Nineteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time 7th August 2022
Anniversary & Month’s Mind Masses
Mass will be offered for the following people on the occasion of an Anniversary or Month’s Mind. We remember them, their families and loved ones in our prayers.
Monday 8th August 10.00am Pat, John & Trisha Harkin & Jean & Tony Brown
Monday 8th August 7.30pm Christopher Burton
Tuesday 9th August 7.30pm Vera Clarke
Saturday 13th August 10.00am Philomena & William McFeely
Saturday 13th August 6.00pm Bridget & Edward Tunney
Baptisms: Please contact the Parish Office for dates.
LAST WEEK’S ENVELOPE COLLECTION AMOUNTED TO £2025.00
LAST WEEK’S RENOVATION COLLECTION AMOUNTED TO £565.00
Parish Office: You can contact the Parish Office by Phone on 028-71262301 or via email longtower@derrydiocese.org.
Visitation of the Sick. For urgent sick calls please contact the parish office on 028-71262301 or 02871262894.
Bishop Daly Exhibition; ‘A Man for All Seasons’ (Monday 8th August—Sunday 14th August), Location -St. Eugene’s Cathedral Hall, Infirmary Road, Derry. The exhibition has been compiled to celebrate the life, influence, work and legacy of Bishop Edward Daly. The title of the exhibition, ‘A Man for All Seasons’, was chosen to pay tribute to the wide and varied contribution he made to peace and reconciliation in Ireland, to Derry and its Diocese, to the search for justice and to healing the differences that divide Northern Ireland. He lived out the words of Christ in his work. The project has been kindly supported by Derry and Strabane District Council. For more information, please visit www.steugenescathedral.com
“Happy the people the Lord has chosen as his own” (Psalm 32). For those called to spread the Good News of God’s undying love for His people, we pray to the Lord. The next Holy Hour for Vocations will take place in St Eugene’s Cathedral, Derry, from 8-9pm on Friday, 12 August. Everyone is welcome to attend or to join in the devotions via the webcam which can be accessed at www.steugenescathedral.com. Anyone interested in diocesan priesthood is invited to attend a weekend “Come & See” retreat from 26-28 August. For information and booking please contact the diocesan Vocations Director, Fr Pat O’Hagan at pgoh2111@gmail.com
Derry Diocesan Trust Job Opportunities
Pastoral Youth Ministry Co-Ordinator: 35 hours per week,
Location: Steelstown Parish, Derry. Closing Date: 4.30pm on 23.08.2022.
Grounds and Maintenance Person: 25 hours per month/ Seasonal Contract-
April to October. Location: St Patrick’s Church, Claudy Parish, Co Derry,
Closing Date: 4.30pm on 23.08.2022
For a job description and application form please:
Write: Personnel, Derry Diocesan Office,
St Eugene’s Cathedral, Francis Street, Derry, BT48 9AP
Email:payroll@derrydiocese.org, Telephone: 028 7126 2302.
Derry Diocesan Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We welcome applications from all men and women and from members of all communities.
Monday 15th August: The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is a Holy Day of Obligation and Masses are at the following times: Holyday Masses: Monday 15th August: 10.00am & 7.30pm in St Columba’s Church, Long Tower & 6.00pm – Our Lady’s Grotto, Lecky Road.
Mass at the Grotto –The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Monday 15th August at 6.00pm. Everyone is invited to join the local community and Fr. Baker at the Annual Mass in Our Lady’s Grotto, Lecky Road. A collection will be taken up after Mass for the upkeep of the grotto.
Save the Date – Derry Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine: Saturday 24th September 2022, led by Bishop Donal McKeown. Stations of the Cross at 2:00 followed by Mass at 3:00, with Sacrament of the Sick. Buses will travel from a variety of pick up points. For further information please contact Fr Patrick Lagan at St Eugene’s Cathedral on 028 7126 2894 or email the parish office at cathedral@derrydiocese.org.
World Youth Day Pilgrimage – Lisbon 2023; The Diocese of Derry is inviting any young person who is over 18 or will be 18 by July 2023 to join us on Pilgrimage to Lisbon for World Youth Day. World Youth Day (WYD) is the gathering of young people from all over the world with the Pope. This pilgrimage will take place in August 2023. For now, we are taking expression of interest until we have more information on dates, times and prices. We have limited space so signing up is essential. You can register your interest on the derrydiocese.org website or on the @derryyouth Facebook page. If you have any questions regarding this pilgrimage, please email Lizzie Rea, Youth Coordinator at: lizzie.rea@derrydiocese.org.
Foyle Hospice Volunteer Minibus Drivers Needed; This role will involve transporting patients to and from their homes to our Day Hospice. We are looking for someone who has a friendly and compassionate nature and can spare a few hours each week. The role will also require you to hold Category D1 on your driving licence and an Enhanced Access NI Check will be necessary. If you think this is something which interest you or would like more information, please get in touch with Rachael Osbourne, Volunteer Co-Ordinator, (028) 71351010 or email rachael@foylehospice.com.
Upcoming Blood Donation Sessions in Guildhall Building, Derry on Wednesday 10th & Thursday 11th August from 12.30pm – 4pm & 5pm –7.30pm. Booking by appointment only, please call-08085 534 653 to book.
Concern Worldwide Bookshop in Ferryquay Street is looking for volunteers. If you have some spare time and have a keen interest in books, please get in touch. To find out more information call to the shop for a volunteer application form, or contact enquiries.info@concern.net.
Benburb Priory will host a day conference on ‘The Meaning Crisis, Modernity, and the Christian Way’: A Benburb Priory Conference, (rise in suicides, depression, and more) and the Christian way, today, on Friday 2 September. The conference will feature leading Christian thinkers, including Paul Kingsnorth, Paul Vander Klay, and Fr Calvin Robinson. Tickets are available at Benburbpriory.com. Cost: £34.99. All are welcome.
The Iosas Centre Cafe in Muff (adjacent to White Oaks) Sunday Carvery, serving meals from 12.30pm-3.00pm. Delicious starters, mains and desserts, using our own organic vegetables. Booking is recommended and take away is available. (1 course €12.50/2 courses €15.50/3 courses €19.50). Tel:- 0749384866. Why not finish your afternoon with a walk in our beautiful Celtic Prayer Garden.
Radio Maria Ireland is an Irish-run Catholic Talk-Radio Station. Prayer, Catechesis, Uplifting music, Talks, Interviews and Testimonies – Listen via TV on Saorview – Channel 210 and Freeview – Channel 826; Download our FREE APP – “Radio Maria Ireland”, streaming on www.radiomaria.ie or via PHONE – get live radio feed by telephoning +353 (0) 1 437 3277 (no extra charges apply). Please join our growing faith family.
Webcams Around the country, some parish churches and cathedrals have installed webcams for the broadcast of Mass and these can be accessed on the following websites; https://www.churchmedia.tv/ https://www.mcnmedia.tv/cameras// https://www.parishwebsites.ie
