Sunday 23rd November 2008

Christ the King

Jesus said to his disciples: "In so far as you did this to one of these brothers/sisters of mine, you did it to me." There are many ways of looking at what Christianity is about and most of them are valid. This extraordinary statement by Christ brings us to the very heart of it - the absolute dignity of every human being, the beloved of God. We practice our Christianity primarily through our love for one another and our care for all those in need. They say that charity begins at home. How true that is. Very often the person who is in most need is a wife or husband who is being taken for granted. Or there is often the child or young person who has everything except real affection for which they crave. But charity cannot remain at home. It has to spread out to the parish community and through that community to the poor and marginalised. That is how we honour Christ as our King.

Fr. Johnny Doherty, C.Ss.R.

St Mary’s Church, Bellaghy.

Notices for the bulletin are also taken by email to mail@bellaghyparish.com Please mark this bulletin news and have all notices into the office by lunchtime On Thursdays.

Mass Times
Mon & Frid 7.30pm
Tues, Wed & Thurs 9.30am
Vigil (Sat) 6.30pm
Sun 9am & 11.30am

The Sacred Heart Messenger. The magazine costs £10.80 for the year ahead and should be paid as soon as possible.

Pioneer Mass for Gold & Silver Jubilarians :
Pioneer Pins will be presented at the vigil Mass on Saturday 6th December

The Priests—The Album
The debut album from Fr Eugene O’Hagan,
Fr Martin O’Hagan & Fr David Delargy has now been released. A significant proportion of any profits will go to charity.

Reminder to Readers and Eucharistic Ministers; There will be an afternoon of Reflection today Sunday 16th November from 3pm—6pm in the Parochial Hall.

Prayer Meetings on Wednesdays
@ 8pm in the Prayer Room

Weddings:
Weddings must be confirmed in
Person. If a wedding is postponed or cancelled please let us know right away.

Baptisms:
1st Saturday of the month &
3rd Sunday of the month

Derry Diocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage 2009
Why not give someone an opportunity of going on the Lourdes Pilgrimage 16th—21st July 2009 as your Christmas Gift.
Gift vouchers (£25 & £50) are now available from The Pilgrimage Office Thurs 11am-2pm & Sat 11am-1pm, 2pm-4pm. Tel 71 260293

We welcome into God’s Family through Baptism:

Caodhan Brendan Kane, Birchwood.
Callum James Patrick McErlean, Ballynease Rd
Elle McGonigle, Bawnmore.
Aodhan Brian McIvor, Ballyscullion Rd

Congratulations to Moira Kearney & Damien Donnelly who were recently married in St Joseph’s.

The children from St Mary’s P.S will be
singing at the Vigil Mass next
Saturday29th November.

Children’s Liturgy Teams.
Next meeting on
Thursday 4th December @ 7.30pm

St Vincent de Paul: Members of the St Vincent de Paul will participate in the Liturgy at the Masses next weekend.

Altar Servers:

Weekdays: Peter Stuart Vigil: Ryan McPeake
9.00am: Aimee McGoldrick 11.30: T J McErlean

Readers for the month of November
Vigil Mass: Edele Brown 9.00am: Francis Donnelly
11.30am: Elaine/Louise Keenan

Daily Readers (November)
Mon: Fidelma McClenaghan Tues: Madeline Scullion Wed: Brigid Scullion
Thurs: Anne Scullion Friday: Anne Scott.

Next Sunday is the First Sunday of Advent and sees the start of a new Church year (Cycle B).

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS SCHEDULE
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Weekend of 29th & 30th November
Vigil: Ann Scullion, Sarah McCann, Ronan Scullion.
9.00am: Tom O’Kane, Dympna Hughes, Brenda McMenamin.
11.30am: Michael Lennon, Martin Scullion, Aisling Doherty.
Weekdays: week commencing 23rd Nov:
Mornng: Elizabeth Davidson Evening: Gertrude Toner

ALTAR SOCIETY: NOVEMBER Colette & Carmeen Glackin

Anniversaries: Fr Eugene Boyle, Gerry McGlinchey, Hubert Kilpatrick, Philip McLaughlin, Michael Scullion.

Church cleaners for November
Mary Scullion, Eileen Scullion & Carmel Scullion

COLLECTORS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER

Vigil Mass 9.00 am 11.30am.
John McGoldrick Tommy McGoldrick Bernard McKenna
Chris Brown John Francis O’Neill Patrick McKenna
John Keenan Mark Scullion

www.catecheticalcentre.org This new website has been launched by Bishop Hegarty. Check out the Youth Section and the popular “Thought for the Day”

Children’s Liturgy Teams November:
Vigil: Clare Quinn, Bernie Quigley & Darina Lee
11.30am: Mary Brown, Clare Brown & Kathleen O’Neill.

Wolfe Tones Bellaghy G.A. C.

