PARISH OF DRUMCREE
Mission Statement: Our Parish is a Christ-centred community. In Baptism we are challenged by the Spirit to live and share the Gospel message. Through proclaiming the Gospel message to all, Growth in Faith, Liturgy, Justice Issues and Ecumenism we extend our love and care to all people providing support in renewing and deepening our faith. We value the gifts and talents of each of our Parishioners and invite them to use these in responding to Christ’s invitation to all of us to follow Him and spread the Good News to the whole world.

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St. John the Baptist Church, Garvaghy Road (1777) - 1977
St. Patrick’s Church, William Street - 1835

29th September 2013

Mass Times:
St. John the Baptist
Saturday   7 p.m.
Sunday      8.30 & 11.30 a.m.
St. Patrick’s
Sunday    10 a.m.

Weekday Masses:
St. John the Baptist
Monday 10a.m.
Tuesday - Friday 7p.m.
St. Patrick’s
Tuesday - Saturday  10 a.m.
Monday 7p.m. (Novena - Miraculous Medal)

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Thursdays in St. John the Baptist Church from 8a.m to 6.55 p.m.

Devotions 1st & 2nd Sunday -October - June

Confessions:
St. Patrick’s
Saturday - 12.30 - 1.15 p.m.
St. John the Baptist
Saturday - 6.15 - 6.45 p.m.

Baptisms:
Every Saturday, 5 p.m.
Registration for Baptism must be  made in St. John the Baptist Church, after Friday evening Mass, two weeks prior to date.

Marriage:
At least three months notice must be given to the Priests of the Parish.

Phone Numbers: 
Fr. O’Dwyer 38350610
Fr. Sheehan 38332218
Parish Mobile - Emergency No. 07841101850

 
First Friday Notices:
Confessions - Thursday 3rd
St. Patrick’s  6 p.m. - 6.30 p.m.
St. John’s 7.30 p.m.
Masses - Friday 4th
St. Patrick’s 10 a.m. (Exposition of The Blessed Sacrament 10.30 a.m. - 6 p.m.)
St. John the Baptist  7 p.m.
The sick and housebound will be visited.

Ministers of The Eucharist  - October
Vigil Colm McCann, Aine Kelly, Kathleen Lavery, Ciara Wilson. 
8.30 a.m. Eddie McVeigh, Dylan Murphy, Patsy Hanratty.
10 a.m. Ann Marie Hamill, Maurice Hagan, Ann Fleming. 
11.30 a.m. John Marley, Kate Guy, Declan McAtarsney, Bronagh Hagan.
St. Francis Madeline O’Neill.
Rosemount Margaret Marley.
St. John the Baptist week beginning 7th Maura Berry.

Ministry of The Word - October
Vigil A. Turley. 
8.30 a.m. Kevin McConville. 
10 a.m. Michael Sherry. 
11.30 a.m. Cathal Mercer.
Week beginning 7th - 10 a.m. Peggy  McKeever.  7 p.m. Olivia McDonald.

Eucharistic Adoration - on Thursdays from 8 a.m. - 6.55 p.m. in St. John the Baptist Church

SHYNE resumes Sunday 6th October at the Pastoral Centre 7 - 9pm. Newcomers welcome - Year 11 onwards.

Permanent Dioconate:  Martin Barlow, our Parishioner, will be ordained today Sunday 29th September by Cardinal Brady in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh at 3 p.m.  Parishioners are welcome to attend the ordination ceremony.  There will be a Parish celebration, Mass of Thanksgiving and  refreshments in the Pastoral Centre for Martin next Saturday 5th October at 7 p.m. to which all are invited. A seperate sheet outlining the role of a Permanent Deacon is available in Churches.

Recent Baptisms: Lucia Maria Preshur, Demi-Lee Marie Wallace, Ross Malachy Fitzpatrick, Maksmilian Kedra
 
Sacrament of Marriage: congratulations to Louise Brennan and Eamon McConville; Catherine McNally and James Mullan who were married recently.

