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St.
Patrick's Church, Aghyaran.
Parish Priest: Fr. J. Gilmore
Telephone 8167 0728
Sunday
7th March 2010
Third
Sunday of Lent
God
said to Moses: “Take
off your shoes, for the place
on which you stand is holy ground”.
All religions designate certain
places as holy places and rightly
demand a certain level of reverence
and respect. For ourselves as
Catholics our sacred place is
the church where the Blessed Sacrament
is reserved. But the revelation
of Christ is that the most sacred
place of all is the company of
another human being. He said that
what we do to even the least person
we do to him. Because of Christ,
we are always standing on holy
ground and our response always
has to be one of reverence and
respect. This has very far-reaching
implications for us in the practice
of our faith. The intimate relationship
of husband and wife is a sacred
place and calls for great reverence
from all of us. And equally our
homes and families and our faith
community are places where we
very often need a change of heart.
Fr. Johnny Doherty,
C.Ss.R.
Sunday,
7th March 2010
3rd
Sunday of Lent
First
Reading : Exodus 3: 1-8.13-15
We are shown God’s concern for his oppressed
people.
Second
Reading: Corinthians 10: 1-6.10-12
What happened to the Israelites in the desert
is a warning for Christians.
Gospel:
Luke 13: 1-9
Jesus stresses the necessity of repentance and
tells the people that time is running out.
Weekend
Masses:
Vigil Mass
Saturday evening 6.30pm
Sunday morning
9.00am & 11.00am
Confession
Times
Thursday
morning after 10.00am Mass
Saturday
Evening 6.00pm
Before the
Vigil Mass
Masses
during the coming week
Monday &
Tuesday 10.00 am
Thursday
& Friday 10.00am
Mass
Intentions for this week:
Monday
- 10.00am Anv. Mass - John & Maggie
Jane O’Donnell
Tuesday
- 10.00am - Months Mind Mass - Sheila
Gillespie
Saturday
6.30pm - Anv. Mass - Mary McShane &
Francis Hugh & Bridget McHugh
Each day in the Derry Diocese we are asked
to pray
for
our priests named on that particular day.
THIS
WEEK WE PRAY FOR:
Fr. Edward
Kilpatrick
Dr. Francis
Lagan
Fr. Charles
Logue
Fr. Paul
McCafferty
Fr. Bryan
McCanny
Fr. Michael
McCaughey
This Week's Calendar
Monday 8 - 3rd Week in Lent
Tuesday
9 - 3rd Week in Lent
Wednesday
10 - 3rd Week in Lent
Thursday
11 - 3rd Week in Lent
Friday 12
- 3rd Week in Lent
Saturday
13 - 3rd Week in Lent
Baptism
We welcome
into our Faith Community
Emily Maria
McHugh who was Baptised and welcomed into the
family of God recently.
The Lenten Stations
Wednesday 10th March Meencarriga,
Drumahon, Altgoland, Scraghey & Meencloghore
in the home of Charlie & Margaret Lynch
Friday 12th March
Third, Fourth, Fifth & Sixth Corgaries in
the home of Pat & Betty McGrath
THE SEASON
OF LENT
Lenten
Exposition
Each Friday
during Lent the Blessed Sacrament will be Exposed
from after 10.00am Mass until 1pm. It is hoped
that as many of you as possible will be able to
spend quiet time in the church with the Lord during
the time of Exposition.
Rosary
The Rosary
will be recited each morning before Mass commencing
at 9.30am. It is hoped that as many as possible
will come and join the group in praying the rosary.
N.B.
Did you remember to take a Trociaire box home
?
ST EUGENE’S
HIGH SCHOOL
Presents
‘Grease’
On Sunday
28th March - Monday 29th March and Wednesday 31st
March
@ 7.30 pm
each night
Tickets
- Adult £6 - Child £4 - Family 2AD+2CD
£14
Tickets
on sale in school office
THE PARISH BINGO
The parish bingo
continues in the Parish Hall
@ 9.00 pm on Friday.
Weekly Church Collection
Last
week’s collection totalled : £1446stg.
- € 41
The
Holy Family Padre Pio Prayer Group will
hold their monthly meeting in the Holy Family
Church, Ballymagroarty, Derry. on Monday night
8th March starting with 7.30 pm Mass. There will
be two 1st class relics of St Pio at the meeting
Foyle
Hospice Carers Group ‘Take Timeout’
meeting Tuesday 9th March at 7:30pm in Day Therapy
Unit. Physiotherapist speaking on ‘Moving
and Handling at Home’. For further details
contact Julia or Donna, Tuesday Ð Thursday,
on (028) 71359888.
