Document 6598871

Clergy: Mgr Michael Regan (Administrator), Fr Jamie Boyle; (Acting Administrator)
Rev Peter Czerwonka S.A.C., Rev Tadeusz Puton S.A.C., Bishop Ian Murray; Fr Nick Welsh (Assistant Priest).
Cathedral Contacts:
Cathedral House, 61 York Place, Edinburgh EH1 3JD, Tel: 0131 556 1798
Website: www.stmaryscathedral.co.uk - Email: cathedralhouse@stmaryscathedral.co.uk
Fr. Jamie Boyle: jamie@stmaryscathedral.co.uk
Fr. Nick Welsh: frnick@stmaryscathedral.co.uk
Finance: Carol Ann Carvil - Tel: 0131 523 0109, Email: finance@stmaryscathedral.co.uk
Parish Co-ordinator: Kay Leslie - Email: kay@stmaryscathedral.co.ukTel: 0131 556 1798
Hall Complex Bookings/Café Camino: Fran Whitton, Manager. Tel: 0131 523 0102
Email: cafecamino@stmaryscathedral.co.uk
Director of Music: Thomas Henderson - Email: thomas.henderson.07@aberdeen.ac.uk
Cathedral Organist: Simon Niemiński - Tel: 0131 523 0106, Email: organist@stmaryscathedral.co.uk
Safeguarding Team: Maureen McEvoy & James Saunders
33rd Sunday (Year A) - 16th November 2014
Sunday Masses: (Sat. Vigil) 6.00pm, 9.30am, 11.30am, 1.15pm (Polish), 5.45pm (Polish) and 7.30pm
Confessions - Saturday: 10.30am – 12 noon, 5.00 – 5.45pm
Polish Confessions - Monday – Friday: 5.00 – 6.00pm; Saturday: 8.00 – 9.00am
Masses this week: Monday to Friday: 10:00am, 12:45pm, 6.00pm (Polish)
Saturday: Masses at 9.00am (Polish), 10.00am, 6.00pm (Vigil)
Welcome: If you are a visitor to the Cathedral, we want you to know how welcome you are – whether
you have come from another part of the country, from across the world or simply from another parish.
This weekend we reflect on the gifts and talents that we have received and examine the use to which we put them.
In life we are always faced with choices since we cannot to everything but we need to ensure that we do not
become so obsessed that important elements are neglected. One of the great elements that marks us as Catholics
is the call to charity and there are further possibilities of exercising this listed below.
Next Sunday after the 11.30am Mass there will be a celebration in the Hall to thank Fr Jamie for his contribution to
the Cathedral in the last six months. All are welcome.
We welcome to the Cathedral today representatives from Mary’s Meals who will be selling raffle tickets for their
annual draw as well as collecting clothes on Sunday morning, after all Masses, for their Rags to riches project which
receives clothes to be either handed on or else completely recycled. They should be handed in in black bin bags
and their van will be here Sunday afternoon.
A reminder that on Sunday 7th December after 9.30 Mass and 11.30 Mass there will be a sale in the Hall of various
items, books, DVD’s, glassware and sundry other items from the Cathedral. We are NOT collecting things to be
sold so please don’t bring anything for sale. If you wish to help at the sale there is a list in the sacristy. Please
speak to me about it. The proceeds will be used for Cathedral charities.
Michael Regan
Next Sunday - Special Collection for Pastoral Formation
In the diary this week!
