ALL Public Masses Have Been Suspended. Fr Mike

20 21 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

For newsletters, notices, information from parish groups, history, links to schools, other catholic organisations and publications. Dunkeld Diocesan website: https://www.dunkelddiocese.co.uk/

Parish Priest : Fr. Mike Freyne MHM email: [email protected] Baingle Brae, Tullibody. FK10 2SG Tel: 01259 213274

ALL public masses have been suspended. Fr. Mike will continue to say mass for any intentions asked for, especially for the health of our parishioners, their families and friends.

For all other email communications with the Parish Priest please use the diocesan email address: [email protected]

Please remember in your prayers those who are sick: Margaret Byrne, Nellie Gallon, Alex Byrne, Kathy Mc’Lauglin, Carly Mournian, Brendan Murphy, Vincent McDaid, Mary Gordon, Roger Bray, Maria McIntyre, Peter & Margaret Stark, Heather Stewart, Sarah Jane Connelly, Duncan Mc’Gregor, Mary Hughes, Maurice Di Duca, Peter Douglas, Tommy Mc’Menemy, Anne Ruddy, John & Tricia Smith, Robin McCann, ( ), Drs. Dianne & Mike Basquill, Frances Masterson, Fr. John Callaghan, Bishop Stephen, and all those in the various nursing homes. Also pray for all those effected by coronavirus, carers, families, doctors, nurses and all who support them and us in any way.

Thomas Woods.

Please pray for the repose of the souls of Bishop Vincent Logan and Archbishop Philip Tartaglia, who both sadly died recently.

Monsignor Canon John Harty, parish priest of St. Mungo’s Alloa and a good friend passed away in the early hours of Thursday morning in Larbert Hospital. He was surrounded by his two sisters Eileen and Maureen and his brother who had been at his bed side over the last few days. John was taken into hospital last Thursday since he had become very weak and frail. John in his very discreet and quiet way had been suffering from lung cancer which had spread. Over the weekend he perked up and was alert enough to help in the crosswords. However, the illness was stronger and he passed away peacefully. He is genuinely now at rest. Funeral arrangements are on the next page. However, as we all know we are limited to only 20 people in the church therefore only family and a few priests will have priority. To our knowledge John wanted to be buried in his home town of Perth. May he rest in peace. Fr Mike

ALL PUBLIC SERVICES ARE SUSPENDED AND THE CHURCH WILL REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR MONSIGNOR CANON JOHN HARTY. Family and priests invited by the family with the maximum permitted of 20. Requiem mass concelebrated by Bishop Stephen. Reception of Remains Wednesday 27th 6pm at St. Mungo’s Requiem mass 28th January 10am at St. Mungo’s Alloa then to Janefield Cemetery, Perth for 12.15pm. The mass will be recorded and posted on the Diocesan WEB site (www.dunkelddiocese.co.uk) but there is the possibil- ity it may be on live streaming on YouTube. BISHOP EMERITUS VINCENT PAUL LOGAN’S FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS: As you will realise, the sad fact is that the Funeral Arrangements for Bishop Vincent will, of necessity, be highly truncated. As with all funerals we are limited to a maximum of 20 participants, and so we shall have to wait until better times to give Bishop Vincent the Solemn Requiem Mass he deserves, after being our Bishop Ordinary for 32 years. In fact, Bishop Vincent, as many of you will be aware, would have celebrated his 40th Anniversary as Bishop next month. However, we are able to PARTICIPATE FROM A DISTANCE, via our diocesan You Tube channel. Accordingly, the Reception of Bishop Vincent’s Remains, his Requiem Mass and Burial at Balgay Cemetery will be recorded and available to be viewed on our Diocesan Website Livestream (www.dunkelddiocese.co.uk) for all to take part in later the same day. Requiem mass at 12noon 26th January. THIS LINK should work on the day SEE NEXT PAGE...... Saturday 30th Jan 10.00am - DUNKELD DIOCESE MISSION ZOOM MEETING this Wed 27th mass at 9.30am *

Apologies: We have recently been experiencing problems with YouTube. Our apologies as we investigate what has happened and sort this.

YouTube masses. We are temporarily not using our recently acquired equipment while we solve hardware and software problems. Soon everything will be resolved with hopefully the transmissions of reasonably good quality. When we transmitted mass via YouTube with people in the church we were concerned about not keeping people in a confined space for more than 20-30 minutes. For this reason we cut the Responsorial Psalm to keep mass short. However, when we transmit mass just now we only have perhaps a Reader and a technician in the church with the celebrant. So we will now go back to include the Responsorial Psalm.

