Saturday 27	10:00am Mass 5:00pm Vigil Mass	Special Intention Elizabeth Small
Sunday 28 (St Peter & St Paul)	10.00am Mass	Johnny Murray
Monday 29	No Mass
Tuesday 30	No Mass
Wednesday 1	10:00am Mass	Shaun McGuinness
Thursday 2	9:30am Adoration 10:00am Mass	Special Intention
Friday 3 (St Thomas)	10:00am Mass	Mrs Banks
Saturday 4	10:00am Mass 5:00pm Vigil Mass	Alex Burns Stephen Le Beau
Sunday 5 (14th Sunday of the Year)	10.00am Mass	Elizabeth Ferris

 

 

Sunday Missal:  St Peter & St Paul – Page 1155.

 

Teas and Coffees available after Mass on Sunday and Thursday.

 

Peter’s Pence Collection will be taken up next Sunday. The Vatican encourages you to participate in this special collection to support the Holy Father in his mission at the service of the universal Church. Your contribution is an expression of support for the needs of the Catholic Church around the world and the charitable works it carries out.

 

Lourdes:  Fr James will be in Lourdes for the Archdiocesan Pilgrimage, which leaves on Friday, 10^th July. If you would like to have a petition placed at the Grotto, please write your intentions and place them in a sealed envelope marked ‘Petition’. Please do not enclose any cash, as the petitions are burned unopened. If you would like a candle put up for your intentions, place an offering inside an envelope and mark it ‘Candle’ and I will do that on your behalf.

 

 

Day for Life Collection Sunday: Thank you for your response to last week’s collection, which raised ££596.45.

 

The Social Committee are pleased to let you know that there will be wine tasting in our Church Hall on Saturday 22^nd August, 7pm for 7:30pm. Mr Drew Gordon will once again provide wines, this time from Australia and New  Zealand. The cost will be £ 15 per head. We will supply a cheese board and water as well as the wine. If you would like to come along just add your name on the sheet in the foyer.

 

Concert at the Cathedral: A renowned Australian choir sing a special choral Mass at 12:45pm on Wednesday 1 July in St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, with music by Widor, Sir James MacMillan, and Colin Mawby. Then at 7:30pm, the ensemble, from St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney, perform a free concert at the Cathedral featuring music by Palestrina, Poulenc, MacMillan, and a world premiere by Australian composer Brooke Shelley. Come along for a rare opportunity to hear this acclaimed Australian Catholic choir in Scotland.

 

Knights of St. Columba: Every Thursday night at 7.30pm the Knights of St. Columba have the Rosary by Zoom for about 30 minutes. All parishioners are invited to join us. At the moment we are praying for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life. Meeting I.D:  827-5010-5561 Meeting Pass Code: 694846.

 

Visit of relics of St Gerard Majella: The relics of St Gerard Majella will be at St Patrick's Church, The Cowgate, Edinburgh, on Saturday 18 July. Entrance of the relics at 10:00am with devotions and talk, Exposition of Blessed Sacrament at 11:30am. Mass at 12:30pm followed by blessing with the relics.

 

Brecbannoch Pilgrimage 2026: A pilgrimage to pray for the renewal of the Faith in Scotland, from 31 July to 3 August, with a walk across the Isle of Mull, returning the relics of St Columba to Iona. Discounts are available for students and under-22s, and under-5s go free. Visit brecbannoch.co.uk

 

St Peter & St Paul are the principal pillars of the Church. This weekend we celebrate the feast of their martyrdom. Peter was son of Jona and brother of Andrew. He was a professional fisherman from Bethsaida, a fishing town on the Lake of Galilee or Gennesaret. He might have been a follower of John the Baptist. It was his brother, Andrew, who introduced him to Jesus, and Jesus who changed his name from Simon to Cephas or Peter. Jesus made Peter the leader of the apostles. At Caesarea Philippi, Jesus promised to make Peter the head of the Church, and the risen Jesus confirmed Peter’s precedence. It was the Holy Spirit through Whose Presence and Power, Peter’s speech on the day of Pentecost, inaugurated the active life of the Church. Peter made missionary journeys to Lydda, Joppa and Caesarea Maritima. He also offered the decisive argument settling the question of Gentile converts and the Jewish Law at the first Council in Jerusalem. He wrote two epistles to the whole Church, and he was martyred in Rome by crucifixion under the emperor Nero.

Paul, the “Apostle to the Gentiles” and the greatest apostolic missionary, was a Roman citizen by birth, as he had been born in the Roman colony of Tarsus. His original name was Saul. As a Pharisee, he was sent to Jerusalem by his parents to study the Mosaic Law under the great rabbi Gamaliel. As a student, he learned the trade of tent-making. He was present at the stoning of Stephen and “consented to” this deed (Acts 8:1). But he was miraculously converted on his way to Damascus to arrest the Christians. He made several missionary journeys, converted hundreds of Jews and Gentiles and established Church communities. Paul wrote 14 epistles. He was arrested and kept in prison for two years in Caesarea Maritima and lived under house arrest for two more years in Rome. Finally, he was martyred by beheading at Tre Fontane in Rome.

 

Pope Leo - Magnifica Humanitas: “Having a personal mobile device at too early an age and using it without adult supervision can exacerbate young people’s vulnerabilities, foster addiction, and expose them to isolation, bullying, and cyberbullying, as well as to pressures to share intimate images or sensitive information.” (par. 141)

 

Have a good week. Fr James