MAY DEVOTIONS today
Sunday at 6.00pm and each Sunday of May. All welcome.
REQUIESCAT IN PACE
We extend our sincere sympathy to
the family and friends of
Michael O’Doherty,
13 Corporation Street. May he rest in peace.
ANGELUS leaflets
are available at the doors of the church. We would
encourage you to recite the Angelus in your homes,
schools or work-places during the month of May.
OPEN-AIR MASS will take place in
the Brandywell Stadium on Friday (29th May) at 11.00am.
The “Fan the Flame” initiative is focussed
on the Primary 7 children, to encourage them to live
the Faith into which they have just been Confirmed.
The P7 children from all over the diocese will attend
the Mass with their schools on Friday morning.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION will
take place for the children of Primary 4 on the next
two Saturdays at 11.00am. All welcome!
Saturday 30 May: Children of Long Tower PS –
Long Tower Church
Saturday 6 June: Children of Nazareth House PS –
Nazareth House Chapel
We ask you to pray for the children as they receive
their third Sacrament.
SATURDAY IS THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
OFFICIAL OPENING OF LONG TOWER CHURCH. Although
our Centenary Mass with the Papal Legate will take
place on the 9th of June, Feast of St Columba, this
present church opened its doors for the first time
on 30th May 1909. Pentecost Sunday fell on that date
and it was chosen as the ideal day to open the new
church. To celebrate the actual anniversary please
note that the 8 o’clock Mass will be offered
in Latin. It will be the Mass of the Holy Spirit,
the same Mass that was offered in Latin on that day
100 years ago in our beautiful church for the first
time. Please note also that there will NOT be 10 o’clock
Mass in Long Tower that (Saturday) morning, 30 May,
on account of the First Holy Communion at 11am.
THE CENTENARY MASS WITH THE PAPAL LEGATE
will be open to all on Tuesday 9th June at 7.30pm,
Feast of St Columba. We extend a general invitation
to our parishioners and friends. It will be necessary
to reserve a limited number of seats for invited guests.
The remainder of the seats will be available for anyone
else who would like to attend. This should extend
to about 1500 seats which will be there for the taking
– and the praying! Come early to be sure of
a seat!
THE ANNUAL CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION
will take place from the Grotto in the Brandywell
next Sunday 31st May. The Angelus and Exposition will
be followed by the procession with the Blessed Sacrament
from the Grotto to Long Tower Church. The ceremony
will conclude with Benediction in the church at 6pm.
All welcome! We especially invite the First Holy Communion
children to dress up and walk with the Blessed Sacrament.
CEMETERY SUNDAY
The Annual Service of Intercession
for the Dead takes place in the City Cemetery on Sunday,
21 June at 6.00 pm.
50TH ANNIVERSARY RETREAT IN
ST MARY’S, CREGGAN
Beginning on Sunday, 24th May with Rosary Procession
at 5.00pm. Monday 25th to Friday 29th Mass each morning
at 6.30am and Mission at 7.30pm with guest speakers.
Anniversary Mass on Sunday 31st May at 3.00pm. All
welcome.
DIOCESAN YOUTH MASS &
BLESSING FOR YOUNG DRIVERS
On Pentecost Sunday, 31st May in St Columb’s
Church, Chapel Road, Waterside, at 7.00pm. All young
drivers are invited to bring their license or car
keys to this Mass for a special blessing. ‘Rejoice’
the Diocesan Youth Choir will lead the music and Bishop
Hegarty will be the main celebrant. Refreshments will
be served in the parish centre after Mass. Everyone
welcome.
THE LONG TOWER ONE HUNDRED
The final opportunity to pay in is closing in. If
you need to check the balance owing on a ticket or
to pay the final instalment, please do so at this
time. If anyone has pre-booked tickets they are available
for collection and payment at the Parochial House
during the week. Any ticket holders who still hold
ticket stubs are asked to return them to the Committee
immediately.
LONG TOWER 100 DINNER DANCE
& DRAW
Promoters are invited to call at the Parochial House
on Monday 25th May from 6.30pm to 8.30pm to purchase
tickets for the Dinner Dance and Draw which will be
held on Friday 19th June in the Tower Hotel. Tickets
are priced £25.00, limited number available.
TROUBLE HAS FLARED UP once again
at the boundary of the Fountain and Bishop Street.
The street was strewn with debris several times during
past the week. This has happened many times before
but it is unfortunate and terribly inconvenient to
meet it again. We appeal first of all to parents to
assume full responsibility for their children. If
you are a parent you have a duty to know where your
children are, who they are with and what they are
doing. No one else can do this God-given task for
you. If you do your very best to make your home a
prayerful, peaceful and fruitful place the children
are more likely to use their time productively. We
appeal secondly to the community to work together
in your own streets to ensure that young people do
not feel the freedom to throw stones. Vandalism is
not entertainment and benefits no one. Worse again,
some of the youths will end up with this blemish on
their record and they do not need that as they start
out in life. Please pray for families, for happy homes,
and peaceful streets.
AGE CONCERN DERRY ANNUAL GARDENING
COMPETITION 2009
If you live in the Derry City Council area and are
aged sixty plus, then you could have the opportunity
of winning a prize including the Age Concern Derry
Perpetual Cup. But you must hurry! The closing date
for entries is Friday the 29th of May. Judging for
the competition will take place the last week of June
and first week of July. For an application form and
competition details, please contact Age Concern Derry,
Malvern House, 20 Chapel Road, Londonderry or call
(028) 71347478 or email dev.ageconcern@derrycityconnect.org
FOYLE OUTREACH GROUP CHARITY GOLF OPEN
@ Foyle Golf Centre on Sunday 21st June 2009. Members
£5, Visitors £15. If anyone wants to book
please contact Foyle Golf on 7135 2222 or Seamus Bonner
on 077 1946 3165. Donations can be sent for the attention
of Mrs Fiona Bonner, Claremount Chartered Accountants,
43 Clarendon Street, Derry, BT48 7ER. Cheques payable
to ‘Chernobyl Children's Project International’.
ADOPTION
Could you make a child happy again after a difficult
start in life? Family Care Society is presently seeking
adoptive families for children aged between 2 –
6 years, who need the love and attention of a caring
and understanding family. Could this be you? Please
contact Family Care Society on Derry 7136 8592. Email:
email@family-care-society.org
LAST WEEK’S ENVELOPE
COLLECTION £1756.00
LAST WEEK’S RENOVATION
COLLECTION £ 740.00
WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE
THE ANONYMOUS DONATIONS TO THE RESTORATION FUND: £20,
£40, £40, £20, £10, £5.
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)
