Parish of Ardstraw East Newsletter
Sunday, 4th February 2018 | 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
CONTACTS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Rev. Roland Colhoun, CC, 41 Moyle Road, Newtownstewart, BT78 4AP
Tel: 028-8166 1445
Email: ardstraweast@derrydiocese.org
Rev. Brian Donnelly, PP, Tel: 028-8164 8283
LITURGIES FOR THIS WEEK
Sunday: Mass, 11.00am, Glenock
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: Mass, 10.00am,
Oratory
Thursday: Mass 7.30pm, Oratory. Adoration 6.30pm, Confessions 7:05pm
Saturday 10 Feb: Vigil Mass, 6.00pm,
Oratory (Month's Mind for Joe Gallagher
RIP)
YOUCAT – Youth Catechism on Thursdays at 5:15pm,
Sacred Heart Room, Oratory
Catholic Television – EWTN – Sky 589
THE HEALING MINISTRY OF JESUS GOSPEL – ST MARK 1:29-39
In ‘Ordinary Time’ of the liturgical year,
the Sunday Gospels focus our attention on the public ministry of Jesus. Two of the
focal points of Jesus’ ministry were healing the sick and driving out evil spirits,
both of which we hear in today’s Gospel passage. Prayer was of course central to His ministry and we are told today that
'He (then) went off to a lonely place and
prayed there' (Vs 35). Next Sunday, 11th February, is the Feast of Our Lady
of Lourdes. In the Church it is World Day
of Prayer for the Sick. The theme chosen by Pope Francis this year is provided
by the words that Jesus spoke from the Cross to Mary, His Mother, “Woman, behold your son...Behold your mother”
(Jn 19:26-27). In his Message for World Day of the Sick, the Holy Father says of
the theme “The Lord’s words brilliantly illuminate
the mystery of the Cross, which does not represent a hopeless tragedy, but rather
the place where Jesus manifests His glory and shows His love to the end.” Our
Blessed Mother, the One chosen to bear the Son of God, witnessed at the foot of
the Cross, with faith and trust in God’s will, the suffering of her Son, Jesus.
This week, as we pray the Novena to Our
Lady of Lourdes for the sick, we pray that we too will have the courage and strength
to imitate that level of faith and trust in God’s will for us in the crosses that
we bear. We pray, through the intercession of our Holy Mother, that the healing
hand of Jesus will bring inner peace to all who suffer from any form of sickness.
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. St Bernadette, pray for us.
REQUIESCAT IN PACE
Our prayers are asked for the souls of those whose anniversaries
occur at this time: Charlie Hunter, Patrick Ward, Anne Harkin, Laurence McNamee
SUNDAY COLLECTION £914.
Donation for Glenock:
£20.
Thank you very much!
LOURDES COLLECTION –
The Hospitalité will
be taken up as a second collection at Mass next Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
The proceeds provide for the sick pilgrims going to Lourdes with Derry Diocese in
July.
DIOCESAN LOURDES PILGRIMAGE
– led by Bishop Donal
McKeown, Sun-Fri, 1-6 July. Cost £669. Contact the pilgrimage office 028 7126 0293
or email: derrypilgrim@outlook.com.
Office open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 11am-1pm.
DIOCESAN VOCATIONS INFORMATION
EVENING – Tuesday 27th February, 6pm–9pm, Parochial House, St Eugene’s Cathedral,
Francis Street, Derry, BT48 9AP. Contact Diocesan Vocations Director: Fr Paul Farren,
Tel 028 7126 4087 or email ddcc@derrydiocese.org
CURSILLO – two 3-day residential retreats at the Carmelite Retreat Centre, Derry.
Men: Thursday-Sunday, 22-25
February; Women: Thursday-Sunday, 8-11
March. Contact 077-0806 6939 or
078-4110 0174.
BEREAVED PARENTS – Anam Cara is holding a Bereavement Information
Evening on Thursday 8th February at 7:30pm in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Letterkenny.
This is a free event and open to all bereaved parents. To facilitate teas/coffees,
please email info@anamcara.ie before Wed 7th Feb or tel 00-353-85 2888 888.
SIX WEEK LENTEN BIBLE
STUDY: CONVERSION: Following the Call of Christ
– in Christ the King Church, Strathroy, for the six Monday nights of
Lent, starting at 8pm. Presented by Fr
Robert Barron and using six stories from the Bible, the study reflects on life today
and how ordinary people like us are met by Jesus and called to a better life through
him. Contact Orla in the Cappagh Parish Office on 028-8224 3375 (office hours) to
enrol or for further information. Everyone welcome!
CHOIR – Practice on Tuesday,
7:30pm, Oratory. All welcome! ‘Those who sing pray
twice!’ (St Augustine)
PROJECT FOR THE WEEK
– Repair of perimeter
fence (Parochial Hall).
OFFICIAL FAMILY PRAYER
FOR WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES
2018
God, our Father, we are brothers and sisters in Jesus your Son, one
family, in the Spirit of your love. Bless us with the joy of love. Make us patient
and kind, gentle and generous, welcoming to those in need. Help us to live your
forgiveness and peace. Protect all families with your loving care, especially those
for whom we now pray:
[We pause and remember
family members and others by name].
Increase our faith, strengthen our hope, Keep us safe in your love,
make us always grateful for the gift of life that we share.
This we ask through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Mary, Mother and guide,
pray for us.
Saint Joseph, father
and protector, pray for us.
Saints Joachim and Anne,
pray for us.
Saints Louis and Zélie
Martin, pray for us.
Saturday 3rd to Sunday 11th February: Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes, for the Sick and
Housebound: Novena Prayer Cards in the porch (church
and oratory). Please take one.
Sunday 11th February: World Day of Prayer for the Sick
Wednesday 14 February: Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent)
Sunday 11th March: Confirmation, 11am
Mon 12th Mar: First Confessions 6:30pm
Sat 19th May: First Holy Communion 11am
Sunday 10th June: Blessing of Graves - Glenock Cemetery,
3pm
