Fr James Smith Tel. 01875 610232
Parish Priest Email:
St Martin of Tours Catholic Church
High Street, Tranent, EH33 1HJ 22nd October 2017
St Gabriel’s is a parish of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh,
a charity registered in Scotland – number SC008540
Twenty-ninth Sunday of the Year (Year A)
Church Services / Mass Times / Intentions
Monday 23rd / 10.00am St Gabriel’s
9.00am St Martin’s
/ Eucharistic Service
Eucharistic Service
Tuesday 24th / 10.00am St Gabriel’s
7.00pm St Martin’s Mass
/ Eucharistic Service
Ann Buckley
Wednesday 25th / 10.00am St Martin’s
7.00pm St Gabriel’s Mass / Eucharistic Service
Bill Robinson
Thursday 26th / 10.00am St Martin’s Mass
10.00am St Gabriel’s / Annie Connor
Eucharistic Service
Friday 27th /
10.00am St Gabriel’s Mass
10.00am St Martin’s / Iain Naysmith
Eucharistic Service
Saturday 28th /
10.00am St Gabriel’s
6.00pm St Gabriel’s Vigil Mass / Eucharistic Service
Alex Logan
Sunday 29th / Thirtieth Sunday of the Year
9.30 am St Martin’s Mass
11.30 am St Gabriel’s Mass
/ People of the Parish
People of the Parish
There will be confessions in St Gabriel’s before the Saturday Vigil Mass from 5.15pm – 5.45pm
There will also be confessions before Sunday Mass in St Martin’s from 8.45 am - 9.15 am
Parish Announcements
Offertory Collection - £605.00. Thank you for your kind generosity.
This weekend our parish will be holding the annual Missio Scotland Mission Sunday Appeal. This year we are invited to reach out and help projects like those run by the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Reparatrix. The Sisters run a Babies Home just outside of Kampala in Uganda with the help of young women from the local community who are called “mothers” by the children. For more information and to see a short video from the sisters visit their website: www.missio.scot.
VISITORS TO ST. GABRIEL'S
Whether you come for one visit or many, you are very welcome to worship with us at Mass on Sunday or any of our weekday services in this church. There is a wheelchair in the Sacristy if one is needed. We would be grateful if it could be returned after use. Thank you.
Fr Ralph Egan has advised us of the death of Father Salvian Maguire. He was stationed in the old Drum-mohr Monastery in the fifties, and subsequently spent time in Paraguay and then was our Provincial in the seventies. May he rest in Peace.
SACRAMENTS - Please give plenty of notice for the
Celebration of Marriage------6 months usually.
Baptism ------3 months.
ST MARTIN’S CHURCH HALL – “Friday Shop Night” 27th October 6.30pm – 9.30pm – See poster at back of the Church for details of the various Stall holders. “Action for Alex” We are looking to raise some funds to help Alex and his family through the difficult times ahead and to raise awareness of DIPG. Alex was diagnosed with a brain tumour called DIPG.
OFFERTORY PROCESSION AT VIGIL MASS AND SUNDAY MASS
Please remember to add your name to the ‘GIFTS of BREAD and WINE AT MASS’ sign-up sheet which covers a period of one month. Please print your name on the appropriate date (once per month only). The new sheet for October is now available. Can’t find it? Ask a passkeeper.
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL - The next meeting of the PPC will take place on Wednesday 25th October at 7.30pm, following evening Mass at 7o’clock.
EVENTS TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF THE HALL - When the hall is finally refurbished and the opening takes place, Fr Jim is planning to have a week or two of events; to encourage parishioners to come along and experience what the new hall will have to offer. To this end it is hoped to compile a list of ideas for events to take place in the hall during its first couple of weeks. Parishioners are encouraged, that when creating their idea to take ownership of it. Many of you have had ideas in the past, so here is an opportunity to let your ‘light’ shine brightly for the good of all the community. Having had a couple of weeks to gather your thoughts on the subject, you will find the IDEAS SHEET now available on the table at the back of the church.
MEDICAL MISSIONARIES OF MARY- Please cut used stamps from the envelopes, leaving a small, paper border around the stamp and place them in the box on the table at the back of the church. When sold in bulk, the proceeds will go to the Medical Missionaries of Mary to provide aid for the work that they do.
CHOIR- We are always looking for more singers to join us. Practice is on a Sunday before Mass.
TOTE NUMBERS- 35 & 11 – no winners.
