Bulletin No. 47: Twenty Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday, 19 October 2014
FEASTS THIS WEEK
Wednesday, St John Paul II
SYNOD OF BISHOPS: SUMMARY OF INITIAL DISCUSSIONS
During the prayer vigil held in St Peter’s Square on 4 October 2014 in preparation for the Synod on the family, Pope Francis evoked the centrality of the experience of family in all lives, in a simple and concrete manner:
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“Evening falls on our assembly. It is the hour at which one willingly returns home to meet at the same table, in the depth of affection, of the good that has been done and received, of the encounters which warm the heart and make it grow, good wine which hastens the unending feast in the days of man. It is also the weightiest hour for one who finds himself face to face with his own loneliness, in the bitter twilight of shattered dreams and broken plans; how many people trudge through the day in the blind alley of resignation, of abandonment, even resentment: in how many homes the wine of joy has been less plentiful, and therefore, also the zest — the very wisdom — for life […]. Let us make our prayer heard for one another this evening, a prayer for all”.
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PARISH LIBRARY
Have you visited the Parish Library yet?
It's open Mon-Sat 9:00am-12:00noon, and has over 200 books to help you explore and understand your Catholic faith.
Parishioners who already use the library are reminded to return any books they have finished reading, as some titles are proving very popular.
Please remember to fill out a card for every book you borrow.
APPEAL FOR CATHOLIC READING MATERIAL FOR MALTA
Magazines, newspapers, books etc desperately needed and can be sent to Lino Camilleri, 66 Mary House, Flat 1, Trieq Il_Qaliet, Marsakala, Malta, MSK 3311.
A letter of thanks has been received for the previous parcel sent.
LADIES PHOENIX CLUB
The Ladies Phoenix Club: meets this Monday 20th October at 1.30pm . Come along and hear Mary Gallagher tell us about her work in Sierra Leone.
Raffle.
Tea and Coffee £2
EAST KILBRIDE COMMUNITY FOOD BANK NETWORK
A team of volunteers have opened a Food Bank at Claremont Parish.
This will be open every Tuesday from 10:00am – 12 noon for anyone requiring emergency food.
It means that Food Bank users will be able to have tea or coffee and a chat with the Claremont team as part of their weekly café ministry when they call there.
The Food Bank is also open on:
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Sun 2:00pm - 4:00pm at Westwood Baptist
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Wed & Fri 11:00am - 1:00pm at Calderwood Baptist
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Outside of these times, emergency parcels are available by calling EK 247 660
Please continue to bring your donations to our church or the pastoral centre to help support this Christian initiative for outreach to all within East Kilbride.
BULLETIN NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEKEND
Bulletin Notices for next weekend can be handed in to the Chapelhouse or emailed to bulletin@sbek.org . Deadline Thursday 11:00am.
HOUSE OF HOPE
“Hope – Human Development and Welfare Association” is an East Kilbride charity established by a parishioner from St Vincent de Paul parish to provide social support for the local community and aid for persecuted Christians in Pakistan.
Their charity shop in Greenhills Shopping Centre opened on Saturday 17th May.
Free pickup of unwanted furniture and household items.
Tel 678 130 / 07850 645 602 or email info@hope-hdwa.co.uk
EAST KILBRIDE DEANERY
Bishop Toal’s plans for parishes in the Diocese: East Kilbride Deanery
On Thursday 23rd October at 10am, Bishop Toal will celebrate Mass in Our Lady of Lourdes Church for all the parishioners of the Deanery.
Following this the Bishop will meet with the priests of East Kilbride in our parish library here at St Bride’s, followed by lunch in the chapel house with Canon Ryan in attendance.
In the evening there will be a meeting with the Bishop in St Bride’s Pastoral Centre, to which all parishioners in the East Kilbride Deanery are invited.
A Deanery Holy Hour will be celebrated in St Vincent’s Church on a date to be confirmed.
LITURGIES THIS WEEK
Saturday 18th Oct: We welcome Fr Andrew Clark to celebrate evening Mass while Fr Ness joins the holiday group overnight in Pitlochry.
Thursday 23 Oct: There will be no Holy Hour this Thursday evening because of the Bishop’s visit that day and evening.
MONTHLY PRO-LIFE MASS
From now on in the NEW VENUE, Bl. John Duns Scotus, Franciscan Friary, 270 Ballater St, Gorbals G5 0YT.
Always on the 3rd Wednesday of every month.
Exposition at 6:00pm followed by Rosary at 7:00pm, then Mass at 7:30pm and tea and biscuits afterwards.
This month’s is on Wednesday the 17th, and the celebrant will be Fr Antony OFM.
SPRED
SPRED (Special Religious Development) is an organisation committed to helping learning disabled people to be truly integrated into their own parish community.
Find out more at http://spredmotherwell.org.uk, or contact 07891 297 716.
THE SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER
Please support this excellent means of learning not only news about the Church but also of learning more about our faith and practice.
SVdP AND LEGION OF MARY
Several new members have come forward to join fruitfully in the spiritual and pastoral mission and ministry of these societies within our Parish.
We thank God for this grace and pray that others will follow in this form of lay ministry in the spirit of the Gospel of Joy.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:
From now to 30th November
Sunday 5th October 3:00pm: Mass for the Sick
Sunday 2nd November 1:00pm - 3:00pm: Children’s Hallowe’en Party
Wednesday 26th November 7:00pm: Annual Memorial Mass
Friday 28th November: Parish St. Andrew’s Night Ceilidh
THE BEGINNING EXPERIENCE
The Beginning Experience is holding a residential weekend for those who find themselves alone again through divorce, separation or bereavement: 10th-12th Oct at the Conforti Centre, Coatbridge.
Contact Ros on 0131 669 0003 or rcm2524@yahoo.co.uk
NEW SOUND SYSTEM
The new sound system now fully installed in the church.
REDEMPTORIST RENEWAL CENTRE
The Redemptorist Renewal Centre at St Mary’s Kinnoull will close for upgrading in March 2015, but it is still possible to book one of the renewal weeks between October and December.
While the Centre is closed the priests within the community will carry on their work of renewal through supply ministry in parish communities.
GIFT AID
A repeated appeal for those who could Gift Aid their regular donations to the church in this parish - without any financial obligation or burden.This will help greatly in the fundraising in which we will soon be engaged.
We received a refund of over £12,000 for the last tax year.
HAIRMYRES
Many of our parishioners have expressed their thanks for the medical and nursing care given by the staff at our local hospital, most recently the care received in UTU and Wards 7 and 18.
Mass is celebrated in the hospital each Sunday afternoon by Fr. O’Connor at 4:00pm.
MASS LED BY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
Young parishioners are invited to come forward as readers and offertory processors at 9:30am Mass on Sunday 2nd November.
Please fill in your name on the sheet at the notice boards or speak to Fr Ness.
ALZHEIMER SCOTLAND
“Singing Memories” in the Village Centre, Maxwell Drive, for people living with dementia and their friends and family.
1:00pm-2:30pm
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2nd and 16th October (Also on 30th October 10:30am-12:00pm.)
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20th November
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4th and 18th December
On Thursday 23rd October Bishop Toal will visit East Kilbride Deanery, presiding at morning Mass in one of the parishes, meeting the clergy throughout the day and holding an open meeting to discuss the published proposals for the deanery in the evening.
Fr. Nolan will finalise the details for this visit but the venue for the open meeting will be our Hall at 7:30pm with our church being used if the number of people who attend requires more space.
Each deanery will be affected by this Review. All priests are to meet individually with the bishop to speak about the Review.
The bishop will look to the “many talented and committed people in the Diocese” to support this process.
Please read the following documents to learn more about what’s being proposed:
OUR LADY OF FATIMA STATUE
The “Our Lady of Fatima” Statue is available from the Legion of Mary for the families of those children who will celebrate any of the Sacraments this coming year and also to the families of those children who celebrated the Sacraments last year.
The statue will be brought to your home for use as a focus for prayer for up to a week either in thanksgiving for the graces already received or in preparation for the Sacraments this coming year.
Only two families have so far asked for the statue in their home out of over two hundred and fifty children involved in the Sacraments over two years.
Family life is where we begin our spiritual development and deepen our prayer life in the parish? Parents, please take this sacred opportunity.
During the Synod of Bishops next month to discuss “The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelisation”, families are encouraged to join together in praying the rosary.
