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Cappagh
Parish News
(Vol.33 No 10) - 8th March 2009
Second
Sunday of Lent
This
Is My Son, The Beloved
"It is wonderful
for us to be here." Peter made
this enthusiastic statement in the
story of the Transfiguration, which
is given to us this Sunday for our
inspiration in faith. Each of us has
a right to be able to make this same
statement in our following of Christ.
It is also one of the most important
responsibilities we have to each other
to make that possible. We do this
by working together to build our parish
into a real community of faith and
hope. It means everyone being willing
to take their full part in the life
of the parish. We do it by making
our homes into places of joy and happiness.
Again, each person, no matter how
young, has a part to play in bringing
this about. Married couples do it
for each other by working on the quality
of their relationship of love in terms
of tenderness and affection. This
takes dedicating time for each other
and using that time well.
Fr. Johnny
Doherty, C.Ss.R.
A Jewish couple had
a son who was . . . well . . . a holy
terror. By the time for his bar mitzvah,
he'd been kicked out of every school
they put him in. Desperate, the parents
went to the rabbi for advice. The
good rabbi stroked his beard and meditated.
Finally, he told them to enrol the
boy in a Catholic school.
The shocked parents
did as their rabbi directed and took
their son to the nuns at St. Jude’s
and left him.
After school, the
son came home and said, "Good
afternoon, Papa. Good afternoon, Mama."
The young man went
to the table and did all his homework.
The parents looked at each other in
amazement, afraid to speak. The mother
wrung her hands and the father twisted
his beard all the while their boy
helped serve the evening meal, bowed
his head for prayers of thanks, and
even helped with the dishes.
No longer able to
contain himself, the father asked,
“We’re ever so grateful,
my son, but what in Moses’s
name did they do to you?”
"Papa, when
you left, the nun took me from class
to class all day, each time saying
they knew how to deal with rowdy boys.
Those Catholics mean business! They
got some Jewish-looking guy nailed
up on boards in every room!”
Anyone who is wishing
to take a Short Term Pledge for the
season of Lent should contact either
Michael Livingstone on 07808395338
or any other member of the Committee.
The AGM of the Pioneer Association
will take place on Thursday 12th March
at 8 pm in Christ the King Conference
Room. All Pioneers are requested to
attend.
Requiescat
In Pace:
We extend our sympathy to the
family and relatives of
Nora Perry,
13, Campsie Avenue.
Ellis Bradley,
34, Killyclogher Road
Anniversary
Masses for the week
Saturday 14th Kathleen O’Dowd
6, Meelmore Drive. (CTK 06.30 pm)
Saturday 14th Michael Brannigan
Old Mountfield Road (CPC 08.30 pm)
Additional
Anniversaries
Mary Keenan,
Eileen Gardiner, McClay Park
Eileen McCormack, Orangefield Park
Sarah Moxon, Gardenville Avenue
Elizabeth McGovern, McIvor Villas
Bernard Deeney, Downpatrick
Margaret McCaul , St Mary’s
Road
Rose Conlon, Sixmilecross
Baptism
We welcome into the Parish Community
through
the Sacrament of Baptism
Brooke McLaughlin, 4, Pinefield Wood.
Jessika Claire Moore, 28, Blackfort
Road.
Sean Martin Gerard McDonagh, 40, Hunter’s
Crescent.
Ben James Corcoran, 31, Killen's Wood,
Mountfield.
Nathan James O’Hagan, 27, Lisnaharney
Road.
Parish Choir
for reopening of Killyclogher Chapel
- there will be practices
for everyone involved in the choir
on Sunday 8th March (today) at 3.00pm
in Killyclogher Chapel and on Friday
13th March at 8.00pm in Cappagh Parish
Centre.
Lenten LIGHT
Challenge: Thank you to the
75 boys and girls who have
registered so far for the Challenge.
Good luck with your projects. We are
really looking forward to seeing them
at Easter!
