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Cappagh
Parish News
(Vol.33 No 8) - Sunday, 21st February
2010
First
Sunday in Lent
“Jesus
was led by the spirit through the
wilderness and was tempted there by
the devil for forty days.”
As we begin Lent, we are put in touch
with the basic temptations of human
life that can lead us to disaster.
The first of these is pride. This
does not mean thinking well of ourselves
but rather thinking of ourselves as
the only and most important thing
in our lives. During this time we
are invited to sort out our priorities
once again. The second temptation
is to power that makes us want to
prove that we are better than others.
The only power we should exercise
as followers of Christ is the power
of love through which we forget ourselves,
die to ourselves so that others may
have life. And Lent is also a time
to change our ways of life that are
not in accordance with God’s
ways as the third temptation is presumption.
God does respect our choices and rewards
and punishes us accordingly.
Fr. Johnny
Doherty, C.Ss.R.
Sunday, 21st
February 2010
1st Sunday
of Lent
First Reading
: Deuteronomy 26: 4-10
The Lord heard our voice and saw our
misery, our toil and our oppression.
Second Reading:
Romans 10: 8-13
If your lips confess that Jesus is
Lord and if you believe in your heart
that God raised him from the dead,
then you will be saved.
Gospel: Luke
4: 1-13
You must worship the Lord your God,
and serve God alone.
Giving
something up
For most older Catholics, the first
thought that Lent brings to mind is
giving something up. In our childhood,
the standard was to give up sweets,
a discipline that found suitable reward
in the baskets of sugary treats we
received at Easter. Some of us even
added to the Easter surplus by saving
sweets all through Lent, stockpiling
what we would have eaten had we not
promised to give it up.
Some years ago someone urged their
children to move beyond giving up
sweets to giving up some habit of
sin that marked their lives. About
halfway through Lent he asked the
children how they were doing with
their Lenten promise. One of his young
sons had promised to give up fighting
with his brothers and sisters during
Lent. When his father asked him how
it was going, the boy replied, "I'm
doing pretty good, Dad—but boy,
I can't wait until Easter
That response indicates that this
boy had only partly understood the
purpose of Lenten "giving up."
Lent is about conversion, turning
our lives more completely over to
Christ and his way of life. That always
involves giving up sin in some form.
The goal is not just to abstain from
sin for the duration of Lent but to
root sin out of our lives forever.
Conversion means leaving behind an
old way of living and acting in order
to embrace new life in Christ. For
catechumens, Lent is a period intended
to bring their initial conversion
to completion.
Anniversary
Masses for the week
Monday 22nd Frances Fullen
Loughmacrory (CTK 7.30pm)
Wednesday 23rd John Crozier
Hawthorn Grove (CTK 7.30pm)
Friday 26th Patrick
Friel
Belvoir Park (CTK 7.30pm)
Saturday 27th James & Sarah Molloy
Campsie Avenue (KC)
Sunday 28th Jimmy
Devlin
Campsie (KC 11.00am)
Anniversaries
Kevin Bradley, St.
Mary’s Road
Rory Gormley, Knockmoyle Grove
Tommy McElroy, Fintona
Tessie Given, Oakland Vilas
Jack Lynn, Gardenville Avenue
Margaret Mayse, Castleview Court
Stella O’Hanlon, Oakland Villas
John Crozier, Hawthorn Grove
Hannah Patton, Strathroy Road
Eamon Neill, Luton
Patrick Friel, Belvoir Park
Robin Wray, Meelmore Drive
Baptism:
We welcome into
the Parish Community
through the Sacrament of Baptism
Dean Ryan Brodrick, 58, Glenside.
Logan Arthur Kelly, 28, Shergrim Glen.
The last
draw for the 2009/2010 season takes
place on Monday 1st March.
All returns to be taken to the Cappagh
Parish Centre on Thursday 25th February
between 7.30 - 8pm. The Draw Committee
urgently needs a new promoter in the
Castleview / Mullaghmore area to replace
a collector who has moved away from
the area. Any member in that area
who wants to be included in the March
1st draw should bring their money
to the Parish Centre on Thursday night
7.30 - 8.00pm.. A new season 2010/2011
draw will commence on 5th April 2010
and all promoters will be able to
collect their cards at a meeting in
the Cappagh Parish Centre on Thursday
4th March. New promoters are very
welcome.
