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THE COUPLE THAT PRAYS TOGETHER STAYS TOGETHER.
Fr. Johnny Doherty, C.Ss.R.
May 18th - 24th 2025
The New Creation
Jesus said to his disciples: “I give you a new commandment: love one another; as I have loved you, you also must love one another”. It is said that familiarity breeds contempt. Maybe contempt is too strong a word when we apply this statement to the command of Jesus; it is more likely to be indifference.
The Sunday morning congregations in Ballyscullion, Bellaghy, and Greenlough were all saddened by the news of the death on Saturday evening, 26 October, of Fr Liam Donnelly, aged 85. Fr Liam had celebrated the 60th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood in June of this year, and had been helping out regularly in the churches of our parishes for a number of years, having served in the parish of Bellaghy/Ballyscullion from 1977-1981. A native of the parish of Lavey,
There will be a Parish Safeguarding Information Session for both Greenlough Parish & Bellaghy/Ballysculion Parish on Monday 11 March at 7.0opm in ‘the Quiet Room’ in St. Oliver Plunkett’s Church, Clady
Proposed dates for Cemetery Sunday
Greenlough: Sunday 14 July 2024
Ballyscullion: Sunday 7 July 2024
Bellaghy: Sunday 7 July 2024
The full pastoral letter and a video message is now available on: www.derrydiocese.org/pastoral-
Continuous Prayer Movement for Marriage & Family Life
“Search and you will find.”
Again, William Barclay says that a better translation for this is:
”Keep on searching and you will find”.
We get very used to things the way they are. This is true even when things are not good. We settle for ‘no change’.
When Our Lady was asked to become the Mother of God the question she asked was: “How can this come about?”
That is the
Press Release - Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Wednesday 22 February 2017 – Immediate
Statement by the Catholic bishops in Northern Ireland in advance of the Assembly Election on 2 March 2017
To our political leaders…
The premature collapse of our political institutions is a serious matter
Below are the speaking notes of Bishop Donal McKeown at the Funeral Mass for Bishop Edward Daly:
This is a day that all of us – and none more so than Bishop Edward Daly – knew would eventually come. Having retired on the grounds of ill health almost 23 years ago, he had faced recurrent illness and the frailties which come with increasing age. But he always seemed to bounce back with his usual poise. However, over the last couple
