Parish of St. Colmcille Ballyhackamore

PARISH OF ST. COLMCILLE BALLYHACKAMORE

SUNDAY BULLETIN

26th March 2017

Fr. Ciaran Feeney Adm. 191 Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast, BT4 3JB.

Phone - 028 9065 4157. Website:

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FOURTHSUNDAY OFLENT

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4thweek of Lent

Readings : Sunday Cycle A, Psalter Week 4

MASS TIMES Saturday: 6.30pm

Sunday: 9.30am; 11.30am

Monday to Friday: 7.15am; 9.30am

MASS INTENTIONSGerry O’Flaherty, Saturday6.30pm

EUCHARISTIC Monday to Friday: 9.00am – 9.30am

ADORATION & Chapel of Adoration: Monday & Tuesday, 2.00pm – 9.00pm

DECEASED

We pray for the repose of the souls of all those who have died recently, especially Michael Bartlett, Flora Fe Castillano, Eileen Corr,

Ramon Fidelesand Ann McElvanna

We also remember all those whose anniversaries

occur at this time of year especially:

Robert Brooks, , William Judge, Jim Norton, Patricia O’Callaghan,

Paddy O’Callaghan, Gerry O’Flahertyand Margaret McAfee

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT- we can be contacted on

07456 989458

MONEY MATTERS

Weekly Offering Cash Collection and Standing Orders:£1640.03.

St Patrick's Day Collection - £543.08
Many thanks to all who contributed so generously to the collections last weekend.

The Collection for The Monthly Stipend Collection willbe taken up at all Masses nextweekend

RACHEL’S VINEYARD

Rachel’s Vineyard Retreats are a beautiful healing opportunity for anyone struggling with the emotional or spiritual pain of an abortion. The retreat weekend is a very specific process designed to help you experience the love, mercy, compassion and forgiveness of God. For information contact Marian 07814 748744 or email or call Sheila on 07902 869646, in complete confidence. Please see rachelsvineyardni.org for more information.

St Colmcille’s first Parish Draw for 2017 is due to take place in the next few weeks.It’s still not too late to enter,it costs £10 for one line, which enters you into every draw, over the next 10 months.

The more lines you have the better chance to win. If you are interested in taking part please speak to any member of the Social & Fundraising Committee or drop your details along with payment into the Parish Office. Or contact Roisin McMullan on 07854 140019;Lucy Traynor on 07900 807589 or Mary Walsh on 07815 493463. Good Luck.

LENT SEASON

THE MASS

If you would like to ‘get more’ out of the Mass, please come along to the next session which looks at the Biblical roots of the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Everyone is welcome on thisWednesday 29th March, 8.00pm – 9.00pm andFriday (repeat) 31stMarch,10.00am – 11.00am in the Iona Room, Parochial Hall.

TROCAIRE WEEK FOUR

“…whoever honours a mother is like someone amassing a fortune.”Ecclesiasticus, 3:4.This Mother’s Day we pray for mothers around the world who agonise over their children’s futures in the harshest environments. We think of Miriam, who appears on this Lent’s Trócaire Box, as she wonders if she will manage to get her little daughter Maria to safety when the next storm hits northern Honduras and floods their home.Read Miriam and Maria’s story at

THE LARDER

St Vincent De Paul Society have placed boxes in the Church porch to collect food stuffs etc. Please participate for the season of Lent.

EASTER OUTREACH

Outreach Ministers should collect their set of envelopes this weekend 25th/ 26th March, in the Church Porch.

Ministers of Outreach will be starting to visit every home in the Parish
thisweek with a pack containing an Easter Card from Father Ciaran
detailing the times of Holy Week and Easter Ceremonies and the 4th
edition of St Colmcille’s Causerie. We currently need another 4 people
to ensure every home in the Parish is visited with this year’s Easter
material. If you can help the Parish by delivering in any of the
following areas, please speak to Philomena in the porch after Mass:
Mawhinney Park/Comber Road; Old Mill/Coopers Mill; Holywood Road (Archesside); or Bloomfield Road area

OTHER EVENTS

FORTWILLIAM MUSICAL SOCIETY The award winning Fortwilliam Musical Society present "All Shook Up", an hilarious romantic comedy, featuring the hit songs of Elvis Presley at Theatre at the Mill, Newtownabbey, onthis Tuesday28th March – Saturday 1st April 2017.Box office 02890 340202.

ALZHEIMER’S SOCIETY The society are offering a programme of training, designed to improve knowledge, skills, and understanding of family and friends who are supporting/ caring for someone with dementia. Please contact Danny Wilson for more info on 9002 1064 or 07889 648793 or email:

God our Creator, we pray: for new mothers, coming to terms with new responsibility ; for expectant mothers, wondering and waiting; for those who are tired, stressed or depressed; for those who struggle to balance the tasks of work and family; for those who are unable to feed their children due to poverty; for those whose children have physical, mental or emotional disabilities; for those who have children they do not want; for those who raise children on their own; for those who have lost a child; for those who care for the children of others; for those whose children have left home; and for those whose desire to be a mother has not been fulfilled. Bless all mothers, that their love may be deep and tender, and that they may lead their children to know and do what is good, living not for themselves alone, but for God and for others. Amen.

PARISH FAMILY

OFFERTORY ENVELOPES FOR THE NEW YEAR Newboxes of envelopes, are in the foyer of the Church this weekend.

The envelopes begin on Sunday 9th April. Ifyou wish to contribute by Standing Order or by envelopes and do not doso currently, please speak to Philomena after any of the Masses thisweekend.

PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL Additional readers of the Prayers of the Faithful, aged 11 – 16 years, are being trained at present on Sundays, from 10.30am – 11.10am. Please contact Noeleen for enquiries on 07879 498131

MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION Please volunteer for the Holy Week ceremonies and Easter weekend Masses, by adding you name to the Easter Ceremonies sheet on the Notice Board in the porch.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION First Reconciliation takes placethis Wednesday 29thMarchat 6.30pm in Church. There will be over seventy children receiving the Sacrament.This Sacrament is the introduction to the foundation of their personal relationship with God. Please remember the children and their families in your prayers this week.

CHRISTIAN PASSOVER SEDER

The Parish Pastoral Council invites all parishioners to join them for the Passover Seder which will be held in the Parochial Hall at 7.30pm on theMonday evening of Holy Week, 10th April,three days before we celebrate the beginning of the Triduum with the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper.