Sympathy
We extend our sympathy to the families and friends of Maureen McCall, Donaghmore Road, Francis Hughes, Washingford, Terence Hughes, Drumcoo Green, Barry Shiels, Ballysaggart Park and Harry Morgan, formerly Dungannon
May they rest in peace
Baptisms
St Patrick’s: 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month at 1.30pm; Country Churches: 2nd & 4th Sunday of each month after Mass. We would ask those who wish to have their child baptised to please give at least two weeks’ notice of the proposed date of baptism. We welcome into our community: Cara Mary McVeigh.
Novena
Novena prayers will be said during the 7.30pm Mass on Monday.
Download Novena Prayers here
New Mass Schedule
(From Sun 27 November)
Sunday Masses (including Vigils):
St. Patrick’s: Sat at 6.15pm only
Sun: 8am, 10.30am & 12.30pm
Polish Mass 5.30pm
Edendork: Sun at 10am & 12noon
Clonmore: Sun at 10.00am
Killyman: Sun at 11.00am
First Holy Communion
2012
Sat 16 April
Sperrinview
Sat 12 May
Windmill Integrated PS
Dungannon County PS
Clintyclay PS
Sat 19 May
Edendork PS
Laghey PS
Sat 26 May
St Patrick's PS
All at 11am
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Confirmation:
St Patrick's PS Sat 5 May
All other schools Sun 6 May
Both Ceremonies at 3pm
St Vincent De Paul
We would welcome donations of good quality unwanted furniture and electrical goods. Tel 028 8772 7323 to arrange Free Collection.
Following the recent launch of the Council’s Oil Saving Stamps Scheme, stamps are now on sale in our shop in Union Place. £5 per stamp.
Click here for directions to the St Vincent De Paul Shop
SPRED
Each group of catechists and helpers will meet with their special friends on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings this week.
Pilgrimage To Poland
Ex Dublin 4 – 10 May 2012. £620 pps. Includes Divine Mercy Sanctuary, Kracow, Auschwitz and other places of interest. For further details contact Fr Daniel.
Aras Mhuire Bookshop
A book entitled ‘Visits to the Blessed Sacrament for the 21st Century’ is now available at Aras Mhuire bookshop, Shamble Lane. Price £4.50
Parish Gathering
As indicated in Cardinal Brady’s pastoral letter in Advent, it is hoped to have meetings within all parishes in the Archdiocese of Armagh to evaluate the progress of the Diocesan Pastoral Plan and to reflect on developments within each parish and pastoral area. In our case this meeting will take place on Monday 13 February in St Patrick’s Primary School at 8pm. This will be an open meeting, facilitated by a visitor; it will last a little over an hour and will afford parishioners an opportunity to learn of pastoral initiatives within the diocese and to consider the implications for our parish. I hope the meeting will be well attended and I encourage parishioners to come along.
Mass for the Sick
Dungannon Lourdes Committee’s annual Mass for the Sick will be celebrated on Friday 10 February in St Patrick's Church, Dungannon at 7.30pm. Guest speaker from the Southern Area Hospice
Sr. Mary Brogan R.I.P.
A Memorial Mass for Sr. Brogan will be celebrated in St. Joseph’s Grammar School, Donaghmore, Assembly Hall on Thursday 9 February at 7.30pm.
Pioneer News
Pioneer meeting in St Teresa’s Hall on Sunday 5 Feb at 8pm.
Temperance Sunday 19 Feb. Mass in St John’s Church, Moy at 3pm.
Lent begins on Wed 22 Feb. Anyone wishing to take the Temporary Pledge for Lent can do so by coming along to St Teresa’s Hall after the 6.15pm Mass on Sat 18 Feb or after any of the Masses on Sunday 19 or the sacristy in Edendork, Killyman and Clonmore after Mass. Temporary pins are £1.
Tickets (£17.50) for the Centenary Dinner Dance in the Gables on Friday 17 Feb are now available from Fr White or any member of the Pioneer Council.
First Confession
Children from Laghey, Clintyclay, Windmill Integrated and Dungannon Co Primary Schools will make their First Confession in St Patrick’s Church on Thurs 9 Feb at 7.30pm. Please note there will be no Mass on Thursday evening.
Cumann Seanchais Ard Mhacha /
O’Neill Country Historical Society
The first lecture in the 2012 programme, ‘The Execution of Blessed Patrick O’Loughran, February 1612’ will be given by Dr John McCavitt. It will be held on Wed 8 February at 8pm in the Cardinal O Fiaich Library and Archive.
Great Daffodil Ball
Marie Curie Cancer Care presents the 15th Annual Great Daffodil Ball on Saturday 3 March at 7pm at Glenavon House Hotel Cookstown. Drinks Reception, Meal, Tombola and Raffle. Music by Luv Bug. Tickets £40 each. For further info or tickets tel. Sandra Spence, 028 8772 3989. Cathal McGurk, 07762 309294 or email dungannonfundraisinggroup.mariecurie@hotmail.co.uk
Knights Of St Columbanus
Save the Irish Embassy to the Vatican
Please go online to www.ipetitions.com/petition/irish-embassy-to-the-vatican and sign the e-petition, alternatively sign one of the "Ireland Stand Up" postcards at the back of the church and place it in the box provided and we'll deliver them to An Taoiseach Enda Kenny.