Legion of Mary @ 7.30pm, Cathedral House
th
Monday 17 (Memorial of St Elizabeth of Hungary)
Russian Choir @ 6.00pm, Cathedral House
Adult Confirmation Course @ 6.00pm, Cathedral House
th
Tuesday 18
Legion of Mary @ 10.45am, Cathedral House
Catechism @ 4.30pm, Cathedral House
Schola Cantorum Choir @ 7.00pm, Cathedral House
ABC @ 7.30pm, Cathedral House
th
Wednesday 19
Jesus Prayer Group @ 7.00pm, Cathedral House
th
Thursday 20
Pastoral Counselling @ 5.30pm, Cathedral House
St Joseph Men’s Group @ 7.00pm, Cathedral House
st
Friday 21 (Memorial of The Presentation of The Blessed Virgin Mary)
Coffee Morning @ 10.30am, Café Camino
Divine Mercy Prayer @ 3.00pm, Cathedral
Baptism Preparation (Polish) @ 6.30pm, Cathedral House
Divine Mercy Music Group @ 7.00pm, Cathedral House
nd
Saturday 22
rd
Sunday 23
Baptisms during 9.30am Mass
St Mary’s Choir @ 10.00am, Cathedral House
Sunday Music Group @ 6.00pm, Cathedral House
Newsletter available online: www.stmaryscathedral.co.uk Produced & Printed by St Mary’s 12/11/2014
St Mary’s Cathedral is a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrew & Edinburgh.
A Charity registered in Scotland Number SC00854
Mass Intentions this week
November
Time
Celebrant
Intention
SATURDAY
15th (Vigil)
SUNDAY
16th
6.00pm
Fr Mike
Fr Mike
Fr Nick
Fr Nick
Parish
Madge Walsh
MONDAY
17th
TUESDAY
18th
9:30am
11:30am
7:30pm
10:00am
12:45pm
10:00am
12:45pm
Fr Nick
Alan Wright
Fr Jamie
Reynaldo
Caparosso
WEDNESDAY
19th
THURSDAY
20th
FRIDAY
21st
10:00am
12:45pm
10:00am
12:45pm
10:00am
12:45pm
Fr Piotr
Fr Nick
Fr Piotr
Fr Nick
Fr Piotr
Fr Nick
SATURDAY
22nd Nov (Vigil)
10:00am
6:00pm
Fr Jamie
Fr Jamie
Frances Ritchie
Mary O’Connor
Newsletter: If you would like news or events
advertised in Sunday’s newsletter, please contact
Cathedral House no later than Wednesday
morning.
Outreach Group
Patients in Hospital
If you know of a forthcoming visit to a hospital or
serious illness or an operation, please let one of our
priests know before you enter the hospital, so that he
can give you the Sacrament of the Sick & any other
sacraments before you go to the hospital.
Holy Communion in Hospital
For inpatients at The Royal Infirmary, The Sick
Children’s & Liberton Hospital, Tel: 0131 242 1990.
Alfred O’Connor
Marriage
Daniel Boyle
Parish
Couples, who consider the Cathedral as their parish
and are intending to be married, must give at
the very least six months’ notice. Please call or
email Cathedral House, for a Marriage Preparation
Enrolment form. Dates for 2015 courses should be
available early in 2015.
Parish News and Events
Please pray for the sick & those who care for
them: Victor & Victoria Alongi, Father Noel Barry,
Christopher Brown, Roberta Cangiano, Olivia Contini,
Sheila Docherty, Brian Kilbane, Frances Kinnaird,
Jadwiga
Kryzanowska, Chantal Mathot,
Naomi
McGarvey, Grant McKail, Anne Rubens, William Service,
Mark Wilson.
Please can you let the office know those who are to
be prayed for on the sick list? Likewise, please let
us know if you know of anyone on the sick list who
should now be removed.
Baptism
Parents wishing to have their child baptised should
complete & return a Baptism form, which is available
from Cathedral House. Please give two months’
notice for Baptism. You will be invited to attend a
Baptism session held in Cathedral House. New forms
with 2015 dates will be available before the end of
the year.
Dates for your diary!
For those who have died recently:
For those whose anniversaries occur at this
time:
Offertory Collections - Cathedral: £2208.93 (Gift Aid:
£640.37); Polish community: £280.68 (including Gift Aid:
£10); stall: £198.70; all other collections including
candles: £1374.18, donations: £25.00, 200 Club: £65.00,
retiring: £77.34.
Wills & Bequests: The Cathedral Parish has benefited
greatly in the past from the thoughtfulness of both
parishioners & non-parishioners who have nominated the
parish to receive funds from their estate.
Gift aid offerings/donations: can be taken out at any
time throughout the year. It is a valuable source of
additional income to the Cathedral with no extra cost to
parishioners.
Mary’s Meals –THIS WEEKEND!
Work with some of the poorest people in Third
World countries.
We offer help by collecting
unwanted/unused clothing and bedding (all textiles)
and turning them into funds to carry out our work
overseas. For better clothing, we receive a better
price, but even from rags we can raise money. We
will also be selling Raffle Tickets Last year, the
clothing collections generated the amazing sum of
approx. sum of approximately £73,000!! The raffle
raised over £146,000. (A few Black Poly Bags filled
with textiles could generate enough funds to feed a
child in Malawi for a year (approx. £12.20). We are
currently feeding over 923,572 world-wide and with
your help we hope to continue expanding our feeding
programme). We regret we are unable to accept Brica-Brac and are unable to collect in the evening.
Sacrament of the Sick
Parishioners are asked to approach one of the priests
to receive the Sacrament of the Sick before being
admitted to hospital for treatment. If you are
housebound or are unable to come to Mass, the
priests will be happy to visit you in your home.
A Thirst for Souls
‘I thirst. I thirst for the salvation of souls. Help Me,
My daughter, to save souls. Join your sufferings to
My Passion and offer them to the heavenly Father
for sinners (St Faustina’s Diary, 1032).
Newsletter available online: www.stmaryscathedral.co.uk Produced & Printed by St Mary’s 12/11/2014
St Mary’s Cathedral is a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrew & Edinburgh.
A Charity registered in Scotland Number SC00854
Mass for Young People
A Mass for young people will be held at 5.30pm on
Sunday 23rd November (Feast of Christ the King), at St
Peter’s Church, Carmondean, Livingston, EH54 8PT.
There will be Exposition of The Blessed Sacrament and
opportunity for Confession from 4.30pm to which you
are all invited. Afterwards there will be refreshments and
time for meeting and getting to know each other. Please
come along and celebrate with other young people from
The Archdiocese. For more information and to let us
know that you would like to take part, please contact:
anne.mcevoy@staned.org.uk or call 0131 623 8917.
Italian Mass
Mass will be celebrated in Italian on 24th November at
10.45am for the faithful departed.
La S. Messa sarà celebrata in italiano per tutti I cari
defunti il 24 novembre alle 10.45am.
Parish Pastoral Council Meeting
There will be a meeting on Monday 24th November at
7.00pm.
Nativity Blessing and Carol Service
The annual Nativity Blessing and Carol Service will take
place at 3.00pm on Sunday 30th November in St
Andrew’s Square. Everyone welcome to join Exile
Gospel Choir, St Mary’s Leith Primary School Choir and
Edinburgh Deaf Choir to celebrate the start of Christmas
in Edinburgh.
Gifts for the Children of Prisoners
The Children’s Liturgy Groups are donating gifts
for prisoners’ children at Christmas and invite
parishioners who wish to join them in this project. The
gifts will be collected at all Masses on Sunday 30th
November and 7th December. The gift should be new,
wrapped in Christmas paper and bearing a label showing
the suitable age of the child and whether for a boy or girl.
Gifts for older children of 12+ years would especially be
appreciated. Last year we had difficulty meeting the
demand for boys’ presents in general, but particularly
older boys. Music or book tokens would be very welcome
or even gift cards that could be put towards PlayStation
or Xbox related items. These can be purchased in most
supermarkets. Thank you in anticipation of your
kindness.
BITS ‘n’ PIECES
Real Gifts this Christmas –
something worth giving!
