Saturday
11 August
|
Memorial of Saint Clare |
Sunday
12 August
|
Nineteenth
Sunday of the Year |
Monday
13 August
|
Holy Mass at 10.00am for the Forgotten Souls in Purgatory and Kitty Woods A |
Tuesday
14 August
|
Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe |
Wednesday
15 August
|
Solemnity
of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Holy Day of Obligation |
Thursday
16 August
|
Holy Mass at 10.00am for a special intention and David Neilly |
Friday
17 August
|
Holy Mass at 10.00am for Brian McNulty RD and Dan Crowley of the United States RD followed by Benediction |
Saturday
18 August
|
Our Lady's Day |
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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
11 August
|
The Church is closed for renovation. |
Holy
Mass at 10.00am Vigil Mass at 4.30pm |
Sunday
12 August
|
Sunday Mass at 11.30am |
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Monday
13 August
|
Holy Mass at 10.00am | |
Tuesday
14 August
|
Holy
Mass at 10.00am Vigil Mass at 7.00pm |
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Wednesday
15 August
|
Holy Mass at 9.30am, 11.00am and 7.00pm | |
Thursday
16 August
|
Holy Mass at 10.00am | |
Friday
17 August
|
Holy Mass at 10.00am | |
Saturday
18 August
|
Holy
Mass at 10.00am |
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PARISH CENTRE EVENTS |
Sunday
12 August
|
11.30
am |
No
Tea and Coffee after Holy Mass |
Monday
13 August
|
7.00pm
|
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Tuesday
14 August
|
9.00 to 11.00am |
Cardiac Rehabilition |
Wednesday
15 August
|
|
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Thursday
16 August
|
6.30 to 7.30pm |
Pilates |
Friday
17 August
|
11.00am | Tea, coffee and chat in the Snug after Benediction |
Saturday
18 August
|
12 noon | Private Function |
CHILDREN’S
LITURGY
The Children's Liturgy resumes in September.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
We welcome to the Family of the Church Grace Hamilton who will be baptised
this Sunday at 12 noon. We also welcome Finlay Davidson who will be baptised
next Saturday at 11.00am. Congratulations to all the parents and Godparents!
A LITTLE GIRL'S FAITH IN THE EUCHARIST
A couple of months before his death, the famous Bishop Fulton J Sheen was
interviewed on national television. One of the questions was this - "Bishop
Sheen, you have inspired millions of people all over the world. Who inspired
you? Was it a Pope?" Bishop Sheen responded that it was not a Pope, a
cardinal, another bishop, or even a priest or a nun. It was a little Chinese
girl of eleven years of age. He explained that when the Communists took over
China they imprisoned a priest in his own rectory near the Church. After they
locked him up in his own house, the priest was horrified to look out of his
window and see the Communists proceed into the Church where they went into
the sanctuary and broke into the tabernacle. In an act of hateful desecration,
they took the ciborium and threw it on the floor with all of the Sacred Hosts
spilling out. The priest knew exactly how many Hosts were in the ciborium
- thirty-two. When the Communists left, they either did not notice, or didn't
pay any attention to a small girl praying in the back of the Church who saw
everything that had happened. That night the little girl came back. Slipping
past the guard at the priest's house, she went inside the Church. There she
made a holy hour of prayer, an act of love to make up for the act of hatred.
After her holy hour she went into the sanctuary, knelt down and bent over,
and with her tongue received Jesus in Holy Communion. The little girl continued
to come back each night to make her Holy Hour and receive Jesus in Holy Communion
on her tongue. On the thirty-second night, after she had consumed the last
and thirty-second host, she accidentally made a noise and woke the guard who
was sleeping. He ran after her, caught her, and beat her to death with the
butt of his rifle. This act of heroic martyrdom was witnessed by the priest
as he watched grief-stricken from his bedroom window. When Bishop Sheen heard
the story, he was so inspired that he promised God he would make a holy hour
of prayer before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, every day of his life. If
this frail, little child could give testimony and witness to the world, concerning
the real and wonderful Presence of her Saviour in the Blessed Sacrament, then
Bishop Sheen was absolutely bound by all that was right and true to do the
same. His sole desire from then on was to bring the world to Jesus in the
Blessed Sacrament. The little girl showed the Bishop what true courage and
zeal really is - how faith could overcome all fear, how true love for Jesus
in the Eucharist, must transcend life itself.
