We are an Easter People
Whatever
the challenges we face, whatever the joys we share, Easter is the time of year that
reminds us who we are. The challenge is to make sure that there is the breath of
the Resurrection in everything we do and say; the joy is that we look forward every
day to new life and new hope.
We thank
all of you for your great commitment to so many things in the parish, particularly
your fidelity to Lent and Holy Week, to the Prayer Pathway and to the Ceremonies.
The Good News of the Gospel promises us hope and gives us encouragement. These are
the Easter gifts we are to share with one another.
Happy
Easter to everyone.
Father Bradley & Father Walsh
An Easter Thought
An Easter Egg Hunt is proof positive that your child
can find things when they really want to.
Readings for Easter Sunday
Acts 10: 34, 37-43. If we believe in Christ today it is because of the Apostles’
personal experience of Jesus and their subsequent courageous testimony as to what
he achieved. The Gospel has reached this generation through over 60 faithful previous
ones.
Ps 117:1-2, 16-17, 22-23, R/ v 24. If ever there was cause for joy this is it.
Col 3:1-4. “Since you have been brought back to true life with Christ, you must look
for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is…” We should be looking forward
not backwards. If therefore the conversation of baptised Christians is only rarely
about heavenly things they should take stock.
Sequence: ‘Death with life contended: combat strangely ended!’
Jn 20: 1-9. John the beloved was first to realize that Jesus had indeed risen from the
dead as the scriptures had foretold. John’s faith, hope and charity were burning
brightly. Where death once reigned love now ruled forever more!
The Parish Office will be closed on
Monday 22nd & Tuesday 23rd April.
Last week’s collection was €5,145 Sincere thanks
Masses
St. Mary’s Oratory
Mon 22nd Doreen
Porter (1st A)
Tue 23rd No
Mass
Wed 24th Pat
Doherty
Thurs 25th D.D.S
Mass
Fri 26th John-Joe
McDaid
Sat 27th
Denis & Mary Bonner
St. Mary’s Cockhill
Mon 22nd No
Mass
Tues 23rd Michael
McDaid (1st A)
Wed 24th Denis
Eccles
Fri 26th Rose
Coyle
Sat 27th Danny
Donaghey (MM)
Star of the Sea
Thurs 25th No Mass
Sun 28th Peter Dacre
Baptisms
We welcome into God’s family
John Daniel Doohan
Olivia Maeve Scott
Guy Thomas Cuffe
who were baptised recently.
Deaths
Your Prayers are asked for
Bridie Barber &
Colm Fletcher
who died recently and for their family and friends
saddened by their loss
Divine Mercy Sunday
Divine
Mercy Devotions will take place on Sunday 28th April at 12.00noon in St Mary’s
Church, Cockhill.
Mass in honour of Blessed Alexandrina
will
be held in Termonbacca on Sunday the 28th April at 7:30 pm. Everyone
welcome.
Rosary for Priests,
Please
come and join us in our Rosary to pray for vocations to the Priesthood and Religious
life. Three Rosaries are prayed each Tuesday between 1pm & 2pm in the Adoration
Chapel - Everyone
Welcome.
Our Lady of Fatima
Anyone wishing to have the Statue of Our Lady of Fatima
in their home for one week please contact 0872243692 or 9362358.
Scripture Prayer Group
Meet
every Thursday evening from 7-8pm in St Teresa’s Room for music, scripture, quiet
meditation & prayer, sharing prayers of intentions, visit www.pray-as-you-go.org
Trócaire
Please
return your Trócaire boxes to the collection bins located at the back of each Church.
Derry Diocesan Trust
Moville
Parish -Assistant Part Time Parish Secretary required: 12 hours per week - 6 month
fixed term contract (possibility of extension), Monday, Wednesday and Thursday –
4 hours per day. For application packs please contact: Derry Diocesan Trust, Bishop’s
House, St Eugene’s Cathedral, Francis Street, Derry, by email: payroll@derrydiocese.org
or telephone 048 7126 2302. Completed applications must be returned later than 5.00pm
on Monday 6th May. Please note interviews will be held on the week beginning 13th
May 2019. Derry Diocesan Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Pilgrimage To Knock:
Knights
of Columbanus (Derry) pilgrimage to Knock, Sunday 26 May. Cost £15. Everyone welcome.
Tel 07851 829 282 for further information
First Holy Communion dates 2019
May 11th – St Egney’s NS at 11am in Star of the Sea, Desertegney
May 18th – Scoil Iosagain at 11am in St Mary’s Oratory
May 25th - St Oran’s NS, Scoil Naomh Iosaf, & Scoil Naomh Padraig at 11am in St
Mary’s Cockhill.
June 1st - Gaelscoil Bhun Chranncha at 11am in St Mary’s Oratory.
Rosary at the Grotto
Each day in May 2019, thousands of people from all around
Ireland will gather at their local Grottos to recite the Rosary for Faith and Life
in Ireland. To sign up your local Grotto, text/call 087 278 6552 or at www.coastalrosaryireland.ie
The Net
The April
edition of The Net is now available. For coverage of your parish or school faith
activities just send an email to editorthenet15@gmail.com
or ring/text 07809292852.
Prayer for Marriage & Family
Reminder
that our parish day is the 23rd of each month to pray for marriage and family life
for 1 hour either in your own home or in the Church, free booklets available in
Parish office.
A ’Queen of the May’ Festival
will
take place in Thornhill House, Culmore Road, Derry, from Friday 3 to Monday 6 May
from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm daily. The festival is in keeping with the great tradition
of hosting a May Altar in honour of Our Lady. All welcome!
The Parish Office will be closed on
Monday 22nd & Tuesday 23rd April.
St. Mary’s Hall Manager:
Danny Henderson Tel. 9361572
Buncrana Parish Draw
Week 10, 14th April 2019
1st Prize €500 -
Siobhan Tynan, Drumfries
Promoter: Noeleen
Tynan
2nd Prize: €300:
Billy Porter, Main Street
Promoter:
Paul Brogan
3rd Prize €150: Tessie
McLaughlin, Ludden
Promoter:
Marie Henderson
Bingo
Bingo on Friday & Sunday night at
9pm in St Mary’s Hall
Snowball: €5,250. Page 9 now Single Book
and Sheet €10.
Double Book and Sheets €15. NO BINGO
ON GOOD FRIDAY
The Cinema
Dumbo (PG)
112 Mins
Sat 20th at 8.15pm, Mon to Thur at 8.15pm
Also Matinee today Sunday 21st at 3pm
Avengers Endgame (12A) 182 Mins
Thur 25th 00:00 & 8.15pm
Fri 26th at 5pm, Sat, plus Mon to thur at 8.15pm,
also matinee Sun 28th at 3pm
Community Corner
Donegal Branch of the Alzheimer's Society would
like to thank everyone for their generosity during their Church Gate Collection
a total of €813.37 was raised.
Buncrana Go Active Health Talk by Martin Rijkers,
Massage Therapist ’Healthy Body, Healthy Mind’ in Scoil Mhuire on Tues 30th April
at 7.30pm, Everyone Welcome!
Irish Heart Foundation are offering free CPR training
in the Exchange, Buncrana on Saturday 27th April 2019, to reserve your place call
or text 0871438887.
Donegal Branch of MS are holding a Coffee Morning
in St Mary’s Hall on Friday 24th May from 12-3pm, all money raised stays in Inishowen,
all welcome.
Céilí in Cockhill Hall on Friday 26th April, Music
by Martin, dancing 9pm-12am, adm €5 incl supper.
Buncrana Darkness into Light: May 11th 2019, 5k walk to raise
funds for Pieta House, lets walk and talk, register now at www.darknessintolight.ie
Roisin Doherty - Behaviour Consultant providing
advice & strategies to parents of children from 2-12 years of age on issues
surrounding sleeping, eating, toileting & behaviour. Tel 0894511432
Salon 19 - We are OPEN!!! From now I will be working from my new premises. Salon
19, 19 Roadside (Redrow). Pop in and say hello! The landline won't be connected
for a few weeks, in the meantime please contact me on my mobile 0860608586.Thank
you for your support and custom, I look forward to welcoming you to the new salon
very soon!! Annette
Lough Derg One Day Retreats begin
on Saturday 4th May and continue on 5th, 6th, 11th,12th,
14th,19th, 21st, 25th, 26th and 27th. Why not take some time and space on Lough
Derg personally or as a parish group this May? A NEW event for those who serve in
lay parish ministry, is our Parish Ministry Day Saturday 18th May. Booking essential.
Tel: 0(0353) 71 9861518. Email: info@loughderg.org Web: www.loughderg.org
Places available on the Cross Border Older Peoples Project who
are running a series of 4 trips to the following places Monday
May 6th - Glenarm Castle Tulip Festival,
Friday 17th May - Glenveagh National
Park, Friday 24th May - Antrim Castle
Garden Tour and Junction 1 shopping, Friday 31st May - Ballycastle Free Time & Shopping. All trips €10 each including entry charges, transport
and dinner. Payment must be paid in advance in order to secure a place. For more
details please call IDP on 9362218 or call into IDP, St Mary’s Rd., Buncrana.
Cleaner required. 3/4 hours a week. Fri / Sat only. 0874526698.
St Vincent de Paul helpline no 0831114449.
Coffee Morning The
O’Brien family are marking Miriam’s 40th Birthday with a Coffee Morning in O’Flaherty’s
on Friday 26th April from 11am - 3pm, all proceeds to the Foyle Hospice, everyone
welcome.
Maths tutor for honours or pass call 9362444 / 0872913186
Donegal Kinesiology: Kinesiology can help with a wide variety of modern day health
problems, including.......all gut related issues (bloating/IBS/reflux/food intolerance),
vitamin & mineral deficiencies, fatigue, insomnia, immune boosting, hormone
balancing, depression, stress/anxiety, metal/chemical toxicity and much more, suitable
for all ages, For an apt contact Sharon on 087 6563263 or via FB: Donegal Kinesiology
Buncrana parkrun (5k Walk/Run) every Saturday Morning 9.30am sharp meeting at the Tip
O’Neill statue, Shore front, free entry. Also Buncrana parkwalk every Saturday,
all welcome. Register online at www.parkrun.ie. Coffee afterwards in
the Fishermans Wharf - 10% discount, see you there.
Are you A Woman looking to go back into Employment? WISE is a FREE program open
to women of all ages who are currently not working or who are in receipt of social
welfare payments that are not classified as ‘Jobseeker’ payments. People
1st in conjunction with The WISE Project can help you with the following-Dedicated
Personal Employment Advisor, Advice & Assistance with CV & Interview Techniques,
Job Applications and much more. WISE is Co funded by The Irish Government &
The European Social Fund as part of the ESF Programme for Employability, Inclusion
& Learning 2014-2020. To Check eligibility call Penny 086 145 2252.
English Tutor Get
the grade for Junior & Leaving Cert. Tel Mark 086 6655334/ 9322472.
Medugorje Pilgrims from Buncrana (7 nights half board), 27th June - 4th
June ex Dublin €695 pps & 29th Sept - 6th Oct ex Belfast €725 or £579 pps, as
spaces are limited early deposits are advised, booking & further info from Marie
Furey 9361625 or Paddy Doherty 0879277428.
Make A Difference in Your Community with Home Instead Senior Care – We are currently recruiting
CARE Givers throughout Donegal. Duties include assisting clients with all aspects
of day to day living. We offer: Flexible working hours, Full Training, Own transport
required, Email your CV to donegal@homeinstead.ie
or call 074-9113050.
Befriending Service & Volunteering Recruitment ALONE Donegal (formerly The
Good Morning Service Donegal) are recruiting Befriending Volunteers on an ongoing
basis. please tel 074-9321598/086-7208686 / E emma.kennedy@alone.ie If you are over 60 years
of age and are interested in receiving the Befriending Service, or have any issues
or concerns we may be able to help with, please contact us 9321598/ E: www.alone.ie
call to see us at 6 Ardaravan Square, Buncrana.
Sliabh Sneacht Centre New Oil Painting Class Starts:-Thurs 2nd May for 6 weeks.
Drumfries Walking Group Next Fri, 26th April 10.00am. Meeting at Shore Front
Car Park across from Leisure Centre, New walkers welcome. Fundamentals of Sport
Mon 4 to 5 pm. Maca Movements with Leo Gill. Dance Classes. John & Bredge
Gill Wed 9 to 10.15pm. Chair Based Yoga Mon 11.30am to 12.30, Yoga Classes
Mon Mixed class 7.30 to 8.30pm, New members welcome. Yoga for Kids Thurs
4-8 year olds from 4 to 5pm and 9-12 year olds from 5 to 6pm. Mixed
Yoga Class Sat 9.30 to 10.30am, Contact us on: 074 93 61 742 Text: or email:
admin@sliabhsneachtcentre.ie
Westbrook House Bed & Breakfast open all year
round, guest review for 2018 was 9.5, contact Mary Margaret on 9361067 or 0862104662.
William Grant & Company, Westend, Buncrana; we are here
for all your financial requirements and advice: Investments, Pensions, Life Insurance,
General Insurance, Property sales & Valuations, phone our office at 074 9363500
and we will be happy to assist you, don’t put it off.
Shaun Porter Gardening Grass
cutting, strimming, hedge trimming, weeding & general tidy of your garden. Certificates
in Horticulture. Contact 0863286011 or Facebook Shaun Porter Gardening.
Line Dancing in Cockhill Hall on Wed 8.15pm, Jiving at 9.15pm.
Saturday night dance, Sat 27th dancing to Rosemarie, also now taking
bookings for Children’s parties in Cockhill hall, Contact Ursula 0862296642.
Line dancing in St Mary’s Hall Tues 10.30am –11.30am. Desertegney
Hall Kids Jiving and Line dancing, Mon 4:30 - 5.30pm. Contact 0862296642
McLaughlin & McLaughlin Funeral Directors, 16 Lower Main St, tel 0863086087
/ 074 93 63666.
Porter Funeral Directors Meenagorey Funeral
home now available on request in Buncrana and Carndonagh, contact 0872926917/ 0860794820.
Gillespie’s Funeral Services, Tullyarvan, Buncrana.
Contact 0863411814 or 0862863483
Murphy Funeral Directors, Tooban Burnfoot. Tel 074 9360313 or 0868093110 or 0868204245.
Rock Landscaping & Maintenance Lawn care, fencing, paving, tree surgery,
concreting, pillars, wall building, digger work, paint work, power washing, also
hanging baskets & window boxes supplied, Call Ferghal on 0863166244.
Inishowen Injury Clinic - Cahir McLaughlin N.M.T. Treatment of Neck, Back, or
Shoulder Pain & Sports Injuries. Call 086 075 3296 or on FB.
Painting Services commercial,
industrial, domestic, also wall repairing and power washing, for a free estimate
call Paul Devlin on 086 2346479.
The Lunch Box Deli - Home made dinners, sit in or take away, freshly made trays
of sandwiches for all occasions, Open 7am - 7pm, 7 days a week, sit in or take away,
call in your order (074) 9322700
Bluestack Challenge Fundraising Walk, Saturday 8th
of June 2019. Supporting People with Additional Needs, Register on bluestackfoundation.com OR Phone 074 9740828 for more details. Are YOU up for The Challenge?
McClean’s Cleaning Service carpet upholstery cleaning, window cleaning, power washing,
and all types of cleaning undertaken, call 0868480321/ 9322396.
Crana College 5K
Thurs 9th May at 7:30pm. Reg from 6pm in Crana College. This is a family friendly
event with refreshments provided at the school after. Looking forward to seeing
you all there.
Slimming World Every Tues at 9.30am, 11.30am, 5.30pm and 7.30pm in the Inishowen Gateway Hotel,
Men & Women welcome. Tel 0860848705
