PARISH BULLETIN Sunday 14th April 2019 PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION

On Palm Sunday, we celebrate the first joy of the season, as we celebrate Our Lord’s triumphant entrance into Jerusalem where he was welcomed by crowds worshiping him and laying palm leaves before him. It also marks the beginning of Holy Week, with the greatest tragedy and sorrow of the year. He returned to Jerusalem on Holy Thursday, to share the Last Supper with His apostles. He was subsequently arrested and tried. He was crucified at Calvary on Good Friday, outside the gates of Jerusalem. He was buried the same day, and arose three days later, on Easter Sunday. All of this is done by our Lord for forgiveness of our sins, and for life everlasting with Him. God so loved us, that He sent His only begotten Son to die for us, so that our sins may be forgiven. Holy Saturday, the night the Church keeps vigil waiting for the Resurrection of the Lord. 'So, it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise from the dead’ Luke 24:46

CONGRATULATIONS TO PRIMARY 4 CHILDREN WHO RECEIVED FIRST HOLY COMMUNION

Mrs O’Hare & Mrs Power Daniel McCartan, Kerrie Magee, Kevin Mallon, Mayah McGivern, Francis McClorey, Lexie Morgan, Terence McPolin, Sarah O’Connor, Rory Magee, Maisie Morrison, Eoin Gallagher, Mary Kate Higgins, Adam Byers, Aishlinn Garvey, Adam McCoy, Grace Fitzpatrick, Danny O’Hare, Erin Fegan, Tom O ’Hare, Sophia Garvey, Lorcan Reilly

Caiden Ruddy, Conor Cunningham, Sophie McKnight, Ryan Gallagher, Paula Ravantu, Rónán Trotter, Olivia Franklin, Mark McCoy, Aela Morgan, Daniel Rooney, Daisy Tumilty, Dara Laverty, Kiera McAleavey, Jessica Carson, Killian Cuthbert, Aisling Sexton, Conor Canavan, Bridgeen McNamee, Tiernan Morgan, Ellie McGale, Annie Gribben, Michael Hamilton, Áine Murphy

Sunday 14th April 2019 Pam Sunday of The Lord’s Passion (19-2019) (Sunday Readings Cycle C – Weekday Cycle 1)

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 Daniel 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 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 Lorcan Patrick O’Hare, 50A Mayo Road.

RECENTLY DECEASED - We pray for the happy repose of the soul of Clare Fegan, 8 Ballyvalley Road, who was interred recently. May she rest in peace.

DAY/DATE TIME ANNIVERSARIES Sat 13th Apr 6.00pm Jimmy Butterfield & Deceased Family Members, Chapel Hill Sun 14th Apr 11.15am Michael Toner, Ravensdale Una & Francis Magee, Mayo Road 7.00pm Stations of the Cross (led by the Women’s Group) Mon 15th Apr 9.30am Mass Peter & Mary Grant, Edenmore Tues 16th Apr 9.30am Mass in Burren Wed 17th Apr 7.30pm Josie Goss, Edenmore: Francis Downey, Mayobridge: Frank Higgins, Michael, Anne, James & Patricia Twamley Thur 18th April 10.30am Holy Thursday: Chrism Mass in Cathedral 7.30pm Mayobridge: Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Private Prayer at the Altar of Repose until 10.00pm) Fri 19th Apr 3.00pm Good Friday: Stations of the Cross 7.30pm Burren Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion (and Distribution of Holy Communion) Sat 20th Apr 7.30pm Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil) Jim Coulter, St Anne’s Terrace: James & Kathleen Gallagher, St Anne’s Terrace 8.00pm Burren Sun 21st Apr Easter Sunday 5.00am Celebrating the Risen Christ 11.15am Mass

Thank you for your support of the Parish for last week Sunday 7th April £1011.07

NEW PARISH ENVELOPES –sincere thanks all who have generously supported the Parish over the years and those who always help with the delivery of the envelopes. THANK YOU

Easter Triduum 2019 Mayobridge & Burren

Holy Thursday Chrism Mass in Newry Cathedral: 10.30am Mass of the Lord’s Supper in Mayobridge: 7.30pm St Patrick’s Church will remain open until 10.00pm for private prayer before the Altar of Repose St Mary’s Burren will be open 7.00pm to 11.00pm for private prayer before the Altar of Repose