CAR PARKING ON PLATTHORN DRIVE
Please note and make known to all that there is no relaxation by SLC of the rules during Masses from Monday – Saturday, only on Sunday.
CONFERENCE
“Take Off Your Shoes - God's Call to Holiness” Friday, 24 October 2014 at 7:30pm - Saturday 25 October 2014 at 5:00pm in Claremont Parish Church.
If interested in attending, please see John McGarry.
CANON RYAN
Canon Ryan and his family thank the parishioners for their prayers on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Thanks also to the ladies who did the catering in the Pastoral Centre.
ST KENNETH’S: DATES FOR SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION
CARE HOMES
Rev John McGarry will lead a Liturgy of the Word with distribution of Holy Communion in McKillop Gardens at 2:00pm on Tuesday 21st October.
Father Ness will celebrate Mass at 2:30pm on Wednesday 22nd October in Acorn Park, Care Home.
WORLD MISSION SUNDAY
After decades of struggling in a communist ruled country, with no religious freedom, it is only recently that the people of Mongolia have had the opportunity to hear the Good News of Jesus Christ. Today we invite you to reach out and help the people of Mongolia to build their Church, so that more people can come to know the grace, joy, peace and hope of our loving God. By supporting the Catholic Mission World Mission Appeal today or by becoming a “Friends in Faith Partner” with a monthly gift, you will help build the Kingdom of God in Mongolia and throughout the world. www.missionmattersscotland.org Tel 01236 449 774
THANK YOU FOR RETURNING YOUR COLLECTION ENVELOPES THIS WEEKEND, WITH GIFT AID DETAILS FILLED OUT WHERE POSSIBLE.
These envelopes are available in the church for those who wish to use them and forms are also available in the church for completion to become a member of the Association for the Propagation of the Faith.
FR MONTESI
Our thanks to Fr Montesi for his support to the parish over the past two weeks, so generously given.
THE “SIGN OF PEACE” AT MASS
The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (which oversees liturgical practices of the Church) has recommended keeping the Sign of Peace in its present form and place in the Mass:
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“It is our hope that this may become an occasion for a new and more intense Eucharistic catechesis between the priests and the communities, in order to help the people of God to grow in a more profound understanding of this important moment of the celebration, that is clearly oriented to communicate the sentiments and the attitudes of Christ, the Prince of Peace, the Risen One, Giver of Peace for the Church and for the world, and that, through the Sacramental Communion with his Body and his Blood, makes us become one with Him and in Him.”
HOWEVER “…during the Synod of Bishops there was discussion about the appropriateness of greater restraint in this gesture, which can be exaggerated and cause a certain distraction in the assembly just before the reception of Communion.
It should be kept in mind that nothing is lost when the sign of peace is marked by a sobriety which preserves the proper spirit of the celebration, as, for example, when it is restricted to one’s immediate neighbours.”
TOP HAT (THEATRE ROYAL)
Discounted price ticket (£33.50) for the Grand Circle on Thursday 4th December at 7.30pm. List at back of church - coach price £7 – total £40.
4 Nov at 7:00pm
16 Nov at 9:30am
18 Nov at 7:00pm
23 Nov at 9:30am
Meeting in the church with parents of the Confirmandi
Enrolment Mass for Confirmandi
Meeting in the church with the parents of children preparing for First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion
Enrolment Mass for First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion
ADVENT CHILDREN'S LITURGY
The Children's Liturgy will begin on the First Sunday of Advent (30th November ) at 9.30am Mass - the family Mass - with individual programmes suitable for all children but especially those in P3, P4 and P7 who are engaged in preparing for the Sacraments.
THIRD WORLD GROUP
The Third World Group Quiz Night on Saturday 15th November at 7.30 prompt in the Pastoral Centre.
Tickets £6.
Bar and light supper.
Phone Katrina on 248381.
TRAIDCRAFT
Christmas cards on sale at the Coffee Mornings, or order from the catalogues at the back of the church.
Over the last three years, Traidcraft has donated £250,000 from card sales to SCIAF, CAFOD and Christian Aid.
SEMINARIAN BEN MOURNIAN
Seminarian Ben Mournian has written from Rome to Fr Ness about his “wonderful pastoral experience” with the community of St Bride’s, saying that “It was a true privilege for me and it has really affirmed me in my vocation to the priesthood.”