At the Derry Carmelites:
One day retreats for Senior Citizens
and their friends take place this
Tuesday and Thursday 10.30am - 5pm
with lunch. Donation £15. To
book Tel: Termonbacca Derry 71262512
during office hours only.
The Columba Community,
in conjunction with the YARD project,
will be hosting a 2 day Family Support
Programme on the 13th & 14th March
at Columba House. The programme is
for anyone over 18 yrs who has been
affected by or is concerned about
the abuse of alcohol, drugs or gambling
of a family member or friend. The
programme will help people understand
addiction and through support, encouragement
and information it aims to help you
learn new ways to cope and improve
the quality of your life. This is
an introduction to the 12 Step programme
way of living. For more information
or to book a place on the course please
contact Claire on 02871 269113 (RoI
04871 269113) or email the yardproject@btinternet.com
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Last opportunity
to avail of the Health For Life
6 Week Program in
the Strule Arts Centre.
Starting Mon Feb
22nd – Mar 29th 7.30 –
9.30pm.
Contact Bernie Canavan @ 02885568673
/ 07941994815
IHCPT Derry Group 30th Anniversary
Celebration Dinner Dance
To celebrate 30 years of taking young
people with special needs on their
annul Easter Pilgrimage to Lourdes,
Group 110 of the Irish Pilgrimage
Trust
(The 'Derry' Group) will be holding
a celebration dinner dance in the
City
Hotel on Saturday 27th February 2010,
music by the Odyssey band. The group
would like to invite anyone who was
involved in any way. Tickets will
cost
£25 and can be obtained from
Stephen Browne at 07912500195
Last week’s collection £1,930kc;
£273.5km Naz ho £842.88
kc. £200
St. Colmcille’s P.S.
Omagh proudly presents “SIMBA”
in St. Joseph’s Hall on Thursday
25th February, Friday 26th February,
Saturday 27th February and Sunday
28th February. Performances begin
at 7.30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and
Saturday nights. The Sunday night
performance commences at 6.00 p.m.
Cappagh GAA News:
U8 - “Gaelic Start” every
Thursday 6pm-7pm in Parish Hall. U10
- Tuesday 6pm to 7pm in Parish Hall
and every Saturday 11am in Ballinamullan
Pitch. U14 - every Wednesday 7pm and
Saturday 2pm in Ballinamullan Pitch.
Cappagh Parish
Centre
Weekly Bingo: Each Monday evening
in Cappagh Parish Hall at 9 pm.
GAA - Weekly Lotto Numbers 2, 4, 21,
24 & 27. One winner Barney McCann
received £100. Two jackpots
have now been capped at £5,000.
New jackpot now stands at £2,900.
PRAY FOR PRIESTS
This week we ask you to pray for
the following priests:
All other priests Monday 21st February
Fr. John Gilmore Tuesday 22nd February
Fr. Joseph Gormley
Wednesday 23rd February
Fr. Eamon Graham Thursday 24th February
Fr. Patrick Grant Friday 25th February
Fr. Karl Hand Saturday 26th February
Fr. Eugene Hassan Sunday 27th February
The
Footprints of God
A Retreat
for Lent
Church
of Christ the King, Strathroy
Monday Evenings - 8 –
9 pm
(Tea, coffee served at the end of
each evening)
Each Monday evening
of Lent (beginning on Monday before
Ash Wednesday), we will journey reflectively
with Jesus as he makes his way to
Jerusalem.
As we reflect on the
journey Jesus took to Jerusalem, where
he suffered and died for us, we grow
in an understanding of the journey
of our own lives and find nourishment
and guidance for our pilgrimage through
life.
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Join us as we walk in the Footprints
of God …
It is
22 February: Jesus
Baptised
Ourselves and Others
1 March: Jesus Tempted
Living with Temptation
8 March: Jesus Transfigured
Finding Light on a Dark Road
15 March: Jesus Stills a Storm
A Quiet Mind
22 March: Gethsemane
Living through Crises
29 March: Crucifixion
Living with Loss
Easter Week: Resurrection
Reflections on Eternity
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