During this lockdown Fr. Mike will be saying mass but not publicly so if people do wish to have masses said please let him know. All funerals and planning of weddings please contact Fr. Mike. There are no baptisms just now. Confessions are only in urgent cases. The same with Anointing of the Sick. (see below) ANOINTING OF THE SICK: There are restrictions on what the priest can do (he is not tied down to everything as he is regarded as a front line worker by the government). To go to a sick person involves a lot of “before” and “after” preparation. He is not allowed to touch the sick person but anoints with a cotton bud with fresh oil blessed individually each time and disposed of separately. He has to use apron, mask and gloves. Afterwards he has to sanitise the pyx (the box that carries the host), any booklets he used and also his car when he returns. He must also change his clothes and wash them or not use for many days. However, please note someone in serious danger of dying he would try to attend but please try and notify him with as much warning as possible because of all the preparation involved.

LOURDES YOUTH 100 CLUB - JANUARY DRAW The next Lourdes draw will take place next Sunday, 31st January. Can those who pay in cash please put your subscriptions (including annual subs) in an envelope and drop into the church clearly marked with YOUR NAME and FOR LOURDES 100 CLUB FUND - current restrictions permitting of course. PRESS RELEASES REQUIEM MASS FOR BISHOP VINCENT LOGAN

A series of livestreams will be available on this page to cover the Funeral of Bishop Vincent Logan. The number of people attending these services is severely restricted due to the COVID-19 restrictions. Please do not plan to turn up at the Cathedral, either inside or outside. Please join in online and pray for the Repose of his Soul. You are invited to sign the Book of Condolences and to leave a message.

In place of a collection at the door of the Cathedral, it has been suggested that you may wish to make a donation to the Dunkeld Lourdes Fund, a cause that had been close to Bishop Vincent’s heart. In 1982, shortly after his installation as our Bishop, he established an Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage Lourdes. Each year it was an event held is the highest regard by parishioners, religious and clergy in the life of the Diocese of Dunkeld, and there are so many stories that could be told.

• The Reception of Remains will take place at 5pm on Monday, 25th January, at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee. It will be attended mostly by representatives of our diocesan clergy. • The Requiem Mass at the Cathedral will commence at 12 noon on Tuesday 26th January with members of Bishop Logan’s closest family attending. • The Service at the Graveside and interment will take place shortly after the Mass has ended.

The livestreams will remain online for the rest of the day – until replaced by a fuller recording which will become available during Wednesday 27th January.

From Dunkeld diocesan website PRESS RELEASES on 22 /01/21 MGR JOHN HARTY JANUARY 21, 2021 PRESS RELEASES

The death has been announced of Mgr John Canon Harty, parish priest of St Mungo’s, Alloa and St Serf’s, High Valleyfield, who had been ill for these past few months. Bishop Stephen Robson said: “With deep regret I would like to inform you of the death of Mgr. John Harty. John returned to the House of the Lord earlier today at 1am in the morning surrounded by his family. John has had a quick demise having been diagnosed just a couple of months ago with cancer, and we bid fare- well to a very good and faithful servant of the Diocese of Dunkeld. John was 70 years of age. He was, as we all know, a very private but faithful man, and we will miss him.” “The funeral arrangements will follow in due course, but due to Covid restrictions the number attending will be a maximum of 20 participants chosen, in the first instance, by John’s family.” “A Solemn Requiem Mass will follow, when conditions allow, for the repose of John’s soul.” “We continue to pray for each other and for our brother priest at this sad time. John has now returned to the Lord who first called him to serve.”

• St Mungo’s Deanery Mission Mass with Bishop Stephen Robson

From Dunkeld diocesan website PRESS RELEASES on 22 /01/21 For more information on the ongoing work of Fr. Mike’s religious order Mill Hill Missionaries : Click Here

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“If the Church stays silent in the face of what is happening, what difference would it make if no church were ever opened again?”

Born in 1907 in St. Radegund, Austria, Franz Jägerstätter developed a deep Christian faith following his marriage in 1936. As his faith developed Jägerstätter found himself in conflict with the policies and activities of the Nazi party. He deferred military service attempting to avoid conscription where possible. Having completed military training refused to take the ‘Hitler Oath’ and was exempted military service as a farmer. He was troubled by the Nazi suppression of the Church, reports of euthanasia programmes and questioned the morality of war. He sought advice from the Bishop of Linz and was disheartened that the leadership of the church was not prepared to confront the Nazi regime. Jägerstätter was called to active military service in 1943, and detained for refusing. Inspired by Fr Franz Reinisch, an Austrian priest who had been executed for refusing the Hitler Oath, Jägerstätter resolved to do likewise. He was executed by guillotine on 9 August 1943. He was declared a martyr by Pope Benedict in June 2007, and beatified later that year.

