Parish o Paris of f Ban Bangor gor, Memb , Member er of of Ard Ards Past Pastor oral al Commun Communit ity Parish Priest: Very Rev Joseph Gunn St Comgall’s Presbytery, 27 Brunswick Road, Bangor, Co Down, BT20 3DS T : (028) 9146-5522 E :bangor@downandconnor.org W :www.bangorparish.com Office Hours : Monday to Friday, 9.30am-1.30pm The P The Present resentation on of of the Lord the Lord – 2 Fe Febru ruary ry 20 20 SUNDAY MASS TIMES 2020 This weekend: Bangor: (B RUNSWICK R D ) St Vincent de Paul TROCAIRE & TRAIDCRAFT – ARE BACK!! Vigil 6.30pm; Helpline 077 0367 9384 8 th & 9 th February in the Parish Centre after all weekend Sun 11.00am Donaghadee: MASSES . Fairtrade goods new and nearly new bric-a-brac. Bethany Tea & Coffee served after the 11am Mass. Sun 9.30am. Bereavement Ballyholme : Support Group Sun 12.30pm. we are here to support Your prayers are requested for: ======================= and listen. Confidential. WEEKDAY MASS TIMES: Recently Deceased: 075 1085 2157 BANGOR PARISH , Tommy Jennings, Eileen Morrow, BRUNSWICK ROAD Cynthia Baxter, John McMullan. W EEK D AYS AT 9.30 AM Anniversaries: SUNDAY CAFÉ Catherine Quirk, William Quirk, Gerard Cassidy, Julia Coey, in the C ONFESSIONS : Patricia Hagan, Margaret Moore, Hazel Allen, PARISH CENTRE B ANGOR : S AT 5.30 PM AND May Gallagher, Mollie Hall, Winfred Savage, Esther Hill continues every Sunday AFTER ALL M ASSES . after 11am Mass . Patricia Simpson, Stephen Mc Kearney (Senior), ======================== Fresh filtered coffee / Edward Mc Daniel, Phyllis Mc Veigh Mc Cabe, Weekend Mass in the tea and something Mollie Sullivan, Kathleen Mc Mullan Pastoral Communities sweet! All welcome. Holywood: Vigil 6.30pm; Let’s build community Sun 10am & 12noon. St Vincent de Paul needs the donations of the together! Newtownards : following items in good, clean condition: Vigil 6.30pm; Sun 11.30am. 2 seater sofas, [with current fire labels]; Comber : Sun 10.00am. small wardrobes and chest drawers; WELCOME ======================== kitchen tables; double divan bed bases Baptisms: 1st and 3rd ROTA DURING [no mattresses]. Please contact the help line: FEBRUARY Sunday of the Month at 077 0367 9384 6.30pm Mass 2pm. Register online at Dorren Corran & www.bangorparish.com Seeing Your Life Through the Lens of the Patricia Connery under 11.00am Mass Sacramental Preparation. Gospel of Saint Luke 2:22 - 40 2 month’s notice required. Derek Le 1. It was a day that started without an expectatjon of ======================== Mahieu & Elaine PERPETUAL anything. Simeon and Anna set about making a visit to the Le Mahieu EUCHARISTIC Temple that had become part of their daily routjne. Joseph ADORATION and Mary were going to make the presentatjon of their child in the Temple, an E VERY M ONDAY optjonal but common practjce of God - fearing parents. What started out as an 10.00 AM TO 9.30 PM ordinary day turned out to be a day with a meetjng they would remember for a V ENUE : S T C OMGALL ’ S long tjme. Perhaps you too have had signifjcant meetjngs on what you expected to C HURCH , B RUNSWICK R D . be just an ordinary day? ======================= 2. Simeon acknowledged that not all would accept the light that would shine through St Comgall’s Church MARIAN PRAYER GROUP Jesus, and this rejectjon would be a cause of pain to Mary. It can be a source of pain Every Thursday evening. to parents, teachers, church ministers, and all who work for others when some Rosary of the Unborn, reject values, projects, or advice which would be for their good. Perhaps a sword Reflections, Petitions, has pierced your soul as well. What has helped you to maintain hope in such tjmes? Thanksgivings. 6.30pm – 7.30pm. All Welcome. 3. Even within ourselves we can be aware of division, at tjmes being open to the light of God and at other tjmes resistjng it. Have you known the pain of that struggle? St Comgall’s Church What has helped you to keep seeking the light of God? Refurbishment Fund. 4. The fjnal sentence speaks of Jesus as one who grew and became strong and was Many thanks to the parishioners who fjlled with wisdom. What has helped you to grow in wisdom? Have you seen others donated £200 last grow in wisdom through the experience of life? Recall tjmes when you had a sense week & £50 this week. of growing up in some way. What brought that about? Think also of how you have We are very grateful for seen growth in another person. all the generosity that John Byrne OSA, E:jbpbyrneosa@gmail.com has been shown by so many parishioners.
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