LAY MINISTRY FOR DECEMBER 2018 KILDRESS PARISH BULLETIN ST MARY’S CHURCH, DUNAMORE Saturday Vigil 6.30 pm 2nd December 2018 Reader: Gerard Quinn First Sunday of Eucharistic Ministers : Ita Ferry, Kieran Kirk Advent Collectors : Sean Heagney (main aisle/Tower ) Tony McKernan ( main aisle/Choir )

Sunday 10.00 am

Reader Linda Hughes Eucharistic Ministers : Eileen Leadon, Anne Small Collectors : Sean McCrory (main aisle/Tower) Paul McGarrity (main aisle/Choir)

Altar Society : Una Lagan, Siobhan Kerr, Fiona McCormick, Monica Young

ST JOSEPH’S CHURCH, KILLEENAN Sunday 11.30 am Reader : Julie McGurk Eucharistic Ministers : Don McGurk, Anne Mallon Collectors : Vincent Ruddy ( baptismal font side ) Mark McMenamin ( organ side ) ADVENT - A time of waiting, conversion and hope as we prepare

Altar Society : Julie, Maggie, Margaret, Teresa McNally spiritually for the celebration of Christmas.

ALTAR SERVERS’ ROTA FOR NEXT WEEKEND THE DEEP END : Be prepared … ST MARY’S CHURCH ST JOSEPH’S CHURCH Have you ever heard the story of the ant and the grasshopper? It tells the tale of a grasshopper who SATURDAY VIGIL 6.30 pm SUNDAY 10.00 am SUNDAY 11.30 am has spent the summer singing and so is not prepared when winter comes, whereas the ant has been Helena Heagney Alayna Kelly Paul Loughran Caroline O’Kane Keva McAleer Jodie McCrory working hard all summer and has stored up enough food for winter. Like many of Aesop’s Fables, it Leah Loughran Zara Tezgel Emily McGuigan Katie Mullin has a stark moral lesson, in this case about the virtue of hard work and being prepared for the future.

