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Sunday 14th October 2018 Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

‘Go and sell everything you own and follow me’ Mark 10:17-30

‘Praying is not like using a magic wand. Prayer requires commitment, constancy and determination’ Francis tweet October 2018

Sunday 14th October 2018 TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (45-2018) (Sunday Readings Cycle B – Weekday Cycle 1)

PLEASE NOTE Due to the new Data Protection Regulations in our hospitals, a patient list will no longer be made available to the Priests. In light of this could you please let us know if you have someone in hospital to be visited by contacting Fr Desmond Mooney: 02841772200 or Fr Tom: 02840630306.If you get the answering machine, please give the Name of the person, the Hospital and if possible the Ward number.

PARISH OFFICE - Open Monday to Thursday 10.00am to 2.00pm For Anniversaries, Marriages or Baptisms phone 028 3085 0270 WEBSITE ADDRESS www.mayobridgeparish.com Bulletin News to Morgan 07929568392 or email [email protected] by Wednesday evening Email Information for parish website to [email protected] Parish website and webcam now functioning for the sick and housebound and for those who live far from home www.mayobridgeparish.com AL-NON FAMILY GROUP 028 9068 2368 www.al-anonuk.org.uk THE PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL email address is: [email protected] should a parishioner or visitor to the Parish wish to contact them SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN - Designated person for Dromore Diocese: Patricia Carville 07789917741 Action on Elder Abuse Northern Ireland www.elderabuse.org/northernireland Freephone helpline 08 08 088141 Parish Hall - to book contact Thomas Gallagher 07831 272638

RECENTLY BAPTISED - We welcome into our faith community Ava Ellen Garvey, 14 Aughnagun Road, Peter Murphy, 19a Bettyshill Road, Eabha Mary Fegan, 14 Coyles Hill and Mila O’Neill/Doyle 19 Bavan Grove.

DAY/DATE TIME ANNIVERSARIES Sat 13th Oct 6.00pm Curtis Clyde, Lisbane Park: Clare Higgins, Mayo Road: Thomas, Bridget & Thomas Mackin, Edentrumley Road Sun 14th Oct 11.15am Mon 15th Oct 9.30am Mass. St Teresa of Avilia, and Tues 16th Oct 9.30am Mass in Burren Wed 17th Oct 7.30pm St , Bishop and Martyr John & Elizabeth Downey & Deceased Family Members, Ballydulaney Fri 19th Oct 9.30am Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion in Convent Chpl 7.00pm Mass in Burren Sat 20th Oct 6.00pm MM Martin Flynn, Hillside, Chapel Hill Joseph White, Mayo Road: John & Molly White, St Anne’s Park: Joseph, Mary & Owen Magee, Mayo Road Sun 21st Oct 11.15am Mission Sunday Sr Dympna & Sr Attracta Byrne: Peter & Noreen Grant, Bavan Road: Sandra Fegan, Craignamona Close

SAINT ANNE’S OIL AND CORD can be obtained from Mrs Lily Gribben, Tel – 028 3085 1424

Thank you for your support of the Parish for last week Sunday 7th October £977.37

CONVENT CHAPEL – is open each Tuesday, Friday and Sunday

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (MAYOBRIDGE) - For anyone wishing to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation please feel free to call into the Sacristy before 7.30pm Mass on Wednesday evenings.

PARISH ROTA OCTOBER 2018 – Volunteers, if you are unsure, please contact the Parish Office 028 3085 0270 for details or website for historical information. http://www.mayobridgeparish.com/rota-lists/

JESUS DIVINE MERCY DEVOTIONS today SUNDAY 14th OCT AT 3PM Come and join us, in our devotions to Jesus the Divine Mercy, beginning with the 3 o’clock prayer, which when said at this hour you can obtain everything for yourself and others O Blood and Water which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us, ‘I trust in you’. The Divine Mercy Stations of the Cross will follow, prayers from the handbook, readings from St Faustina’s diary followed by the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. The Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and the blessing of the 1st class relic of St Faustina from Poland.

THIRD ORDER OF ST FRANCIS - The Third Order will meet on Monday 15th October in the Convent Chapel at 7.30pm. All welcome

GUYS AND DOLLS - Sacred Heart Grammar School proudly presents 'Guys and Dolls'- a musical fable of Broadway. The production is based on a story and characters of Damon Runyon and runs nightly in Sacred Heart School Assembly Hall on Thursday 18th, Friday 19th, Monday 22nd & Tuesday 23rd October. There is a matinee on Sunday 21st October at 3pm. Tickets are £10 and are available from the school box office daily from 10.15-10.40am. The production is produced/directed by Treasa Davey and features a number of SHS students from Mayobridge Parish.

