Readings at Mass - 3rd Sunday of Lent - Year B
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20 Huntly Street, Aberdeen A Parish of the R.C. Diocese of Aberdeen Charitable Trust, a registered Scottish Charity, number SC 005122 Readings at Mass - 3rd Sunday of Lent - Year B www.stmaryscathedralaberdeen.org 8th March, 2015 • 3rd Sunday of Lent • Year B Entrance Anphon Cf. Ps 24: 15-16 My eyes are always on the Lord, for he rescues my feet from the snare. Turn to me and have mercy on me, for I am alone and poor. First reading Exodus 17:3-7 Tormented by thirst, the people complained against Moses. ‘Why did you bring us out of Egypt?’ they said. ‘Was it so that I should die of thirst, my children too, and my cale?’ Moses appealed to the Lord. ‘How am I to deal with this people?” he said. ‘A lile more and they will stone me!’ the Lord said to Moses, ‘Take with you some of the elders of Israel and move on to the forefront of the people; take in your hand the staff with which you struck the river, and go. I shall be standing before you there on the rock, at Horeb. You must strike the rock, and water will flow from it for the people to drink.’ This is what Moses did, in the sight of the el- ders of Israel. The place was named Massah and Meribah because of the grumbling of the sons of Israel and because they put the Lord to the test by saying, ‘Is the Lord with us, or not?’ Psalm Psalm 94:1-2,6-9 R. O that today you would listen to his voice! ‘Harden not your hearts.’ Come, ring out our joy to the Lord; hail the rock who saves us. Let us come before him, giving thanks, with songs let us hail the Lord. R. Come in; let us bow and bend low; let us kneel before the God who made us: for he is our God and we the people who belong to his pasture, the flock that is led by his hand. R. O that today you would listen to his voice! ‘Harden not your hearts as at Meribah, as on that day at Massah in the desert when your fathers put me to the test; when they tried me, though they saw my work.’ R. Second reading Romans 5:1-2,5-8 Through our Lord Jesus Christ, by faith we are judged righteous and at peace with God, since it is by faith and through Jesus that we have entered this state of grace in which we can boast about looking for- ward to God’s glory. And this hope is not decepve, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given us. We were sll helpless when at his appointed moment Christ died for sinful men. It is not easy to die even for a good man – though of course for someone really worthy, a man might be prepared to die – but what proves that God loves us is that Christ died for us while we were sll sinners. Gospel Acclamaon Jn4:42,15 Glory to you, O Christ, you are the Word of God! Lord, you are really the saviour of the world: give me the living water, so that I may never get thirsty. Glory to you, O Christ, you are the Word of God! Gospel John 4:5-42 Jesus came to the Samaritan town called Sychar, near the land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well is there and Jesus, red by the journey, sat straight down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, ‘Give me a drink.’ His disciples had gone into the town to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘What? You are a Jew and you ask me, a Samaritan, for a drink?’ – Jews, in fact, do not associate with Samaritans. Jesus replied: ‘If you only knew what God is offering and who it is that is saying to you: Give me a drink, you would have been the one to ask, and he would have given you living water.’ ‘You have no bucket, sir,’ she answered ‘and the well is deep: how could you get this living water? Are you a greater man than our father Jacob who gave us this well and drank from it himself with his sons and his cale?’ Jesus replied: ‘Whoever drinks this water will get thirsty again; but anyone who drinks the water that I shall give will never be thirsty again: the water that I shall give will turn into a spring inside him, welling up to eternal life.’ ‘Sir,’ said the woman ‘give me some of that water, so that I may never get thirsty and never have to come here again to draw water.’ ‘Go and call your husband’ said Jesus to her ‘and come back here.’ The woman answered, ‘I have no husband.’ He said to her, ‘You are right to say, “I have no husband”; for although you have had five, the one you have now is not your husband. You spoke the truth there.’ ‘I see you are a prophet, sir’ said the woman. ‘Our fathers worshipped on this moun- tain, while you say that Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.’ Jesus said: ‘Believe me, woman, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know: for salvaon comes from the Jews. But the hour will come – in fact it is here already – when true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth: that is the kind of worshipper the Father wants. God is spirit, and those who worship must worship in spirit and truth.’ The woman said to him, ‘I know that Messiah – that is, Christ – is com- ing; and when he comes he will tell us everything.’ ‘I who am speaking to you,’ said Jesus ‘I am he.’ At this point his disciples returned, and were surprised to find him speaking to a woman, though none of them asked, ‘What do you want from her?’ or, ‘Why are you talking to her?’ The woman put down her water jar and hurried back to the town to tell the people. ‘Come and see a man who has told me everything I ever did; I wonder if he is the Christ?’ This brought people out of the town and they started walking towards him. Meanwhile, the disciples were urging him, ‘Rabbi, do have something to eat; but he said, ‘I have food to eat that you do not know about.’ So the disciples asked one another, ‘Has someone been bringing him food?’ But Jesus said: ‘My food is to do the will of the one who sent me, and to complete his work. Have you not got a saying: Four months and then the harvest? Well, I tell you: Look around you, look at the fields; already they are white, ready for harvest! Already the reaper is being paid his wages, already he is bringing in the grain for eternal life, and thus sower and reaper rejoice together. For here the proverb holds good: one sows, another reaps; I sent you to reap a harvest you had not worked for. Others worked for it; and you have come into the rewards of their trouble.’ Many Samaritans of that town had believed in him on the strength of the woman’s tesmony when she said, ‘He told me all I have ever done’, so, when the Samaritans came up to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed for two days, and when he spoke to them many more came to believe; and they said to the woman, ‘Now we no longer believe because of what you told us; we have heard him our- selves and we know that he really is the saviour of the world.’ Sunday 11.15am Mass Processional 517 O God, your people gather Offertory 119 All my hope on God is founded Communion Hymn 744 Father, I know you are near 862 Bless the Lord Recessional 529 O Lord my God Meditaon It is noon at Jacob's well. Tired from the journey, Jesus stops to rest. The Word of God is hungry and thirsty. He calls a woman and her fellow cizens to faith. A Samaritan woman comes to the well at the hour when the sun is burning. Perhaps this woman of bad reputaon comes at this hour to avoid an encounter. But there is someone sing by the well. Who is he? He is a Jew, and Jews do not associate with Samaritans. It is an old story of schism and fear of contaminaon. In the eyes of Jesus, Samaria is like this woman who has five husbands. It has become a prostute to the idols. But the Word of God is thirsty. He desires the faith of this woman. He begins playing a game of queson and answer with her. By the quesons he raises, Jesus breaks through to the heart of this woman. She cannot avoid the queson, who is this man who is greater than Jacob? Is he a prophet? Is he possibly the Messiah? Refreshed by the water of life, the Samaritan woman runs to the village, announcing the good news of the mystery of Jesus. The hunger of the Word has now been sasfied. By introducing the woman to the life of faith, by bringing to God true worshippers, Jesus has begun to fulfil his mission. The Samaritans are already on the way. Their adherence to Jesus, the Saviour of the world, prefigures the fruiulness of gospel preached to the ends of the earth. Vienna Internaonal Religious Centre
Transcript of Readings at Mass - 3rd Sunday of Lent - Year B
20 Huntly Street, Aberdeen
A Parish of the R.C. Diocese of Aberdeen Charitable Trust, a registered Scottish Charity, number SC 005122
Readings at Mass - 3rd Sunday of Lent - Year B
www.stmaryscathedralaberdeen.org
8th March, 2015 • 3rd Sunday of Lent • Year B
Entrance Antiphon Cf. Ps 24: 15-16
My eyes are always on the Lord, for he rescues my feet from the snare.
Turn to me and have mercy on me, for I am alone and poor.
First reading Exodus 17:3-7
Tormented by thirst, the people complained against Moses. ‘Why did you bring us out of Egypt?’ they said. ‘Was it so that I should die of thirst, my children too, and my cattle?’
Moses appealed to the Lord. ‘How am I to deal with this people?” he said. ‘A little more and they will stone me!’ the Lord said to Moses, ‘Take with you some of the elders of Israel and move on to the forefront of the people; take in your hand the staff with which you struck the river, and go. I shall be standing before you there on the rock, at Horeb. You must strike the rock, and water will flow from it for the people to drink.’ This is what Moses did, in the sight of the el-ders of Israel. The place was named Massah and Meribah because of the grumbling of the sons of Israel and because they put the Lord to the test by saying, ‘Is the Lord with us, or not?’
Psalm Psalm 94:1-2,6-9
R. O that today you would listen to his voice! ‘Harden not your hearts.’
Come, ring out our joy to the Lord; hail the rock who saves us.
Let us come before him, giving thanks, with songs let us hail the Lord. R.
Come in; let us bow and bend low; let us kneel before the God who made us:
for he is our God and we the people who belong to his pasture, the flock that is led by his hand. R.
