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Cappagh
Parish News
(Vol.32 No 49) - 30th November 2008
1st
Sunday of Advent
1st
Sunday of Advent
Waiting
for God
Jesus said to his
disciples: "What I say
to you I say to all: Stay awake!"
Three times in the Gospel reading
for the First Sunday of Advent, Jesus
gives the command to stay awake -
so it must be important! But what
does it mean for us? This week we
begin a new year in our journey of
faith and the danger is that it might
simply be the same as the one we are
ending. We are no further along the
road unless we brighten up. The same
is true in your journey of love. One
year can easily be the same as the
last one and when it is like that
you are asleep or half dead. This
week is another wake up call for all
of us whether we are married or single,
priest or religious, living in a family
or living alone. It is particularly
a call to every parish community to
make the year ahead a time of growth
to the glory of God.
Fr. Johnny
Doherty, C.Ss.R.
Sunday 30th
November 2008
1st Sunday
of Advent.
Parish Missal Readings
(Year 2) p 397 & Proper p 984
First Reading
Isaiah 63: 16-17; 64:1.3-8
The prophet recalls God’s past
goodness to his people, and pleads
with him to save them from their present
sinfulness.
Second Reading
1 Corinthians 3-9
As we await the coming of Christ in
glory, the Holy Spirit keeps us steadfast
in bearing witness to him.
Gospel Mark
13: 33-37
We need to stay awake at our appointed
tasks because we do not know the hour
when Jesus, our Master will return.
Requiescat
In Pace:
We extend our sympathy to the
family and relatives of
Teresa McKinney,
Sunningdale
Patrick Garrity,
2, Forrest View, Mountfield
Michael McManus (Mickey Hannigan)
31, Hunter’s Crescent
Anniversary Masses for
the week
Tuesday 2nd Michael
& Alice Daly, Drumnakilly (CPC
10.00 am)
Wednesday 3rd Fr.
Peter Campbell;
Anthony & Annie Rodgers
Gortmore Drive (CTK 7.30 pm)
Thursday 4th Judy
McMulkin, Glendore Wood (CPC 10.00
am)
Friday 5th Rose O’Hagan
(MM), Eskra (CPC 7.30 pm)
Friday 5th Patricia McAnulla, Legacurry
(KM 7.30 pm)
Friday 5th Michael & Mary Kelly,
Baroney Road (MF 8.00 pm)
Saturday 6th Johnny
McGinn, Old Mountfield Road (CPC 10
00 am)
Saturday 6th Emma Murray, Glenhull
Walk, Strathroy (CTK 6.30 pm)
Saturday 6th Brian McAleer, Cloughfin
(CPC 8.30 pm)
Additional Anniversaries
Gerry Murphy, Killybrack Road
Joe Sharkey, Mellmore Drive
Michael McCrossan, Old Mountfield
Road
Paddy Joe Maguire, Manchester
Fintan Toner, Newcastle Co. Down
Joe Quinn, Strule Park
WEEK OF GUIDED
PRAYER will take place from
Sunday 30th November until Friday
5th December. The time on Sunday and
Friday is 7.30 pm and Monday - Thursday
at a time that suits you. To enrol
please ring Omagh Parish Office on
028 8224 2092 no later than Monday
24th November.
PRAY FOR PRIESTS
This week we ask you to pray for the
following priests:
Fr. John McDevitt Monday 1st December
Fr. Michael McEldowney Tuesday 2nd
December
Fr. Kevin McElhennon
Wednesday 3rd December
Fr. Dermot McGinn Friday 5th December
Fr. James McGlinchey Saturday 6th
December
Fr. Brian McGoldrick Sunday 7th December
Loreto Primary
School
Christmas Fun Day
Sunday 7th December 2008
Opening @ 1.30 pm
Prize Draws &
Santa’s Grotto
Stalls : Craft, Cakes, Bric-a-brac,
Lucky Dip
Free Draw for those
in before 2.30 pm.
Come along for a great day out for
all the family!
Children
in Crossfire
We are delighted to launch our new
Advent Campaign. Advent is the season
when we prepare for Christmas.Often
our Christmas preparations focus on
buying gifts for our families and
those we love.This year through the
Advent calendar there will be an opportunity
to prepare for Christmas in a different
way.Each day you will be able to contribute
to Children in Crossfire and also
get a short reflection to help focus
on what Christmas is really about.The
advent calendar boxes can be collected
from this church next weekend and
can be returned to the Church over
the coming weeks. Call Children in
Crossfire on 028 7126 9898.
Cappagh Parish
Centre
Weekly Bingo: Each
Monday evening in Cappagh Parish Hall
at 9 pm
GAA - Weekly Lotto
Numbers: 1, 2, 22, 29 & 30. Eleven
winners each received £10.
The jackpot has been
capped at £5,000 and the new
jackpot now
stands at £4,350.
St Vincent de Paul Society,
Killyclogher are starting their Annual
Christmas tree and holly wreath sale
on Monday 1st December and continues
until December 24th weekdays 12noon
- 5 pm and Sundays 1.30 pm - 5 pm.
Killyclogher Collectors -
December: Vigil Mass: (1)Matt
Swift (2) Terry McGinn (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 - December:
Philomena O’Donnell,
Noel & Marie McDevitt. Others
welcome.
Knockmoyle Collectors –
December: Kieran McGrath,
Enda McCrory, John McKinney and Aidan
McGlinchey.
Mountfield - Collectors –
December: Patrick McKeown
(Jun) and Stanley McDonald.
Readers for Killyclogher
for October: Vigil Mass: Molly Keenan
10.30 am: Sheila McCaul : 12 noon:
Kieran Downey
Omagh Credit Union: A.G.M.
on Wednesday 3rd December at 8 .00
pm in Credit Union Office. Interest
members are requested to attend.
Ulster Project 2009: If
you have not returned your application
form to be a leader in the aforementioned
project, please do so immediately.
Omagh Players
The Omagh Players is celebrating its
75th anniversary next year and we
intend to hold an exhibition in the
Strule Arts Centre to coincide with
our annual production in February
2009. This exhibition will celebrate
the history of the company from its
inception to the present. We hope
to compile as much production history
as possible and information on past
associates and members – actors,
producers, backstage crew etc. If
you have any old photographs, old
programmes or any relevant information
or memorabilia, we would love to hear
from you. We are particularly interested
in material from the early days of
Omagh Players. Anything we borrow
for the exhibition will be carefully
catalogued and returned. Please contact
Clare on 07751680329 or Órlagh
on 07775 856036.
Last week’s
collection: £3,518
Retired Priests to date: £1,831.
Thank you very much.
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