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We don’t even know when the LIFELINE ( For those in despair ): 0808 808 8000 ST VINCENT DE PAUL: 028 867 69400 sun will set on our own individual lives. All we can do is to be prepared and to ‘stay awake’ – to live LILAC CANCER SUPPORT: 028 8774 6600 / 028 867 66866 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (028 90434848) now in such a way that when we meet Jesus, we will be ready. This readiness is less a practical skill than a condition, or a way of life. Look at how St Paul describes it: he talks about increasing our love for one another, and continually making progress in living the life that God wants. That is how we The next bulletin will be next weekend 8th/9th December 2018 . If there is something you wish to have store up treasures here on earth to make sure we are ready for the heavenly things to come. included in that bulletin please ring 028 867 51857 by Wednesday 5th December. Inclusion of anything offered after that date cannot be guaranteed Tríona Doherty PARISH PRIEST CONTACT DETAILS COLLECTION FOR LAST WEEKEND ST JOSEPH’S PRIMARY SCHOOL, KILLEENAN Open Morning ...... On Friday 7th December from 10.00 am - 11.00 am for parents/carers of Fr Paddy Hughes, Parochial House, 10 Cloughfin Rd., children who will join Primary 1 in September 2019. Killeenan, Cookstown BT80 9JB £1,760 Christmas Show ...... On Tuesday 18th December beginning at 7.00 pm in St Joseph’s Hall. A Tel: 028 867 51206 great selection of hampers will be raffled on the night . Email: [email protected] IMPORTANT PARISH EVENTS COMING UP TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR OTHER PRIESTS IN OUR PASTORAL AREA Friday 14th December St Mary’s Chapel grounds proudly hosts CHRISTMAS TREE SWITCHING ON CEREMONY with special guest Ryan Tracey Balloons ( Britain’s Got Talent ). Fr McGinley ( ) 028 867 63674 Fr Owen O’Donnell ( Kildress): 028 867 51216 Commencing at 5.30 pm with switch on at 6.00 pm sharp: featuring Santa Claus ( sharp at 5.45 pm ), Fr Boyle (Cookstown): 028 867 63370 Fr McGinn (Cookstown): 028 867 63490 Children’s Choir, Balloon Making, Cloughfin Pipe Band, Gerry Loughran. ADMISSION FREE - Fr Francis Coll (): 028 867 37212 Fr Moore ( Pomeroy ) 028 877 57867 DON’T MISS IT! Car park must be cleared by 7.00 pm. Sunday 16th December: St Mary's Church Dunamore presents AN EVENING OF GOSPEL AND CAROL MUSIC with compere Seamus McNally and a host of local talent Admission by WEEKDAY MASSES 3rd - 8th December 2018 ticket only ( £20 ). Doors open at 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm start. Proceeds in aid of Church Building St Joseph’s, Killeenan Fund and Kildress Health Matters. NOT TO BE MISSED! Tickets are limited and are for sale in Mill Wheel and Kildress shops. Also at our two chapels next weekend ( 8th/9th December). Tuesday and Thursday: 9.30 am Friday evening: 7.30 pm Vigil Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception DUNAMORE HALL TONIGHT, Sunday 2nd December : Dance in St Mary's Hall Dunamore , commencing at St Mary’s, Dunamore 9.30pm . Music by Eamon Callaghan Monday and Wednesday: 9.30 am Sunday 9th December : Annual Christmas dinner and social evening on starting at 2pm Dancing to Cascades . Everyone welcome Booking essential. Phone 877 59521 or 867 51401 Saturday: 10.00 am Feast of the Immaculate Conception FRIDAY WILL BE THE FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH KILDRESS WOLFE TONES TODAY, Sunday 2nd December : Big Christmas Bingo at 3pm in St Joseph's Hall Killeenan. Lots THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION of prizes going!!! Monday 3rd December : The first meeting of the 2019 Kildress Wolfe Tones Committee at 8pm Next Saturday, 8th December, is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin at Gortacladdy. Good attendance is vital. Mary. In this Feast we celebrate Mary, who from the first instant of her existence in the womb of Wednesday 5th December : The Youth Convention takes place at 8.00 pm at Gortacladdy. All her mother, Anne, was preserved free from all stain of original sin. Mary was chosen by God to be those adults interested in youth football please attend. the Mother of His Son. ON BEHALF OF SOLAS CHARITY This Feast Day is a Holy Day of Obligation and, like a Sunday, we are expected to attend Mass. Back on Track -a programme which supports children with additional educational needs in primary Fr Paddy Hughes schools in your area. We are looking for retired teachers or people who have experience in working with children to provide 1:1 support specifically in literacy and numeracy, on a voluntary basis. One PRIEST’S VISIT TO THE SICK AND HOUSEBOUND morning per week (2-3 hours) for a minimum of 15 weeks and full induction will be provided. Please The sick and housebound will be visited by Fr Hughes this week as follows: contact Kate on 02890 247600, or email [email protected] for more details and information pack.

Thursday : Killeenan area. Friday : Dunamore area CAMOWEN FARMERS’ GROUP...... If there is anyone sick or housebound who isn’t currently being attended by the priest and who ...... host "Making Tax Digital" presented by DAERA on Monday 3rd December at 8pm sharp, would like to receive the Sacraments please give details to Fr Hughes. Milestone Centre . How VAT records are submitted is changing for farmers. This meeting will deal with how this will affect the business. A public meeting, everyone welcome. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION...... ST MARY’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL, MAGHERAFELT...... continues on this Monday in St Joseph’s Church, Killeenan, from 6.00 pm until 8.00 pm . ... hosts a Community Christmas Carol Service in the Church of the Assumption, Magherafelt on Sunday 16th December at 3.00pm Free admission. Refreshments in the Parish Hall afterwards. ST MARY’S PRIMARY SCHOOL, DUNAMORE The staff and pupils of St Mary's will present their Carol Service in St Mary’s Church, Dunamore, on WHIST DRIVE.... Wednesday 19th December, beginning at 7.00 pm. Currently there are tickets on sale for a raffle in in Lissan Hall, Claggan Road on Friday 7th December at 8.30 pm. Top Score £50.00. Supper aid of school funds and the raffle draw will take place after the Carol Service. Everyone welcome. served. Admission £5.00.