Why not consider buying a Real Gift this year
for Christmas? You could buy a bike for a health worker
so they can reach remote communities to give medical
care; you could buy a blind person a white cane and the
training to use it, helping them gain their independence.
When you buy a Real Gift you can really help to change
the lives of some of the poorest people in communities in
Africa, Asia and South America. If you swap a couple of
your usual gifts for Real Gifts this year, it would bring joy
to people in desperate need of support. You can rest
assured that every single penny of your donation will go
directly to a SCIAF project in one of these countries.
This year, when you buy a Real Gift, you’ll also have the
chance to donate to our Emergency Ebola Appeal too.
Visit the Real Gift Store online today at:
www.sciaf.org.uk/store/real-gifts
Readers/Extraordinary Ministers needed 11.30am Sunday Mass
We need readers and extraordinary ministers to help out
with this Mass. If you are interested in contributing in this
way to the life of the Cathedral, speak to Monica or
Robert or email Robert on rahill952@yahoo.co.uk
Training is available “…. there are all sorts of service to
be done, but always to the same Lord; working in all
sorts of different ways in different people, it is the same
God who is working in all of them.” (1 Cor 12:5-6).
Foodbank - Broughton St Mary’s Parish Church
Our Church of Scotland neighbours at St Mary’s Church,
12 Bellevue Crescent, Edinburgh, EH3 6NE, have
organised a Food Bank operated from the Drummond
Room within the Church Precincts. It is open on
Wednesday from 10.00am to 1.00pm and Thursday
from 1.00pm to 4.pm. This is a very worthwhile project
and we would very much welcome our Parishioners’
participation. Only long-life non-perishables foods are
suitable – e.g cartons UHT milk, fruit juice, pasta, pasta
sauces, rice, noodles, tinned food: meat, fish, vegetables
(not potatoes), baked beans, spaghetti, fruit, custard,
sponge pudding, rice pudding, biscuits, jam, chocolate,
jelly, sugar, tea bags (40 pack), instant coffee (small
jars).
For
more
information
contact:
mail@bstmchurch.org.uk or telephone – 0131 556 4252.
Cathedral Concelebration Vestments
Since we had such a good response to our notice two
weeks ago, it would be great if a few people could now
launder the new Bellahouston vestments, about 5 at a
time. Your help would be very much appreciated! If
you are able to do this, speak to one of the priests. Once
again, thank you.
Flower arrangers needed!
Would anyone like to join the flower arrangers? No
experience necessary, just enthusiasm and a love of
flowers. Please contact Valerie Ball on: 07747 896038.
Archways Confidential Counselling Service for
Couples, Individuals and Families
Archways is the counselling agency of The Archdiocese
of St Andrews & Edinburgh. It aims to serve the whole
community by offering accessible, professional
relationship support. It is financed by donations from
clients and other generous benefactors. Its highly
qualified counsellors offer their skills and expertise to
clients for free. For more information or to make an
appointment phone: 0747 6509 903.
Autumn Pilgrimage News
Great new "mini-pilgrimages" announced in the latest
bulletin of The Way of St Andrews. Please visit
http://www.thewayofstandrews.com/ for the latest news
and routes including St Wilfrid's Way from Hexham to
Edinburgh via Rosslyn, the Ladywell Way from
Motherwell, and the mini-pilgrimages around and about
Edinburgh.
Children in the Cathedral
complex must be accompanied
by an adult at all times.
Newsletter available online: www.stmaryscathedral.co.uk Produced & Printed by St Mary’s 12/11/2014
St Mary’s Cathedral is a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrew & Edinburgh.
A Charity registered in Scotland Number SC00854
First Reading
Proverbs 31:1-13.19-20.30-31
A perfect wife - who can find her?
A perfect wife - who can find her? She is far beyond the
price of pearls. Her husband’s heart has confidence in
her, from her he will derive no little profit. Advantage and
not hurt she brings him
all the days of her life. She is always busy with wool and
with flax, she does her work with eager hands. She sets
her hands to the distaff, her fingers grasp the spindle.
