MAYOBRIDGE PARISH BULLETIN
Sunday 13th October 2019 Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
‘No-one has come back to give praise to God except this foreigner’ Luke 17:11-19
‘The Lord always reminds us how precious we are in His eyes, and He entrusts us with a mission’ Pope Francis tweet October 2019
Sunday 13th October 2019 Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (44-2019) (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 and ADULTS who require protection - Designated person for Dromore Diocese –Mrs Patricia Carville 0778991 7741 Parish Safeguarding Representative – Mrs Cathy Hillen 02830850270 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 Annie Mae O’Hare, daughter of Gary and Lisa.
RECENTLY DECEASED – We pray for the happy repose of the soul of Emily Murphy, Rostrevor, sister of Teresa Fegan, who died recently. May she rest in peace.
Thank you for your support of the Parish for last week Sunday 6th October £972.20 Number of Envelopes returned 144 Number of Envelopes allocated 420
DAY/DATE TIME ANNIVERSARIES Sat 12th Oct 6.00pm Curtis Clyde, Lisbane Park: Margaret Mackin, Tamnaharry Hill Sun 13th Oct 11.15am Hugh Grant, Edenmore Road: Rosena Loughran, Clontifleece Road Mon 14th Oct 10.00am Mass Tues 15th Oct 9.30am Mass in Burren Wed 16th Oct 7.30pm Mass Thurs 17th Oct 7.00pm Burren: Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion Fri 18th Oct 10.00am Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion in the Convent Chapel 7.00pm Mass in Burren Sat 19th Oct 6.00pm Thomas, Bridget & Thomas Mackin, Edentrumley: Caroline Keenan, Craignamona: Eileen Gangi (nee McClorey) Orchard Hill, Warrenpoint Sun 20th Oct 11.15am Sr Dympna & Sr Attracta Byrne: Paul Gallagher, Chapel Hill
SAINT ANNE’S OIL AND CORD can be obtained from Mrs Lily Gribben, Tel – 028 3085 1424
Congratulations to our Parish Hall Keyholder who celebrated a Big Birthday during the week.
PROTECTION OF UNBORN CHILDREN - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (N.I.) have provided flyers/petition forms for those Parishioners who wish to complete and return to SPUC (N.I.) regarding the possible change to legislation to the Sanctity of Life of the Unborn. Flyers/Petition forms are in the Porches of the Church.
JESUS DIVINE MERCY DEVOTIONS TODAY SUNDAY 13th OCTOBER AT 3PM in Mayobridge Church. Come and join us, in our devotions to Jesus the Divine Mercy, beginning with the 3 o’clock prayer, when Our Lord died on the cross, which when said at this hour you can obtain everything for yourself and others, followed by the prayers from the handbook. 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, continuing with the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction, and the Blessing of St Faustina’s Relic
PARISH QUESTIONNAIRE - The Parish Pastoral Council is currently preparing to draft the next 5-year-plan for Mayobridge Parish. We believe it is vitally important to consult with you, the parishioners, in order to ensure that the plan meets the needs of our parish. With this in mind, we have made arrangements for a short parish questionnaire to be distributed at both weekend Masses on 26th - 27th October to gather your thoughts/views and to inform the parish plan for the next number of years. More information will be shared at the Masses this Saturday and Sunday.
ONLINE PETITION - Please support the online petition by Baroness Nuala O’Loan calling on the Secretary of State and Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly to take action to prevent unregulated abortion being introduced to the North by Westminster on 21st October. The petition can be found online at Change.org (search for Nuala O’Loan
SAFEGUARDING INFORMATION - There will be Adult Safeguarding Awareness Sessions in Newry Parish Centre, The Mall, Newry, on Saturday 19th October and Saturday 26th October from 11am until 1pm. This awareness is for those volunteers who bring the Eucharist to Nursing/Residential homes and to those in our parish who are housebound. There will be a one-day training for Child Safeguarding on Saturday 30th November in Seapatrick Parish Centre, Scarva Road, Banbridge. This training is mandatory for clergy and volunteers whose role is supervising/ teaching/ instructing children and young people or who has contact with children in their role. These sessions are on a first come first serve basis and numbers for each are 25 to 30 maximum. Please inform Cathy Hillen your parish representative if you wish to attend.
CELEBRATION OF PARISH MINISTRY IN MAYOBRIDGE 19TH AND 20TH OCTOBER At Masses on the weekend 19th and 20th October we will celebrate all the groups involved in ministry in our parish. All those who clean, prepare, organise, support and minister in any way in our parish and community will be invited to share information on their work in the parish hall on Saturday evening and Sunday morning. People will have an opportunity to visit the hall and see the work that goes on at so many levels in our parish. Please let me know a contact name for each group. Sunday the 20th October is Mission Sunday and a very appropriate time to celebrate and acknowledge how we are all part of the Church’s mission. Please contact Ann Fitzpatrick on [email protected]
STORMONT ROSARY FOR LIFE – Please join us for a special Rosary Vigil for Life at Parliament Buildings, Stormont. (meeting at main gate entrance Newtownards Road) at 2.30pm on Saturday 19th October. For more information contact Rosary Crusade for Ireland on 028 9027 8484 or [email protected]
SOLITUDE SATURDAY – An opportunity to refresh body, mind and spirit in the beautiful setting of St Clare’s Convent, Glenvale on 26th October 2019. Mass 9.30am Retreat 10.30-3.30pm Tea/Coffee/Light Lunch provided. Please contact 028 3025 2778, Suggested donation £20.00
ST JOSEPH’S YOUNG PRIESTS SOCIETY – Annual half day retreat will be held on Sunday 20th October 2019 in Dromantine. Cost £10.00. Light refreshments will be available on arrival at 1.30pm and mid-afternoon. Mass will be celebrated at 4.45pm. All are welcome to attend. Contact Patricia (028) 30821286 or Catherine (028) 97562478 if attending.