O that today you would listen to his voice! ‘Harden not your hearts as at Meribah, as on that day at Massah in the desert
when your fathers put me to the test; when they tried me, though they saw my work.’ R.
Second reading Romans 5:1-2,5-8
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, by faith we are judged righteous and at peace with God, since it is by faith and through Jesus that we have entered this state of grace in which we can boast about looking for-ward to God’s glory. And this hope is not deceptive, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given us. We were still helpless when at his appointed moment Christ died for sinful men. It is not easy to die even for a good man – though of course for someone really worthy, a man might be prepared to die – but what proves that God loves us is that Christ died for us while we were still sinners.
Gospel Acclamation Jn4:42,15
Glory to you, O Christ, you are the Word of God! Lord, you are really the saviour of the world: give me the living water, so that I may never get thirsty. Glory to you, O Christ, you are the Word of God!
Gospel John 4:5-42
Jesus came to the Samaritan town called Sychar, near the land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well is there and Jesus, tired by the journey, sat straight down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, ‘Give me a drink.’ His disciples had gone into the town to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘What? You are a Jew and you ask me, a Samaritan, for a drink?’ – Jews, in fact, do not associate with Samaritans. Jesus replied: ‘If you only knew what God is offering and who it is that is saying to you: Give me a drink, you would have been the one to ask, and he would have given you living water.’
‘You have no bucket, sir,’ she answered ‘and the well is deep: how could you get this living water? Are you a greater man than our father Jacob who gave us this well and drank from it himself with his sons and his cattle?’ Jesus replied:
‘Whoever drinks this water will get thirsty again; but anyone who drinks the water that I shall give will never be thirsty again: the water that I shall give will turn into a spring inside him, welling up to eternal life.’
‘Sir,’ said the woman ‘give me some of that water, so that I may never get thirsty and never have to come here again to draw water.’ ‘Go and call your husband’ said Jesus to her ‘and come back here.’ The woman answered, ‘I have no husband.’ He said to her, ‘You are right to say, “I have no husband”; for although you have had five, the one you have now is not your husband. You spoke the truth there.’ ‘I see you are a prophet, sir’ said the woman. ‘Our fathers worshipped on this moun-tain, while you say that Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.’ Jesus said:
‘Believe me, woman, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know: for salvation comes from the Jews. But the hour will come – in fact it is here already – when true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth: that is the kind of worshipper the Father wants. God is spirit, and those who worship must worship in spirit and truth.’
The woman said to him, ‘I know that Messiah – that is, Christ – is com-ing; and when he comes he will tell us everything.’ ‘I who am speaking to you,’ said Jesus ‘I am he.’ At this point his disciples returned, and were surprised to find him speaking to a woman, though none of them asked, ‘What do you want from her?’ or, ‘Why are you talking to her?’ The woman put down her water jar and hurried back to the town to tell the people. ‘Come and see a man who has told me everything I ever did; I wonder if he is the Christ?’ This brought people out of the town and they started walking towards him. Meanwhile, the disciples were urging him, ‘Rabbi, do have something to eat; but he said, ‘I have food to eat that you do not know about.’ So the disciples asked one another, ‘Has someone been bringing him food?’ But Jesus said:
‘My food is to do the will of the one who sent me, and to complete his work. Have you not got a saying: Four months and then the harvest? Well, I tell you: Look around you, look at the fields; already they are white, ready for harvest! Already the reaper is being paid his wages, already he is bringing in the grain for eternal life, and thus sower and reaper rejoice together. For here the proverb holds good: one sows, another reaps; I sent you to reap a harvest you had not worked for. Others worked for it; and you have come into the rewards of their trouble.’
Many Samaritans of that town had believed in him on the strength of the woman’s testimony when she said, ‘He told me all I have ever done’, so, when the Samaritans came up to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed for two days, and when he spoke to them many more came to believe; and they said to the woman, ‘Now we no longer believe because of what you told us; we have heard him our-selves and we know that he really is the saviour of the world.’
