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3rd May 2009
4th
Sunday of Easter
Our
Good Shepherd
Jesus said: “I
am the Good Shepherd; I know my own
and my own know me.” On this
Sunday the Year of Vocations ends.
What has this special year meant for
you personally, for you as a family
and for you as a parish community?
For many it quite possibly has meant
very little and yet it has been significant.
We take for granted that there will
always be priests to serve us with
the Eucharist and religious to take
the initiative in our social needs.
Recent years have provided us with
a very different reality and a very
new challenge. In our response to
Christ the Good Shepherd we are all
called to make our homes places of
his presence for the world. We can
only do this through the confident
ways we make our love for one another
shine out and our faith in him be
seen by those around us. And we need
to make our faith community a place
that attracts the attention of those
around us. The Lord will then provide
what is needed for the Eucharist and
for leadership for a better world.
Fr. Johnny
Doherty, C.Ss.R.
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The
stone which the builder rejected
has become the corner stone.
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Sunday, 3rd May 2009
4th Sunday
of Easter
First Reading
Acts of the Apostles 4: 8-12
Jesus is the key stone, rejected,
but is the keystone to everyone’s
life.
Second Reading
John 3: 1-2
We are already the children of God
but what we are to be in the future
has not yet been revealed.
Gospel John
10: 11-18
The good shepherd is one who lays
down his life for his sheep.
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MASS
TIMES
Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, 10 am;
Thursday
8 pm [Month’s Mind Mass for
Lily Logue, USA, [formerly from Cashel]];
Friday &
Saturday, 10 am.
Saturday,
Vigil, 8 pm;
Sunday,
8.30 am & 11 am.
Confessions
Saturday: 7.15 pm—7.45 pm
Vigil Mass,
8 pm: Steve McGonigle, St
Boden’s Tce [1st Anniversary].
Thursday
8 pm [Month’s Mind Mass for
Lily Logue, USA, [formerly from Cashel]];
Next Saturday
Vigil Mass 8 pm: Ceceila
McLaughlin, Dunross.
Priests
Collection €1,585; Development
Collection: €925.
Thank
you for your generosity.
Fr McGonagle
gratefully acknowledges the donation
of €600 from the Ceili Club.
A big thank you to the Club for their
continued support.
A big thank you to all who supported
the recent church gate collection
for Multiple Sclerosis, it realised
€642.
All the sick
of the
parish will be
attended on
Wednesday
& Thursday
at the usual times.
Culdaff Care
of the Aged
Meeting on Thursday 7th May at 8 pm
in Bocan Old School. All members please
attend.
Car Boot Sale
on Sunday, 7th June from 2 pm –
6 pm. To book a table or a car, contact
Angela on 0879028930 or Caroline on
0868872073.
Whist
1st Seamus Coyle, Buncrana
2nd: Mickey Doherty, Urris
3rd: Mary Ellen Ruddy, Mary B McLaughlin
& Patricia Harkin
Tickets
Paddy McLaughlin, Gleneely, Ellen
Ann Lafferty, Gleneely, Mary Ellen
Ruddy, Culdaff & Dillon Doherty,
Carrowmore
Other Winners
Mickey Doherty, Ellen Ann Lafferty
& John Doherty.
Whist every Friday night at 8.45 pm
. Snowball €120 for 179 or more
Derry Diocesan
Charismatic Renewal
One day Conference in the Broomhill
Hotel, Derry on Saturday, 16th may
from 9 am – 5 pm. For more information
contact Mona on 04871269549.
SPECIAL DIOCESAN
MASS
The Annual Diocesan Mass for those
with special needs will take place
in St Joseph’s Church, Galliagh
on Sunday 8th May at 4 pm. Bishop
Hegarty will celebrate this Mass and
everyone is most welcome to attend.
Serenity House,
Moville are organizing a
day trip to Aranmore on 2 June. For
further information contact Serenity
House on 9382945. Seats will be allocated
on a first come, first serve basis,
so book early to avoid disappointment.
Family Nature
Walk and Picnic on Monday 4th May
2009
at: Inch Nature reserve (entrance
on Slab Road)
from: 12 noon till 4pm. Activities
include: Bug Hunt, Plant identification,
Bird Watching from Hide. Welcome the
summer in and bring a picnic. Also
bring music/instruments, bicycles,
poems to share or a dance to teach
or a game to play
An event for the whole family, so
everyone welcome - tell your friends!
Knock celebrates
130th Anniversary
Sunday, 7th June. Anyone who has mobility
problems should contact the Pilgrimage
Office on 04871260293. Also, if anyone
would like to be part of eth choir
on that day please contact Sr. Perpetua
on 04871351233 for music and rehearsal
details.
Bocan Drama
Club
We gratefully acknowledge the donation
of over €4,000 from the Club
for our Development Fund. It enabled
us to purchase a state-of-the-art
stage lighting scheme for Bocan Hall
and helps toward the re-wiring of
the Church. The Club also gave €400
each to Gleneely & Culdaff Schools
and also to the Bocan Playgroup Development.
A big thank you to all involved.
Carndonagh
Community Library
Internet Tuition for beginners every
Friday morning during May from 10.30
am-11.30 am. Writers Evening on Tuesday
5th May at 8 pm. Flower Arranging
Tuesday 12th May at 8 pm. Admission
Free and everyone welcome.
Derry
Diocese Child Protection Annual Update
A lot of work has been accomplished
in the area of Child Protection in
the Diocese over the past number of
years due to the commitment of personnel
at all levels in the diocese from
the Bishop through to dedicated Parish
Representatives working on the ground
in all parishes.
The Diocese of Derry continues to
put in place those structures, personnel,
policies and procedures that will
try to ensure the protection and welfare
of children and young people in a
manner consistent with statutory requirements
and Church guidelines. In the light
of the teaching of the Church, Civil
Legislation and Guidance, every part
of the Church community must be committed
to taking the necessary steps to:
* Demonstrate that the right of the
child to protection from harm is paramount.
* Cherish and safeguard children and
young people
* Foster best practice
* Support Church organisations and
personnel in safeguarding children
* Establish safe recruitment and vetting
practices - aimed at preventing those
who pose a risk to children from holding
positions of trust
* Maintain codes of behaviour - having
clear guidelines that set out what
is and is not acceptable behaviour
as an essential part of keeping children
safe.
The Diocese now has a Child Protection
Committee, Diocesan Co-ordinator,
2 Diocesan Trainers and a network
of Parish Representatives.
The trainers deliver information on
"best practice" and raise
awareness of child protection issues;
they also provide support to parishes
within the Diocese. In turn the Parish
Representatives will pass on this
information and raise awareness within
their local parish communities. This
is done through information evenings
that have been and continue to be
held throughout the Diocese.
Notices are displayed in our churches
which include the Diocesan Policy
Statement, contact numbers for statutory
authorities for anyone with a concern
in relation to child protection or
who wish to make an allegation as
well as the names and contact numbers
of the diocesan delegates.
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