5th February 2012

	ST. PAUL’S	ST. DOMINIC’S
Fifth Sunday of year B	9:30am Mass 4:30pm Mass	11:00am Mass
Monday Memorial of St Paul Miki	9:30am Mass	-
Tuesday	9:30am Mass	-
Wednesday	NO  Mass	-
Thursday	9:50am novena	-
Friday Memorial of St Scholastica	-	9:30am Mass
Saturday	9:30am Mass Confessions after Mass	Confessions upon request Vigil 6:30pm Mass
Sunday 12th February Sixth Sunday of the year B	9:30am Mass 4:30pm Mass	11:00am Mass

St Dominic’s Following discussion with Mgr P Kerr and His Eminence Cardinal O’Brian, I have to follow Canon Law as to   the number of Masses I say for a Sunday. It is therefore proposed that Mass times change at St Dominic’s. The proposal is that of the removal of the vigil Mass and a slight adjustment of the Sunday Mass to 11:15am., more time is required by me to move from 9:30am Mass at St Paul’s.

Meals  On Wheels: A good service of high quality meals is provided in Milton of Campsie and if you wish to avail yourself of this service the local contact number is 01355 224579. Or Councillor Charles Kennedy .

Marie Curie Cancer Care Fundraising: Mark O’Neil, an 18 year old is taking part in a charity trek along the Great Wall of China. To raise funds for this event a charity night is being held at the Glazert Bank Hotel on Friday 2^nd March from 7:30pm. Tickets £5. For more info contact Mark at mark-oneil@live.co.uk

St Paul’s Sunday Coffee: THIS  Sunday 5^th February after 9:30am Mass.

Formation of Fund Raising and Social Committee: A general meeting will be held on Friday 10^th February in the Hall. We wish to form a democratically elected committee to organise fund raising social events. All parishioners are invited, male and female to join the organising group who will work in harmony to promote and organise events. Our first target is to raise £15,000 to replace and improve the church heating. We all benefit from such activity and this parish has in the past been very capable of working together to complete works required to all the parish to function. I look forward to working with you.

Theology for Catechesis Workshops: courses at St Francis Xavier’s Falkirk starting Tuesday 31^st January.  7pm till 9pm.

House bound or sick Do you know of any one, or a relative of yours who is not able to go to Mass?  Please let Fr Murray know. It would be rather sad that those who participated in the sacramental life of the church are cut off from the sacraments.

Confessions: Please note the time and location within the newsletter. Confessions take place immediately after 9:30am Mass on Saturday’s  at St Paul’s or by request before 6:30pm Mass at St Dominic’s..

Glasgow Hospital Chaplaincy: Contact number for Hospital chaplains 0141 211 400.

New Translation: Full implementation of the new translation from this Sunday. Note the new points at Mass where you stand or sit.  PLEASE LEAVE THE TRANSLATION CARDS IN THE CHURCH

Sharing Faith Prayer Group: First Monday of the month. More details speak to  Ray Lynch.

Praying for Vocations:  As we celebrate the birthday of the Church I invite you to call upon the Holy Spirit to bring to new birth a response to the call to serve.  The need is evident, the call is clear but we live in a time when the noise of the world all but drowns out the Spirits voice.  My prayer is that each one of us becomes the means by which His voice is spoken; that each one of us helps create an atmosphere in our churches, schools and homes where that voice may be heard; that we become ‘sons and daughters of encouragement’ allowing those who hear the Spirit’s call to positively respond.  Please use the prayer material which has been sent out from our archdiocese as the start of a new beginning in prayer .  + Cardinal Keith Patrick O’Brien. 

Thinking about Priesthood? For further information about Priesthood in the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh, please contact Fr Alex Davie on 0131 476 0413.

St Andrew’s Childrens Society: We are looking for Catholic families who could offer short of long term foster care or adoptive homes to a wide range of children in our Archdiocese and beyond who cannot live with their birth families.  For further information please contact us at: St. Andrew’s Children’s Society, 7 John’s Place, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 7EL, Tel. 0131 454 3370. Our website is - www.standrews-children.org.uk

Please Remember in prayer: Recently Dead: Margaret Dempsey, Peggy Ramsay, Cathy Hay. Anniversaries: Patrick Kennedy senior, Graham Joy. Sick:  Peter Gallagher, Morag Lawdie,  Isabell Mckeon, Jean McKay.