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Cappagh
Parish News
(Vol .32 No 2) 13th January 2008 -
Psalter: Week 3
The Baptism Of Our Lord
Reflection
Baptism
is both a gift and a commission. Through
baptism, God’s favour rests
on us, and at the same time He calls
us to service to him and to each other.
As we grow and mature, we should become
ever more conscious of what the demands
of service involve.
We have before us the example of Jesus
himself, the ultimate Servant. As
Son, Beloved and Favoured of God the
Father, he fulfilled the demands of
service to the point of laying down
his life.
May the Spirit of God which we first
received at Baptism help us too to
be generous in the sacrifices we make
for the good of others.
First Reading
Isaiah 42: 1-4.6-7
The mission of the Messiah to bring
justice and freedom.
Second Reading
Acts of the Apostles
The Good News of Jesus Christ is for
all people.
Gospel Matthew
: 13-17
The Spirit of God comes down upon
Jesus.
The Family Rosary
By Maureen Beeney
We gathered in the kitchen every night
for my mother to give out the rosary
as was her great delight,
we children shoved and pushed and
made
an awful lot of noise
before she got us quietened
then we began, our tribute to the
Mother of God.
My father said a decade, then we all
got our turn,
soon with the rosary finished
mother’s trimmings would begin,
a prayer for someone sick in hospital,
and for relations near and far,
so many people too numerous to mention
came under my mother‘s care.
To us children, the family rosary
became our way of life,
in the changing times, as the years
went on, we found reassurance in
this prayer each night.
Now both my mother and my father
have gone to live with God,
but if I close my eyes, once more,
I see,
the gatherings in the kitchen,
to spend a while with God.
Baptism
We welcome into the Parish Community
through the Sacrament of Baptism
Carla Marie Heaney, 6, Greencastle
Road, Mountfield.
Cappagh
Parish Centre
Weekly Bingo: Each
Monday evening in Cappagh Parish Hall
at 9pm.
GAA - Weekly Lotto
Numbers: 4, 5, 8, 21 and 22. Fourteen
winners each received £10. The
jackpot has been capped at £5,000
and the new jackpot now stands at
£3,275.
Last week’s collection
£3,093 Thank You
His
Eminence Cardinal Sean Brady
will make his first official visit
to the Diocese on Wednesday 23rd &
Thursday 24th of January 2008. More
details next week.
Notices
CHURCH GATE COLLECTION
on
Sat 19th & Sun
20th January
IHCPT
– THE IRISH PILGRIMAGE TRUST
All proceeds will go towards taking
a group of local young people with
special needs
to Lourdes on Easter Sunday. Your
generosity is greatly appreciated.
Brendan Collins – Group
Leader
St Joseph’s Ladies Club
Come and listen to ‘Tales of
Old Omagh’ with Stephen McKenna
in St Joseph’s Hall, Omagh on
Wednesday 16th January at 8.15 pm.Everyone
welcome.Admission is £3 including
supper.
Mountfield News:
Scallywags Playgroup,
Mountfield9.15am - 12.15pm (Mon-Fri)
takes childrenyrs 10mths to pre-school
age, includes children from all areas,
please call Kathyrn for further details
from 9am-1pm on 02880771066.
The Mountfield
Out of School Club is open
from 2pm - 6pm (Mon-Fri) for all children
of primary school age, children are
collected from St Brigid's PS Mountfield
but other children are also very welcome
from surrounding areas, please call
Lisa for further details from 1.30pm
- 6pm on 02880771066. Veryrates, snack
ncluded, provides huge variety of
activities both indoor and out.
Omagh Floral Art Society Demonstration:
“New Life” by Isobel Little
in Trinity Hall, John Street on Tuesday
15th January at 7.30pm.
Fund raising for Killyclogher
Church: A high quality box
mounted print of the Killyclogher
Sanctuary Window will be available
to purchase. (only if there is enough
interest) The print costs £65.
We need at least 100 orders to make
it a worthwhile project. If you are
interested, please leave your name
and phone number at the parish office.
St. Mary’s Primary School,
Killyclogher: Application
forms for children commencing Nursery
and Year 1 in September 2008 are now
available in the school office. Contact
82242313. We invite you to come and
view our modern facilities and meet
our staff on Wednesday 16th January
at 10.30 a.m.
Application forms are available for
children wishing to attend
Recarson Primary School in
September 2008. We are also holding
an Open Day on Tuesday 15th
September at 11am where you will have
an opportunity to see around the school
and meet the staff.
Christ the King Primary School
and Nursery are hosting an
Open Day on Friday 18th January from
10 am until 12 noon. Principal's Address
will begin at 10.30 am. We look forward
to meeting parents and children of
prospective Nursery and Year 1 pupils
at this time.forms are available from
the school office on 82247051
Church Unity Service
will take place on Sunday 20th January
at 7p.m. in Trinity Church, John Street,
Omagh.
Don’t forget Killyclogher
Senior Youth Club every Wednesday
night 7pm - 10pm for Year 8 - Year
12.
Entries for West Tyrone Feis
must be in by 18th January 2008.
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. Neal Carlin -
Monday 14th January
Fr. Walter Carolan -
Tuesday 15th January
Fr. Colum Clerkin
- Wednesday 16th January
Fr. Roland Colhoun
- Thursday 17th January
Fr.Michael Collins
- Friday 18th January
Fr. Oliver Crilly - Saturday
19th January
Fr.Patrick Crilly - Sunday
20th January
Reader for
Killyclogher Church for January 2008.
Vigil Darragh Robinson
8.30am Matthew Quinn
10am Sheila Cannagh
12noon Louise McCamphill
Killyclogher Collectors -
January 2008.
Vigil Mass: (1) Matt Swift
(2) Eamon O’Neill (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) Artie Treanor
(2) Hugo McCaul (3) James McGirr (4)
Eamon McGrath (5) Tony Lyttle (6)
Brian McMenamin
12 Noon: (1) Thomas Blee
(2) Bob Lingwood (3) Anthony Quinn
(4) Basil Neville (5) Martin McGrath
(6) Frank Donaghy.
Killyclogher Counters - January:
Gerry & Maura McCaughey;
Peter O’Kane Patricia Curran.
Others welcome.
Knockmoyle Collectors –
January:
Eunan Kirlin, Declan McGrath and John
O’Donnell
Knockmoyle - Counters - January:
Brian and Mary McGrath, Gortnagarn
Road
Mountfield - Collectors –
January:
James Meenagh & Tony McDonald.
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