Parish News for Sunday 7th February 2010

Vol.37 No.6

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

PRIESTS OF THE PARISH
Very Rev Michael Canny Adm
Fr Peter Raftery CSSp
Rev Daniel McFaul CC

18th World Day of the Sick

The World Day of the Sick will be celebrated on Thursday, 11th February, the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes.

Noting how the forthcoming Day coincides with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the foundation of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care, the Holy Father expresses the hope that this fact “will be the occasion for a more generous apostolic commitment at the service of the sick and of their carers”.

“In the mystery of Christ’s passion, death and resurrection”, writes the Pope, “human suffering finds meaning and fullness of light. … At the Last Supper the Lord Jesus, before returning to the Father, bent to wash the Apostles’ feet in a foretaste of His supreme act of love upon the Cross. With this gesture He invited His disciples to follow His own logic of a love that especially gives itself to the weakest and to those most in need. Following His example all Christians are called to relive, in different contexts, the parable of the Good Samaritan”.

“Jesus”, says the Holy Father, “exhorts us to attend to the bodily and spiritual wounds of so many of our brothers and sisters whom we meet on the roads of the world. He helps us to understand that, with the grace of God accepted and lived in everyday life, the experience of sickness and suffering can become a school of hope”.

The Pope expresses his heartfelt thanks “to the people who daily ’serve the sick and suffering’ ensuring that ‘that their apostolate of mercy may ever more effectively respond to people’s needs’”.

“Finally,” he adds in conclusion, “I address you, dear sick people, and I ask you to pray and to offer your suffering for priests, that they may remain faithful to their vocation and that their ministry may be rich in spiritual fruits for the benefit of the entire Church”.

Excerpt from Pope Benedict’s message for World Day of the Sick

Commissioning Ceremony for Eucharistic Ministers

at the 7.30 pm Vigil Mass

next Saturday, 13th February.

Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 16th - 21st July 2010:

Application forms are available for any young person aged 14-15 years old who would like a place on the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes. Special arrangements are made for the youth who will be led by the Pilgrimage Youth Team. For further information contact The Pilgrimage Office, 164 Bishop Street, Derry BT48 6UJ or phone 71351233.

Anniversaries

We remember the anniversaries of:

Susie O’Donnell, Mary Keenan, Jinny Moran, Katie Doherty, Caroline Quigley,

May McBay, Derrik Tucker and Gerard Quigley.

May they rest in peace.

Baptism

We welcome as a member of the Christian community:

Leah Eva Roberts, 49 Stanley’s Walk.

Readers - Weekdays

10.00 am Neil McMahon
07.30 pm Charlie McDermott

Readers on duty next Weekend

06.15 pm Sharon Duffy
07.30 pm Stephen Orr
09.30 am Mona Tracey
11.00 am Vanessa McGeehan/
Patrick Lynch
12.30 pm Michael Wilson

Eucharistic Ministers
Team *C* begins its rota
at the 6.15 pm Vigil Mass
next weekend.

Sr Josephine Walsh Weekend Retreat with emphasis on forgiving, healing and making a new start, will take place at Termonbacca from Friday to Sunday, 12th to 14th February. For details phone 71262512 during office hours only.

The Holy Family Padre Pio Prayer Group will hold their monthly meeting in the Holy Family Church, Ballymagroarty on Monday starting with 7.30 pm Mass. There will be two 1st class relics of St Pio available at the meeting.

Sick Visitation

Fr Daniel McFaul will visit the sick this week as follows:

Mon 10.00 am: Rosemount Gdns, Montrose Gdns, Ernest St, Nassau Cres, Rosemount Ave, Grafton St, Tutor Close, Academy Tce, Northland Pde, Northland Ave, De Burgh Tce.

Mon 2.00 pm: Lr Nassau St, Glenview Ave, Glenview St, Glen Rd, Ardglen Pk, Glenbank Rd, Glenbank Pk. Northland Rd.

Tues 10.00 am: Meadowview Cres, Osborne St, Baldrick Cres, Nassau St, Cedar St, Glasgow Tce, Argyle St, Argyle Tce, Groarty Rd, Kylemore Pk.

Tues 2.00 pm: Glenbrook House.

Fr Peter Raftery will visit the sick as follows:

Mon am: Forest Pk, Helen St, Kerrs Tce, Oakfield Rd, Marlborough Ave, Marlborough Rd, Oakfield Ave, Beechwood Ave, West End Tce, Marlborough Tce.

Mon pm: Creggan St, Queen St, Princes St, Great James St, Clarendon Manor, Francis St.

Wed pm: 2.00 pm Confessions and Mass in Lavery Fold.

Fr Canny acknowledges with thanks donations for:
St Pio: £20. Altar Flowers: £20, £20. Sisters of St John: £20. Haiti: £2,235 and €150.
Fr Canny forwarded a donation of £20 to LASCO.

The priests of the Parish thank you for your generosity
to the Stipend Collection taken up last weekend.

Mary’s Meals

today (Sunday 7th Feb) at 8.00 pm in the former Long Tower Parochial House

to establish a group to rebuild and feed the children at a school in Port Au Prince, Haiti.

Presentation by Fr Owen Gorman.

The Irish Children’s Pilgrimage Trust is taking children/young people with special needs (both physical and learning disability) from the ages of 9-21 years of age from all over Ireland to Lourdes on Easter Sunday (4th to 10th April). The IHCPT is looking urgently for nurses to travel with groups this Easter. If you would be interested in travelling please contact Mary on 00353877962047 for further details. The cost of the fare is €640.

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