IntimationsAbundant Baptismal Blessings recently bestowed on Alexander Gerard McKay and on Oran James & Jessica Jane Harkins. “And we, who have been modelled on the earthly man (Adam), will be modelled on the heavenly man (Christ the Lord)” (cf 1Cor 15: 49).

Your charitable prayers are requested for

Sick: Stephen Nash, Ian Shand, Gillian Martin, Jane Martin, Michael Griffin, Noel & Mary Brady, Carlo Fazzi, Eileen Forsyth, Jeanette McDonald, Thomas Taggart, Alice Douglas, Eileen Reilly…

And for the happy repose of the souls of

Recently Dead: Ellen (née Beattie) Geoghegan [Balloch- Eastfield], Rev Sr Gerard (Little Sisters of the Poor), Catherine Keating (Birmingham),

Month’s Mind Susan (née McCarthy) McGhee

Anniversaries: John Meechan, May Kos (2nd), Alice (née Boyce) Burns, Betty (née Gribbin) Taggart, Angeline Tomlinson, Baby Tyler Stephen Farrell, Peter MacArthur, Maggie Paterson, Susannah & Charlie Csombo, Annie & John Bolan, Deceased Members of the Hendry Family, Patrick Clinton, Mary Clinton, Mrs Isabella Friel, Mrs Mary (née Brownlow) Currie, James Kelly, Bernard McQuillan, Patricia Ross, Matt Vaughan, Craig Fallon (1st), Catherine Taggart, Tommy Taggart, Mary O’Donnell (1st), Ina Scott, Betty Taggart, Sadie Quail (8th), Frank Lennon

In Good Company

Feast days Monday: St Casimir; Tuesday: St Kieran; Wednesday is ASH WEDNESDAY; Thursday: St Perpetua & St Felicity; Friday: St John of God, St Duthac [Tain], St Senan; Saturday: St Frances of Rome (Sunday: First Sunday of Lent [C])

Pope Francis Prayer Intentions for March: Evangelization – Christian Communities: That Christian communities, especially those who are persecuted, feel that they are close to Christ and have their rights respected.

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Holy Cross2nd / 3rd March 2019

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time [C] Eccles 27: 4-7; Ps 91; 1Cor 15: 54-58; Lk 6: 39-45

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“The Chapel House”, Holy Cross, Constarry Road, Croy, Crothaidh, G65 9JG Tel: 01236- 822 148

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Clergy: Rev Fr Joseph Sullivan PVG Scheme renewed July 2017 Holy Mass Saturday Vigil: 6pm; Sunday: 9.30am & 11.40am Monday to Saturday: 10am Sacrament of Reconciliation/ Confession Saturdays after 10am Mass, after 6pm Mass & usually any day on request; aussi en français, anche in italiano Holy Rosary Monday to Saturday at 9.30am; Novena in honour of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal at Mass on Tuesdays Divine Mercy Devotion after Mass on Wednesdays Day Visits the Church building is open during the day Additional Support Transport to 11.40am Mass please ’phone: 07946 610381 Wheelchair- access ramp begins halfway down Our Lady’s Shrine side of Building Wheelchair- accessible Toilet: ask a Pass-keeper for a key to the Parish Hall LARGE PRINT Bulletins available on request from a Pass-keeper Low Gluten Hosts approved by USCCB (or Chalice reception) available: see Fr Sullivan Hearing: Loop System is present

Hall Bookings See Website for details, then email: hall@holycrosscroy.com or Booking Secretary, Tel 07833 544250, Monday- Thursday between 8- 9pm

Coffee Morning for the work of the Comboni Missionary Sisters in South Sudan working with Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons…. after 9.30am Mass in Parish Hall.

First Reconciliation/ Confession for Holy Cross Primary, on Thursday at 7pm. Please keep these P3 children… and their parents on your prayers. St Andrew’s Primary 3 pupils will celebrate theirs on Tuesday 12th March at 7pm (Lenten Devotions will begin the following week, 19th March, apologies for any inconvenience).

