St Joseph’s Newsletter Parish

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interested please speak to Fr. Lamb.
St Joseph’s Parish Newsletter
St Joseph’s,
Mayberry Place,
Blantyre.
G72 9DA
Knights of St. Columba
Bishop Toal will be Principle Celebrant at a Mass for deceased member
of the Knights of St Columba in St Joseph’s on Saturday 8th November
at 11.00 am. All welcome.
Pioneer Total Abstinence Association
The November Mass for all deceased Pioneers their families and friends
will take place in St. Patrick’s Church Shieldmuir, Wishaw on Friday 7th
November at 7.30 pm. Bishop John Mone will be the Principle
Celebrant.
Parish Priest: Rev. Brian Lamb
Recently Dead:
Brenda Cassidy 59 Hillview Dr.
Laurie Stark, Isabel McAleenan, Sally Keenan.
Months Minds & Anniversaries
Frank Brown, Matilda Jackson, Alexander Lafferty snr & jnr, John &
Tom McCusker, John & Maissie McLean, Sarah Madden, Mary Trusseer,
Patrick o@down, Fr. John Ceresoli SX, Roddy Sutherland,, Matthew
Dunsmuir, James O’Brien, John Richerdson, Jean Krawczyk, William
Mulrooney, Hugh & Kevin McQuade, John McLinden, Susan & Dan
Corns, Sean McCormack, Paul Lemann, Maggie Welsh.
Funeral arrangements:
Brenda Cassidy
Ph.B. S.T.L.
Assistant Priest Rev. Rafal Sobieszuk M. Theol.
Deacon Rev. Joseph Dowds
Charity No. SCO1 11041
30th Sunday of the Year
All Saints Day & All Souls Day
Next Saturday is the Solemnity of All Saints, since the feast falls on a
Saturday it is not celebrated as a Holy Day of Obligation. Next Sunday
we celebrate the solemnity All Souls Day.
+Please Remember in Your Prayers +
House: 01698 823896
Email: info@sjblantyre.org
web: sjblantyre.org
26th October 2014
Times of Services
Masses
Vigil 5.00 pm
10.00 am, 12.00 & 6.30 pm
Mon –Fri 1.00 pm
Thurs— also 7.00 pm
Sat 10.00 am
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Thursday 12.30 am - 12.55 am
6.30 - 6.55 pm
Saturday
9.30 - 9.55 am
& after Vigil Mass.
Wednesday 6.00 pm Rosary in Co-op Parlour
6.30 pm Reception of Body
Thursday
1.00 pm Requiem Mass
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Thursday 6.00-6.55 pm
“ You must love the Lord your
God and your neighbour as
yourself.”
October Devotions
Rosary & Benediction Tuesday at 7.00
Church Collection
£1,968.00
Sincere thanks for your generosity to the parish and church mission.
Hall Bookings
Anyone wishing to book the church hall
is asked to phone 0793 200 1210.
Church’s Social Teaching
“And it is to be hoped that individuals, social organisations and nations
will join hands in brotherly fashion– the strong aiding the weak– all
contributing their knowledge, their enthusiasm and their love to the
task, without thinking of their own convenience.”
Populorum Progressio 75
Mission Sunday Collection
There will be a second collection at all Masses this weekend to support
the Church’s work in Mission Lands through Missio Scotland.
Building Fund Collection
There will be a building Fund Collection at all Masses next weekend.
November Lists
November Lists and envelopes are available at the back of the church.
Mass is offered each day during November for all whose names are
included. Your Mass offering may be included in the envelope as all
are opened.
Parish Christmas Cards
The cards are available for purchase. Single cards are 25p and the pack
of four cards is available for 80p.
Renovations
This week the work of stripping the lower roofs should begin. Work
on the windows will start within the next few weeks.
Weekday Masses
Please note that weekday Masses will be at 1.00 pm Monday to Friday
unless otherwise indicated until further notice [May 2015].
First Confession
There will be a meeting in the church for parents of P.3 children who
wish to present their children for First Confession next Monday 3rd
November at 6.30 pm.
First Communion
There will be a meeting in the church for parents of P.4 children who
wish to present their children for first Communion next Monday, 3rd
November at 7.15 pm.
Parish Web Site
The parish website has been re-launched in a new format and includes
a new pictorial tour of the church. The web address will remain
without change.
October Devotions
There will be Rosary & Benediction in the church on Tuesday at 7.00
pm. This week the Glorious Mysteries will be recited.
Living Stones DVD
The DVD is available for purchase from the stall. The cost per copy is
£10.00 and all profits will go towards the Church Building Fund. A
few copies have been returned because of non/bad recording. If you
have any problems please bring your copy back to the stall for
replacement. Only 750 copies left!
Invitations
The Livingston Memorial Church Guild is holding a “Guild Guest
Night” on Tuesday 28th October at 7.30 pm in their large hall. The
entertainment will be provided by a group called “Acting Up”. Contact
Isabel Simpson on 824326.
The Guild of Blantyre Old Parish Church is holding its “Guest Night”
on Thursday 30th October at 7.15 pm. Entertainment will be provided
by Eleanor Kelly and will be followed by refreshments. Contact Mrs
Sue Jones on 721834.
Poppies
Poppies and a donations box are available at the back of the church
and in the church hall. The monies raised go to support ex-sevicemen
and women who have been disabled or affected by trauma from their
experience on the battlefield.
White poppies are also available at the back of the church. In 1933 the
first white poppy appeared on armistice day. The white poppy was not
and is not intended as an insult to those who died in the war—a war in
which many of the white poppy supporters lost husbands, brothers
sons and lovers—but a challenge to the continuing drive to war. The
following year the newly founded peace pledge union began
widespread distribution of the poppies and their annual promotion.