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Sunday, 8th March 2026 - Ardstraw East Parish Newsletter<\/h3>\n\n
Parish of Ardstraw East<\/span><\/div>

Third Sunday of Lent<\/span><\/p>

8th March 2026<\/span><\/p>

CONTACTS AND CORRESPONDENCE<\/span><\/p>

Rev. Roland Colhoun, CC, 41 Moyle Road, Newtownstewart, BT78 4AP<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Tel:<\/span> 028-8166 1445, Email:<\/span>ardstraweast@derrydiocese.org<\/a>, FB:<\/span> @ardstraweast<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>

Rev. Brian Donnelly, PP, 028-8164 8283 Rev. James Devine, CC, 028-8230 2012<\/span><\/p>


L I T U R G I E S   <\/span>F O R  \n<\/span>T H E   <\/span>W E E K<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Sunday<\/span> –<\/span> <\/span>Mass 11:30am (First\nAnniversary: Rose McGonagle, RIP) <\/span>(Oratory)<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Monday <\/span>–\n<\/span><\/span>Mass 10am, Rosary\n9:45am (Oratory)<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Thursday<\/span> –<\/span> Holy Hour\n6:30pm, Confessions, Rosary, Mass 7.30pm (Oratory)<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

ST PATRICK’S DAY MASS – <\/span>Tues. 17th<\/sup> March – <\/span>10am\n(Oratory), 11:30am (Rouskey)<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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COLLECTION – <\/span>Sunday<\/span> <\/span>£1027. Restoration\nFund: <\/span>£746.  <\/span>Donation to Glenock: <\/span>£200<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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SICK VISITATION – <\/span>Thursday 12th<\/sup> March (town).  <\/span>Friday 13th<\/sup> March (rural area)<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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VOCATIONS<\/span> – We pray for the men attending the\nVocations Retreat in Larne at present. \n<\/span>May God give them the grace to follow whatever path in life He wants\nthem to take.  <\/span>Like Jesus in the Gospel,\nmay they have courage in times of temptation or trial.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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FIRST CONFESSIONS – <\/span>Monday, Oratory, 2pm.  <\/span>Please pray for the P4 children.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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REQUIESCANT IN PACE<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Anniversaries:<\/span> Rose McGonagle, Moira Conroy née Gallagher, <\/span>George Orr<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

John\nMcGlinchey Senior, John McGlinchey Junior, Paul Sales, Annie McNulty <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Eileen\nHouston, Jim Morris, Robert McNamee, Charlie McNamee, <\/span><\/p>

Cassie McNamee Maria Anna\nStachauska, Francis Murphy, Nora Murphy, Mary-Ann McKinney<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>


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TALK FOR\nMEN -- <\/span>John Paul II\nMen\'s Prayer Group – “Men Called To More” – Lenten talk today, 8th<\/sup>\nMarch, 6pm, Cormac House, beside Gortin church, by Dr Lynette McShane, GAA\ncoach, missionary, businesswoman, mother of 8, woman of prayer.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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NEXT PARISH\nDRAW – <\/span>Tickets\navailable today, Oratory.  <\/span>Promoters and\nmembers are earnestly required.  <\/span>Proceeds\nare needed for the Glenock restoration. \n<\/span>Thank you!<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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YOUTH\nCONFERENCE –<\/span> “Flame\nof Christ”, Sunday 22nd March, Saint Columb\'s College, Buncrana Road, Derry,\nstarting with the bishop’s Mass at 11.30am in Saint Patrick\'s Church,\nPennyburn.  Talks:<\/span> Fr Conor McGrath.  <\/span>No tickets required.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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NOVENA TO SAINT PATRICK<\/span>           <\/span><\/span>(SUNDAY 8TH<\/sup> TO MONDAY 16TH<\/sup> MARCH)<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Saint Patrick, in days of old you were a slave in Ireland.  <\/span>Six years of cold and hunger taught you to\npray and brought you close to God.  <\/span>Help\nme to grow in love of Jesus, no matter what I face in life.  <\/span>I offer my sufferings for the renewal of the\nCatholic faith and the rebirth of the Church in our land.  <\/span>(Pause for your intentions).  <\/span><\/span>St Patrick, pray for me and for my family\nand pray for Ireland.  <\/span>Amen.  <\/span>Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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