MASS
TIMES
Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, 10 am;
Friday [Anniversary
Mass for Maggie Farren [Dein], 8
pm;
Saturday. 10am.
Saturday
Vigil: 8 pm;
Sunday:
8.30 am & 11 am.
Confessions
Saturday, 7.15 pm—7.45 pm;
This Week’s
Anniversary Masses:
Saturday Vigil Mass
8 pm: Ellen Cavanagh, Magherard
Sunday 11 am: Michael
McDermott, Moville.
Next Week’s
Anniversary Masses
Saturday Vigil 8
pm: Stephen Miller, Moneydarragh;
Sunday 11 am: Nellie O’Donnell,
Drumaville.
Priests
Collection: €1,709; Development
Collection, €900.
Thank
you for your generosity.
A big
thank you from the Irish Epilepsy
Association to all those who collected
or donated to their recent church-gate
collection: - it raised €305.
A special
collection will be taken up at all
Masses next weekend, after communion,
to help those in such desperate
need in Haiti.
Youth Club
Rota – 29th January 2010
Sandra McLarkey,
Carmel Lynch, George Brennan, Steven
Canning.
There will
be a Mass to celebrate Catholic
Schools' Week in St Eugene’s
Cathedral on Thursday 4th
February 2010 at 12.30pm.
All are welcome to attend and concelebrate.
The theme for the week is “Catholic
Schools – A Light for Every
Generation”. Representatives
from all primary and post-primary
schools in the diocese have be invited
to attend this Mass.
Bocan Playschool
– any child interested
in their free pre-school place n
September 2010 should contact Vera
on 087 9745381 as soon as possible.
If you have a place reserved please
ring to confirm as places are limited.
The Parent
and Toddler Group in Bocan
Hall every Wednesday at 10.30am.
Everyone welcome.
Carndonagh
Boxing Club
Are Holding A Major
Tournament In The Ballyliffen Hotel
On Saturday The 30th Of January.
Clubs from Buncrana, Illies (golden
gloves), and surrounding Counties
will take part First bout 8.30 sharp.
Admission adults €7 children
€5
Pre-Marriage
Courses in the Pastoral
Centre, Carndonagh - dates are January
22nd/23rd; February 26th/27th. (subject
to weather and sufficient numbers).
To reserve a place contact Breege
on 9374103 between 10 am to 1 pm.
Carndonagh
Community School - Meeting
in Bocan Old School on Monday 8th
February at 8 pm. All parents must
attend.
INISHOWEN
GARDENING CLUB
The next talk will
be held on Monday 25th January in
Wesley Hall, Bridge Street, Carndonagh,
at 8pm.The speaker is Tony Gallinagh
on the topic of "Trees".
All welcome.
Whist
1st: Mickey Doherty, Glentogher
2nd: Dolores O'Donnell,
Carn
3rd: Therese McLaughlin,
Carn
Tickets: - Ellen
Ann Lafferty, Seamus Harkin, Ernie
McLucas, Carn.
Other Winners:
John Doherty, Matthew Davenport-Doherty,
James McConalogue, Margaret McGilloway
Whist
every Friday night at 8.45 pm in
Bocan Hall.
Snowball Next Week €90 for
184 or better.
Serenity
House - A meeting of the
Cancer Support Group will be held
in Serenity House on Monday 25 January
at 7.30pm. All are welcome
Serenity
Health and Fitness Club every
Monday at 10.30am. Blood pressure
and exercise provided by trained
facilitator. Free service, refreshment
served afterwards.
Afternoon
Club commencing Thursday
21 January, exercise session by
trained facilitator provided before
the start of the club.
Creative Writing Cross-Border will
commence Tuesday 26 January exercise
session by trained facilitator provided
before the start of the class.
FÁS
the national training authority
is planning to run night classes
in Serenity House, Moville. Classes
will include Computer Literacy FETAC
level 3; ECDL; ECDL Advanced; Manual
and Computerised Accounts, Payroll,
manual and computerised. If anyone
would like to attend one of the
classes you may contact the Serenity
House on 9382945 for further details.
Classes will commence the end of
February (depending on demand).
Day-trip
to Celtic Park to see Celtic
v Dundee on Saturday 20th February.
Or to see Celtic v Kilmarnock on
27th March. Trip includes luxury
coach and tickets for Jock Stein
Lower Stand. More information from
086 259 8271.
Bocan Defibrillator
- Our AGM will take place
on Wednesday 27th January at 9 pm.
It is imperative that all members
attend. If unable to attend please
call P.J. on 087 270 9077.
February
Saturday 20 - Sunday 21 Lenten
Retreat (Open to Everyone)
Directed by Fr Eddie Butler (priest
of the Birmingham Diocese) Theme:"
Prepare the way for Jesus our Lord.”
Make time to reflect, pray and prepare
oneself for Easter. This retreat
will help you focus upon the Christ
at the centre of our lives. Commences:
9.30am
Concludes: after lunch
The
Deep End – Your Bottom Dollar
Fr Tom Cahill SVD
Gambling is one of our growing problems.
You can bet your bottom dollar on
that! It’s estimated that
in 2008 punters risked losing about
€3.6 billion in the nation’s
1,093 betting shops. That’s
€300 million more than the
previous year. No recession there!
This, alarmingly, doesn’t
include on-course betting, gambling
on the National Lottery, or online.
Many people relish risk, crave for
chance and feed on fickle fate instead
of solid faith. For some people
there can be nothing odd with the
odds when it comes to risk-taking
for money. What, in sober moments,
most of us would count as throwing
money away gung-ho gamblers see
as a prelude to a victory parade.
Today’s Gospel reading [Luke
1:1-4; 4:14-21] doesn’t deal
with chance, though there may be
some risk later down the road. It
presents us with odds-on certainty:
the fulfilment of the prophecy of
Isaiah in the person of Jesus. He
was prophesied as the one who brings
news of freedom to captives and
those oppressed because the Spirit
of God rests on him [4:18-19]. In
other words, because God is with
Jesus he can enable us to live lives
free of addictions, compulsions
and false values. It’s a totally
upbeat prophecy, and indeed Jesus
is totally upbeat about it. Question
is: are we?
Do we accept Jesus as he who brings
us freedom? Or, do we see him as
cramping our style? But there’s
nothing that’s moral and legal
that we can't do as a Christian
that we could do were we not. You
an bet your bottom dollar on that
too.
