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Saint Nicholas’ www.carrickparish.org Our Lady of Lourdes 31st January 2021 4th Sunday of the Year Cycle B Week 4 Fr. Peter Owens PP,VF Parochial House, Mount St. Nicholas’ Parish WebCam 8 Minorca Place, Sunday Mass is streamed live on the Parish Website. Links to live and Mount St. Nicholas, Carrickfergus recorded Masses are located on the front page of the Website. Co. Antrim, BT38 8AU These are also available to watch on YouTube. Just enter Tel: 028 9336 3269 ‘carrickparish’ when searching on YouTube to watch on your home TV. Email:

[email protected] Website: www.carrickparish.org PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL COMMUNION:

Bulletin Notices to be My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. submitted to the parish I love You above all things and I desire to receive You into my soul. Email Address Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, by 12 noon Wed come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace you as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You.

Never permit me to be separated from You.

Amen.

Statement from the Catholic Bishops of Re extension of the Covid-19 Shut-down by the Northern Ireland

Executive to 5th March 2021.

Mass will be livestreamed and available on the Parish Website. Individual visits for private prayer are also permissible in accordance with

Recently Deceased regulations. Funerals and Weddings continue to be permitted but are restricted by civil Jack Moore Health Regulations currently in place. Numbers are limited to 25 persons, Margaret Clifford including the celebrant/officiant. A useful summary of the current regulations, along with links to further detail and useful advice can be found Anniversaries at: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/coronavirus-covid-19-regulations-

Sarah Smith guidance-what-restrictions-mean-you Edie McAuley Mary Degnan Private Prayer Eternal rest grant unto them, O Our churches will be opened for private prayer, at the following times. Lord, and let perpetual light shine Our Lady of Lourdes Mount St. Nicholas’ upon them. Sunday - 9.30am to 10.30am Sunday - 12.30pm to 1.30pm May they rest in peace. Amen Opening for Prayers in both churches, will be reviewed on a weekly basis. Please check, website for updates.

PRINTED BULLETINS AND CIRCULATION TO HOUSEHOLDS.

With continued high levels of the Covid-19 virus and to help reduce the risk of transmission in the community; the PPC has made the decision to now print the parish bulletin every fortnight, instead of every week. (This will start from this week, and will be kept under review). The fortnightly version of the Bulletin will contain all the announcements and items, for the two week period.

A weekly online version will continue to be uploaded onto the parish website, every Friday. www.carrickparish.org We would encourage parishioners who can access the parish website, to do so. This will help us to reduce the printed copies to be circulated. 1

St. Patrick’s Lenten Talks 2021 The Ambrose FROM COVID TO LIGHT Macaulay Memorial Lecture. ‘The one who has hope lives differently; the one who hopes has been granted the gift of a new life.’ – Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Dr Eamon Phoenix

This Lent we are inviting you to join us along our Lenten journey for 2021. Partition and the Creation of This year’s journey reflects from Easter of last year, when Covid was the Northern Ireland State becoming more known, towards this Easter in which, please God, we will have 1912-22 more light and, hopefully, move towards the end of this pandemic. Each of our Well-known historian and Talks are themed, based on the Gospel of the previous Sunday, in light of broadcaster, Dr Eamon Covid. The Guest speaker will reflect on the theme from their own context in Phoenix, will deliver a light of their vocation and faith, but also in light of the Hope of this Easter and Memorial Lecture to honour our journey through Covid, now that we have a vaccine to aid the control of the life and learning of priest, this virus. There will also be an opportunity for some prayer and questions university chaplain and during the evening. So, THIS LENT, make that commitment to spend an hour church historian, Monsignor on a Tuesday evening to engage with our Christian faith in the Light of Easter Ambrose Macaulay. and through the lens of the hope which Easter brings as we continue our The Lecture will be delivered earthly journey fighting against Covid. Each conference begins at 8pm, in collaboration with Anne starting on Tues 23rd February. Free and one to all. To take part please send Donnelly of NI Screen and is an email to [email protected] to receive a link and password to co-hosted by the Catholic the talks. (See Parish Website for further information). Chaplaincy at Queen’s University and St Brigid’s To mark the 50th anniversary of the Irish School of Ecumenics a new three Parish Belfast. year education and research programme exploring the theme: This online event will take “Is There A Common Good?” is being launched with a series of civic place on Tuesday conversations on zoom. These will run over two six- weekly series, from 2nd February, at 7pm. Saturday 6 February 2021 to Monday 24 May 2021. To attend, The focus for this: “Is the Past Preventing the Future and the Common email qubcc@downandconn Good?” provides an opportunity to explore obstacles to the common good and or.org for Zoom details. positive actions for change. The range of speakers are from Northern Ireland, or have lived here for many years, and they will address the theme from their This Coming Week areas of expertise. The programme is open to anyone who is interested, 1st Feb - 7th Feb particularly those living in Northern Ireland and Border Counties. Mon For more information click on the following hyperlink https://www.tcd.ie/ise/assets/pdf/Common-Good-Course-Brochure.pdf . St. Brigid, Abbess To register contact Kirstie at [email protected]. Tues Presentation of the Lord St. Nicholas’ Primary School Open day 2021 Candlemas Day

Please contact the School Office to arrange a suitable date and time. Wed Tel 028 93351149 (see Parish Website for further details). St. Blaise, Bishop St. Ansgar, Bishop We need to keep on protecting each other. Fri Hands: On entering church please use sanitiser St. Agatha, Martyr provided. Sat Face: Please wear a face covering coming to and Ss Paul Miki & Companions, at Mass. Martyrs Space: Please keep 2m from the people around Sun you; while walking into church; and when leaving the church. 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time Due to Covid 19 restrictions, we have been unable to carry out visits to bereaved families in the parish. If you wish to Readings for Sun 7th Feb talk to someone call 07598825187, or leave a message and Job 7: 1-4, 6-7 someone from the group will get back to you . 1 Corinthians 9: 16-19, 22-23 Mark 1: 29-39 StopCOVID NI App. https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/publications/stopcovid-ni-app-explainer-leaflet See the Parish Website for more info.

Mass at St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Whitehouse Mass at St. Bernard’s, Glengormley https://www.loughshoreparishes.org/webcam/ https://www.churchservices.tv/glengormley/

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