DOWN & CONNOR
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05/10/2026
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Parishes of Kilmore & Killyleagh 27th September 2026 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time Father Derek Kearney SMA Parish Administrator
10 Downpatrick Street Crossgar BT30 9EA Tel: (028) 44830229 / 07966527165 Parish Office: 02844 830229 Opening hours: Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday between 9am – 2pm Email: kilmoreandkillyleagh@downandconnor.org Website : www.kilmoreandkillyleagh.com Webcam: www.kilmoreandkillyleagh.com/webcams
Times: Killyleagh: Saturday 5pm Vigil Teconnaught: Saturday 7pm Vigil Crossgar: Sunday 10.30am
Tobar Mhuire Monday-Saturday 9am Requiem Masses: All Requiem Masses will be held at 10am Confessions in Tobar Mhuire: Friday & Saturday 4-6pm Fr Derek Kearney is also available by appointment for anyone wishing to avail of the sacrament of reconciliation. The Apostolate of Eucharistic Adoration: All parishioners are welcome to join in our weekly Perpetual Adoration in the Parish in: Killyleagh: Monday 10am-11am – includes Rosary and Padre Pio Novena Crossgar: Tuesday10am-11am – includes Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet Teconnaught: Sunday 5pm –6pm – includes Rosary (4pm) Divine Mercy Chaplet (5pm) Tobar Mhuire: Thursday 10am-6pm – finishes with Benediction (5.40pm) Petition Boxes: Parishioners are invited to add their personal intention requests in the Prayer boxes provided at the back of our 3 churches. Intentions will be placed before the altar and prayed for during our Eucharistic Adoration in each church each week. The Blessed Sacrament cannot be left unattended. Baptisms and Weddings: Arrangements aretobe made with the Parish Office on 02844 830229 during office hours. Requests must be made to the Parish Office via email or downloaded from the parish website. All certificates must be collected in person. 2026 Baptism Times: Baptisms at 12noon in : • Crossgar: Sunday 18th October • Teconnaught: Sunday 15th November • Killyleagh: Sunday 20th December Kilmore SVP Helpline : 07523 111 543 Anyone interested in joining SVP or willing to help hold the collection boxes please contact the SVP Helpline number or give your written name and number toany SVP member. Parish Bereavement Ministry Team: Helpline: 07599124207 The Parish Bereavement Ministry Team provides support for people who have experienced bereavement through the loss of a loved one. Ifyou need our support, we are here to help you. Parish Vision Statement: Christ’s love, working within us, invites us to live for himandto work to make his name known and loved. Our Christian Community in Kilmore and Killyleagh seeks tobea place where everyone: • Feels welcomed • Feels safe • Feels listened to • Feels respected • Experiences a sense of belonging • Deepens their understanding of our Catholic Faith and traditions in a place of joyful and prayerful worship • Actively walks together as brothers and sisters inspired by God’s love • Reaches out to others whoarenot engaged in Church life • Supports those whomaybein need including the bereaved • Experiences Godinthe wonder of creation and seeks to care more proactively for it. Kilmore and Killyleagh https://www.kilmoreandkillyleagh.com
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Kilmore and Inch Parish Food Bank: Helpline: 07523111543 The Food Bank at Kilmore Parish Church Hall, Church Road, Kilmore opens from 11am – 1pm every Wednesday. Parishioners are asked to donate non- perishable food to help the Food Bank Donations can be left in the basket at the back of Churches in Teconnaught and Crossgar oratthe designated basket in Super Valu supermarket Crossgar. Anyone requiring help from the Food Bank, please
the helpline above. Parish Uganda Link NIC107201: The PUL group continues to meet on a monthly basis building on our partnership with St Kizito’s Parish supporting schools and the local community in three main areas of activity. The Pupil Sponsorship Scheme (education), the Food Poverty Programme, and the Parish Clinic. For information on the Pupil Sponsorship Scheme contact: Kasia Wawrzynek 07706438258 or Geraldine Murphy 07752779043 Email: pulkilmore@gmail.com www.charitycommissionni.org.uk
Masses: To take undue pressure off the sacristans, there is a gentle reminder for all anniversary masses to be booked via the parish office by email or leaving a message on the answer machine no later than 4pm on Thursday. YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE: We have excellent and dedicated volunteers in the parish who ensure the parish functions as it does. There is a wealth of talent interests and abilities within the parishes of Kilmore and Killyleagh. Would you be able and willing to share them with us? Why not come forward and volunteer, offer suggestions, lead…? The Parishes would welcome younger members to get more involved in parish life/How about it?Youcan make a difference! Children in Crossfire : Will be speaking at Masses over the weekend of Saturday 10th October and Sunday 11th October 2026. This year, Children in Crossfire are celebrating their 30th anniversary of providing education, healthcare, nutrition and safe, clean water to some of the world's most vulnerable children. Their volunteers will speak about their current projects in Ethiopia and Tanzania and will collect outside afterwards. Please support them inanywayyoucan. CHOOSE LIFE WITNESS: Join Precious Life on Monday 28th September at 6.15pm at Primark/Bank Buildings, Donegal Place, Belfast, as we walk together to Belfast City Hall for a peaceful Choose Life Witness, opposing the planned illumination for so- called “International Safe Abortion Day.” For more information: 07592 280522 Laudato Si' Closing Mass for the Season of Creation: Will be held in St Peter’s Cathedral on Sunday October 4th at 11am , Chancellor Eugene O’ Hagan will be celebrating the Mass . “God’s creation isnota battlegrou nd for vital resources ” Pope Leo XIV Copyright © Dicastery for Communication - Libreria Editrice Vaticana HILLS TO THE LOUGH FAMILY OF PARISHES Kilmore & Killyleagh, Drumaroad & Clanvaraghan, Loughinisland Priests: Fr Derek Kearney SMA, Fr Ciarán Dallat, Fr Michael Murray Webcam: www.churchmedia.tv In addition toourown parish information: St Mary’s of the Angels - Clanvaraghan Sunday 10am & Monday 7:30pm St John the Baptist - Drumaroad Saturday & Wednesday: 7:30pm St Macartan’s - Loughinisland Sunday: (Vigil Saturday) 6.30pm, 8.30am & 11am Monday 7.30pm (Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help) Wednesday & Thursday 7.30pm & Friday 10am Adoration & Reconciliation (Confessions): Saturday 5.30pm-6pm Eucharistic Adoration Sunday 7pm (led) and Friday 7pm (private)