PARISH TRIP TO CARFIN ADJUSTMENTS TO SCHEDULE! 499608. Tell our story share our Parish Outing to Carfin Grotto, The will now be recited at dream. on Saturday 1st June 2019 9.30 am each day, with morning WHEELCHAIRS AVAILABLE – thanks to all who signed up – prayer at 9.50 am and Mass at 10.00 We have a number of wheelchairs please note that the £10 charge for am. The church will close immediately which can be borrowed. If you could transport is now due and should be after Mass, with the exception of each make use of one to help a relative or paid in advance. Wednesday when there will be friend to get out for a while, please Exposition from after the 10.00 am book one out on the list in the meeting SICK FIRST HOLY COMMUNION Mass until 1.00 pm First Holy Communion will be room. We remember all the sick of the received by some of our younger SALESIAN SISTERS JUBILEE parish. EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: parishioners at the 11.00 am Mass To celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Saint Helen’s Hall will be used on RECENTLY DECEASED next Sunday. As always, we will have the Salesian Sisters arriving in Thursday 23rd May as a Polling Place Elsie Beacom, Robert McGregor, Ian three parish preparation sessions Scotland, Mass will be celebrated by for the European Elections. Please Campbell, Stephen McConnell, Agnes beforehand. These will be on Bishop at 3.00pm on note that our contractual Hamilton, Liza Beattie Saturday 4th, 11th and 18th May from Saturday 24th August in St. Fergus arrangements with the Council mean 9.30 am until 10.30 am in the meeting Church, Ferguslie Park, Paisley. ANNIVERSARIES that there will be no access between room beside the sacristy. Please do Eugene Fernandez, Aitchison Family, the Church and Hall on that day. all you can to make sure your child is MASS IN SPANISH: Angela Dunne, Carol Bell, Mary Kelly, Unidos en la fe. Spanish- speaking able to attend. LINN CEMETERY MASS: John Kelly, Catholics in Scotland, invite you to The Annual Memorial Mass at the CONFIRMATION celebrate La Santa Misa Spanish Linn Cemetery will take place in the The Sacrament of Confirmation for Mass on 26th May at 12.30 in Saint cemetery on Saturday 1st June 2019 our cluster will be celebrated in Holy Mary’s Star of the Sea parish, Leith. starting at 3.00pm for all those buried Cross Church, Govanhill on Thursday The Mass will be followed by a pot- in the Cemetery or whose final 30th May at 7.00 pm. There will be luck lunch where you are invited to committal took place at the Linn preparation sessions on 18th and 25th bring a meal made from a recipe of Crematorium. All Welcome. May from 10.30 am until 12.30 pm in your home town. Contact: Mobile: Holy Cross Church 075118077830. e-mail: PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL: [email protected] Parents of children due to receive The Council will meet on Tuesday th Congratulations to Gianluca and First Holy Communion or the SSVP NEW MEMBERS INVITED 28 May 2019 in the Meeting Room next to the Sacristy at 7.30pm. Please Claire Catena on the birth of their Sacrament of Confirmation are The SSVP need new members. If you speak to Mgr. Paul or any member of daughter, Adriana, who will be asked to come in to the Sacristy to could help or if you want to know the Council if you have a suggestion baptised this weekend. make sure their children are more about the work, please just about ways that Saint Helen's can registered come along to one of our meetings on better celebrate and deepen our a Monday evening at 7.00 pm in the HELP NEEDED! Catholic Faith. Remember you can PRAYER TO SAINT MICHAEL meeting room next to the Sacristy – or f you are a regular vigil Mass goer, also place any suggestions in the St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in I just chat to one of the SSVP boxes provided at the back of the battle. Be our defence against the can you spare a little time before and members. after Mass to help with passkeeping - Church. wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do arrange the collections, hand out the KNIGHTS OF SAINT COLUMBA thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by bulletins, etc.? Please speak to Mgr. Centenary recruitment drive – serving the power of God, thrust into hell Paul – a few minutes of your time God by serving others. If you are 16+ Satan, and all the evil spirits, who prowl would be a big help! We are and a practising Catholic, please about the world seeking the ruin of souls. experiencing difficulties due to lack of contact John O’ Donnell on 07854 Amen personnel at the Vigil Mass 886425 or Paul Laird on 07875 particularly. assembled the church and gave an heaven, as beautiful as a bride all account of all that God had done with dressed for her husband. Then I them, and how he had opened the heard a loud voice call from the door of faith to the pagans. throne, ‘You see this city? Here God Saint Helen’s lives among men. He will make his One Family, One Heart, One Faith RESPONSORIAL PSALM home among them; they shall be his Psalm 144(145):8-13a people, and he will be their God; his name is God-with-them. He will wipe I will bless your name for ever, O away all tears from their eyes; there God my King. will be no more death, and no more SUNDAY 19TH MAY 2019 mourning or sadness. The world of 5TH SUNDAY OF EASTER The Lord is kind and full of the past has gone.’ Then the One compassion, sitting on the throne spoke: ‘Now I TIMES OF SERVICES slow to anger, abounding in love. am making the whole of creation SUNDAY MASSES: How good is the Lord to all, new.’ Vigil (Saturday) 5.30 pm; 9.00 am, compassionate to all his 11.00 am and 5.00 pm creatures. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION MONDAY TO SATURDAY Rosary at 9.30 am, Morning Prayer at 9.50 am and I will bless your name for ever, O Jn13:34 Mass at 10.00 am God my King. Alleluia, alleluia! CONFESSION: I give you a new commandment: Saturday 10.30 – 11.00 am All your creatures shall thank you, O love one another just as I have loved Saturday 6.15 – 6.45 pm Lord, you, and your friends shall repeat their says the Lord. ADORATION: blessing. Alleluia! Wednesdays from after 10.00 am Mass until 1.00 pm They shall speak of the glory of your ROSARY FOLLOWED BY NOVENA: Thursday at 7.00 pm reign GOSPEL FIRST READING and declare your might, O God, John 13:31-33,34-35 HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION: Acts 14:21-27 Masses on holy days of obligation are at 7.30 am, They gave an account to the church of all to make known to men your mighty When Judas had gone Jesus 12.30 pm and 7.30 pm deeds said: ‘Now has the Son of Man been that God had done with them Paul and and the glorious splendour of your glorified, and in him God has been Barnabas went back through Lystra and CONTACT DETAILS reign. glorified. If God has been glorified in Iconium to Antioch. They put fresh heart I will bless your name for ever, O him, God will in turn glorify him in Saint Helen’s Presbytery into the disciples, encouraging them to 165 Camphill Avenue, G41 3DR God my King. himself, and will glorify him very persevere in the faith. ‘We all have to soon. ‘My little children, I shall not Phone: 0141 632 2626 experience many hardships’ they said E-mail: [email protected] Yours is an everlasting kingdom; be with you much longer. I give you Web: www.sthelenslangside.org.uk ‘before we enter the kingdom of God.’ In your rule lasts from age to age. a new commandment: love one each of these churches they appointed I will bless your name for ever, O another; just as I have loved Parish Priest elders, and with prayer and fasting they God my King. you, you also must love one Monsignor Paul Murray commended them to the Lord in whom another. By this love you have for Permanent Deacon they had come to believe. They SECOND READING one another, everyone will know that Rev. Kevin Kelly passed through Pisidia and reached Apocalypse 21:1-5 you are my disciples.’ www.sthelenslangside.org.uk Pamphylia. Then after proclaiming the I, John, saw a new heaven and a The is a Religious Charity Number word at Perga they went down to Attalia new earth; the first heaven and the SC018140 and from there sailed for Antioch, where first earth had disappeared now, and they had originally been commended to there was no longer any sea. I saw the grace of God for the work they had the holy city, and the new Jerusalem, now completed. On their arrival they coming down from God out of