SUNDAY 4th June 2023:
TRINITY SUNDAY
Since the last Sunday of February 2023, the liturgical calendar has taken us through Lent, Holy Week, Easter, the Ascension, Pentecost and now, today, the celebration of Trinity Sunday. Today’s Feast of the Blessed Trinity – the Father, Son and Holy Spirit – draws our focus to the Trinitarian God who has been involved in all the events we have remembered and celebrated over these weeks. The Trinitarian God is beyond our human capacity to fully understand; it is a mystery, and we profess our faith in that mystery each time we pray The Creed and, indeed, each time we bless ourselves.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
MASS SCHEDULE THIS WEEK:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 10.00am
Tuesday: 9.30am
Novena to the Sacred Heart will be prayed at our Masses each day from
8 June (Thursday of this week) until 16 June (Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus).
The Rosary is prayed each weekday, starting twenty minutes before Mass.
Saturday: Vigil Mass, 6.30pm. Sunday morning: Mass at 9.00am and 11.00am
All Masses are livestreamed on our webcam; 11.00am Mass on Sunday is broadcast by Finn Valley Radio, 95.8FM
MASS INTENTIONS:
Wednesday 7 June: 10.00am, Danny Matthewson, Gortin North
Saturday 10 June: 6.30pm, Bridget Crawford, Glenfad
Sunday 11 June: 9.00am, Danny Gamble, Rossgier.
ANNIVERSARIES:
We pray for those whose anniversaries occur at this time. May they rest in peace:
Johnny McGinley, Letterkenny Road,
Joe Moore, Strabane; Joanne O’Donnell, Kilea; Martin Connolly, Porthall; Martin Brennan, Coneyburrow
Danny Matthewson, Gortin North; Agnes McCallion, Coneyburrow; William & Elizabeth O’Brien, Lifford.
THANK YOU for your generosity in last week’s collection, which amounted to €2,078. Sincere thanks also to those who contribute by Standing Order.
PARENTS OF FIRST HOLY COMMUNION CHILDREN, PLEASE NOTE:
The final Sunday of the Do This In Memory programme is next Sunday, 11 June – Feast of Corpus Christi (the Body and Blood of Christ). The children will be invited to participate in a Corpus Christi procession. They are asked to wear their First Holy Communion outfit for this special occasion. Weather permitting, we will have an outside procession, which I will lead, carrying the Blessed Sacrament, at our 11.00am Mass.
LEAVERS MASS for the 6th Class children will be celebrated in our church on Thursday 15 June, at 1.30pm, in St Patrick’s Church. Parents, grandparents and family members are invited to attend this Mass, offering our prayerful support to our 6th Class children, who will embark in a new chapter in their young lives in the new school year. Everyone in the parish community is welcome to attend.
ALTAR SERVERS:
Now that we are in a position to do so again, it is intended that, starting in September, we will have Altar Servers at each of our Sunday Masses (Saturday Vigil and Sunday Morning Masses). If you have a child in 3rd Class up to 6th Class who would like to become an Altar Server, please let me know in the coming days or weeks. Training will be provided before the start of September. I very much look forward to having Altar Servers at our Masses again.
BLESSING OF THE GRAVES will take place on Monday 12 June, at 7.00pm. Please bring rosary beads and each family should bring a small bottle of holy water. If you do not have holy water, please bring a small container and holy water will be available for your use, outside the church. Each family is also invited to come along (beforehand, if you can), and light a candle for your loved one(s). I very much look forward to this prayerful occasion in our parish when, in time-honoured tradition, we honour our beloved deceased and pray together, as families and friends, for the happy repose of their souls.
DERRY DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOUGH DERG:
Parishioners are invited to join Bishop McKeown, who will lead the annual Diocesan Lough Derg pilgrimage, from Friday 23 June – Sunday 25 June. Open to age 16+. (For those for whom it is convenient, a bus will travel from St Eugene’s Cathedral, Derry). You are welcome to make your own way there are meet the pilgrims at Lough Derg. Tel +44 (0)28 71264 087 for enquiries or email lizzie.rea@derrydiocese.org
ILLUMINATING COLMCILLE / Léargas ar Cholm Cille:
Friday 9 June is the Feast Day of St Colmcille. The County Donegal Heritage Office has produced a free, bi-lingual, 32-page, colouring book entitled ‘Illuminating Colmcille / Léargas ar Cholm Cille’ that highlights some of the heritage sites, places, objects and archives associated with St Colmcille’s life and legacy. Copies are available, free of charge, from your local library.
JUNE – MONTH OF DEVOTION TO THE SACRED HEART:
This week we enter June, month of devotion to the Sacred Heart. You are invited to place each day in the care of the Sacred Heart, by praying this simple but powerful Aspiration:
“Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee.”
Parents, you are invited to teach this Aspiration to your children,
inviting the children to name the prayer intention for each day.
You may also wish to create a Sacred Space in your home devoted to the Sacred Heart with, perhaps, some red and white material, a statue of the Sacred Heart, a crucifix, some holy water and a candle (to be lit and burnt under adult supervision). Again, you are asked to include children in creating your Sacred Space.
For the nine days leading into the Feast of the Sacred Heart which, this year, falls on 16 June, we will pray a Novena at our 10.00am Mass, starting this Thursday (8 – 16 June). It will consist of the Novena Prayer, a short Scripture passage and a short Meditation on the passage. All of us carry our own prayer petitions in our heart: you are invited to come along to our Mass on those days, if you can, and join in the Novena, placing your special intentions in the care of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
UPCOMING DATES OF NOTE FOR OUR PARISH:
Sunday 11 June: Corpus Christi Procession with the First Holy Communion children, 11.00am Mass
Monday 12 June: Blessing of the Graves, at 7.00pm. Please let your relatives and friends know.
Saturday 12 August: Second Annual Parish Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine. Full details will follow.
Access the Readings on our parish website:
The Daily Mass Readings are also on our website: https://clonleighparish.com/todays-mass-readings/ . Alternatively, just google Clonleigh Parish readings.
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 NOTICE:
If you have any concerns about safeguarding children or adults in need of protection within the Church, please contact Marie Gormley, the Diocesan Designated Liaison Person, on 07596 500793 or by email on marie.gormley@derrydiocese.org