St. Patrick's Church, Aghyaran.

Parish Priest: Fr. J. Gilmore

Telephone 8167 0728

Masses in St. Patrick’s Church.

Monday & Tuesday 10.00 am

Thursday & Friday 10.00am

Mass Intentions for this week:


Tuesday 10.00am - Anv. Mass Mary McElhill

This Week's Calendar

Monday 26 - Ss Joachim and Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Tuesday 27 - 17th Week in Ordinary Time

Wednesday 28 - 17th Week in Ordinary Time

Thursday 29 - 17th Week in Ordinary Time St. Martha

Friday 30 - 17th Week in Ordinary Time

Saturday 31 - 17th Week in Ordinary Time

Confession Times

Saturday Evening 6.00pm Before the Vigil Mass

Each day in the Derry Diocese we are asked to pray for our

priests named on that particular day.

THIS WEEK WE PRAY FOR:

Fr. John McDevitt

Fr. Michael McEldowney

Fr. Kevin McElhennon

Fr. Brendan McGinn R.I.P.

Fr. Dermot McGirr

Fr. James McGlinchey R.I.P.

Fr. Brian McGoldrick

Weekly Church Collection

Last week’s collection totalled :£1149stg. - € 48

Church Readers for the month of August 2010

Vigil Mass 6.30pm Sat. Eugene McMenamin

Sunday 10.00 am Michelle Slevin

If you are unable to attend do try and get another reader to cover for you.

Altar Society for August 2010

Kathleen Dolan

Marian McGrath

Church Door & Car Park Attendants August 2010

Sat. Night: John Joseph McHugh, James Barclay & Patsy Connolly

Sunday 10.00 am: Alex Byrne, Brian Moss & Willie McNamee

Colcreaghy Hall Dance on Friday 30th July.

Music by Sean Duncan & Highway

Marriage Preparation Courses. 2010 - 2011

2010

October 15th & 16th.

November 12th & 13th.

December 3rd & 4th

2011

January 14th & 15th

February 11th & 12th

March 11th & 12th

April 8th & 9th

May 13th & 14th

June 10th & 11th.

Application forms are available from the parochial house or from the secretary Accord, Mount St. Columba Pastoral Centre, 48 Brook Street, Omagh.Tel. 028 82242439

email:accordomagh@btopenworld.com Courses are limited to 15 couples.

It is advisable to take part in the course 6 months before your wedding.

Pioneer Association

Congratulations to the following members who received their gold and silver pins at the Vigil Mass last Saturday evening.

Gold Pins

Patsy Connolly, John Corry

John McCay, Thomas Dolan

Barney Collins, James Patrick Collins

Silver Pin

Sally Corry

Grandparents’ Pilgrimage

The 4th National Grandparents' Pilgrimage will take place at the The Shrine of Our Lady of Knock, on Sunday 12th September. Anointing of the Sick at 2pm, Pilgrimage Mass at 3pm, followed by Eucharistic Adoration. Special guest singers: Michael English, Dana and Chloe Coyle. For further information telephone 0035398 24877 or visit the website www.catholicgrandparentsassociation.com

Found: A sum of money has been found and can be reclaimed at the parochial house,

otherwise it will be put into church funds.

Festival

The club’s annual festival came to a close at the weekend. The Treasure Hunt on Tuesday evening had a record 37 cars taking part. Wednesday night country singing star Mike Denver packed the main hall with his fans from all over the country. At the B-B-Q on Saturday evening over 200 steak dinners were served to members and friends and afterwards danced the night away to music by the Logues. Thanks to everyone who helped in any way to make our festival a successful one.

Also thanks to all those who came along and gave the club their support during the week.

Congratulations to Martin Penrose and the Tyrone team on winning the Anglo Celt cup last Sunday.

On Friday evening next 30th July at 7.30pm in Michael Dolan Memorial Park a Tyrone (select) will play a Donegal (select) for the annual Harvey /Mc Glynn Memorial cup. Refreshments afterwards and music by Frankie & Francie.

Tickets

Those requesting tickets for the All-Ireland quarter final on Sunday next should have their names in the centre on or before tomorrow Monday 26th July.

Ladies

The senior girls had a two points win over Sperrin Og in the championship at the weekend 1-7 to 1-5. They now meet Omagh in the Junior final.

U14’s

The U14’s are also in the final their opponents are Coalisland the dates of these finals are not confirmed as yet.

U16’s

The U16’s league game with Loughmacrory ended all square.

Sympathy

At the club’s monthly meeting votes of Sympathy were extended to the following families on their recent bereavements Corry (C/derg), Connolly (C/derg/ Aghyaran), Mc Hugh (Scraghey) Mc Hugh (Glasgow), Mc Crudden (Glenfin) Mc Namee (Omagh), Collins (London/ Killarney / Tullycar.)

Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Come, Holy Spirit, replace the tension within us with a holy relaxation.

Replace the turbulence within us with a sacred calm.

Replace the anxiety within us with a quiet confidence.

Replace the fear within us with a strong faith.

Replace the bitterness within us with the sweetness of grace.

Replace the darkness within us with a gentle light.

Replace the coldness within us with a loving warmth.

Replace the night within us with Your light.

Replace the winter within us with Your spring.

Straighten our crookedness.

Fill our emptiness.

Dull the edge of our pride.

Sharpen the edge of our humility.

Light the fires of our love.

Quench the flames of our lust.

Let us see ourselves as You see us,

that we may see You as You have promised,

And be fortunate according to Your word,

Blessed are the pure of heart,

for they shall see God. Amen.

Good Luck! to Tyrone Minor Team

and Martin Penrose and the Tyrone Senior Team

in Dublin. Keep up the good work Martin.

Accord N.I. is organising courses for inter-church couples preparing for marriage. These courses are similar in content to the standard Accord courses and cover commitment, communication, conflict resolution, Church and children. The difference on an inter-church course is that we have a special session where representatives from the 4 main Christian Churches come together to present their Church’s official view on inter-church marriage. The courses run on Sundays (10.00am-5.00pm) and Tuesday evenings (7.00pm-10.00pm)

You must complete both days of the course. Dates for 2010 are June 27th/29th, September 26th/28th, October 24th/26th November 28th/30th. The venue for these dates is the Dunsilly Inn Hotel, Antrim. Fee £110. Book online www.accordni.com or contact Brenda Russell on 028 90233002 or email: brussell@accordni.com

Bulletin Notices

Parish email address is kathleen@parishofaghyaran.com

USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS

Accord - 8224 2439
Al-Anon Famly Groups - 9086 2368
Alcoholic's Anonymous - 9043 4848
AWARE - 7126 6602
Care for Cancer - 8224 6599
CRUISE - 8224 4414
Drugs Anonymous - 8224 6177
Gamblers Anonymous - 7135 1329
The Samaritans - 8224 4944
Women's Aid - 8224 5998
Parkinson's Disease - 8224 2889