St. Bernadette’s RC Church Tullibody Parish Newsletter - 14th April 2019

Palm Sunday (C)

Parish Priest: Fr. Mike Freyne MHM

Email: stbernadette@dunkelddiocese.org.uk

Tel: 01259 213274

Baingle Brae, Tullibody. FK10 2SG

Diocese of Dunkeld Scottish Charity No.SC001810

NORMAL MASS TIMES:

Saturday Vigil 5.30pm. & Sunday Morning Mass: 11.30am

Weekday Morning Masses: Mon, Wed, Thurs &Saturday at 9.30am.

Friday evening mass at 7.00pm NO SERVICES ON TUESDAY

See Parish Diary for Holy Days and other services / events.

Are you visiting our Parish or have you just moved into the area? Please feel very welcome... Introduce yourself to the Parish Priest or welcomers at the back of the church. There are no strangers here just new friends you haven’t yet met…

Col lect ions 7th Apr i l

Gift Aided £354.65 Non Gift Aided £285.99

Knights of St. Columba: Meet at 7.30pm on first Wednesday of each month in the church hall at St. Mungo’s Alloa.

Please remember in your prayers those who are sick: Margaret Mc’Intyre,

John Craig, Margaret Byrne, Kathy Mc’Lauglin, Carly Mournian, Nellie Gallon, Dave Kerr,

Brendan Murphy, John Woods, Sarah Jane Connelly, Maurice Di Duca, Mary Gordon,

(Kathlean Clarke & Family, Peter-James, Gerard and Shaun-Joseph), Vincent McDaid,

Geraldine Stolarek, Drs. Dianne & Mike Basquill, Margaret Stark, Charles Roberson,

Helen & Tommy Mc’Menemy, Duncan Mc’Gregor, Roger Bray, Fr. Brian Doran,

Fr. John Callaghan Bishop Stephen Robson and all those in the various nursing homes.

Remember those who have recently died: Canon Hugh McInally,

Olivia McCulloch (3 years old) Margaret Giannandrea, Kate McNeil,

Cathy Morrison, Lula O’Brian and David Tobin.

and those whose anniversaries of their death occur at this time. Anne Mc’Niven, Greta Soave, Mary Connor, Thomas McGregor and John Boyle

Parish Website: http://www.catholic-church.org/stbernadettes/

For newslet ters , not i ces, in format ion f rom par ish groups, h is tory , l inks to schools , o ther cathol ic organisat ions and publ icat ions.

SVDP: Meet 2 weekly at 10.30am before Sunday morning mass in the church hall. Next meetings: 7th April. (No meeting on 21st)

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

25 June 2pm - Final mass closing of St. Bernadette’s school, celebrated by Bishop Stephen in church.

26 May ’19 Confirmations 16 June ’19 First Communions

R e g u l a r M e e t i n g s

Palm Sunday.

“Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears

of the deaf unstopped; then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the speechless sing for joy. For waters shall break forth in the wilderness,

and streams in the desert.” - ( Isaiah 35:5-6 )

More at :

http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/ A Catholic Social Teaching Message from Pope Paul VI:

“If you want peace work for justice”

PLEASE HELP!

Feed the Hungry

Place non-perishable /tinned items etc. in the box at the back of the church. Our SVDP /KSC will distribute goods to the needy in our area and also support “The Gate” foodbank.

SVDP are our parish based charity focussing on the needy and socially excluded locally. If you know of anyone in need in the parish please let the SVDP know or just put a note of the name and contact details in the SVDP box in the church.

If want the newsletter emailed to you just email us at the parish newsletter with your request and full name: st .bernadettes.tul l ibody@gmai l .com .

For all other email communications with the Parish or Parish Priest please use the diocesan email address: s tbernadette@dunkelddiocese.org .uk

Mobile phones must be switched off or put to Airplane mode in the church as they interfere with the speaker system. SURELY 1 HOUR WITHOUT YOUR PHONE IS NO HARDSHIP

Your continued support of this

vital resource for so many

people is greatly appreciated.

Please support all Holy Week liturgies and also the Ecumenical Service on Tuesday that St. Serf’s asked us to lead.

There are also additional opportunities for confession see Parish Diary.

GIFT AID.

We are eternally grateful for all those who pay taxes and sign up for gift aid. This really helps our finances. However, please note that what you donate as gift aid to ALL YOUR CHARITIES TOTALLED UP by law must be less than what you pay in taxes.

ENVELOPES : Those who use the envelopes will have noticed you do not have any more as they should all be used up. For some time new envelopes have been available. If you have not collected yours check at the back of the church. They will remain there until Holy Week and then be in the parish office so ask Patricia.

PARISH

DIARY

Saturday

13th

April

9.30am - Morning Mass & Confessions. St. Bernadette’s.

5.30pm - VIGIL MASS, ST. BERNADETTE’S

Sunday

14th April

9.45am - MORNING MASS, DOUNE.

11.30am - MORNING MASS, ST. BERNADETTE’S. Reading of the Passion, Weather permitting, begin outside with blessing of palms, followed by procession.

