PLEASE NOTE LITURGIES FOR HOLY WEEK AND EASTER WEEK

PALM SUNDAY

Mass in Glenock, 11.00am. Confessions 7.00pm, with visiting priests, in the Oratory

MON, TUES and SPY WEDNESDAY

Mass, Oratory 10.00am, Rosary 9.45am

HOLY THURSDAY

7.30pm: Mass of the Lord’s Supper, in the Oratory

8.30pm: Silent Prayer at the Altar of Repose, 9.45pm: Rosary

GOOD FRIDAY

9.30am: Divine Mercy Novena (Day 1). 10.00am: Morning Prayer, Oratory

3.00pm: The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, in Glenock

7.30pm: Stations of the Cross, in Glenock

HOLY SATURDAY

9.30am: Divine Mercy Novena (Day 2), 10.00am: Morning Prayer, Oratory

9.00pm: Easter Vigil, in the Oratory

EASTER SUNDAY

10.30am: Divine Mercy Novena (Day 3), Glenock, 11.00: Mass

Easter Mon - Easter Fri (2-6 Apr): Mass 12noon, Oratory (except Thurs, 7.30pm)

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‘HOSANNA! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD’

Today we enter the holiest of weeks in the Church calendar, when we celebrate the timeless and central mystery of our faith − Christ's passion, death and resurrection for us, His people. On this Palm Sunday of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ,

we commemorate Christ's entry to Jerusalem to accomplish the Paschal Mystery. The Paschal Mystery includes the sufferings, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus into glory. It will be followed by the sending of the Holy Spirit on the disciples of Jesus to continue the work He began. In our liturgy these events are spread over a period of seven weeks but we should look on them as an indivisible single accomplishment of Our Lord and Saviour for us.

We pray that the sacred events of the Easter Triduum will be a blessed and meaningful time for all of us and for our parish.

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MASS OF CHRISM will be celebrated by Bishop McKeown with the priests of the diocese in St Eugene’s Cathedral, Derry, on Holy Thursday morning (29 March) at 10 o’clock. During this Mass the holy Oils for Baptism, Confirmation, Anointing of the Sick and Ordination are blessed. Also, the priests renew their Ordination promises. Everyone is welcome to attend this, the only Mass celebrated in the diocese on Holy Thursday morning.

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REQUIESCANT IN PACE

Our prayers are asked for the souls of those whose anniversaries occur at this time: John Duffy, Patrick Moore

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CONFESSIONS for Holy Week – today, Palm Sunday, 7.00pm, Oratory, with visiting priests.

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TRÓCAIRE BOXES Please return your Lenten box to the church/oratory this week. For ease of counting, it would be appreciated if you changed coin to notes. Thank you.

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SUNDAY COLLECTION £898.

Clerical Education collection £718.

Donation for Glenock: £20.

Donation for Family Tree Search: £30.

Thank you!

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NEW ENVELOPES for April 2018/19 are available for collection at the Oratory. Please contact the parish office if you would like an envelope for the first time or if your details have cbanged or if you wish to pay by Standing Order. 

Gift Aid: Please remember this essential source of parish income. No cost to you but 25p in every £1 you pay can be claimed by the parish from government. GA forms are at the doors.

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READERS FOR APRIL

Vigil: Catherine Gallagher

Morning: Agnes Duffy

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EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS, APRIL

Vigil: Cathy McDonnell

Morning: Charlotte Devine

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DIVINE MERCY NOVENA

Please join in praying the Divine Mercy Novena from Good Friday (30 March) to the first Saturday of Easter (7 April), leading into Divine Mercy Sunday (8 April). It will be prayed 30 mins before Mass on each of the days. Leaflets are in the porch.

St Faustina of Poland received apparitions of Christ in the 1930s in which He asked her to have His Image painted and venerated throughout the world. He also revealed to her that He wished the Sunday after Easter to be the Feast of God’s Mercy – Divine Mercy Sunday. In the Jubilee Year 2000, at the Mass for the canonisation of St Faustina, Pope John Paul II proclaimed to the world that “from now on throughout the Church this Sunday will be called Divine Mercy Sunday.”

St Faustina, pray for us.

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WEE ONES CHURCH – Back in action! Children, come along to the Parish Hall at 3pm today (Palm Sunday), for some exciting art work, to be displayed in the Oratory and Glenock for Easter. Bring your mum and dad!

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DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY AT KNOCK Sunday 8 April. Bus travelling: for details/bookings - contact Lynch's Coach Hire, Castlederg, Tel: 816 71344.

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DERRY DIOCESAN 0ILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES, 1-6 July. Led by Bishop McKeown. 2018 marks the 160th anniversary of the apparitions at Lourdes. Contact the Pilgrimage Office, 164 Bishop St, Derry. Telephone 028 71260293. Email. derrypilgrim@outlook.com

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HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE – Eight nights beginning 10 October 2018. An opportunity to walk in the footsteps of Jesus Christ – from His birth, through His life, to His passion and death. Nine places available. Contact Thornhill Ministries on 028 7135 1233.

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ADULT FAITH FORMATION – Reflection and Renewal Day at Knock, Friday/Saturday, 20 and 21 April 2018 (same programme delivered each day to facilitate people’s different circumstances), led by Dr Petroc Willey, Professor of Catechetics at Franciscan University of Steubenville. This event is aimed at supporting people in leadership roles in parishes, especially parishioners/groups involved in leading or setting up faith-study programmes. See www.cloynediocese.ie or contact Fr Seán Corkery on 00-353-86- 2420240 or email: cloynenewevangelisation@gmail.com

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GAA

Alphalotto results: A, K, P, Z. Two people matched 3 letters: Ashlene Devine and Roy Donnell. Jackpot £5,000.

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Wisdom

“Love is never defeated, and the history of Ireland proves it.” (Saint John Paul II).