MUSIC OF HOPE CONCERT -Music of Hope Concert taking place in Mayobridge Chapel TODAY Sunday 13th October at 7.30pm, staring Fr Liam Lawton, Malachi Cush, Karl McGuckin and other guests. Please contact Gillian 07736522929 for tickets or email [email protected] Limited numbers available
Coastal Rosary for Life, Faith and Love - Join in with thousands of people all around Ireland, as we gather on our coasts, near rivers, in our churches, at grottos etc. to pray the Rosary for Life, Faith and Love TODAY Sunday October 13th at 2.30pm. We will join in with many countries around the world. To register a location please visit www.coastalrosaryireland.ie or text/call 00353 87 278 6552
Armagh Diocesan Church Music & Liturgy Commission. Workshop with Dr John O’Keeffe. Director of Sacred Music, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth. For singers, choirs, musicians and all who are interested in Liturgical Music on Saturday 19th October || Registration from 10:00am || Synod Hall, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh. Cost: £15 Participation, Copy of Book/CD and light refreshments To book your place, please contact Caroline at [email protected]
SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE - for parents and families who have been bereaved through pregnancy loss or the death of a baby, child or young person in Daisy Hill Hospital or the wider community, will take place in Newry Town Hall on Sunday 3 November 2019 at 3pm.
Autumn Concert - Burren Heritage Centre are pleased to announce that Tommy Sands will be coming to our centre on the 28th November at 8pm. Tickets are now on sale and cost £12.00. Contact the centre at (028)41773378 Tuesday-Thursday 9:30am-1:30pm, you can also email us at [email protected] or phone/text 07783510629 to book your ticket. This will be an excellent night of music and storytelling.
REVISION CLASSSES FOR GCSE AND A LEVEL IRISH - Beidh cruinniú gairid sa Chlub Shóisialta ar an Chéadaoin seo chugainn (16/10/19) ag 7.00 i.n. faoi Rang Athbhreinithe a chur ar bun do dhaltaí GCSE agus Ard-Leibhéal sa Ghaeilge. Beidh na ranganna ag díriú ar an teanga labhartha don chuid is mó. Má tá suim agat ann nó má tá aithne ar dhuine a bheadh suim acu ann, tagigí chuig an Chlub ar an oíche sin. Go raibh maith agat. There will be a short meeting in the Social Club Wednesday next (16/10/19) at 7.00 pm about setting up a Revision class for anyone doing GCSE or A-Level Irish. The classes will mostly be focused on improving speaking and listening. If you are interested or if you know someone who may be interested could they please attend the Club on that evening. Thank you.
MS Society Newry, Mourne and Armagh Information Day Saturday 19th October, Banville House Hotel, Banbridge 10.30am – 3pm, (Funded by the Banbridge Support Group). Guest Speaker – Dr Jamie Campbell, Consultant Neurologist. Q&A session with Citizens Advice Bureau. Information Stands. To register a place for this event please contact Sharon McBurney Tel: 028 30835657, Email: [email protected] PM on Facebook: Newry, Mourne and Armagh MS Society
Mayobridge Parent & Toddler Group, every Friday (during Term Time) in Mayobridge Community Centre, 9.15am - 11.15am. All Welcome. £3.00 per family. Under 1's Free
PARKINSON’S EARLY ONSET CAFÉ – 30 OCTOBER, 27 NOVEMBER at 7.30PM in COSTA COFFEE, DAMOLLY RETAIL PARK. A friendly meeting place offering people of working age with Parkinsons a warm wlcome and chat. For further information contact Anne Donnelly 0344 225 3623 or [email protected]
Family Care Adoption Services (1969 – 2019) Celebrating 50 years of adoption Family Care Adoption Services is presently seeking adoptive families for babies, young children aged 2 years and older; and brothers and sisters. To find out more information please contact us at: Family Care Adoption Services: Tel: 028 71 368592 or 028 90 691133 Mon to Fri: 9am - 5 p.m. Email: [email protected] Website: www.familycaresociety.co.uk
MUSIC OF HOPE CONCERT Tickets are available for Music of Hope Concert taking place in Mayobridge Chapel on Sunday 13th October at 7.30pm, staring Fr Liam Lawton, Malachi Cush, Karl McGuckin and other guests. Please contact Gillian 07736522929 for tickets or email [email protected] Limited numbers available
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]
ACCORD CATHOLIC MARRIAGE CARE SERVICE ACCORD - Catholic Marriage Care Service is currently recruiting volunteers to train as marriage preparation course facilitators. If you have a positive attitude towards marriage in the Catholic Church. If you have the enthusiasm to be part of the ACCORD team in supporting couples who are preparing for the Sacrament of Marriage. ACCORD would like to hear from you! Successful applicants will receive professional training and will be part of a team delivering marriage preparation courses locally. Please contact Aisling on
003531 505 3112 or by email to info@accord.
WEDDINGS - 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]
CRUSE BEREAVEMENT CARE- Anyone who needs to contact them can do so. Newry & Mourne 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.