Sunday, 28th January 2018

Sabbath Mass Times

Vigil Mass Saturday evening - 6pm.

Sunday Morning - 9am and 11am.

Weekday Mass

Monday - Saturday 10am Mass. (Thursday 10am Mass at School)

First Friday Sick

Tuesday Morning - Currynierin, Crescent Link, Drumahoe.

Wednesday Morning - Ardmore Rural

SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION AT ST MARY’S CHURCH ARDMORE TODAY

We welcome Bishop Donal McKeown to Ardmore Parish to confirm our P7 Glendermott Primary School Children: Brona O Kane, Oran Morris, Cahir McGlinchey, Beibhinn McCormick, Aaron Lusby, Annie Edwards, Dearbhla Duddy, Lorcan Doherty, Evaigh Coyle, Cian Barrow.

Death

Paddy Murray, Convoy, Father of Martin Murray, Ardmore Rd.

Anniversaries

Jean McCourt, Damian Feeney, Joshua Feeney, Maureen White, Bernadette O’Neill, Mary Devine and Catherine Edwards.

Ministers of the Word 4th February 2018

6pm Vigil Mass - Martina Donnelly.

9am - Claire Courtney

11am - John Boyle.

Eucharistic Minsters for February 2018

6pm Vigil Mass - Aidan Boyle, Emma Crilly and Colleen Duddy.

9am - Dermot Chambers.

11am - Charlie McDaid, Eugenia Doherty and Celine McDaid.

Sunday Collection 21st January 2018 Weekly Collection

£1101.00. Our thanks for your continued generosity.

Sacrament of Confirmation

Our thanks to Bishop Donal McKeown for Administering the Sacrament of Confirmation on our Primary 7 Glendermott School Children today. Our thanks to their parents and family members, School Principal and Teachers for assisting their development in the Christian Faith through the years. Our thanks to their School Music Teacher and the School Choir. Our thanks to the P6 Parents for providing the light refreshments after the Ceremony.

We pray for the recently enrolled in the deceased members of Derry Diocesan Society: Joan Ayto, Angela Crawford, John Dixon, Annie Murray and Evelyn Brolly.

Feast of St Bridget - Thursday 1st February: St Bridget’s Crosses will be blessed at this Mass. Please bring to the School for blessing.

Friday 2nd February is Candlemas Day -Candles will be blessed and available. Candles 80p

Saturday 3rd St Blaise - Throats will be blessed at 10am and 6pm Vigil Mass

Ardmore GAC

Lotto Week 3 the Numbers were 2-3-18. The Jackpot was not won and £50 was won by Dolores Quinn. Next Week the Jackpot is £150.

Underage training continues on Wednesday evening at 6.30.

Our Annual Draw takes place this Saturday night at McCourts. Good luck to all who bought a ticket. Winners announced in social media and in next weeks bulletin.

Follow us on Facebook and www.ardmoregaa.co.uk

Parish Draw for January will now take place on Sunday 4th February 2018 after 11am Mass.

Pioneer Diocesan Meeting will now take place on Tuesday 30th January 2018 at 8pm in Pastoral Centre Ardmore.

Marriage and Family Life Meeting - will take place on Wednesday 31st January 2018 at 7pm in Pastoral Centre Ardmore.

Praying with Scriptures - Sunday 4th February 2018 at 4.15 in Pastoral Centre. Everyone welcome.

DERRY DIOCESAN LOURDES PILGRIMAGE led by Bishop Donal McKeown takes place from Sunday 1 July - Friday 6 July 2018. Cost £669. For further details contact the pilgrimage office at 164 Bishop Street, Derry BT48 6UJ: Email: derrypilgrim@outlook.com Tel: 028 71260293 Hours: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 11am-1pm from Saturday 3 February.

DIOCESAN VOCATIONS INFORMATION EVENING - Tuesday 27 February 2018, 6pm – 9pm, in the Parochial House, St Eugene’s Cathedral, Francis Street, Derry, BT48 9AP. Enquiries can be made via the Diocesan Vocations Director: Fr Paul Farren, Tel 028 71 264087 or email ddcc@derrydiocese.org

CARMELITE RETREAT CENTRE

Mass for the sick will take place in the Carmelite Retreat Centre Termonbacca on Tuesday 30th January at 7.30pm .

Catholic Schools Week 28th January—3rd February 2018

Pope Francis chose Ireland to host the next World Meeting of Families and it will take place from 21–26 August in Dublin. Families from all over the world will gather to celebrate their lives, to share their experiences from different parts of the world, to reflect on the different challenges they face and to grow together in faith. This celebration offers a special opportunity to school families to celebrate not just parents as the primary educators of their children, but also the vital role that Catholic schools play in assisting parents. In partnership with the WMOF, the Catholic Schools Week Steering Committee has developed a one-year catechetical programme for Catholic primary and post-primary schools. The theme for this 2018 programme is ‘Catholic Schools: Called to be a Family of Families.’ The programme invites Catholic schools to celebrate the relationship that exists between home, school and parish through participation in four sub-themed catechetical moments. Moment Two is the high point of the catechetical programme for primary and post-primary schools. During CSW Catholic school families participate in a week of reflection on this year’s theme. The Catholic Schools Week Steering Committee has made a series of resources available for schools, each with its own unique daily theme, on www.catholicschools.ie.

DERRY ‘A CELEBRATION OF FAMILY’

Saturday 3 February at St Mary’s College Derry.

From 9am or so there will be music playing in the foyer of St. Mary’s College. Those who have registered will pick up any relevant documentation etc. Tea/coffee and biscuits/scones will be available from 9.15 – 9.50. 10am – Morning Prayer (with singing) to be led by a family from St. Mary’s parish, Creggan.

Speakers include Gráinne Doherty is a native of the parish of Moville. She is a theologian, and has lectured in All Hallows and has worked as Director for Pastoral Development in the diocese of Raphoe. Most recently she gave a nine session course on “Amoris Laetitia” in the parish of Ardmore, Derry.

Gerard Gallagher is a native of Strabane. Married, with young children, he lives in Newbridge, Co. Kildare, and works as Pastoral Co-Ordinator in the Archdiocese of Dublin. He has written a number of books and articles.

Fr. Johnny Doherty is a native of Carndonagh, and is a member of the Redemptorist Order. He has given a large number of parish retreats around the country, and has worked with ACCORD. He’s the Director of “Love is for Life” and the founder of “The Movement of Continuous Prayer for Marriage and Family Life” which is already active in a number of parishes in the diocese of Derry.

Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo was born in Kano, Nigeria, in 1956. A priest of the dioceses of Onitsha and Nnewi, he has served a Papal Nuncio in Central African Republic, Chad, Dominican Republic and as Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico. On 13 May 2017 Pope Francis appointed him as Nuncio to Ireland.