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Cappagh
Parish News
(Vol.32 No 28) - 13th July 2008
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
What
kind of people are we?
“Other (seed)
fell on rich soil and produced their
crop”. We have all kinds of
choices to make in the course of a
lifetime. Probably the most significant
one is the kind of person we want
to be in relation to God and to one
another. This is not predetermined
as we can let ourselves be changed
through the way we listen to God’s
Word and how we listen and are transformed
by those close to us. We are shaped
right through life by what/who we
are listening to. If we listen to
the world around us we will put ourselves
at the centre of our own world. If
we listen to God’s Word we will
put God and those we love at the centre.
The first way leads to loneliness
and isolation. The second way leads
to fulfilment. Each of us can produce
a lot of good for our world but only
if we are living a life of love of
God and love of one another in our
homes and families and in our community
of faith.
Fr. Johnny Doherty, C.Ss.R.
Please
note that the Friday night Mass in
the Cappagh Parish Centre
will be discontinued during July and
August. The last Friday night Mass
will be celebrated on July 4th and
will resume on Friday September 5th
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Sunday 13th
July 2008
Fifteenth
Sunday in Ordinary Time
Parish Missal Readings
(Year 1) p 315 & Proper p 1070
First Reading
Isaiah 55: 10 - 11
The word that comes from my mouth,
says the Lord, does not return to
me empty.
Second Reading
Romans 8: 18 - 23
What we suffer in this life can never
be compared to the glory which is
waiting for us.
Gospel Matthew
13: 1 - 23
Some seed fell on rich soil and produced
a rich crop.
Baptism
We welcome into the Parish Community
through the Sacrament of Baptism
Dillon John Montgomery,
21 Glenside
Michael William McLaughlin,55,
Hunter’s Crescent
Katelyn Doherty,
48, Mullaghmore Drive
Caitlin Quinn, 77,
Castleview Park
Requiescat
In Pace
We extend our sympathy to the
family and relatives of
Kathleen McCabe,
49, Meelmore Drive
Francie McGaughey,
Slieve-Na-Mon Nursing Home
James McCann, 6,
Cranny Close.
Anniversary Masses
for the week
Monday 14th Doran Family,
Trillick (CTK 7.30 pm)
Wednesday 16th Desmond McCann,
Farmhill Road (CTK 7.30 pm)
Saturday 19th Tom & Mary
Ann Gormley, Knocknamoe Bungalows
(CPC 8.30 pm)
Sunday 20th Maura O’Kelly
(MM), Canondale (CTK 12.00
noon)
Sunday 20th Josephine Ward,
Main Street MF (MF 10.00 am)
Other
Anniversaries
Josephine Browne,
Circular Road
Bea McKay, Campsie Avenue
Josephine Ward, Mountfield
Geraldine Kely, Crocknacor Road
Desmond McCann, Farmhill Road
Molly McElholm, Mountjoy
Patrick O’Loane, Reaghan Road
Tony McDermott, Pinefield Rise
CAPPAGH
PARISH DRAW RESULTS (07/07/2008)
1st Prize £2,000.
Una McGirr Knocknamoe Road
(Promoter P.J. McAleer)
2nd Prize £1,000
Benny Gormley Knockmoyle Grove
(Promoter Margaret O’Kane)
3rd Prize £500
Marcella Canavan Ashburn View
(Promoter Anne McKinney)
4th Prize £250
Pat Conway Ballinamullan Road
(Promoter Pat O’Connor)
5th Prize £100
Pat Haughey Old Mountfield Rd
(Promoter Michael Meenagh)
Promoter’s Prize
£100 Sean Deehan
Membership of
the above draw is now closed until
April 2009.
Readers for Killyclogher
for July.
Vigil: Anne McCusker;
10.30 pm: Cara McAleer and 12 noon
Ciara Duffy.
Final opportunity to register
for the Girl Guides: The
scheme begins in September and registration
takes place in St Mary’s Hall
(behind the Sacred Heart Church) on
Saturday 12th and 19th July from 5
-7.15 pm and Sunday 13th and 20th
July from 1.15 - 3 pm.
The Youth 2000 Prayer Group,
Omagh has stopped. If anyone wishes
to start up a Youth 2000 Group in
Omagh – please contact Siobhan
– 07880588041.
St. Joseph’s Prayer
Group invite anyone who wishes
to spend 1 hour in Community &
Prayer each Wednesday night at the
Mount Columba’s Pastoral Centre,
Omagh from 8.10 pm. Pray Rosary with
Meditations; Sunday Gospel of coming
week;
Exposition of Blessed
Sacrament; Beautiful Music / Hymns;
Intercessory Prayers / Intentions.
Everybody welcome ~Contact: Siobhan
07880588041 or John 077751874422
Mass in Honour of our Lady
of Mount Carmel will take
place in the Carmelite Retreat Centre,
Termonbacca, Derry on Her Feast Day,
Wednesday 16th July at 8.00 pm. All
are welcome to attend.
Thornhill Centre
are holding a one year course in Foundations
in Liturgy beginning 7 October 2008.
For further information contact the
Secretary, Thornhill Centre. 121,
Culmore Road, Derry. BT48 8JF. Tel:
028 713501233. E-mail thornhillcentre@derrydiocese.org.
Grave Cleaning
Service; Have your loved
one’s grave looked after. Reliable
service and personal attention assured.
Special rate for the elderly. Please
call 07858 381 194 after 5 pm.
Last week’s
collection: £3,326
Development
Fund collection: £1,978
Peter’s
pence collection: £2,202
Thank
you for your generosity.
Cappagh
Parish Centre
Weekly Bingo:
Each Monday evening in Cappagh Parish
Hall at 9 pm
GAA
- Weekly Lotto Numbers: 3, 5, 9, 20
and 24.
Twenty Three winners
each received £5.
The jackpot has been
capped at £5,000 and the new
jackpot now stands at £3,880.
PRAY
FOR PRIESTS
This week we ask you to pray for the
following priests:
Fr. Edward Kilpatrick Monday 14th
July
Bishop Francis Lagan Tuesday 15th
July
Fr. Charles Logue Wednesday 16th July
Fr. Paul McCaffrey Thursday 17th July
Fr. Bryan McCanny Friiday 18th July
Fr. Michael McCaughey Saturday 19th
July
Fr. Andrew McCloskey Sunday 20th July
REFLECTIONS
In glorious silence
I kneel to pray
To thank God for another day
To place my problems in His care
And those of my family everywhere
The warmth of His church enfolds me
In awe and wonder it holds me
Peace Perfect Peace enfolds me
My God, My God, I love Thee
Alas the spell is cruelly broken
When unnecessary thoughtless words
are spoken
Trifling pleasantries loudly exchanged
God’s presence ignored - to
be thought of again
Someone starts praying, and is whispering
out loud
But that whistling whisper is an ear
splitting sound,
When the rosary starts there is always
one there
Who thinks God is deaf and will shout
out each prayer.
Then there are those who can’t
wait to get going
Cut short the Hail Mary without even
knowing
And start the Holy Mary before the
right time
Such lack of respect is a very sad
crime.
If you happen to be early on a Sunday
that is
There are these two auld blokes who
know all the bizz,
For they talk out loud - and answer
each other
There reasons for coming? Just why
do they bother?
One daily Hail Mary with thought and
care said,
Is better by far than those poorly
prayed,
So in visiting God’s House let
us endeavour
To pray with respect for Him and each
other.
The deaths, births, disasters and
Bingo can wait
The Gossip can wait ‘till we’re
outside His Gate
God give us peace
to pray.
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