St
Joseph’s Church
Cowdenbeath Road, Burntisland,
Fife KY3 0LJ
Parish Priest: Canon James G. Tracey Tel: 01592 872207
e-mail: priest.stjosephsburntisland@staned.org.uk www.stjosephsburntisland.co.uk
Newsletter – 29th November
Services: |
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Saturday 30th (St Andrew) |
10.00am
Mass 5.00pm
Vigil Mass |
DiTano & Ceresa Families Tommy & Susan Doyle |
Sunday
1st (First
Sunday of Advent) |
10.00am
Mass |
Bill McElhinney |
Monday 2nd
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No Mass |
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Tuesday 3rd
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No Mass |
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Wednesday 4th
|
No Mass |
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Thursday
5th |
9.30am
Adoration 10.00am
Mass |
Special
Intention (Rosina Manson
& Family) |
Friday 6th |
10.00am Mass |
Special Intention (Kay Eldridge) |
Saturday 7th
|
10.00am
Mass 5.00pm
Vigil Mass |
Charlie
Duthie Fr
Gordon Brown |
Sunday
8th (Second
Sunday of Advent) |
10.00am
Mass |
Richard Bowie |
Teas and Coffees
available after Mass on Sunday and Thursday.
Special Collection today for the Scottish Catholic
Education Service.
Tuesday is the Chapter
Mass in the Cathedral, Wednesday the Funeral Mass of Monsignor Alistair Lawson – There will be no Mass here those days.
Parish Social Event,
Friday 27 December 2024, 7.00 pm to 10.30 pm in Church Hall: There was a great response to the invitation to join
us for this Social – there is now only one place available. Please see Fr
James.
200 Club: Congratulations to
the winners in the November draw - £200 Nicola Knox (104); £100 Amy Lamond (4);
£50 Thomas Brunton (202); £50 Bill Fox (39); £20 Maureen Anderson (13); £20
Doreen Cuthbert (199). The Big December draw will take place on Sunday 22nd
December
Nativity Blessing: Archbishop
Cushley will bless the Nativity Scene at Mound Place, Edinburgh, at 3:00pm on
Sunday 1 December.
Visit of Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem: Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzabella will be at St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh on
Sunday 1 December. His Eminence will preach at the evening Mass that will be
presided at by Archbishop Cushley. Mass begins at 7:30pm. All are welcome. The
Mass will be livestreamed on the YouTube page of the Archdiocese.
SSVP Seniors Christmas Party - Sunday 15th
December: If you wish to attend please add your names to the sheet on the table in
the porch. Thank you.
🎅🎄St Joseph`s Children`s Christmas Party 🎄🎅
The St Joseph’s Children’s Christmas Party will take place in
the Church Hall on Saturday 21st December from 2.00pm to 4.00pm.
There is no charge for the party, but we ask parents to bring along some party
food on the day. Please sign your child(ren)’s name(s) on the list in the porch
and add the party food you can bring along. We look forward to seeing all the
children there!
Zoom series on new
Lectionary: The Archdiocese is hosting a series of 45 min. talks
on Zoom to take a closer look at the new Lectionary which is being introduced
in Advent. Join Fr Jamie McMorrin at 7:00pm on Wednesday 4 December,
Wed 11 Dec, and Wed 18 Dec. The sessions are free to attend. Register at bit.ly/lectionaryadvent
East
Fife Male Voice Choir Christmas Concert: Saturday 7 December at 2.00pm at the Old Kirk,
Kirkcaldy. Tickets £12 at the door (under16’s free).
Anecdote:
Missing the signal! In its day, the Titanic was the world’s largest ocean-liner,
weighing 46,328 tons, and it was considered unsinkable. Yet, late during the
night of April 14-15, 1912, the unthinkable happened to the unsinkable. Near
midnight, the great Titanic struck an iceberg, ripping a three-hundred-foot
hole through five of its sixteen watertight compartments. It sank in two and a
half hours killing 1,513 people. Before the Titanic sank, warning after warning
had been sent to tell the crew that they were speeding into an ice field, but
the messages were ignored. In fact, when a nearby ship sent an urgent warning,
the Titanic was talking to Cape Race about the time the chauffeurs were to meet
arriving passengers at the dock in New York, and what dinner menus were to be
ready. Preoccupied with the trivia, the Titanic responded to the warning, “Shut
up. I am talking to Cape Race. You are jamming my signals!” Why
did so many die that night? Perhaps the crew disregarded the danger of the
weather; there were not enough lifeboats on board; and the radio operator of
nearby California was off duty; perhaps those responsible did
not heed the warnings; they were preoccupied with other things! — Sometimes we
believe that our ‘ship’ is unsinkable, our life is completely planned, and the
unthinkable can never happen to us. We need to read the signs of the times; we
need to pay attention to the warning signals. But if we are preoccupied with
the trivial things of life, we will miss the most important things till it is
too late. Advent gives us the warning to be watchful, waiting, and prepared.
(https://frtonyshomilies.com/).
Have a good week. Take care. Fr James