Good Friday Stations of the Cross Carrying of the Cross at 2.45pm from Burren Hill to the Church for 3.00pm Stations of the Cross Mayobridge at 3.00pm Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion (and Distribution of Holy Communion) in Burren 7.30pm

Holy Saturday Easter Vigil Mayobridge: 7.30pm Burren: 8.00pm

Easter Sunday Dawn Liturgy Celebrating the Risen Christ Mayobridge: 5.00am Easter Sunday Masses Burren: 10.00am Mayobridge: 11.15am

Dromore Diocesan Youth Camps Newcastle 2019 - Information evening Tuesday16th April 7.00pm to 8.00pm, in The Parish Hall with Frances McNally Dromore Diocesan Youth Director. Parents and Young people Year 9 to Year 12 are invited to attend an information meeting on the summer camp programme. The camps are a wonderful opportunity to explore the great outdoors, experience canoeing, go on a zip line, and go into Newcastle for a swim or a visit to Nugelato. You will have fun, meet new friends, pray together and grow in faith. Dates for summer Camps July 2019 Year 8 Year 9 and 10 Year 11 and 12 Tuesday 2nd– Tuesday 9th - Monday 15th – Friday 5th July Saturday 13th July Friday 19th July Numbers are limited. If you cannot make the meeting contact Frances McNally in the Parish Centre Newry or by email [email protected]

Walk the Glendalough Way Co Wicklow on Easter Wednesday 24th April 2019 Dromore Diocesan Youth Director, Frances McNally, is organising a group of young people and leaders to walk the Glendalough Way during the Easter break. Welcome to young people 17 + and parents or family members over 18 years old to join in this healthy and spiritual experience. Bus will leave Newry on Sunday morning (time to be confirmed). Cost is £10 for each person. Bring a packed lunch and group may stop for food on the return journey. Wear suitable clothing and footwear for a walk. If interested email Frances on [email protected] or phone the office on 30833898

SPRING CLEAN UP - on Sunday 28th April starting at 1pm. More details will be issued in coming weeks but like to say please keep the date free... important we all get involved as this is OUR Village and one we can be proud off. Anyone wanting further details can contact Gillian on 07736522929

SAHS - 28 years for the Annual Hospice Towpath Walk - Southern Area Hospice would like to invite you to the Annual Hospice Towpath Walk taking place TODAY Sunday 14th April at 3pm..You can register for FREE via eventbrite, simply search ‘Hospice Annual Towpath Walk’ at www.eventbrite.co.uk or alternatively you can register over the phone with Amy in Fundraising on (028) 302 51333. Registration is free; all we simply ask is if each participant can raise £20 through sponsorship. Join us for what is planned to be another great day, everyone is welcome. http://www.mayobridgeparish.com/events/

DAILY LENTEN PRAYER - Today Lord, I choose life, I choose your love and the challenge to live it and share it, I choose hope, even in moments of darkness, I choose faith, accepting you as Lord and God, I choose to let go of some part of my burdens, day by day handing them over to you, I choose to take hold of your strength and power ever more deeply in my life. May this truly be for me a time of new life, of change, challenge and growth. May I come to Easter with a heart open to dying with you and rising to your new life, day by day. Amen

CEMETERY MASS DATES

●NEWRY St Maryʼs Cemetery, Sun 5th May 3.00pm ●Monkshill Cemetery Sun 12th May 3.00pm ● Sunday 26th May Municipal Cemetery 3pm & St Peter’s 4pm ● Tuesday 28th May at 7.30pm ●BARNMEEN Friday 31st May 7.30pm ●BALLYMAGHERY Saturday 1st June 6.30pm ● Monday 3rd June 7.30pm ●BURREN Tuesday 4th June at 7.30pm ●MAYOBRIDGE Wednesday 5th June 7.30pm ●CABRA Friday 7th June 7.30pm ● Saturday 8th June 7.30pm ●BALLYGORIAN Sunday 9th June 11.00am ●Corpus Christi Procession in Newry Sunday 23rd June

ANNUAL IRISH LANGUAGE COLLECTION - The Annual Irish Language Church Door Collection will be taken up Easter weekend. Thank you for your continued support

Attention all ladies - Would you like to walk, jog or run the Women’s Dublin mini marathon on Sun 2nd June to raise vital funds for Air Ambulance NI? Registration £25 and it would be fantastic if you could raise £50 approximately (or more) as sponsorship. A bus will be provided (cost approx. £10). Try to get friends and family also. Tel Barbara Donnelly 07706 335805

