You are Invited to Our Novena to Our Lady
of Perpetual Succour
In St Columba’s Church, Long Tower. The Novena
takes today, Sunday at 6.00 pm and will continue every
Sunday leading up to Christmas. Devotions will take
the form of Rosary, a short talk given by a guest
speaker, novena prayers and benediction.
BAPTISMS
We welcome:
Kyle Paul Nixon, 9 Beechwood Street,
Bailey Gerald John Meenan, 22 Oldmill
Court,
Michael Shea McGavigan, 12 Long Tower
Court,
Ainara Gissell Hutcheson, 72 Ardban,
Muff, who were baptised recently.
DEATHS
We wish to express our deepest sympathy to the relatives
and friends of
James Fox, 16 Iona Court
Michael Lyons, 19 The Metropole,
who both died recently.
LAST WEEK’S ENVELOPE COLLECTION £1784.00
LAST WEEK’S RENOVATION COLLECTION £ 774.00
A GATHERING OF ALL EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS will
take place in Long Tower Tuesday, 20th November at
8:00pm.
THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF ST CECILIA’S COLLEGE
will be celebrated at Mass in Long Tower on Thursday
(22 November), Feast of Saint Cecilia, at 11.30 am.
Celebrant: Mgr Bryan McCanny.
CEREMONY OF ENROLMENT for P4 children
(and their families) of the Long Tower Primary School
will take place on Saturday (24th November) at the
Vigil Mass (6.00 pm).
We Gratefully Acknowledge
The Anonymous Donations To The General Renovation
Fund: £20, £10, £10, £10,
£5, £10, £300.
DIOCESAN MASS FOR DECEASED YOUNG PEOPLE
There will be a Special Diocesan Mass on Sunday 25th
November at 3.00 pm in Holy Family Church. All welcome.
ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY
LUMEN CHRISTI COLLEGE are presenting the
musical OKLAHOMA in their school Assembly Hall each
night from Monday 3rd to Thursday 6th December at
7.30 pm. Tickets: £7 for adults; concessionary
£5; family (2 adults & 2 children) £20.
Available in school from 9.30 am. until 4.20 pm. Telephone
7136 2595.
ADVENT RETREAT - "WHERE IS CHRIST
IN CHRISTMAS?" Why not make Christmas meaningful
this year. We often lose sight of the real meaning
of Christmas and the birth of Our Lord Jesus. This
retreat will bring you closer to Jesus through his
birth and allow you time, to reflect upon the deeper
and more important things in life. Let the Spirit
work and join us on this retreat to celebrate the
birth of Christ. Directed by Fr Sean Donohoe OFM Cap.
Location: Ards Capuchin Friary, Creeslough, Co.Donegal.
Tel: 074 9138909 / 00 353 74 9138909. Email: info@ardsfriary.ie.
Commences: Saturday 1st December 2007 at 9.30 am.
Finishes: Sunday 2nd December 2007 with Mass at 5.30
pm. Accommodation, meals and retreat €85 euro
/ £60 sterling
LASCO LOTTO
12 November 2007 Numbers Drawn 11, 17, 20, 23. No
Jackpot Winner. 1 £10 Winner. Next weeks Jackpot
£2,900. Please contact Lasco 028 7137 4443.
CHRISTMAS CARDS
The new Long Tower Christmas card is one of our fund-raising
initiatives for the centenary of the church in 2009.
We have many restoration projects in view and all
money raised from the cards will go to this cause.
We are very grateful to the Restoration and Projects
Committee for their hard work and to all of you for
your constant support.
Christmas Card:
Features: Beautiful photos of the Long Tower windows
with a message of peace.
Price: £3.99 for a pack of 12 assorted cards.
Request: We need many distributors to help us sell
the cards. Could you help us? Could you take, for
example, ten packs of cards to sell to your friends
or relatives? And then bring the proceeds to the Parochial
House?
If you could do so, please give your name, address
and phone number to the committee in the back corridor
of the Sacristy after any of the Masses NEXT Sunday.
Alternatively, ring Charlie or Moira Doherty at 7126
6808. Thank you.
KNIGHTS OF ST COLUMBANUS (CK5) DECEASED MEMBERS
MASS will take place on Wednesday 21 November
at 7.30 pm in St Brigid’s Church, Carnhill.
MASS FOR DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE CARMELITE
SECULAR ORDER will take place in Termonbacca
on Thursday 22nd November at 8.00 pm. Relatives and
friends will be most welcome.
ST BRIGID’S PRAYER GROUP cordially
invites you to an afternoon of renewal in the Resource
Centre, Carnhill on Sunday, 25th November from 1.30
pm, in honour of the Feast of Christ the King.
THE 10,001 SANTA'S FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE
being held in Derry on Sunday 9
December needs more volunteers. So far we have 3000
Santas but need 10,001 to enter the Guinness Book
of Records but primarily to help raise money for:-
Macmillan Cancer Support, The Foyle Hospice, Children
in Crossfire and i.C.A.R.E. Please support us. Ring
Macmillan Cancer Support on 9066 1166 to register.
MARGARET KEYS PRODUCTIONS will hold
auditions for Musical Theatre workshops and the 'Sound
of Musicals 2' today, Sunday 18th at St Columb's Hall
from 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm. Children aged 7 - 18 years.
Young adults are also welcome.
BIG WINTER BINGO
ST EUGENE’S PARISH HALL
SUNDAY 25th NOVEMBER 2007 AT 8.30pm
NI ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL
HEALTH – BRING AND BUY SALE and Tea
& Coffee Morning at The Beacon Centre, 20 Clarendon
Street, Derry on Friday 16th November from 11.00 am.
Tell God all your desires of every kind in prayer
and petition shot through with gratitude, and the
peace of God which is beyond our understanding will
guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
St Paul
