Parish Priest

Fr. Boland 82243375

Curates
Fr. Murray 82242793

Fr. Sweeney 82247440

Fr. Mc Elhennon 82251055

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Contact Agnes

Monday to Friday - 9am - 5pm.

Tel : 82243375

Fax : 82251881

E.mail: info@cappaghparish.com

Cappagh Parish News
(Vol .31 No 26 ) 5th August 2007 - Psalter: Week 2
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Family Tree Mass
You are invited to a Family Tree Mass…..
Sacred Heart Church, Omagh. Co Tyrone
On Tuesday 7th August 2007 at 7.30pm
Celebrant: Fr. Dan O’Connell M.H.M.
Prayer for healing Sr. Anne Maria O’Shaughnessy
Contact Parish Office 02882242092
In preparation for this mass we encourage you:
(1)To pray for your family and to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation
(2)We ask you to remember all the members of your family and their surnames including past generations, write them down and take them with you to this Mass.

Eucharistic Adoration In St. Mary’s, Killyclogher.

Each Friday afternoon from 3pm – 7pm.
‘Come and spend some time in prayer.’

Good Example
Parents cannot be content just to tell our children the right way to live; they must set the example themselves. It’s no use parents warning teenagers about the dangers of drink if parents cannot control the use of drink themselves. It’s no use expecting children to be responsible about food, money or clothes if parents are self-indulgent and spendthrift themselves. Instead of just telling children what the Christian way is, parents must live the Christian way with them.

Dear parents, you are the parents over your children. You are also Christians with them. Children will get their ideas about what it means to be a Christian much more from how they see their parents living than from what their parents tell them, or from what they are taught in school, or even what they hear in church.

Baptism
We welcome into the Parish Community through the Sacrament of Baptism:
Eoin Ethan Moore, 14, Castleoaks, Omagh
Emer Rose Cunningham, 63, Drumnakilly Road, Omagh

Requiescat In Pace:
We extend our sympathy to the family and relatives of Mrs Kathleen Coll, Centenary Park.

Anniversary Masses for the week

Monday 6th August
Frank & May McCanny, Drumnakilly Road (KC 10am)
Laurence McCaskie, Knockmoyle Grove (CTK 7.30pm)

Tuesday 7th August
Margaret McElhatton, Castleview (KC 10am)

Sunday 12th August
Dr. Kieran Doherty, Ballinasloe (KC 12 noon)

Other Anniversaries:

Margaret Chivers, Drumsurn
John James McCrory, McIvor Villas
Sarah Muckle, Harold McCauley N/H
Fr. James Brennan, Canada
John McGlinchey, Crevenagh Way
Bernard Woods, Old Mountfield Road
Mary McCabe, Gortin Road
Mary McNeill, Campsie Avenue
Edward Donnelly, Mullan Park MF
Rosemary Flood, Killybrack Road
Michael Morris, St Julian’s Rise
Geraldine Campbell, Lisanelly Heights
Michael Montague, Castleview Court
Bernie Woods, Old Mountfield Road
Margaret Buckley, Kinsale.

Cappagh Parish Centre
Weekly Bingo: Each Monday evening in
Cappagh Parish Hall at 9pm.

GAA - Weekly Lotto Numbers: 1, 6, 16, 22 and 28. Twenty two winners with 3 numbers each received £5. The jackpot is still capped at £5,000 and the new jackpot now stands at £2,750.

Congratulations to Martin and Bridie Stankard who celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on Thursday 26th July. Martin and Bridie were married on the feast of Ss Joachim and Anne (parents of Mary) on that date in 1957. We take this opportunity to wish them many more years of wedded bliss.

Parish Missal: Readings p 879 & Proper p 1076

First Reading Ecclesiastes 1:2;2:21-23
The Preacher tells us that it is easy to fall into the trap of vanity.

Second Reading Colossians 3: 1-5.9-11
Paul reminds us of the blessings that follow from walking the Christian way.

Gospel Luke 12: 13-21
Today’s gospel warns us against greed and the futility of amassing earthly goods

Divine Mercy Prayer Group meet on Sunday 5th August at 3pm in Killyclogher Church. All are welcome to join us in this Community Prayer. “ At 3pm implore my mercy, especially for sinners, and if only for a brief moment, immerse yourself in My Passion”. In this hour, I will refuse nothing to the soul that makes a request of Me in virtue of my Passion

Can anyone shed any light on the location of the grave of Ellen Baird (nee Mellon). Ellen was born in 1898 and married William Baird in 1919. She lived in Convent View and died there in 1936, If you have any information, please contact the parish office.

The Annual Macmillan Cancer Support (Macmillan Nurses) Dog Walk will be held on Sunday 19 August at Gortin Glen Forest Park. Omagh at 3.00 pm. All dog owners and walkers are welcome. Sponsor forms from Patsy on 07774607074 or Hazel on 07909 596018. You can also register on the day - £10 per family. Please support the walk and help Macmillan care for those living with cancer in the local Omagh area".

Prayer Before Exams

Dear Father, Source of all wisdom,
help me to use my time and my intelligence wisely
as I prepare for exams.
Help me to dispose myself to listen to your Holy Spirit
so that you, as my loving Father,
may place me in a state of prayer
and lead me to understand
that the supreme wisdom
is knowing I am your child.
Help me to remain serene
so that my work may truly reflect
this profound truth
Mary, Mother of my spiritual life,
guide me in the ways of your Son,
so that my work may help
to transform this world for His glory.
Amen

Praying...and Waiting...and Patience
Let us ponder for a moment
Life's three seasons:
Praying...and waiting...and patience.
Life's unpredictable seasons.
The season of praying,
When we bring our concerns and worries
And lay them at Jesus' feet.
Crying out for God's help in our time of need.
The season of waiting,
When our timing is so much different than God's.
When we think we have waited too long
And yet there is more waiting to be done.
The season of patience,
When waiting and patience meet.
You cannot have one without the other.
They must go hand-in-hand.
Welcome prayer...and waiting...and patience
For we know God is teaching us
And using them for our good
To bring about His perfect will for our lives.