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Cappagh
Parish News
(Vol.33 No 01) - 4th January 2009
The
Second Sunday of Christmas
Christ,
the Wisdom of God.
“The
Word was made flesh, he lived among
us, and we saw his glory.”
It is the beginning of a new calendar
year and I am thinking of all the
wonderful married couples that I have
met over many years of my priesthood.
Thank you for being the hope of the
Church and the world simply through
your love for one another. It is said
that the ‘the glory of God is
humanity fully alive’. That
is found in a very special way in
your committed love in marriage and
this new year is a really good time
to renew your love and set out to
make this year 2009 a time of joy
and gladness for one another and for
all of us. At this time of New Year’s
resolutions it would be to the glory
of God and the good of all if we were
to make the health and well-being
of marriage and family life our main
concern this year, as couples, as
families, and as a parish community.
What could you put in place that would
help this?
Fr. Johnny Doherty, C.Ss.R.
As
many of you are already aware
Father Gerry has been seconded
to Claudy for a short period. Bishop
Hegarty would like him to provide
cover there while Father Michael McEldowney
is recuperating after an illness.
Initially we understand a period of
four weeks has been mentioned but
this may be reviewed depending on
how things develop. We take this opportunity
to wish Father Sweeney every success
in this new venture and wish Father
McEldowney a speedy recovery so that
we may have Father Sweeney back with
us in Cappagh in the very near future.
During a Papal audience,
a business man approached the Pope
and made this offer: Change the last
line of the Lord's prayer from "give
us this day our daily bread"
to "give us this day our daily
chicken." and KFC will donate
10 million dollars to Catholic charities.
The Pope declined. Two weeks later
the man approached the Pope again.
This time with a 50 million dollar
offer. Again the Pope declined. A
month later the man offers 100 million,
this time the Pope accepts. At a meeting
of the Cardinals, The Pope announces
his decision in the good news/bad
news format.
The good
news is... that we have 100 million
dollars for charities.
The bad news is that we lost the Wonder
Bread account!
Requiescat
In Pace:
We extend our sympathy to the family
and relatives of
Sarah Toal, 112,
Killyclogher Road
Anniversary
Masses for the week
Wednesday 7th Leo & Kathleen Campbell,
Mullaghmore (CPC 10.00 am)
Friday 9th Margaret McCrory, McIvor
Villas (CPC 7.30 pm)
Saturday 10th Jean Judge (MM), Knocklochan
(CPC 10.00 am)
Saturday 10th Canon Denis Torney,
Cardiff (CPC 8.30 pm)
Sunday 11th Rita Ewing, Westview Terrace
(CPC 10.30 am)
Sunday 11th Patrick Blee, Circular
Road (CPC 12 noon)
Sunday 11th Patricia McDermott, Inisclan
Road MF (MF 10.00 am)
Additional
Anniversaries
Teresa Gorman, Mountfield
Ignatius Neville, Old Mountfield Road
Frances McArt, Castleoaks
Rev Canon Denis Torney, Cardiff
Vona McCann, Strathroy Road
Maureen Kelly, Hospital Road
Rose Barry, Sunnycrest Gardens
Maggie Quinn, Slieve-na-Mon NH
Arlene Elizabeth Dennehy (baby), Dunteague
Road
Ned Gorman, Mountfield
Peter Burns, Beltany Road
Kathleen Montague, Castleview Court
Ray Stones, Strathroy
William Carson, Meelmore Drive
Mary Ann Flemming , Castleview Park
Rachel Dillon, Farmhill Road
Dan McCrory, Cullion
Malachy & Molly O’Donnell,
Brookmount Road
The sick and housebound normally
attended by Father Sweeney will be
visited by Father Boland on Monday
the 5th January. If you live near
someone who is housebound, please
let them know.
