Sunday 25th January

3rd Sunday of the Year

The Ways of the Lord.

“Follow me and I will make you into fishers of people.” Those words of Jesus, which are given to us for this week, are usually thought of as being addressed to people with a vocation to the priesthood or religious life. They are about vocation certainly but are addressed to each of us. The four great vocations in the Church are single life, married life, religious life and priesthood. All of us who are baptised are living one of those and each of us is vital to the health of the whole body, the Church. We live our vocations in different ways but to the same end, the salvation of the world. Our task is to discover how to live our own vocation to the full. This means discovering how to make our love radiate out to those around us. We begin in our homes with those who are closest to us. Then we can reach out to the world around us. When we are with Christ and following him love will be the characteristic of our lives.

Fr. Johnny Doherty, C.Ss.R.

REV PATRICK DOHERTY
Tel 028 816 71393
patrick.doherty@derrydiocese.org

REV COLM O’DOHERTY
Tel 028 816 61475
07786115471 (emergencies only)
c.odoherty@btinternet.com

NEIGHBOURING PRIESTS:
Fr K Mullan 82 831225 Fr J Gilmore 816 70728 Fr E Graham 816 61445

Parish website: www.castledergparish.com
Derry Diocesan website: www.derrydiocese.org
Derry Diocesan Catechetical Centre: www.catecheticalcentre.org
Irish Bishops’ Conference: www.catholicbishops.ie

Today is also the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul

WEEKDAY MASSES
St Francis of Assisi: Monday 10.00am
Thursday 7.30pm

St Mary’s, Dregish: Wednesday 10.00am
There is no Mass on Friday morning.

PLEASE NOTE: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in St Francis of Assisi will not begin again until the first Thursday of Lent.

THANK YOU for your generosity in recent collections:
Sunday 11th January: Dregish £323, Drumnabey £293
Sunday 18th January Dregish £210, Drumnabey £331.

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK

The Catholic Church in Ireland will celebrate Catholic Schools Week this week, from 26 January to 1 February, with the theme Catholic Schools – A Vision for Life. The purpose of Catholic Schools Week is to promote the contribution that Catholic schools make to our society. Further information on the homepage of www.catholicbisiops.ie . A special Celebration of the Eucharist, to mark the occasion, will be held in St Eugene’s Cathedral, Derry, this, Thursday 29th January, at 12.30pm. The schools in our parish will be represented.

VOCATIONS INFORMATION DAY in relation to vocations for diocesan priesthood will take place on Saturday 14th February, in the Thornhill Centre, Culmore Road, Derry, from 11.00am – 4.00pm. For further information about the event, please contact Fr O’Doherty.

ANNUAL DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES: Bishop Hegarty has asked me to inform you that, regrettably, due to a prohibitive increase in cost, the diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes will not take place this year.

A WORKSHOP ON SACRED MUSIC will take place in St Patrick’s College, Killymeal Road, Dungannon, on Monday 2nd February, from 7.30 – 9.30pm, presented by American composers, Marty Haugen and Tony Alonso. Those who hope to attend need to register by Tuesday of this week (27th). Tel 028 37525592.

ST EUGENE’S SECONDARY SCHOOL OPEN NIGHT, tomorrow night, Monday 26th, from 7.30pm to 9.00pm. P7 pupils and their parents are warmly invited to come along. Principal’s Address 7.30pm.

SUGAR AND SPICE PLAYGROUP OPEN EVENING: Tomorrow evening (26th), between 7pm and 8pm, at their Castlederg Road premises. This is an opportunity for parents and their children who are the age for pre-school enrolment for the academic year 2009-2010 to view the playgroup’s premises and meet with the staff, who are looking forward to meeting with you.

CARDIAC RISK AWARENESS Public Meeting in Derg Valley Leisure Centre on Wednesday night (28th), at 7.30pm. The purpose of the meeting is to raise awareness of Cardiac Risk in the Young and to set up a local support group with an aim to provide Defibrillators in our community.

DREGISH GFC Lotto: Numbers last week: 2, 4, 5, 1, 7, 3, 6. £50 shared between Una Timoney, Danny Timoney and Fergus McCrossan. Jackpot £650.
25 CARD PLAY tomorrow night at 8.30pm.

SPAMOUNT SWIFTS LOTTO Numbers last week: 5, 10, 15, 20. No winners. Jackpot £3,500.

PLEASE NOTE: Notices for the parish bulletin are welcome; however, they need to be with Fr O’Doherty by Thursday afternoon at the latest, for inclusion.