Parish News for Sunday 18th October 2009

Vol.36 No.41

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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

MISSION SUNDAY

Today is Mission Sunday and as this event comes round year by year we are reminded that mission is an integral part of the life and ministry of the Church. It could not be otherwise since from its very origin, the Church has been missionary. When Christ bade farewell to his disciples on the mountain before returning to his Father in the Ascension, his words to them were: “Go, therefore, teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”.

Many people nowadays are very interested in tracing their ancestry, aided by modern means of communication and research, especially the Internet. It can be fascinating to go back, generation by generation, as far as one can go, to learn about the lives of our forebears who lived in bygone times.

Mission Sunday reminds us that we could do the same in our life of faith. From the land where Jesus lived and died to Greece and Asia Minor and Rome, from there to France, Spain and North Africa, and thence to Ireland, England and so on – the message of the Gospel continues to reach the hearts of men and women and children.

The Irish Church has a proud history of mission activity overseas. In the first half of the twentieth century, several congregations of men and women were established by Irishmen and women to bring the love of Christ to the ends of the earth in pastoral care, education and medical expertise. The kidnapping of an Irish priest recently in the Philippines brings into sharp focus the sacrifice that countless, priests, sisters and brothers have made in leaving the security of home and family to fulfil the command of Christ – Go teach all nations.

Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes led by Bishop Hegarty - 16th to 21st July 2010: Cost £629. Payable in instalments. Regular forms available from the Parish Office/Pilgrimage Office. Forms for those in need of care or those aged 80+ available only from the Pilgrimage Office, telephone 71260293 - open on Tuesdays from 11.00 am to 1.00 pm, Thursdays from 11.00 am to 2.00 pm and Saturdays from 11.00 am to 1.00 pm.

There will be a Concelebrated Mass at 7.30 pm on Monday, 2nd November for the deceased members of each home in the parish. An invitation will be sent to the families and friends of those buried from the Cathedral during the past year to ask each family to nominate a representative to receive a candle in memory of their loved one. If a close relative was buried from another church during the past year please leave the deceased’s name in the Sacristy or Parochial House so that they can be remembered in the Mass and ask someone to receive a candle in their memory.

Sympathy

We offer our sympathy to the family and friends of:

Lawrence Young,
10B Columbcille Court.
Jennifer McShane,
20 Marlborough Avenue.
Caitlyn Mullan,
23 Glen Road.
John Joseph Burke,
30 Rosemount Gardens.

May they rest in peace.

Anniversaries: We remember the anniversaries of:

Mary Cullen, Ciara McLaughlin, Rose McCaul, Hugh Hegarty and Hugo Hegarty.

May they rest in peace.

If you wish to have the name of your loved one placed in the newsletter contact the Parish Office before 12.00 noon on Thursdays.

Baptism

We welcome as members of the Christian community:

Amber-Leigh Archbold,
5 Hawthorn Terrace.
Eden Freya Carlyle Johnston,
57 Academy Road.
Sorcha Niamh O’Doherty,
57 Francis Street.

Readers

Weekdays
10.00 am Terri Willman-Gallagher
07.30 pm Charlie McDermott

Readers on duty next Weekend
06.15 pm Cyra Sweeney/
Roma Murphy
07.30 pm Stephen Orr
09.30 am Michael Roddy
11.00 am Vanessa McGeehan/
Blanaid Barr
12.30 pm Don Clarke

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

A Mass for the sick with Eucharistic Blessing will take place in Termonbacca on Tuesday at 8.00 pm. All are welcome to attend.

Through the Eyes of St Luke: As St Luke’s Gospel will be used in the Sunday Masses of the coming year, this 4-week course will help us appreciate the emphasis and focus of Luke’s account of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. Venue: Thornhill Centre. Dates and Time: Monday 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th November from 7.30 to 9.30 pm. Cost: £30 (payable in instalments). To book telephone 71351233.

Pro-Life Devotions in St Columb’s Church, Waterside on Tuesday with Rosary at 7.00 pm followed by Mass at 7.30 pm.

Fr Canny acknowledges with thanks donations for:
Altar Flowers: £20. Trócaire: £20, £15, £100. St Pio: £50. Philippines: £31, £80.

Fr Canny will forward donations of £20 to LASCO.

Last Week’s Collection amounted to £3,780.

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