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Sunday,
28th March 2010
Palm Sunday
of the Lord’s Passion
First
Reading : Isaiah 50: 4-7
The prophet suffers in carrying out his mission, but
is confident that God will vindicate him.
Second
Reading: Philippians 2: 6-11
Because Jesus took on himself our human condition and
accepted death on a cross,
the Father has made him Lord of heaven and earth.
Gospel:
Luke 22: 14-23:56
Luke’s version of the Passion Story. As in the
rest of his Gospel, so in his account of the Passion,
Luke presents a Christ who is merciful and forgiving
even to his executioners.
Easter
Sunday
Masses:
10.30am; 12.30pm
Holy Week and
Easter are the most important times in the Church year.
Possibly your Lent never got off the ground or maybe
you failed in your resolutions at an early stage. Why
not make the extra effort during this week to come to
daily Mass or make some special sacrifice. May the Lord
bless all those who attended Mass in such great numbers
all during Lent.
Dates for Baptism
The following
are the dates for the Sacrament of Baptism during the
months of April and May:
April:
Sunday 4; Saturday 17; Sunday 25.
May:
Saturday 8; Sunday 16; Sunday 30.
Times
for Baptism: Sunday 1.15pm; Saturday 4.00pm
We welcome
into God’s Family through the Sacrament of Baptism:
Lexie Una Tracey
Meabh Teresa Stewart
Ruth Maggie McDaid
Michael Patrick
Patton
Paige Frances
Bridget McCartney
Caodhin Patrick
O’Brien
Notices
for the Bulletin
Due to the Bank
Holiday on Good Friday all anniversaries and notices
for next week’s bulletin
must be notified
by 12 noon on Tuesday 30 March.
Blessing of Graves
The Annual Ceremony
of the Blessing of Graves will take place on Sunday
23 May at 5.00pm.
Collection Envelopes
We thank those
who contributed to the Parish during the year. Those
who made their contributions using the collection envelope
will receive a new box to begin on Sunday 11 April.
Anyone who has not been using envelopes and who would
like to receive a box should leave their name in the
sacristy. Anyone who pays income tax, even those who
are retired but who receive a taxable pension, and who
would like to consider being part of the Gift Aid Scheme
by using an envelope, which is of a tremendous benefit
to the Parish, should contact the Parish Office on 71383777
for more information.
May they Rest in Peace - Deaths
Mickey
Joe Doherty, 7 Lansdowne Park
Nancy
O’Connoll, Sion Mills
Denis
O’Connor, Glenmornan
Charlie
Ward, Dunamanagh
Jim Graham,
Australia formerly Strabane
Anniversaries
Noel Earley, Ann
Ponsonby, Tessie McCallion,
Shaun Donnelly,
John Gallagher, Elsie Rouse,
Andrew MacIntyre,
Jim Bradley, Maggie McKenna,
Alice Alexander,
Nigel Baldrick, Packie Patton,
Sarah Carlin,
Sadie Carlin, Annie Callan,
John Gallagher,
Mary McElroy , Catherine Holland,
Gerard McCrossan,
Darren Stewart, Susie O’Neill.
Trocaire Collection
Boxes should be returned to the Church at any of the
ceremonies for Holy Week or on Easter Sunday. It would
be a great help to the counters if small coins could
be changed for notes or pound coins.
The next meeting
of the Lourdes Group will take place in
‘The Den’
on Wednesday 31 March between 7.30pm - 8.30pm.
Our
Lady of Kerrytown
A bus will leave
Barrack Street car park on Sunday 11 April at 11.00am.
Cost £12.00.
Please bring a
packed lunch. Contact Jonathon McGhee on 07563987919
for details.
Everyone
is welcome.
Melmount Centre - Parish Bingo Sunday 28 March.
There
will be no Bingo on Easter Sunday Night, 4 April.
Parish
Draw 2010
The Parish Draw
took place on Thursday 25 March 2010. The winners
are as follows:
March
Draw
£500: 1346
Clare Ellis - Elizabeth Devenney
£250: 1123
Martha O’Donnell - Elizabeth O’Hare
£250: 1705
Kevin Martin - Elizabeth O’Hare
£250: 1285
Betty Foley - Sheelagh McKelvey
£150: 1040
Aileen Shortt - Maureen Hegarty
£150: 1719
Angela McGarrigle - Elizabeth O’Hare
£150: 1630
Lucy Hamilton - Frances McLaughlin
£100: 1361
Caroline Gallagher - Paul Gallagher
£100: 1677
Rhona Devenney - Dympna McNamee
£100: 1083
Brian McLaughlin - Margaret McLaughlin
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