13th May 2007

Sixth Sunday of Easter

St Mary’s Church, Bellaghy.

Mass Times

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.

The Annual Lourdes Hospitalite Collection
This Collection takes place at all Masses this weekend 12th and 13th May 2007.This fund is used solely for the purpose of providing medical care and support to people of the Diocese who are sick and wish to go to Lourdes.
Your support would be very much appreciated

We welcome into God’s family through Baptism:
(All eight of them last Saturday!)
Daire Joseph McMenamin (Bawnmore),
Ronan Seamus Diamond (Birchwood),
Maixa Louise Mateo-Loughlin (Downings Rd),
Ciaran Brendan Brady( Beatrice Villas),
Oisin Brendan Kearney( Oldtown Rd),
Callum Joseph Rocks(Bawnmore),
Fintain Joseph Darragh (Portglenone),
Seamus Draine (Bawnmore)

Cemetery Sunday— Sunday 1st July.

We wish all our young people who are sitting exams during the coming weeks every success. We ask parishioners to remember them in their prayers.

We ask you to pray for the following Priests:
Sunday 13th: Fr Declan Boland
Monday 14th : Fr Eugene Boland
Tuesday 15th: Fr Francis Bradley
Wednesday 16th: Fr Manus Bradley
Thursday 17th: Fr Shane Bradley
Friday 18th7 Fr Brian Brady
Saturday 19th : Fr Bernard Bryson

Mass & Church Activities

Altar Servers:
Weekdays: E Rea
Vigil: N Larkin 11.30am:N McErlean

Readers for the month of May
Vigil Mass: Kieran Devlin 11.30am Tom Scullion

Church cleaners for May
Annie McCann, Denise Quinn, Rose McCann, Eithne McErlean & Shauneen Spier.

ALTAR SOCIETY:
Helen Cassidy & Catherine Cassidy.

COLLECTORS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY
Vigil: John O’Hagan, Ciaran O’Hagan, Patsy O’Neill(Ballynease Rd)
11.30am: Theodore Flanagan, Eddie McCamphill, John McErlean

Children’s Liturgy Teams for May:
Vigil: Bernie Quigley & Patricia Larkin
11.30am: Claire Diamond & Deirdre Diamond

Last Week’s Church Collection: £2460.00

Trocaire Collection £11,064.00 Thank You!

Prayer Meeting:
Tuesday’s @ 8.15pm in Prayer Room

Anniversaries
Alex Nevins, Willie O’Neill, Michael Birt, Sean Brown, Maggie McKee,Frank Shivers, Philomena shivers, Tommy Madden, Maggie Devlin, Mickey McFall, Mary Boyle, Kathleen Martin, Tom McCann

Wolfe Tones Bellaghy G.A. C.

GAA Notes:
Lotto No’s: 6, 10, 18, 25 £25 to Johnny O’Hagan and Breige Boyle
Jackpot now £2,100.00

FIXTURES
Sun 13 May Minors V Faughanvale (H) @ 3.30pm
Mon 14 May Reserves V Ballinderry (A) @ 7.30pm
Tues 15 May Seniors V Ballinderry (A) @ 7.30pm

Grants for Gaeltacht —
apply to Vincent Cassidy before 31 May.

Dancing Class:
Tuesdays @ 7pm

Comhaltas Notes:
Group practice every Friday night until Co Antrim Fleadh in GAA Club @ 7.50pm sharp

Tuition for everyone attending Co Derry Fleadh every Frid 7pm—8pm
Co Derry Fleadh—1st weekend of June in Dungiven

St Malachy’s Castledawson
Lott o No’s 1-2-11-20 No winner. £25 each to Astra Heaney and
Rosaleen Bradley. JACKPOT next week £5,400

St John Bosco Youth Club, Ballynease:
Sun: Bowling @ 7.30pm.
Tues: under 10’s 6.30pm —8pm Wed: over 10’s 7pm—9pm
Thurs: over 10’s 7pm—9pm Dancing Class on Mondays @ 7pm

Do you Fancy a break from housework?
Would you like the opportunity to meet up with your friends and neighbours for a coffee and a chat? Then come along to St John Bosco P.S. Ballynease each Thursday morning of term time at 11.00am beginning Thursday 17 May. Provision will be made to look after toddlers and babies.

St Joseph’s Ballyscullion

Next Sunday.
Reader for May : Pearse O’Donnell
Sunday Mass at 10.00 am

Collectors for May:
Seamus Graffin & Sean McLaughlin.

ALTAR SOCIETY:
Maura & Sheena Weir & Sheila Scullion.

St Ergnat’s GAC Moneyglass
Lotto Nos 2,6,16,18. Jackpot now £1,950.00
£50 to Gerard McFall, £25 to Jake McCoy & Michaela Convery
19 May (Sat) Seniors v St Galls (away)
5 Card Stud in Clubrooms Friday 18May @ 9.30 . Fee £10 (buy in £5)

OPEN AIR FOLK NIGHT
@ pitch on Sat 26 May @ 9.30pm.
Burgers/Hot Dogs available. Music by Folk ‘n’ Rogues £5.00 entrance
A Night To Remember

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.

Parish Draw Winners ( week 47).
Prize Winners No’s Promoter
£500 Peter McIvor William St 2576 Dolores Convery
£200 Michael Cleary Culban 1235 Laura McSorley
£200 Ray McPeake Mullaghboy Rd 2432 Collette McPeake
£100 Caoimhe Scullion Loughbeg Rd 1840 Maura Mc Taggart

Congratulations to all who ran Belfast Marathon in full or in part. Many good causes have benefited from all your efforts.

Bellaghy Women’s Group
would like Parishioners to know of a new Warmer Homes Scheme being launched. For further information Tel 79301550 or check www.oakleafnetwork.co.uk

Belfast Beginning Experience Residential Weekend for those widowed, separated or divorced (who have been on their own for at least one year) at Drumalis Retreat Centre, Larne 9th—11th Nov.
All applications to be made by 23rd Oct. Tel Una 028 28 274281.

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.

Our Lady Queen of Peace Pilgrimage to Medjugorje 7th—14 June 2007
Spiritual Director Fr John Murray Price £399.00.
For further information Tel Adele McCauley 028 71377965

Young Persons 14—17 Years
Would you like to travel to Lourdes as part of the Derry Diocesan Youth Pilgrimage 16th —21st July 2007.
For applications forms contact your head of RE at your school or
Telephone Pilgrimage Office 028 71260293

Derry Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 16-21 July 2007
The Lourdes Pilgrimage would be grateful for volunteers who are qualified nurses and also for men willing to be part of the team of wheelchair pushers or help with care of the sick.
Further details from Pilgrimage Office 028 71260293

Derry Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock: on Sunday 3rd June led by Most Rev Bishop Hegarty. Any parishioner wishing to go and has no transport should contact Parish Office. If enough people are interested there might be the
possibility of arranging transport.
For any other queries :Tel 028 71351233 or see poster in the Church porch

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.