COFFEE MORNING - In memory of Des Kennedy on Saturday 27th October in The Community Hall, Burren at 10.00am – 1.00pm. Proceeds in aid of the Society of St Vincent De Paul, St Mary’s Conference. Everyone is welcome

ST MARK’S HIGH SCHOOL - Person(s) required in a temporary capacity (seasonal), for Exam Supervision and administration (training will be provided) for St Mark’s High School, Warrenpoint. If interested, please contact Elaine Mussen, St Mark’s High School on 028 4175 9920.

A DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE HOLY SOULS will be held at Godʼs Cottage, Glendalough with Fr Thaddy Doyle on Sunday 4th November. For further information please contact Freda: 028 3026 3584.

Colum Sands & Lily Neill Autumn Concert in Burren Heritage Centre 6th Nov at 8pm. Tickets cost £10 each. Booking essential tel no 02841773378 email: [email protected]

FLU VACCINATION NOTICE - Summer Hill & Rostrevor Surgeries Flu Vaccination Notice Please don’t delay, contact us now to book your Flu Vaccination appointment. Summer Hill Surgery Tel: 028 41754455 Rostrevor Surgery Tel: 028 41738225 For more information visit: www.summerhillsurgery.org

National Adoption Week 15th - 22nd October 2018 - Family Care Adoption Services is seeking adoptive families for babies, young children aged 3 years and older; and brothers and sisters. To find out more information please contact us at: Family Care Adoption Services: Telephone: 028 71 368592 or 028 90 691133. Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Email: [email protected] Website: www.familycaresociety.co.uk

ST PATRICK’S PRIMARY SCHOOL MEALS KITCHEN – KITCHEN ASSISTANT needed for two days per week – Thursday and Friday 2.25 hours each day – contact Majella 028 3085 1296 or 07934 675 974.

AGE HEALTHY - As part of healthy aging month this October, we have an event coming up in Warrenpoint library on Wednesday October 17th at 6.30pm. Clinical Neuro Psychologist, Dr Smith, will be joining us to discuss all the many aspects of how to age healthy. Guaranteed to be a great and informative evening for all ages! Refreshments will be served from 6pm with the talk to begin at 6.30.

BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE - The next blood donation session will be held in Carrick Primary School Burren on Friday 19th October 2018 from 1.30pm-4pm and 5.15pm-8pm. We appreciate the support of the Mayobridge people to this worthwhile cause. Due to illness and accidents blood donations are in great demand all the time, after all we never know when we would need blood ourselves. The Blood Transfusion Service needs the support not only of existing donors, but also new donors. You can become a blood donor when you are 17 years old. Your support will be appreciated. GIVING BLOOD SAVES LIVES

HALLOWEEN CAKE SALE AND COFFEE MORNING FUNDRAISER FOR NEWRY SATURDAY 27TH OCTOBER AT 10AM TO FINISH MAYOBRIDGE SOCIAL CLUB ALL BAKING OFFERS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED THANK YOU, TERESA KEARNEY

PENSIONERS’ CLUB every Thursday at 1 pm, tea coffee, lunch, craic, music at CROSSAN’s Golf Club.

Southern Area Hospice - The annual Church Door collection for the Hospice will be taken up at both Masses the weekend of 27th /28th October 2018.

PARKINSONS UK – CHANGE ATTITUDES /FIND A CURE - SING ALONG - November 8/15/22/19 – 1pm to 2pm – Newry Leisure Centre – to book a place or find out more contact Anne Donnelly 0344 2253623 or [email protected]

CONGRATULATIONS - A big congrats to Mayobridge club member Jordan Magee and Sinead McNamee in Australia who did themselves and their families very proud for their great achievement last weekend when they won the state championship, and a big congrats to Jordan who received an All Star and will be coming to play in Dublin next year with her team mates.

PIPS HOPE AND SUPPORT - Fancy a new Halloween experience for the whole family? PIPS Hope and Support are delivering a 'Halloween Sponsored Walk' on Saturday 27th October. Meeting at the PIPS Office (50 Mill Street) we will walk in fancy dress through Newry City Centre where young people will be able to 'trick or treat'. Following this, we will have a guided tour by local wizard Martin Murtagh up Lindsey Hill where there will be live actors to add to the experience. On completion of the walk, we will arrive at Three Ways Community Centre for a family disco. We are really looking forward to this NEW event and hope to see as many families as possible join us. Sponsor cards can be obtained from the PIPS Hope and Support Office. For more information, or to access sponsor forms, please contact our Fundraising Department: ☎️ 028 3026 6195 [email protected][email protected] Please share wide and far and let’s make this one to remember

