BULLETIN 9
SEPTEMBER 2007
TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN YEAR 3
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
8 September | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm |
Sunday
9 September | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
Monday
10 September | Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for Margaret Nicol |
Tuesday
11 September | Mass at 10.00 am for Claire Neilson |
Wednesday
12 September | Mass at 10.00 am for Pat, Ina and Pat Junior McClure |
Thursday
13 September | Mass at 7.00 pm for Annie McCormick |
Friday
14 September | Mass at 10.00 am for Jimmy Mulhern |
Saturday
15 September |
Mass at 10.00 am for Andrew McCarroll |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
9 September | 11.00
am 2.00 pm | Tea
and Coffee after Mass |
Monday
10 September | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 12.30 to 3.30 pm 2.00 to 3.00 pm 5.30 to 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Nursery
|
Tuesday
11 September | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 1.00 to 3.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.30 pm | Nursery
Kindergarten Nursery Thursday Club Saint Anne's Guild Keep Fit Legion of Mary |
Wednesday
12 September | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm | Nursery
Kindergarten Nursery Barakuda Karate Special Religious Education (SPRED) |
Thursday
13 September | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 1.00 to 2.30 pm 2.00 to 3.00 pm 7.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Nursery Kindergarten Nursery Kindergarten Cardiac Rehabilitation Brownies Guides |
Friday
14 September | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 12.30 to 2.30 pm | Nursery
Parents and Toddlers Nursery |
Saturday
15 September | 8.00 pm | Private Party |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Margaret Nicol who died recently;
Florence
Slavin 1998, James Moore 1998, Father Martin McCluskey 1996,
Mary
Mitchell 2004, Gladys Moore 2006, Mr and Mrs Daniel Brown,
Bridget
McLaughlin 1997, Jane McKechan 1998, Mary Crossan 1981,
Samuel
Cambridge 2005, John Hazelton 1974, Nan Cadies 2006,
John
Burns 1997, Patrick O'Hare 1955, Elizabeth Cawley 1997
and
John Marshall 2000 whose anniversaries occur at this time;
and
Ailee Dickson who was baptised recently.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's
collection amounted to £848.37 - many thanks. Banker's Orders amount to
an average of £4300 per month. Each month £4000 is repaid to the Diocese
for the building loan and levy.
BANKER'S
ORDERS
Paying your collection by monthly or quarterly banker's order makes
money handling much safer. Banker's Order forms are available in the porch.
XAVERIAN
MISSION COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection
for the Xavierian
Missiions amounted to £1139.75 - many thanks.
RETIRED
PRIESTS' COLLECTION
The annual collection for Retired Priests will take place
on the weekend of 22 and 23 September. Gift Aid envelopes, which are available
at the stall, should be used for this collection.
DOORS
OPEN DAY
£162 was raised for Christian Aid from the sale of teas and
coffees in the Parish Centre on Doors Open Day on 2 September.
FATHER
JOHN
Father John thanks you all for your prayers during his holiday in Africa.
Prayers are now asked for his Uncle Joseph Macha who is ill in hospital.
CHILDREN'S
LITURGY
The Children's Liturgy will resume next Sunday for 3 to 5 year olds
and Primary 1 to 3. Parent helpers are needed for this important Liturgy. After
10.00 am Mass, Annie Watt will be in the Parish Centre for those who wish to volunteer
and complete the necessary Disclosure Scotland forms. Three forms of identification
will be required - one with a photograph, for example, a passport or driving licence,
utility bill, birth certificate or previous Disclosure Scotland Number and National
Insurance Number.
INTERESTED
IN KNOWING MORE ABOUT THE CHURCH?
Are you thinking about becoming a Catholic?
Are you just wanting to know more? Are you returning after a time away from Church?
Are you just curious? The Enquiry Group meets in Saint Peter's Presbytery, on
Thursday 4 October at 7.30 pm.
TWENTY-FIFTH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE PAPAL VISIT
A
pamphlet by the Bishops' Conference of Scotland is available at the stall to commemorate
the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Papal visit to Scotland. Please take one.
SCOTTISH
INTERNATIONAL RELIEF - PLEASE CAN YOU HELP?
Scottish
International Relief (SIR) works with some of the poorest people
in the third world countries such as Malawi, Liberia, Peru, Ecuador, India and
Uganda, amongst others. SIR offers help by collecting unwanted clothes, bedding,
bric-a-brac and tools. They then send the goods donated as aid or raise funds
through shops for overseas projects. The Portakabin at the side of the Children's
Centre will be open from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm and 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm from Monday
10 to Friday 14 September to receive goods. SIR will be visiting Saint Peter's
on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 September when raffle tickets will be on sale for
Mary's Meals. Photographs of the last two years' visits by Scottish
International Relief are on the Pictures
page.
