PORTSTEWART PARISH 15th Nov 2015
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings: Sunday B/Weekday 1 Psalter: Week 4 Fr. Austin McGirr PP 7083 2534 / 07739 223295 Email: pp@portstewartparish.co.uk Fr. Raymond McCullagh 07739 223293 Parish Secretary: Ruth McGuckian 7083 2534 Office email: secretary@portstewartparish.co.uk Website: www.portstewartparish.co.uk St Vincent de Paul: 07508 549 572 Bethany Bereavement: 07743 310 846 MASSES THIS WEEK Star of the Sea: Monday – Saturday 9.30am Portrush: Monday – Friday 10.00am St Malachy’s: Tuesday and Thursday 7.00pm; Wednesday and Friday 10.00am Sunday Vigil Mass here: 6.00pm Sunday: 9am, 11am and 8pm EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Eucharistic Adoration takes place in the Marian Hall from 10am to 9pm every Thursday. PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR NOVEMBER That we may be open to personal encounter and dialogue with all, even those whose convictions differ from our own. REST IN PEACE A month ago: Anthony Loughrey (Month’s Mind Mass this Saturday at 6.00pm) Margaret Gibson (Month’s Mind Mass Sunday at 11.00am) Anniversaries: Elizabeth Armstrong, Susan and Willie McCafferty, Kathleen McGuinness (14), Thomas Leo McLaughlin (15), Matthew Doone (18), Eugene Campbell (20) MASS FOR THE DEAD Our Parish November Mass will be held this Tuesday 17th November at 7.30pm. The Mass will be celebrated for all our deceased parishioners, recent or long ago, and special remembrance will be made for those who have died in the past year. Refreshments will be served afterwards in the Marian Hall.
COLLECTIONS Last weekend’s parish collection came to £1472. Thank you for your continued generosity. THIS WEEK – SPECIAL RELIEF COLLECTION This weekend the collections will be in aid of the relief of refugees from the Middle East. There will be no usual weekend parish collection. All donations will be divided between SVP and Trocaire who are both working on the ground with refugees in different parts of Europe and the Middle East. Please give as generously as you are able. SVP CLOTHING DRIVE The van will be here all weekend until Monday morning to collect your donations of good quality warm clothing and all will go towards the refugee crisis. Think of the refugees who are about to experience our European winter, ill-equipped to face the cold. Our parish is always good at responding to the Clothes Appeal. Let’s make it extra good this year and surprise even ourselves at the amount and quality of our cast-offs.
PARISH CENTRE 15 - 21 NOVEMBER Sun: Malawi Sunday Kitchen & Car Boot Sale 0900 – 1400 Innova Irish Dance 1530 – 1900 Mon: U3A Pilates 1000 – 1200 U3A Spanish 1100 – 1200 Art Class 1130 – 1330 Weightwatchers 1730 – 1830 Karate 1845 – 2045 Art Class 1930 – 2130 Tues: Little Stars Parent & Toddlers 1030 – 1200 U3A French 1400 – 1700 U3A Whist 1415 – 1645 Innova Irish Dance 1700 – 1830 Legion of Mary 1930 Apostolic Work 1930 Bowling Club 1900 – 2200 Wed: Zest Fitness 1000 – 1130 U3A Bridge 1400 – 1700 Innova Irish Dance 1700 – 1900 Junior Choir 1900 – 2000 Portstewart Bridge 1930 – 2230 Thurs: Innova Irish Dance 1700 – 1900 Bowling Club 1900 – 2200 Fri: Zumba Gold 1030 – 1130 Seated Tai Chi 1130 – 1230 U3A Bridge 1400 – 1700 Junior Legion 1700 Flame Club 1830 – 2030 Sat: Zest Pilates 0915 – 1015 Innova Irish Dance 1030 – 1730 EOGHAN RUA GAC Lotto: Sun 8th Nov - no jackpot winner. Nos: 3,7,12,19. £25 winner: Margaret Hollinger (Coleraine). Jackpot next Sunday: £3300.