Vocations Evening: Is God calling you to live the life of a priest in the Archdiocese of Armagh? An evening of prayer and reflection will take place in the Servite Priory, Benburb on Wednesday 2nd October 5pm-7.30pm

Southern Area Hospice - Church Door Collection at all Masses next weekend Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th Oct.

Choral Celebration - Portadown 400 - Friday 4th October 8 - 9.30 p.m. in St. Mark’s Church.  Led by Portadown Male Voice, Portadown Ladies and St. Mark’s Church Choirs.  Joined by Inter-denominational Church Choirs.  Tickets are free from Millennium Court Arts Centre, William Street.                       

Year of Faith - Fatima Rosary Group:  Fr. Gabrielle Harty will speak on the Rosary at 7 p.m. Mass on Saturday 19th October.

Feasts: Monday 30th St. Jerome;  Tuesday 1st St. Therese of the Child Jesus;  Wednesday 2nd The Guardian Angels; Thursday 3rd Bl. Columba Marmion; Friday 4th St. Francis of Assissi.

 
Requiescat In Pace

Lately Deceased: Yulia Pinto Bessa, Declan Maguire, Jim McCann, Paddy McShane, Alizira da Costa Guterres, Tim McGarry, Owen McParland
At This Time:  Margaret Coleman, Rui da Costa Assis
Sunday 29th: Sean Berry, Elizabeth Fearon, Pat Breen, Barney & Hugh Murphy, Breda McCann, Eileen Marley
Monday 30th: Peter Megarity, Jack McCann, Felix O’Hanlon, Peter Megarity  
Tuesday 1st: M.M. Nora O’Neill, Antonio Soares, Elizabeth Daly, Julie Clarke
Wednesday 2nd: Annie McStravick, Bobby Hagan, Michael Toland, Bridie McDonnell, Thomas Moonan
Thursday 3rd:  Kathleen Shevlin, Eamon Keegan, Francis Grimes
Friday 4th: Annie Holland, Elizabeth Breen, Paddy Connolly
Saturday 5th: Maureen Fay, Jean McAlinden, Helena Quinn, Mary Foy

 
Drumcree College: visit www.drumcreecollege.co.uk  Our School. Our Community. Our Future. Your Choice. Support Drumcree
College.

St. Vincent De Paul Society
URGENTLY REQUIRED!! Ladies, Men’s and Children’s Clothing. Furniture also needed - collection available.  Clothes shop phone
38393898. Furniture shop phone 38394219, Mayfair Business Centre, Garvaghy Road.  Open Monday - Friday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.  Saturday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. PRAMS, COTS, BUGGIES REQUIRED.
SELF HELP LINE - 38339639 - Response within 48 hours.

Christian Meditation:  The Meditation Group will meet on Monday at 8 p.m. in the Pastoral Centre.  All welcome.

CUMANN SEANCHAIS ARD MHACHA The next lecture in the 2013   programme, ‘The poets of South Ulster: a reapprasial’, on Wednesday 2 October 2013 at 8:00pm in the Cardinal Ó Fiaich Library. All welcome.

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE a 3 day public exhibition     
entitled "THE ART AND PRACTICE OF DAILY PRAYER"  at the Synod Hall, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh TUESDAY OCTOBER 1st - THURSDAY OCTOBER 3rd.10 00 AM - 9.00 PM. Admission is free.   This will include a display of Icons by the Irish Iconographers Group and the story of prayer in Irish families over the years using beads and  images. At various times there will be teachings and prayer to experience. Do try to come and experience it. Suitable for school groups as well.   See poster and timetable on Parish website

Year of Faith:  Parish Retreat at Benburb Pirory on Sunday 13th October 10.30 a.m. to 5 p.m.  A day of  reflection for yourself - a time out day for you and God.  Do not be afraid.  Please leave name with one of the priests or in the sacristies.