ACTION CANCER BIG BUS will be at St Patrick’s Church, Drumgath on Saturday 17th November and Saval GAC, Coalpit Road on Saturday 24th November. Appointments run from 9.30am. To book online www.actioncancer.org/appointments or 028 90803344 and selecting Option 1

ACCORD Newry (all services) 028 3026 3577 - ACCORD counsellors specialise in working with couples and individuals on the impact of issues and difficulties that have arisen in their intimate relationships, relating to, e.g. communication, conflict, domestic abuse, intimacy concerns, sexual issues, infidelity, problem behaviours including addictions, family-of-origin & extended family issues, blended-family challenges, and loss. The provision of ACCORDʼs counselling service is based on clients' needs and not on their ability to pay.

DEFIBRILLATORS – there are 6 defibrillators available in the Mayobridge local community area and are positioned as follows: ●1 - CHURCH VESTRY on right hand side window sill ●2 - EUROSPAR SHOP beside exterior ATM machine ●3 - YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE in the lounge area ●4 - SOCIAL CLUB at exterior front door ●5 – GORMANS BAR on front wall of building ●6 - SCHOOL in reception area

Anxiety, Depression, OCD & Bipolar Support

Recovery Method for Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar, OCD and Panic:

Weekly meeting for Anxiety, Depression, OCD & Bipolar. Every Wednesday evening at 7pm at Ballybot House, 28 Cornmarket, Newry, BT35 8BG. Charity service. No charge. www.recoveryireland.ie

RETURN OF ST TERESA OF CALCUTTA RELIC The Relic returned to the Cathedral on Friday 11th August, the Feast of St Clare

The remarkable woman who would be known as Mother Theresa began life named Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Born on , 1910 in , she was the youngest child born to Nikola and Drane Bojaxhiu, receiving her First Communion at the age of five, she was confirmed in November 1916. Her father died while she was only eight years old leaving her family in financial straits.

Gonxha's religious formation was assisted by the vibrant Jesuit parish of the Sacred Heart in which she was very involved as a youth.

Subsequently moved to pursue work, Gonxha left her home in September 1928 at the age of 18 to join the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known as the , in Ireland. She received the name Sister Mary Teresa after St Therese of Lisieux. In December of 1929, she departed for her first trip to , arriving in Calcutta. After making her First Profession of Vows in May 1931, Sister Teresa was assigned to the Loreto community in Calcutta and taught at St. Mary's School for girls.

Sister Teresa made her Final Profession of Vows, On May 24, 1937, becoming, as she said, the "spouse of Jesus" for "all eternity." From that time on she was called Mother Teresa. She continued teaching at St. Mary's and in 1944 became the school's principal. Mother Teresa's twenty years in Loreto were filled with profound happiness. Noted for her charity, unselfishness and courage, her capacity for hard work and a natural talent for organization, she lived out her consecration to Jesus, in the midst of her companions, with fidelity and joy.

It was on September 10, 1946 during a train ride from Calcutta to for her annual retreat, Mother Teresa received her "inspiration, her call within a call." On that day, in a way she would never explain, Jesus' thirst for and for souls took hold of her heart and the desire to satiate His thirst became the driving force of her life.

By means of interior locutions and visions, Jesus revealed to her the desire of His heart for "victims of love" who would "radiate His love on souls." "Come be My light,’ “He begged her. "I cannot go alone." Jesus revealed His pain at the neglect of the poor, His sorrow at their ignorance of Him and His longing for their love. He asked Mother Teresa to establish a religious community, of Charity, dedicated to the service of the poorest of the poor.

Nearly two years of testing and discernment passed before Mother Teresa received permission to begin. On August 17, 1948, she dressed for the first time in a white, blue- bordered and passed through the gates of her beloved Loreto convent to enter the world of the poor.

After a short course with the Medical Mission Sisters in , Mother Teresa returned to Calcutta and found temporary lodging with the Little Sisters of the Poor. On December 21, she went for the first time to the slums. She visited families, washed the sores of some children, cared for an old man lying sick on the road and nursed a woman dying of hunger and . She started each day with communion then went out, in her hand, to find and serve Him amongst "the unwanted, the unloved, the uncared for." After some months, she was joined, one by one, by her former students.

On , 1950, the new congregation of the was officially established in the Archdiocese of Calcutta. By the early , Mother Teresa began to send her Sisters to other parts of India. The Decree of Praise granted to the Congregation by Pope Paul VI in February 1965 encouraged her to open a house in Venezuela. It was soon followed by foundations in Rome and Tanzania and, eventually, on every continent. Starting in 1980 and continuing through the , Mother Teresa opened houses in almost all of the communist countries, including the former Soviet Union, and Cuba.

