TWENTY EIGHTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR

13TH OCTOBER 2019 ST VINCENT DE PAUL Emergency Helpline Crumlin/Aldergrove 07754427088

GLENAVY AND KILLEAD BETHANY BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP: A member of the Bethany Group

may be contacted on the following phone number 07746032796

GH TYRES AND AUTO SERVICES: 40a Glenavy Road, Crumlin. Punctures repairs, Wheel Balancing, Wheel Alignment, Batteries, General Service and repairs Tel:94423113.

ST JOSEPH’S GAC LOTTO: Thursday 10 October Winning Numbers 8-18-19-25 Jackpot £2,250 No

Winners. 3 Numbers .Karen McDevitt LUCKY DIPS : M.T. Trowlen, Paul Magee, Bridget McCabe Next week’s Jackpot £2,300. Visit the club’s new website and enter the lotto draw at wwwglenavy-

gac.com. where you can also keep up to date with club affairs.

REGISTERED CHILDMINDER available for pick-up from Ballymacricket P.S. Contact Shaneen 07713489575

ST AIDAN’S SCHOOL REUNION IN ST CLARE’S HALL, Saturday 19th October at 8pm. £10 admittance .

All ages groups welcome. Proceeds in aid of Macmillan Charity. Tickets available from Pauline McGarry, Eamon Bawn and Fiona McVicker-Irons or pay at the door

ANYONE LOOKING TEMPORARY WORK in the Crumlin Schools Kitchens please contact 94423570

To book St Clare's Community Hall please PHONE: 075 1777 9334.

FUNERAL HOSPITALITY: Please note St Clare’s Hall has it’s own team who cater for After Funeral Recep-tions. They provide a friendly and caring service. COFFEE MORNING every Friday 10.00am—11.00am YOGA WITH EIMEAR recommences Monday 2nd September6.45pm—7.45pm. £5 drop-in or £25 for 6 weeks. BOOK CLUB every third Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm FRIENDSHIP GROUP will every Wednesday 10.30am. ST CLARE’S BOWLING CLUB Monday’s 8.00pm New members welcome. Tel 94453972 PILATES Tuesday 7.30pm and 8.30pm 07738111281 ST CLARE’S PARENTS & TODDLER GROUP Friday’s 10.00am—12noon. MODERN JIVE Wednesdays WHIST: Last Friday of the Month.

TRADITIONAL MUSIC SESSION last Sunday of every month @ 7 pm TABLE TENNIS every Monday 8pm. Beginners welcome. TABLE QUIZ: Friday 18th October£5 entry Tea/Coffee or bring your own. All proceeds to St Clare’s Hall.

Bingo in St Clare’s Community Hall

Thursdays at 8.00pm sharp-9.30pm approx.

Jackpot £1,000 in 49 Numbers

Line£15 House £25

Scoop £25 Line House £50

Game 9 if Jackpot not won, House £50

Very Rev Fr Colm McBride PP: St Joseph’s Presbytery, 59 Chapel Road, Glenavy, BT29 4LA 94459560 (In emergencies Fr Declan Mulligan P.P. Aghagallon 92651214) Parish Office at St Joseph’s Glenavy: Monday - Friday 10am - 3pm. Office Closed 1.00 - 2.00pm Secretary: Máire Rafferty Tel: 028 94422278 Email:glenavy@downandconnor.org Parish Website: glenavyandkilleadparish.com

www.facebook.com/glenavyandkilleadparish A member of Lisburn Pastoral Community

A GRATEFUL HEART Nine were cured, and a tenth was healed, The last one came back and lifted his heart in praise and thanks. He was a man of another country, not liked by the followers of Jesus, yet his heart was like the heart of Jesus, thankful and light.

The word ‘thanks’ can change an atmosphere. It is one of the most important words between people who are in ordinary and consistent relationships. With those we love, with those with whom we work, live, and with whom life is shared, it is a word that deepens the bond among us. It brings lightness among us.

