World Youth Day 2019 St. Bernadette’s RC Church Tullibody Panama City, Panama will host the next WYD. Parish Newsletter The next WYD will be held January 22-27, 2019. 20th August 2017 + 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time WYD is intended for ages 15-35,though ALL ages are welcome. Parish Priest: Fr. Mike Freyne MHM World Youth Day is celebrated every 2 or3 years by Catholic youths who gather from all Email: [email protected] of the world at the invitation of the Pope. The event is an opportunity to celebrate the universality of the Church and share in the hope of many young people who want to com- Tel: 01259 213274 mit themselves to Christ and others. Baingle Brae, Tullibody. FK10 2SG Theme: “I am the servant of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word “(Lk 1:38) Diocese of Dunkeld Scottish Charity No.SC001810 Are you interested? MASS TIMES: Saturday Vigil 5.30pm. Sunday Mass11.30am If you would like to join the group speak to your parish priest and complete form then return asap to Fr. Samuel Alabi MSP at Youth Office. Diocesan Office, 24-28 Lawside Rd. Dundee DD3 6XY Weekday Masses: Monday, Wed, Thurs & Saturday at 9.30am. Friday Evening Mass: 7.00pm Cost: Total including Flights, transfers, food & accommodation will be £1500 - £2000. We expect local parishes to sponsor their youth, in addition DYS will arrange some Parish Website: http://www.catholic-church.org/stbernadettes/ fundraising so as to make the cost more affordable. For more information contact For newsletters, notices, information from groups, history, links to schools, other catholic organisations and publications. Dunkeld Youth Service Fr. Samuel Alabi MSP Director of Youth Formation [email protected] or call him on 07864700495 Lots of information at the official WYD website at: http://worldyouthday.com/ Dear young people, you are the hope of the Church. Do you dream about your future? Then take part in: #synod18! http://goo.gl/WghUvl - (POPE FRANCIS @Pontiflex) Are you visiting our Parish or have you just moved into the area? Pope Francis at WYD Krakow 2016 Please feel very welcome..... Introduce yourself to the Mary’s Meals Day 2017 Parish Priest or welcomers at the back of the church. Join us at Mary’s Meals Day events in Glasgow. Everyone is welcome and you There are no strangers here just new friends you haven’t yet met… can reserve as many spaces as you need for each event. Sunday, 3 Sept at 2pm. Doors open at 1pm for tea/coffee and gift stalls. Where: Royal Concert Hall, Please remember in your prayers those who are sick: Margaret Mc’Intyre, Dave Kerr, Sauchiehall St. Glasgow. Book your free place or call 0800 698 1212 Margaret Tobin, Sarah Jane Connelly, Lisa Hertwig, Dr. Michael Basquill, Susie Meehan, Please remember our annual Mary’s Meals weekend on (Kathlean Clarke & Family, Peter-James, Gerard and Shaun-Joseph), Lynne Malkiewicz, 23rd/24th Sept when we’ll have speakers from the charity, Brendan Murphy, Margaret Byrne, Toni Stolarek, Agnes Conlan, John Craig, collection of used clothes etc. and sale of annual raffle tickets. Kathy McLaughlin, Brian Hall, and all those in the various nursing homes. 93p of every £1 donated goes direct to help on the ground. We can feed a child at school for a year for as little as £13.90p. Remember those who have recently died… Margaret Foye, Helen Byrne, 1/4 Currently daily feeding nearly 1 million children worldwide. William McCormack, Hilary Morres and Anthony Anderson More at: https://www.marysmeals.org.uk/ “Reproduced with permission from Mary’s Meals. All rights reserved.” and those whose anniversaries of their death occur at this time... James Dunion, IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS BEFORE OUR MARYS MEALS WEEKEND WE WILL PRINT A SHORT Bernadette Forsyth and David Janetta. SUMMARY OF WORK DONE BY MARY’S MEALS IN 14 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD Please take a jar from the back of the church to collect spare coins for Brazil . BRAZIL Brazil Dunkeld News JARS Jar This money helps small projects that get very little and often no other support. Printed copies of the new edition of Dunkeld News were delivered to parishes last week. The cost of production - although seemingly lavish and colourful - is only 19p a copy and distributed free in Special Collection next Sunday 27th August for Mensal Fund the parish. It would be good to think that every copy found a good home! Collections 13th August Regular Meetings The Dunkeld News is also on our parish website, current notices page. If your parish or school has not featured in this edition – we hope to have some of your news and ST. VINCENT DE PAUL: Meet 2 weekly in