Congratulations to Jo Ann O'Neill and Niall McAlinden who celebrate the Sacrament PARISH of Holy Matrimony this weekend in St Joseph’s Church, Fincairn. Children for Baptism: If you have a child for Baptism, please contact Fr Micheál. OF BANAGHER Parish Envelopes: can be returned to the Church in the boxes available at the Church Porches. Please only deposit the envelopes at Mass time. Thank you for your th 19 Sunday in Ordinary Time – 9th August 2020 generosity. Weekday Mass Times for w/c 10th August 2020: St Joseph’s Church, Fincairn: Mon 9.30am Online Financial Contributions, for those who wish to, can be made directly to the St Mary’s Church, Altinure: Tues, Thurs & Sat: 10.00am Parish Bank Account. Sort Code: 95-03-06 Account Number: 51052659. Please St Peter’s & St Paul’s Church, Foreglen: Wed & Fri: 7.00pm indicate your name as a reference on the payment. *Please note reduced Mass schedule this week. OFFERTORY COLLECTION Weekend Mass Times for 15th & 16th August 2020: St Joseph’s Church, Fincairn: £tbc St Mary’s Church, Altinure: £tbc St Joseph’s Church, Fincairn: Vigil: 7.00pm. 9.15am St Peter & St Paul’s Church, Foreglen: £tbc Online: £tbc St Mary’s Church, Altinure: Vigil: 5.30pm. 10.30am Thank you for your continued generosity. St Peter’s & St Paul’s Church, Foreglen: Vigil: 7.00pm. 10.30am

The Annual Youth 2000 Summer Festival is Ireland's largest Catholic Youth event, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Saturday 15th August but this year, for the first time, it will be streamed live on the 14th-16th of August. St Peter's & St Paul's Church, Foreglen: Vigil: 7.00pm Hear talks and workshops from some of the best Catholic speakers including Fr. John St Mary's Church, Altinure: Saturday 10.00am Harris OP, Dr. Scott Hahn, John Pridmore, Petroc Willey (University of Steubenville), Katie Ascough, Sr. Colleen Mattingly, Sr. Mary Hanrahan, Bill Keimig (University of Confessions: Steubenville), Beth Davis (Blessed is She) and others from Ireland and around the St Joseph’s Church, Fincairn: No Confessions this week world. Youth 2000 Ireland 's motto is 'Youth leading Youth to the Heart of the Church' St Mary’s Church, Altinure: Friday 7.00pm; Saturday 5.00pm and we do this by leading Eucharistic-centred festivals, retreats and prayer meetings Please wear a face covering in the confession box throughout the country. Register FREE at www.youth2000.ie/summerfestival2020

Divine Mercy Chapel & Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Guidance for attending Public Mass There is no obligation to attend Mass, even on St Mary’s Church, Altinure: Thursday 10.30am – 11.30am a Sunday. If you are able to attend on a weekday, please do. Churches have been ‘fogged’ to kill any infection. Doors will be left open for ventilation. Time inside the Church will be kept to a minimum. Observe the 1-way system in St Mary’s Church, EMERGENCY SICK CALLS: Altinure. If you do attend Mass, please observe the following: If you require a priest in an emergency over the next 2 weeks, please contact: Fr David O’Kane PP, Claudy: 028 7337727 or o Use Hand Sanitiser on entry. Fr Seamus Kelly, Dungiven: 028 77741219 o Wear a face covering while inside. o Do not sit on blocked-off pews. Rest in Peace: We offer our sincere sympathies to the family and friends of the late o Families/ Households can sit together on a pew. Dan McGrellis RIP, Umrycam Road who was buried during this past week. o No more than 2 people from different households on other pews, at least 2m apart. Baptisms: We welcome into the family of God: Katie Lynn Bradley, Fíanna Kate o Do not stand in the porchway or the back of the Church. O’Hara, Roland O’Kane and Alex Kennedy. o Stay 2m apart when queueing for Holy Communion & leaving the Church, leaving your pew row by row. o Receive Communion only on the hand. o Take missalettes home, they cannot be reused. Saints this week: Accord’s free and confidential ‘Relationships Support Phone Line’ for marriages, Monday 10th August: St Lawrence, Deacon & Martyr, Patron of Rome lived at a time families and relationships offers support to those experiencing extra pressure due to when Roman authorities charged Christians of that era with hatred of the human race. social restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The three numbers are: Emperor Valerian ordered the arrest and execution of all Christian clergy. Lawrence – Accord CLG – 01 531 3331 began to give away all the money and treasures in the Church's possession to the – Accord Dublin – 01 905 9555 poor of Rome. It is still said to this day that all of Rome became Christian as a result – Accord NI – 028 9568 0151 or 00353 1 531 3331 of the faithful life, and