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18th October 2009
29th
Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus said to
his disciples: ‘Anyone
who wants to be great among you
must be the servant of all’.
We often think that people are being
fully accepted by us when we treat
them like one of the family. And
it is a lovely way to be. But the
opposite is also very important
to practise, namely that we would
treat one another in our families
the way we treat those who are visiting
us. In this situation we take great
care to be ready for them; we get
all the best implements out for
them; we prepare good food for them.
And when they are gone we sometimes
are relieved but more often than
not we talk about the good things
that we can see in them. This is
also true within a parish community.
We should take great care of one
another, the way we would if there
was a group of very special visitors
coming to celebrate with us. That
is how Christ wants us to be together.
Fr. Johnny
Doherty, C.Ss.R.
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May
your love be upon us, O Lord
as we place all our hope in
you.
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Sunday, 18th
October, 2009
29th Sunday
of the Year
Mission Sunday
First Reading Isaiah 53;10-11
By his sufferings shall my servant
justify many, taking faults on himself.
Second Reading
Acts 13:46-49
I have made you a light for the nations.
Gospel Mark
10:42-45
Anyone who wants to become great among
you must be your servant.
MASS
TIMES
No
weekday Mass this Week
Saturday,
Vigil, 8 pm;
Sunday, 8.30 am &
11 am.
Confessions
Saturday: 7.15 pm—7.45 pm
Next Week’s
Anniversaries
Vigil Mass, 8 pm: Shane McGonigle,
S Boden’s
8.30 am: Sean McCandless,
Leitrim
Weekly
Offering: €1,955; Development
Collection, €960; Good-As-New
Shop, €800 . Thank you for your
generosity.
N.B. Please note
that the Mission Sunday Collection
will be taken up next weekend [No
Development Envelope next weekend].
Good-As-New
Shop
The Shop is now open
at Margaret Doherty’s premises
in Carn. All proceeds are for the
Development Fund – please give
it your support.
Diocesan Pilgrimage
to Lourdes 16-21 July 2010
Cost: £629 – payable in
instalments. Forms are now available
from the Parochial House or the Pilgrimage
Office Derry.
Inishowen
Children's Autism Related Education
(i.C.A.R.E.) Annual Church
Gate Collection will be held on 24th
and 25th October.
Whist
Whist next Friday, 23rd October at
8.45 pm
Snowball - €120 for 181 or better
Carndonagh Community
School Central Parents Committee have
organised an evening for parents and
have invited Marcus Mc Keown to speak
on the topic of:
‘Who
or what is teaching our children’
Which will be held in the Aras on
Tues 20th October from 8.00-9.30pm.
Marcus is an educator, trainer and
motivational coach and specialises
in the field of personal development.
He has spent many years studying and
researching in the fields of psychology
and human behaviour. Marcus speaks
in an engaging and enjoyable way and
the central parents committee hope
that parents will be able to attend
what they believe will be an informative
evening. There is no fee involved.
Light refreshments will be served
afterwards.
A Mass for
the sick with Eucharistic Blessing
will take place in the Carmelite Retreat
Centre, Termonbacca, Derry, on Tuesday
20th October at 8.00 pm. All are welcome
to attend.
An under
12’s Fancy dress Halloween Disco
will be held in Bocan Hall, Culdaff
on Friday the 23rd of October from
7-9pm. Everyone welcome. Admission
€5 and concessionary fees for
families. Proceeds in aid of fundraising
for Gleneely National School.
Halloween
Fancy Dress Dance & Disco in
the Malin Hotel on Saturday, 31st
October. Music is by Sharon Nixon
followed by DJ Peter “The Saddler”
Doherty. Doors open at 10.30 pm and
admission is €10. all proceeds
are for Donegal & Foyle Hospices.
Tickets from Susan on 086 1574454.
Are you interested
in being part of a Parent/Toddler
Group in Culdaff/Gleneely
area? If so, come along to Bocan Hall
on Wednesday 21st October @ 1.00p.m
for a chat. If you require any further
information contact Maura @ 086 6052424
Chiropodist
Deirdre Britton will be in
attendance at Serenity House on the
last Friday of the month, 30 October
at 9.30am Appointments only. If you
wish to make an appointment to attend
the chiropodist contact 0860666538
or 074 9360363.
A “Cooking for Entertainment”
cookery demonstration by Chef Brian
McDermott will take place on Tuesday
20 October in St Eugene’s Hall,
Moville at 7pm. All proceeds from
the event will go to Moville Family
Resource Centre, Youth Initiatives.
Admission 10 euro. Tickets from Farren’s
Shop or the Family Resource Centre,
for further information contact 9385548.
INISHOWEN
GARDENING CLUB
The next talk will
take place on Monday 19th October
in the Wesley Hall, Carndonagh at
8pm. There will be a Questions and
Answers session with Denis Doherty&
Patrick McCartney All welcome to attend.
Scoil Mhuire
Gleneely – Silver Circle [Wk
2]
€100 Amy & Tamara Duffy,
Dristernan
€50 Niamh Harkin, Falmore;
€25 Aggie McLaughlin, Terrawee.
Wk 3
€100 Jackie McLaughlin, Gleneely
€50 Donna McCauley, Moneydarragh
€25 Teresa Harkin, Falmore
Service to
Others
James and John were two opportunists.
Their one aim was to rise in the ranks.
To achieve their aim they did not
hesitate to beg. They did not mind
how much envy and resentment they
aroused in their companions. Their
aim was to scramble up the career
ladder. But at what price to themselves?
If in the course of their rise to
the top, people lose themselves, their
own souls, whatever they do or say
will be worthless. Power hardens the
human heart. A hard-hearted person
is incapable of love. It is by giving
that we receive, and it is by serving
that we grow in love.
The
Deep End – Out of Reach
Fr Tom Cahill SVD
Three priests sat discussing the best
positions for prayer while a telephone
repairman worked nearby. ‘Kneeling
is definitely the best,’ claimed
one. ‘No’, said another.
‘I get the best results standing
with my hands outstretched to heaven.’
‘You’re both wrong,’
the third insisted. ‘The most
effective prayer position is lying
prostrate, face down on the floor.’
The repairman could contain himself
no longer. ‘Hey fellas,’
he shouted, ‘the best prayin’
I ever did was hanging upside down
from a telephone pole.’
Not the first position you’d
think of for prayer, but definitely
one that works. Today’s Gospel
Reading [Mark 10:42-45] describes
another that works: that of servant.
Not for prayer this time, but for
mission. It makes the startling claim
that the more we serve – even
to becoming a slave of all –the
more we advance as followers of Jesus,
the closer we get to him in other
words.
We don’t follow him just for
our own sakes. Being with him means
taking on his mission: bringing people
back to God. Jesus did this by his
witness and proclamation, by what
he did and said. So, too, must we
because baptism makes us missionaries,
confirmation primes us to begin, God’s
word fires us to set out and reach
out to others.
Today we celebrate Mission Sunday,
whose theme this year is Reach Out.
So let’s do just that. We can
reach out wherever we are to whomever
we wish. And the wonder is that by
reaching out we come to see that no
one is out of reach.
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