hall at 10.30am before Gift Aided £334.50 Sunday mass. No Meetings during the summer period. photos in the next edition. (Our parish in current issue twice.) The next meeting will be Sunday 10th September. The “CONTACT US” button on the Diocesan website makes it easy to submit news and photos: If you know of anyone who requires help or a visit, place their name in http://www.dunkelddiocese.co.uk/send-us-your-news/ or email [email protected] Non the SVDP box at the back of the Church or contact Fr. Mike. £220.71 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Between publications of the Dunkeld News, the diocesan website is regularly updated with news Gift-Aided KNIGHTS OF ST. COLUMBA: Meet on first Wednesday of each and events. month at 7.30pm in the Church Hall at St. Mungo’s Alloa. Mobile phones must be switched off or put to Airplane mode Parish Website: http://www.catholic-church.org/stbernadettes/ in the church as they interfere with our speaker system The parish needs you… Can YOU help ? PARISH The parish can look beautiful on the outside and inside but what is the point if we are not a welcoming Church? Imagine you (young or old) have struggled for whatever reason to get to DIARY mass only to find the church door open but the church empty, you’re not sure where to sit and if you should take a hymn book. Worse you need the toilet and the door is still locked. No one arriving in Church in this way is going to feel in the mood to listen to God’s Word, speak to the DUNKELD NEWS is at the back of the church. Lord, or ask for the energy, support and grace to be a loving Christian for the rest of the week. Please note big noticeboards in front of Our Lady’s Altar: FIRST IMPRESSIONS COUNT! A good welcome, a helping hand, a smile, words of Left hand side SCHOOL + Middle PPC + Right side MISSION encouragement and interest in you as a person, the church all prepared with lights on, prayers or silence, a needed bathroom door open, all help for people to be with Jesus. Saturday 5.30pm - Vigil Mass, St. Bernadette’s. A Passkeeper’s mission (man or woman) may seem insignificant but is so important. We need 9th August 6.30 Marriage preparation 20th Sunday people who are able, on a rota basis, turn up at the very least 40 minutes before mass to pre- in pare the church. Everything should be ready to welcome our parishioners and especially visi- SUNDAY 11.30am - Morning Mass, St. Bernadette’s. Ordinary Time 20th August tors. Your mission ranges from making sure the church is tidy, everything is in its place, what is needed for our celebration has been taken care of and especially to offer information and Monday 9.30am - Teachers Mass, St. Bernadette’s school make everyone welcome. 21st August 9.30 am: Morning Office & Holy Communion, St. Bernadette’s. Your mission is to help people meet Jesus, so that they can be Jesus to Tues22nd Aug 10.00am - Meeting Kircaldy NO SERVICES IN PARISH others during the rest of the week… Please consider seriously being a passkeeper if you think you have this gift... The parish needs you... Wed 23rd Aug 9.30am - Morning Mass, St. Bernadette’s. PASSKEEPERS PLEASE NOTE - MEETING FOR ALL PASSKEEPERS, 9.30am - Mass or Morning Office & HOLY Communion WELCOMERS AND THOSE INTERESTED IN HELPING WELCOME PEOPLE Thursday 9.30am - Scrutiny Committee, Clacks Council 24th 12noon - National Missio Meeting – Coatbridge TO OUR PARISH’S MASSES AND LITURGICAL CELEBRATION: August 7.00pm - Reception of Body of Margaret Foye, St. Bernadette’s Please attend the time of mass you are willing to help at. Saturday 2nd September - immediately after vigil mass Fri 25th Aug 9.30am - Funeral mass of Margaret Foye, St. Bernadette’s 7.00pm - Evening Mass, St. Bernadette’s. and Sunday 3rd September - immediately after morning mass Saturday 9.30am - Mass & Confessions, St. Bernadette's. International Day for the Remembrance of the 26th August 5.30pm - Vigil Mass, St. Bernadette’s. Slave Trade and its Abolition is observed on 23rd August 21st Sunday SUNDAY 11.30am - Morning Mass, St. Bernadette’s. in Whatever insults human dignity, such as subhuman living conditions, 27th August Special Collection for Mensal Fund Ordinary Time arbitrary imprisonment, deportation, slavery, prostitution, the selling of women and children; as well as disgraceful working conditions, FORTHCOMING EVENTS where men are treated as mere tools for profit, rather than as 27 Aug Mensal Fund Special Collection free and responsible persons; all these things and others of their like are they are supreme dishonour to the Creator. 3 Sept NATIONAL PILGRIMAGE TO CARFIN 2017 Mass 3pm - ( Blessed Pope Paul VI, Gaudium et Spes, 1965 .) 15 Sept Friday. Wedding St.