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Cappagh
Parish News
(Vol.32 No 37) - 14th September 2008
Triumph of the Cross
Reflection
Jesus said: “For
God loved the world so much that he
gave his only Son, so that everyone
who believes in him may not be lost
but may have eternal life.”
People today struggle with the idea
of whether there is a God at all.
Our faith teaches us, not only that
there is a God, but that God is passionately
in love with each one of us. God wants
everything that is good and best for
each of us. That is why he sent his
Son, Jesus Christ, not just as a teacher
but as one who literally put his life
on the line to show us the way to
the fullness of life. The Triumph
of the Cross is not the triumph of
power but of love. Our love relationships
will bring us through suffering too
but they will lead us to life. So
many people are lost in themselves.
The only way to life for them and
for all of us is the way of love.
As Christians we have the responsibility
of living that way in our families
and in our faith community. That is
the challenge week by week.
Fr. Johnny
Doherty, C.Ss.R.
Sunday 14th September
Feast of the
Triumph of the Cross
Parish Missal Readings
(Year 1) p 973 & Proper p 1124
First Reading
Numbers 21:4-9
Moses interceded for the people and
the Lord answered him.
Second Reading
Philippians 2:6-11
Christ humbled himself, therefore
God raised him high.
Gospel John
3:13-17
God loved the world so much that he
gave his only Son.
The
Cleaning Woman
There was a little
old cleaning woman who went to the
local church. When the invitation
was given at the end of the service,
she went forward wanting to become
a member. The pastor listened as she
told him how she had accepted Jesus
and wanted to be baptized and become
a member of the church. The pastor
thought to himself, "oh my, she
is so unkempt, even smells a little,
and her fingernails are not clean.
She picks up garbage, cleans toilets
- what would the members think of
her." He told her that she needed
to go home and pray about it and then
decide. The following week, here she
came again. She told the pastor that
she had prayed about it and still
wanted to be baptized. "I have
passed this church for so long. It
is so beautiful, and I truly want
to become a member." Again the
pastor told her to go home and pray
some more. A few weeks later while
out eating at the restaurant, the
pastor saw the little old lady. He
did not want her to think that he
was ignoring her so he approached
her and said, "I have not seen
you for a while. Is everything all
right?" "Oh, yes,"
she said. "I talked with Jesus,
and he told me not to worry about
becoming a member of your church."
"He did?" said the pastor.
"Oh, yes" she replied. "He
said even He hasn't been able to get
into your church yet, and He's been
trying for years."
Baptism
We welcome into the Parish Community
through the Sacrament of Baptism
Peadar Martin
Kelly, 78, Shergrim Glen
Alisha Kellie
Wilson, 22, Shergrim Glen.
Anniversary
Masses for the week
Monday 15th Patrick
McKenna, Creggan Park (CTK 07.30 pm)
Wednesday 17th Frank
Curneen, Campsie Avenue (CPC 10.00
am)
Saturday 20th John
McLaughlin, Correnary Omagh. (CPC
8.30 pm)
Saturday 20th Eugene
O’Brien, Creggan Park (CTK 6.30
pm)
Sunday 21st Ethel
O’Neill, Woodvale Avenue (CTK
9.00 am)
Sunday 21st Vincent
O’Donnell, Old Mountfield Road
(CPC 12 noon)
Other Anniversaries
John McDaid Arleston
Park
Frank Curneen, Campsie Avenue
Barney Maynes, Tirquinn Road
Margaret Johnston, Meelmore Drive
Michael Devine, Oakland Villas
Paul Martin, Arleston Road
Patrick Sweeney, Orchard Terrace
If you
would like a Mass in your home during
October, please contact the parish
office or any of the priests. Please
state which night suits you.
St. Joseph's Guides,
Omagh will start on Tuesday 16th for
Year 10 girls and over: Tuesday 16th
September from 6.15 - 8 pm in St.
Joseph's Hall for Year 1 - Year 9
girls on Thursday 18th September from
4.30 - 6.30 pm in the Station Centre
New members are welcome ... register
in advance on Saturday 13th Sept from
6.30 - 7.30 or Sunday 14th Sept from
1 - 3 pm in St. Mary's Hall.
To all who volunteered to
be a Eucharistic Minister for
the Hospitals there will be a brief
meeting for training in the Cappagh
Parish Centre on Thursday 25th September
at 7 pm. The meeting will take place
in the upstairs meeting room and will
conclude at 8 pm.
Altar Servers, Old and New…
Any boy or girl in P5, who's interested
in becoming an altar server for St.
Mary's Killyclogher should come to
a brief meeting in the Cappagh Parish
Centre on Monday 22nd Sept at 7 pm
sharp. The meeting will take place
in the upstairs meeting room, and
will be over at 7.45. The present
altar servers are also asked to attend
to reorganise the teams for the year
ahead. All altar servers need the
consent of their parents to be a server
and arrange to be taken home safely
after the meeting.
