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Cappagh
Parish News
(Vol.33 No 08) - 22nd February 2009
The
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Our
God of forgiveness
Seeing their faith,
Jesus said to the paralytic:
“My child, your sins are forgiven.”
The sick man in the Gospel
came to Jesus looking for health and
he was offered forgiveness, good health
followed. We often look for wealth
and we are offered peace, our possessions
then don’t seem just as important.
We look for pleasure and we are offered
joy, the ordinary things of life are
so pleasurable. We look for power
and we are offered love, the greatest
power of all because it helps us to
forget ourselves. The sins we most
often need forgiveness for are found
in the ways we look for the wrong
things in life and miss out on the
really important ones. Those important
things are first of all to be found
in the intimate relationships we have
in marriage and family life and secondly
in the wider community that can bring
us life.
Fr. Johnny
Doherty, C.Ss.R.
Baptism
We welcome into the Parish Community
through
the Sacrament of Baptism
Ryan Francis Colgan,
7, Cappagh Villas, Gortin Road.
Jack McGinn, 22,
Farmhill Meadows.
Requiescat In Pace:
We extend our sympathy to the family
and relatives of
Winnie McDonald,
Killeeshil.
Week ending 15th February
2009
Friday 27th John
Crozier, Hawthorn Grove (CPC 07.30
pm)
Saturday 28th James
Devlin, Campsie (CTK 06.30 am)
Sunday 29th Bridget
McBride (MM), Greencastle (KM 10.30
am)
Sunday 29th Joe Duddy
(MM), Lisanelly Park. (CTK 12 noon)
Rory Gormley, Strathroy
Tommy McElroy, Fintona
Tessie Given, Oakland Villas
Jack Lynn, Gardenville Avenue
John Crozier, Hawthorn Grove
Stella O’Hanlon, Oakland Villas
Maureen Kelly, Gortmore Park
Paddy Friel , Belvoir Park
Kathleen McGuigan, Newtownstewart
Robin Wray, Meelmore Drive
Lent begins
this week on Ash Wednesday.
It is a day of Fast
and Abstinence. Ashes will be distributed
after all the Masses. During Lent
there will be an extra Mass from Monday
to Friday at 7.45am in St Mary’s
Church Killyclogher.
Masses for
Ash Wednesday are as follows:
7.45 am in CPC; 10.00
am in CPC; 10.00 am in Knockmoyle;
7.30 pm CTK; 8.00pm Mountfield and
8.00 pm in Knockmoyle.
Please collect your Trócaire
boxes from the back of the churches
today.
Trócaire is
the official overseas development
agency of the Catholic Church in Ireland.
It was set up by the Irish Catholic
Bishops in 1973 to express the concern
of the Irish Church for the suffering
of the world’s poorest and most
oppressed people.
What do you think about when
you are alone and the mask is down?
Maybe life isn’t
turning out the way you planned or
perhaps there is no plan at all. Cursillo
is for everyone, those who are deeply
religious, those who are searching
for a direction in life and perhaps
the person with no faith at all. In
Cursillo we have a saying “Don’t
talk the talk unless you have walked
the walk.”
The Cursillo weekend
is held in Termonbacca Carmelite Monastery
from Thursday evening until Sunday
afternoon and is organized by lay
people. The next men’s weekend
is from Thursday - Sunday 12 - 15
March with the ladies on the following
weekend Thursday - Sunday 19 –
22 March.
If you want to find
out more with no obligation we are
having an information night after
the 8.00 pm Exposition in Christ the
King church on Tuesday 24th February.
Tel Jimmy
8224 3936; John 8077 1470;
Nuala 07891084679; Fionnuala 8224
9563 or Bridie on 8224 0951.
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.
“The Crucifixion”
will be performed by Omagh
Music Society in Edenderry
Parish Church on Sunday 1st March
at 7.00 pm. Proceeds in aid of an
African School Project.
Reflections on the Creed:
Why not spend approximately 50 minutes
each Tuesday morning of Lent exploring
the treasures of our faith, as expressed
in the Nicene Creed. This is a six
part DVD series which features several
interviews with prominent men and
women of faith. The First Session,
“Why We Believe”, begins
on Tuesday 24th February in the Pastoral
Centre at 10.30 am. All welcome. Tea
and refreshments will be served.
The Legion of Mary - Cappagh,
Christ The King Church (Meet Altar
Boys Room) Invite new Members who
wish to participate in this great
work Wednesday night from 8.00pm;
Also Bring Our Lady to People in their
homes; Visit them in Nursing Homes;
Visit them in Hospitals; We are Christ’s
arms & Legs, come walk with Him
to others! Contact: Ann 82 246973
St. Joseph’s Prayer
Group Christian Brothers Oratory Kevlin
Road, Omagh
Invites you to spend 1 hour in Community,
Friendship & Prayer Wednesday
nights from 8.10 pm to include:Pray
Rosary with Meditations; Sunday Gospel
of coming week; Exposition of Blessed
Sacrament; Prayerful Music / Hymns;
Intercessory Prayers / Intentions.
(Feb Prayer Focus: ‘Increase
of God’s Love in All’)~
Everybody welcome ~Contact: John 07751874422
or Siobhan 07880588041
For Lent this year
there will be a short talk, following
by a reflection with prayer, on the
Seven Last Words of Christ. WHEN:
Monday nights after the 7.30 pm Mass,
commencing Monday 23rd February, for
about 30-40 minutes, with tea afterwards.
WHERE IN Christ the King Church. The
final word will be held in Killyclogher
Church on Palm Sunday 5th April and
will take the form of a Holy Hour.
Last week’s
collection £3,971.
Nazareth House
to £2,175.
Cappagh Parish Centre
Weekly Bingo: Each Monday evening
in Cappagh Parish Hall at 9 pm.
GAA - Weekly Lotto Numbers 2, 4, 12,17
& 28. Twenty one winners
each received £5. The jackpot
has been capped at £5,000.
New jackpot now stands at £4,625.
PRAY FOR PRIESTS
This week we ask you to pray for
the following priests:
Fr. Joseph Gormley Monday February
23rd
Fr. Eamon Graham Tuesday February
24th
Fr. Karl Hann Thursday February 26th
Fr. Eugene Hasson Friday February
27th
Bishop. Seamus Hegarty Saturday February
28th
Fr. John Irwin Sunday
March 01st
St. Mary’s Church, Killyclogher
Restoration Fund:
The Altar Society
will host a Floral Art Demonstration
“Spring in the Air” by
Fr. Sean McAvoy in the Village Inn,
Killyclogher on Thursday 5th March
at 7.30 pm. Admission £8. Two
raffles with fabulous prizes will
take place on the night. Raffle tickets
£5 for book of six. Tickets
will bAe sold after Masses on Sunday
22nd February and Sunday 1st March.
Tickets also available from any member
of the Altar Society or the Parish
Office (10am-4pm). Please give this
venture your full support. All proceeds
to the above fund.
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