Covid is still with us. Let us continue to look after each other.
Year of St Brigid – 1500
Year of Prayer in preparation for Holy Year 2025 – The Our Father
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday 14th St Malachy’s Church, Ballymacilroy 7pm
Paddy & Winnie Mellon, Rosaleen McDermott, Kathleen Gavin, Anne Kelly
Sunday 15th September St Mary’s Church, Dunmoyle 11am
Willie & Anna McCaffrey, Marie McClafferty
Tuesday 17th Church of the Immaculate Conception 7pm*
Kieran O’Hagan
Wednesday 18th St Mary’s Church 10am
John Finnegan
Thursday 19th St Malachy’s Church 7pm
Friday 20th Church of the Immaculate Conception 10am*
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday 21st Church of the Immaculate Conception 7pm*
John & Claire Devine, John Donnelly & Fam
Sunday 22nd St Mary’s Church, Dunmoyle 11am
Bernadette O’Donnell
Tuesday 24th Church of the Immaculate Conception 7pm*
Wednesday 25th St Mary’s Church 10am
Thursday 26th St Malachy’s Church 7pm
Friday 27th Church of the Immaculate Conception 10am*
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday 28th St Malachy’s Church, Ballymacilroy 7pm
Susan & John McBride
Sunday 29th September St Mary’s Church, Dunmoyle 11am
Francie Mulgrew
Lately Deceased: Bridget Anne O’Meara, Cissie Meegan, Gerry Gallagher
Mass and Blessing of Graves Old Errigal took place last Sunday – the weather held out for us, thank you God! Thanks to all who came to remember and pray – and also to Christiopher and Celine and Martin.
Sacrament of Marriage: congratulations to Susan Mullin and Mark McAleer; Matthew McGirr and Megan Lavelle who were married recently.
Parish Pastoral Council meeting Monday 16th September.
Parish Finance Committee meeting Monday 23rd September.
Parishioner financial contributions for August: Sunday envelopes (4 weekends) amounted to £5488 and 74 Standing orders amounted to £2443 and donations amounted to £2250. Thank you for your generosity.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Wednesdays after Mass until 11am in St Mary’s Church; Thursdays 10am to 6pm in Church of the Immaculate Conception; St Malachy’s Church every morning 7am-8am.
Relics of St Bernadette are visiting our country: dates and venues in our own Diocese (all dates in October) – Armagh Cathedral 19th; St Patrick’s Dundalk 20th; other nearby venues – Castleblaney 9th;
Lisnaskea 10th; Cathedral Derry 13th & 14th; St Mary’s Chapel Lane Belfast 15th & 16th; Cathedral Newry 17th & 18th. More details and information on stbernadette.ie. Our Lady of Lourdes, St Bernadette, St Patrick pray for us.
The Friends of Kevy in association with The Spirit of Paul McGirr Big Breakfast morning raised a total of £11,000. We would like to thank all those involved in making this such a success. Thank you to all the volunteers on the day and for the local businesses for their kind donations. Thank you to everyone who came and supported our event. All proceeds are going towards the Tyrone School Zambia building fund.
Light the Fire – guest speaker, Dana, in St Mary’s Church, Aughnacloy on Monday 16th September. Rosary 6pm; Mass 6.30pm; Eucharistic Healing Service 7.30pm all welcome.
Do you want to learn more about your faith and develop more confidence around your Baptismal calling? If you are interested, why not consider joining the Diocesan Theology Programme. The programme is accredited by St Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth. There are no educational entry requirements, and completion of the course is based on submitted work. There are no formal exams. Our Theology Programme will be starting this year on 28 September. The closing date for applications is 26 September. The application form is available on the diocesan website https://www.armagharchdiocese.org/diocesan-theology-programme-2/. When completed, please send to milandaoprfm@gmail.com as soon as possible. For more information, please contact Milanda at 00353 429342954 (9am-2pm Monday to Friday).
Do you know someone who is interested in becoming a Catholic? Information evening on Thursday 17th October in St Patrick’s Church, Dundalk at 7pm. Contact Sharon on 00353 -876417334.
Irish Pilgrimage Trust Easter 2025 Pilgrimage to Lourdes: Applications are invited from young people with additional social, emotional, physical and learning needs aged 11-30. Applications are also sought for carers aged 18+ who would be interested in accompanying guests on the pilgrimage. The trip is free for guests as volunteers complete fundraising and carers pay their own fare.. For more information, visit https://www.irishpilgrimagetrust.com or contact Siân at 07960211352 or Róisin at 00353863380328.
Errigal Bowling Club – St Ciaran’s Hall on Thursdays at 8.15pm. All ages welcome.
Ballygawley Local History Group – Monday 23rd September at 7.30pm in St Ciaran’s College. Dr Liam Campbell on River and Cultures, Connectors or Dividers. £3. All welcome.
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council in partnership with Fermanagh Rural Community Initiative are delivering REAP (Rural Economic Accelerator Programme). REAP provides opportunities to support local people through training, mentoring and skills development, benefitting personal and job/career development. All of which are free of cost to the participant. This is a programme that recognises the individual needs of each of the participants. Participants of the REAP Programme will avail of one-to-one mentoring support to identify their ambitions, with an individual Action Plan detailing the steps to be taken to achieve these. To be eligible for the REAP Programme the participant must be economically inactive, that is, those who are not in full-time/part time employment or are required to attend a Jobs and Benefits Office Job Coach to look for work. for more information contact Eamonn at 82246535.
A critic is someone who finds a little bad in the best of things.
Bingo: St Ciaran’s Hall Wednesdays 9pm. All welcome. Lotto continues as usual.
Bulletin – next publications on 29th September & 13th October. Deadline for notices 24th September & 8th October