Sun 25th Nov - Vol. 24 No 46

DIOCESAN MASS FOR DECEASED YOUNG PEOPLE

During the month of November we remember and pray for all those have died and we pray for consolation for all who mourn and grieve for those have gone before us in faith.

This Sunday 25th November we welcome Bishop Hegarty to our parish here in Holy Family where the bishop will celebrate a Mass for all young people who have died throughout the diocese.

As part of ministry to young people in our diocese this Mass will be offered as an occasion for all of us to remember with gratitude the lives and the talents and gifts of our young people who have died, to express our love for them and to ask God to welcome them into his presence as we continue to accompany them with our prayers. In doing this we hope that we will find comfort, reassurance and peace in the great anguish of loss and bereavement.

As we reflect on the death of those we love we find each year in our parishes that the number of people who die includes people of all ages from those who died even before birth through every decade and phase of the human journey right up to those who die at a very advanced age in terms of the number of years.

Each person who dies is surrounded by a circle of people who grieve and mourn and their pain and anguish are expressed in many ways. The story of each life and death is unique and special. There is always great support and encouragement and in a particular way the death of a young person is always a time of great outpouring of love and support, compassion and sympathy for those directly affected by the loss.

Among young people themselves there is a deep sense of the need to help each other even when this is accompanied by a feeling of helplessness in the midst of shock. Often the response finds expression in a numbed silence and a deeply respectful awareness of the presence of the other person.

These and many other emotions need to be experienced, acknowledged and celebrated. In the Mass this Sunday as at every Mass we encounter the risen Lord who died to save us and who cried out to his Father on the cross, ‘My God, My God why have you forsaken me?’ Jesus rose from the dead and offers us the path to eternal glory through living in imitation of his example because He is our way, our truth, and our life. He is the source of all our love and compassion and sympathy. Let us come to listen in prayer, silent and spoken, in tears of grief and in thanksgiving. As we draw upon the hope that He offers, let us ask Him to comfort every day those whose hearts are broken and in pain

Eternal rest grant to all who have died and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.

MASSES
Saturday Vigil 6.00pm
Sunday 9.30am 11.15am, 12.30pm
Weekdays 10.00am, 7.30pm

CONFESSIONS
Saturday 10.30am, 12noon and before evening Mass
Eve of Holydays & eve of First Fridays:
10.30am, 12noon, before evening Mass
Weekdays: before evening Mass.

DEVOTIONS
Sundays of Lent, May and October 6.00pm.

BAPTISM TIMES
Saturday at 7.00pm

BAPTISMS
Our Parish family welcomes:
Kaycee Mary McLaughlin, 14 Ramore Gdns.
Dylan Robert Healy, 13 Harty Court

NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP
will continue tomorrow (Monday) at 7.30pm. The Focus this week will be Confirmation The Speaker will be Patrick McLaughlin former Principal of Holy Family School.

Mon 3rd Anointing of the Sick
Speaker Bishop Edward Daly

Mon 10th Marriage
Speaker Alec Bradley

Please bring your own Petition or pick up a petition card at the main door of the church and place it in the special petition box at Our Lady’s Altar.

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS FOR DECEMBER
Vigil: Maire Kivelehan, Rita Duffy, Anne O’Doherty, Leonard Nicell
9.30am Brian Boyle, Marian Boyle, Claire Caldwell, Paul McEleney
11.15am Alex Bradley, Patricia Murphy, Stephen McCafferty, Jim Quigg
12.30pm Sean Grant, Aiobheann Quigg Declan O’Doherty, Majella Heaney,
Maureen Doherty

SUNDAY COLLECTION 18th November amounted to £2303.85and € 192.38 Thank you.

READERS FOR DECEMBER
Vigil Mass Myra Merrigan
9.30am Margaret Harkin
11.15am Bridie Gallagher, John Moore
12.30pm Marcella Patterson, Louise McCloskey

PARISH SAVINGS will be paid out on Wednesday 5th December

AFTERNOON OF RENEWAL
St. Brigid’s Prayer Group cordially invite you to an Afternoon of Renewal in the Resource Centre Carnhill today Sunday 25th November in honour of the Feast of Christ The King. The theme ‘A Light The Darkness Cannot Overpower’ (John 1 v 5). Speaker Fr.Raymond McCullagh (Chaplain U.U. Coleraine) Register 1.30pm.

LASCO LOTTO 8th Oct. numbers drawn 7, 10, 18, 20, No jackpot winner 3 X £10 winner. Next weeks jackpot £2,950. LASCO 71374443

HOLY FAMILY KINDERGARTEN
20th Anniversary Celebrations Friday 30th November at the Kindergarten Shaw Court. 8-11.00pm. All past staff and past committee members are invited. On Monday 3rd December all past pupils are invited to the Open Day 3-5.00pm.

150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE APPARITIONS AT LOURDES
The Derry Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes will take place 16-21 July £449. Application Forms are available at the Parochial House or the Diocesan Pilgrimage Office 164 Bishop St. Special booking forms for pilgrims who are sick or are in need of care/help are available only from pilgrimage office. Opening times are Thurs 11am-2.00pm. Saturdays 11.am-1.00pm and 2.pm-4.00pm.

YOUTH TEAM -DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES
Places are available for those aged 14 or 15 in July who would like to be members of the Youth Team. Places are available for those aged 17 or 18 in July who would like to be members of the Leaders-in-Training Group. Application forms are available from the Pastoral Centre. Tel. 71260293 Cost £449

GIFT VOUCHER FOR DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES
Gift Vouchers are available for the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2008 16-21st July Vouchers can be obtained from the Pilgrimage Office Tel. 71260293 Tues and Thurs 11am-2.00pm. Saturdays 11.am-1.00pm and 2.pm-4.00pm.

HOLY FAMILY LOURDES PILGRIMAGE 150TH ANNIVERSARY 23rd July 2008
Savings scheme in Parochial House on Thursdays 8.30-9.00pm. For details contact Margaret 07732468511

ST.CECILIA’S COLLEGE
Annual Rickety Wheel organised by PTA will take place in the school Northland Road today Sunday 25th at 7.00pm. Prizes include a bike, hamper, electrical items, I-Pod, . All welcome.

ANNUAL BALLYMAGROARTY CHARITY SHIELD
This year’s football match will take place at Magee Playing Fields on Sat 1st Dec. at 4.00pm. Tickets are on sale at local shops and bars, All proceeds raised from this year’s event are in aid of The Samaritans.

TALKING HISTORY EVENING
Creggan Country Park will host a Talking History Evening on Friday 30th November at 8.00pm. free of charge. The speaker, local historian Annesley Malley will examine how the site came to be used at various stages servicing many of Derry’s best know industries. The country Park group are seeking to discover the first born on the Creggan Estate so come along if you are a 60 year old born in Creggan