Weekly Bulletin 9th February 2020

    Saturday –  Vigil @ 6.30pm  Sunday  10.30am, 12noon & 4pm.  (028 66322272)  www.thegraan.com

Sunday Collection: Came to £1541.  Thank you as always for your generous contributions.  

There will be a Development Collection taken up after communion today.   

Today is the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: We give thanks to God our Father – God wishes us to be the salt and light of the world, so that seeing in us the works of the Spirit, the people may recognise God as their God and give Him glory.

Novena of Hope 2020: Takes place from 29^th Feb – 9^th March 2020.  It begins at the  Vigil Mass (Saturday 29th Feb) and on Sunday 1^st March  @ 9am, 10.30am, 12noon and 4pm. Fr Charles Cross will speak at all the Masses.

Monday 2^nd March – Sr Susan Mc Grath @ 12.30pm & 7.30pm. 

Tuesday March 3^rd   – Fr Niall Coll @  12.30pm & 7.30pm.(Penance Services )  

Wednesday 4th  – Conor Mc Cafferty @ 11am & 7.30pm 

Thursday 5^th   – Dr Ian Ellis @ 12.30pm & 7.30pm  

Friday 6^th – Jane Mellet @ 12.30pm & 7.30pm

Saturday 7^th  – Gina Menzies  @ 11am & 6.30pm

Sunday 8^{th –}  Fr Antony Connelly  @ 9am, 10.30am, 12noon & 4pm

Monday 9th – Gerry Farrell @ 12.30pm & 8pm

Days for the Sick: Wednesday 4^th March @ 2.30pm & Saturday 7^th March @ 2.30pm.

Meeting: The Novena Posters & leaflet distribution will take place tomorrow night Monday 10^th February at 8.30pm. Please come along to this meeting and help us to distribute our posters throughout the surrounding areas & counties.

Please take a petition leaflet home with you from the Church porches and return them in good time so they can be placed on the altar during the Novena.   

Eucharistic Ministers & Readers: Please return your reply slips for the Novena as soon as possible.

Guild Mass Cards: We have a new selection of cards for Deceased, Mass Bouquets, Get Well, Birthday, Special Occasion, Thinking of You & Exam Mass Bouquets which cost £2 / €2.50 each. We also have new St Patrick’s Day Mass Bouquets available.

DUTY FOR THE WEEK:  Sun &  Mon No Duty. Mon Mass @ 8pm –  Charles.   Tues – Arthur.  Wed: Victor

Thurs –  Charles.    Fri –  Charles       Sat –  Victor.

Thanks to Philip Mc Grade for making us St Brigid’s Crosses. The final total from the sale of St Brigid’s crosses was £500 which was donated to Mary’s Meals, Enniskillen Branch.

Feasts of the Weeks: Monday St. Scholastica who died in 543, was a sister of St. Benedict. Tuesday. Our Lady of Lourdes. It is also World Day of Prayer for the Sick. On this day in 1858 Our Lady appeared to 14 year old Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes, France. Friday: Saints Cyril (826-869) & Methodius (815-885) Preached the Gospel in Moravia using their own translations of the Scriptures. They are the apostles of the Slavic people and Patrons of Europe.

Thank you to February’s Church Cleaning Group for their hard work. We are always looking for new volunteers to help. If you could spare two hours, 4 times a year we would appreciate your help. Please contact us 02866322272 and leave your details.

Vocation Retreat: A weekend retreat for young men interested in knowing more about life as a priest or brother in the Passionist Community will be held at the Passionist Monastery, Tobar Mhuire, Crossgar, County Down, beginning on the evening of Friday, 13 March and concluding with lunch on Sunday, 15 March. Anyone interested in taking part should speak to contact Fr Victor at The Graan or contact Father Paul Francis at passionistvocations@gmail.com