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
Monday 6	No Mass
Tuesday 7	7:00pm Mass	People of the Parish
Wednesday 8	10:00am Mass	Claire Niven
Thursday 9 (Our Lady of Aberdeen)	9:30am Adoration 10:00am Mass	Private Intention
Friday 10	No Mass
Saturday 11 (St Benedict)	No morning Mass 5:00pm Vigil Mass
Sunday 12 (15th Sunday of the Year)	10.00am Mass

 

 

Sunday Missal:  14^th Sunday of the Year – Page 738.

 

Teas and Coffees available after Mass on Sunday and Thursday.

 

Peter’s Pence Collection will be taken up this weekend. Monies raised are sent to the Holy Father for the support for the needs of the Catholic Church around the world and the charitable works it carries out.

 

This is the last Newsletter until early August. Please see the separate sheet outlining Services in the Church during July. Fr Daniel Magaji will cover Masses for the two weekends in July when I am in Lourdes and Northern Ireland. I know you will make him welcome.

 

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.’

 

 

 

 

200 Club: Congratulations to the winners in the June draw: £200 Greg Bargeton (12); £100 Gillian Todd (128); £50 Anne Lamond (10); £50 Sarah Devlin (177); £20 Hughie Doherty (244); £20 Martha Hammond (94).

 

Lourdes Pilgrimage Welcome Mass: In preparation for the Archdiocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes (10-17 July), there will be a Mass in St Cuthbert’s, Slateford Road, Edinburgh, this Sunday (5 July) to which all are welcome. Please note this Mass will be at 3:30pm, half an hour later than previously notified.

 

Congratulations:  Congratulations to Fr Matthew McCafferty who was ordained to the priesthood on Friday at St Mary's in Bathgate. He will continue a further year of study in Rome before returning to minister in the Archdiocese. Please keep him in your prayers.

 

Used Stamps: “Dear Mr Burnett, Thank you for your recent letter enclosed with bundles of used stamps. Please pass on my thanks and gratitude to the Parish community of St Joseph’s, Burntisland for their dedication and commitment to helping the Societies Catechist Fund. The used stamps are collected and sold to a stamp dealer (International stamps; first edition and commemorative issues are most popular). The request is always that the stamps should be trimmed to about half an inch margin around each stamp. God bless and watch over you and all at St Joseph’s. Fr Patrick McCallion, St Patrick’s Missionary Society.”

 

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.

 

Sea Sunday: Sunday 12 July is Sea Sunday and the Church encourages us to support Stella Maris, a Catholic charity helping seafarers in need, including at port destinations in our Archdiocese. Donate by visiting stellamaris.org.uk/donate/ Read more about its work at: archedinburgh.org/news

 

Discover Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS) with Sr Miriam Ruth, RSM: Learn about this programme wherein children listen, wonder, and talk to God by focusing on Jesus & the Sacraments. Sessions are for current parish volunteers, parents, clergy, or anyone else interested. 2:00pm on Tuesday 7 July at 100 Strathearn Rd EH91BB or online at 7:00pm. Register: https://forms.office.com/e/j5MdeaAx4K

 

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.

 

Anecdote: “If I keep my bow always stretched, it will break.” Once, St. Anthony the hermit was relaxing with his disciples outside his hut when a hunter came by. The hunter was surprised and mildly shocked to see the saint taking it easy.   This was not his idea of what a monk should be doing, and he rebuked the saint.  But Anthony said, “Bend your bow and shoot an arrow.”  The hunter did so. “Bend it again and shoot another,” said Anthony.  The hunter did so– again and again.  At last, the hunter said, “Father Anthony, if I keep my bow always stretched, it will break.” — “So, it is with a monk,” replied Anthony. “If we push ourselves beyond measure, we will break; it is right from time to time to relax our efforts.”