Sunday 20th December 2009
4th Sunday of Advent
First Reading Micah 5: 1-4
Out of you will be born the one who is to rule over
Israel.
Second Reading Hebrews 10: 5-10
Here I am! I am coming to obey your will.
Gospel Luke 1: 39-44
Why should I be honoured with a visit from the mother
of my Lord?
PHONE
NUMBERS FOR NEIGHBOURING PARISHES:
Dungiven : Fr Aidan Mullan 028 777 41219
Fr Joe Gormley
028 777 41256
Claudy
: Fr David O’Kane 028 71 337727
PLEASE
NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE NO BULLETIN
ON
WEEKENDS OF 26TH/27TH DECEMBER OR 2ND/3RD JANUARY
2010.
Any notices
for over the Christmas period should be left with
Josephine before 7.30pm on Wednesday evening.
Tel 028777 81627
or email to johassan@btinternet.com.
We will do our
best to accommodate all notices in next week’s
edition.
Thank you for
your cooperation throughout 2009.
MASS
TIMES DURING THE WEEK
St Josephs: Monday 9.30am, Wednesday
8.00pm
St Mary’s: Tuesday
and Thursday 10.00am
St Peter & Paul’s
Monday, Tuesday 9.00am,
Wednesday 7.30pm
Confessions after 7.30pm Mass
on Wednesday
CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES
Fincairn
Christmas EveVigil: 8.00pm
Christmas Morning 9.30am
Altinure Christmas
Eve Vigil: 6.00pm
Christmas Morning: 10.30am
St Peter & Paul’s Christmas
Eve Vigil 8.00pm
Christmas Morning: 11.30am
MASS TIMES WEEK BEGINNING 27TH
DECEMBER
Fincairn:
Mon, Tues & Wed no Mass
New Year’s Eve Vigil 11.00pm
Friday, New Year’s Day 9.30am
Altinure:
Mon to Thursday no Mass
Friday, New Year’s Day 7.30pm
St Peter & St Paul’s
No Mass on Saturday morning 27th December
COMMUNION FOR THE
SICK
The Sick in Altinure will be
visited on Friday, 1st January 2010.
CONFESSIONS
On Sunday there will be a penitential
service for the whole parish with a number of Priests
in Fincairn Church at 6.00pm. This is a good opportunity
for Confessions before Christmas.
FINCAIRN CONFESSIONS
Wednesday 23rd December 12 noon – 1.00pm and
7.00pm – 8.00pm
Christmas Eve 12 noon – 1.00pm
ALTINURE CONFESSIONS
Sunday 20th December after Mass
Christmas Eve after 10 am Mass and 5.00pm –
6.00pm
PENITENTIAL SERVICES
Claudy Monday 14th December at 7.30pm
Limavady Wednesday 16th December at 7.30pm
Fincairn Sunday 20th December at 6.00pm
COLLECTIONS
Thank you for your generosity:
St Joseph’s:
£921 St Mary’s: £955
ALTAR SERVERS –
ST JOSEPH’S
Sat 26th December –
Team 3 (weekdays) – Trudy Farren, Katie McGrellis,
Anna Maria Murphy, Oran McCormick, Cathair Coll, Reece
Armstrong, Oran Cassidy
Sun 27th December – Team
4 – Aedan McGrellis, Ellie McGrellis, Ciara
mcCloskey, Liam Eoin Campbell, Conor Campbell, Conor
McCullagh
Sat 2nd January 2010 –
Team 1 – Hannah Mullan, Aimee Loughery, Kerry
Campbell, Emma O’Neill, Sorcha McGrellis
Sun 3rd January 2010 –
Team 2 (weekdays) – Colleen mcCloskey, Rachel
Biggs, Chloe McDermott, Conor Murphy, Oisin Lockhart
Sat 9th January 2010 –
Team 3
Sun 10th January 2010 - Team
4 (weekdays)
ALTAR SERVERS –
ST PETER & ST PAUL’S
Week beg 26th December: Ryan Downey, Cahair Feeney,
Eunan O’Dwyer
Week beg 2nd Jan 2010: Gemma O’Connor, Ashling
Armstrong, Cahir O’Connor
Week beg 9th Jan 2010 – Tiarnan Lynch, Tiarnan
Burke, Cahan Brolly, Cora McLaughlin
READERS – ST
MARY’S (December)
Vigil – Grace Conway & Jennifer McCloskey
Morning – Arthur O’Kane
READERS – ST
JOSEPH’S
Christmas Eve Sheena McGrellis Christmas Day Ryan
Hegarty
Sat 26th Dec: Caoimhe Crossan Sun 27th Dec Liam Campbell
READERS – ST
PETER & ST PAUL’S
Christmas Eve Gerard Lynch Christmas Day Margaret
McLaughlin
Sat 26th Dec Carmel McElhinney Sun 27th Dec Nuala
McCloskey
Sat 2nd Jan Gerry McCloskey Sun 3rd Jan Elaine Feeney
Sat 9th Jan Claire Sheerin Sun 10th Jan Caroline McCormick
PARISH WORKERS FOR
JANUARY 2010
St Joseph’s, Fincairn
Collectors:
Vigil: Vincent McCloskey, Noel Hasson
Sun morn: Paul McDermott, Anthony O’Neill
Chapel Cleaners:
Breige O’Neill, Anne McCloskey, Kathleen Lynch,
Patricia Brolly
Flowers: Sheila Brolly and Joey McDermott
St Mary’s, Altinure
Readers:
Vigil: Michael Forrester
Sun morn: Grace McKenna and Sinead McKenna
Church Ladies Annie McElhinney, Brid
Devine and Sheila McNickle
Collectors: Vigil: Paddy Mullan,
Kieran o’Kane, Paul Devine, Dermot Devine
Morning: Shane Kerlin, Eugene O’Kane, Paul Kerlin,
Seamus O’Neill (Eden)
Counters: Team 4, Park Village
FEENY BAND CHRISTMAS DRAW WINNERS:
£200 – Pauline
McAteer, 40 Mill Road, Drumsurn
£100 – Sean Kealey,
74 Main St, Feeny
£75 – Philip Watson
c/o Mickey Carton
ST MARY’S GAC,
BANAGHER
Camogie Convention will take
place on Thursday 7th January at 7.30pm in The Pavilion.
Everyone welcome.
PARK COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP
If you wish to enroll your
child for the September 2010 intake, please collect
an application pack from the Playgroup as soon as
possible. For further information, contact the Playgroup
leader Jacqueline Brady on 777 81809.
LEARMOUNT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
GROUP
Our annual Christmas magazine
will be distributed door to door in advance of Christmas
(£2 per copy). Additional copies will also be
on sale from the Community Centre, local shops and
in the Post Office.
Over the Christmas period
we will also be distributing a Community Survey to
a number of homes in the Park and surrounding areas.
As the information collated from this survey will
be used for future community development, decisions
and funding applications we would greatly appreciate
if you cold take the time to complete it. Someone
will call to your house to collect the completed survey.
Everyone at Learmount Community
Development Group would like to wish you all a Happy
Christmas and all the best for 2010.
CHILDREN IN CROSSFIRE would
like to thank all those who took an Advent Calendar
at the end of November. Donations can be returned
to churches over the weekend of 2nd/3rd January. Collection
bins will be positioned at the entrances to churches
for donations to be placed into on the way into Mass.
TO EVERYONE IN
BANAGHER PARISH,
AND THOSE ABROAD
WHO READ THIS NEWSLETTER ON THE WORLDWIDE WEB
WE WISH YOU A
HAPPY AND HOLY CHRISTMAS AND A PEACEFUL NEW YEAR!