JUST FOR A LAUGH …
A young priest who had just gone to a new Parish. His picture had been in
the newspaper, in the Church bulletins and he was on television - so he thought
everyone in town should know him. He went to the nursing home to visit an
elderly member of his congregation. As he walked down the hall, she was sitting
in a wheelchair outside her room. He walked up to her with a smile on his
face, stuck out his hand and said, "Do you know who I am?" She replied
"No, but if you'll ask the lady at the nurse's station, she may be able
to tell you."
MOVING
AWAY FROM LUKEWARM CATHOLICISM
The future of the Church can and will issue from those whose roots are deep
and who live from the pure fullness of their faith. It will not issue from
those who accommodate themselves merely to the passing moment, nor will it
issue from those who take the easier road, who sidestep the passion of faith.
The future of the Church, once again as always, will be shaped by saints,
by men and women, that is, whose minds probe deeper than the slogans of the
day, who see more than others see because their lives embrace a wider reality.
If today we are scarcely able any longer to become aware of God, that is because
we find it so easy to evade ourselves-to flee from the depths of our being
by means of the narcotic of some pleasure or other. Thus our own interior
depths remain closed to us. From the crisis of today the Church of tomorrow
will emerge a Church that has lost much. She will become small and will have
to start afresh more or less from the beginning. People in a totally planned
world will find themselves unspeakably lonely. Then they will discover the
little flock of believers as something wholly new. They will discover it as
a hope that is meant for them, an answer for which they have always been searching
in secret.
Pope Benedict XV
POPE FRANCIS' PRAYER INTENTION FOR AUGUST
Pope Francis' Prayer for August
is for the treasure of families - that any far-reaching decisions of economists
and politicians may protect the family as one of the treasures of humanity.
SAINT PETER'S CAFÉ
On the first Friday of the month, after adoration and Benediction, there is
the offer of tea and coffee in the Snug in the Parish Centre. This is a great
initiative to bring us together for a wee chat and conversation. We can try
it out this coming Friday 17 August. Everyone is welcome to come along!
COFFEE AND CAKE MORNING
The Parish Coffee and Cake Morning is the next fundraiser for the Parish Maintenance
Fund. It will be held on Saturday 25 August in the Parish Centre from 10.30am
to 12 noon. Tickets costing £2 for adults and £1 for children
will be on sale soon. The usual raffle and sales tables will be available
and any donations will be greatly appreciated. For more information, please
phone 469006 or the Parish Office on 464063.
WHY GO TO CHURCH?
If anyone asks you - Why go to Church?, then tell them this. Perhaps the hardest
claim to swallow in the Creed is that the Church is holy. It is evident that
members of the Church have often been corrupt, cruel, mendacious and cowardly
- but it was so from the beginning. Jesus chose as its pillars Peter who denied
him and Paul who killed Jesus' disciples. This fragile and sinful community
is the place in which we can all be at home. When we confess that the Church
is holy, we claim that Christ's victory over sin on Easter morning cannot
be undone.
Father Timothy Radcliffe
ORGAN RECITAL
Gordon Stewart will playing the Willis Organ at Mauchline Parish Church on
Friday 7 September 2018 at 7.00pm. Admission is by a donation in aid of the
Organ Renovation Fund.
SUNDAY TEAS
Tea and coffee will be served after the 10.30am Mass next Sunday in the Parish
Centre by Sharon McLaughlin's team.
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!
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.