Adult Irish classes Wednesday 8 to 9.30pm. Ladies Football Training We hope to build on the success of our first season in Senior Ladies’ Football and we are as always willing to welcome new players to the game. We are holding a number of sessions at Eoghan Rua pitch on Sunday mornings from 11am to 12.15pm. The focus is to develop the skills needed and enjoy the sessions and games. All welcome – no previous football experience necessary – just an interest and a willingness to get fit, compete and have fun!! PRISON WEEK Sunday 15th to Saturday 21st November 2015 An ecumenical service for Prison Week will be celebrated in St George’s Church, 105 High St, Belfast on Wednesday 18th November at 7.30pm. Prison Week is a week of prayer of all those involved in prison life. An invitation is extended to all those involved with prison life, those working with victims of crime and all those families who have been affected by family members in prison. TROCAIRE REMEMBRANCE MASS The annual Trocaire Mass for deceased supporters will be held on Monday 16th November at 7.30pm in St Malachy’s Church, 24 Alfred Street, Belfast. The Mass will be concelebrated by Bishop Farquhar and Fr Michael McGinnity PP. Light refreshments will be served afterwards. INTERNATIONAL DINNER You are invited to an International Dinner featuring foods of the world at Agherton Parish Hall on Friday 20th November. Join in celebrating the diversity in our community in both food and music. £10.00 covers 3 course meal and entertainment in aid of Rotary Charities. All welcome. Cliodhna 7083 4341 or cliodhna@gardener.com. BANNSHEES CHARITY CEILIDH NIGHT Bannshees Adult Irish Dancers are holding a Ceilidh Night with supper at the Montra Club, Coleraine on Saturday 21st November from 9pm to late. Tickets £7 in aid of the SVP Christmas Appeal. Annette 07510 995 858 or see Rosanna Morelli at La Lola, the Promenade. JEFF CAVINS AT THE WATERFRONT HALL Saturday 21st November Tickets can be booked with the added benefit of a reduction for groups by contacting our parish office. Our parish Lectors are encouraged to attend. VIGIL FOR VOCATIONS A Eucharistic Prayer Vigil for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life will take place in St. Comgall’s Church, Bangor on Thursday 26th November from 7pm – 10pm. The Vigil will conclude with Mass at 9pm. In his message for Vocations Sunday, Pope Francis said that ‘vocation flows from the heart of God and blossoms in the good soil of faithful people, in the experience of fraternal love.” May these words spur all of us to continue cultivating that good soil through our prayer, imploring the heart of God to bless us with vocations to the priesthood and religious life. “CENTENARY BOOK” LAUNCH On Wednesday 25th November 7.30pm in the Parish Centre, the parish “Centenary Book” will be launched by Fr Martin O’Hagan (of “The Priests”). There will be refreshments in the Centre and an opportunity to be among the first to purchase a copy, price £5. The centenary of the consecration of St Mary’s,
Star of the Sea, takes place next July 9th. Various events have been arranged for this Centenary Year. The book launch is the first. Our thanks are due to hard-working researchers and writers; Margaret Campbell, Sean Farren, Maurice McAleese. and Roisin McCaughan. DOMINICAN COLLEGE PORTSTEWART MUSICAL Our production of “Guys and Dolls” will run at 7.30pm from Wednesday 25th – Friday 27th November. The school last ran this musical in 1983 with Rosaleen Corrigan as Director. Rosaleen sadly died in March this year, and staging this show is our tribute to Rosaleen for her commitment to Dominican College. Thursday 26th November performance will be a Gala night, open to everyone, where we will support N I Chest Heart and Stroke in Rosaleen’s memory. Adults £9, Under-19s & Senior Citizens £7, Family Ticket (2 adults 2 children) £27 7083 2715 for tickets TROCAIRE - THE PEOPLE’S CLIMATE MARCH Sunday 29th November at 2pm. Hundreds of thousands of us will be marching in cities around the world on November 29th just before our leaders travel to Paris for the climate summit. Pope Francis in his encyclical Laudato Sí, encourages us all to take action. He says “Let us be protectors of creation, protectors of God’s plan inscribed in nature, protectors of one another and of the environment.” 1.00pm: Climate justice ecumenical service at St. Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, 2.00pm: People's Climate Rally, Writer's Square, Belfast. PERMANENT DIACONATE Twelve men in our Diocese – including two from our parish have already completed their preparatory year and are in their second year of formation for the Diaconate. Men between 3560 years of age who would like to consider beginning training in 2016 should contact Fr Alan McGuckian for more information. livingchurch@downandconnor.org 9069 0920 Completed applications should be returned by 30th November. FIRST COMMUNION & CONFIRMATION All parents who wish to have their children prepared for First Holy Communion or Confirmation in 2016, and who are not pupils at St Colum’s PS, are invited to get in touch with the Parish Office 7083 2534 or Sally Andrew 7083 4789. Dates for these events will be published later in this bulletin. CHRISTMAS CARDS Habitat for Humanity Christmas cards on sale in the Repository from this weekend. £4 for Pack of 10 - contemporary and traditional designs. All proceeds will help build houses, community and hope in Ethiopia. As always your support would be very much appreciated. NEXT SUNDAY – RECOMMISSIONING Next Sunday 22nd November, the last Sunday in the Church’s year, we will be recommissioning all our Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers and members of the Choir during the 11am Mass. BULLETIN NOTICES All items for the Parish Bulletin must be submitted to the office before 10am on Friday to ensure inclusion. secretary@portstewartparish.co.uk 7083 2534