The Parish of Aghyaran (Termonamongan), Derry Diocese, IRELAND.

St. Patrick's Church, Aghyaran.

Parish Priest: Fr. J. Gilmore

Telephone 8167 0728

Sunday 2nd May 2010

5th Sunday of Easter

Jesus said to his disciples: “I give you a new commandment: love one another; as I have loved you, you also must love one another”. It is said that familiarity breeds contempt. Maybe contempt is too strong a word when we apply this statement to the command of Jesus; it is more likely to be indifference. We hear it and leave it. But this commandment, if it were to be lived out by us, would revolutionise the world. The most obvious place for living it is in marriage and family life. There continues to be far too much mediocrity in marriage and family relationships and this spills over rather than the passionate love of Christ. This power of love is to be lived in our faith community. But again mediocrity is more the flavour of our community than joy and gladness. And the love of Christ, lived by us his followers, knows no bounds but is destined to reach the ends of the earth to heal the divisions of humanity.

Fr. Johnny Doherty, C.Ss.R.

Sunday 2nd May, 2010

5th Sunday of Easter

First Reading : Acts of the Apostles 14: 21-27
Paul and Barnabas put new heart into the disciples.

Second Reading: Apocalypse 21: 9. 1-5
John’s vision of the new creation.

Gospel: John 13: 31-35
The new commandment of Jesus: love one another as I have loved you.

Mass Times from Sunday 21st March for the parishes of Aghyaran and Castlederg

"The angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the keepers did shake...And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for He is risen." St. Matt. 28: 2-6.

Parish Bingo continues on Friday night in the Parish Hall commencing at 9.00pm. Everyone welcome. Proceeds in aid of parish funds.

The Legion of Mary group in the parish will recite the Rosary every Wednesday evening during the month of May here in St. Patrick’s Church at 8.00pm It is hoped that many will come and join the group in praying the rosary.

The monthly devotions, in honour of Our Lady, will take place in the Carmelite Retreat Centre, Termonbacca, Derry on Tuesday 4th May starting with confessions at 7.30 p.m. followed by Rosary and Mass, finishing around 10.00 p.m. All are welcome to attend.

The sick of the parish will be attended this incoming week: Thursday: Tullycar, Ballymongan, Killeter, & Scraghey. Friday: Carn, The Laught’s & Aghyaran Can neighbours inform the housebound that I will be calling

Thanks to the generosity of you the people of the parish a total of £5412stg. and € 250 has been raised for the Third World Poor. Thanks to all who contributed so generously.

The staff and pupils of St Caireall's Primary School would like to thank the local community and further afield for their support in the preparation of our recent show 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamCoat'. We would also like to thank everyone who attended the show. It was a huge success and we are very proud of our children.

Tomorrow (2nd May) we will have the Forty Hours Adoration in the parish. This will begin after the 10.00am mass and continue until Sunday evening, closing with a period of prayer at 6.00 pm. This is a time of special prayer in the parish when it is hoped that there will always be someone in the church spending quiet time with the Lord.

The seniors and reserves lost both games on their travels to Cookstown at the weekend, the seniors threw away seven point lead in the first half to get beaten in the end by three points 1-13 to 1-10. Next senior and reserve games are at home at the weekend to Killyclogher Res 2.15pm Sen 3.45pm.

The Minors progressed to the next round of the championship with a solid performance away to Fintona the final score 1-11 to 1-8.They are on the road again in the next round away to Killeeshill. Next minor league game is at home to Urney on Wednesday 5th May.

The winners in the April club members draw are as follows, £250 Aisling Moss (No102) £100 Kevin Mc Nabb (No399) £100 Chris Duffy (No321) £100 Kellie Meehan (No237) £50 Paddy Deveney (No19) £50 Seamus Mc Menamin(No459) £50 Gerard Carlin (No50) The club are grateful to all for your participation in our club draw and wish you good luck in our future monthly draws.

Well done to Sean Harvey's quiz team of Jim Lynch: Mervyn Stewart: Adrian Mc Glynn and Francie Mc Connell on winning the Mick Mc Hugh memorial quiz in the centre on Friday night. They had to overcome stiff opposition from seven other teams on the night.(well done boys) The presentation was made by the late Mick’s wife Mary and daughter Deirdre.Also a big thank you to the quiz masters David Mc Hugh and George Michael Sproule who as always made it a tremendous success.

Any coaches interested in attending a multisport coaching conference in Dublin on the 12th June can contact the club secretary Gerard Byrne on (07730342520) for more details.

A commemoration night for the late Fr Willie Sproule on June 13th is being organised, anyone wishing to take part or contribute in any way should contact Gerard Byrne on (07730342520) or Kieran Mc Guire on (07870437910).

The minor girls defeated Urney away in the league on Monday evening. The U14 girls are away to Clonoe this Tuesday. Commiseration's to Clara Mc Menamin and Stacy Dolan who were part of the Loreto squad that lost in the All-Ireland final last Saturday.

to all those departing for Belfast on Monday morning to take part in the Marathon

A leaflet, ‘Why Marriage Matters’, has been published by the Irish Bishops’ Conference, in support of marriage and family life. The leaflet summarises key elements of Catholic teaching on marriage and reiterates the importance of the family as the natural primary and fundamental unit of society. It is available on the Irish Bishops’ Conference website www.catholicbishops.ie. Parishes can also order copies from Veritas, through the Diocesan Office.

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