SUNDAY 10th APRIL 2022
PALM SUNDAY
‘HOSANNA! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD’
Today, the Church recalls the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem to accomplish the Paschal Mystery, the timeless and central mystery of our faith. The Paschal Mystery includes the sufferings, death, resurrection, ascension of Jesus into glory and the sending of the Holy Spirit on the disciples to continue the work Jesus began. Although these events are spread over a period of seven weeks in the Church liturgy, we should look on them as an indivisible single accomplishment of Jesus for us.
We pray that the sacred events of the Easter Triduum will be a blessed time for all.
MASS SCHEDULE AND LITURGIES FOR HOLY WEEK AND EASTER:
Monday (11 April): Mass at 10.00am
Tuesday (12 April): Mass at 9.30am
Wednesday (13 April): Mass at 10.00am
Rosary, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, twenty minutes before Mass.
Holy Thursday (14 April): Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7.00pm
Adoration at the Altar of Repose available until 9.00pm
Confessions available (in the sacristy) during the time of Adoration
Good Friday (15 April):
The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ at 3.00pm.
Stations of the Cross at 7.00pm
Confessions available (in the sacristy) after the 3.00pm ceremony & after the 7.00pm Stations
Holy Saturday (16 April): Easter Vigil, 8.30pm
Easter Sunday (17 April): Mass at 9.00am and 11.00am
For those who are unable to come out to church, all our Masses continue to be available on our parish webcam:
and our 11.00am Mass is also broadcast live each Sunday on Finn Valley Radio, FM95.8.
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Samuel Hepburn, late of Rossgier, Lifford (formerly Raphoe)
As a parish faith community, we offer our sympathy and our prayerful support to Lydia, to Samuel and Dawn, to Tony and Bertie, to the grandchildren and great-grand-daughter and to the wider family circle and friends of Samuel, whose Funeral Mass took place in St Patrick’s last Sunday. May he rest in peace.
Mary McGinley (nee Smyth), late of Germany (formerly Kilternan, Co Dublin)
As a parish faith community, we offer our sympathy and our prayerful support to John, to Marie and Sean, to Patrick and to the wider family circle and friends of Mary, whose Funeral Mass took place in St Patrick’s on Saturday. May she rest in peace.
ANNIVERSARIES:
We pray for the following, whose anniversaries occur at this time:
Patrick Masterson, Legandara; Mark McGinley, Letterkenny Road; Dermot McCosker, Main Street
Ollie Gallagher-Hughes, Edenmore; Paul Friel, Braide; Ted Collins, Ballina; John James Maguire, Scotland Denis Maguire, Scotland; Billy Bonner, Townparks; Eddie Crawford and John Crawford, The Common.
May they rest in peace.
COLLECTION:
THANK YOU for your generosity in last week’s collection, which amounted to €2,450.00
Download our Standing Order Form here.
You can also request envelopes by simply clicking on this link: ‘Get in Touch‘ and then select Parish Envelopes from the drop-down menu.
MASS OF CHRISM:
Bishop McKeown will celebrate the Mass of Chrism with the priests of the diocese in St Eugene’s Cathedral, Derry, on Holy Thursday morning (14 April) at 10 o’clock. During Mass the holy Oils for Baptism, Confirmation, Anointing of the Sick and Ordination are blessed. Also, the priests renew their Ordination promises. It is the only Mass celebrated in the diocese on Holy Thursday morning. You can join in the Chrism Mass via the St Eugene’s parish webcam: http://www.steugenescathedral.com/webcam.html
TROCAIRE COLLECTION:
The Trocaire Lenten Boxes should be returned to the church on Holy Thursday evening, if possible. There will be a basket at the front of the church (during our ceremonies) from Holy Thursday evening until Easter Sunday. This year, the story of Thandekile and her two children is the story of courage we are told as Trocaire highlights the devastating impacts of Covid-19 on communities in Zimbabwe who were already facing significant challenges due to climate change and food insecurity. You are asked to be as generous as you can in the Trocaire Lenten campaign. Thank you.
GOOD FRIDAY is a day of Fast and Abstinence, as a sharing in Christ’s suffering and as a reminder that we are called to penance and to conversion of life.
