to start building a secondary school with an entire wing dedicated to our ex-minor footballer Kevin McCartan who was killed tragically in a road traffic accident. We would ask any of our Gaels who are involved in the construction industry and who would be interested in lending a hand on the trip to get in contact with Conor or Frankie on 07734562112 or 07760280691 respectively. All travel and accommodation to be provided.

After an immensely successful night on Friday past at Quinns Corner when we hosted the GAA Hour with Colm Parkinson, the attention turns to Kellys Inn on Friday 10^th May for a much-anticipated charity fight night event. More details will follow over the coming days so look out for promotional material around the town, schools and club WhatsApp.

For any members experiencing a recent black out with regards club text messages, we would ask for patience. We are experiencing difficulties with our mobile provider and are investigating alternative communication options at the moment. Ideally, WhatsApp is currently our most effective platform and we would encourage anybody with access to a smartphone to download WhatsApp and let us know you have done so.

Upcoming club fixtures: Sat 4^th May @ 12noon – U14 Boys vs. Coalisland @ Coalisland, Sat 4^th @ 4:30 & 6pm – Junior Reserves & Juniors vs. Clann naGael @ Dunmoyle, Wed 8^th @ 7pm – Senior Ladies vs. Aodh Ruadh @ Dunmoyle. All support is greatly appreciated.