Parish News

All the current news that is relevant for our community.

PARISH OF DESERTCREAT, DERRYLORAN & COOKSTOWN.

26th September, Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Recently Deceased:

Patrick McAleer – Coagh Street Cookstown
Mary Campbell – Old Coagh Road Cookstown
Bernadette Duffy – Lomond Heights Cookstown
Peggy Hampsey – Adair Gardens Cookstown
Maureen Mackle – Tullyodonnell Road Rock

Eternal Rest Grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them.

Pilgrimage to Fatima

Cookstown Parish is organising a trip to Fatima and Estoril from 23rd – 30th October 2021.

Cost is £725 per person sharing (7 nights). Single room supplement £25 per night. £200 deposit to be paid at time of booking to Parish Office. Return flights from Dublin to Lisbon. Breakfast lunch and dinner each day in Fatima, breakfast and dinner in Estoril. Covid certificates necessary for travel. Location form needs to be completed prior to travelling using the following link https://travelerform.com/en-form You we will need email addresses, home address and a valid passport number to complete. Any problems please contact the parish office and we complete for you.

3 nights in Fatima & 4 nights in Estoril , Flight with Aer Lingus

Please email cookstownparish@gmail.com to register your interest. For more information contact the parish office.

Sunday Masses in Rock and Slatequarry at 10.30 am.

Sacred Heart Church, Rock – 26th September
Sacred Heart Church, Rock – 3rd October
Sacred Heart Church, Rock – 10th October

Please Note: Mass will resume again in Slatequarry Sunday 17th October.

Rock Church Car Park

Due to anti social behaviour in the evening, the Church car park will close at 5 pm.

Anyone wishing to visit the cemetery can gain entry by the side gate at the front of the Church.

Bosco Playgroup

Now offering fee paying places for 3 year olds; 2-5 mornings per week.

Contact Anne 028 8676 3280 or 07711025048

Apostolic Collection

Sincere thanks to all parishioners for their exceptional generosity to our collection last weekend. The amazing sum of £1,104. 29 p was donated and will be much appreciated by all missionaries.

Thank you also to our collectors and to everyone involved.

Pat McNeill ( Treasurer)

Recent Arrivals

Congratulations to:

Leoneto and Carey on the baptisms of their children
Rachel Alanna and Leon Walter Ruas
Jay and Gemma on the birth of their son
Kylian Kevin Little
Damian and Laura on the birth of thir son
Danny McGorry
Eoghan and Keara on the birth of their daughter
Jessica Bernadette Murphy

We wish them God’s Blessings of good health and happiness.

Wedding Bells

Congratulations to all the happy couples who recently celebrated the Sacrament of Marriage.

Brian Grant and Emma Hughes – 2nd August 2021

Josh Greening and Shannen Campbell – 7th August 2021

Cormac McDonald and Yasmin McKenna – 10th August 2021

Christopher Martin and Catherine Devlin – 14th August 2021

Stephen Martin and Kerri Hughes – 27th August 2021

Christopher Scullion and Leanne Moran – 28th August 2021

Emmet McGuckin and Helen Carmichael – 29th August 2021

We wish them God’s Blessings of good health and happiness.

Anniversary Masses 25th September – 3rd October

Saturday 25th September 10 am:
Mary Rose Blevitt, Michael Blevitt, Alice Collins, Christina Rushe
Saturday 25th September 6 pm:
Joe & Celia Rafferty, Joseph Smyth
Sunday 26th September 9.30 am:
Niall McFadden, Tommy Sonner, Davy and Josephine O’Neill
Sunday 26th September Rock 10.30 am:
James and Mary Kerr, Eileen McNamee
Sunday 26th September 12 Noon:
Alex McBride (Month’s Mind), Jej Roberto Jeronimo
Monday 27th September 10 am:
John Girvan, Peter Cosgrove Snr, Johnny McVey, Finbarr McVey
Tuesday 28th September 10 am:
Pauline Lawn, Frank Hampsey
Wednesday 29th September 10 am:
Colette Devlin (1st Anniversary) Margaret Moore, Joe O’Neill
Thursday 30thSeptember 10 am:
Philomena Gormley Crooks (1st Anniversary), John McLaughlin, Roisin O’Hagan, Josephine Callan
Friday 1st October 10 am:
Malachy Doris, Rita Crilly
Saturday 2nd October 10 am:
Peggy Hampsey (Month’s Mind), Fr. John Travers, Alice Devlin, Anne Devlin, John Devlin
Saturday 2nd October 6 pm:
Michael Teague
Sunday 3rd October 9.30 am:
Agnes & Bernard Corey, Clare McErleann
Sunday 3rd October Rock 10.30 am:
Maureen Mackle (Month’s Mind), Michael Clerkin
Sunday 3rd October 12 Noon:
Parish Mass Intentions

GL Assessment 2021

All parents/guardians of P7 pupils intending to sit the GL Assessment, should note that the closing date for Registration is Friday 24 September 2021.

A guide to the registration and assessment procedure can be found on the website of the school you wish to sit the test in.

Anniversary Notices

If you wish to request an anniversary Mass please put in writing to the Parish Office.

This can be:

Left into the office during office hours (Weekdays 9.30 am – 1.30 pm)
Put through the letterbox after the office has closed
Posted (1 Convent Road Cookstown, BT80 8QA)

Please ensure the name, date of the anniversary and time of Mass is clearly stated on the notice.

Also please note that the office is closed at the weekend and that the anniversary will only be read out at one Mass.

Parish Envelopes

A number of parishioners have been enquiring about supporting our parish during this time of no public Mass. You may wish to drop your envelopes into the parish office or make a donation by cheque. For weekly envelopes; cheques may be made payable to ‘Cookstown Church Account’. For Building Fund envelopes; cheques may be made payable to ‘Cookstown Church Building Fund’. We thank you for your donations received to date and appreciate your generosity during these times. All donations will be recorded accordingly.

Anyone wishing to pay by standing order, direct debit or bank transfer can call the parish office to receive bank account details.

Parish Mass Cards

Money collected from the sale of Mass cards this year so far has been sent to:

“The Fr Peter McVerry Trust” for the Homeless, Dublin

“The Colombian Missions Appeal”

Our donations will help fund and support these very worthwhile charities.

Thought for the Week

The most beautiful
things in the world
cannot be seen or
even touched.
They must be felt
with the heart.