THE 3 PILLARS OF LENT – PRAYER, FASTING
AND ALMSGIVING
Sacred Scripture, the Church Fathers, and Tradition
invite us to live Lent with a spirit of interior conversion,
made concrete in three things: fasting, prayer, and
almsgiving. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church
no. 1434 says: "Express conversion in relation
to oneself, to God, and to others."
No. 1438 of the Catechism goes on to say: "The
seasons and days of penance in the course of the liturgical
year (Lent, and each Friday in memory of the death
of the Lord) are intense moments of the Church's penitential
practice. These times are particularly appropriate
for: spiritual exercises, penitential liturgies, pilgrimages
as signs of penance, voluntary self-denial such as
fasting and almsgiving, and fraternal sharing (charitable
and missionary works)."
VISITATION OF THE HOUSEBOUND
Fr Colhoun will visit the sick in his care on Thursday
and Friday, 29th and 30th March. Mass in Alexander
House – tomorrow, Monday 26 March, 11:30am.
FIRST CONFESSIONS for P4 children
Thursday 29 March at 6:00 pm – Long Tower Church
We wish the children God’s blessings as they
prepare to celebrate
the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time.
BAPTISMS
We welcome: Eoin Barra Meenan, 11
The Hawthorns, who was baptised recently.
DEATHS
We wish to express our deepest sympathy to the relatives
and friends of
Joe Earley, 23 Jacqueline Way.
Readers St John’s Team and
Eucharistic Ministers Team B will
serve for the month of April, beginning on Saturday
31st March at the 6.00 pm Mass.
THE FEAST OF THE ANNUCIATION is
celebrated tomorrow, Monday 26th March.
PALM SUNDAY next Sunday, 1st April.
Palms will be blessed at all Masses.
We Gratefully Acknowledge
The Anonymous Donations To: The General Renovation
Fund: £10, £5, £5, £20, £10,
£5, £20, £20, £10, £5,
£25.
YOUNG PERSONS 14 – 17 YEARS
Would you like to travel to Lourdes as part of the
Derry Diocesan Youth Pilgrimage from 16th to 21st
July 2007? For application forms contact the head
of RE at your school or telephone the Lourdes Pilgrimage
Office at 7126 0293.
YOUTH 2000 group meets in Long Tower
on Wednesdays at 8:00pm. Prayer, music, games, friendship
and cup of tea. 16-35 year olds welcome!
LAST WEEK’S RENOVATION COLLECTION
£ 786.00
REMEMBERING OUR BABIES AND CHILDREN (Miscarriage,
Neonatal Death, Stillbirth, Infant Death). As a tribute
to those who have died and to their parents, families
and friends a REMEMBRANCE SERVICE will be held on
Sunday 25th March at 3.00 pm in the MDEC Unit, Altnagelvin
Hospital.
SERVICE OF HEALING AND RECONCILIATION
for parents who have grieved after miscarriage, abortion
or death of a young child will be celebrated at 6.00
pm today, Sunday 25th March in Holy Family Church,
Ballymagroarty. Parents are invited to hand them over
to the loving care of the Father during the ceremony.
White Flowers to be brought to the altar will be available.
Anyone wishing to enrol their baby’s name in
the Memorial Book may do so at the sacristy in the
Holy Family Church.
EASTER WEEKEND RETREAT FRI 30TH MARCH –
SUN 1ST APRIL
A quiet residential weekend, which will be a spiritual
preparation for the feast of Easter, will be conducted
by the Carmelite Fathers in Termonbacca. All are welcome
to attend. For further details and bookings telephone
7126 2512.
MASS IN HONOUR OF ALEXANDRINA MARIA DA COSTA
on Sunday 25th March at 7.30 pm in the Carmelite
Retreat Centre, Termonbacca.
ACCORD – MARRIAGE PREPARATION WORKSHOPS
on 21st/22nd April in Thornhill Centre from 1.00 pm
to 5.30 pm. Booking forms available from the Pastoral
Centre, 164 Bishop Street or telephone 7136 2475.
ROSARY for the Holy Souls in Purgatory
will be held on Sunday, 1st April in St Brigid’s
Church, Carnhill at 5.00 pm. Everyone welcome.
MASS WITH HEALING SERVICE in Carmelite
Retreat Centre, Termonbacca on Tuesday 27th March
at 8.00 pm. Everyone welcome to attend.
URGENT PRAYER ALERT
Please join Precious Life in praying against the Department
of Health’s new guidelines which could introduce
abortion on demand into Northern Ireland. We also
still need teams of volunteers to help at Churches
over the next four weeks to collect signatures for
a submission that will be presented to the Health
Minister on 20th April. If you can help in any way
with the urgent campaign, please contact Precious
Life 9027 8484.
WATCH FOUND in Noreen Walk. Please
contact the Parochial House or telephone 7126 2301.
MATHS FOR BEGINNERS, INTERNET, EMAIL AND
GET THAT JOB COURSES available at Dove House.
For more information please contact Julie/Patrina
on 7126 9327/7127 2979.
LAST WEEK’S ENVELOPE
COLLECTION £ 1627.00
BIG BINGO
EUGENE’S PARISH HALL
SUNDAY 25th MARCH 2007 AT 8.30 PM