GAA Notices:
Lotto No’s: 11, 16, 17, 18 £50 to Margaret Burke
Next weeks Jackpot £3000.
New Club 70th Anniversary tie available £10 each. Anyone wishing to purchase contact Sean Brown 07740588353, 1st come 1st served.
Camogie Notices: Presentation Night will be 28th November.
Gym: The Gym will be open for Ladies on Tues, Wed, and Thurs
mornings 9.30—11am also Frid 6pm—7.30pm. £20 per month.
Dancing Class Tuesdays at 7pm. New members welcome.

St John Bosco Youth Club
Dancing Class: Mondays at 7pm. Tuesday: Under 12’s 6.30pm-8.30pm
Wednesday: over 12’s 7pm—9pm Thursday: over 12’s 7pm—9pm

St John Bosco P.S are holding their annual Christmas Fair on Wed 3rd December 6.30pm—9pm. Come along for all your cards, decorations & gifts. Everyone welcome

Legion Of Mary.

The Bellaghy Praesidium of the Legion of Mary meet every Monday night @ 8.30pm in the Prayer Room. We would be delighted to welcome new members to our group.
Anyone who would like to have the Legion of Mary Statue in their homes for a week, please leave your name in the sacristy.

Malachy’s Castledawson Lotto No’s: 2, 13, 21, 22 Lucky Dip winners
Paddy Bradley & Lisa Hughes. Jackpot now £4300.
Annual Dinner Dance on Frid 5th Dec in The Elk . Tickets now on sale.

St Mary’s P.S.—Dates to Remember

Sat 29th Nov Mrs Fegan’s After-School Choir (Thursdays) will sing @ 6.30pm Mass.

Thurs 4th Dec 6.30-8pm Nursery Fayre Wide selection of handmade crafts, baking, floral arrangements, jewellery, GAA kits etc. Everyone welcome. Christmas Assembly by P4. Xmas raffle will take place afterwards.

SKY’S THE LIMIT FOR ST MARY’S P.S.

Congratulations to all pupils & teachers who were filmed by NEELB to showcase excellent practice in Thinking Skills in the Primary Curriculum. You can access the film on NEELB.TV.

Sperrins Charity Santa Trail in Rural College, Draperstown 6th—17th Dec - £9 per child £4 per adult. Booking essential Tel 028 79629100.

Lifeline Helpline : No matter what your age or where you live in N.I. if you or someone you know is in distress or despair, Lifeline have counsellors available 24hrs a day, 7 days a week. TEL NO 0808 808 8000 - Calls are free from landlines & mobiles

Pilgrimage to Holy Land Sept 2009
Direct flights from Belfast 11 days 1395euros (currently £975stg)
Spiritual directors Fr. Miko Poter & Fr. Gerry Sweeney, Killyclogher
Saving scheme in operation
Details contact Charlie Gillespie 07533330756

Parochial Hall Activities:
Monday @ 8.30pm - BINGO
Lines £20. Houses £40 Last House £200
Books £6. Flyer £1

Wednesday nights—WHIST

St Joseph’s Ballyscullion

Mass Times
Sunday @ 10.00am
Eucharistic Minister for next Sunday
Helen Duffin

Reader for November
Mary Duffin

Collectors for November:
Danny Duffin &
Cathal McErlain
ALTAR SOCIETY:
Catherine Lagan &
Cathy McLaughlin

St Ergnat’s G.A.C
Lotto No’s: 17, 18, 20, 21
£50 Joanna McErlaine
£25 Feargal Kearney, Siobhan McErlaine.
Lotto now £1150 will be drawn on Monday
St Ergnat’s GAC 2009 Calendar on sale next week contains pictures of teams from U6-Senior, limited availability, price £5.
Annual Mass for deceased members on Tuesday 25th Nov 8pm in clubrooms.

Gran Tots Playgroup Swatragh are fundraising to complete a new
Building by Sept 2009. We have entered a competition hosted by UTV on Wed 26th Nov 5.30pm—6pm. We need your (and your friends) telephone votes between 9am and midnight on Nov 26th to help us win £50,000.

We are competing against 1 other group, whoever gets the most votes on the day wins. You can vote up to 10 times from 1 telephone number with the total cost of making 10 votes only £1. The telephone number will be published on the morning of 26th November. It will be available in the Daily Mirror, online www.biglotteryfund.org/peoplesmillions and UTVlife, 5.30pm—6pm

You help is appreciated. Without it we can’t win.

Parish Draw Winners ( Wk. 8).

£500 John Glackin, Mullaghboy Rd 2020 Claire Glackin
£200 Gretta Lynn, Hunters Pk 1135 Eileen Flanagan
£200 Paula Brady, Hunters Pk 2465 Dolores Convery
£100 Maureen Lynn, Mayogall Rd 2598 Bingo

All notices to be in Parish Office by Thursday morning

Accord (Catholic Marriage Care Service)
Provides confidential counselling for couples or individuals who are experiencing problems in their relationships.
Accord also runs marriage preparation courses throughout the year. For further information on our services call 796 42983

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.

Glad that the “Derry Post” has at last picked up on this Info. This has been the way since 1981 when New Cemetery was opened. Bosses of Bellaghy Cemetery take a bow!