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.

www.drumcreeparish.com

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

1st September 2013 - 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

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 5th
St. Patrick’s 6 p.m. - 6.30 p.m.
St. John’s 7.30 p.m.
Masses - Friday 6th
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
St. John the Baptist week beginning
2nd Teresa McCaffrey.

Ministry of The Word
week beginning 2nd - 10 a.m. Denis McKeever.  7 p.m. Kathleen Hamill.

Year of Faith:  “Doorway to Faith” booklets available in Churches and Pastoral Centre Shop - Unlocking the Mystery of Faith - £2-50.

Recent Baptisms: Maci Eve Haughian, Aaron Cayden McLoughlin

Year of Faith - questions answered sheet 3 available in Churches.

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

DRUMCREE PARISH RETREAT will take place at Servite Priory, Benburb on Sunday 13th October beginning at 10.30am. There will be a cup of tea from 10am. You will be most welcome to enjoy this reflective day in the Year of Faith. There will be Mass and dinner will be served. The day will conclude at 5pm. please register for the day at the Sacristies or with Fr Sheehan (38332218) or Fr O’Dwyer (38350610). Tell others about the day. The community of Servite Friars at Benburb looks forward to welcoming you to the Priory.

Carol Service in the Old Parish Church at Cultra on Sunday 15th December. As we come to the end of the Year of Faith this event will remember our forebears who worshipped in this Parish especially and in other places generally.

Feasts: Tuesday 3rd St. Gregory the Great; Wednesday 4th St. Mac Nissi.

Drumcree Pastoral Centre: urgently required - volunteers for Book and Gift Shop on Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings. Leave contact details in the Sacristy in either Church.

Knock - Grandparents Day - Sunday 8th September. Guest Speaker Sr. Breige McKenna.  Bus £15.  (Bring packed lunch).  Booking / Info.  Tel Gabrielle 02887784964 / Marie 02838851517.

Christian Meditation:  The Meditation Group will meet on Monday 2nd September at 8 p.m. in the Pastoral Centre.  All welcome.

Lourdes Diocesan Hospitalite - Portadown Loughgall Committee meeting on Monday 2nd September in Drumcree Pastoral Centre at 8 p.m.

International Gathering Conference 2013 hosted by the Pioneer Association ‘The Spirit that Sets us Free’ -      Overcoming Addiction,  All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9.  Saturday and Sunday 28th - 29th September.  Guest Speakers plus open forum discussions, a service for healing and wholeness, lunch, dinners and evening        entertainment on the Saturday.  Mass on Sunday will be celebrated by Most Rev. Diarmuid Martin, DD, Archbishop of Dublin at noon.  Tickets Euro70 per person.  For full itinerary and more information contact the Pioneer Assocation by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit website www.pioneerassociation.ie

Used Clothing Collection For St. Augustine’s, Kiyui, Kenya. When you fill bags please leave on Tuesday 3rd September at St. John the Baptist Church 9 a.m. - 12 noon and St. Patrick’s 9 a.m. - 12 noon.  Please see posters in Church halls.

Requiescat In Pace

Lately Deceased: Sadie Rafferty, Bro Davy Byrne SJ, Kevin Berry, Tomas Scerbakovas, Kathleen Farrell, Margaret Coyle, Danny Campbell
At This Time:  Evelyn White, Margaret Dummigan, Annie McKeown, Annunciate Killops, Rosa Da Silva Fernandes, Manuel Faculto Guterres, Tess Woods, Mary Smith, Eileen & John McCabe
Sunday 1st: Vera Prentice, Francis Berry, Susan Mullen, Frank Tucker, Bridie Serpliss, Jim McCorry
Monday 2nd: M.M. Sr. Martha Masterson, Bobby Wilson, Theresa Lawless, Mary Dalzell, Dermot Hamill  
Tuesday 3rd: Lucy Creaney, Dessie Hamill
Wednesday 4th: Mary Martin, Margaret Murray, Jamie Harrison, Brian Leo Hamill
Thursday 5th:  Jackie Harrison

Friday 6th: Jim Millsopp, Jinny Molloy
Saturday 7th: M.M. Rita Furphy, Mary Molloy, Peter Lawless, Joan Goodwin, Armindo Martins, Jacinta E Felix

Anniversaries late for Bulletin should be left in the Sacristy on proper day

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

COUNTRY CONCERT - with Kenny Paul & Friends
featuring - Kenny Paul, Cowboy Larry, Jim McCloskey, Aidan Taffe, & Carmel McKenna -
Drumcree Pastoral Centre -  Wed. 25th September  8  p.m.
Ticket £10 from Winnies, Kathleen 38337603 or Teresa 38331629

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. SELF HELP LINE - 38339639 - Response within 48 hours.

