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St
Mary’s Church Bocan - 7th October
2007—No 44
27th
Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Swineherd
This poem speaks
to me of escape from the trials and
tribulations of life: of a contentedness
completely satisfying.
‘When all this is over’,
said the swineherd,
‘I mean to retire, where
Nobody will have heard about my special
skills
And conversation is mainly about the
weather.
I intend to learn how to make coffee,
at least as well
As the Portuguese lay-sister in the
kitchen
And polish the brass fenders every
day.
I want to lie awake at night
Listening to cream crawling to the
top of the jug
And the water lying soft in the cistern.
I want to see an orchard where the
trees grow in straight lines
And the yellow fox finds shelter between
the navy-blue trunks,
Where it gets dark early in summer
And the apple-blossom is allowed to
wither on the bough.’
Eilean Ni Chuilleanain (b. 1942)
Responsorial
Psalm
O that today you would listen to his
voice!
Harden not your hearts
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Speak Lord
- Your Servant is Listening
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Today’s
Readings
First Reading: Hb 1: 2-3;
2: 2-4
The prophet notes the injustice in
the world, and calls on God for an
answer;
Second Reading: 2 Timothy
1: 6-8. 13-14
Paul reminds his co-worker, Timothy,
to fan into a flame the gifts already
given him;
Gospel: Luke 17: 5-10
Today’s gospel speaks of the
importance of little things –
the mustard seed and humble service.
Money
Matters:
Weekly Offering €1,845;
Development Collection,
€1,045. Thank you
for your generosity.
SYMPATHY
One of our best known older parishioners,
Mamie Davenport,
passed away peacefully last Sunday.
Our deepest sympathy to her sons,
Brian & Gerry, her daughters Philomena
& Martina; her brothers Leo and
Terry, her sister, Nuala, her grand-children,
in-laws, nephews and nieces, cousins
and wider family circle.
We also deeply sympathise with Niall
and Amanda McDaid on the death of
their infant son, Reese Patrick.
May God’s presence be with their
families to support them at this sad
time.
The Blood Transfusion
Service will be in Carndonagh
on:
Wednesday, 17 October, 3 pm –
4.45 pm & 7 pm – 9.30 pm;
Thursday, 18 October, 2 pm –
4.45 pm & 7 pm – 9.30 pm.
Donors are urgently needed.
Scoil Mhuire, Gleneely Silver-Circle
Winners
€100 – Megan Harkin, Falmore;
€50 - Courtney Canon, c/o Margaret
McLaughlin;
€50 – Celia Harkin, Falmore.
Night at the Races
Inishowen Athletics Club are holding
a Night at the Races in Simpson’s
Bar, Carndonagh on Friday, 23rd November
at 8.30 pm. Horses cost €10 each
and are available from Club Members.
Whist Winners
1st
Betty Houten, Trenatuubber;
2nd Carmel
McLaughlin, Cashel;
3rd
Phyllis James McConalogue,
Cashel.
Lowest Score: Dylan Doherty,
Gleneely;
Highest Score, Tina Doherty
& Bernard McGuinness.
Draw Winners: [1st] Seamus
Harkin; [2nd] Mary Elen Ruddy [3rd]
Philip McCool.
The Whist is on every Friday night
at 8.45 pm in Bocan Hall. Come along
for a great night's craic.
Mary’s Meals
‘Mary’s Meals’ are
school feeding Programmes. They help
Communities provide daily Meals to
children attending School. There are
now Mary’s Meals programmes
in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Tens of thousands of children receive
Mary’s Meals every day. Just
€7.50 buys school meals for a
hungry child for one year. If you
can help contact 071 962 0175 or check
out the website on www.marysmeals.org.
Smoke Alarms
The Donegal County Council have received
funding to extend a pilot project
for the installation of smoke alarms
in vulnerable households nationwide.
The alarms are 10-year self-contained
battery operated and in order to initiate
the project, the council have identified
three target groups, i.e older people,
people with a disability and lone
parents. If you fall into any of the
above categories and do not have a
smoke alarm in your home, please contact
Action Inishowen on 93 74529 with
your name, address, telephone number
and the target group to which you
belong.
Culdaff Senior Citizens Committee
and Culdaff Church of Ireland Committee
Present “The Lady of Leitrim”
In Bocan Hall tonight, Sunday, 7th
October & Tuesday 9th October
at 8 pm.
This play is on tour in Donegal and
Derry and is an excellent comedy not
to be missed. Tickets are €10
and are available from Andy Doherty
on 9379215 or from committee members
and local shops.
Attention Farmers & Fishermen
in the Inishowen Area
Rural Social Scheme – call for
expressions of Interest for 2008.
are you or your spouse/dependent in
receipt of Farm/Fish assist or have
a herd number/ registered boat number
and in receipt of long-term Social
Welfare payments? Contact 9373083
for more information.
Bridge Lessons
Lessons for beginners will soon be
available on Wednesday nights in Greencastle
Community Centre. Anyone interested
contact the Parochial House on 9379107
for details.
Life
What a horrid thing fear is –
it keeps us apart from life instead
of participating in it and causes
us to waste so much of our God-given
time on earth. To “have a go”
is the important thing, isn’t
it – not whether or not we succeed…When
I sum up everything my short life
has taught me…one thing I’m
sure of, if we do faithfully the tasks
which come to our hand from day to
day, without thinking them either
too big or too small, and if we take
what life sends, without inquests,
or too many “Why me’s?”..
we may one day earn the privilege
of being called a servant of the Lord
and enter into the joys of true service
Sylvia Pedder [when she
was dying of cancer]
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