Sunday Missal:  30^th Sunday, Year C. Page 1080.

Teas and Coffees available after Mass on Sunday and Thursday.

Thank You: The collection for Missio Scotland last weekend raised £877.80, with additional personal donations. Thank you for your generosity.

Welcome to Fiadh Clare McMorrin, who will be Baptised at the 10:00am Mass this Sunday.

Solemnity of All Saints: As November 1^st falls on a Saturday this year, the Solemnity is transferred to Sunday November 2^nd. The Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed is transferred to Monday November 3^rd.

Parish Quiz Night: Friday 7 November, 7:00pm. We have reached the maximum number of participants. Thanks to the Social Committee.

Knit and Knatter group: (1) Coffee Morning on Saturday 29th November.  There will be crafts, bottle tombola, tombola, raffle and cake and candy. Your support and donations for the raffle and tombola will be much appreciated. We are also needing bottle bags.

(2) This year we would like to have a remembrance garden of poppies. We have small crosses with poppies attached. The name of your departed loved ones can be written on the wood and placed in the grounds of the church. All donations will go towards the Lourdes fund.

 A FRESH LOOK AT PRAYER – Spiritual Intelligence – Wise living in an age of disconnection: What if wisdom went deeper than logic and emotion? What if the way we pray, notice beauty, and make meaning are all part of a deeper intelligence—spiritual intelligence? How are scientists exploring prayer and its effects on our body?

A short course facilitated by Jenny Williams using material complied by the Guild of Health and St Raphael in conjunction with scientists in this emerging field looking at the most effective ways of praying and meditating. 

More details on leaflet and/or for more information contact jennywilliams@gmx.co.uk  07935 723 968

Thanks: SCIAF thanks parishioners across the Archdiocese for contributing a total of £21,834 to its annual WEE BOX campaign.  (£700.92 sent from St Joseph’s.)

Fife Education Mass:  For all who are, or have been, involved in Catholic Education in Fife. Mass will be celebrated by Canon Brian Gowans in St Marie’s RC Church, Kirkcaldy, on Wednesday 19 November at 7:00pm. Tea and coffee after Mass.

Venerable Margaret Sinclair event: Commemorate the centenary of the death of Venerable Margaret Sinclair on Saturday 22 November 2025 by meeting at her former grave in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Edinburgh, at 9:00am to pray the Rosary. This will be followed by a walk to her tomb at St Patrick's in the Cowgate. Benediction at 12:15pm followed by Holy Mass at 12:30pm. A Centenary Mass will be offered at the Sacred Heart Altar, in St Patrick's on Monday 24 November at 5:45pm.

Anecdote: We are all the same when we stand before God Here is a funny story.  A clergyman had reached the end of his rope, and he decided to try some other way of life that might give him a greater personal satisfaction. He was very disappointed to discover that a job was hard to come by. At last, he landed a job in the local zoo. Unfortunately, when he went there, the job was not exactly available just yet, but the manager asked him to consider taking a temporary job, until the other one was vacant. As it happened the chimpanzee had died and had not yet been replaced. The chimp was a great favorite with the children, and the cage could not be left empty for long. They had a chimp suit, and the man was asked if he would mind getting into the suit and taking the place of the chimp. All he’d have to do was to roll around a few times, eat a banana, go back in the back for a rest, etc. He decided to give it a go. He was an instant success. The children gathered around his cage. He soon discovered that he was now getting much more attention than he ever got in the pulpit. One day, he decided to really get into the act. He jumped up, grabbed an overhead bar, and began to swing to and fro, to the delighted screams of the children. He got carried away with himself, and he really began to swing with gusto. Unfortunately, after one huge effort, his hands (paws?) slipped, and he went flying over the partition into the cage next door. A huge tiger approached, and, forgetting that he was supposed to be a chimp, he screamed “Help! Help!” to which the tiger whispered sharply, “Shut up, you fool; I’m a minister too!” — We are all the same when we stand before God….! (Jack McArdle in And That’s the Gospel Truth! Quoted by Fr. Botelho).  (https://frtonyshomilies.com/)