ST ANDREW’S ST PETER’S ST PHILIP’S ST THERESA’S Admin Office:

126 Victoria Street 9 Carmondean Centre The Lanthorn Kilronan Park

Craigshill Deans Kenilworth Rise 41 Main Street

Livingston Livingston Dedridge, Livingston East Calder

EH54 5BJ EH54 8PT EH54 6NY EH53 0ES

T: 01506 432141 T: 01506 438787 T: c/o 01506 880918 T: 01506 880918

Pastoral Team:

Fr Kenneth Owens, Fr Simon Hughes, Fr Peter Krakowiak SAC & Fr John Semnanke

Email: catholic126@gmail.com PPC Email: livingstoneastcalder_ppc@hotmail.com

Fr Peter Mobile: 07460 676 278 (text only) Email: katolicylivingston@gmail.com

Facebook: Livingston and East Calder Catholic Parishes

Website: www.livingstoncatholicparishes.co.uk

SVDP Contact Numbers:

St Andrew’s: 07342 793611 St Peter’s: 07796 662264

St Philip’s: 07502 031701 St Theresa’s: 07548 115446

Confession:

St Andrew’s: Sat 9am & 4.30pm

St Peter’s: Sat 10am

St Philip’s: Sat 9am

St Theresa’s: Sun after 11.30am

Adoration:

St Andrew’s: Tue 10am to 11am

Thu 7pm to 8pm

Sat 4.30pm to 5pm

St Peter’s: Sat 10am to 10.30am

Sun 8.30am to 9am

St Philip’s: Sat 9am to 9.15am

Morning Prayer:

St Philip’s: Tue, Thu & Sat

9.15am

SUNDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2018

25th Sunday of the Year - Year B

In the Gospel today (Mk 9:30-37) we have the second

prediction of the Passion. Jesus tells his apostles that

he will suffer bitter humiliation and death and says

that true greatness shows itself in service towards

the weaker members of the community.

But once again the disciples do not understand.

Instead, motivated by selfish ambition, they get

involved in an argument as to which of them is the

greatest. This kind of ambition is condemned by

Jesus and by St James (second reading). Greatness in

the church is found in diakonia, service and only

there.

Youth Club: The Youth Club is on tonight from 6.00pm - 8.00pm in the Lanthorn Centre. Children from P4 to S4 welcome.

Meeting for P3 Parents: Will be on Wednesday 26 September at 7.00pm in St Andrew’s. Parents of children in P3 who are to receive First

Confession in the coming year should attend.

P3 Rite of Enrolment & Sign of the Cross: This takes place on Sunday 30th. P3 children enrolling for the sacraments should attend.

PPC: The next meeting will be on Thursday 27 September at 7.00pm in St Margaret’s.

Meeting for P4 Parents: The parents of children who are due to receive First Holy Communion in the coming year should come along to this

meeting on Tuesday 2 October at 7.00pm in St Andrew’s.

Social Committee: The next meeting of the Social Committee is on Wednesday 3 October at 7.00pm in St Theresa’s.

Challenge Poverty Week: An open evening will be held in St Peter’s on Thursday 4 October at 7.00pm. Hosted by the SSVP we will be

addressing the problem of poverty in our town and how by working along with like-minded groups we can help to overcome this. There will

be presentations from Poverty Alliance, Foodbank (Trussell Trust) and the Credit Union. All are welcome to this event. Please be early as

we need to start at 7.00pm.

St John’s Hospital Mass: Fr Simon will celebrate Mass in the hospital on Friday 5 October at 5.00pm. Everyone is welcome to this Mass.

TAPP Theatre Group: Please come and meet with Fr Spielberg on Friday 5 October at 7.00pm in St Peter’s. New members are very

welcome!

Schoenstatt Retreat: A reminder that this will be on Saturday 13 October. For more details, contact the parish office.

One World Family International Social Evening: Will be on Saturday 27 October in the Lanthorn. Tickets cost £8/£2 (2-16 years; under 2

years go free) and are available in our four parishes (St Andrew’ - Maureen Rolfe & Patricia McKenna; St Philip’s - Lynnette Buchan & Kevin

Farquhar; St Theresa’s - Tom Grieve; St Peter’s - Mica Rios & Cathy Bain). Good food, entertainment, dancing from different countries,

raffle, etc. Entrance is by ticket only (due to health and safety regulations, you will not be allowed entry if you don’t have a ticket). A great

night for all the family!

