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
Tuesday - Friday 7p.m.
St. Patrick’s
Monday - Saturday  10 a.m.
Monday 7p.m. (Novena -
Miraculous Medal)

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Thursdays in St. John the Baptist Church beginning at
6 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
Parish Mobile - Emergency No. 07841101850

First Friday Notices:
Confessions - Thursday 4th
St. Patrick’s    6 p.m. - 6.30 p.m.
St. John’s    7.30 p.m.
Masses - Friday 5th
St. Patrick’s    10 a.m. (Exposition of The Blessed Sacrament 10.30 a.m. - 6 p.m.)
St. John’s    7 p.m.
Most of Fr. O’Dwyer’s and Fr. White’s calls will be visited this week by the Presentation Sisters or Eucharistic Ministers.

Monday 1st November Feast of All Saints (Holy day of Obligation).  Masses as Follows:
St. John’s    8.30 a.m. & 11.30 a.m.
St. Patrick’s    10 a.m. & 7 p.m.
Collection for Foreign Missions (Blue Envelope) at all Masses.

Commemoration of The Faithful Departed: Mass for the deceased Tuesday 2nd November at 7 p.m. in St. John the Baptist Church.  

Minister of the Eucharist - November
Vigil Aine McCooe, Sharon Garland, Kathleen Lavery, Colm McCann.  8.30 a.m.
Martin Barlow, Patsy Hanratty, Eddie McVeigh.  10 a.m. Winnie Breen, Ann Marie Hamill, Madeline O’Neill.  11.30 a.m. Bernie Mallon, Patricia Halfpenny, Teresa Murphy, Mary Taggart.
St. John the Baptist, week beginning 1st Maura Berry.
St. Francis - Madeline O’Neill.
Rosemount - Patsy Lambe.

Ministry of The Word - NovemberVigil Ursula Barlow.  8.30 a.m. David Greer.  10 a.m. Niamh Devlin & Aine McCreesh-West.  11.30 a.m.
Michael Dennison.
Week beginning  1st - 10 a.m. Patricia Doran.  7 p.m. Pat Hagan.

Feasts:  Monday 1st All Saints:  Tuesday 2nd Commemoration of All The Faithful Departed;  Wednesday 3rd St. Malachy; Thursday 4th St. Charles Borromeo;Saturday 5th All The Saints of Ireland.

Recent Baptisms:  Cerys Pauline Connolly, Olivia Gabrielle Tiffney, Ava O’Neill, Kai O’Neill, Rhys Anthony Gerard McConville, Gareth Teague

Southern Area Hospice Services:  Church door collection on weekend 5th / 6th November.

GIFT Programme for all first years who were Confirmed earlier this year begins Friday 5th November 6.30 - 8.15 p.m. in St. Mary’s Youth Club.

St. Mary’s Women’s Guild:  Past and present members and Parishioners are invited to Mass, on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee, on Friday 5th November at 7 p.m. in St. John the Baptist Church.
Meeting on Wednesday 3rd November at 8 p.m. in Ashgrove Community Centre.  Guest Speaker.

Fatima Rosary Group:  The group will meet on Saturday next, 6th November, at 3 p.m. in St. John The Baptist Church.  Special remembrance of all deceased members and the Holy Souls.

Candles for graves now available in Churches £1.
 
Requiescant In Pace
Lately deceased:  Paul Karczmarek, Thomas Garvey, Gretta Marley, James Kelly, Brendan McQuillan
At This Time:  Gareth McCormac, Thomas Morgan, John Keating, Victor & Lopes Families, Eama Family, William Cullen, John Jordan, Kathleen McConville, Patrick McConville, Brendan McConville
Sunday 31st:  Brendan Bailey, Francis Hanratty, Peter McGurk
Monday 1st:  James Preshur, Emily McCourt, Elizabeth Murphy, Rosaleen Harte, James McCann
Tuesday 2nd:  Mamie Tiffney, Jim McNally, Elizabeth Mulligan, Thomas Moonan
Wednesday 3rd:  Maureen Farrell-Murray(1st Anniversary), Christina Hamill, Robert Foy,Sean Keegan, Keegan & Kelly Families
Thursday 4th:  Patrick McCann, May Kelly
Friday 5th: Joe Oliver, Eileen Lambe, John, Kathleen & Margaret McCooe
Saturday 6th:  Desmond Breen, John McGarry

Anniversaries late for bulletin should be left in the Sacristy for inclusion on proper day.
 

When submitting notices for the bulletin please include a contact name and telephone number.
Notices and anniversaries should be left in by the Wednesday prior to publication.

St. Vincent De Paul Society
Clothes shop, tel. 38393898 or  Furniture shop tel. 38394219,  in Mayfair Business Centre, Garvaghy Road.  Opening hours Monday - Friday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.  Saturday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.  NEW SELF HELP LINE - 38339639.  Response within 48 hours.  
   
