This week in the Parish.

Vigil Mass of Sunday Saturday 6.00pm Mass Sunday: 11.00am Mass. Children of P4 receiving First Holy Communion 4.30pm Rosary, Evening Prayer & Benediction Monday: Optional Memorial of St. John I 9.15am Mass 6.00pm Liturgy Preparation 7.15pm Pro Life Rosary Tuesday: 9.10am Morning Prayer 9.30am Mass 7.00pm St. Ninian’s High School, Eastwood talk on life of Ven. Margaret Sinclair Wednesday: Optional Mem. of St. Bernardine of Siena 9.10am Morning Prayer 9.30am Mass

Fr. Joe’s Day Off

Thursday: Optional Memorial of St. Christopher Magallanes & Companions Day of Prayer for Vocations 9.10am Morning Prayer 9.30am Mass 10.15am to 11.15am Rosary, Adoration and Benediction 1.00pm Schoenstatt Shrine: Mass for P7 pupils Friday: Optional Memorial of St. Rita Cascia 9.10am Morning Prayer 9.30am Mass 6.00pm Holy Hour Saturday: Our Lady’s Day 9.10am Morning Prayer 9.30am Mass The Novena in honour of the Holy Spirit will be prayed after Mass each morning followed by May Devotions; we will pray the Rosary and recite the Litany of Our Lady of Loreto.

RIP: John Cullen and Joan Mc Kechrie

Anniversaries: Jeremy Gardiner

Sick: Fr. Noel Barry, John McCLuskey, Gemma

Mc Rae, John Mc Neill, Colin McLeod, and

Billy Kerr.

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday: 10.30-11.00am; 5.15-5.45pm Sunday: 10.30-10.45am

Many thanks First Collection GAD: £280.50 SDS: £468.87 SCIAF-NEPAL

£1258.36

Second Collection this week for

Scottish National Communications

First Communions will take place on Sunday during the 11am Mass. The Sacrament of First Eucharist will be received by the second group of children from P4 at St. Lucy’s. This event is very important, since the Eucharist is the “source and the summit” of Christian faith. The parents and children, with help of catechists and teachers, have been preparing for this special occasion since October 2014. The children, after being born anew at their baptism, will now be strengthened by reception of the Sacrament of the Most Holy Eucharist; the Real Presence, the Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, the food of eternal life. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches “The sacraments of Christian Initiation...lay the foundations of every Christian life.” Our congratulations and prayers go to: Ewan Freeland; Grace Irwin; Luke Kinnear; Grace MacBroom; Aaron Martin; Pierce McBride; Ryan Noble; Shannon O'Neil; Sharee O'Neil; Robyn Wright; Damian Lyzwa; Leon Paterson; Declan Johnstone; Stephanie Moore.

49th World Communications Day 2015. We are asked to reflect on the necessity of fulfilling the command of Jesus to preach the Good News of the Gospel to the whole world. A key to communicating with “the whole world” is the world of the media and its demands for news relating to every aspect of the life of the

Church and its people. Each year, Pope Francis publishes a special message for this day in January, on the feast of St. Francis de Salles, the patron saint of journalists. The theme chosen by the Holy father this year is "Communicating the Family: A Privileged Place of Encounter with the Gift of Love". Pope Francis begins his message by saying “The family is a subject of profound reflection by the Church and of a process involving two Synods of bishops: the recent extraordinary assembly and the ordinary assembly scheduled for October. So I thought it appropriate that the theme should have the family as its point of reflection. After all, it is the context of the family that we first learn to communicate. Focusing on this context can help to make our communication more authentic and humane, while helping us to view the family in a new perspective”. World Communications Day is a worldwide celebration called for by the Second Vatican Council, and is marked, on the recommendation of the bishops of the world, on the Sunday before Pentecost. Second Collection for The Scottish Communications Commission. As you know the parish depends on the second collection for its viability. I would ask your, therefore, to be as generous as you possible can in the first collection for the parish. Pro-Life Mass Wed, 20 May, 6pm. Bl. John Duns Scotus. Celebrant, Fr. Ross Campbell. Refreshments afterwards.

Pentecost Sunday: Celebration of the Sacraments of Confirmation and Holy Communion for Leo Emre Osturk. With great joy Holy Mother Church and St. Lucy’s Parish will welcome Leo as he completes his Rites of Christian Initiation. We pray that this happy day will bring great blessings on the Church and on himself and his family. Ecumenical Commission of the Archdiocese Thurs, 21 May, Eyre Hall, 7-9pm invites you, your family and your friends of other churches

to a presentation on ‘Fifty years of the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund’ For catering purposes please confirm by email: Elizabeth.Taite@rcag.org.uk. Tel. 0141 226 5898 Pastoral Planning In a letter from Archbishop Tartaglia, I have been advised that “At the next meeting on 11th June 2015, the Council of Priests’ will look at where we are in our process of pastoral planning in respect of parish provision, consider the next steps, and discuss how a Diocesan Pastoral Council can assist in this process”. The North Dakota State University Concert Choir and Madrigal Singers will present a concert of choral music on Monday, May 25 @ 8 p.m. In St. Patrick’s Church, Dumbarton. The choir is from Fargo, North Dakota, USA.

Scottish Catholic Youth Festival at Stirling University Campus from Thursday, 30th July to Sunday 2nd August for young people aged 14-25. If you would like to take part can you please let me know. The cost to each participant is £50. See posters. Redburn School Fundraising Any parishioners who sponsored Niamh or Kristy are asked to give their donation to a member of the family. Parish Pilgrimage to Rome for the Holy Year of Mercy If you would be interested in taking part in such an event at some point next year, could you please sign up at the back. Thereafter, we will arrange a meeting of interested parties and see what we can arrange. It may be we will want to join with some of the other local parishes but these are matters we can discuss one we have some idea of the parish interest. Votive Candles at First Communions. Concern was expressed at the PPC that there was a danger of some of the girls’ veils or dresses catching fire. Following on a discussion, I have agreed that there should be no candles lit during 11am Mass this Sunday.

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