SUNDAY 23rd June 2024:
J U B I L E E Y E A R 2 0 2 4
St Patrick, pray for us.
MASS SCHEDULE THIS WEEK:
MONDAY Rosary, 9.40am Mass, 10.00am
TUESDAY Rosary, 9.10am Mass, 9.30am
WEDNESDAY Rosary, 9.40am Mass, 10.00am
THURSDAY Rosary, 9.40am Mass, 10.00am
FRIDAY Rosary, 9.40am Mass, 10.00am
SATURDAY Vigil Mass, 6.30pm
SUNDAY Mass, 10.00am
(The Rosary is normally recited by the congregation 20 minutes prior to the midweek morning Mass). As always, you are invited to come along to this special time of parish prayer
and blessing in our church.
All Masses are livestreamed on our webcam; 10.00am Mass on Sunday is broadcast by Finn Valley Radio, 95.8FM
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ANNIVERSARIES:
We pray for those whose anniversaries occur at this time. May they rest in peace:
John Devenney, Coneyburrow; George Clarke, Coolatee.
MASS INTENTIONS:
Thursday 27 June, 10.00am: Roger Connolly, Coneyburrow Road – First Anniversary
Friday 28 June, 7.00pm: Maurice Foley, Rossgier – First Anniversary
Saturday 29 June, 6.30pm:
Margaret Edmundson, Drumbuoy – First Anniversary; Peter McBrearty, The Common
Sunday 30 June, 10.00am: Derek Currie, Ballindrait.
THANK YOU for your generosity in last week’s collection, which amounted to £1,585. Thank you also to those who contribute by Standing Order and online.
Our Jubilee collection envelopes continue to be available at the doors of the church for all who would like to make a contribution at some stage over the course of the year. This collection will go towards the costs attached to our jubilee celebrations this year. Thank you to all who have already contributed.
JUBILEE PARISH PILGRIMAGE TO KNOCK:
Saturday 3 August. Luxury Coach with Ayton Travel, leaving the church carpark at 7.30am. Cost: €30 including bus and evening meal. To book, tel James on 085 8767999 or Louise on 086 0567455. It is hoped that, in this Jubilee Year for our parish, many parishioners will join in our pilgrimage to Knock, where I will celebrate Mass, in the Apparition Church, at 12.30pm.
MASS AND ANOINTING OF THE SICK:
MONDAY 24 JUNE, 7.00PM:
We look forward to this special occasion in the life of our parish, tomorrow evening. Please note, help will be available at the church for those who have any mobility issues and nurses will be available at the Mass, to help anyone in need.
Anointing will also be available to anyone who seeks healing of any kind in their lives at this time, physical, spiritual, psychological or emotional. For those who are able to come forward for anointing, they will be invited to come to the foot of the sanctuary. For those who have mobility issues or prefer not to come forward for any reason, that is not a problem: the priests will come to you in your seat.
This will also be an evening for remembering in prayer all who care for the sick in any capacity – at home, in their neighbourhood, in hospital, in nursing/care homes.
PARISHIONERS TAKING PART IN THE DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES, 1 – 5 JULY, PLEASE NOTE:
All pilgrims are invited to a meeting in the Everglades Hotel, Victoria Road, Derry, on Tuesday 25 June at 7.30pm. Important information will be shared at this meeting and it is intended that pilgrims’ packs and tickets will be available for distribution. If you cannot attend in person, please designate someone to represent you, if possible.
Our pilgrimage to Lourdes is drawing close and I am delighted that a number of parishioners are taking part in it, including those who will join the pilgrimage while we are in Lourdes. I very much look forward to being with you all and to helping make sure that it will be a memorable few day of pilgrimage, in this our Jubilee year.
MASS OF THANKSGIVING AND REMEMBRANCE FOR THE IRISH DEFENCE FORCES, this Friday, 28 June, 11.00am, followed by refreshments in the Parish Community Centre, provided by the 28th Battalion Catering Corps. In this Jubilee year for our parish, this Mass is being celebrated to acknowledge the service given to our community by the members of the Irish Defence Forces over the years. In attendance will be officers and service men and women of 28th Infantry Battalion, who will form a guard of honour beginning at 10.30am, as well as members of the various army associations. We invite all families of those who are presently serving or who formerly served in the Army to come along to this special occasion and, indeed, everyone in the parish is most welcome to come along.
DERRY DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOUGH DERG:
Friday 26 July – Sunday 28 July. Open to age 16+. For those for whom it is convenient, a bus from Derry will travel via Lifford and Ballybofey. Cost of the pilgrimage, including bus transport, £80. Cost without transport £70 (€80). You are welcome to make your own way there are meet the pilgrims at Lough Derg. If availing of the bus transport, booking is essential: contact Tony Brennan on tony.brennan@derrydiocese.org or tel: the Diocesan Office on 048 71262302.
CLONLEIGH CHURCH OF IRELAND FUNDRAISER:
Afternoon Tea next Saturday, 29 June, at Lifford Old Courthouse. €15 per person. To book, call 074 9141733. Everyone is welcome.
MARY’S MEALS:
Fr Eamonn Kelly, priest of Raphoe diocese, has been in contact to say, “For the past eleven years, Walks to Knock Shrine have taken place, to raise awareness of, and raise funds for Mary’s Meals. We are now launching Step by Step to Feed the Next Child 2024. We have walks originating in many counties, north and south. All walks go from 7 August to 15 August. We are seeking people to help us create new walks, join us for a day or half day or a few hours, collect, take a sponsor card or promote the walk. It costs €22 to give a child a meal each day in school for a school year and every eleven cents raised provides a meal. If you would like more information or to get involved, I would love to hear from you. My contact details are: Eamonn Kelly (Rev), Parochial House, Convoy, Co Donegal, F93HX2R, eamonnkelly1949@gmail.com or 087 9077985.”
SUMMER HOLIDAYS!
As the school holidays begin and holiday season starts, we hope that all our school-children and young people will enjoy a happy and safe break. Thank you to our teachers and all the staff in our schools – we hope you too will enjoy a well-earned holiday.
To all who are going on holidays or are out and about this summer, please take care and please travel with attention when walking, cycling or driving. Have a lovely time, wherever you are!
PRAYER
Holy Spirit, whose guiding presence we find wherever we go,
Protect all who travel this summer and bring them safely to their journey’s end.
Protect our children and young people, surround them with Your loving care,
and help them to recognise danger.
This we ask through Christ our Lord, Amen.
UPCOMING JUBILEE EVENTS:
Below is a snap-shot of the Jubilee events planned for the rest of the year; some details are yet to be confirmed.
Mass of Anointing of the Sick – Monday 24 June, 7.00pm
Mass for the Irish Defence Forces – Friday 28 June, 11.00am; lunch in Parish Community Centre
Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes – 1 – 5 July
Parish Pilgrimage to Knock – Saturday 3 August
Family of Families Jubilee Barbecue at Parish Community Centre – Saturday 24th August
Mass to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the Parish of Clonleigh – Sunday 25 August. Celebrant Archbishop Eamon Martin, followed by refreshments and entertainment in Clonleigh Social Centre
Jubilee Walk to the Old Clonleigh Graveyard – September: finer details to be confirmed
Celebration of our parish schools – October: finer details to be confirmed
Annual Mass for the Dead – Monday 4 November, 7.00pm, with special remembrance of those who have died in the past sixty years
Nativity Concert – Sunday 15 December, 7.00pm. A date not to be missed – put it in your diary!
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