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Cappagh
Parish News
(Vol .32 No 9) - 2nd Mar 2008
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Deepening our Experience of
Lent
A Series of Adult Faith Reflection
Evenings
in
Church of Christ the King, Strathroy
Every Monday night during
Lent
at
8pm (after 7.30pm Mass)
Tea/Coffee & refreshments served
Monday 3 March
The Church’s Best Kept Secret
- It's Social Teaching
Speaker: Fr. Niall Coll, Lecturer,
St Mary’s University
College, Belfast
Monday 10 March
Preparing for Holy Week - Reflecting
on the Holy Week Ceremonies
Speaker: Fr. Kevin McElhennon CC
Eucharistic
Healing in Christ the King Church
during Lent
Each Friday after
10am Mass – 4pm.
‘Come and spend
some time in prayer.’
Praying Lent
This Year
Lent offers us all a very special
opportunity to grow in our relationship
with God and to deepen our commitment
to a way of life, rooted in our baptism.
In our busy world, Lent provides us
with an opportunity to reflect upon
our patterns, to pray more deeply,
experience sorrow for what we've done
and failed to do, and to be generous
to those in need. We offer resources
here to assist our entry into this
wonderful season, from our preparing
to begin Lent to our preparing to
celebrate the holy three days following
Lent. For centuries, the Liturgy of
the Hours and the Eucharist have guided
our Lenten reflection. Inspired
by these liturgies, we offer a simply
daily prayer for each day of Lent
and the Easter Tritium. Each
day, we share the Opening Prayer text
for that day's liturgy. This
prayer is simple and, in many cases,
memorable. It alone could be
repeated several times throughout
the day.
We also offer a link to the readings
of the day, a brief meditation, a
link to the Daily Reflection for that
day and Intercessions from the Liturgy
of the Hours. Each daily prayer
concludes with a spontaneous prayer
we composed, as an example of the
type of prayer each of us might pray,
in our own words, for that day.
We imagine that some will have the
time and desire to use all of the
resources here. Others may only
have time for the resources and the
Daily Reflections. Visit the
Site Index below to see what is available
and what will be added throughout
Lent. May Our Lord grant us all the
graces we need and desire.
If I Knew As A Child
If I knew as a child what I know now,
Mom,
I probably wouldn't have made things
so hard for you.
I would have understood
that you were looking out for my best
interest.
even though it may not have seemed
so at the time.
I would have known how difficult it
is to let go,
to stand back and let someone you
love
learn from their mistakes.
I would have realized
how fortunate I was to have a mother
who was always there for me,
even after an argument,
even after I'd said things
I shouldn't have.
While it's too late for a lot of things
it's not too late for me to tell you
that I appreciate how loving you are,
how giving you've always been
and that even though
I may not always be good at showing
it,
I love you very much.
Renee Duvall
Notices
Cappagh Parish Draw:
Would everyone who has Promoters cards,
please attend a meeting in Cappagh
Parish Centre on Tuesday 4th March
at 8.15pm. It is vitally important
that everyone attends. The committee
is made up as follows:
Chairman Joe McKnight
82249135
Treasurer Don Campbell
82244543
Ass. Treasurer Ann
Lench 82245170
Secretary Cecilia
O’Hale 82244559
Ass. Secretary Geraldine
McMahon 82240410
The monthly
devotions, in honour of Our
Lady, will take place in the Carmelite
Retreat Centre, Termonbacca, Derry
on Tuesday 4th March starting with
confessions at 7.30 p.m. followed
by Rosary and Mass, finishing around10.00
p.m. All are welcome to attend.
A one day
retreat for Senior Citizens
and their friends from Derry and surrounding
areas will take place at the Carmelite
Retreat Centre, Termonbacca, Derry
on Wednesday 5th March Registration
from 10.30 a.m. finishing around 5.00
p.m. Cost £12stg or 18euro includes
a four course lunch. Payment at the
Centre on the day. To book Tel: Termonbacca
Derry 71262512 during office hours
only.
The Churches’
Forum is preparing a short
service of prayer/reading/music entitled
‘The Palm and the Shamrock’
to mark the coincidence of Palm Sunday
and St. Patrick’s Day. We will
gather in the Melodist Church on Sunday
March 16 for 7pm. If anyone would
like to read or contribute musically,
please contact Fr. Kevin Mullan a.s.a.p.
Friday is
the first Friday of the month.
Father Murray, Father Sweeney and
Father McElhennon will visit their
sick and housebound on the normal
days. Father Boland will do his visits
on Wednesday 5th February.
Divine Mercy
Group will meet on this Sunday
2nd March at 3pm in the Cappagh Parish
Centre. All are welcome to join us
in this Community Prayer.
Weekly Bingo: Each
Monday evening in Cappagh Parish Hall
at 9pm.
GAA
- Weekly Lotto Numbers: 2, 12, 13,
21 and 29. One lucky
winner, Michael Carland, Mountfield
received £100. The jackpot
has been capped at £5,000 and
the new jackpot now stands
at £3,450.
PRAY FOR
PRIESTS
Last year the diocese published a
prayer card with the names of all
the Derry diocesan priests. Many of
you have these cards and every day
a specific priest is named. This week
we ask you to pray for the following
priests:
Fr. Michael Keaveny Tuesday 5th March
Fr. Seamus Kelly Wednesday 6th March
Fr. Edward Kilpatrick Thursday 7th
March
Fr. Francis Lagan Friday 8th March
Fr. Charles Logue Saturday 9th March
Fr. Paul McCaffrey Sunday 10th March
We welcome
into the Parish Community through
the Sacrament of Baptism
Aimee Ann McCrory,
3, Lanceborough Castle, Dublin.
Hannah Kelly Begley,
1, Killens Road, Mountfield.
Last week’
s collection £4,324. Thank You
Killyclogher
Collectors - March 2008 (including
St Patrick’s Day).
Vigil Mass: (1) Matt Swift (2) Kevin
Rooney (3) Sean Deehan (4) Danny McCusker
(5) Brian McGlone (6) Pat Livingstone
8.30am: (1) Vincent Coburn, (2) Michael
Rowan (3) John Poyntz 10.30am: (1)
Raymond Fox (2) Ennis Dobbin (3) Aidan
McPhillips (4) Patrick Campbell (5)
Niall Duffy (6) Brian McMenamin 12
Noon: (1) Frank Donaghy (2) Eamon
O’Neill (3) Tony McKenna (4)
Basil Neville (5) Gerry Kelly (6)
Eamon McGlone.
Killyclogher Counters
- March: Dermot Curran, Dermot &
Ann Taggart, Maureen Winters, Ann
McCusker and Pat & Noreen Conway.
Knockmoyle
Collectors – March:
Jackie Maguire, Willie John O’Lone,
Matt Ward and Frank Devlin.
Knockmoyle - Counters -
March: The Moore family, Knockmoyle
Road.
Mountfield - Collectors -
March: Sean Carlin and Francie Haughey.
Fr. Sweeney’s Print:
Would all those who have
ordered the print, please pay the
£65 to Fr. Sweeney as the order
is already in and he hopes to have
the prints very shortly.
Readers for
Cappagh Parish Centre Weekend 1/2
March& 8/9 March
Vigil: Pauline McDonald
10.30am: Sheila Cunningham
12 noon: Eamon O’Neill
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