ALL Public Masses Have Been Suspended. Fr Mike
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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 sur- rounded 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 at- tending 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 A i d to t h e C hu rc h i n N e e d HELP US Website: SUPPORT http://www.acnuk.org/ THOSE For latest newsletter IN NEED Click here Reproduced with permission from ACN © all rights reserved 24th January 2021 - 3rd Sunday of the year (Closest Sunday to Holocaust Memorial Day (UK) (27th Jan)) “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.