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St. Mungo's Primary School Enrolment. If your child is due to start school in August 2021, enrolments are now open. Please contact St. Mungo's directly on 01259 724061 or email Mrs Wood at [email protected] by Friday 5th February. F R . MI KE A few people sent emails or questioned Fr. Mike about his health because at last Sunday’s YouTube mass he seemed to be struggling with a cough. Seemingly the cancer has all been destroyed in his throat/vocal cords. Luckily the cancer was caught in the very initial stages – Stage 1 as it is known. However, he was given a Type 3 Treatment not just local- ized on his vocal cord but his whole throat and neck during a daily 5 week treatment his throat received a full “blast” of radiation treatment to destroy any cancerous cells. In simple terms inside his throat was left a mess with good and bad cells being destroyed. Not all the skin cells will return to be healthy. Time is the cure. He still has difficulty in swallowing which can be painful and to his embarrassment often chokes like a baby! His voice has returned by about 90%. However his saliva glands are lazy and taking their time to function properly. They now do function a little but produce a very thick saliva which often either gath- ers on his throat walls or leaves his mouth and throat very dry. Any specks of dust, food or anything pos- sibly like this can become stuck in his throat. His brain picks up the message that there is a strange object in his throat and automatically reacts by trying to clear the obstruction – and forces him to cough. The bouts of cough can be quite long but are generally not painful, not infectious, and NOT THE VIRUS! Fr Mike tries to avoid coughing during mass as this would be quite disastrous with the microphones on and disturb the whole mass. To try and avoid this some may have noticed just before he comes into mass he slips a small pastille into his mouth which stimulates his saliva. Please do not point this out to your kids as they will think he is eating a sweet!! Just now we are having problems with our YouTube system and cannot use it together with our good mi- crophone system. Therefore Fr. Mike has to exercise and throw his voice more. This puts his throat under strain and can leave to his coughing. He has tried as much as possible up until now to avoid drinking water during mass. Since there is no alternative please do not be surprised if he begins to sip water now and them. No disrespect is intended but it is better this that no Eucharist. As always we are sure people will understand and be supportive. He is doing his best and struggles with the 5 or 6 ice lollies he has to con- sume each day. No doubt after lockdown there will be many children volunteering to help him.

Bishop Stephen Bishop Stephen has been in contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid-19. As a result, he is now self-isolating and will be working from home for the next ten days. Probably he will not be able to go to Archbishop Tartaglia’s funeral but should manage Bishop Vincent’s... Bishop Vincent’s funeral will probably be next Tuesday or Wednesday and may be on YouTube.. ( we will inform people once we know details)

St. BERNADETTE’S RC PRIMARY SCHOOL The numbers at the school are going to fall this year as we are losing 26 P7s. Next year we lose another 23 children. Some local families do not realise that we are here and others do not realise that we are still an option if you are not Catholic. To spread the news that we are here and that enrolment for non-Catholics is possible click on this link... https://sway.office.com/zXnJGpXz6r4Lz9tw?ref=Link

One thing worth noting is that enrolment is being done at the nurseries now rather than the primaries.

To be clear  all Catholic children in Tullibody, Menstrie and Alva have an automatic right to enrol at St Bernadette's  all children with a brother or sister currently in the school have an automatic right to enrol at St Bernadette's  all other children who live in Tullibody, Menstrie and Alva can make a placing request to St Bernadette's.

Link to the placing request form: https://www.clacks.gov.uk/council/forms/education/placementrequestapplicationform/

Scottish Laity Network Lenten Journey 2021 Discipleship for Artisans of our own Destiny ~ Preparing the Future

The core vision of the Scottish Laity Network is that of enabling Scottish laity to come together as disciples of Jesus, and through prayer, dialogue and discernment find ‘new ways’ of being Church in Scotland in the 21st Century. Rooted in that vision we seek to reflect on the ‘signs of the times’ as revealed through COVID-19 and the Climate Emergency and, through the promptings of the Spirit, discern how we are called to respond.

Signs of our Times – COVID-19 and Climate Emergency Last March Pope Francis, standing alone in on the steps of St Peter’s, meditated on the calming of the storm from the Gospel of Mark. He identified the thick darkness that COVID-19 had brought to humanity and yet in the midst of that darkness, in the midst of fear and uncertainty he felt there was a seed of hope emerging. We have realized that we are on the same boat, all of us fragile and disoriented, but at the same time important and needed, all of us called to row together, each of us in need of comforting the other. On this boat… are all of us. Just like those disciples, who spoke anxiously with one voice, saying “We are perishing” (v. 38), so we too have realized that we cannot go on thinking of ourselves, but only together can we do this.i But for this seed to grow and bear fruit Pope Francis stated it is ‘a time to choose what matters’ a time to embrace ‘new forms of hospitality, fraternity and solidarity’. The COVID-19 commission, created by Pope Francis a week earlier, can be seen as a practical contribution to creating the new ways for going forward. Last July, Fr Augusto Zampini spoke at the SLN Assembly and shared of how Pope Francis had summed up the aim of the Commission in just three words ‘Prepare the Future’. Fr Augusto stressed that this is radi- cally different from prepare for the future; which implies our future is already set and all we can do is re- act to it. Prepare the Future focusses on our ability to become, as Paul VI invited us to be, ‘artisans of our own destiny’. Fr Augusto also shared this powerful cartoon from The Economist ii that captures the reality of our global situa- tion and said that the current systems that have led to the climate emergency are not the systems that will get us out of it. The only response to the Climate Emergency is to find new ways of living together on this planet. But are we capable of doing this?

