SUNDAY 1 MAY 2022
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
The highs and lows that the disciples experience in trying to grasp the meaning of recent events are the kind of mixed emotions with which we are all familiar at some stage in our day-to-day lives – joy, confusion, hope, doubt, fear, despair. In today’s Gospel, we are told that the disciples decide to go back to what they know best, to their old way of life, as fishermen. In the confusing circumstances in which we find ourselves at times, we too sometimes find it easier to ‘go back to our old ways’, to struggle with life in our own ways and to forget about the loving presence of Jesus. We pray today that the joys of the Resurrection will renew and refresh us in our ways and that we will be open in heart and mind to the change that Jesus’ presence brings to our lives.
MASS SCHEDULE THIS WEEK:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 10.00am
Tuesday: 9.30am
Rosary: twenty minutes before Mass.
Saturday: Vigil Mass, 6.30pm. Sunday morning: 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, 95.8FM
MASS INTENTIONS:
Saturday 7 May, 6.30pm: Danny McLaughlin, Letterkenny Road; Danny Boy McLaughlin, Coolatee.
ANNIVERSARIES:
We pray for the following, whose anniversaries occur at this time:
Margaret Kennedy, Post Office Lane; Jack and Elizabeth Carron, Ballintra; Eddie Gallagher, St Jude’s
Annie Clarke, Coolatee; Kathleen Patton, Moneen.
May they rest in peace.
COLLECTION:
THANK YOU for your generosity in last week’s collection, which amounted to €1,984.00
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.
TROCAIRE COLLECTION:
Thank you for your returns to date. It will be appreciated if any final returns can be made by next weekend, so that the total amount can be remitted. Thank you.
DERRY DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOUGH DERG, Friday 24 – Sunday 26 June:
Bishop McKeown will lead the pilgrimage and invites you to join him. Booking is essential, so please call 048 71264087 or email: lizzie.rea@derrydiocese.org . Bus transport available from St Eugene’s Cathedral, Derry.
FREEDOM FROM ADDICTION:
The Matt Talbot Prayer Society prays daily for those with addictions. You can enrol someone to be prayed for each day as well as at the monthly Mass, which takes place in a number of Cathedrals in Ireland. The monthly Mass in our diocese takes place on the first Monday of each month, at 7:30pm, In St Eugene’s Cathedral, Derry (next Mass in St Eugene’s, Monday 2 May). For further information, please visit www.matttalbotprayersociety.com where you can also enrol someone via the online submission.
ACCORD CATHOLIC MARRIAGE CARE SERVICE is currently recruiting volunteers to train as marriage preparation programme facilitators. Accord is seeking registration of interest from those who have a positive attitude towards marriage in the Catholic Church and the enthusiasm to be part of a team supporting couples who are preparing for the Sacrament of Marriage. Successful applicants will receive professional training and will be part of a team delivering marriage preparation programmes locally in accordance with best practice. Contact Deirdre on 07980898399 or by email to info@accordni.com Closing date for receipt of registration of interest forms is 27 May. Registration of Interest form and additional information about becoming a facilitator is available on www.accordni.com
MAY – MONTH OF MARY:
May is a month of special devotion to Our Lady. It is a tradition of our faith that we express, in some special form, the importance of Mary, model in faith, in our homes during this month. In our homes, we can create a sacred space with a May Altar, we can make special effort to pray the Family Rosary each evening or a decade of the Rosary or perhaps pray the Angelus or some other short Marian prayers.
The May Altar is a great way for children to become actively involved in honouring Our Lady at home. May Altars can be created very simply, with a clean white cloth, a statue of Our Lady, Rosary beads, holy water and some flowers. Parents are encouraged to pray with their children each day at the May Altar.
Our Rosary Group continues to pray the Rosary every week-day, starting twenty minutes before morning Mass. During this month, perhaps you might like to make special effort to come along and join in this special time of prayer in our parish. You would be very welcome. As always, sincere thanks to our Rosary Group for their great witness and the blessings that it brings upon our parish.
ROSARY AT OUR LADY’S GROTTO, PORTHALL:
You are invited to join us at the Grotto at Porthall on Friday of this week, 6 May, at 7.00pm, to pray the Rosary, for peace. Everyone is welcome.
SYNOD UPDATE:
On Monday evening of this week the parish Synod Team met to finalise the collation of the responses from our parish ‘listening evenings’, our online responses and our hand-written returns, to enable us to submit our parish response to the diocese. Responses from the parishes across the diocese will, in turn, be collated and, together with the collated responses from the listening events across the country, will be sent to Rome, in response to Pope Francis’ call for a synodal church, in which every Catholic voice matters. A summary of our parish submission (a summary of our parish listening opportunities) will be published soon.
The conversations and the information gleaned from our parish listening evenings, the online responses and the hand-written responses are also a great stepping stone for us locally, in helping us approach, address and meet the pastoral needs of our parish as we move forward. Thank you very much to all who participated. Sincere thanks also to the parish Synod Team, for all their work. It is very much appreciated.
WOMEN OF FAITH CONFERENCE 2022 will be broadcast live on Radio Maria Ireland on Saturday 7 May, from 2.00pm. Speakers: Sr Consilio (Cuan Mhuire), Wendy Grace (Catholic Speaker), Fr Freddy Warner, SMA, Sr Susan Evangelist (Sister of Mercy), Dr. Edward Sri (Scripture Scholar). You are warmly invited to join in.
MARY’S MEALS – PRAY IN MAY:
During May, Mary’s Meals invites us to join them in prayer, in thanksgiving for twenty years of little acts of love and generosity that have made their work possible, and in petition for God’s continued blessing, that Mary’s Meals will continue to grow and flourish enabling them to reach more hungry children. Each day Mary’s Meals reaches more than 2.2million children with a nutritious school meal in 20 countries. Further information and prayer resources including their new resource for children are available on www.marysmeals.org.uk/prayinmay
PRAYER FOR THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE:
Loving God,
we pray for the people of Ukraine,
for all those suffering or afraid, that You will be close to them and protect them.
We pray for world leaders, for compassion, strength and wisdom to guide their choices.
We pray for the world that, in this moment of crisis,
we may reach out in solidarity to our brothers and sisters in need.
May we walk in Your ways, so that peace and justice become a reality
for the people of Ukraine, and for all the world.
Amen.
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.
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.
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
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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