Next Sunday’s Readings (30.09.18): Numbers 11:25-29; Psalm 18; James 5:1-6; Mark 9:38-43. 45. 47-48.

Recently Deceased: Anton Thom, Peter Cochrane Anniversaries (September): Agnes McQuade, Catherine Carr Imrie (60th), Sylvia Crighton,

Maxwell Robertson, Paul Lynas, Kenneth Haughey.

Shared News …

ST PETER’S …

Welcome: This morning we welcome Mr Greg McDowell, Acting

Head Teacher of St Margaret’s Academy who is here to say ‘hello’

to us all.

Wednesday 26th: The children from P7 will join us for Mass.

Car Park Appeal: Has now reached over £10,000 which is fantastic!

This Sunday is the last push to raise the total funds (to pay the

bills!). Please give as you are able - but thank you for all that’s

been given so far!

The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning Macmillan Cancer Support:

Will be held in St Peter’s on Friday 28 September from 10.30am -

1.00pm hosted by Carmondean Health Centre. Please come along

and support this very worthy cause. Note, there will be no Mass

that morning.

No Mass or Confessions … on Saturday 29 September as Fr Simon

will be out of the parish.

Readers: If you have a few minutes to stay on after Mass NEXT

Sunday (30 September), Fr Simon would love to meet with you all.

Last Sunday’s Collection: £990.14; Church Stall: £71.99

ST ANDREW’S ...

Wednesday 26th: The children from P7 will join us for Mass.

Social Committee: We are still looking for two people to

represent the parish on the inter-parish social group.

Anyone interested should speak to Fr Kenneth.

Last Sunday’s Collection: £696.93; Aged & Infirm Clergy:

£757.13; 200 Club: No 18 & No 53 ; Sanctuary Candle: Safe

holiday

ST PHILIP’S ...

P1 & P7 Buddy Mass: The children

from P1 & P7 will join us for Mass

on Tuesday 27th.

Macmillan Coffee Morning: Will

be held in the Lanthorn on

Saturday 29 September from

10.00am to 12 noon. Entry is £2

(adults)/£1 (child)

Last Sunday’s Collection: £356.80;

Aged & Infirm Clergy: £283.38;

200 Club: No 81 J Thomson;

Sanctuary Candle: Rena Linstrum

RIP

ST THERESA’S…

Friday 5 October: The school

children will join us for Mass.

Social Committee: We are still

looking for two people to

represent the parish on the inter-

parish social group. Anyone

interested should speak to Fr

Kenneth.

Fairtrade: The other parishes in

the cluster have a Fairtrade stall

once per month. Is there anyone

interested in joining a rota to run

a Fairtrade stall in the parish? If

interested, speak to Fr Kenneth.

Last Sunday’s Collection: £360.05;

Aged & Infirm Clergy: £186.48;

Bonus Ball Winner: No 44 Isobel

Haughey

Parish Pastoral

Council Matters!

Almost two years ago on the

27th of October 2016 the first

meeting of the Pastoral Parish

Council took place .The purpose

of the new four parish council is

to involve the laity in

partnership with the Parish

Team to support our developing

parish cluster.

The PPC attempts to build up the

cluster parish as a community

of faith supporting our parish

team in developing the spiritual

and pastoral life of the parishes.

To co-ordinate the work of other

groups in the cluster. To

encourage all parishioners to use

their gifts and be active in the

whole parish. It also reaches out

to establish effective links with

other parishes and churches

locally but most importantly, to

reflect and represent the

interests of the parish.

In preparation for taking on the

responsibility of representing

the parishes, the PPC had a

formation session to share our

understanding of the role of

laity and to identify needs for

the council to move forward. The

agreed focus has been the

development of a

communications strategy to

create a common identity for

the four parishes and to

encourage more activities

together rather than as separate

parishes. The council also

wanted to encourage greater

participation by men in

parishes. In October 2017 the

PPC reviewed what had been

achieved and what needed to be

done. A parish wish list was

created to address the needs of

all groups within our cluster

such as: broadening our

understanding of other belief

systems; pastoral care group;

promotion of social justice;

mens’activities and more!

Membership of the council is

open to the whole parish and

should reflect the demographic

make-up of the parish. The

council should ideally be

twenty members including the

parish team. Members should be

confirmed Catholics, active in

the parish and be persons of

faith, hope and charity. There

are recommended time

guidelines for membership to

enable growth and involvement

of people committed to

involvement of the laity in the

decision making and future

planning of parish activity.

Anyone who is interested in

representing their parish, please

make yourself known to

anyone in the parish team.

Each of us is an important

member of the Church and each

of us can contribute through

our gifts to our parish

community.

Frances Laing

Chairperson

Parish Pastoral Council

DATE ST ANDREW’S ST PETER’S ST PHILIP’S ST THERESA’S FEAST DAY

Sun 23 Sept 9.30am Polish JS 11.30am Mass KO Tom Farley

9.30am Mass SH Special Intention

5.30pm Mass SH People of the Parish

9.30am Mass KO Hugh Mann Snr RIP

11.30am Mass JS Mary Carr

25th Sunday of the year

Year B

Mon 24 Sept No Service

No Service No Service 9.00am Mass JS Donor’s Intention

Monday 25th week of the year

Tue 25 Sept 9.30am Mass JS Louise Lundberg

6.00pm Mass SH Maureen Reilly Thomas RIP

9.30am Mass KO Deceased members of Maloney & Hall Families

No Service Tuesday 25th week of the year

Wed 26 Sept 9.30am Mass KO Trinidad Mercado

9.30am Mass SH Anton Thom RIP

No Service 6.00pm Mass JS Donor’s Intention

Wednesday 25th week of the year

Thu 27 Sept 9.30am Funeral of Peter Cochrane KO

9.30am Mass SH Donor’s Intention

9.30am Mass JS Michael Maloney

No Service Memorial of St Vincent de Paul

Fri 28 Sept No Service No Service No Service 9.00am Mass KO Donor’s Intention

Friday 25th week of the year

Sat 29 Sept 9.30am Mass JS Gertrude McLay 5.30pm Vigil JS

No Service 6.30pm Polish PK

9.30am Mass KO Ian Leslie RIP

No Service Feast of SS Michael,

Gabriel & Raphael

Sun 30 Sept 9.30am Polish PK 11.30am Mass KO People of the Parish

9.30am Mass SH Brian Mooney RIP

5.30pm Mass SH

9.30am Mass KO Birthday Remembrance

11.30am Mass JS George Rarity

26th Sunday of the year

Year B

WIADOMOŚCI POLSKIEJ WSPÓLNOTY W LIVINSTON

Drodzy, autor księgi Mądrości przestrzegał pobożnych ludzi już przed wiekami, że bezbożni mawiają:

Zróbmy zasadzkę na sprawiedliwego, bo nam niewygodny: sprzeciwia się naszemu działaniu, zarzuca

nam przekraczanie Prawa. Psalmista daje nam pocieszenie słowami: Bóg podtrzymuje całe moje życie. Św.

Jakub nam przypomina, iż mądrość zstępująca z góry jest przede wszystkim czysta, dalej - skłonna do

zgody, ustępliwa, posłuszna, pełna miłosierdzia i dobrych owoców, wolna od względów ludzkich i obłudy.

Owoc zaś sprawiedliwości sieją w pokoju ci, którzy zaprowadzają pokój. Jako wierzący gromadzący się na

niedzielnej mszy świętej potwierdzamy już naszą obecnością, że Bóg wezwał nas przez Ewangelię, abyśmy

dostąpili chwały Pana naszego, Jezusa Chrystusa.

Jezus dzisiaj powiedział do nas: Jeśli ktoś chce być pierwszym, niech będzie ostatnim ze wszystkich i sługą

wszystkich. Mówił to Apostołom, gdy oni spierali się o to, który z nich jest ważniejszy, a nie słuchali o

czekającej Go męce i śmierci krzyżowej. Pycha uczyniła ich, ale czyni i nas istotami słabymi,

egocentrycznymi, uciekającymi od cierpienia. Prośmy dla siebie o mądrość zstępującą z góry, trwając na

modlitwie, by stawać się jak dzieci, które bezgranicznie ufają Miłosiernemu Ojcu. Ks. Piotr