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Cappagh
Parish News
(Vol.33 No 28) - Sunday, 28th June
2009
13th
Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Jesus said: "Why
all this commotion and crying? The
child is not dead, but asleep."
But they laughed at him.
A lovely feature of our Catholic
tradition is that we can have a
good sense of humour even about
the most sacred things. However
what we see in the Gospel today
is not humour but ridicule. And
there is a lot of that today about
what we hold sacred. There are a
lot of good jokes about the marriage
relationship, for example. But there
is also a lot of ridicule about
it today which we should not tolerate.
Young people find it difficult today
to admit to going to Mass because
their peers make fun of them for
it. We need to find the ways of
encouraging them to keep going.
Our society will tolerate anything
but people who treasure their faith.
We need to stand by one another
and let Christ be present as saviour
for the world.
Fr. Johnny
Doherty, C.Ss.R.
Sunday,
28th June 2009.
Thirteenth
Sunday in Ordinary Time
First Reading
Wisdom 1: 13-15.2.23-24
God did not make us for death but
for life, now and hereafter.
Second Reading
Corinthians 8: 7, 9, 13-15
St Paul is appealing to the Corinthians
to contribute to a collection for
the poor in the Church at Jerusalem.
Gospel Mark
5: 21-43
Both of the miracles related here
are signs of God’s power,
restoring life and health through
Jesus.
The
Power of Prayer
A missionary
told this true story while visiting
his home church.
While serving at a small field hospital
in Africa, every two weeks I travelled
by bicycle through the jungle to a
nearby city for supplies. This was
a journey of two days and required
camping overnight at the halfway point.
On one of these journeys, I arrived
in the city where I planned to collect
money from a bank, purchase medicine
and supplies, and then begin my two-day
journey back to the field hospital.
Upon arrival in the city, I observed
two men fighting, one of whom had
been seriously injured. I treated
him for his injuries and at the same
time witnessed to him of Lord Jesus
Christ. I then travel two days, camping
overnight, and arrived home without
incident. Two weeks later I repeated
my journey. Upon arriving in the city,
I was approached by the young man
I had treated. He told me that he
had known I carried money and medicines.
He said, "Some friends and I
followed you into the jungle, knowing
you would camp overnight. We planned
to kill you and take your money and
drugs. But just as we were about to
move into your camp, we saw that you
were surrounded by 26 armed guards."
At this I laughed and said that I
was certainly all alone out in that
jungle campsite. The young man pressed
the point, however, and said "No
sir, I was not the only person to
see the guards. My five friends also
saw them, and we all counted them.
It was because of those guards that
we were afraid and left you alone."
At this point in
the sermon, one of the men in the
congregation jumped to his feet and
interrupted the missionary and asked
if he could tell him the exact day
that this happened. The missionary
told the congregation the date, and
the man who interrupted told him this
story: "On the night of your
incident in Africa, it was morning
here and I was preparing to play golf.
I was about to putt when I felt the
urge to pray for you. In fact, the
urging of the Lord was so strong;
I called men in this church to meet
with me here in the sanctuary to pray
for you. Would all of those men who
met with me on that day stand up?"
The men who had met together that
day stood up. The missionary wasn't
concerned with who they were -- he
was too busy counting how many men
he saw.
There were 26.
Requiescat In Pace:
We extend our
sympathy to the family and relatives
of
Bridie Stankard,
14, Shergrim Glen.
Anniversaries
Maura Hynes, Newcastle,
Co. Down
Eilish McNamee, Farmhill Road
Bernadette Herbert, Strathroy Road
Hugh McDermott , Old Mountfield Road
Michael Kelly, Gortmore Park
Anniversary Masses for the
week
Friday 3rd Tom Ewing
Westview Terrace (KC 10.00 am)
Saturday 4th Kathleen McCabe
Meelmore Drive (CTK 07.00 pm)
Sunday 5th Peter Toal
Killyclogher Road (KC 11.00 am)
PRAY FOR PRIESTS
This week we ask you to pray for
the following priests:
Fr. Edward Gallagher Monday June 29th
Fr. John Gilmore Wednesday
June 01st
Fr. Joseph Gormley Thursday June 02nd
Fr. Eamon Graham Friday June 03rd
Fr. Patrick Grant Saturday June 04th
Fr. Karl Hand Sunday July 05th
Auction for Charity in St
Joseph’s Hall, Omagh
on Friday 3rd July @ 6.30 pm. Unreserved
sale of all goods at hammer price,
no fees, no V.A.T. All proceeds go
to Housing Aid, Bosnia, run by Sr.
