Fourth
Sunday of Advent
The
Crib at St Marys.
SUNDAY 20th December, 2009
Sunday Mass Times.
Vigil 6pm. Sunday
9am & 11am.
Weekday Masses
Mon 9.30am
Tue 11am in Glendermott PS, Wed 9.30am,
Christmas Mass
Times
Christmas
Eve
Vigil (for youth and Elderly) 6pm
Everyone 8pm.
Christmas
Day
9am and 11am
St
Stephen’s Day
11am
Readers
for Christmas Day
Vigil : Martina Donnelly
9am: Dermott Chambers
11am: Maureen Boyle
Readers for 27th December
Vigil: Margaret Duddy
9am: May Hegarty
11am: Rosemary Logue
Eucharistic Ministers for December
6pm Vigil: Aiden Boyle
Bernie Woods
9am: Donna Hartop
11am: Nina Ling, Jimmy Logue,
Bridget O Kane
Anniversaries
Hannah Grimes,
Michael Dalton,
Margaret Dalton,
Josephine McGee, William Molloy
Offertory
Collection
Sunday 6th December Collection £1278
Thank you for your continued generosity.
Carol Service
The Annual
Carol Service will take place in St Mary’s Ardmore
on today Sunday 20th December at 6pm. All are welcome!
Grateful Thanks from Sister Kay Connolly
My deep gratitude
to Fr.Farren, Mons. Mc Quillan, our efficient helpers
and all the parishioners for your generosity during
our Sharing Fair Sale last weekend. We’re happy
to inform you that the intake for the weekend was
£2,650 including donations. Congratulations
to Angela Brolly, the winner of our raffle prize.
Your generosity in supporting our project challenges
my own commitment. Please pray that our efforts to
support our Sisters’ work in mission countries
will always bear fruit. For any one interested we
have a permanent stock of items at our house at No.38,
Dungiven Rd. You are welcome to call in any time.
Wishing you every blessing during the Christmas Season
Ardmore
GAA Lotto Results
Week 49 Jackpot £1000. Numbers were 2-10-16
No Winner this week.. £50 won by Margaret Mooney.
Next weeks Jackpot £1100
Children in Crossfire would like
to thank all those who took an Advent calendar at
the end of November. Donations can be returned to
the church over the weekend of 2nd/3rd January. Collection
bins will be positioned at the entrances to the church
for donations to be placed into on the way into Mass
Trocaire Global Gift Appeal
Choose from
9 Trocaire Global Gifts that will give a family or
community in the developing world something they truly
need. The gift of chicks, the gift of a school lunch,
the gift of water, the gift of a house, the gift of
a fishing boat and nets, the gift of a goat, the gift
of education, the gift of a vegetable garden, the
gift of life saving food. Gifts available to purchase
in St Mary’s porch after Sunday Masses during
Advent as a Christmas Gift that will assist the needy
in the Third World.
GOAL MILE CHARITY WALK ST STEPHEN’S
DAY
The annual
GOAL Mile charity walk will take place at 12 Noon
on St Stephen’s Day, leaving from the car park
at Sainsburys Supermarket, Strand Road and going to
Craigavon Bridge. There is no sponsorship involved,
just donations from the walkers on the day. It’s
an opportunity to get some exercise and help those
less fortunate in the Developing World. GOAL is currently
working in 10 countries in the Developing World. We
hope to see you there on the day. Dr Lee
Casey.
New
Year, New Challenge
‘North
West Regional College is now offering an exciting
range of new short part-time courses, beginning Jan/Feb
2010. So if you’re looking for something new
this year, call 028 71276000, or visit www.nwrc.ac.uk
Enrolments now open.
The
Priests of the Parish, Fr Neil Farren and Fr Iggy
and
the Pastoral Council Members wish all our
Parishioners a Happy and Peaceful Christmas.
Adoption:
Could you make a child happy again after a difficult
start in life?
Family Care Society is presently seeking adoptive
families who would be interested in parenting children
aged between 2 – 6 years and who need the love
and attention of a caring and understanding family.
Could this be you?
Please contact Family Care Society on:
Belfast 028 9069 1133 or Derry 028 7136 8592
Email: email@family-care-society.org
Website: www.family-care-society.net