Ben is now going on a week’s silent retreat and assures us of his prayers.
He hopes to join the parish again for a morning Mass over the Christmas holidays.
ST ANDREW’S & ST BRIDE’S HIGH SCHOOL CHRISTMAS FAYRE:
Saturday 8th November 12 noon until 2:00pm.
Tables for hire £10 - please contact Hilary on 07714 981 908.
All donations gratefully received, contact Hilary for pick up.
YOUTH MINISTRY
Scottish National Youth Event, (age 14-25),Gartmore House near Aberfoyle, Fri 14-Sun 16 Nov.
Cost £85 (full board).
Information/Application form contact yamt@rcdom.org.uk (01698 269114) or sjparkes@btinternet.com (01236 754545) by 24/10/14.
Information also available on Stirling 2015 Scottish Catholic Youth Festival 30 Jul-2 Aug, and World Youth Day Krakow 25-31 Jul 2016.
ASSISTED SUICIDE (SCOTLAND) BILL
The Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill will be considered in the Scottish Parliament at committee stage between November and January.
The crucial stage for determining whether this bill proceeds is the Stage 1 Parliamentary Debate which is likely to be in February.
Politicians will be influenced by the level of concern raised by members of the public.
You are encouraged to sign the petition at the back of the church against the progress of this bill.
ASSISTED SUICIDE (SCOTLAND) BILL
The Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill will be considered in the Scottish Parliament at committee stage between November and January.
The crucial stage for determining whether this bill proceeds is the Stage 1 Parliamentary Debate which is likely to be in February.
Politicians will be influenced by the level of concern raised by members of the public.
You are encouraged to sign the petition at the back of the church against the progress of this bill.
PRO- LIFE TORCHLIGHT ROSARY
Pro- Life Torchlight Rosary for the repeal of the 1967 Abortion Act: Thurs 23rd October 2014 George Square, Glasgow.
Assemble 6:00pm, Rosary 6:30-7:00pm then torchlight procession to St Andrew’s Cathedral for Mass at 7:30pm.
PASTORAL CENTRE
A grant application has been made to Viridor Credits for help with the cost (£2,994) of lighting improvements to make the Hall more suitable for a variety of social functions.
The application will be considered at the next meeting of the Riggmuir Steering Group on19th November, and if approved it is hoped that the work will be completed in time for Christmas.
We thank Donal Toner, DTA Chartered Architects for their work in this respect.
SVDP PARISH CONFRATERNITY
The SVDP Parish Confraternity: welcomes Hannah White and her dad, Allan to their membership.
JUBILEE PHOTOGRAPHS
Orders can now be collected and paid for at the Sacristy.
MARRIAGE PREPARATION COURSES
Please contact Fr Ness about attending one of the forthcoming Diocesan courses in advance of beginning our own preparation here in the parish.
DIOCESAN CHANCELLOR
Bishop Toal has appointed Fr James Grant of Holy Family, Mossend as Chancellor of the Diocese effective 1st November 2014.
The present Chancellor, Frank Cassidy, will retire at the end of December 2014.
MOTHERWELL DIOCESAN CHOIR
Mass in memory of deceased members in Motherwell Cathedral, Wednesday 12th November 7:30pm.
Family and friends of the choir are invited.
DON BOSCO
Mass of Thanksgiving for the life and mission of St John Bosco in St Andrew’s Cathedral, Glasgow, Saturday 25th October at 1:00pm.
NAN MARTIN
Nan Martin wishes to thank all of her and Tom’s friends in St Bride’s Parish for their Masses and prayers on Tom’s recent death. Holy Mass will be offered for all by Fr Ness.
PRAYING THE ROSARY
Fr. Denis McBride, the Scottish Redemptorist priest has published a new book entitled “Praying the Rosary” in the form of a journey through scripture and art.
In it he writes:
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”Meditating on the Rosary we are invited to look and listen, then look again. We are encouraged not only to say the prayers but to go beyond recital and enter the beauty and the complexity of the drama. It presupposes that what is remembered is not lost in history but is an abiding force that continues to give meaning to what is happening now in our lives. We connect what is happening in our lives to the lives of Jesus and Mary.”
The book is available for purchase or for order at the Stall.
Parish book agency price: £10.50
