Palm
Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
10th
April 2022
Holy
Week
Palm
Sunday
5.00pm: Palm
Sunday Service
Monday
Masses: 7.00am;
10.00am
Tuesday
Masses: 7.00am;
10.00am; 7.00pm
Wednesday
Masses: 7.00am;
10.00am
Confessions: After 10.00am Mass & 6.30pm -
7.00pm
Holy
Thursday
4.00pm: Mass
for School Children & Elderly
7.00pm: Mass
of the Lord's Supper
8.00pm-9.00pm: Adoration
at the Altar of Repose in the Day Chapel
The 7.00pm Mass is the principal Mass for Holy
Thursday and is the beginning of the Easter Triduum. Strictly speaking it
should be the only Parish Mass today. We encourage people to come to this Mass.
Good
Friday (A Day of Fast and Abstinence)
10.00am: Morning
Prayer
11.30am-12noon: Confessions
3.00pm: Celebration
of the Lord's Passion
4.00pm-4.30pm: Confessions
7.00pm: Evening
Service (followed by Confessions)
Holy
Saturday
10.00am: Morning
Prayer
11.30am-12noon: Confessions
8.30pm: Mass
of the Easter Vigil (Please bring a candle for renewal
of Baptismal Promises)
Please Note: There will not be Mass at 7.00pm this
evening.
Easter
Sunday
Masses: 8.30am; 10.30am; 12.30pm (Please note
the extra Mass at 8.30am today).
Holy Week and Easter are the most important times in
the Church year. Possibly your Lent never got off the ground or maybe you
failed in your resolutions at an early stage. Why not make the extra effort
during this week to come to daily Mass or make some special sacrifice. May the
Lord bless all those who attended Mass in such great numbers all during Lent.
We welcome into God’s Family through the Sacrament of
Baptism:
Meabh Doherty, Molly
Louise Rouse
Kaiden James Logue, Sara
Louise McCauley
We congratulate the follow couple who were recently
united in the Sacrament of Marriage:
Karen McDaid and Christopher McGrath
May they Rest in Peace
Deaths
Marella Devine, 3 Collins Walk
Sadie Hunter, Clady
Frank Gourley, 16 Derry Road
Samuel Hepburn, Lifford
Connie Ewing, Castlefin
Lily Donaghey, 29 Columban Terrace
Gerard Cunningham, Dublin
Kathleen
O’Hanlon, 19 Glen Road
Anniversaries
May Gorman, John Casey, Bernadette
McBride
George Moore, Margaret Holland, Bernadette
Kelly
Michael Duffy, Chris Patterson, Mary McGinley
Tommy Brennan, Francis
McElwee, Pat Devine
Mary Devine, Jim Devine, John
Devine
Anna Quinn, Pat Perry, Grace
Sweeney
Robert McCrea, Isobel
McColgan, Grace Shields
Rosaleen McGranaghan, George
‘Brad’ Doherty, Martha McColgan
Announcements
Last week’s collection
amounted to £3100.00. Thank you.
Those who pay to the weekly collection or any special
collections, including Priest’s Collection, by cheque are asked that all
cheques should be made payable to ‘Melmount Parish’.
Parishioners can still leave their contributions in
the Parish Office during this time of uncertainty. Contributions can be made by
cheque made payable to Melmount Parish or cash. If the Office is closed please
use the letterbox.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will
take place in the church on Monday 11th April after 10.00am Mass until 6.00pm.
Notices for the Bulletin Due to the Bank Holiday on Good Friday all
anniversaries and notices for next week’s bulletin must be notified by 12 noon
on Tuesday 12th April.
Trócaire: Trócaire Collection boxes should be returned to the
Church at any of the ceremonies for Holy Week or on Easter Sunday. It would be
a great help if small coins could be changed for notes or pound coins. Because
of banking requirements all cheques should be made payable to ‘Melmount
Parish’.
Taize Prayer Service led by
Thornhill Ministries will take place in the Sacred Heart Church, Derry Road
today Sunday 10th April at 6.00pm. Everyone is welcome.
Collection Envelopes New envelopes are now in use. If anyone who has not
been using envelopes would like a box please contact the Parish Office on
71383777.
Anyone who pays income tax, even those who are retired
but who receive a taxable pension, and who would like to consider being part of
the Gift Aid Scheme by using an envelope, which is of tremendous benefit to the
Parish, should contact the Parish Office on 71383777 for more information.
Mass of Chrism will take
place on Holy Thursday, 14th April at 10.00am in St. Eugene’s Cathedral, Derry. Bishop
Donal McKeown will be the Principal Celebrant. All people of the diocese are
invited to come and join in this celebration of the Eucharist. The bishop will
bless the oil of catechumens, the oil of the sick and the oil of Chrism, all of
which are used for the celebration of the sacraments during the year.
Baptism Dates
April: Sunday
17th
May: Saturday
7th; Saturday 21st; Sunday 29th
June: Saturday
4th; Sunday 12th; Saturday 18th; Saturday 25th
July: Sunday
3rd; Saturday 9th; Saturday 23rd; Saturday 30th
Baptisms will be at 4.00pm on a Saturday and 1.15pm on
a Sunday.
To book a Baptism contact the Parish Office on
71383777 during office hours.
Parish Draw 2022 Promoters should make their returns for April to the
Parish Office tomorrow Monday 11th April from 2.00pm - 4.30pm. The draw
for April will take place on Wednesday 13 April at 10.30am in the Parish
Office.
Blessing of Graves: The Annual
Ceremony of the Blessing of the Graves will take place here in Melmount on
Sunday 15th May at 4.00pm.
Congratulations to the P.7 Children of the Gaelscoil who
made their Confirmation last Saturday. We thank the teachers and parents
for preparation of the children and all those who took part in the ceremony.
Lough Derg Pilgrimage Season
re-opens on Sunday 1st May. One Day Pilgrimages will take place on 1st, 2nd, 7th, 10th,
15th, 17th, 22nd, 24th, 29th and 30th May. The Three-Day Pilgrimage will commence on
Wednesday 1st June and continue until 15th August 2022. Admission for the one-day
Pilgrimage is €45 and for the 3 Day Pilgrimage €80 Euro. Booking is essential.
To book telephone 00353 71 9861518 or info@loughderg.org
Anam Cara Donegal, the
organisation that supports bereaved parents, is holding its monthly Parent
Evening for bereaved parents on Thursday 14th April at 7.15pm in the Radisson
Blu, Letterkenny. We also offer an online service. For more information contact
0852888888/info@anamcara.ie
Ireland Needs Fatima Group is
hoping to organise public Rosary on May 13th across Ireland. Anyone interested in
taking part/organising can contact them on Freephone 0894617935
Holy Face Devotional Prayer will
be prayed at the Mass Rock, Tulacorr, Strabane on Good Friday, 15th April at 12
noon. All prayer will be concluded by 1.00pm. Everyone welcome.
