Saturday
28 July
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Our Lady's Day |
Sunday
29 July
|
Seventeenth
Sunday of the Year |
Monday
30 July
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Holy Mass at 10.00am for Des Blanch A |
Tuesday
31 July
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Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Ligouri |
Wednesday
1 August
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Holy Mass at 10.00am for Brian Stevenson RD and birthday Mass for Duncan McVicar senior |
Thursday
2 August
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Holy Mass at 10.00am for Margaret Burns RD |
Friday
3 August
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Mass at 10.00am for Nora Barr RD |
Saturday
4 August
|
Memorial of Saint John Mary Vianney |
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Abbreviations - A anniversary, RD recently deceased, SI special intention |
The
Holy Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify
anniversaries as early as you can. Thanks. |
Saturday
28 July
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The Church is closed for renovation. |
Holy
Mass at 10.00am Vigil Mass at 4.30pm |
Sunday
29 July
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Sunday Mass at 11.30am |
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Monday
30 July
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Holy Mass at 10.00am | |
Tuesday
31 July
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Holy Mass at 10.00am | |
Wednesday
1 August
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Holy Mass at 10.00am | |
Thursday
2 August
|
Holy Mass at 10.00am | |
Friday
3 August
|
Holy Mass at 10.00am | |
Saturday
4 August
|
Holy
Mass at 10.00am |
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PARISH CENTRE EVENTS |
Sunday
29 July
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11.30 am |
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Monday
30 July
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7.00pm
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Tuesday
31 July
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9.00 to 11.00am |
Cardiac Rehabilition |
Wednesday
1 August
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Thursday
2 August
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6.30 to 7.30pm |
Pilates |
CHILDREN’S
LITURGY
The Children's Liturgy resumes in September.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
We welcome to the family of the Church Conor Thomas Kane who will baptised
next Saturday. Congratulations to Conor's parents and Godparents.
FUNERAL SERVICE
Please pray for the Repose of the Soul of Susan McDonald. Her Funeral Service
will be on Tuesday 31 July at 11.30am at Holmsford Bridge Crematorium, Dreghorn.
May she rest in peace and rise in glory!
SAVED BY A ROSARY
A
soldier who stood on a landmine in Afghanistan may owe his life to a rosary
- just as his great-grandfather did in the Second World War. Private Glenn
Hockton was saved when his rosary beads fell from his neck onto the floor
and alerted him to the fact that he was standing a land mine. Guardsman Glenn
Hockton, 19, asked for a rosary to take with him before being deployed to
Afghanistan on a seven-month tour of duty with the Coldstream Guards in Helmand
Province. He bent down to pick the rosary up when it fell from his neck and
then realised he was on a landmine. Guardsman Hockton had to remain standing
where he was for forty-five minutes while his colleagues successfully attempted
to rescue him. His great-grandfather, Joseph Sunny Truman, also credited a
rosary with saving his life when he survived a bomb blast after he was captured
while serving with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in the Second World War.
Guardsman Hockton's mother, Sheri Jones, from Tye Green, Essex, said she was
physically sick when her son rang to tell her of his ordeal. "He was
on patrol and his rosary fell off his neck. He felt like he had a slap on
the back. He bent down to pick his rosary up to see if it was broken"
she said. "As he bent down to pick it up, he realised he was on a landmine."
His brush with death echoed that of his great-grandfather towards the end
of the Second World War when he and other prisoners of war were forced to
march away from the advancing Allied armies. "He was walking across a
field with half a dozen of his platoon" said Mrs Jones. "He bent
down to pick something up and was the only one to survive a sudden bomb blast.
He had picked up a rosary." Guardsman Hockton's mother and stepfather
Danyal Jones have also kept a bullet which embedded itself in his body armour
when he was shot on a separate occasion. He was winded but otherwise unhurt.
JUST FOR A LAUGH …
A man was walking along the beach one day in Ardrossan when he found a bottle.
He picked it up, rubbed it and the proverbial genie came out. The genie said
"I'm going to grant you three wishes." The man, overjoyed, said
"I wish there would be enough food in the world to feed people. Many
are starving to death." The genie replied "It's done." The
man then said "I wish we could have peace on earth. There is so much
war and conflict." The genie replied "It will be done." The
man then said, "I've always wanted to go to Hawaii but I'm afraid to
fly. I wish you would build a bridge from Ardrossan to Hawaii." The genie
replied "Man, do you know what you're asking? Do you realise how much
concrete and steel it would take to build a bridge from Ardrossan to Hawaii?
Do you realise that the pilings and the bridge would mess up the ocean currents
and would affect even El Nino? Ask me something more reasonable." The
man then replied "Okay, I wish our Parish Priest would cut his Sunday
semon to three minutes." The genie thought for a moment, then replied
"How many lanes do you want in that bridge?"
WHY GO TO CHURCH?
