St. Columba’s Catholic Church

17thJuly16’ – 16th Sunday in Ordinary time Ps w. 4

PARISH STAFF

Rev Fr. Gabor Czako
Parish Priest / 3 Chapel Court
Justice Street
AB11 5HX
01224 621581

Office email:
St. Columba’s Tel. No.
Parish Office No. /
(01224) 704988
(01224) 626359
Items for the bulletin to reach
by Wednesday please!
10th July 2016
Church Collections
Standing orders / £ 303.10
£ 210 (weekly average)
Thank you all for your generous donations!!
SACRAMENTS
Baptisms / Please give at least 2 months’ notice
arriages / Please give at least 6 months’ notice
Reconciliation/
Confession / Before Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday Masses!

The Month of July is Dedicated to

the Precious Blood of Jesus

The feast of the Precious Blood of our Lord was instituted in 1849 by Pius IX, but the devotion is as old as Christianity. The early Fathers say that the Church was born from the pierced side of Christ, and that the sacraments were brought forth through His Blood.

"The Precious Blood which we worship is the Blood which the Saviour shed for us on Calvary and reassumed at His glorious Resurrection; it is the Blood which courses through the veins of His risen, glorified, living body at the right hand of God the Father in heaven; it is the Blood made present on our altars by the words of Consecration; it is the Blood which merited sanctifying grace for us and through it washes and beautifies our soul and inaugurates the beginning of eternal life in it."

Sick and Housebound

Please pray forStella Ellis, Angela Cox, Margaret Reed, Janet Mortimer, Nan Weir, Pearl Marcella, Bridie Crichton, Leila McFarlane, Jessica Moran, Bill Grant, Stuart Wood, Margaret McGregor, Mary Wood, Betty.

July Anniversaries

5thPeter Lee, 15thPatrick Lafferty, 20th Sister Brenda FMM, 22ndMary O'Shea. Requiescat in pace! Please pray for them!

Saturday Choir practices

Choir practice with Matthew is open to all, between 11am-12noon.

SECOND COLLECTIONS – July

Building Fund – 31stJuly

Events in our parish

Eucharistic ministers re/commissioning

Before the end of today’s Mass all EU Ministers are asked to come forward to the altar for recommissioning!

Hall Caretaker

If you wish to make a hall booking, please check the parish website for availability or speak to Elida or send a message to !

Tea Sweetson the Lawn

24th July, at 2pm. Please bring some refreshment and your favourite China cup. If you don’t have one just go to a charity shop and you will find one.

NEW!! Year of Mercy Parish DVD, Food & Social Nicht

August 5that 7pm. Please bring some drinks and nibbles with you. Rest of the food is provided by the parish. Bring your friends and family also with you!

Events beyond our parish

3 Paths to Holiness series at St. Peter’s

Come along to this interesting presentation on the different paths to holiness, by Bishop Robert Barron in St. Peter's. A series of DVD presentations on19th July.12.30pm – Mass, 1-1.45pm soup & sandwich, 1.45-2.30pm: DVD presentation and discussion. All welcome!

NEW! Children’s summer programme

WED 20th July–ALFORD(1030am-17.00 hours) Transport Museum: 1130Hours. Exciting hands-on tour, probe the past through to future travel & transport. 1245H Snack lunch. Queue for a place BIG STUFF Circuit drive. We leave from St. Peter’s at 10.30am and stop at St. Columba’s at 10.50am and returns back at 5pm. Costs £5 per person.

Aberdeen City Council Catholic Religious Education for Secondary PupilsThere is still time to register for Catholic Religious Education Classes 2016/17.Telephone or e-mail Laura Thomson of Aberdeen City Council 01224 523909

Classes are at Harlaw Academy 4pm to 5pm, S1 Monday, S2 Tueday, S3 Wednesday, S4 Thursday, beginning week of August 22nd 2016.

Masses
Sunday 09.45Int. of parishioners & 6pm for Michael Krychiwskij
Wednesday 10.00 Int. of parishioners
Saturday 10.00 Int. of Parishioners
Confessions are held before Masses or by appointment!
Sunday Servers 9.45am –17thJuly 2016
Readers
Julie Randall, Kathleen Hunt, Gordon Brankin
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
Maura MacFarlane/ Cath Connon
Catherine Lee ?/Sun Lee
Paten – Mary McFarland
Welcomers
Maureen & Catherine Lee?
(Please be there at least 30 minutes before Mass)
Prayer Ministry
Doug Duncan & Catherine Lee?
Hospitality
Magdalena Ekeh & Danuta Pawlowska
Those on rota are kindly reminded to get a replacement in advance if you can’t do your rota on a certain week! Thank you!
Parish Groups (every week)
Monday 17.00 Mothers Prayers (Speak to Jane Stuart)
Monday 18.30 Youth Group (Speak to Catherine Lee)
Tuesday 19.00 House of Bread Prayer Group
Wednesday 19.00 Legion of Mary / SCC (See Elida!)
First Communion prep. Finished
First conf. Finished /Confirmation prep. Finished
Church Cleaning Rota
18th -23rd July:Cathy Connon & Eunice Doonan

New Dawn Pilgrimage Rosary walkin St Andrews

Called & Gifted Charisms weekend, June 2016

Additional money counters are needed

More money counters are required. Fr. Gabor or Maureen Cr. can teach you how to register figures on the counting sheets, etc. Please speak to Maureen Cr. or Fr. Gabor

See poster and sign-up sheets on notice board

A Parish of the R. C. Diocese of Aberdeen Charitable Trust a registered Scottish Charity, number SC 005122