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Week 16
Volume 22
Parish Priest Very Reverend Dermot McKay, telephone 028 28885220
Email: carnloughparish@mail.com
Sun. 15th March 2015 - 4th Sunday of Lent
Monday
8:00 p.m.
Vigil Mass for St. Patrick’s Day
Tuesday
9:30 a.m.
Mass in Glenarm for St. Patrick’s Day
Wednesday
7:30 p.m.
Mass in Glenarm
Thursday
9:30 a.m.
Mass
Friday
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Way of the Cross
Confessions until 7:15 p.m.
Mass
Saturday
7:00 p.m.
Vigil Mass
Sunday
11:45 a.m.
Mass
Month’s Mind Mass for Rosaleen Wharton on Friday 20 March at 7:30 p.m.
Anniversary Mass for Kathleen Daly on Saturday 21 March at 7:00 p.m.
Also please note that there will be no Mass on Thursday 26th March.
Remember our dead
Recently Deceased:
Evelyn McAuley
Month’s Mind:
Rosaleen Wharton
Anniversaries:
Eileen McKenty, Sammy McAllister, Bernard McLarnon,
Daniel McDonnell, Sean Kelly, Mary Hurrell, Jessie O’Boyle,
Mary Magill, Bernard Kelly, James Esler, Sheila McAllister,
William O’Boyle, Bernard Black, Declan McMullan,
Kathleen McGarel, Martin Robinson, Kathleen Daly.
THIS WEEK
Last week’s collection was £982, thank you.
The collection for Needy Parishes will be taken
up at all Masses today after Communion. This
collection was established to create a special fund
to assist ’financially needy’ parishes. There are
already several parishes in the diocese that have
accumulated debt and are financially stretched,
principally due to the fact that they have only a
small number of parishioners and/or are located in
deprived areas. Through this collection ‘better off’
parishes can help those less fortunate parishes to
have some hope of financial security.
Trocaire boxes are available at the three doors.
Please take one home.
Having successfully
‘trained’ the parishioners of Larne and Glenarm to
change the coins in their Trocaire boxes into notes,
I now ask you the parishioners of Carnlough to
complete the hat-trick and do likewise. So please
change the coins in your Trocaire boxes into notes
before returning your contributions to the church on
Holy Thursday or at your earliest convenience after
Easter. If you have not kept the Trocaire envelope
that was enclosed in your Trocaire pack, spares are
available in the church porches this weekend, or
you can use any envelop marked Trocaire. Thank
you for your cooperation.
Ballymena Adoration Committee, in
response to Pope Francis’ request for 24
hours for Jesus during Lent, Continuous
Adoration has been organised from 8:00
p.m. on Friday 20th March to 1:00 p.m. on
Saturday 21st March in the Adoration
room at the back of All Saints Church.
Carnlough Community Association has received
funding from the Big Lottery to deliver Easter Fruit
Baskets for people living on their own or anyone
over fifty. The aim of the scheme is to help those
most in need. If anyone would like to apply, please
fill out a form either at the Carnlough Community
Office or the Post Office. We would also like to
stress that if anyone has received a basket or a
Keep Warm Pack, they are not suitable to reapply.
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
Glenarm Walking Group will lead a walk to
Feystown old church ruins on Sunday 15th
March, leaving from Feystown chapel at 2:30 p.m.
we are grateful to the landowners for access to this
1810 site. With St. Patrick’s day so near, this walk
has a Christian Heritage theme. 2 walks are
available, a short one for people of moderate
fitness and a longer walk to Black Hill, returning
through
Gowkstown
for
regular
walkers,
refreshments picnic style, cost £3.
At Drumalis, Larne, Beginning Experience, a
weekend programme
for separated,
divorced
and widowed people, from Friday 20 to Sunday 22
March. For further details, please contact Phil on
9020 7645 or Geraldine on 9083 3329.
Carnlough Methodist church presents a Country &
Gospel concert in Carnlough Methodist church,
Herbert St. Carnlough on Thursday 26 March at
8:00 p.m. Artists appearing are; Zolene, Irene
Bates, Crawford Bell and Chris Logue, backing by
Steve Farlow, compere Rev. Tommy Stevenson.
Admission is £7.50, by ticket only, available from
Henry Keys on 02828 885058.
Eucharistic Adoration on Tue. 31st March from
9:00 a.m., finishing with Holy Hour from 7:00 to
8:00 p.m.
Set Dancing weekend from 10-12th April, 2015 in
Glenlough Community Centre.
Friday 10th,
traditional session in the Glencloy Inn from 9:30 to
11:30 p.m., Saturday 11th, workshop from 10:00 to
1:00 p.m. and from 2:15 to 4:45 p.m., then a Ceili
from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. On Sunday 12th, a
workshop from 11:00-13:00. All welcome.
2015 Down & Connor pilgrimage to Lourdes.
Application forms for adults and the youth team are
available from the parochial house.
ONGOING ACTIVITIES
Shane O’Neill’s lottery numbers this week were 1,
2, 11 no jackpot winner. £10 to Ben O'Boyle, Barry
Hamill and J McKendry. Next week £700. Ulster is
once again hosting the Feile na nGeal in June, from
Fri 19th to Sun 21st, the club will require host
families, anyone interested in hosting the lads
please get in touch with Roisin on 07742051625 or
Pat on 07715371571. Families who hosted last
year will not need to complete the Access NI form
again – only a slip. Volunteer families are urgently
needed by 20th March, failing this we will have to
pull out of the competition.
During the winter months St. John’s church will
close at 5:00 p.m. each evening except Tuesday
(Adoration), Friday and Saturday.
Baptisms in Carnlough will be held on the first Sat.
of each month at 12:00 noon and in Glenarm on the
third Sat. of each month.
Eucharistic Adoration every Tuesday in the
meeting room of St. John’s church from 9:00 a.m.,
concluding with the Rosary at 7:30 p.m.
Mothers Prayers on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday
of each month in Glenarm church at 8:00 p.m., after
the Novena.
Marriage preparation courses, contact the parish
office on 28885220 for details.
Bulletin notices.
Please leave all notices,
anniversaries etc. for the bulletin by Wednesday
each week in the post box at the parochial house,
or in the collection plate, or e-mail to
carnloughparish@mail.com.
To help meet the costs of producing this newsletter please put a
donation in the basket.