The Christian heart is a grateful heart. We sometimes find people whose lives are very difficult and dis-abled on the outside but have a heart of thanks on the inside. They are the people who give thanks for what they have, rather than whine over what they have not!

The thanks of the Samaritan brought him into a sort of unity with Jesus and with the others who looked on him as a foreigner. Thanks can bring enemies together. When we give thanks for the same things, we shatter barriers.

The nine were cured, and probably did well for Jesus in their reports. But the tenth brought the new life

of Jesus to others from a grateful heart.

Give thanks this day for the ordinary, for the people who are always there, for the goodness of God. Give thanks, and in giving thanks we will be more like Jesus, the one whose life and words thank God his Father.

LORD JESUS IT IS RIGHT TO GIVE YOU THANKS AND PRAISE

Donal Neary S.J.

Gospel reflections for Year C: Luke

COLLECTIONS 06/10/2019 WEEKLY OFFERING: £2,390

Thank you for your generosity

REQUIESCANT IN PACE

RECENTLY DECEASED: Collette McCready (nee Heatley) ANNIVERSARIES: Colette Brankin, Teresa Magee, James McGivern, Baby Beth Duddy and her little

cousin, Geraldine Kane, Bill McCleave, Brian Murphy, Robina McStravick, Kathleen McTeggart, Jim Feeney, Mairead Moore, Kathleen Heatley, Anne B Mulholland, Andrew Magee, Eileen Boyd, Patrick

Joseph & Eileen Jane McCambridge,

SANCTUARY LAMP INTENTIONS: A Sanctuary Lamp burns for a week in each of our four churches. If you would like to dedicate a lamp for a loved one or a special intention please contact the Parish Office.

There is a suggested offering of £5. This Week’s dedications: Special Intention (DMF), Protect the Sanctity of Life and Marriage, (SJ&V),

CRUMLIN YOUTH FOR CHRIST: The first gathering of the Autumn of CYC will take place in St John's Hall,

Crumlin, on Monday 14 October 7.00pm-8.00pm. Prayer will be for the young people of Crumlin and local churches and the new CYC Drop- in- programme. Everyone welcome.

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL: The next meeting of the Pastoral Council will take place on Wed-

nesday16 October at 7.00pm in St Joseph's Presbytery.

PORTACABIN AT MATER DEI CHURCH: The Parish Finance Committee has recommended that the Porta-

cabin be removed and sold. Following some vandalism the roof and interior ceilings required major repairs. All meetings formerly held in the Portacabin will now be held in the Presbytery. Please contact

the parish office for access. Tel 94459560.

14 October 20 October Mass Intentions

St Joseph’s Mater Dei

Mon 9.30am Bill McCleave & Brian Murphy

Tue 7.00pm

Wed 9.30am Robina McStravick

Thur 9.30am Kathleen McTeggart

Fri 9.30am

Sat 6.00pm vigil

Jack & Marie Loughan , Francis Goodall

Sun

9.30am Margaret McCarthy & Annette McAteer

12.00 noon Isaac & Joseph Nelson, Anne Agnew

10.45am

PARISH DRAW WEEK 23

Winner £100: Niamh & Maighread Rafferty Crumlin Winner: £50: Margaret McCorry Glenavy

Congratulations to our winners

EXTRAORDINARY MISSION MONTH [EMM] OCTOBER 2019 THEME - “BAPTISED AND SENT" - HOLD THE DATES!:

This October through an Extraordinary Mission Month declared by Pope Francis, the Diocese invites us to embrace the vision of a Missionary Church by celebrating the contribution of our Diocese to the missions abroad. To mark EMM2019 we will be holding 2 major events in October – Saturday 19 October - 9.30am - 4.30pm A Conference and Celebration of D&C Missionaries Abroad and at Home in St Mary’s University College, Falls Rd, Belfast Sunday 20 October – 2.30 pm Mission Sunday Mass - Together We Are Mission - St Patrick’s Church, Chapel Hill, Lisburn. Throughout the coming year, we plan to acknowledge and celebrate the work of the many hundreds of Missionaries who left their homes and parishes to engage in Missionary endeavour around the world. If you have a relative or friend who is currently a Missionary abroad or during their lifetime has served as a Missionary, we would really appreciate if you would please give their details including Name, Religious Order, Dates etc.. to your Parish Office or email [missions@downandconnor.org] before 23rd September

2019.