Sunday 11.15am Mass
Processional 517 O God, your people gather
Offertory 119 All my hope on God is founded
Communion Hymn 744 Father, I know you are near
862 Bless the Lord
Recessional 529 O Lord my God
Meditation
It is noon at Jacob's well. Tired from the journey, Jesus stops to rest. The Word of God is hungry and thirsty. He calls a woman and her fellow citizens to faith. A Samaritan woman comes to the well at the hour when the sun is burning. Perhaps this woman of bad reputation comes at this hour to avoid an encounter. But there is someone sitting by the well. Who is he? He is a Jew, and Jews do not associate with Samaritans. It is an old story of schism and fear of contamination. In the eyes of Jesus, Samaria is like this woman who has five husbands. It has become a prostitute to the idols. But the Word of God is thirsty. He desires the faith of this woman. He
begins playing a game of question and answer with her. By the questions he raises, Jesus breaks through to the heart of this woman. She cannot avoid the question, who is this man who is greater than Jacob? Is he a prophet? Is he possibly the Messiah? Refreshed by the water of life, the Samaritan woman runs to the village, announcing the good news of the mystery of Jesus. The hunger of the Word has now been satisfied. By introducing the woman to the life of faith, by bringing to God true worshippers, Jesus has begun to fulfil his mission. The Samaritans are already on the way. Their adherence to Jesus, the Saviour of the world, prefigures the fruitfulness of gospel preached to the ends of the earth.
Vienna International Religious Centre
Mass Times Date Details Service Time Mass Intentions
Sun 8th 3rd Sunday of Lent
Mass Mass-Polish Solemn Mass Mass-Polish Mass
8.00am 9.30 am 11.15am 3.00pm 6.00pm
Parish Intentions For the Diocese
Mon 9th St. Francis of Rome, Religious
Mass Mass
7.00am 12.30pm
The Callanan Family For God’s blessings Uti Ebiken Yen
Tue 10th Mass Mass
7.00am 7.00pm
Francis Kalaparambath RIP 6yrs For Easter Retreat
Wed 11th Mass Mass
7.00am 12.30pm
Morag Powey Jacob and Susan RIP
Thu 12th Mass Mass
7.00am 7.00pm
For God’s blessings Uti Ebiken Yen For God’s blessings Uti Ebiken Yen
Fri 13th Mass Mass
7.00am 12.30pm
For God’s blessings Uti Ebiken Yen James Ross RIP
Sat 14th Mass Mass
10.00am 7.00pm
Irina Pefkina For Easter Retreat
Sun 15th 4th Sunday of Lent
Mass Mass-Polish Solemn Mass Mass-Polish Mass
8.00am 9.30am 11.15am 3.00pm 6.00pm
For God’s blessings Uti Ebiken Yen
For the Diocese Parish Intentions
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At the back of the Church. Print details and post through Clergy House letter box.
It may not always be possible for Mass to be celebrated on your preferred date or at the Cathedral itself.
Recommended offering for each Mass is £5.
Sunday 11:15 Mass is normally reserved for the Administrator’s or Bishop’s Intentions for the Parish or Diocese
Offertory: 01/03 £2763.00 Polish: £1182.00 Renovations: £1578.55
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Diocesan youth website: latest news on
events, pilgrimages, retreats and youth groups for teenagers.
Sunday 3rd March, 2015
Cathedral News Weekly Calendar Mon Credo Community Meeting
Polish charismatic prayer group. Main Hall at 7.30pm . Contact: Fr Tomasz Klin SJ
Tue Magnificat Prayer Group Main Hall after Mass Contact: Paul Akagwu 07574 103 852
St. Vincent de Paul Feeding the homeless Contact: Evelyn Murray
Cathedral Faith Formation Evening For those interested in learning more about the Faith or becoming Catholic Lower Hall after Mass Contact: Fr. Keith
Wed Light Exercise Class for all Main Hall—10:00am Contact: Laura Walker 0777 3 021 851 [email protected]
Seniors Club Speakers, fun & fellowship Main Hall at 2 pm every 2 weeks Contact: Winnie on 01224 632 465.