Magnificat Advent Companion
Unfortunately this excellent publication has sold out due to the usual high demand, however, a copy of "Praying the O Antiphons"(17-24 Dec) is posted on the noticeboard at the rear of St Patrick's.
Next council meeting Monday 9 January 2012 at 8pm, a Holy Christmas and Blessed New Year to all.
The Dungannon Council of the Knights of Columbanus wish to extend thanks to the Sisters of Mercy, Dungannon for their ongoing hospitality and support.
Conference meets on the first Monday of the month after 7:30 evening Mass, new members are always welcome.
Contact number 07718670038 or email mquinn014@hotmail.co.uk
The Sacred Heart Messenger
is still here, better than ever and looking for subscribers and promoters. One of our local promoters is: Sr M Anthony (8772 2623). Copies are also available in Aras Mhuire bookshop or direct from Messenger Publications, 37 Lr Leeson Street, Dublin 2. Tel. 003531 6767491, email: sales@messenger.ie or visit www.messenger.ie
Vision
You are invited to come along to the VISION spirituality programme and be inspired! Sunday 29 January and Sunday 5 February from 2–6pm in Convent of Mercy, Dungannon.
For more details on the VISION programme visit www.visionbeinspired.com or www.amiracleawaitsyou.com
For more information, contact Eilish 028 8775 2601 or 077 5969 0405 or Vision-Eilish@live.co.uk
This ecumenical spirituality programme, based on the loving beatitudes, explores how we can transform our attitude to life and our use of language, no matter how difficult or hard life may seem, moving us from a place of darkness to one where it is an ‘opportunity'.
Although the journey from scarcity to abundance is challenging, the tools are powerful, and the vision of what life can be, is inspiring.
Eucharistic Congress
The opening liturgy of the 50th International Eucharistic Congress will take place on Sunday 10 June in the Arena at the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) on the feast of Corpus Christi.
The Mass will be celebrated, with pilgrims gathering from all over Ireland and overseas. RTE will broadcast the opening Mass from the RDS on television and online.
The daily programme for the 50th International Eucharistic Congress from 11 until 16 June will take place in the Royal Dublin Society (RDS).
On most days the programme will be in the afternoon and will include:
The Catechesis: a “teaching” moment, usually presented by a bishop, reflecting on the theme of the day and its challenges.
The Testimony: words of encouragement and inspiration from a lay-person with a story of faith to tell.
Celebration of the Eucharist: Mass celebrated with all the Congress delegates.
The closing liturgy, referred to as Statio Orbis, will take place in Croke Park on Sunday 17 June.
People can book to attend the Congress for seven days, three days or one day. There will be further information about such arrangements from our Pastoral Area.
An International Eucharistic Congress normally takes place somewhere in the world every four years. The last one was held in Toronto, Canada in 2008. A Congress is a great universal gathering of people which aims to:
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Promote an awareness of the central place of the Eucharist in the life and mission of the Church;
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Help and improve our understanding and celebration of the liturgy;
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Draw attention to the social dimension of the Eucharist.
The 50th International Eucharistic Congress will take place in Dublin at the RDS starting on Monday 11th June 2012 and culminating with a closing liturgy in Croke Park on Sunday 17th June. The theme will be “The Eucharist: Communion with Christ and with one another”. The week-long programme of events linking faith and culture will have a particular focus on the gathering of people of every nation, language and way of life around the table of the Lord.
The only other time when an International Eucharistic Congress was held in Ireland was 1932. Anyone still alive today, who attended that Congress eighty years ago, will be afforded a special invitation to Dublin in June 2012. In the coming weeks you will find a selection of photographs from the 1932 Congress in the glass notice board at the back of St Patrick’s Church, Dungannon. These remind us of a very different Church in a country that was discovering its new found independence. As one journalist waxed eloquently, “Today Ireland is as a light to the earth, and an example to be followed by every race”.
Armagh Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes
Dungannon Branch
Applications are now being taken for the Golden Jubilee Pilgrimage to Lourdes, 12-17 May 2012. Forms can be obtained by calling into St Teresa’s Hall on Friday evening between 7pm and 9pm or tel. Lourdes Office on 07511 047 866.
Vocations
Have you ever considered a vocation to the priesthood or religious life? The journey of discernment is not an easy one. Just like the two men on the road to Emmaus from today’s Gospel, we often need God’s help to remind us of all the good God has done for us.
For opportunities to explore your vocation, please contact Fr. Peter McAnenly Tel (028) 8772 2906 or Eileen Linehan, Vocations Ireland Tel 00 353 1 668 995.
Email info@vocationsireland.com or vocation@eircom.net
www.armaghvocations.org
