Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Mass - St. Bernadette’s 13th July 6.30pm - Vigil Mass, Alloa. Parish Priest: Fr. Mike Freyne MHM 15th Sunday Email: [email protected]

Sea Sunday - The Apostleship of the Sea Special Collection in Sunday 9.45am - Morning Mass, St. Fillan’s, Doune. Ordinary time Tel: 01259 213274 14th July 11.30am - MORNING MASS - ST. BERNADETTE’S 6.15pm - Evening Mass - St John Vianney’s, Alva. Baingle Brae, Tullibody. FK10 2SG Mon 15th July 9.30am - Morning Mass St. Bernadette’s

Tues 16th July NO PARISH SERVICES

Wednesday 9.30am - Morning Mass St. Bernadette’s. 17th July 11.00am - Diocesan Financial Meeting, parish house : Thursday 9.30am - Morning Mass, St. Bernadette’s 18th July 4.30pm - Reception of body, St. Mungo’s

Friday 9.00am - Funeral service for James McCarron, Co-op Parlour, Alloa & Tullibody cemetery 19th July 11.00am - Funeral mass for Connie Graham, St. Mungo’s & Sunnyside cemetery. 7.00pm - Evening Mass, St Bernadette’s.

Saturday 9.30am - Morning Mass,& Confessions St Bernadette’s 20th July 5.30pm - Vigil Mass, ST. BERNADETTE’S 6.30pm - Vigil Mass, Alloa.

Day 16th Sunday Sunday 9.45am - Morning Mass, St. Fillan’s, Doune for in 21st July 11.30am - MORNING MASS - ST. BERNADETTE’S Life Ordinary time 6.15pm - Evening Mass - Alva

FORTHCOMING EVENTS Regular Meetings Please remember in your prayers those who are sick: Margaret Mc’Intyre, John Craig, Margaret Byrne, Kathy Mc’Lauglin, Carly Mournian, Nellie Gallon, Sarah Jane Connelly, 21 July The Day For Life SVDP: Dave Kerr, Brendan Murphy, John Woods, Maurice Di Duca, Mary Gordon, Duncan Mc’Gregor, 4 Aug Mensal Fund (Kathlean Clarke & Family, Peter-James, Gerard and Shaun-Joseph), Vincent McDaid,

3.00pm National Pilgrimage Drs. Dianne & Mike Basquill, Margaret Stark, Roger Bray, John Mc’Niven, Fr. Brian Doran, 1 Sept to Next meetings: 14th, 28th July & 11th Aug Charles Roberson, Helen & Tommy Mc’Menemy, Fr. John Callaghan, John Smith Knights of St. Columba: Church Cleaning 10.30am and all those in the various nursing homes. on Saturday Mornings Please help!

We need more volunteers. Peter Lamb, Tina Burgoyne, Winnie Conlan and Moira Docherty. ALL WELCOME Special Collection TODAY for Apostleship of the Sea

People, including regulars, are still not turning Gift Aided £403.50 Non Gift Aided £301.36 their mobile phones or other electrical devices off.

Today is Sea Sunday, EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF CHURCH when the Church ***In the case of an emergency in the church the procedure ***is to follow the instructions giv- prays for all those en by the celebrant using the microphone. THEN ONLY follow the instructions of people who live and work at sea. in yellow high visibility vests. (They will have been trained to advise which exits to head

Without them we would not have most of the items we buy in the shops. for and where to regroup outside.) Only follow the instructions of YELLOW VESTS. Today’s second collection is for Stella Maris (Apostleship of the Sea), the Church’s official maritime welfare Over the next few weeks at mass we will repeat this and instruct where to regroup. agency. It supports seafarers both practically and spiritually. This collection is vital to enable it to continue its work, so please give generously and remember seafarers in your prayers. Thank you.

To donate online and for more information about their work please visit www.apostleshipofthesea.org.uk @pontiflex The in Scotland will welcome five more candidates into the priesthood in July. 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time - 14th July Deacons Mark O’Donnell, Kevin Lawrie and Kieran Hamilton will be ordained for the of ; Deacon William McQuillan will be ordained for the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh; and Deacon Ronald Campbell “Never hesitate to hold out will be ordained for the Diocese of and the Isles. Six of Scotland’s eight will receive men into the priesthood in 2019, bringing the total number of ordinations your hand; never hesitate to this year to ten. accept the outstretched hand Commenting on the news, , President of Priests for Scotland said: “I am delighted that the Catho- lic Church in Scotland is welcoming five men into the priesthood in July.” “In recent years, there has been a steady of another.”- (Pope Saint John XXIII) and sustained interest from men of various ages and backgrounds, who have answered God’s call and approached our vocations directors to apply for seminary.” “I am particularly grateful to the lay faithful for their prayers and support in More at: encouraging our young men and women to enter religious life. We hope that the joy of several ordinations throughout 2019 will bring our people closer to the Church, to Christ and the teachings of the Faith.”

Bishop , Bishop of Motherwell said: “It is a great blessing for the Diocese of Motherwell to have 5 men VISITING OR ON HOLIDAY ? being ordained priests this summer. We thank God for the gift of their Vocations and look forward to their ministry We as a Christian community welcome all visitors and among us. We are grateful also to all who accompanied them on their journey to priestly ordination - in their families, parishes and seminaries.” people on holiday. Please feel at home and free to ask any questions about anything, services, mass times, Bishop Brian McGee, and the Isles said: “I am very much looking forward to ordaining Deacon Ronald Campbell to the priesthood in his home parish of St Mary’s, Benbecula this July. It will be a great occasion for events and even where are the toilets ? Contact and Ronald, his family, his island and all the diocese.” website details are on the front page of this newsletter.

Other dioceses to receive men into the priesthood this year include the Archdiocese of – Br Antony Connelly; the Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh – Patrick Harrigan; the Diocese of - Jude Mukoro; the Diocese of Motherwell - Charles Coyle; and the - Dominic Nwaigwe.

Read more at: https://scmo.org/news-releases/ Images available from SCMO at: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmEFdU8c For all other email communications with the Parish or Parish Priest please use From Scottish Catholic Media Office the diocesan email address: [email protected] Stirling Catenians were in the parish to hand over bursaries to 3 of our girls working for oth- ers during the summer. Hopefully they will support our requests in the future. If anyone is interest- ed they meet at 7.30pm on the third Monday of each month (except July) in the Westlands Hotel,

Doune Rd. Dunblane, FK15 9H. Contact Harry Donnelly on 07753 473969 or [email protected] More information at: https://thecatenians.com/ Our SVDP /KSC will distribute goods to the needy in our BRAZIL COINS AND CLOTHES... Please take a jar from the back of the church to area and also support “The Gate” foodbank. collect spare coins for Brazil. This money helps small projects that get very little and often no other sup- port. For July/August we have the opportunity to send out 40kg of clothes especially for 2- 6 year old boys Fr. Mike’s SVDP are our parish based charity f and 6 -15 year old girls. Please leave in the sacristy or back of the church. Please remember because of Brazil Jar the weight no shoes and it is a tropical country so there’s no need for winter woollies.

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