She holds out her hand to the poor, she opens her arms
to the needy. Charm is deceitful, and beauty empty; the
woman who is wise is the one to praise. Give her a share
in what her hands have worked for, and let her works tell
her praises at the city gates.
Gospel
Matthew 25:14-30
You have been faithful in small things; come and join in
your master's happiness.
Jesus spoke this parable to his disciples: 'The kingdom
of heaven is like a man on his way abroad who
summoned his servants and entrusted his property to
them. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to a
third one; each in proportion to his ability. Then he set
out. Now a long time after, the master of those servants
came back and went through his accounts with them.
The man who had received the five talents came forward
bringing five more. "Sir", he said "you entrusted me with
five talents; here are five more that I have made."
The Gospel of the Lord.
The word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 127
R. O blessed are those who fear the Lord
O blessed are those who fear the Lord
and walk in his ways!
By the labour of your hands you shall eat.
You will be happy and prosper.
(R)
Your wife like a fruitful vine
in the heart of your house;
your children like shoots of the olive,
around your table.
(R)
Indeed thus shall be blessed
the man who fears the Lord.
May the Lord bless you from Zion
in a happy Jerusalem
all the days of your life.
Second Reading
Next Sunday’s Readings
First Reading:
Second Reading:
Gospel:
–
Christ the King (A)
Ezekiel
1 Corinthians
Matthew
34:11-12.15-17
15:20-26.28
25:31-46
Reflection…….. by Dr. Scott Hahn’s
(R)
1 Thessalonians 5:1-6
Let not the Day of the Lord overtake you like a thief.
You will not be expecting us to write anything to you,
brothers, about 'times and seasons', since you know very
well that the Day of the Lord is going to come like a thief
in the night. It is when people are saying, 'How quiet and
peaceful it is' that the worst suddenly happens, as
suddenly as labour pains come on a pregnant woman;
and there will be no way for anybody to evade it. But it is
not as if you live in the dark, my brothers, for that Day to
overtake you like a thief. No, you are all sons of light and
sons of the day: we do not belong to the night or to
darkness, so we should not go on sleeping, as everyone
else does, but stay wide awake and sober.
The word of the Lord
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia!
Even if you have to die, says the Lord,
keep faithful and I will give you the crown of
life.
Alleluia!
The day of the Lord is coming, Paul warns in today’s
Epistle. What matters isn’t the time or the season, but
what the Lord finds us doing with the new life, the
graces He has given to us. This is at the heart of Jesus’
parable in today’s Gospel. Jesus is the Master. Having
died, risen, and ascended into heaven, He appears to
have gone away for a long time. By our baptism, He has
entrusted to each of us a portion of His “possessions,” a
share in His divine life (see 2 Peter 1:4). He has given us
talents and responsibilities, according to the measure of
our faith (see Romans 12:3,8). We are to be like the
worthy wife in today’s First Reading, and the faithful
man we sing of in today’s Psalm. Like them, we should
walk in the “fear of the Lord” - in reverence, awe, and
thanksgiving for His marvelous gifts. This is the
beginning of wisdom (see Acts 9:31; Proverbs 1:7). This
is not the “fear” of the useless servant in today’s parable.
His is the fear of a slave cowering before a cruel master,
the fear of one who refuses the relationship that God
calls us to. He has called us to be trusted servants, fellow
workers (see 1 Corinthians 3:9), using our talents to
serve one another and His kingdom as good stewards of
His grace (see 1 Peter 4:10).
Never leave your personal belongings
unattended, even when going
for communion!
Newsletter available online: www.stmaryscathedral.co.uk Produced & Printed by St Mary’s 12/11/2014
St Mary’s Cathedral is a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrew & Edinburgh.
A Charity registered in Scotland Number SC00854