AGHAGALLON DAY OF PRAYER AND REFLECTION: We would like to invite you to our upcoming Day of

Prayer and Reflection which takes place on Saturday 19th October, 10:30am to 3.30pm in the Community Centre, Aghagallon. Wonder and Gratitude: Our Relationship with Nature and the World we Inhabit Angela Dunne will invite us to explore the close relationship between us and the animal and floral world that we inhabit. Angela‘s work is strongly linked to Pope Francis’ 2nd encyclical ‘Laudato Si’ and she will remind us of how important our environment is, from the sun to hidden heroes in the oceans and the soil, and the responsibility we have to care for our world. Lunch will be provided. Places are limited so please contact the parish office on 028 9265 1214 or email parishofaandb@yahoo.co.uk to book your place.

PERPETUAL NOVENA TO OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP.: A perpetual Novena is celebrated at

the 7.00pm Mass, Mater Dei Church each Tuesday evening.

ROSARY FOR LIFE for Feast of Our Lady of Fatima will be recited Sunday 13th October at 2.30pm and again at 7.00pm at the Grotto in Glenavy

ALDERGROVE/CRUMLIN APOSTOLIC are holding their Annual Display & Sale on Sat/Sun 26th & 27th Octo-ber 2019 after 6.00pm Mass on Saturday and 10.45am Mass on Sunday in St Joseph’s School, Crumlin.

Tombola, homemade cakes, apple Tarts, white elephant stall, prize draws & much more much More. All parishioners support for the Missions will be greatly appreciated.

JOHN PAUL II AWARDS: All those starting the Pope John Paul II Award 2019-20 whether through school or parish please attend a meeting in St Joseph’s annex Monday 14th October at 7pm finish 8pm. Enrolment also on night. Contact Brenda 07928979292 or email brendag2308@hotmail.co.uk

ALTAR SERVER CLUB: Would your son or daughter like to join the Glenavy and Killead altar Server Club? Formal training will be provided. Fun activities throughout the year. This is a great opportunity

for your child to be involved in this ministry. This ministry is open to any child in year 5 upwards. Please leave contact details with the Parish Office.

ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BAZAAR:

The Annual Parish Bazaar will be held on Sunday 1st December. The first meeting will be at 7.00pm on Tuesday 15 October in the Annex of St Joseph's Church. New and additional helpers are needed for this major fund-raising event. Please come along and lend a hand.

RACHEL'S VINEYARD RETREATS are a beautiful healing opportunity for anyone struggling with the spiritual or emotional pain of an abortion. The weekend helps you to experience the love, mercy, compassion and forgiveness of God. It enables suffering souls to find peace and transform the pain of the past into a fu-ture full of hope. For information call Marian in complete confidence on 07814 748 744 or e mail marian-rvni@yahoo.co.uk and check us out on Facebook.

OVERSEAS VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED! Volunteer IT/HR Admins, Montessori/Primary/Secondary Teach-

ers, Physios, Accountants, Social Workers...all required for funded placements on Missions in Africa,

SE Asia and the Caribbean. No previous overseas exp required, no upper age limit! Contact Viatores Christi +353-1-8689986 or email apply@viatoreschristi.com for more info.

ADOPTION: Family Care Adoption Services is presently seeking to recruit adoptive families for

babies and young children. For free information pack please contact us at: Telephone: 028 71

368592 or 028 90 691133. Monday to Friday 9 – 5 p.m. Email: anne.ohagan@familycaresociety.org Website: www.familycaresociety.co.uk Thank You