COP26 1st – 12th November 2021 Scotland COP26 will provide an opportunity for the world to come together and commit to radical climate action for our planet but will it offer new forms of hospitality, sisterhood and brotherhood, and solidarity’? Will it be bold enough to satisfy the global movement of young people who are demanding radical change and (continued on next page) asking what is holding us back? They are calling us to imagine new ways of living together on this planet, ways that are in harmony with creation and ways that address the growing division between rich and poor, nationally and internationally. Their vision, their dream is not to be dismissed but to be cherished and shared. They, in so many ways, are the prophetic voices of today. The prophet engages in futuring fantasy. The prophet does not ask if the vision can be imple- mented, for questions of implementation are of no consequence until the vision can be imag- ined. The imagination must come before the implementation. Our culture is competent to im- iii plement almost anything and to imagine almost nothing.

Lenten Journey 2021 To help us imagine the way in which we are being called to prepare a future that gives hope to all the children of our world, and their children’s’ children, and to Mother Earth we invite you to join us on Len- ten Journey of discernment: Discipleship for Artisans of our own Destiny ~ Preparing the Future Our companions for the journey are: Jim Skea - Co-chair of Working Group III of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. [18th February] Lorna Gold - Acting Chair of the Board of Directors of the Global Catholic Climate Movement and a member of the Vatican's COVID 19 Commission Economics Taskforce. [25th February] Katherine Trebeck - writer and wellbeing economy advocate who is a member of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Team. [4th March] Omar Haramy – a member of Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Centre in Palestine and also a member of the Kairos Palestine Steering Committee. [11th March] Alison Phipps - UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts at the University of Glasgow and Co-Convener of Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network (GRAMNET) and Hyab Yohannes - an Eritrean refugee and researcher at the University of Glasgow and holder of the UNESCO RILA PhD Scholarship. He works formally for local charities and international organisations in Egypt including UNHCR, IOM, Africa and Middle East Refugee Assistance (AMERA) and Saint Andrew’s Refugee Services (StARS). [18th March] Tom O’Loughlin - Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Nottingham in England and an au- thor of numerous works on the Eucharist. [25th March] All sessions are on Thursdays on zoom 7:00 – 8:30 pm On Saturday 27th March there will be a retreat ‘Holy Week – A Journey to Death and Resurrection’ facili- tated by Diarmuid O’Murchu

All welcome: For further information please email [email protected] i Extraordinary Moment of Prayer Presided Over by Pope Francis, Friday 27th March 2020 ii Kevin KAL Kallaugher, The Economist, Kaltoons.com iii The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann

A Lenten Journey 2021 To help us imagine the way in which we are being called to prepare a future that gives hope to all the children of our world, and their children’s’ children, and to Mother Earth we invite you to join us on Lenten Journey of discernment. Click Here for a short YouTube video I Thursday 18th February: What is the Hope of COP 26? ~ Professor Jim Skea

II Thursday 25th February: What is the COVD-19 Commission saying and doing that gives us Hope? ~ Lorna Gold

III Thursday 4th March: What are the Economists saying that gives us Hope? ~ Katherine Trebeck

IV Thursday 11th March: Hope in the Midst of Hopelessness ~ Omar Haramy

V Thursday 18th March: What do we have to do to give Hope to Refugees and Migrants? ~ Alison Phipps and Hyab Yohannes

VI Thursday 25th March:

All Thursday sessions are on zoom 7.00 – 8.30pm

VII Saturday 27th March Retreat Holy Week - A Journey to Death and Resurrection

All welcome: To register please email [email protected]

Remember, Suggestion from O most gracious Virgin Mary that never was it known that anyone who fled to Archbishop Cushley: thy protection implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided. “With no public Mass Inspired by this confidence I fly unto thee. due to the lockdown pray O Virgin of Virgins, my Mother. To thee do I come, before thee I the Memorare each day to stand sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, Our Lady, Health of the Sick.” despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen