Our Lady of Lourdes Steelstown
PARISH INFORMATION
Priest of the Parish: Fr John McDevitt | john.mcdevitt@derrydiocese.org
Postal Address: Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 11 Steelstown Road, Derry, BT48
8EU. Telephone: 02871 351718
Email: steelstownparish@aol.com. Website: steelstownparish.com
Webcam: churchservices.tv/steelstown
Facebook: Our Lady of Lourdes Instagram: steelstownparish.
Please contact the Parish Office by phone or email. We are taking this decision
to reduce the spread of COVID 19 by reducing social contacts.
BAPTISM DATES
Saturday
11 July at 4.30pm. Sunday 26 July at 1.15pm
SYMPATHY
We offer our sympathy to the family and friends of:
Frances McDevitt, 64 Hampstead Park.
Anniversaries
Please pray for the repose of the
souls of:
Mary Cregan, Catherine Lynch, Tony
Lynch, John McIntyre and Paul Duddy.
DATES FOR
YOUR DIARY
First Confession
Bunscoil
Cholmcille Thurs. 10 September at 2pm.
Steelstown
Primary School Mon. 14 September at 6pm and
Tues. 15
September at 6pm.
First Holy
Communion
Bunscoil
Cholcille Fri. 18 September at 2pm
Steelstown
Primary School Sat. 19 September at 12 noon and 3pm.
PREPARATIONS FOR RETURN TO PUBLIC
MASS
As we have now opened our Church
for public worship new procedures will ensure that the church building is sanitised
and safe. People also have a responsibility to act safely (physical distancing, good hand hygiene, respiratory
etiquette); those who are vulnerable or unwell, especially anyone with Covid-19
symptoms, should stay at home and participate via webcam. There is no obligation
to attend Sunday Mass at this time.
Procedures have been put in place
with stewards, controlled seating, guided Holy Communion queues and controlled leaving
the church. Your cooperation is appreciated. It would be helpful if people could
come slightly earlier than usual. It is recommended that Holy Communion be received
only on the hand. The Priest and Eucharistic Ministers will be wearing face coverings
and will use hand sanitiser. After each Mass the church will be cleaned so everyone
is asked to leave to enable this to be done before the next Mass.
Thank you to our Parish Preparation
Team and those who have volunteered. If you would like to assist as a steward or
cleaner please contact the Parish office.
PARISH SCHEDULE THIS WEEK
Sunday 5 July 9am, 11am and 12.15pm Mass
Monday 6 July to Friday 10 July
10am Mass
Saturday 11 July 10am Mass. Confession 10.45 to
11.15am:
6.30pm Vigil Mass
Sunday 12 July 9am, 11am and 12.15pm Mass
A WORD OF
THANKS
To Shaun,
one of our Diocesan seminarians, who did temporary sacristan for the past few weeks.
We keep him in our prayers as he continues on his journey to Priesthood.
VIRTUAL
LOURDES PILGRIMAGE
Our Diocesan
Pilgrimage to Lourdes was scheduled to take place from 2 to 7 July. To honour the
occasion, Bishop McKeown is hosting a Virtual Lourdes Pilgrimage from St Eugene’s
Cathedral until 7 July.
The themes are:
Sunday 5 – Children and Baptism;
Monday
6 – Young People and
Tuesday 7 – Mission.
Full details of the programme, which will
be live-streamed from St Eugene’s Cathedral, will be posted on the Diocesan Facebook
Page and Website. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. St Bernadette, pray for us.
Lectio Online
An ongoing
invitation to gather on ZOOM each week on Wednesday 11.30am to 12.30pm. Led by Sr
Margaret we will read, pray, and discuss the upcoming Sunday Gospel. All are welcome
please click on the ZOOM link that appears each Wednesday on the Facebook page.
Calling
all young people!
We are setting
up a Parish Youth Committee and we want you on it. Do you have any ideas about how
we can make our community even better? About how we can get practical and make positive
changes? Help effect change in our parish community
and make sure your voice is heard. To register go to Our Lady of Lourdes facebook
page and click on the link.
PARISH SOCIAL
MEDIA
Steelstown
parish has a Facebook page and Instagram account. Please follow for daily reflections
and up to date news in the parish, on Facebook at Our Lady of Lourdes, steelstown
and on Instagram at steelstownparish.
CHURCH DEFIBRILLATOR
The Church
Defibrillator is located at the front of the Church on the left hand side beside
the Sacristy door.
Parish Collection
If you have recently come to live
in our parish or, if you live in a neighbouring parish but worship in Our Lady of
Lourdes, and you would like to contribute to the upkeep of our church you can request
a box of envelopes, a standing order form or a gift aid form from the Parish office.
For those with online banking you should be able to set up a standing order without
the need to send the form to your bank.
Please make cheques payable to
‘Our Lady of Lourdes’.
For any assistance please contact
the Parish office