Josephine Walsh (Registered Charity
No. SC 030136) Viewing from 4.30 pm
on Friday 3rd July Goods for Sale
can be left at St Joseph’s Hall
between 10.30 am and 1.00 pm on Wednesday
1st and Thursday 2nd July.
Rally for Life in Dublin
- Please join the massive pro-life
rally on Saturday 4th July in Dublin
City Centre. Bring your family and
friends. Coaches to the rally leaving
from various towns across N. Ireland.
“May Ireland never weaken in
her witness before the whole world
to the dignity and sacredness of human
life” - (Pope John Paul ll).
For further details, please contact
the Rally for Life Committees on 028
9027 8484. If anyone form the Omagh
area needs a lift, please contact
Mary Rose on 8224 5631.
Cappagh Parish
Centre
Weekly Bingo:
Each Monday evening in Cappagh Parish
Hall at 9 pm.
GAA
- Weekly Lotto Numbers 12, 17, 20,
21 & 28. Twenty two winners, each
received £5. The jackpot has
been capped at £5,000. New jackpot
now stands at £5,000.
Killyclogher
Collectors - July: 9.00am:
(1) Artie Treanor (2) Ennis Dobbin
(3) James McGirr (4) Eamon McGrath
(5) Tony Lyttle (6) Sean Quinn 11.00am:
(1) Thomas Blee (2) Tony McKenna (3)
Anthony Quinn (4) Gerry Kelly (5)
Martin McGrath (6) Frank Donaghy.
Killyclogher Counters - July:
Chris Passmore, Jimmy McGinn and Una
Crossey. Others welcome.
Knockmoyle
Collectors – July:
Kieran McGrath, Enda McCrory, John
McKinney and Aidan McGlinchey.
Mountfield
- Collectors – July:
Noel Gormley and Stephen Gorman.
Readers for
Killyclogher for July: 9.00am
- Anne McCusker and 11am - Maeve McDermott.
Interested
in developing your faith a little
more? Thornhill Centre has
a number of short and long courses
starting in Should We Teach Them?’
Personal Development: ‘Dreams
Workshop.’ For further details
contact Thornhill Centre at 71351233.
Medjugorje Irish Centre:
The Mullan family are associated with
Medjugorje for over 20years. Darren
is full time in Medjugorje and has
been there for this past 5 years.
For further details please contact
Noelle 0044 28 82241888 or Email Noelle@med-irishcentre.com.
We wish
to thank everyone who helped us raise
in the region of £9,000.00 on
behalf of Marie McCourt RIP and Mary
Mullin RIP for the Macmillan Cancer
Support Team. Special thanks to everyone
who took part in organising Marie’s
Hooley and all who came on the night.
Everyone who bought or sold tickets,
donated prizes and money and sent
money in lieu of flowers.
Cappagh Parish Draw: The
July draw will take place at the Bingo
on Monday 6th July. All returns to
be taken to the Cappagh Parish Centre
on Thursday 2nd July between 8pm and
8.30pm. No money will be accepted
on the night of the draw.
Divine Mercy
Group meet on Sunday 5th
July at 3 pm in St.Mary’s Church
Killyclogher. All are welcome to join
us in this Community Prayer.
A Mass for
the sick with Eucharistic Blessing
will take place in the Carmelite Retreat
Centre, Termonbacca, Derry, on Tuesday
30th June at 8.00 pm. All are welcome
to attend.
Friday is
the First Friday of the month.
Fr. Murray will visit his sick and
housebound on the usual days. Fr.
Boland will attend his sick in Mountfield
on Thursday 2nd July and he will do
his other visits on Monday 6th. Fr.
Kevin will do his visits at a later
date.
Solemn Annual Exposition of
the Blessed Sacrament will
take place in St Mary’s Church,
Knockmoyle next weekend beginning
after the 10.30am Mass and closing
with Divine Service at 7.00pm on Sunday.
Thank you for last week’s
Collection: £3265 and Church
Fundraising
collection: £1,868.
‘The
afternoon knows what the morning never
suspected’
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