Lower Creggan Parish PALM Sunday 14th April 2019
EASTER CEREMONIES
| Holy Thurs | Mass of the Lords Supper Dorsey @ 6pm & Cullyhanna @ 8pm Cullyhanna 8.45pm-10pm – Quiet reflection |
| Good Fri | Morning prayer of the Church Cullyhanna @ 10am Reading of the Passion Cullyhanna @ 3pm Stations of the Cross Newtownhamilton @ 7.30pm |
| Holy Sat | Morning prayer of the Church Cullyhanna @ 10am Easter Vigil Dorsey @ 6pm Cullyhanna @ 8pm |
| Easter Sun | Newtownhamilton @ 10am Cullyhanna @ 11.30am |
| CULLYHANNA | NTH | DORSEY | |
| SAT 13th April | 9am Mass | 6.30pm Mass Declan Reel. | |
| PALM SUN 14th April | 11.30am Doreen McCaughey. Margaret McParland. Susan Donnelly & DM. Elizabeth & Dan Martin & DM. | 10am Teresa Loughran & DM of the Nugent Family. | |
| MON 15th April | 7.30am Mass 8pm Mass | ||
| TUES 16th April | 7.30am Mass 9am Mass M 7pm – Confessions | ||
| WED 17th April | 7.30am Mass | 9.30am Mass | |
| HOLY THUR 18th April | NO 9am Mass 8pm – Mass of the Lords Supper – Patrick & Catherine Burns | 6pm – Mass of the Lord’s Supper | |
| GOOD FRI 19th April | 10am – Morning prayer of the Church 3pm – Reading of the Passion | 7.30pm – Stations of the Cross | |
| HOLY SAT 20th April | 10am – Morning prayer of the Church 8pm – Easter Vigil Mass – John McNulty | NO 9am Mass | 6pm Easter Vigil Mass |
| ASTER SUN 21st April | 11.30am Agnes O’Hare (1st Anniv) Brigid & Anthony McGeough & DM. Michael & Catherine Largey & DM | 10am James & Molly Murphy. Noel & Martin Murphy. |
Recently deceased: Mary Smyth (nee Brannigan), Terence (Terry) Murphy (North Wales), Fr Brian McGrath, Christopher Griffin & John McEneaney (Oram), Clare Fegan
Sunday 7th April: Thank you for contributing to the Priest dues.
Easter visits to the housebound will be on next Mon 22nd April after 11am Cullyhanna & Tues 23rd April after 11am to Dorsey & NTH.
CULLYHANNA
Readers for St Patrick’s: Holy Thurs: Claire Savage Good Fri: PattieTreanor & Claire Savage Good Fri Prayers of Faithful: Bernie Lennon &Marie Duffy Holy Sat: Claire Savage, Detty Reel
Easter Sun 21stApril: Detty Reel Sun 28thApr: Claire Savage
Eucharistic Ministers Cullyhanna
Holy Thurs: Pattie Treanor & Marie Duffy Good Fri: Marie Rushe
Holy Sat: Alica Griffin Easter Sun: Elizabeth McCreesh & Maurita Murray
Altar Society for month of April: Bernadette Duncan, Pauline Murray &
Aisling Toner
DORSEY Readers for St Oliver’s:
Holy Thurs: Speak to priest if you wish to read.
Holy Sat 20th April: Linda Fee, Caroline Donnelly & Mary Quinn
Sat 27th April: Joanne Murphy
Eucharistic Minister for St Oliver’s:
Holy Thurs: Caroline Donnelly & Eileen Mackin
Holy Sat: Margaret Walsh & Noel Mackin
Sat 27th April: Renee McKinley
Altar Society for month of April: Irene Reel
Stations of the Cross: St Michael’s PS will dramatize the stations on Wed 17th April @ 11am in St Michael’s Church. All welcome.
Confessions: Tues 16th April @ 7pm in St Patrick’s, Cullyhanna.
NOTICE: There will be NO morning Masses Wed 24th – Fri 26th April.
Mary’s Meals: Next collection will be held on 27th & 28th April.
Good Friday: There will be a collection for the Holy lands this day.
Children’s Liturgy Group: There will be NO Liturgy group on Sun 28th April and Sun 5th May. It will resume again on Sun 12th May.
Dates of Blessing of Graves:
St Patrick’s Church – Sun 26th May @ 11.30am
St Michael’s Church – Sun 2nd June @ 10am
NOTICE: There will be no bulletin on weekends of 11th/12th May & 18th/19th May. Also there will be no Dorsey Mass (6.30pm) on 18th May or NTH Mass on (10am) Sun 19th May.
THERE WILL BE 11.30am MASS IN CULLYHANNA 19th MAY
Palm Sunday
Palm branches were thrown before him as a sign of welcome. People were singing and children were dancing and everyone was delighted that finally he had arrived. A great celebrity had come to say hello. Sadly, within hours the tide of warm feelings was getting very cold. Soon people did not like what he was saying – he made them think and they discovered that their welcome had not been heartfelt – they wanted a magician and they met a man willing to suffer for his message. He challenged them to think deeply about their beliefs and they shunned him and wanted to get rid of him. In a few days the palm was replaced with the thick branches of a stout tree, strong enough to hold the weight of a body. In the hours of this very special week ahead may God help us to understand and value, the love which helped him endure the whipping, the humiliation, meeting his mother’s tear-filled eyes, the nails digging into his flesh and his words – it is accomplished!
Archbishop Eamon, along with the clergy of the diocese, will celebrate the Chrism Mass on Wednesday, 17 April at 7.00pm in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh. All are welcome. In particular, an invitation to attend is extended to families and schools in the diocese with children who will make their Confirmation this year.