ST. THOMAS’S & ST. BERNADETTE’S 10.09.2017

Twenty-Third Sunday SPRED of the Year (Year A) There’s a special collection today for the work of the SPRED charity in Glasgow. SPRED’s vision is to work Father John McGinley (PP) within the Church to nourish accept- & Sr Francesca Wilson ing and inclusive communities for people with learning disabilities. See Presbytery (0141) 770 7542 leaflets in the porch for more info. Convent (0141) 778 9105 Web www.st-thomastheapostle.co.uk Parish Council Meeting Email [email protected] There will be a meeting of the Joint Parish Council on Wednesday 20 Sep- Bulletin submissions to be emailed to tember at 7 pm in the Parish house. [email protected] Events in the Archdiocese Please see posters in the porch and Gathering Area for events happening MASS TIMES around the Archdiocse.

Vigil Mass St Thomas’s 5.30 pm | SEPTEMBER EVENTS

Sunday Mass Ven. Margaret Sinclair Pilgrimage St Thomas’s 10.00 am The National Pilgrimage for the Be- St Bernadette’s 12 noon atification of Margaret Sinclair will take place on Sunday 17 Monday–Friday St Bernadette’s 9 am September from 2pm (Mass 4.30pm: St Thomas’s 10 am Preacher Fr Richard Reid CSSR) at St Patrick’s Church, 5 South Gray’s Saturday Marian Devotions Close, Cowgate, , EH1 1TQ. St Bernadette’s 9.30 am We need to gauge interest in run- St Thomas’s 10.30 am ning a bus to Edinburgh. If you in- tend going could you please put your Confessions name down on the list provided at St Thomas’s 5.00–5.30 pm Saturday the back of both Churches.

The Archdiocese of Glasgow is a Designated Religious Body, Charity Number SC 018140 Considering Primary Teaching? Uist in St ’s, 133 Glenmanor There’s an information evening for Avenue in Moodiesburn on Friday 15 people considering applying for Ini- September at 7.00pm. There’s a light tial Teacher Education programmes buffet afterwards in the Knights of St (primary) in St Patrick’s Primary Columba Social Club afterwards. School, 10 Perth St, Glasgow, G3 8UQ on Tuesday 12 September from 6.30– | OCTOBER EVENTS 8.00pm. It’ll focus on the application process. Representatives from the Fundraising Ceilidh Night University, the Archdiocesan Primary At the Little Sisters of the Poor, 14 Head Teachers Association (APHTA), Cumnock Rd, Robroyston on Friday Church and Local Authority Repre- 6 October at 7.30pm. Tickets at £7 (in- sentatives will be present to discuss cludes light supper). For tickets con- the application process, Teacher Ap- tact Sr Evelyn on 0141 558 5114. proval, and to explain what support is on offer and to answer questions. Holy Mass for the Newly Married Couples of 2017 Memorial Mass for Fr Donald MacKay Archbishop Tartaglia will celebrate There is a Mass for Fr MacKay, who Holy Mass for the newly married cou- died a couple of weeks ago in South ple of the Archdiocese in St Andrew’s Cathedral on Sunday 8 October at 3 pm.

Appointment Times The Beginning Experience 10.30 am–12.30 pm each morning and fron 5–7.00 pm in the evening, Monday to Thursday. Are holding a residential week- Should a formal appointment be required end for those suffering bereavement please phone the Parish. through divorce, separation or wid- owhood. The weekend will take place Anyone requiring please contact Fr from 6–8 October 2017 at the Conforti McGinley, or Sr Francesca. Centre, Coatbridge. For details con- The Sacrament of Anointing tact Ros on 0131 669 0003, or email If you or a member of your family are going [email protected] Completed into hospital please arrange to receive this applications must be returned by Fri- sacrament beforehand. day 22 September 2017. Marriage See Fr McGinley if you intend to marry in the Church. The Archdiocese requires 6 months Mass Offering Envelope notice. If you wish to have a Mass offered for the repose of someone’s Soul or ST BERNADETTE’S NOTICES | FEAST OF OUR LADY OF SORROWS Foodbank Friday 15 September The St Bernadette’s foodbank needs to be replenished with foodstuffs ‘Today Mary dwells in the joy and the and toiletries. glory of the Resurrection. The tears shed at the foot of the Cross have Mass for theSick been transformed into a smile which Mass with Sacrament for the Sick in nothing can wipe away, even as her St. Bernadette’s on Thursday 14 Sep- maternal compassion towards us re- tember at 6.30 pm. mains unchanged. The intervention Would Eucharistic Ministers or of the Mary in offering succour neighbours please give in name of throughout history testifies to this, anyone, who, with transport, would and does not cease to call forth, in the be able to be present at the Mass. people of God, an unshakable confi- dence in her’ Benedict XVI for someone’s Intentions or a Mass The Seven Sorrows of Mary are as Bouquet, Mass Offering envelopes follows: are now available at the back of the Church or on request. • The prophecy of (Luke 2: 25–35) • The flight into Egypt St Margaret’s Children & Family Care (Matthew 2:13-15) Society • Loss of the Child Jesus for three Have you ever considered adop- days in the Temple tion? The St Margaret’s Children & • (Luke 2: 41–50) Family Care Society prides itself on • Mary meets Jesus on his way to being a specialized adoption service Calvary and encourages you to take a look at (Luke 23: 27–31; John 19: 17) our most recent inspection report at • Crucifixion & Death of Jesus www.careinspectorate.com. Could you (John 19: 25–30) give a loving, stable home to a child • The body of Jesus being taken who has suffered abuse or trauma? If from the Cross you’re able to answer ‘yes’ to any of (Psalm 130; Luke 23: 50–54; these questions is yes, please visit our John 19: 31–37) website at stmargaretsadoption.org. • The burial of Jesus uk for more information or call 0141 ( 53: 8; Luke 23:50–56; 332 8371. John 19: 38–42; Mark 15: 40–47) THE WEEK AHEAD tree that reversed ’s Original Sin when he ate from the Tree of the SUN 10 Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Reception of the remains of Garden of Eden. Marie Elma Lough 5 pm (St T) FRI 15 Our Lady of Sorrows MON 11 Requiem Mass for SAT 16 St Ninian Marie Elma Lough 10 am (St T) The ‘Apostle to the Southern Picts’, he is thought to have worked in TUES 12 Most Holy Name of Mary what is now Dumfries and the wider Scottish lowlands converting WED 13 St many to Christianity around the 5th century and died at Whithorn. THU 14 Exaltation of the Holy Cross This recalls three historical events: the finding of the True Cross by INTENTIONS Helena, the mother of the emperor Constantine; the dedication of Those sick at home or hospital churches built by Constantine on Eileen Adaya, Anne Llewellyn, the site of the Holy Sepulchre and Margaret Morgan & all the sick and Mount Calvary; and the restoration housebound of both Parishes of the True Cross to Jerusalem by the emperor Heraclius II. But in a deeper Those who have died recently sense, the feast also celebrates the Ellen Docherty, Marie Elma Lough, Holy Cross as the instrument of our Anne Elizabeth Anderson & Jane salvation. This instrument of torture, McLean designed to degrade the worst of criminals, became the life-giving Anniversaries Michael Kirk Jnr, John Mullan, Owen Mullan, Tommy Devlin, Edward PARISH DONATIONS Heaney, Marie Ferguson, Hugh & 2 & 3 September 2017 Mary McMahon, Sally Johnstone, Rosina McDade (2nd), Edward St Thomas’s St Bernadette’s McKay, Christina Mullan, George Other £746 Other £407 Doherty (1st) & Charles [Chic] GAD £344 GAD £154 Stevenson