Tuesday
of this week is the Feast of the Epiphany
and is a Holy Day of Obligation. Masses
in the parish are as follows:
Monday 7.30 pm Christ
the King Church (Vigil)
Tuesday 9.30 am Christ the King
Tuesday 10.00 am Cappagh Parish Centre
Tuesday 10.30 am Knockmoyle
Tuesday 8.00 pm Mountfield
Tuesday 8.30 pm Cappagh Parish Centre
Children in Crossfire would
like to thank everyone in the Diocese
for taking an Advent Calendar. If
everyone could please return their
boxes to their Church as soon as possible
and place them in the baskets which
are provided at the entrance to the
church. Thank you for your support
in this campaign to give some of the
worlds most vulnerable children a
chance of a better future. If you
would like any more information, please
call 02871269898.
Cappagh under 14 boys
training starts at 11 am on Sunday
11th January 2009. Please bring gear
suitable for inside and outside training.
Questions
people ask
Q. ‘In the beginning
was the word.’ How may I understand
the poetic prologue of John’s
gospel?
A. The focus of
John is on the divine origin of Jesus.
He develops the coming of Jesus in
five stages. Jesus is identified as
the eternal Word, truly divine, before
any creation. Then in the act of creation
the Word of God calls things into
being. The Word was the source of
light in the revelation of God through
the prophets. When Jesus was born
of Mary, the Word was made flesh.
In his mission, Jesus is the inviting
Word: ‘To all who accepted him
he gave the power to become
children of God.’
Fr Silvester
O’Flynn OFM Cap Email silvesteroflynn@gmail.com
Pope delivers
New Year message
Pope Benedict is
appealing for solidarity worldwide
to fight global poverty made worse
by the financial crisis. The Pontiff
delivered a traditional New Year prayer
for peace during mass at St Peter’s
Basilica. He challenged world leaders
to make major changes to the global
financial system, saying short-term
answers were not sufficient. He also
reiterated his call for an end to
the conflict in Gaza and said the
international community should come
forward with concrete proposals so
that Israelis and Palestinians could
live in peace, security and dignity.
Cappagh
Parish Centre
Weekly Bingo:
Each Monday evening in Cappagh Parish
Hall at 9 pm.
GAA
- Weekly Lotto Numbers 22/12/08: 15,
16, 21, 26 & 27. Fourteen
winners each received £10. 29/12/08:
5, 9,14, 21 & 29. Twenty
five winners each received £5.
The jackpot has been capped at
£5,000 and the new jackpot now
stands at £4,475.
Cappagh Committee
meet on 8th January 2009 at 8.00 pm.
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PRAY FOR PRIESTS
This week we ask you to pray for
the following priests:
Fr. Eugene Boland Monday January 5th
Fr. Francis Bradley Tuesday January
6th
Fr. Manus Bradley Wednesday January
7th Fr. Shane Bradley Thursday January
8h
Fr. Brian Brady Friday January 9th
Fr. Bernard Bryson Saturday January
10th
Fr. Thomas Canning Sunday January
11th
Cappagh Parish
Draw:
The January draw will
take place at the Bingo on Monday
12 January. All returns to be taken
to the Cappagh Parish Centre on Thursday
8th January at the usual time.
No money will be accepted
on the night of the draw.
Last week’s
collection £4,064. Thank You
Killyclogher
Readers for January:
Vigil Mass - Leanne
Daly;
10.30 pm - Colette McAleer and 12
noon Seamus Devlin.
Killyclogher Collectors -
January: Vigil Mass: (1)Matt
Swift (2) Eamon O’ Neill (3)
Sean Deehan (4) Danny McCusker (5)
Brian McGlone (6) Pat Livingstone
10.30am: (1) Artie Treanor (2) Ennis
Dobbin (3) James McGirr (4) Eamon
McGrath (5) Tony Lyttle (6) Sean Quinn
12 Noon: (1) Thomas Blee (2) Tony
McKenna (3) Anthony Quinn (4) Basil
Neville (5) Martin McGrath (6) John
Wallace.
Killyclogher Counters
- January: Gerry & Maura McCaughey,
Peter O’Kane and Laurence Kelly.
Others welcome.
Knockmoyle Collectors
– January: Olly McGirr, Eunan
Kerlin, Declan McGrath and John O’Donnell
Mountfield - Collectors
– January: James Meenagh and
Tony McDonald.
Killyclogher Readers for
January:Vigil Mass - Leanne Daly;
10.30 pm - Colette McAleer and 12
noon Seamus Devlin.
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