Parish Bulletin
27th June 2021
Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
This week our Primary 7 children said goodbye to St Brigid's Primary School. On Wednesday we celebrated a leavers' Mass where they were joined by family members.
We hope all the young people will have a happy and safe summer holiday and a great start to their new schools in September. May God bless our teachers and school staff as well.
Fr Damian
THIS WEEK
Parish webcam can be viewed on our YouTube channel
(search for Ballymoney Parish)
SATURDAY 26th 5pm Confessions (until 5.30pm)
6pm Vigil Mass
SUNDAY 27th 10am Mass
4pm Vespers & Benediction (not open to the public)
5pm Mass
MONDAY 28th 10am Mass
TUESDAY 29th 9am Mass (not open to public)
THURSDAY 1st 7.30pm Traditional Sung Latin Mass
FRIDAY 2nd 5.30pm Confessions (until 6.30)
7pm Mass
Our Lady & St Patrick’s is open Friday to Monday from 12noon to 4pm for private prayer.
WE PRAY FOR THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED
Recently Deceased
Monica O’Sullivan
Month’s Mind
Daniel McKay
Mary Devine
Anniversaries
Drew Hegarty, Annie McCann, Henry McCann, John McGothigan, Johnny Magee, Susan Wallace.
REQUIESCAT IN PACE
PRAYING FOR OUR PARISH
This week we pray in a special way for the Baird, Gillan, McFerran and McKenna households.
PARISH FINANCES
Thank you for your support of our parish collections.
Collection envelopes can be left in the church at Mass times or left at the parochial house any time. You can also set up a standing order or make a one-off payment to our account with these details:
Parish of Ballymoney & Derrykeighan
Sort code: 95-06-79
Account No: 10020192.
Please make cheques payable to:
Parish of Ballymoney & Derrykeighan
TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS
There will be a traditional Missa Cantata (sung latin Mass) in Our Lady & St Patrick’s on Thursday 1st July at 7.30pm to celebrate the feast of the Precious Blood of Jesus. All are welcome to attend.
BETHANY BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP
Our Bethany team are here to help the bereaved and grieving by listening and offering support. To contact them phone 07594 162 499.
ST VINCENT DE PAUL
Anyone seeking help or interested in assisting us with our work can contact our helpline (07860 455 549) or any member of the Society.
PRO-LIFE
Rally For Life will be holding 'Life Chains' in towns and cities throughout Northern Ireland on Saturday 3rd July from 2pm-4pm. For more information on a 'Life Chain' near you please contact Precious Life on 028 9027 8484 or email info@preciouslife.com
ONLINE SERVICES FROM KNOCK
Daily Masses continue to be broadcast on the Knock Shrine website and Facebook page at 12noon and 7.30pm with the Rosary at 7pm. On Sunday Mass is broadcast at 12noon and 3pm with the Rosary at 2.30pm. Prayers and petitions can be sent through the website.
ONLINE SERVICES FROM LOURDES
The shrine of Our Lady in Lourdes has a website at:
You can watch Masses and devotions in English (or other languages) each day and send in prayers and
petitions.
LOUGH DERG 2021
Lough Derg regrets that it will not be possible in 2021 to reopen Station Island for the Traditional Three Day
Pilgrimage or even for the autumn programme of Day Retreats. Lough Derg will again offer the opportunity to “Do Lough Derg from wherever you are” on 3rd – 5th July.
The outdoor Pilgrimage on the Lough Shore Pilgrim Path will also be available as the summer goes on. Further information from Lough Derg office 0(0353) 71 9861518 or www.loughderg.org.
A PRAYER FOR OUR SCHOOL LEAVERS
Loving and Caring God,
As I come to the end of my time at Primary School,
I reflect on the years since I began school.
Some of the building blocks of my life have happened here without my even knowing it:
reading and writing,
skills that will grow and that I will use throughout my life.
If I look back on my first days at school,
everybody else in the school seemed very big.
Now, I am at the top of the school
and I don’t feel quite so big!
But I am getting ready now to move on,
to new challenges, to a new sense of belonging,
to a new identity.
As I do so, help me always to remember a phrase that can accompany me now and in the future:
Do this in Memory of Me!
Help me, Lord, to remember and not to forget:
that as a child of your family, at any age, I can pray and ask for your guidance; that as a follower of yours, I can make a difference in the world by speaking the truth;
that as a member of the human family,
I can act responsibly and lead others to do the same.
Bless all those who have been part of my journey so far:
my family, my friends, my teachers
and all of the staff at my school.
Keep me in your care, Lord, throughout the summer. Thank you.
Amen.