ACCORD MARRIAGE PREPARATION COURSE - Planning to get married in 2019/2020? Book your Marriage Preparation Course with ACCORD Newry [028 30263577] or see our website www. accord.ie ACCORD also offers a professional and confidential process facilitating couples and individuals to explore, reflect upon and resolve difficulties in their marriage and relationship

Diocesan Youth Pilgrimage to Lourdes - 25th to 30th June 2019. (18 - 25 year olds). Cost £595 includes Travel, Insurance, Bus transfers, Accommodation and meals. A great opportunity to travel, to meet new people, to pray and grow in faith. Accompanied by Fr Brian Fitzpatrick. Places are limited, book early. Contact Ms Frances McNally: 028 30833898

WEDDINGS IN 2019 - IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING WEDDINGS IN MAYOBRIDGE PARISH AND BURREN PARISH Couples planning to get married in Mayobridge or Burren Parish please contact Fr Des as soon as possible to make arrangements for completion of: • Pre-Nuptial Enquiry Forms (Church Forms)

• Also, the signing of Civil Forms which couples will have received from the Registrar’s Office.

Couples planning to get married in either Mayobridge Parish or Burren Parish need both sets of forms completed and signed at least 3 months prior to the Celebration of their marriage. (in the case of a mixed marriage forms to be completed at least 5 months prior to marriage.) If you have a family member, relative or friend getting married in 2019 please bring this notice to their attention. Couples can contact Fr Des by phone or preferable by e-mail: [email protected]

Pilgrimage to Medjugorje - Medjugorje Group Pilgrimage 2019. 7 night pilgrimage package departing from Belfast 26th May - 2nd June £579 stg. Accompanied by Fr Jozef Wozwiak as spiritual director. For more information please contact: Kathy McColgan 07734345181 Margie Kerr 07738663937

SVDP require more helpers for our Church Door collection at weekend Masses, Please contact Thomas Gallagher 07831272638

BURREN HERITAGE CENTRE

Monday: 7-8pm Men's core class Tuesday: 7-8.30pm Art class with Grace Murdock £35 - 5 week course age 12 upwards Wednesday: 9.30-10.30am Women's Wellness Programme - Instructor Claire £3 7-9pm Sewing, knitting, crochet, needlework, patchwork, quilting, headpieces, etc club £3 Thursday: 7-8pm Men's Core Class Sunday: 7-9.30pm Music Club - £2 per adult & Children free

KALOBEIYEI MISSION SHOP Opening Hours: Saturday – 11am to 1pm

NEWRY LIONS CLUB “TALKING NEWSPAPER” Newry Lions Club “Talking Newspaper” for the visually impaired is recorded each week and posted out to recipients in their homes. Its content is local news, local sports reports and stories. The service is provided free by Newry Lions Club. For further information please contact Tony O’Hare at 028 30888200 or email [email protected]

CRUSE BEREAVEMENT CARE- Anyone who needs to contact them can do so. Newry & Area, Office 9, Enterprise House, Canal Quay, Newry BT35 6PH, Tel: 028 30252322 Email: [email protected] or www.cruse.org.uk Office Opening Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday 9.30am - 4.30pm & Thursday: 9.30am - 3.30pm Leaflets are available at the back of the Church

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 August 26, 1910 in Skopje, 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 missionary 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 Sisters of Loreto, 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 India, arriving in Calcutta. After making her First Profession of Vows in May 1931, Sister Teresa was assigned to the Loreto Entally 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 Darjeeling 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 love 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, Missionaries 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 sari 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 Patna, 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 tuberculosis. She started each day with communion then went out, rosary 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 October 7, 1950, the new congregation of the Missionaries of Charity was officially established in the Archdiocese of Calcutta. By the early 1960s, 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 1990s, Mother Teresa opened houses in almost all of the communist countries, including the former Soviet Union, Albania 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 Nobel Peace Prize 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 Superior 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 September 5, Mother Teresa's earthly life came to an end. She was given the honor of a state funeral by the Government of India and her body was buried in the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity. Her tomb quickly became a place of pilgrimage 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 Canonization. On December 20, 2002 he approved the decrees of her heroic virtues and miracles.

Mother Teresa was beatified by Pope John Paul II on October 19, 2003.

On the occasion of her beatification, 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 miracle obtained through her intercession. 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 loves 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 Pope Francis 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.