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CATECHESIS IN A SYNODAL CHURCH: 1 – 3 July, Summer Institute at Tobar Mhuire. Registration £90 per person. Accommodation available on request. More info/ to register email secretary@tobarmhuire.com or 028 4483 0242

A church door collection will be taken up after all Masses NEXT WEEKEND to allow us to subsidise the fares of vulnerable pilgrims and their carers as well as providing materials and defraying administrative support costs. Please be assured that our Diocesan family is remembered in prayer each day of our pilgrimage.

NATIONAL GRANDPARENTS PILGRIMAGE 2025 AT KNOCK SHRINE. Celebrating the world day for grandparents & the elderly. Theme ‘Blessed are those who have not lost hope’ (cf.Sir 14,2) Sunday 27 July Knock Shrine. More information Tel +353(0)94 938 8100 or www.knockshrine.ie . Watch online at www.knockshrine.ie/watch

All Eucharistic Ministers are invited to an important meeting in Pastoral Centre on Monday 30th June at 7.00pm.

Tuesday 1st July – St Oliver Plunkett, bishop and martyr
Thursday 3rd July – St Thomas, Apostle

OUR LADY OF CONSOLATION BEREAVEMENT MINISTRY
Meeting of Bereavement Ministers on Monday 23rd June at 7pm in Parochial House.

ALL-IRELAND RALLY FOR LIFE takes place in Dublin on Saturday 5 July. Make a stand to protect Ireland’s unborn babies. Coaches will be travelling from towns across Northern Ireland. To book your seat contact 02890278484/ 07592280522 or email info@preciouslife.com

NATIONAL CENACLE OF THE MARIAN MOVEMENT OF PRIESTS & LAITY
Venue: Knock, for one day. Date: 2nd August 2025. Cost: £75.
Bus departure times: St. Patrick’s, Lisburn 7.00am.
First stop: Breakfast – Killyhevlin Hotel (1 hour break)
KNOCK CEREMONIES 12.00 – 5.00PM.
Return stop: Dinner, Killhevlin Hotel, (1 hour break). Arrival home approx. 11pm. To book contact Anne, tel. 028 9267 0152 (after 6pm).

Down & Connor Diocesan Novena to The Sacred Heart June 19 -27 June , the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This year we celebrate the 350th Anniversary of the apparitions of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. The Sacred Heart Novena invites you to 9 days of prayer, cumulating in the celebration of the Feast of the Sacred Heart. The prayers will be available in a booklet you can pick up at Mass or read online; it will also include a piece of scripture and a reflection for each day. Bishop Alan’s hope is that this novena will be prayed either individually or together by parishes, groups, schools or families.