Solemnity of the Body & Blood of Christ (a)
Solemnity of the Body & Blood of Christ. (a)
Corpus Christi.
Times of Mass and Confession:
Sundays: Vigil Mass (Saturday) 6.00 p.m. & 10.00 a.m.
Weekday: 9.00 a.m. (Monday – Thursday)
9.30 a.m. (Friday, with school children present
10.00 a.m. (Saturday)
Confessions: After 10.00 a.m. Mass on Saturday
By arrangement
Please remember the following parishioners, relatives and friends in your prayers:
Sick: John McPartland, Annie O’Donnell, Veronica Allan, Margaret Christie, Irene Callan, Assunta Santangeli
Anniv: Jim Wight, Henry Livingstone
Died: Keri Holdsworth, Beatrice McDonald
Today there will be a box at the back of the Church into which you can put petitions for prayer to be taken to Lourdes on the Archdiocesan Pilgrimage. These should be in a sealed envelope and with no money inside since they are often burned unopened. These will be taken to the Grotto and Mass will be offered for all the intentions.
Sunday: Celebration of Confirmation and First Holy Communion in St. Cuthbert’s during the 10.00 a.m. Mass. Please remember to pray for the boys and girls who will be marking this special day on their journey of faith.
Seats will be reserved at the front of the Church for the children, their families and guests.
In place of the normal coffee morning refreshments will be served in the Hall to which you are all invited.
Tuesday: Joint meeting of the Parish Pastoral Councils of St. Cuthbert’s and Our Lady’s in the Church Hall at Our Lady’s. Councillors please make every effort to attend this very important meeting to review the constitution of the Councils and, if necessary, update it prior to new Councils being created in the autumn in both Parishes.
Tuesday: Bishop Kevin Dowling of Rustenburg, South Africa will speak at 7.30 p.m. in the Jesuit Centre at the sacred Heart on ‘The Joy of the Gospel then and now from Archbishop Denis Hurley to Pope Francis’. Admission by donation in aid of the Denis Hurley Centre, Durban. The Denis Hurley Centre, presently under construction close to Durban’s Cathedral, will be home to about a dozen projects which provide medical care, a soup kitchen, job training, support for people living with HIV/AIDS and in particular offer assistance to refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, who have reached South Africa from far afield as Somalia, Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Over £300,000 has still to be raised by September, when completion of the Centre is scheduled.
Saturday: Please pray for Patrick Joseph Bonner and Denise Brown who will be married in the Church at 1.00 p.m. May the Lord bless them in their married life.
Saturday: Annual Parish Barbeque and Quiz night after the evening Mass. Tickets are priced at £6 for adults and £3 for children with all proceeds going to the Parish Projects. Tickets are available after Mass.
Next Saturday/Sunday: The final special collection before the holiday break will be taken up. This one is for Peter’s Pence which is sent to the Vatican to enable the Pope to respond to the constant stream of requests for help he receives.
Next Sunday: The prayers and readings come from the Solemnity of St. Peter and St. Paul. Readers please note that the readings are particular to this Feast.
Diary Dates:
1st July:A talk by Father James Crampsey SJ entitled ‘Pope Francis: Servant Leadership – Ignatian Spirituality’. The Pope is a Jesuit and steeped in the spirituality of St Ignatius, the Founder of the Jesuits. This talk will explore how this comes through in his sayings and writings.
The Parish Project SponsoredWalk beginning at Our Lady’s in Currie and finishing in St. Cuthbert’s Hall duly took place. 25 people were involved some taking longer than others to finish but then that might have been due to a detour they made ! Please hand in any money you have earned by the end of the month.
With every best wish and blessing to you,
your families
and all those who are dear to you
Monsignor Tony.