Parish Bulletin
26th June 2022
Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
After the six weeks of Lent, seven weeks of Easter and the consecutive feasts of Pentecost, Trinity and Corpus Christi, we move this weekend fully into the weeks of ordinary time. The name ordinary time comes from latin—it doesn’t mean ‘boring time’ but rather ‘ordered time’ with the weeks following each other in order. This Sunday is the thirteenth Sunday of the year and the sequence continues up until the thirty third Sunday in November.
This is a quieter half of the year in the Church’s prayer. Green is the usual colour for this season and we’ll see it in the priest’s vestments and altar decorations. The colour represents new life and hope.
Fr Damian
THIS WEEK
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SATURDAY 25th 5-5.30pm Confessions
6pm Vigil Mass
SUNDAY 26th 10am Mass
3pm Blessing of Graves
5pm Mass
MONDAY 27th 10am Mass
WEDNESDAY 29th 10am Mass
FRIDAY 1st 5.30-6.30pm Confessions
7pm Mass
Our Lady & St Patrick’s is open every day for private prayer—usually from 11am to 6pm.
WE PRAY FOR THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED
Recently Deceased
James McAtarsney
Anniversaries
Drew Hegarty, John McGothigan, Susan Wallace
and all those buried in our parish cemetery.
REQUIESCAT IN PACE
PARISH FINANCES
Thank you for supporting all our parish collections.
Envelopes can be left in the church at Mass times or at the parochial house. You can also set up a standing
order or make a one-off payment with these details:
Parish of Ballymoney & Derrykeighan
Sort code: 95-06-79
Account No: 10020192.
Please make cheques payable to:
Parish of Ballymoney & Derrykeighan
CEMETERY SUNDAY
The graves in our parish cemetery will be blessed in a special prayer service on Sunday at 3pm.
Please gather outside in the cemetery by your own family grave.
NB There will be no chairs available outside. Anyone who cannot stand outside is
welcome to listen to the service from inside the church.
The prayers will be led over speakers and we will read the names of those who have died in our parish over the last three years.
At the end a collection will be taken for the upkeep of the cemetery. Thank you for your support.
ST VINCENT DE PAUL
If you need help or you would like to find out more about getting involved in the work of the SVP contact us on 07860 455 549 or by speaking to any member of the society. Thank you for supporting our collections.
OLD & NEW@No.5
We have plenty of things to catch your eye this week. We’re open as usual Wednesday - Saturday 10.00am- 4.30pm and we are based at 5 Gate End, Ballymoney. (You can check us out on Facebook too!)
LOUGH DERG THREE DAY PILGRIMAGE
The pilgrimage runs Wed 1st June until 15th August (Sat 13th Aug is final day to begin the Pilgrimage). Admission €80 with concessions available for students, seniors and groups.
All booking info available at www.loughderg.org,
email info@loughderg.org
or telephone 00353 7198 61518.
PRECIOUS LIFE
The annual All-Ireland Rally for Life takes place in Dublin on Saturday 2nd July. Make a stand to protect Ireland's unborn babies. Coaches travelling from towns across Northern Ireland. Book your seat today.
Contact 02890278484/ 07592280522
or email: info@preciouslife.com
DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO FATIMA
Full board in hotel: 7 nights (8-15 September) from £689 per person sharing. For further enquiries and bookings contact Joe Catney 028 9071 4001 or 0776 425 631
SCHOOL LEAVERS
This week we marked the departure of our Primary 7s from St Brigid’s PS and the Yr 12s from Our Lady of Lourdes. The children from St Brigid’s celebrated a special Mass here on Friday morning while the leavers from Our Lady of Lourdes invited Fr Damian to a prayer service in the school on Thursday afternoon. May God bless all the leavers as they move on to new schools, colleges or new opportunities in the coming months.