Sunday 1st July 2007

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

St Mary’s Church, Bellaghy.

Weekday Masses

Monday and Friday @ 7.30pm

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday @ 9.30am.

Vigil (Sat) @ 6.30pm; Sunday @ 11.30am.

Confessions
Every Friday: 7.00pm—7.20pm.
Every Saturday: 6.00pm—6.20pm.
First Friday: after Thursday morning Mass and
1st Friday evening 7.00pm—7.20pm.

Friday is First Friday: Mass at 7.30pm.

Exposition of Blessed Sacrament in Prayer Room all day for usual intentions of Vocations.

CEMETERY SUNDAY (Today)
Ceremony will begin at 7.30pm. We appeal to everyone to come in good time, to allow for traffic and parking.

Holy Water will be provided at various points for sprinkling on the graves: people should bring empty bottles for the purpose.
We appeal for stewards to help with parking. Volunteers would need to gather at the car park at 6.15pm to get organised.

Forty Hours Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will commence after 6.30pm mass today Saturday 30th June and conclude with Benediction @ 6.30pm on Sunday evening (prior to blessing of the graves).

Mass & Church Activities
Altar Servers: (check sacristy for July schedule)
Weekdays: N Larkin
Vigil:N McErlean 11.30am: A Quinn

Readers for the month of July
Vigil Mass: Kieran Ferran 11.30am: Sarah Diver

Church cleaners for July
Anne Hughes, Colette McPeake, Patsy Henry, Philomena Larkin, Mary Breslin.

ALTAR SOCIETY:
Alice McElwee & Pauline O’Reilly

COLLECTORS FOR THE MONTH OF JULY
Vigil: Liam Mc Corry, Harry Cassidy, Paddy Mackle
11.30am: Fintain Lee,Brian Muldoon, Paul McKenna

Money Matters:
Last Week’s Church Collection: £ 2050.00
Peter’s Pence Collection : £980.00
Car Boot Sale : £255.00 - Thank You!

Children’s Liturgy
There will be no Children’s Liturgy during July and August

CONGRATULATIONS to Lena Griffin & Craig Harkin
who were married recently.

Deaths - We pray for the friends and family of :
Pat Scullion, Glenvale Rd

Anniversaries of our dead:
Jenny O’Neill, Jim Brennan, Patrick Loughlin,
Eddie Scullion, Hugh & Ellen Hefferon, Brian Toner.

Baptisms:
To book a Baptism please contact the Parish Office 028 79386259

Weddings:
Please check your wedding day details with Parish Office before you finalise your other arrangements for the day; 6 months in advance is advisable

New Cemetery: we request that no headstone should exceed 3ft 6` in width; and the height should be in keeping with the rest of the graves.

Wolfe Tones Bellaghy G.A. C.

GAA Notes:

Lotto No’s: 8, 13, 18, 20 £25 each to John McCallion &
Frankie Cassidy. Jackpot now £2,800.00

BALLYNEASE and BELLAGHY DANCING CLASS will be closed for the Summer and will resume in September.

Senior Championship.
Bellaghy V Castledawson @ 3.30 today (Sun)
In Greenlough

St Malachy’s Castledawson
Lotto No’s 4, 5, 6, 24. No Winner. £25 each to Aaron Hawe & Darragh Dawson Jackpot next week £6,100.

St John Bosco Youth Club, Ballynease:

All Youth Club activities are now closed for the Summer will
resume in September.

Special Meeting on Wed @ 7.45pm for the people of the area to elect new committee for incoming year. A good response is essential to ensure the future of the Youth Club.

Knock Summer Youth Festival: 26th—29th July 2007 @ Knock Shrine. An opportunity for young people to reflect on their lives.
Further information Tel Ann 0035394 9388100 or Sheena 003531 6753690

Parish Finance Council:
Under Diocesan Statutes each parish must have a finance council in place. Our recently constituted Parish Finance Council is following on from the sub-committee of the Parish Development Committee with some newly appointed members.

The members are as follows;
Fr Dolan, Michael Scullion, Pat Brennan, Pat McErlean,
Joanne McKenna, Liam McCorry & Mary Breslin.

The Finance Council shall observe total confidentiality in all matters.

The Finance Council also ensures accountability on behalf of all parishioners.

PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE NO BULLETIN UNTIL 28/29 JULY - We wish everyone a very happy, safe and peaceful time over the summer; and pray that we are blessed with fairly good weather.

THE DERRY JOURNAL will be featuring Ballyscullion Parish next Friday as part of a series on Parishes in the Diocese.

BELLAGHY BAWN: Have some copies fro sale of a new Signes-Limited-Edition book by Seamus Heaney called “The Riverbank Field” with artwork by Martin Gale. Price £75. Ph 79386812

St Joseph’s Ballyscullion
Next Sunday.
Reader for July : Seamus Laverty

Sunday Mass at 10.00 am

Collectors for July: Peter Scullion & Oliver Duffin.
ALTAR SOCIETY: Rose Scullion & Kathleen McErlean.

Friday is First Friday:
Mass at 6.45pm. Confessions before mass.
The Sick and Housebound will be attended on Friday.

Cemetery Sunday is today Sunday 1st July. Blessing of graves after 10.00am Mass

Antrim Walking Group: A new programme of organised walks for July, August and September has been arranged and can be found at the back of the church

Cam Massrock: Mass will be celebrated at the Cam Massrock on the farm @ 52 Roguery Rd Toome on Sunday 1st July @ 3pm

Lourdes Trip with JMB Tours from 11th Aug to 21st Aug. staying in Lourdes, Andorra & Pamplona. Price £775. Local pick-up points.
Tel 79628811

Parochial Hall Activities

Bingo at 8.30 pm. Lines £20.
Houses £40, Last House £200. Books £6.
Flyer £1.
Whist Drive: Wednesday night as usual..
Ceili In Parochial Hall Sat 7th July 10pm-1am.
Music by Finvola Ceili Band. Everyone welcome.

Youth Trip to Croagh Padraig: A trip to Westport combined with a hike to Croagh Padraig. The trip will be on Sun 22 July for those aged 18-30. Cost £35 includes transport from Derry, an official guide and dinner in Westport. Further details or to book Tel 028 71264087. Places are limited please book before 6th July.

The Thornhill Centre are offering a 1 year course in spirituality entitled “Pathways to Heaven” on Mondays from 1st Oct £160.00
Tel 028 71351233

Vocations Information Evening
The Presentation Brothers are inviting men interested in religious life to The Towers Derry 7.30pm-9pm Thurs 5th July. For further details Tel Brother Andrew Hickey 003531 2300824

Lough Derg Pilgrimages
3 day Pilgrimage from 1st June—13th August.
1 day Retreats in May, August & September. Quiet Days 9th May & 5th Sept.
Tel 00353 71 9861518 or email info@loughderg.org or www.loughderg.org

Derry Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes: 16-21 July 2007
Application forms for the Pilgrimage are now available at the Parish Office or at the Pilgrimage Office Derry Tel 02871 260293 Price £445.00.
Persons in need of care or aged 80 or over can obtain special application forms from the Pilgrimage Office.

Notices for the Bulletin are now also being taken by email to mail@bellaghyparish.com Please mark these Bulletin News and have all notices into the office by lunchtime on Thursday‘s.

We would be happy to include anniversaries each week, names must be in to the Parish Office by Wednesday lunchtime.