Copyright 2017 Ballyclare and Ballygowan Parish
Notice Board
Parish Office : 028 9334 2226
Email address: ballyclare@downandconnor.org
Weekday Masses - Ballyclare
There will be no Weekday Mass in the
Church of the Sacred Heart, Ballyclare,
during this coming week. Weekday Mass
will resume on Monday, 23 September
2019.
I welcome Father Vincent Cushnahan to the
parish and I thank him for kindly agreeing
to lead us in celebrating our Sunday
Masses.
Entrance Hymn
Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart,
Naught be all else to me save that thou art.
Thou my best thought in the day and the night,
Waking or sleeping thy presence my light.
Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true word
Thou ever with me and I with thee, Lord.
Thou my great Father and I thy true heir
Thou in me dwelling and I in thy care.
Communion Hymn
Soul of my Saviour, sanctify my breast
Body of Christ, be thou my saving guest
Blood of my Saviour, bathe me in thy tide
Wash me with water flowing from thy side.
Strength and protection may thy passion be,
O Blessed Jesus hear and answer me.
Deep in thy wounds, Lord, hide and shelter me
So shall I never, never part from thee.
Guard and defend me from the foe malign
In death’s dread moments make me only thine
Call me and bid me come to thee on high
Where I may praise thee with thy saints for aye
Recessional Hymn
Now thank we all our God
With hearts and hands and voices
Who wondrous things hath done
In whom this world rejoices.
Who from our mother’s arms
Hath blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love
And still is ours today
O may this bounteous God
Through all our lives be near us
With ever joyful hearts
And blessed peace to cheer us.
And keep us in his grace
And guide us when perplexed
And free us from all ills
In this world and the next.
Parish Finances
The Weekly Collection on Sunday, 8
September 2019 amounted to £409.08.
The Autumn Collection will be taken up this
weekend.
Thank you for your continued financial
support of the Parish.
Online bookings for this year’s Faith and
Life Convention are now open
www.faithandlifeconvention.org. We hope
that you will be able to us on Saturday 28
September 2019 in Our Lady and St
Patrick’s College in Belfast.
This year our theme for the convention is
Faith in a Better World and our Keynote
Speaker will be Michel Camdessus. Michel
is the former director of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) and a member of the
Pontifical Council on Justice and Peace.
Anniversaries
Sheila Dawson, Eileen Foley, John Joseph
Ryan, Kathleen McToal, John Flynn, Sarah
Maxwell, Dan Tallon, Michael McWilliams,
Peggy Mulholland, Anne Denvir.
May they rest in the peace of Christ.
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 15 September 2019
Celebration of Sacraments
I would be grateful to receive the names of
those children in the Parish due to receive
First Penance, First Holy Communion and
Confirmation during 2020. Parents will
receive information concerning preparatory
pre-sacramental meetings once these have
been arranged.
Offertory Hymn
Refrain: Take this bread, we ask you take
our hearts,
We love you take our lives,
O Father, we are yours, we are yours.
Yours as we stand at the table you set.
Yours as we eat the bread our hearts can’t
forget.
We are the signs of your life with us yet,
We are yours, we are yours. (Refrain)
Your holy people stand washed in your
blood,
Spirit-filled, yet hungry, we await your food,
Poor though we are, we have brought
ourselves to you;
We are yours, we are yours. (Refrain)
Parish Night at the Races
There will be a Parish Night at the Races on
Friday, 11 October 2019 at 7.30pm. You
have an opportunity either to sponsor a
race at £25.00 or buy a horse at £5.00.
Refreshments available on the night.
Forms and monies to be returned to Paddy
Kelly as soon as possible. Please give the
Hall Committee your support as all monies
raised go towards the Parish. Many thanks
to the Hall Committee for organising this
fund-raising venture.
