FOR PARISHES OF ARDFINNAN, BALLYBACON, GRANGE & NEWCASTLE, FOURMILEWATER
Weekly Mass Times This Week
Saturday Newcastle- Our Lady of the Assumption – 5pm
Saturday Ardfinnan- Holy Family – 6.30pm
Sunday Fourmilewater– Our Lady & St. Laurence – 9am
Sunday Grange– St. Nicholas – 10.30am
Sunday Ballybacon- St. Mary’s – 12pm
Monday Newcastle- Our Lady of the Assumption – 10am
Tuesday Ardfinnan- Holy Family – 9:30am
Wednesday Fourmilewater– Our Lady & St. Laurence – 10am
Thursday Newcastle- Our Lady of the Assumption – 10am
Friday Ardfinnan- Holy Family – 9:30am
EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
This takes place in our parishes on:
Tuesday’s 10-11am in Ardfinnan
Friday’s 2.30-3.30 in Newcastle
Everyone is welcome to come and spend some time in quiet prayer and adoration.
SAFEGUARDING
All sacristans, readers and ministers are asked to sign in to the book in the Sacristy, regardless of whether they process from the Sacristy, or if there are servers present or not. This is to maintain our high safeguarding standards across our parishes. Thank you for your continued commitment and support in this area.
THANK YOU
Many thanks for your contributions last week for the upkeep of our parishes and churches:
Ardfinnan/Ballybacon/Grange: €815
Newcastle / Fourmilewater: €710
MASSES NEXT WEEKEND:
Please note that in order to support and welcome the Ardfinnan Family Fun Day, the Masses NEXT weekend – 24/25 June weekend will be as follows:
Sat 24 June 6.30pm in Ballybacon
Sun 25 June 12pm in Ardfinnan
PAPAL MESSAGE FOR THE DAY FOR LIFE 2023
The Holy Father Francis was informed of the celebration of the 2023 Day for Life in Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales under the theme “Listen to Her” and sends his greetings and good wishes to all the participants.
In listening to Mary, our Mother, and following her example, he invites us to discover our personal call from God who is the source of our existence, reminding us that, “Each human being is called by God to enjoy the fullness of life; and, is entrusted to the maternal care of the Church. Every threat to human dignity and life cannot but have an effect on her heart, on her maternal ‘womb’. To defend life is not an ideology for the Church. It is a reality; a human reality which involves all Christians, precisely because they are Christian and because they are human”. (General Audience, 25 March 2020).
END OF SCHOOL YEAR
Just to wish all our students, staff and families a lovely summer break, and special CONGRATULATIONS to our sixth classes who are moving on to pastures new! Enjoy the next adventure in secondary schools.
DIOCESAN NEEDS/PETER’S PENCE COLLECTION
The Collection for the Needs of the Diocese will be taken up next weekend.
This annual collection is held every year on the Sunday closest to the Solemnity of Ss Peter and Paul on June 29th. 62.5% of this collection, along with the diocesan levy, goes towards the funding of Diocesan Needs. The remaining 37.5% of the income from this collection is given to the Peter’s Pence collection. The faithful’s offerings to the Holy Father through the Peter’s Pence Collection are destined to Church needs, to humanitarian initiatives and social promotion projects, as well as to the support of the Holy See.
COLLECTORS / MINISTRY OF WELCOME
Now that we are back to passing the baskets along, we would be grateful for any helpers to assist at Mases across all our churches. It is always lovely to have someone at the main door welcoming parishioners and visitors, as well as assisting the passing along and forward the collection baskets efficiently during Mass. But it is also reassuring to have a few people around just in case anyone needs extra help while at Mass.
If you are regularly at Mass in any of our churches, and would like to be part of this team, please let Fr Michael know so we can set up a team of helpers in this area. Thank you to our dedicated teams already in place – but the more the better to look after our parishoners and visitors.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES:
Ardfinnan Family Fun Day
In order to support and welcome the Ardfinnan Family Fun Day, the Masses next weekend on 24/25 June will be as follows:
Sat 24 June 6.30pm in Ballybacon
Sun 25 June 12pm in Ardfinnan
Sat 8 July 12pm Newcastle – Annual Mass Rock Mass (Subject to Weather)
Monday 24 – Friday 28 July – Cemetery Week Masses – Masses at 7pm and blessing of Graves afterwards, with some local graves blessed earlier in the day. Further details to be published nearer the time.
(No Morning Masses that week)
Monday 24th: Ballybacon
Tuesday 25th: Ardfinnan
Wednesday 26th: Fourmilewater
Thursday 27th: Newcastle
Friday 28th: Grange
CCTV CAMERAS / LIVESTREAM
Please note that for the protection and security of everyone CCTV cameras are in operation in our churches. All of our Masses are Live streamed in Ardfinnan and are at other times broadcast from Newcastle , Fourmilewater, Ballybacon and Grange on Churchservices.tv and Facebook Live pages.
BAPTISMS
Please contact Paddy in the Parish Office on 052-746 4408 or Fr Michael in Newcastle / Fourmilewater for those who wish to book baptisms in the coming months. We can now have two families at one time – but would ask that each family only bring a maximum of 15 people with them, to keep us all safe.
God bless, and keep safe!
Fr. Michael