Finance Last weekend’s Second Collection for Re-pointing raised £525. This weekend the Collection will be for Catholic Education. Next weekend the Second Collection will be taken up for Sick & Retired Clergy. We do not forget those who support the parish in non-financial ways: prayers, guarding, odd-jobs etc.

Well done the Anonymous Donors of £20, of £500 (a few weeks ago) and of a cheque for £1,000 for the Re-Pointing. Apart from those who (week in, week out) have supported the Second Collection, we must recall the ones who gave a Special Individual Donation or Legacy & also congratulate the ones who organised certain Fund-Raising Initiatives!

Flowers for the Altar well done the Anonymous Donors of £20 and £60 to purchase flowers. The family of the Late Emma (geboren Kalss) Shiels have donated the flowers in her fond memory at the Sacred Heart Altar, at Our Lady’s Altar and at St Anthony.

Letter regarding the Sacraments, from Archbishop Tartaglia copies in porch Area.

Cluster Service at St Joseph’s on Monday 11th March at 7pm, the title is: “Four stops on a journey with Jesus.” Tea & coffee in hall

Piety Stall new items for First Holy Communion now available. We take this opportunity to congratulate those who ‘staff” the Piety Stall so faithfully.

Ash Wednesday this Wednesday is a day of fasting & abstinence. Ashes will be distributed: 8.15am, 10am & 7pm Mass. The 8.15am Mass will begin on Wednesday and continue during Lent (Monday to Friday): Readings (normally) by Holy Cross Primary Pupils. A Lenten “Count-down Calendar” has been purchased, one per family with this (hard copy) Bulletin.

Way of the Cross A Plenary Indulgence is available to all who devoutly make the Stations of the Cross: here on Fridays after 10am Mass (barring a Funeral). The Sick or Housebound or Prisoners can gain the same Indulgence, if they spend at least one half an hour in pious reading & meditation on the Passion & Death of our Lord Jesus Christ. Normal conditions apply: be free from all attachment from sin; receive the Sacraments of Penance & the Eucharist; pray for intentions of the Pope.

Pioneer Total Abstinence please consider taking the Short Term Pledge for Lent, see porch for details. “I promise, in honour of the Sacred Heart & with the help of the Blessed Virgin Mary, to abstain from all intoxicating drink until Easter Sunday.”

Confirmation for P7 is on Thursday, 21st March. At the end of Mass next weekend (& next) would Parents, Sponsors (if available) & P7 Children wait behind in the Church Building for 20- 30 minutes.

Bishops of Scotland (as requested by Pope Francis) have established A Day of Prayer for those who have suffered abuse- held on the Friday following Ash Wednesday.

The Wee Box The Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund begins its Lenten Campaign. Please uplift the materials from the Porch Area.

Fair Trade Night (free admittance) on Monday 4th March at 7.30pm in Parish Hall. Fair Trade goods will be on offer on a sale or return basis from Gavin’s Mill. The film: “Black Gold” will be shown. Parish J & P group will provide Fair Trade tea, coffee and biscuits/cakes etc. Finish at 9.30pm

St Patrick’s Concert by Croy Community Choir with Blah Na Gael, John Waters in Parish Hall on Saturday 16th March at 7pm. Ticket= £6 from T Bolan (01236 822973 or W Weldon 01236 822812 or C Brannan 01236 731204)

Safeguarding in the Catholic Church Copies of the new Code of Conduct are available in the porch area. Safeguarding Co-ordinators & each has a telephone no.: Ann McArthur 07707 868421 & Pat Durkin 07598 976603 or telephone Archdiocese: 0141 226 5898

Flourish on Sale in Porch Area- 70p

Lentfest 2019 Leaflets by Archdiocese of Glasgow Arts Project from the Porch Area.