PARISH PROGRAMME FOR LENT
2008
6.00pm Sunday Devotions: Stations + Benediction (beginning
next Sunday)
8.30am Daily Mass in St Cecilia’s College for
Students (beginning on 26th February)
7.00pm Divine Mercy Chaplet
8.00pm Stations of the Cross – Monday to Friday
(beginning on 26th February)
FAMILY ROSARY FOR LENT
We are inviting families to pray the Rosary in the
home each day of Lent. Rosary leaflets are available
at the church doors. Each day Fr Colhoun and Fr Mongan
will pray the Divine Office for the families who are
able to make this commitment. If you would like to
write your family name (address not necessary) on
the page at the church doors the priests will put
your intentions before God each morning of Lent.
ROSARY for the Holy Souls in Purgatory
will be held in St Brigid’s, Carnhill on Sunday
1st March at 5.00pm. Everyone welcome.
BAPTISMS
We welcome:
Cayden Paul Sharma,
31 Summer Meadows, who was baptised recently.
REQUIESCANT IN PACE
We extend our sincere sympathy to
the family and friends of
John Canning, 29
Northland Drive and
Bobby Moran, 36 Bluebell
Hill Gardens. May they rest in peace.
FIRST FRIDAY
Friday, 6th March is the 1st Friday
of the month.
VISITATION OF HOUSEBOUND
Fr Colhoun will visit the sick in
his care on Thursday/Friday, 5th/6th March.
Readers
St Luke’s Team and Eucharistic
Ministers Team A will serve for the month of March,
beginning today, Sunday.
YOUTH 2000 group
meets in Long Tower on Wednesdays at 8.00pm. Prayer,
praise and new friendships. Tea and coffee afterwards.
16-35 year olds welcome. Why not join us for Lent?
THE OPUS SECTILE
above the high altar will be unveiled on Monday 9th
March. We apologise for the scaffolding on the sanctuary.
Work in progress!
YOU DON’T BRING ME FLOWERS
In keeping with the penitential character
of Lent, flowers are not usually placed in the church
during this season. Accordingly, we would ask you
to postpone the donation of flowers until the great
season of Easter.
HOST FAMILIES REQUIRED – Have
you 3 weeks to spare in July? Chernobyl children's
aid needs you. Could you give a Chernobyl child a
recuperating holiday? This can be one of the most
rewarding experiences. Weekly activities are organised
and translators are available at all times. To take
a child out of a contaminated area even for a week
can boost their immune system for up to 1 year. If
you would like to help please contact Dominic on 7138
3523 or 00-44-79-8009 2493.
TRÓCAIRE BOXES have been
distributed throughout the parish. If you did not
receive one you may collect one either in the Sacristy
or at the Parochial House.
ST VINCENT DE PAUL urgently requires
good quality household furniture (e.g. bedroom furniture
and tables and chairs) bedding and kitchen utensils.
Please contact 7126 5489 or 7126 8325 for collection.
MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER
Renew your wedding vows on a weekend away (Friday
8.00pm to Sunday 5.00pm). For married couples of all
ages with a stable relationship. Couples explore in
complete privacy, how to come to a deeper mutual understanding
of each other. Dates: 27th-29th March, Dromantine
Conference Centre, Newry, 028-9062 6503 or 028-7135
0612, www.marriageencounter.ie.
CATHOLIC TV is broadcast on SKY
channel number 589. The channel is called EWTN –
Eternal Word Television Network.
GOOD RESOLUTION:
Pay a bill that you have been putting off.
NORTHERN IRELAND BLOOD TRANSFUSION
SERVICE
The next blood donation sessions will be held in
Strand Road Presbyterian Church on Wednesday/Thursday,
11th/12th March from 1.30pm to 4.00pm and 5.15pm to
8.00pm.
FOYLE HOSPICE CHARITY DANCE will
be held in the City Hotel on Monday 9th March. Music
by Andrew Monk and the Bleu Notes from 10.00pm to
12.30am. Tickets £3.00 and are available at
the City Hotel, Foyle Hospice or on the night. All
proceeds in aid of the Foyle Hospice.
CARERS SUPPORT Foyle Hospice Day
Therapy Unit is providing support for carers and family
members looking after a person with a life-limiting
illness. Meetings on the 1st Wednesday for the month
from 10.00am to 12 noon. Next meeting Wednesday 4th
March. For further information please contact Julia
McIvor, telephone 7135 9888.
CHILDREN IN CROSSFIRE are recruiting
enthusiastic individuals to participate in Trek Peru
in November 2009. A £25 registration fee is
requested and minimum sponsorship applies. If you
are interested in this amazing 10 day challenge, please
contact Sarah on 7126 9898 or visit www.trekperu2009.com.
Prayer book found in a Folly Cabs
taxi. Please call to the Parochial House or telephone
7126 2301.
LAST WEEK’S RENOVATION
COLLECTION £ 502.00
LAST WEEK’S ENVELOPE
COLLECTION £2100.00
WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE
THE ANONYMOUS DONATIONS TO THE RESTORATION FUND: £10,
£5, £20, £20, £10, £5,
£20, £30, £200, £50, £500.
BIG
BINGO
ST
COLUMB’S HALL
SUNDAY 8th MARCH 2009
SUICIDAL?
Counselling available
at ZEST, 15 Queen Street, 7126 6999.
P.S.
‘If people want to have hope and find meaning
in their lives, they need to take God out of the "parentheses".
(Pope Benedict XVI)