the death, of this one humble deacon. He is the patron saint of the poor, students, miners, tanners, chefs, & firefighters. Derry Youth Community is a faith-based Gap Year opportunity for young adults aged Tuesday 11th Aug: St Clare of Assisi was born in Assisi on July 16, 1194, as Chiara between 18 – 25, is now open for applications for the year starting September 2020. Offreduccio, the beautiful eldest daughter of Count of Sasso-Rosso. As a young girl, DYC offers the opportunity to live in community, to develop and be formed in faith Clare dedicated herself to prayer. At 18-years-old, she heard St. Francis of Assisi and be involved in youth ministry in parishes. The three main aspects of DYC are: preach during a Lenten service in the church of San Giorgio and asked him to help Accompaniment, Community and Encounter. If you are interested in this Gap Year or her live according to the Gospel. Not long after Clare joined the Benedictine nuns would like some more information, please email: [email protected] under Francis' orders. St. Clare and her sisters wore no shoes, ate no meat, lived in a poor house and kept silent most of the time. Their lives consisted of manual labour St Mary’s GAC, Banagher: Lotto numbers for 4th August 2020: 5,7,15,17. Winning and prayer. They became known as the "Order of Poor Ladies of San Damiano." In £50 each were Gearoid O’Neill & Niall Lynch. Thanks to everyone who continue to 1263, ten years after her death the order became known as the Order of Saint Clare. support our club lotto every week. Next week’s jackpot is £1100. Friday 14th Aug: St. Maximilian Kolbe was born as Raymund Kolbe on January 8, 1894, in Poland. He founded a new Conventual Franciscan monastery at Privacy Notice: The Diocese of Derry complies with GDPR regulations. A privacy Niepokalanow, which also became a major religious publishing centre. Many anti- notice is available on the Parish Website or by contacting the Parish Office. Live Nazi German publications were issued following the WWII Invasion of Poland. On stream and recordings of Mass and Services in St Joseph’s Church, Fincairn are February 17, 1941, Kolbe's monastery was shut down; Kolbe was arrested by the available online. Parishioners should note that the first 3 rows of seats are visible German Gestapo, taken to the Pawiak prison and later transferred to Auschwitz. online. Never abandoning his priesthood, Kolbe was the victim to severe violence and harassment. Kolbe volunteered to take the place of a man with a family who was If you have any concerns with regard to Safeguarding children or adults in need chosen to face death by starvation to warn against escapes. He was the last of the of protection within the Church please see contacts on church noticeboards. group to remain alive, after two weeks of dehydration and starvation. On August 14th, the guards gave him a lethal injection of carbolic acid. Kolbe is often depicted in a prison uniform and with a needle being injected into an arm. He is the patron saint of PARISH CLERGY drug addicts, prisoners, families, and the pro-life movement. Fr Micheál McGavigan Adm. JV Fr Arthur O’Reilly CC Saturday 15th Aug: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary This feast day celebrates 42 Glenedra Road, Feeny, BT47 4TW 285 Foreglen Road, Dungiven, the spiritual and physical departure of the mother of Jesus Christ from the earth, when Tel: 028 7778 1223 BT47 4PJ both her soul and her body were taken into the presence of God. Email: [email protected] Tel: 028 7133 8261 Retired Priests Residing in the Parish Access to Church Services: All our Church Services can be viewed online via Fr Seamus O’Connell PEm. Fr Michael Collins PEm. www.churchmedia.tv or by logging on to our parish website 028 7778 1228 028 7778 1776 www.banagherparish.com and following the link to webcam. A new camera and CONTACT US software has been installed in the hope that this will overcome the recent reliability To arrange a Baptism, Wedding or Anniversary Mass, please call Fr Micheál or the issues and improve the picture. Thank you for your patience. secretaries on 028 7778 1223 or email [email protected] Bulletin notices should be emailed to [email protected] Thanksgiving Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine, 31st August 2020. £499.00 per person Mass is Live and Recorded on the Webcam at www.banagherparish.com sharing. Price includes return bus transfer to Knock, 3 nights’ in 4 star Park Hotel with SVP Confidential Helpline: 07593954973 Full Board. All entertainment and excursions. Wheelchair accessible rooms. Single supplement £90.00. Contact Patricia on 01268 762 278 or 07740 175557 or email [email protected].