In order to respond better to both the physical and spiritual needs of the poor, Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity Brothers in 1963, in 1976 the contemplative branch of the Sisters, in 1979 the Contemplative Brothers, and in 1984 the Missionaries of Charity Fathers.

Mother Theresa's inspiration was not limited to those with religious vocations. She formed the Co-Workers of Mother Teresa and the Sick and Suffering Co-Workers, people of many faiths and nationalities with who she shared her spirit of prayer, simplicity, sacrifice and her apostolate of humble works of love.

This spirit later inspired the Lay Missionaries of Charity. In answer to the requests of many priests, in 1981 Mother Teresa also began the Corpus Christi Movement for Priests as a "little way of holiness" for those who desire to share in her charisma and spirit.

During the years of rapid growth the world began to turn its eyes towards Mother Teresa and the work she had started. Numerous awards, beginning with the Indian Padmashri Award in 1962 and notably the in 1979, honored her work, while an increasingly interested media began to follow her activities. She received both prizes and attention 'for the glory of God and in the name of the poor."

There was a heroic side of this great woman that was revealed only after her death. Hidden from all eyes, even from those closest to her, was her interior life marked by an experience of a deep, painful and abiding feeling of being separated from God, even rejected by Him, along with an ever increasing longing for His love. She called her inner experience, the darkness. The "painful night" of her soul, which began around the time she started her work for the poor and continued to the end of her life, led Mother Teresa to an ever more profound union with God. Through the darkness she mystically participated in the thirst of Jesus, in His painful and burning longing for love, and she shared in the interior desolation of the poor. In spite of increasingly severe health problems towards the end of her life, Mother Teresa continued to govern her Society and respond to the needs of the poor and the Church. By 1997, Mother Teresa's Sisters numbered nearly 4,000 members and were established in 610 foundations in 123 countries of the world. In March 1997 she blessed her newly-elected successor as General of the Missionaries of Charity and then made one more trip abroad. After meeting Pope John Paul II for the last time, she returned to Calcutta and spent her final weeks receiving visitors and instructing her Sisters.

On , Mother Teresa's earthly life came to an end. She was given the honor of a by the and her body was buried in the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity. Her tomb quickly became a place of and prayer for people of all faiths, rich and poor alike.

Mother Teresa left a testament of unshakable faith, invincible hope and extraordinary charity. Her response to Jesus' plea, "Come be My light," made her a Missionary of Charity, a "mother to the poor," a symbol of compassion to the world, and a living witness to the thirsting love of God. As a testament to her most remarkable life, Pope John Paul II permitted the opening of her Cause of . On December 20, 2002 he approved the decrees of her heroic virtues and .

Mother Teresa was beatified by Pope John Paul II on , 2003.

On the occasion of her , the Missionaries of Charity issued the following statement:

"We, the Missionaries of Charity, give thanks and praise to God that our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has officially recognized the holiness of our mother, Mother Teresa, and approved the obtained through her . We are filled with joy in anticipation of the Beatification that will take place in Rome on Mission Sunday, 19 October 2003, the closest Sunday to the 25th anniversary of the Holy Father's Pontificate and the end of the Year of the Rosary. "Today, after three and a half years of investigation and study, the Church confirms that Mother heroically lived the Christian life and that God has lifted her up as both a model of holiness and an intercessor for all.

"Mother is a symbol of love and compassion. When Mother was with us, we were witnesses to her shining example of all the Christian virtues. Her life of loving service to the poor has inspired many to follow the same path. Her witness and message are cherished by those of every religion as a sign that "God still the world today." For the past five years since Mother's death, people have sought her help and have experienced God's love for them through her prayers. Every day, pilgrims from India and around the world come to pray at her tomb and many more follow her example of humble service of love to the most needy, beginning in their own families. “Mother often said, 'Holiness is not the luxury of the few, it is a simple duty for each one of us. May her example help us to strive for holiness: to love God, to respect and love every human person created by God in His own image and in whom He dwells, and to care for our poor and suffering brethren. May all the sick, the suffering, and those who seek God's help find a friend and intercessor in Mother. “Following her beatification, a long wait for a second miracle then followed. On December 17, 2015 announced a second miracle had been attributed to the intercession of Mother Teresa. The miracle involved a Brazilian man who was afflicted with tumors who was miraculously cured. This cleared the way for Mother Teresa's canonization.

Mother Teresa was canonized on September 4, 2016 by Pope Francis.