If anyone asks you - Why go to Church?, then tell them this. In the Creed,
we pray that we believe in one God, maker of heaven and earth. Creation is
not what happened in the beginning, 13.7 billion years ago. It is God's present
gift of existence to all that is. My existence is a gift from God in every
moment - gratitude for the gift of life and for the fertility of the soil
are fundamental to almost every known civilisation. The foundation of our
friendship with God the Creator is gratitude. If the only prayer I ever make
is Thank You - that is enough. Why go to Church? Eucharist means Thanksgiving.
We go to give public expression to our gratitude. We go to give witness to
our generous God.
Father Timothy Radcliffe
SUNDAY TEAS
Tea and coffee will be served after the 10.30am Mass next Sunday in the Parish
Centre by Sadie's, Marie's and Phyllis's team.
REFUGEE PHOTO EXHIBITION FROM JUSTICE AND PEACE
There will be a special Refugee Photo Exhibition from Justice and Peace from
Wednesday 25 July until Monday 6 August in the Parish Centre. Please come
along for a look and a visit.
20-40 NETWORK EVENTS
Are you aged from 20 to 40? Would you like to meet some fellow young Catholics?
We are going bowling at Soar, Braehead on Saturday 11 August at 7.00pm. Ticket
sales close on 3 August. Please email 2040network@gmail.com to buy a £10
ticket or join our mailing list to find out about future events if you can't
make this one.
PILGRIMAGE TO WHITHORN
The annual pilgrimage to Saint Ninian's Cave in Whithorn will take place on
Sunday 26 August. The coach will leave at approximately 1.00pm. If there is
enough interest we will organise a coach alongside Saint Mary's or join with
their coach. If you are interested please put your name on the list at the
back of Church today. Thank you!
CHURCHES HOUSING ACTION NORTH AYRSHIRE (CHANA)
We have had a further meeting about establishing a Care and Share Lunch Club
in the Kirkgate Church, Saltcoats for those who are homeless. We agreed that
we would start on Friday 14 September. We are looking for more volunteers.
If you are interested in helping in any way please contact CHANA on 07585
665751. The next meeting is on Friday 3 August in Kirkgate Church, Chapelwell
Street, Saltcoats, KA21 5EA at 11.00am.
MARY'S MEALS - ANNUAL RAFFLE AND TEXTILE COLLECTION
The annual raffle and textile collection for Mary's
Meals will run from Saturday 18 to Sunday 19 August at 12 noon. Just a
few bin bags filled with textiles could generate enough funds to feed a child
for a whole school year - approximately £13.90. We are currently feeding
over 1.2 million children in fifteen countries across the world! Please note
that we are only able to collect textiles in any condition - for example,
clothes, household textiles, shoes, bags et cetera. Thank you for your continuing
support of Mary's
Meals and we look forward to visiting your parish.
Mary's
Meals
SCOTTISH CATHOLIC EDUCATION SERVICE PARENT GROUP
To help parents contribute to the developments in Catholic schools, there
will be a Gathering of Catholic Parents on Saturday 18 August 2018 from 9.30am
to 2.30pm in Saint Charles' Parish Hall, 5 Union Street, Paisley. Places are
free but booking is essential. To book please contact parents@sces.uk.com.
GIFT AID
The Inland Revenue now requires us to use a new style of Gift
Aid form. These are available at the back of the Church and on the parish
website. If you pay tax, please complete the new form and return it to the
box provided. This allows us to provide the additional information required
on the Gift Aid claim. Gift Aid is a vital source of income. All that is needed
is that you pay tax. You simply declare that you give funds to the Church.
We do the rest. Why not sign a form today? We get back an extra 25p for every
£1 you give the Church in your weekly collection or by way of a donation.
There is no need to cancel or renew it. We simply claim in the income we receive.
VISITORS
Are you visiting us for Holy Mass? Please know that you are very welcome.
During the 10.30 am Holy Mass outwith holidays, there is a Children’s Liturgy
provided for preschool children, children in Primaries 1 to 3 and a Sacramental
Programme for children in Primary 4. After the 10.30 am Holy Mass, tea, coffee
cakes and buns are available in the Parish Centre. At both of our weekend
Holy Masses, we have a second collection for Church maintenance.
ADVERTISER SUPPORT
Our advertisers would welcome your support. We are grateful for their continuing
sponsorship. We are grateful for the support of Mr and Mrs Sohal, Nisa Stores,
Glasgow Street for the weekly donation of tea, coffee and milk for the Sunday
teas.
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS - MISSION STATEMENT
The Catholic Church in Scotland is concerned with the lives, safety, wholeness
and well-being of each individual person within God's purpose for everyone.
It seeks to safeguard the welfare of people of all ages who are involved in
whatever capacity with
the Church and its organisations. As a Church community, we accept that it
is the responsibility of all of us, ordained, professed, paid and
voluntary members, to work together to prevent the physical, sexual, emotional
abuse or neglect of children, young people and vulnerable adults.