Parish News for Sunday 22nd February 2009

Vol.36 No.08

The 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

PRIESTS OF THE PARISH
Very Rev Michael Canny Adm
Rev David O'Kane CC
Rev Daniel McFaul CC

His Eminence Keith Cardinal O’Brien, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh will be making an official visit to the Diocese on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 23rd to 25th February. He will be Principal Celebrant at 10.00 am Mass here in St Eugene’s Cathedral on Tuesday to which you are all welcome. Cardinal O’Brien will be available after the Mass to meet and greet those who come along. He will also celebrate 12.30 pm Mass on Ash Wednesday here in St Eugene’s Cathedral before he travels back to Edinburgh.

Please note - no 9.00 am Mass on Tuesday.

Pope John Paul II Award Ceremony

There are 6 tickets available in the Sacristy after Masses for the Pope John Paul II Award Ceremony in the Millennium Forum on Tuesday at 7.30 pm.

Ash Wednesday, 25th February
Masses at 8.00, 9.00, 10.00 am, 12.30 and 7.30 pm
Ashes will be distributed at all Masses
Ash Wednesday - A Day of Fast and Abstinence

There is an obligation to fast (one main meal and two light meals in the course of the day) and to abstain from meat. The law of fasting obliges all Catholics (except the sick) between the ages of 18 and 59 years. The law of abstinence obliges all Catholics over the age of 14 years.

Lent in St Eugene’s

• Lunch-time Mass: 12.30 pm Mass will be celebrated on Ash Wednesday and continue every week day (Monday to Friday) during Lent.

• Stations of the Cross: Wednesday and Friday after the 7.30 pm evening Mass.

• Parish Community Book of Prayer: We are invited to write down what we are doing for Lent. At the Cross we can say the prayer that we will be faithful to our commitment during the season and so be more prepared to celebrate the resurrection of Christ at Easter.

Forty Hours Adoration

The Forty Hours Adoration begins next Sunday after the 12.30 pm Mass. Donations of flowers for the Altar would be much appreciated and can be left in the Sacristy next Friday and Saturday.

Lenten Thursdays: Beginning on Thursday, Thornhill Centre is hosting a series of ‘Reflection Mornings’ for the Thursdays of Lent. Each morning begins at 10.30, concludes with a light lunch at 1.00 pm and includes a talk, quiet reflection and ritual. A donation of £5 per morning is suggested. Please ring 71351233 to book.

Sunday Readings: Thornhill Centre is holding Scripture evenings beginning Wednesday, 4th March from 8.00-9.30 pm. The course will give participants some background on the Liturgy of the Word for the Sundays of Lent. For details phone 71351233.

Sympathy
We offer our sympathy to the family and friends of:

Charles McConway,
73 Great James Street.
Paddy Concannon,
26 Grangemore Park.

May they rest in peace.

Baptism

We welcome as members of the Christian community

Niall Cormac Holmes,
8 Ardnafoyle.
Padraigin Oonagh McNally,
58 Ardgrange.
Tia Teresa O’Kane,
6 Rosemount Gardens.
Mia Bo Cheung,
6 Lowry’s Lane.
Caitlin Alicia Barr-McGilloway,
228 Hatmore Park.

Readers

Weekdays
10.00 Gráinne Nugent
07.30 Adele McCauley

Readers on duty next Weekend
06.15 pm Louise Davis
07.30 pm Stephen Orr
09.30 am Brendan Burns
11.00 am Rebecca O’Doherty/
Jemma McGlinchey
12.30 pm Ciara McDevitt

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

St Joseph’s Young Priests Society Monthly Meeting on Thursday at 8.00 pm upstairs in the Choir Room.

Precious Life Monthly Pro-Life Mass in Termonbacca on Monday at 7.30 pm.

Rosary for the Holy Souls in Purgatory in St Brigid’s, Carnhill on Sunday, 1st March at 5.00 pm.

One Day Retreat for Senior Citizens in Termonbacca on Thursday from 10.30 am finishing around 5.00 pm. Cost £15 includes lunch. Payment on the day. To book phone 71262512 during office hours only.

Fr Canny acknowledges with thanks donations for: Trócaire: £5, £110. St Pio: €10. Fr Patrick McIntyre’s Missions: £140.

Last Week’s Collection amounted to £3,627.

The Folly of God

During Lent there will be another set of Stations of the Cross in the Cathedral. These fourteen prints are the work of Siweger Koder who is a Catholic priest in Germany. Before becoming a priest he fought in the Second World War and was a prisoner of war from 1944-45. Then he studied engineering and silversmithing. He was ordained in 1971. Koder uses his paintings in the way Jesus uses the parables. He shows a certain reserve in representing the figure of Jesus, who most of the time is outside the scene - in the position of the viewer - to convey the idea that Jesus is alive today in the person of the viewer.

Some of the fourteen pictures may not be immediately beautiful but they all lead us into a deeper awareness of the journey that our Saviour made to Calvary to save us and the world. Hopefully during Lent, we will take time to meditate on these pictures and read the reflection provided.

Please take a Trócaire box from the back of the Cathedral.

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