DIVINE MERCY NOVENA:
Many people like to pray the Divine Mercy Novena for the nine days from Good Friday (15 April) until the first Saturday of Easter (23 April), leading into Divine Mercy Sunday (24 April). For those who would like to join in the Novena but do not have a copy of it, you can access it on: https://divinemercy.life/the-divine-mercy-novena/
NAOMH PADRAIG LEIFEAR:
Carpark Bingo at the Clubhouse Carpark on Monday 18 April. Cost of books is €10 each. Over €1,000 in prizes to be won. Come early: Eyes Down at 6.30pm sharp!
FRIENDS OF LIFFORD HOSPITAL AGM will be held on Tuesday 12 April at 7.00pm in Lifford Old Courhouse. All are welcome to attend.
ANAM CARA DONEGAL:
Parent Evening for bereaved parents on Thursday 14 April at 7:15pm in the Raddison Blu, Letterkenny. This event is free and open to all bereaved parents, regardless of the age your child died, the circumstances of their death, or whether their death was recent. Anam Cara also offers an online service. Please contact 085 288 8888/info@anamcara.ie for further information.
BLESSING OF THE GRAVES:
Monday 13 June, at 7.00pm. Please let your family members know.
PARISH SYNOD SURVEY:
Synodal Question sheets should be returned to the Returns for Synod box at the back of the church by this evening (Sunday). There has been a good uptake on the online questionnaire. Thank you to all who have participated. You can access it by going on to our parish Facebook page and clicking the Clonleigh Parish Synod Survey article. Again, responses should be completed by this evening (Sunday). The survey will no longer be available after this evening.
In the coming weeks, the responses from our four sources of the ‘listening’ process’ to date, ie the two ‘listening evenings’, the ‘manual survey’ (sheets at back of church), the online (Facebook) survey and the survey available to our school-children in our three schools, will be collated, to enable us to submit our Parish Response to the diocese. When that is all complete, we will plan for the next steps on our synodal journey here in the parish. Thank you very much for your participation and, again, sincere thanks to the parish synodal team for their time and dedication.
Please continue to pray our Parish Prayer:
God our Father, pour forth Your Holy Spirit on our parish.
Guide us in Your ways, grant us Your vision.
Be our wisdom. Open our hearts and minds to Your Holy Word,
strengthen us with the Holy Eucharist, our food for the journey.
Help us to be people of prayer,
trusting in Your constant presence in the challenges that we face.
With Your help, may our parish always be a place where
Your love is known, Your light shines and our parish families grow together in faith and mission.
We ask this through Christ our Lord, Amen. St Patrick, pray for us.
UPCOMING DATES OF NOTE:
Saturday 21 May: First Holy Communion in our parish
Monday 13 June, at 7.00pm: Blessing of Graves in our parish
Sunday 19 June, Feast of Corpus Christi:
Corpus Christi Procession for the First Holy Communion Children of our parish.
You can access the Readings on our parish website:
I hope that having the Readings available on our parish website is also helpful to our Scripture readers, for the purpose of checking them out in advance. The Daily Mass Readings are also on our website: https://clonleighparish.com/todays-mass-readings/ . Alternatively, just google Clonleigh Parish readings.
CHURCH CONTRIBUTIONS:
You can donate to the Church via The Parish Envelopes or by Standing Order. Download this easy to fill form: Standing Order Form – & send to or email the Parish Office: clonleighparish@derrydiocese.org
Parish Contact Details:
Parish Priest: Fr Colm O’Doherty Parochial House: 074-9142022
Mobile: 0833665530
Parish Office – Secretary: Lorna Porter @ 074-9142001
Email: clonleighparish@derrydiocese.org
Parish website: www.clonleighparish.com
Follow us on Twitter: @clonleighparish
Find us on Facebook:. Clonleigh Parish
Join our free Clonleigh Parish Text Service on WhatsApp. We will text you when we update our website with the Parish Newsletter etc. And you can link in to read the latest updates.
SAFEGUARDING:
The Derry Diocesan Liaison Person, to whom any safeguarding concerns or allegations should be
communicated is: Ms Marie Gormley, Email: marie.gormley@derrydiocese.org Tel: 0044 7596 500 793