Sunday 29th July 2007

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reflection - The Lord's Prayer

The ‘Our Father’ is the first and greatest of all Christian prayers. Its short and simple phrases embrace every relation between us and God. It not only tells us what to pray for, but also how to pray for it.

However, it tends to be said so hurriedly that much of its meaning is lost. This is a pity. Because, properly understood, the ‘Our Father’ contains a whole programme for Christian living. If we were to live up to what it contains, we would be perfectly in tune with the mind of Christ, because undoubtedly this is how he himself prayed and lived.

The first part deals with God. We begin by acknowledging God’s existence, and calling him ‘Father’.

The second part deals with us and our needs. We begin by praying for our daily bread. ‘Bread’ stands for all our material needs. All we really need, however, is enough for today.

The whole of the ‘Our Father’ is couched in plural terms. This shows that we are one family under God, and that there can be no salvation for us independent of others.

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.

Wednesday 15th August is The Feast of The Assumption and a Holyday of Obligation.
Masses on Tuesday 14th @ 7.30pm and
Wednesday 15th @ 10.00am.
There will be no morning mass on Tuesday 14th August

Update of Parish Records.
We are currently in the process of updating our records.
Census forms will be delivered to every home over the coming weeks and we ask for your co-operation in filling in these forms and retuning them in the envelope provided.

Mass & Church Activities

Altar Servers:
Weekdays:
29/7/07 N Larkin
5/8/07 E Rea
12/8/07 A Quinn
19/8/07 N McErlean
Weekends:
29th Jul Vigil: N McErlean - 11.30: A Quinn
5th Aug Vigil: N Larkin - 11.30: N McErlean
12th Aug Vigil: E Rea - 11.30: N Larkin
19th Aug Vigil: A Quinn - 11.30: E Rea

Readers for the month of August
Vigil Mass: Francis Donnelly
11.30am: Deirdre Diamond

Church cleaners for August
Teresa Laverty, Brigid Diver, Anna Rea & Marian O’Neill.

ALTAR SOCIETY: Mary Murphy & Philomena Murphy.

COLLECTORS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST
Vigil Mass: Peter Diver, Lawrence Diver, Patsy Cassidy
11.30am: Michael Scullion, Cathal McErlean, Pat Mawhinney

Last Week’s Church Collection: £ 2260.00
Recent Car Boot Sale £455.00 Thank You!

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

Deaths:
We offer our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of
Elizabeth Brown,
Michael Lennon,
Agnes Laverty &
George McElhone who died recently

Anniversaries
Pat Kearney, Molly Milne, Mary Robinson,
Annie Mulholland, Michael Diamond, John & Brigid Laverty.

CONGRATULATIONS to Kathleen Scullion & Colin Fisher.
Laura Convery & Gerard McKay. and Kara Craig & Ian Stuart
who were married recently.

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: 7, 18, 19, 24 £25 each to Aisling O’Neill & Brigid O’Neill. Jackpot now £3,200.00

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

St Malachy’s Castledawson
Lotto No’s 2, 18, 23, 24. No Winner. £25 each to Eugene McGovern & Declan Laverty

Jackpot next week £6,300.

St John Bosco Youth Club, Ballynease:

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

St V de Paul: Annual Senior Citizen’s Trip to Bangor on 2nd August. Bus departs @ 10.30am and returns @ 7pm. A few seats are still available.

Family Fun Day—Sat 4th August @ 113 Ballyscullion Rd, Bellaghy
12 noon Admission Adults £3 Children £1. All proceeds in aid of Marie Curie & Sandleford Special School. Grand Prize Draw will take place on the day.

We welcome into God’s family through Baptism:
Cliodhna Diamond, Broagh Village.
Damien & Mark Duffin, L’beg Rd.
Colm James Scullin, B’scullion Rd.
Hannah McPeake, T’duff Rd.
Roisina Margaret Quigley, Drumcondra.
Jamie Thomas Logan, Birchwood.
Chloe Kane, Maghera.
Shannon Rihanna Hussain, London &
Aoife Mary Quinn, B’nease Rd.

PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE NO BULLETIN
UNTIL 18/19 AUGUST

St Joseph’s Ballyscullion
Next Sunday.
Reader for August : Mary Duffin
Sunday Mass at 10.00 am
Collectors for August: P McTaggart & N Scullin.
ALTAR SOCIETY: Maura, Siobhan & Claire McErlain.

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

Wednesday 15th August is The Feast of The Assumption and a
Holyday of Obligation. Mass on Tuesday 14th August @ 6.45pm

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.

CFL Computer Training Kids computer classes available in Portglenone. EDCL, SAGE and other classes also running throughout the summer.
Tel Mary 028 25821184

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

PRAYER TO THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY
Father in heaven,
all creation rightly gives you praise,
for all life and all holiness come from you.
In the plan of your wisdom
she who bore the Christ in her womb
was raised body and soul in glory to be with him in heaven.
May we follow her example in reflecting your holiness
and join in her hymn of endless love and praise.

We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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.