Sunday, 4th January 2009

The Second Sunday of Christmas

PRIESTS OF THE PARISH
Rev John Doherty PP Tel: 028 7188 2274
Rev Paul Farren Tel: 028 7188 3247

Tuesday 6th January is the Feast of the Epiphany and is a Holyday of Obligation.

Times of Masses are as shown across to the left.

Would You Like To Help Us?

At this time of year, we invite you our parishioners to become involved in the life and work of the parish. Many of you are already involved – in fact, in our Christmas bulletin, we expressed our gratitude to all those people who served the parish in any way during the past year. The main purpose of this bulletin is to give those of you who haven’t yet come forward an opportunity to become actively involved in the life of your parish.

If you would like to help, please write your name, address and telephone number opposite the service you would like to perform. Kindly leave the completed form in either parochial house during the coming week, or bring it to any of the Masses next weekend. Many thanks in anticipation. [Please note that if you are already involved in any of the following tasks, do not write your name again. We presume you are going to continue the good work!]

The following are asked to assist as collectors and church cleaners during the month of January:

SACRED HEART CHURCH:
Collectors:
Saturday 7.00pm:-
Manus McLaughlin, Liam Ward, Lawrence Doherty and Tony McDaid.
Sunday 11.30am:- Denis Hegarty
Cleaners: Team B

ST. MARY’S CHURCH, CLOUGHCOR:
Collectors:
Donal O’Neill and William O’Neill.
Altar Society & Cleaners:
Hilary McColgan and Stephanie McColgan.

ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH, GLENMORNAN
Collectors:
Hugh McGonigle and Jim Devine.
Altar Society:
Rosaleen Kelly and Rose-Marie Coyle.

Our thanks are due to all who served the parish in any way during the month of December.

Prayer for Parents

Grant us children, O Lord,
who will be strong enough to know when they are weak;
who will be unbending in honest defeat,
yet humble and gentle in victory.

Lead them, we pray you,
not in the path of ease and comfort,
but rather in the path of difficulties and challenges.

Grant us children,
whose hearts will be clear,
whose goals will be high;
children who will master themselves
before seeking to master others.

And after all these things,
add, we pray, a sense of humour,
so that they can be serious,
yet never take themselves too seriously.
Give them the humility and sincerity of true greatness.
Then we, their parents, will dare whisper,
we have not lived in vain.

We wish you all a very peaceful and happy New Year.