Marian
Devotions - The Marian
Devotions take place in the
Carmelite Retreat Centre,Termonbacca
on Tuesday 7 February beginning
at 7.30pm. All are invited
and welcome to attend.
Taize
- Join us for an
hour of meditative prayer
and Taize chant on Wednesday
8 February in St. Colman’s
Chapel from 7.30pm - 8.30pm.
Everyone is welcome.
Diocesan
Pilgrimage to Lourdes
(1 - 6 July 2012): Gift Vouchers
are available from the Thornhill
Centre 71351233 and the Pastoral
Centre 71362475. These vouchers
can be used as part or full
payment towards the cost of
the Pilgrimage.
Preparing
for International Congress:
Fr. Kelly and Colette Furlong
will speak in the Thornhill
Centre on Saturday 26 February
from 2.30pm – 4.30pm.
Light refreshments will be
served. Cost £5.00 per
person. To book telephone
79628248 or email derrydioceseies@btinternet.com.

International
Eucharistic Congress - This
year’s International
Eucharistic Congress will
be held in Dublin from 10th
–17th June, the first
time the event has been held
in this country since 1932.
The high point of the many
Masses, liturgies and events
of the Congress will be the
final Mass which will be celebrated
in Croke Park on Sunday, 17th
June. Admission to the Mass
is by ticket only and the
tickets are now available.
There are only 1600 for all
of the Diocese of Derry, 60
of which have been allocated
to the Parish of Melmount.
Application forms for tickets
are available from the Parish
Office and should be completed
and returned to the Derry
Diocesan IEC Office, 55 St.
Patrick’s Street, Draperstown,
Magherafelt, Co. Derry, BT45
7AJ. Please include £10
with your application form.
Cheques should be made payable
to Fr Seamus Kelly. In the
event that you are not successful
with your application your
money will be refunded. Fr
Michael McCaughey in Derry
has agreed to organise buses
for those who prefer that
means of transport and will
give more details later. Details
of places and times of departure
as well as cost, including
refreshments will be made
available at a later time.
Please mark on form your interest
in travelling by bus.
Preparing
for International Congress:
Fr. Kelly and Colette Furlong
will speak in the Thornhill
Centre on Saturday 25 February
from 2.30pm – 4.30pm.
Light refreshments will be
served. Cost £5.00 per
person. To book telephone
79628248 or email derrydioceseies@btinternet.com.
International
Eucharistic Congress - There
is a bus available for those
who wish to go to Fr. Seamus
Kelly’s talk on preparation
for the Eucharistic Congress
on Saturday 25 February in
the Thornhill Centre, Derry.
Please contact Margo Doherty
on 71883453 for more information
and booking.
Derry
Eucharistic Conference will
take place in Thornhill College
on Saturday 14 and
Sunday 15 April. Theme:‘Come
let us go up to the Mountain
of the Lord’. Speaker:
Denis McBride CSSR. More information
will follow.
Lenten
Retreat from Saturday 25 -
Sunday 26 February in Ards
Friary. Directed
by Fr. SilvesterO’Flynn
and Fr. Kieran Shorten OFM
Capuchin. Theme: Journey with
the Lord through Lent. Commences
at 9.30am and concludes after
lunch. Cost 85 Euro residential/60
Euro non-residential. To book
contact Ards Friary 00353
749138909 or info@ardsfriary.