African Choir For Africans and anyone else. Upper Hall from 6 - 8.00pm Contact: Kingsley Emeye 07956 039 763
Thu Healing of Memories Prayer for the healing of painful memories of the past to bring peace to the present. Clergy House at 2.30pm (by appointment) Contact: Deacon Tony
Legion of Mary Members serve the Church as needed Lower Hall at 5.30pm Contact: Nogie Osula [email protected]
Flower Arrangers Contact: Pixie Mather 01224 321 953
Cenacolo Prayer Group Exposition & Rosary praying for healing of those with addictions Church after Mass Contact: Liam Sharkey 07774 931 996 [email protected]
6pm Music Group Contemporary music for Sunday 6pm Mass Upper Hall after Mass Contact: Margaret Spence [email protected]
Fri Our Lady of Aberdeen Prayer Group Join us to pray the Rosary and give praise in song and in word. Chapter Room from 1.30 - 2.30pm Contact: Teresa Coyne 07901 851 526
Altar Servers’ Practice Church from 6.00 to 7.00pm Contact: Andrzej
Youth Group For teenagers between 11 & 17 Chapter Room & Clergy House 6.30 to 9pm Contact: St. Andrew’s Community 07754 891 808
Sat Church Cleaning Church at 10.30am Contact: Joyce Webster 01224 319 154
African Choir As above Upper Hall from 6 - 8.00pm
Sun 11:15 Choir Leading the music for 11.15 Sunday Mass Upper Hall 10.00am Contact: David & Liz Meiklejohn
Clergy & Staff Administrator: Fr. Keith Herrera 01224 640 160 [email protected]
Assistant Priest: Fr. Tomasz Klin 07402 099 944 (Polish Chaplain) [email protected]
Assistant Priest: Fr. Patrick Xavier Ekutt 07404 704 678 [email protected]
Deacon: Deacon Tony Schmitz [email protected]
Seminarian: Andrzej Niski [email protected]
Safeguarding: Chris Jones 07974 690 719 [email protected] More information: Parish website or www.scottishcatholicsafeguarding.org.uk
Music Directors: David & Liz Meiklejohn [email protected]
Parish Office
Telephone: 01224 640 160
Manager: Robin Harding [email protected]
Secretary: Cowan Watson [email protected]
Gift Aid: John Costello [email protected]
Bulletin: [email protected] Notices to be in by Tuesday evening
Hall Bookings: [email protected] Call between 9am & 1pm only Terms & Conditions see Parish website
Liturgical Ministries
Readers: Fiona Mitchell [email protected]
Euch. Ministers: Trudy Coker 07896 824 703 [email protected]
Pass Keepers: Gordon Webster 01224 59 22 46 [email protected]
Stewards: Diego Mejias Morffe 07960 325 046 [email protected]
Altar Servers: George Brand [email protected]
Notices
Way of Cross: ½ hr. before weekday Masses (not Thurs.)
Rosary: Saturdays 10.30pm
Confessions: Tuesdays 6pm Saturdays 10.30am & 6pm
Adoration: Monday to Friday 6.30am to 7pm 1 hour before Masses on Saturday
Morning Prayer: Monday - Friday 7.30am Saturdays 9.40am
Evening Prayer: Thursdays 6.30pm
Night Prayer: Thursdays 8.30pm
Housebound? Trudy Coker (See above) To arrange communion visits
Coeliacs: Please speak to a member of the clergy before Mass to arrange communion
Family Planning Nature’s Way Margaret Hammond: 07891 358 114 [email protected]
Children If restless: Mass screened live in Main Hall
To be accompanied to the toilet by a parent or guardian
‘Real’ Coffee after
Mass
St. Mary’s Youth Group (12-17’s)
Friday 6.30 Departure for Station Mass
Contact: St. Andrew’s Community
St Vincent de Paul March 1st: £125.86 Donations: £120.00 Food Expenses: £373.31 Thank you all for your donations.
Youth
All Night Lenten Vigil An all night vigil will be held in St. Columba’s Church, Braehaed Way, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen AB22 8RR on Friday 27th March from 8:00 pm with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and concluding on Saturday morning with 7:00 am Holy Mass and a cooked breakfast at 8:00 am. The theme of the evening will be the Stations of the Cross where we will follow the road to Golgotha with readings, meditation, Scripture and music throughout the night. All are welcome, tea and refreshments will be available during the vigil but we suggest you bring some food of your own choice.
Urgent Note To Catholic Parents Aberdeen City Council will begin to deliver Catholic Education classes to all Catholic students from S1 to S5 in Secondary School from June.
For this to happen Catholic parents/carers should contact Mrs. Clara Bergeron, RCRE Development Officer ASAP on [email protected] or 07805 768 183
Pluscarden Abbey Holy Week 1st to 6th April
The Abbot and monks of Pluscarden Abbey invite young people (aged 18-30) to celebrate the Liturgy with them from Wednesday of Holy Week until Easter.
If you are interested in joining the Plus-carden community in celebrating Easter, contact Fr Bede Kierney OSB by email at:
Deanery & Diocese Lenten Station Masses
You are invited to join us in celebrating Mass during the period of Lent and to join pilgrims from differ-ent parts of the city in gathering in one place to share in the Eucharist.
6.30pm Confessions 7.00pm Stations of the Cross 7.30pm Mass
Date Venue
13th Mar. Our Lady of Aberdeen, Kincorth
20th Mar. St Francis', Mannofield
27th Mar. St Joseph's, Woodside
Cathedral Bookshop Open Monday to Friday: 10.30 to 15.00; Saturdays to 13.00
Before and after each Mass
Knights of St. Columba St Patrick’s Day Supper
Dance
St Mary’s Cathedral Hall Saturday 14th March 2015
£15.00 7pm for 7.30pm BYOB
Tickets: Ken 07429 630 863 Peter 07808 003 411 Martin 07976 027 346
Sunday Coffee Shop ‘Real’ Coffee, tea and cakes being sold from 9am to 5pm & after 6pm Mass for Building Fund.
The Magnificat Prayer group Invites you to a Lenten/Easter Retreat with a teaching (DVD) by Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa on the topic “Salvation as God’s free Gift”. Tuesdays in the Main Hall from 3rd March for 8 weeks. Time: 7.45pm. All Welcome.
Feast of St John Ogilvie Tuesday 10th March is the 500th Anniversary of the martyrdom of St John Ogilvie. Leaflets are available at the back of the church for novena to St John in preparation for the feast.
ST MARY'S SENIORS CLUB Meeting, 11th March at 2.00pm in Main Hall. Norma Grant will be talking about The Women's Alliance, who run ,among other things, The City Centre Heritage walks. Norma is making her first
visit to the Club so let’s give her a warm welcome.
Memorial Mass For Deacon John Futers Memorial Mass for Deacon John Futers is in the Cathedral on Thursday 12th March at 12:30pm. Deacon John was ordained in our diocese and worked in the Cathedral and at Our Lady of Aberdeen Parish. All are welcome to the memorial mass. His widow Margaret Futers will be in attendance and hope to meet some old friends
Nightfever We invite you to sit and take a minute to open your heart & soul to God’s grace and love through Adoration, Confession, music and Prayer. Venue is St. Mary’s Cathedral, 14th March. Please come before 8:00 pm
Second Collection There will be a second collection next Sunday
(15th March) for SCIAF. Thanks.
Mother’s Day Celebration Cake Sale 15th March 2015
All mothers to be blessed by Fr. Keith at the Altar as they come with thanksgiving offering.
Calling all parishioners to donate or pledge to donate baked
cakes.
There will be flower and cake raffles and other fun activities.
Volunteers required. Please contact Pixie Mather on (01224) 321 953 to donate or help.
Calling all husbands/children to prepare to spoil their wives, mothers and grandmothers.
Beat Hunger with the Wee Box One in 8 people will go to bed hungry tonight and 70% of them will be women and girls. Please give what you can to SCIAF’s WEE BOX appeal this lent and together we can make a difference. WEE BOXES could make twice the difference this year. All donations SCIAF receives by 17th May will be DOUBLED by the UK Government.
Bookshop Manager We are grateful to Barbara Mearns for taking the role of Acting Bookshop Manager until such time as we appoint a permanent Bookshop Manager. Volunteers are to report to her during this interim period.
Short Term Pledge Prayer For Lent I promise, in honour of the Sacred Heart, and with the help of the Blessed Virgin Mary, to abstain from all intoxicating drink until Easter Sunday. Amen.
Becoming A Catholic If you are thinking about becoming a Catholic or would like to find out more then you are invited to our weekly discovery sessions beginning on Wednesday 22nd April in the Lower Hall.
Adult Confirmation If you are an adult who has not yet received the sacrament of Confirmation then sign up for the course which begins on Wednesday 22nd April via the parish website.
Alpha Alpha is an opportunity to explore the meaning of life and the Christian faith in an open, friendly and informal environment. We are begin with a special introductory celebration supper on Wednesday 22nd April in the Lower Hall. Please register via the parish website or fill in a form at the back of the church and put it in the collec-tion basket.
Power of Grace A day retreat for Teens (12-16) at Greyfri-ars Convent Elgin, IV30 1DA. On Saturday
6th June. Time 11am-6pm. Free but registration is required. Contact
New Evangelization Retreat
19th-21st June at St. Michael’s Centre in Tomintoul. For all teens (15-18).
Please contact Sister Christina, O.P at
The Dominican Way A walking pilgrimage for Catholics aged 18-35. 29th July - 9th August. £199 (full
board). Financial support is available. For more information/booking:
www.facebook.com/TheDominicanWay or [email protected]
Book of the Month Ron Smith, “St John Ogilvie-The Story of Scotland’s only Post-Reformation Saint” only £3.00. Cards for St. Patrick’s day, Easter, Confirmation and Baptism
