Saturday 17 (St Ignatius of Antioch)	10:00am Mass 5:00pm Vigil Mass	Jim Lennox Sr Clare Frances (Anna Kearney)
Sunday 18 (29th Sunday of the Year)	10:00am Mass	June & Graham O’Connor
Monday 19	No Mass
Tuesday 20	No Mass
Wednesday 21	No Mass
Thursday 22	9:30am Adoration 10:00am Mass	John Mather
Friday 23	10:00am Mass	People of the Parish
Saturday 24	10:00am Mass 5:00pm Vigil Mass	Kieran Burke Brigid, Anthony, Frank & Ann Sharkey
Sunday 25 (30th Sunday of the Year)	10:00am Mass	Margaret McNeill

 

Sunday Missal:  29^th Sunday of the Year (A) – Page 794.

 

Teas and Coffees available after Mass on Sunday and Thursday.

 

Sunday is the 100^th World Day of Prayer for the Missions, when Catholics across the world unite in prayer and generosity for the Church’s missionary work. Pope Leo XIV invites us to be “One in Christ, One in Mission.” Through Missio Scotland, your prayers and financial support help sustain missionary priests, religious sisters and brothers, lay catechists, and communities in need, including Missio Scotland’s projects in Albania and Ukraine. Please pray for missionaries throughout the world and give what you can. Donations can also be made online at missioscotland.com/donate

 

Lebanese Night on Saturday 28^th November 2026.  3-course meal and a glass of Lebanese wine, all for £20.  BYOB. Tickets will be on sale next weekend. We are collecting the money in advance so that our Lebanese chef can purchase all the ingredients and we can order the Lebanese wine.  More details about the menu to follow.

 

 

People’s Emergency Briefing - Film Screening: St Serf’s Church, Burntisland, Thursday 29 October at 7:00pm. This event includes a film screening (about climate change and how we can prepare ourselves for that practically and spiritually, and as communities), primarily aimed for a Church audience, with a short time of prayer and Bible readings before and after, followed by discussion and refreshments. Eco-themed interactive and reflective stations before the screening (available from 4pm). Follow the link to book:

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Dates for the Diary: Saturday 28 November: Children’s Advent Day; Sunday 20 December: Children’s Christmas Party.

 

Mass for the Faithful Departed: Archbishop Cushley will offer Holy Mass for the repose of all the faithful departed who have died in the Archdiocese in the last year, especially those buried at Mount Vernon Cemetery in Edinburgh. This will take place on All Souls’ Day, Monday 2 November, at 10:00am in the Cemetery Chapel at Mount Vernon Cemetery, 49 Mount Vernon Rd, Edinburgh, EH16 6JG.

 

Grief to Grace – Healing Retreat: Grief to Grace is a specialised five-day programme of spiritual and psychological healing for anyone who has suffered sexual, physical or emotional abuse or neglect in childhood, adolescence or adulthood. The next confidential retreat takes place 22-27 February 2027 at St Mary’s Monastery, Kinnoull, Perth. For more information, please contact Grief to Grace (Scotland) at margaret.clarke@grieftograceuk.org.

 

St Moluag’s Coracle: St Moluag’s Coracle is a Scottish Catholic online magazine featuring articles on faith, history, philosophy and current affairs. The magazine is free to read and welcomes contributions from Catholics across Scotland. Find out more and subscribe at stmoluagsoracle.com

 

Pope Leo XIV: As we continue to keep the Holy Father in prayer following his cancer diagnosis and recent surgery, let us reflect on the sermon he prepared for the closing Mass of the meeting on “Amoris Laetitia” on October 14^th, read on his behalf by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle: “Sadly, in many parts of the world today, the practice of praying together at home — before meals, at the beginning and end of the day, or on special occasions — has fallen away. Common prayer and the Sacraments play a vital role in family life because they open hearts to the action of God, enabling families to reach together places that they could never reach on their own. Indeed, they are a solid nourishment and a healing medicine. I therefore strongly urge everyone to rediscover and encourage these practices.”

 

Anecdote: “You’re not a white man; you’re Jesus.”  A touching story is told of a British missionary priest who lived   in a remote part of Tanzania.  He lived alone, a single white man among his African flock, speaking their language.  One day a British government official arrived on a tour of the area. The Tanzanian children ran out to welcome the visitor. They entertained the official by clapping, singing and dancing.  After the official left, the children excitedly told the missionary priest, “We saw a white man! We saw a white man!”   Some of the children said that the visitor was the first foreigner they had ever seen. The priest was amazed and exclaimed, “But I’m a white man. I’m a foreigner. But I’ve been living here with you all these years.”   One of the children said, “You’re not a white man; you’re Jesus, you are our Father.”  — Mission Sunday reminds us that transparent Christian life, as lived by this missionary, radiating the real presence of Jesus within, is the mission of every Christian. (Joseph G. Healey, M.M).

 

A Thought: 97% of the world has heard of Coca-Cola; 72% of the world has seen a can of Coca-Cola; 51% of the world has tasted a can of Coca-Cola. Coke has only been around 127 years. — If God had given the task of world evangelization to the Coke company it would probably be done by now!