FATHER
MATT HOLIDAY
Father
Matt will is on holiday from 3 to 19 September.
THE
INNOCENTS
A box is available in the Porch for baby goods, talcum powder, lotion,
bottles, shampoo and so on. Please contact Josephine if you can help.
THANKS
TO SAINT CLARE
Grateful thanks to Saint Clare for favours received - KCB.
PILGRIMAGE
TO LOURDES
Next year marks the 150th Anniversary of the Apparitions at Lourdes.
There will be an eleven day trip by coach and mini-cruise between 13 and 23 May
2008. The cost is £552.00 based on two people sharing a twin or double room.
The single room supplement is £159.00. Further details are on the notice
board in the porch. Booking forms are available from Father David Borland on DavidBorland@LineOne.net.
CHILDREN'S
LITURGY ADULT HELPERS
16
September
3 to 5 Year Olds: Frances and
Maria
Primary 1 to 3: Marko and Marieanne
23
September
3 to 5 Year Olds: Maria and Frances
Primary
1 to 3: Andrena and Theresa
TWO LUMBERJACKS
Two
lumberjacks were in a tree-cutting contest. Both were strong and determined, hoping
to win the prize. But one was hardworking and ambitious, chopping down every tree
in his path at the fastest pace possible, while the other appeared to be a little
more laid back, methodically felling trees and pacing himself. The go-getter worked
all day, skipping his lunch break, expecting that his superior effort would be
rewarded. His opponent, however, took an hour-long lunch; then resumed his steady
pace. In the end, the eager beaver was dismayed to lose to his 'lazier' competitor.
Thinking he deserved to win after his hard work, he finally approached his opponent
and said, "I just don't understand. I worked longer and harder than you,
and went hungry to get ahead. You took a break, and yet you still won. It just
doesn't seem fair. Where did I go wrong?" The winner responded, "While
I was taking my lunch break, I was sharpening my axe.".
It's
good to have money and the things money can buy but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things that money can't buy. |
READINGS
The readings for this weekend's Masses are shown below in English. They are available
in eleven other languages including French,
German, Italian, Polish and Spanish by clicking on this
link.
First
Reading
Wisdom
9:13-18
What
man can know the intentions of God? Who can divine the will of the Lord? The reasonings
of mortals are unsure and our intentions unstable; for a perishable body presses
down the soul, and this tent of clay weighs down the teeming mind. It is hard
enough for us to work out what is on earth, laborious to know what lies within
our reach; who, then, can discover what is in the heavens? As for your intention,
who could have learnt it, had you not granted Wisdom and sent your holy spirit
from above? Thus have the paths of those on earth been straightened and men been
taught what pleases you, and saved, by Wisdom.
Second
Reading
Philemon
9-10.12-17
This
is Paul writing, an old man now and, what is more, still a prisoner of Christ
Jesus. I am appealing to you for a child of mine, whose father I became while
wearing these chains: I mean Onesimus. I am sending him back to you, and with
him - I could say - a part of my own self. I should have liked to keep him with
me; he could have been a substitute for you, to help me while I am in the chains
that the Good News has brought me. However, I did not want to do anything without
your consent; it would have been forcing your act of kindness, which should be
spontaneous. I know you have been deprived of Onesimus for a time, but it was
only so that you could have him back for ever, not as a slave any more, but something
much better than a slave, a dear brother; especially dear to me, but how much
more to you, as a blood-brother as well as a brother in the Lord. So if all that
we have in common means anything to you, welcome him as you would me.
Gospel
Luke
14:25-33
Great
crowds accompanied Jesus on his way and he turned and spoke to them, "If
any man comes to me without hating his father, mother, wife, children, brothers,
sisters, yes and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple. Anyone who does not
carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. And indeed, which of
you here, intending to build a tower, would not first sit down and work out the
cost to see if he had enough to complete it? Otherwise, if he laid the foundation
and then found himself unable to finish the work, the onlookers would all start
making fun of him and saying, 'Here is a man who started to build and was unable
to finish.' Or again, what king marching to war against another king would not
first sit down and consider whether with ten thousand men he could stand up to
the other who advanced against him with twenty thousand? If not, then while the
other king was still a long way off, he would send envoys to sue for peace. So
in the same way, none of you can be my disciple unless he gives up all his possessions.".