CAPPAGH PARISH DRAW RESULTS
FOR March
1st Prize £2,000. Fearghal
McGurgan Woodbank Road
(Promoter Pat O’Conor)
2nd Prize £1,000 Philomena McDermott
Retreat Heights
(Promoter Margaret Patrick)
3rd Prize £500 Maureen Loane
Aughafad Road, Fintona
(Promoter Marie Wallace)
4th Prize £250 Donal McGurk
Castlegrove
(Promoter Patricia McGurk)
5th Prize £100 Kathleen Harkin
Sunningdale, Omagh (Promoter Michael
Kelly)
Promoter’s Prize £100
Lorna McGrath. Retreat Heights
St Mary’s
church will re-open next Sunday,
Most Rev Seamus Hegarty will be with
us for the Mass at 3.00 pm. This occasion
will be a great source of
celebration for the people of Cappagh
and we hope to see a great number
in attendance. We will have a salad
buffet afterwards in the Cappagh Parish
Centre and we would hope as many as
possible will join us there.
St. Joseph’s Prayer
Group Christian Brothers Oratory invites
you to spend 1 hour in Community,
Friendship & Prayer Wednesday
nights from 8.10 pm including :Pray
Rosary with Meditations; Scripture,
Exposition, Music, Prayers / Intentions
(March Prayer Focus: ‘Renewed
Devotion to St. Joseph, Protector
of the Church)~ Everybody welcome
~Contact: John 07751874422
Derry Diocesan
Development Plan for Charismatic Renewal
Omagh Charismatic
Prayer Group will host (as part of
the above plan)
Teachings on the Creed –
The Basis of Our Faith: (12.03.09)
The Development of the Creed 30 –
325 AD. (19.03.09)
God the Father, Creator, Provider,
Lawgiver, God of Justice, Mercy, Forgiveness,
Compassion and Love. Further talks
will be given on 26th March and 2nd
April. Venue: St. Columba’s
Pastoral Centre, Brook Street, Omagh.
Time: 8 pm – 9.30 pm. All of
these teachings will be given by Ms
Julie Zeoli, RE Teacher from Maghera.
All Welcome! Course Fee - £12
or £5 per session. Refreshments
afterwards.
Knockmoyle Hall: Follow
up Card Class 14th March 2-5 pm. Floral
Art Classes start 12th March 7.30-9.30
pm. Booking essential Call Louise
on 82247631.
Car boot sale in Cappagh Parish
car park on Saturday 21st March.
Omagh Branch of Comhaltas
Ceoltoiri Eireann will hold
a traditional concert in the Strule
Arts centre on Monday 16th March @
8.00 pm.
For tickets call 8224 7831 or 8224
9450.
Nazareth House £2,292.
Thank you.
Cappagh Parish Centre
Weekly Bingo:
Each Monday evening in Cappagh
Parish Hall at 9 pm.
GAA - Weekly
Lotto Numbers 7, 8, 9, 24
& 30. Twenty winners
each received £5. The jackpot
has been capped at £5,000.
New jackpot now stands at £4,675.
Killyclogher Collectors -
March: Vigil Mass: (1)Matt
Swift (2) Eamon O’Neill (3)
Sean Deehan (4) Danny McCusker (5)
Brian McGlone (6) Pat Livingstone
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) Bob Lingwood (3) Tony McKenna
(4) Basil Neville (5) Gerry Kelly(6)
Eamon McGlone.
Killyclogher Counters
- March: Ann McCusker, Pat & Noreen
Conway and Maureen McElmurray. Others
welcome.
Knockmoyle Collectors
– March: Jackie Maguire, Willie
John O’Lone, Matt Ward and Frank
Devlin.
Mountfield - Collectors
– March: Sean Carlin and Francie
Haughey.
Readers for Killyclogher
Church in March: Vigil Mass
- Michael Duffy; 10.30 am - Orla Dyson
and 12 noon - Philip Conaty.
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