Saturday 12	10:00am Mass 5:00pm Vigil Mass	Special Intention SSVP Intentions
Sunday 13 (24th Sunday of the Year)	10.00am Mass	Private Intention
Monday 14 (Exaltation of the Holy Cross)	No Mass
Tuesday 15 (Our Lady of Sorrows)	7:00pm Mass	People of the Parish
Wednesday 16 (St Ninian)	10:00am Mass	Special Intention
Thursday 17	9.30am Adoration 10:0am Mass	Special Intention
Friday 18 (St Cornelius & St Cyprian)	No Mass
Saturday 19	10:00am Mass 5:00pm Vigil Mass	Maureen McLagan Margo Dewar
Sunday 20 (25th Sunday of the Year)	10.00am Mass	Pat Scullion

 

 

Sunday Missal:  24^th Sunday of the Year (A) – Page 774.

 

Teas and Coffees available after Mass on Sunday and Thursday.

 

Afternoon Tea: The SSVP will be hosting an Afternoon Tea on Monday 28^th Sept, 2pm-4pm – Food & Drink. 

If interested please put your name on the list on the table in the porch.

 

Cancer Research UK Coffee Morning, Saturday 26^th September, 10:30am-12:30pm, St Joseph’s Church Hall. Tickets £3.50 (includes tea/coffee and a cake or scone). Children free. Raffle. Tombola. Cake & Candy stall.

 

 

 

Quarterly African Mass in Fife: All parishioners and visitors are warmly invited to join us for our inaugural quarterly African Mass. Come celebrate our faith together with vibrant liturgy and music. Sunday 20 September, 2:00pm prompt, St Margaret’s Catholic Church, Dunfermline.  Light refreshments will follow in the parish hall after Mass. All are welcome!

 

Poverty in Scotland - can we do more?: An event to dive into the reality of poverty in Scotland. We’ll hear from a range of speakers working on the frontline, discuss what’s being done and explore ways we can do more to help. It’s a chance to connect, share ideas, and spark change. It takes place on Saturday 3 October, 10:30am-4:00pm at, The Gillis Centre, 100 Strathearn Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1BB. Register at bit.ly/povertyinscotland

 

The Beginning Experience: The loss of a loved one through separation, divorce or death, is one of life’s most traumatic experiences. It can result in unbearable feelings of grief and loneliness. The Beginning Experience, Scotland Team, would like to help. A weekend away for a lifetime of change to be held at Conforti Centre, Coatbridge, 16-18 October. A time to heal by experiencing God’s love through others. An opportunity to begin again. For further details phone Maggie: 07786 687631 or email: beginningexperiencescotland2@gmail.com Completed applications must be returned by 2 October 2026.

 

Arthur Oldham project: call for former choir members of St Mary's Cathedral: St Mary's Catholic Cathedral in Edinburgh is undertaking a project about the music of Arthur Oldham, the Cathedral's renowned choirmaster from 1956-71. To mark the centenary of his birth, the project will bring to life Oldham's music housed in the cathedral archive, including a special concert and a new CD recording. The team is keen to speak to former choristers who were part of Arthur Oldham's choir at St Mary's Cathedral, and who are willing to share their memories. Please contact Cameron Shippee at ArthurOldhamProject@gmail.com

 

We need to think more of the advantage of forgiving: Let us forgive the person who has wronged us before the hatred eats away at our ability to forgive. It will not be easy, but God is there to help us. We can do this by offering that individual to God, not sitting in judgment on him or her, but by simply saying, “Help so-and-so and me to mend our relationship.” Whatever the hurt, pain, disappointment, fear or anger that we may be feeling, we need to say, “God, I give this over to You. I can’t take care of it, but I know that You can. What would You have me to do?” And then listen. This isn’t merely being passive – or passing the buck to God. In fact, it’s just the opposite. This kind of prayer and this kind of listening has to give birth to action, but it is action that realistically acknowledges God’s Lordship, and trusts that, through God’s power, we can do all things, even the impossible . . . like forgiving. Alexander Pope once said, “To err is human, to forgive, Divine.” Believe it – because God alone is the Divine! When we withhold forgiveness, we remain the victim. When we offer forgiveness, we are doing it also for our own well-being. Forgiveness allows us to move beyond the pain, the resentment, and the anger. We always have a choice: to forgive or not to forgive. When we forgive, we make the choice that heals.  (https://frtonyshomilies.com/)

 

“I spoke to a brother whom I have pardoned.” Forty-five years ago (1981) there was an attempt on the life of Pope St. John Paul II. Fortunately, the Pope lived. After he recovered, he shocked the world when he made a visit to Rome’s Rabbibia Prison on Christmas Day to see the man who had attempted to assassinate him. Millions watched on television as the Pope, on Christmas Day, visited with Mehmet Ali Agca, who only two years before had tried to assassinate him. The white-robed Pope and jean-clad terrorist huddled in the dark prison cell for 20 minutes, talking in low voices that could not be heard. When he emerged John Paul explained, “I spoke to a brother whom I have pardoned.” We will never forget the headline the next week in TIME Magazine, “Why forgive?”– That is a good question, one that has been asked for centuries. Today’s readings give the reasons. Three months after the terrible attack of September 11, 2001, Pope St. John Paul II, in his message for the annual World Day for Peace, taught clearly that there can be no peace without justice, and there can be no justice without forgiveness. That’s a message that has gone largely unheard and unheeded on all sides of today’s conflicts. It’s kind of like what Chesterton said about Christianity itself – it hasn’t been tried and found wanting; it’s been found difficult and left untried. (https://frtonyshomilies.com/)