5.00pm - Stations of the Cross, St Bernadette’s. Led by the children

Monday

15th April

9.00am - Confessions. 9.30am - Morning Mass, St. Bernadette’s 12 noon - Funeral Mass Mons. Hugh McInally, Cathedral, Dundee. 7.00pm - Penitential Service, St. Bernadette’s. (confessions available at the end)

Tues 16th April 7.00pm - Ecumenical service with St. Serf’s at St. Bernadette’s - Stations of the Cross.

Wednesday

17th

April

No Confessions 8.20am - Mass - St. Modan’s High School, Stirling 9.30am - Morning Mass, St Bernadette’s 7.00pm - Mass of Unity, Holy oils, Cathedral, Dundee.

MAUNDY

THURSDAY

18th April

THE SACRED TRIDUUM BEGINS 8.00 pm Mass INSTITUTION OF THE EUCHARIST & WASHING OF THE FEET. Eucharistic Ministers will renew their commitment at this mass. WATCH AND PRAY before the Blessed Sacrament immediately after the mass until 10.00pm (Eucharist Ministers, SVDP, Readers, Knights)

GOOD FRIDAY 19th April

3.00pm - Passion and Adoration of the Cross. Special Collection

Saturday

20th April

8.30am - Morning Office for the Dead, St. Bernadette’s 6.00pm - Easter Vigil, St. Fillan’s, Doune

8.00pm - EASTER VIGIL, ST. BERNADETTE’S

Sunday

21st April

9.45am - Easter mass, St. Fillan’s, Doune 11.30am - Easter mass, ST. BERNADETTE’S

While Fr. Mike is covering emergency calls etc. for Callander there is a possibility of short notice changes to our parish diary. (covers the area of Trossachs / Crianlarich)

“During this time of #Lent we are invited to look to others too with charity, which frees us from the vanity of possessing, from thinking

that things are good if they are good for me. ” - ( POPE FRANCIS @Pontifex )

Palm

Sunday

EASTER

SUNDAY

PLEASE BE EXTREMLY CAREFUL

WITH CANDLES. PLEASE DO NOT

ALLOW CANDLE GREASE

TO DROP ON THE FLOOR.

IF NECESSARY DO NOT

GIVE CANDLES TO CHILDREN.

Eucharistic Ministers and

PPC members are invited to

be at the Maundy Thursday

Mass where they will renew

their commitment after the

Eucharistic Prayer.

Stations of Cross on Palm Sunday

are being led by children, please

come and support our children.

Due to the shortage of priests, Fr. Mike is running between parishes so please make allowances for him rushing away quickly /arriving few minutes late. This is likely to continue all through summer.

GOOD FRIDAY SPECIAL COLLECTION Throughout the world, a collection is taken on Good Friday for the maintenance of plac-es in the Holy Land. However, we have decided this year to replace it with a retiral bucket collection at the back of the church throughout Holy Week. This will be sent to SCIAF for emergency relief for the victims of cyclone IDAI that hit Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Over 843 are known to be dead with many more missing. Over 1.5 million Children are affect-ed. As flood water goes down, survivors struggle to obtain food, clean water and shel-ter. Let us share what the little we have as it will be far more than they can dream of.

We will also send a cheque from parish funds to the Diocese to cover our normal contri-bution to the Holy Places.

WEE BOX, BIG THANKS

Thank you to everyone in the parish who supported SCIAF’s Lenten Appeal.

Please return your WEE BOX as soon as you can, during Holy Week.

Thank you once again for your great generosity.

Wi shi ng y ou al l a j oy fu l Eas ter .

SHORTAGE OF PRIESTS. Our Diocese is beginning to be like many dioceses and is feeling the strain with the short-age of priests. As you are aware Fr. Mike has been coordinating Callander and Doune since last April. Both Fr. Mike and Fr. Brian have been helped by Fr. Willie and Fr. Joe but both of them are unavailable now until the winter season. At least 3 or 4 priests in July will be on the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes and many priests take summer holidays. From July we will have 2 parishes without parish priests. At times we may be asked to be creative and adapt to some situations. It is good to remember how fortunate we are as elsewhere in around half of the Catholic Church throughout the world there are far less priests than are needed and therefore fewer masses for the Catholic populations.

READERS, EUCHRISTIC MINISTERS AND ALL INVOLVED IN THE HOLY WEEK

LITURGIES

Please check the list and make sure you are available for the service indicated for you. Please make that extra effort and collaborate by arriving 15 minutes early. This should help things run smoothly. Please be understanding and remember that Fr. Mike is celebrating the same liturgies in Doune. We do not plan to run late - quite the opposite - but be understand-ing if due to traffic or weather he arrives just a few minutes late.... Be careful he does not knock you down as he comes into the drive way with the brakes screeching!!!!

All during HOLY WEEK there will be a bucket at the back of the church for

donations towards the Disaster Emergency Appeal for the emergency relief

of the victims of cyclone Idai that hit Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe.

Disaster

appeal

WATCH & PRAY: At the end of the Maundy Thursday liturgy the Blessed Sacrament will be in the main church until 10pm Groups are invited to come in and pray. There is a list at the back of the church. Please sign up. We should always have two people in the church.