If (aged 14-19) and you would like
to join the diocesan sacred
music choir as a singer or
musician, attend the regional gathering
in Omagh Pastoral Centre on Tuesday
16th or Strabane Holy Cross College
on Monday 22nd September, both at
4 pm.
Mountfield Youth Club:
The club is holding a meeting on Monday
15th September at 8 pm. In the Committee
Centre. Parents, volunteers and people
from outside the Mountfield area are
very welcome to attend.
Father Donal Bennett
would like to thank most sincerely
the people of the parish for their
tremendous response to his appeal
last week for the disabled Pilipino
children, who lost their homes in
the recent calamity to hit their area.
The sum raised was £5,831 and
this money is already on its way to
them.
Friends of Camphill Community,
Clanabogan We are having a Barn Dance
on Friday 19th September in Clanabogan
Village Community. Dancing is from
9 pm to 12 am to music by Sprig of
Heather. Admission, including supper,
is £10.
St. Joseph’s Ladies’
Club The Eyes Have It! Come
and listen to a talk on ‘Eye
Care’ by Miss R McCanney B Sc
(Hons) MCO ptom on Wednesday 17th
September at 8.15 pm in St Joseph’s
Hall, Omagh. Admission £3 including
supper. All welcome!
West Tyrone Feis 2009 Proposed
Dates: Irish April 22-24
Traditional Music April 25: Poetry
27th April-May 1st
Classical Music May 11-15. Dancing
April 26th – May 5,6,8-10 and
16.
Thank
you for your generous stipend collection
last week.
Cappagh
Parish Centre
Weekly Bingo:
Each Monday evening in Cappagh
Parish Hall at 9 pm
GAA
- Weekly Lotto Numbers: 8, 9, 10,
12 and 28. One winner,
Siobhan McGread had 4 numbers and
received £100.
The jackpot has
been capped at £5,000 and the
new jackpot now stands at £4,125.
PRAY FOR PRIESTS
This week we ask
you to pray for the following priests:
Fr. John R Walsh
Monday 15th September
Fr. Alex Anderson Tuesday 16th September
Fr. Patrick Arkinson Wednesday 17th
September
Fr. Patrick Baker
Thursday 18th September
Fr. Declan Boland Friday 19th September
Fr. Eugene Boland Saturday 20th September
Fr. Francis Bradley Sunday 21st September
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Pope John
Paul 11 Award. If you are
aged 16-18 years you are invited to
take part in the aforementioned award
scheme. There are 3 levels to the
award: gold, silver and bronze. For
further information log on to www.thepopejohnpauliiaward.
com or call 7126 4087.
University
Students - The Catholic Chaplaincy
@ Queen’s Belfast
E-mail: cc@qubcc.org
Website www;qubcc.org
The Catholic Chaplaincy,
28 Elmwood Avenue,
re-opens on Sunday 28th September
for 8 pm Mass.
The Chaplains’
café and the rest of the chaplaincy
facilities
(Corpus Christi Chapel,
library, lounge and prayer room)
re-open on Monday 29th September 9
am
Daily Mass
Monday to Friday 12.15 pm
Sunday Mass 12 noon & 8 pm.
Welcome night for
all new students: Wednesday the 8th
October 7 pm
The dedication of
Studies Mass will be on Sunday 12th
October 8 pm.
Please sign up
with the Chaplaincy as part of the
Online Enrolment Procedures.
Workshop on
Marriage - Renew Your Wedding Vows:
Marriage Encounter
is a weekend away (Friday 8 pm to
Sunday 5 pm) for married couples of
all ages with a stable relationship.
Couples explore, in complete privacy,
how to come to a deeper mutual understanding
of each other.
The dates for the
next Marriage Encounter weekends are
26th-28th September, Drummond Hotel,
Ballykelly
10th-12th October, Emmaus Conference
Centre, Swords
Phone: 028 71350612
www.marriageencounterireland.com
www.marrigeencounter.ie
Killyclogher Collectors -
September 2008.
Vigil Mass: (1)
Matt Swift (2) Terry McGinn (3) Sean
Deehan (4) Danny McCusker (5) Brian
McGlone (6) Pat Livingstone
10.30 am: (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
- September : Mr. & Mrs. Tony
Windser and Mrs. Rita Dobbs. Others
welcome.
Knockmoyle Collectors
– September: Jackie Maguire
Willie John O’Lone Matt Ward
and Frank Devlin.
Mountfield - Collectors
– September : Noel Gormley,
Kieran Carlin and Luke Donnelly.
Readers for Killyclogher
for September: Vigil Mass
Matthew Quinn
10.30 am Brona Dyson 12 noon Celine
Fox
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