PALS - over 18’s interested in volunteering at either 10 a.m. or 11.30 a.m. Masses, please contact Ursula on 07889424614 after 6 p.m.

Developing World Project - Romania Home Build -  November donation envelopes available in Churches to help finance the building of a home in Romania.

Bannside Development Centre:  Homework Club Monday & Tuesday 3.15 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.  £1 per day.  ICT Classes, English classes to be arranged. Arts and Crafts Classes from 7 - 8.30pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. For more information contact Carol 38339916.

Tir Na nOg GFC:  Sunday 31st October 8 p.m. special evening  in clubrooms to thank Fr. White for his time and work in the Parish.  All support is welcome.
Bingo and Lotto Tuesday 8.15 p.m. (All support welcomed).  Annual Dinner Dance in Clubrooms Saturday 27th November. Music by Karisma.  Ticket £5 (includes buffet).
Deceased Member’s Mass - Monday 6th December 7 p.m.  also Annual General Meeting 8 p.m.  Nomination forms available in the clubrooms.

St. John’s Accordion Orchestra:  classes in music on Thursdays 7 p.m. in St. John the Baptist P. School.  Anyone wishing to join please contact a committee member at the school on the evening.

Drumcree College:   Adult Fitness Classes - Thursdays 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.

An Cumann Gaelach:  Irish language classes as follows:  Monday in Mayfair Business Centre 6.15 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. Mean Rang (for those with some knowledge of the language).  Thursday in Ashgrove Community Centre 8 p.m. - 9 p.m. Bun Rang (for those with little or no Irish).  All welcome.

Ashgrove Playgroup:  Temporary Playgroup Assistant required(20 hrs. per week) January 2011 - June 2011.  Contact Job Market for more details.  Closing date Friday 5th November 2010.

Knights of St. Columbanus:  Dinner Dance, Bellini’s, Newry, Friday 12th November at 7.30 p.m.  Ticket £30.  The evening includes a wine reception followed by a meal and entertainment.  Invited guest Bishop McAreavey.  Dress formal.  Telephone B. McCann on 38872255 for tickets and further information.

Naiscoil Na Banna (Irish Language Pre School):  Places still available.  Contact (An Cheannaire) Ciara NíAodha on 38391243 from 8.30 a.m. - 2.30 p.m.  

Armagh Diocesan Historical Society:  The third lecture in the Autumn series will take place on Wednesday 3rd November, 8 p.m. in Cardinal Ó Fiaich Library  The lecture will be given by Dr. Paul Rouse of UCD who will talk about ‘A photographic history of Hurling’.

BE AWARE!  The darker evenings have led to a rise in handbag snatching in the area - be careful.

Inter-Church Forum:  On November 6th a seminar entitles ‘Building Healthy Communities Through Honest Friendship’ will mark the Launch of Portadown Inter-Church Forum - which is made up primarily of lay people who are a group of Christians from different Church traditions who are willing to work to overcome the challenge of division in our community. Speakers on the day are Very Rev Dr Ken Newell, former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland and Rev Gerry Reynolds, Clonard Monastery. This event will be held in the Town Hall, Portadown from 10am to 1pm. For catering purposes please confirm attendance by contacting Eileen gallagher at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or tel: 66328210 or 90775010.

Servite Priory, Benburb:  Saturday 6th November - Praying the Bible.
Sunday 7th November 7.30 p.m. - Remembrance Service.  A time to remember our deceased loved ones.  Saturday 13th November - Loss and Bereavement. A day designed to help people suffering the loss of a loved one.  Sunday 14th November, 7.30 p.m. - Remembering God’s merciful love.  A prayer service for our brothers and sisters, who
despairing of this life, chose to end their own lives.

Offertory Collection
Sunday 24th £2551-77
Thanks to all who contributed
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Fireworks can annoy senior citizens, young
children, those who live alone and animals.  Those who use them should use them
responsibly.

Reflection

I must stay at your house today

The Lord wants to stay with us,
close to us,
to become part of our lives.
He comes with a gift,
the gift of salvation,
saying to each what he said to Zacchaeus
‘Today salvation has come to this house’.

The gift he brings is
the light of hope to any corners of despair,
the warmth of love to any spaces of hatred,
the confidence that we can face all of life without fear.
His gift is salvation from
fear, despair, hatred,
and his visit heals, strengthens and
forgives us.
 
He does not expect a tidy home,
but a home open to the needs of others;
nor an orderly home,
but a home open to care for others;
nor an up-to-date home
but one open to welcome him.

He comes also with others,
and when Jesus enters our lives,
he invites us to care as he does
for anyone we know in trouble,
and to get involved in the struggle of every neighbourhood
for justice, education, health and faith.

Today salvation has come to our lives,
for Jesus has come into our homes,
in the Eucharist and bread of life.
 
A MINUTE IN EVERY HOUR!  
AN HOUR IN EVERY DAY!  
A DAY IN EVERY WEEK

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THE JOY RULE
THINK OF JESUS
THINK OF OTHERS
THINK OF YOURSELF