Experience the Joy of Faith - pilgrimage of Families to the tomb of St Peter, Rome 26/27 October. www.family.va

SOIL FOR THE SEED: adults exploring theology-  is a course for adults, of all ages, who wish to explore their faith in a friendly, supportive and prayerful setting.  No academic qualifications are necessary.  It will be held in the Servite Priory, Benburb, Dungannon from 7.30pm – 9.45pm each Monday evening beginning on September 9, 2013.  The four modules for the year are: An Introduction to Liturgy, Moral Decisions, Called to Serve and Inter-Faith Relations.  Each module is one evening a week for six weeks.  You do not have to have participated in the first year to take part in the second year. For more information contact the Office of Pastoral Renewal tel: 0(0353) 42 933 6649, email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , web www.parishandfamily.ie.

Knock - Mass in Honour of the Holy Face - Saturday 14th September.
St. Therese & The Holy Face Prayer Group are having a special Mass of Atonement & Reparation, celebrated by Dom Mark Daniel Kirby Prior, Benedictine Piory, Co. Meath, at 4 p.m. in the Apparition Chapel, Knock.  All welcome.

Sacrament of Marriage: congratulations to Cathy McKeever and James McKenna who were married  recently.

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

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. 

Marriage at the Heart of the Church: a national conference focusing on the richness of the Church’s teaching on marriage – Saturday 28th September, Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth. Key note speaker: Stijn Van den Bossche, General Secretary of the Inter-Diocesan Catechetical Commission, Belgium. Details at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Viatores Christi are seeking skilled people in good health who are interested in working as lay missionaries with Irish missionary priests, brothers and sisters in their work in areas of need overseas. Information and Recruitment Sessions Dundalk at 7.30pm on Monday 2nd September in Armagh Diocesan Pastoral Centre, The Magnet, The Demesne, Dundalk. Cavan at 7.30pm on Wednesday 4th September in Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre, Cullies, Cavan. For more details contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Tel. 00 353 18689986 www.viatoreschristi.com

Living with cancer? The HOPE Programme - find new ways to regain your confidence and manage stress and emotional difficulties. An information session is being held on Thuirsday 12th September at 3pm in Seagoe Hotel. Organised by MacMillan Cancer Support. Contact Genevieve or Nathalie at 90708610.

St. Malachy’s Indoor Bowling Club - Practice for new members beginning Tuesday 3rd Sept. 7.30 - 9 p.m. in Ashgrove Community Centre and continuing each week until 26th November.  This is in addition to practice opportunities on Thursday during the playing season.  New members welcome at any point during the year.

St. Mary’s Women’s Guild:  meeting in Ashgrove Community Centre on Wednesday 4th September at 8 p.m.  Guest Speaker.

Offertory Collection
Sunday 25th - £2582-48
Thanks to all who contributed
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Pastoral Centre: Cafe Bethany open after
10 a.m. Mass on Mondays
 

 
Reflection
 

Jesus’ place at a banquet

When Jesus goes to a banquet -
a wedding reception,
a celebration in the club,
a parish celebration,
he doesn’t seem to look for the top table.

He seems to look more in the ordinary places,
to find congenial company
with the person who goes for the lowest place,
with the person who hides behind the pillar,
with the person hanging back to be invited
somewhere.

And at the banquet of life
he seems to sit
with those who get the leftovers
and enjoy their company.

And he is teaching about heaven
as he invites all to the banquet;
we are welcomed by God
for who we are,
for what we have given,
for what love we have created in live,
and tried to give, even with mistakes.

What God praises in us may surprise us:
the simple moments where we have made a difference in the lives of others,
and big moments where we have made our effort
to help create a world according to the mind of God.
 

And he embarrassed people
in his own day
by bring all sorts of people
to the top table.
Maybe he will praise in us
what we least expect.

Sort of turns things
upside down,
doesn’t it?

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