Feast of St Therese of Liseau - the Little Flower: Mass in St Malachy’s Church, Armagh on 1st October. Roses blessed. Relic of St Terese will be available for blessing.

An Cumann Gaelach:  Enrolment for Irish language classes in Ashgrove Community Centre Thursday 3rd Oct. 8 - 9 p.m.  Classes in Ashgrove Centre on Thursday nights 8 - 9 p.m. and Mayfair Centre Monday nights 6.30 - 7.30 p.m.

Parenting NI Helpline and Appointment Service: every parent/guadrian experiences difficulties from time to time. Need help/advice? tel freephone 0808 8010 722 or www.parentingni.org

St. Malachy’s Hurling Club:  Bingo in Drumcree Pastoral Centre every Friday night 8.15 p.m. sharp.  All support welcome.

Tir Na nOg GFC - Bingo as usual Tuesday night.  The bigger the crowd the bigger the prizes.

Bannside Development Centre:  Homework Club Mondays  3 - 4.30 p.m.  £1 per day.  Arts & Crafts and other activities Tuesday & Wednesday evenings 6.30 p.m. - 8 p.m.  For further information contact Ann on 38339916.  

Monastic Experience Weekend at St. Mary's Abbey, Glencairn from 25 to 27 October, 2013. The event is open to women who are discerning God's call in their lives. Visit our website  www.glencairnabbey.org  which we regularly update to provide news, information and insights about our Cistercian way of life.

ILF - Integrating Life and Faith - Archdiocese of Armagh in conjunction with Craighead Institute. We are only too familiar with the cry that there is a split between our faith and the realities of modern life.  Like to know more? Venue-Dromantine Contact: Caoimhe: 07598421265 or Kevin:07515910957

St. Mary’s Womens Guild:  Meeting in Ashgrove Community Centre on Wednesday 5th October at 8 p.m.  Guest speaker.  New members welcome.

Adoption:  Family Care Society is presently seeking adoptive families who would be interested in parenting children aged between 2 - 6 yrs and who need love and attention of a caring
family.  Could this be you?  Contact 90691133 or  71368592 or www.familycaresociety.co.uk      

Christian Aid Lunches: Wednesday 2nd October in Armagh Road Presbyterian Chruch Hall 12noon to 1.30pm Minimum donation £3. Soups, bread, cheese, tea/coffee.

Club VO2 Portadown will become mid-Ulster’s 1st ever midnight gym! Open Monday to Thursday 6am -12am; Friday 6am-8pm;   Saturday 8am-3pm; Sunday 10am-2pm. No excuses. Now 101.

Offertory Collection
Sunday 22nd - £2660-89
Thanks to all who contributed
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Pastoral Centre: Cafe Bethany open after
10 a.m. Mass on Mondays
 

Reflection
 

Not just a story - Dives and Lazarus

In one of the world’s poorest cities
I saw a young boy
selling fruit at the railway platform.
He would make a few pence a day,
enough maybe to stay alive,
and God knows where he would sleep.

The inequality of opportunities in the world,
Dives and Lazarus -
not just a story but real life.

We don’t start life on a level playing field;
some walk uphill from the very beginning,
and Jesus was among the poorest of us.

Our heart must wince
at children who are hungry and homeless from birth,
at people who want a job and cannot get one,
at homelessness, addiction and any form of abuse;
for parents who cannot give to their children
the best of life and love they wish for them;
for the elderly who are poor and
 neglected,
and we wonder what can we do.

For we are not the problem:
neither you nor I have caused the poverty of so many,
but we can be part of the solution.

We can join our hearts with the heart of God
and urgently wish to make things
better,

and create within parish, neighbourhood, city and world,
places where a more just and caring society is created.

Can we hear the cry of people who feel
neglected
so that our hearts are moved with
compassion
and our energies moved to give
time, love and care
to those who need help and support,
for they are the brothers and
sisters of Jesus?

The JOY rule
Think of Jesus
Think of Others
Think of You