Foyle
Hospice presents Borderland Reunion Night
with music by Midnight Showband! Saturday 27th
March 2010 at the City Hotel, Derry. Tickets £8
available from Foyle Hospice Fundraising Centre
on (028) 71359888 or the City Hotel on (028) 71365800
Flight
of the Earls
To commemorate
Irish Wheelchair Association’s 50th year,
Donncha O’Dulaing will lead a group of walkers
to retrace the route taken by the Flight of the
Earls all the way from Slane to Rome. There will
be two aspects to the journey, the Irish leg which
will commence on the 21st of March from Slane
and the International stage will depart Dublin
on the 20th of September 2010. We wish to invite
anyone who would like to join with us and experience
any part/or all of this very special journey.
For more details please contact Juliette Gallagher
on 087-9975459….
SPECIAL DIOCESAN MASS
The Annual
Diocesan Mass for those with special needs, and
their families and friends, will take place in
Saint Joseph’s Church, Galliagh, Derry on
Saturday 24th April 2010. Bishop Lagan will celebrate
the Mass. If you have a child who wishes to receive
the Sacrament of Confirmation or First Communion
at this Mass please contact the Catechetical Centre
on (028) 71264087 or email ddcc@derrydiocese.org
Derry 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 lead by the Pilgrimage Youth Team. For
information please contact The Pilgrimage Office,
164 Bishop Street, Derry BT 48 6UJ. telephone
028 71351233
Church
Readers for the month of March 2010
Vigil Mass
6.30pm Saturday Josephine Byrne
Sunday 9.00
am Eileen O’Donnell Sunday 11.00 am Tommy
Moss
If you are
unable to attend do try and get another reader
to cover for you.
Church Door & Car Park Attendants
March 2010
Sat. Night
Gary Falls, Hugo McGuire & Seamus McGrath
Sunday 9.00
am Noel Moss, Kieran Dolan & John McGlynn
Sunday 11.00
am Dinny Carlin, Alex Falls & Danny McSorley.
Altar Society for March 2010
Teresa McMenamin,
Sally Corry
& Pearl Falls
Cards
Joint winners
in the 25 card play this week were Mary Mc Menamin
& Liam Meehan with Seamus Corry as runner
up.
Seniors
The seniors
were beaten by three points to Donaghmore in the
Ulster senior league on Sunday last, their next
game is away to Termon (Donegal) at the weekend.
Training for all senior and reserve footballers
continue on Tuesday and Friday evenings.
Members
Draw
The new
members club draw will take place in the centre
tonight (Saturday) 6th March at 10.00pm. All the
names in the draw along with their allocated number
will be displayed on the notice board in the centre.
Mr & Mrs : Charlie & Colette Mc Hugh got
through on a tie breaker on Saturday night. Tonight
we have three more couples taking part, they are
Paul & Roisin Temple, Francie & Marian
Patton and Patrick & Rosemary Mc Sorley. Music
on the night.
Monthly Meeting: The clubs monthly
meeting is on Wednesday next 10th March at 8.00pm.
All members are invited to attend.
All
Ireland Talent Show:
Chloe Coyle will be competing for a place in the
All- Ireland final on tonight (Sunday) 7th March
at 6-30pm on Rte One,please give Chloe your vote
on the night. Telephone number and the text number
will be given out on the show at 6-30pm.
Engaged
Encounter is designed for couples preparing
for marriage and seeking to enrich communication
in all aspects of their relationship. It fulfills
diocesan requirements for marriage preparation.
The next weekend will take place on 20-21st March
2010 in Dromantine Conference Centre, Newry. Booking
essential before 8th March
Bulletin
Notices
Parish
email address is kathleen@parishofaghyaran.com
USEFUL
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Accord - 8224 2439
Al-Anon Famly Groups - 9086 2368
Alcoholic's Anonymous - 9043
4848
AWARE - 7126 6602
Care for Cancer - 8224 6599
CRUISE - 8224 4414
Drugs Anonymous - 8224 6177
Gamblers Anonymous - 7135 1329
The Samaritans - 8224 4944
Women's Aid - 8224 5998
Parkinson's Disease - 8224 2889
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