FILM SUNDAY- tonight in St Martin’s Hall at 7pm, doors open at 6.30pm “Walk the Line” The rise of country music legend Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) begins with his days as a boy growing up on the family farm, where he struggles under the scorn of his father (Robert Patrick). As the years pass, Cash ends up in Memphis, Tenn., with his wife, Vivian (Ginnifer Goodwin), and breaks into the music scene after finding his trademark sound. While on tour, Cash meets the love of his life, singer June Carter (Reese Witherspoon), but Cash's volatile lifestyle threatens to keep them apart. Age 12.
CHARITY FILM NIGHT – St Martin’s Hall Tranent - The next two dates for you diary are 17th November and 8th December.
In November we will be showing “The Lion King” Get out your lion manes, hyena tails and Rafiki shakers as we all sing along to this hit musical. All money raised from this night will be donated to the “Action for Alex” charity.
In December we will be showing the Christmas Classic “White Christmas” Starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kay, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen.
For both BYOB and snacks; Dress up (Wee prize for the best fancy dress). Donations and raffle in aid of local charities. Please consider donating a raffle prize if you can. Following The Lion King we’ll have Disney music on a playlist and in December a Christmas party with festive music on a playlist, so a warm welcome to all.
EDINBURGH DIRECT AID –: COLLECTION OF WINTER THINGS FOR SYRIAN REFUGEES – Please help by bringing any of the following items to Church by Sunday 29th October. The items needed by EDA should be clean and in good condition: Padded Jackets, underwear(new!), welly boots, other outdoor boots, warm sweaters, socks, other clothes for men, women and children, baby clothes, gloves, hats, scarves, (winter-weight) sleeping bags, blankets, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, detergent, toilet paper, nappies, sanitary towels, wipes; Money can also be donated to offset transport costs. We will be delivering the items to the EDA warehouse on Sunday 29th October.
PRAYING TOGETHER - No'Praying Together' this coming Tuesday 24th October.
Next'Praying Together' will continue the theme ofPrayer and Musicand we will meet on Tuesday 7th November.If you haven't been before feel free to join us.We will continue to pray for all of us in the parish and especially those who have asked for prayer.
REPOSITORY- Newspapers, books, cards and sacramental gifts are available from the repository. CTS booklets, which help to develop your personal prayer and give more insight to your Faith, are available from the CTS stand inside the repository itself. The Archdiocesan Directory can be purchased from the back of the church. Advent calendars, advent candles, Christmas cards, 2018 calendars, diaries etc are now on sale in the repository.
COMMUNICATION -
1. The Parish Newsletter: available at Mass on Saturday evening/Sunday.
2. The Parish Facebook Page:- www.facebook.com/stgabrielsprestonpans.org.uk
3. The Parish Website:- www.stgabrielschurcprestonpans.btck.co.uk/
4. Noticeboards: at the back of the church and the porch.
THE BOOK FOR YOUR PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION - remains at the back of church. Please feel welcome to use it. Your prayers will be included at Mass on Wednesday evenings.
THE SICK AND THE HOUSEBOUND
Please provide the contact details of any family member or friend, who is sick or housebound and
who has requested a visit from a Eucharistic Minister, to bring them Holy Communion at home. Forms have been placed on the table at the back of the church for this purpose.
We pray for the sick and those who care for them:Peter Aitken; Fred Carson; Jackie Fitzgerald; Aileen Lothian; Emily McNichol; Nicholas Morrison; Rose Paxton.
We remember…and we pray for all who have recently died and for those who mourn.
Also those, whose anniversaries occurred last week: Charles Delworth 15th (1972); James Gunn 15th (1974); Lawrence Henderson 15th (2003) Steven King 15th (1978);Kenneth Dunn 15th (2010); Mgr T A Connelly 16th (2000); Harry Galloway 16th (2000); Martin Conroy 16th (2005); William Taylor 17th (1977); Elizabeth McGoff 17th (1984); Anthony Scott 17th (1999); Marion Russell 18th (2007); Alexander O McCran 18th (2015); Elizabeth Archibald 19th (----); Margaret D Young 19th (2013); William Bauld 20th (1998).
+Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them O Lord+
Reflection Life and religion
Who can separate his faith from his actions, or his belief from his occupations?
Who can spend his hours before him, saying: “This for God and this for myself; this for my soul and this other for my body?
He who wears his morality but as his best garment were better naked.
Your daily life is your temple and your religion.
Whenever you enter into it take with you your all.
Take the plough and the forge and the mallet and the lute, the things you have fashioned in necessity or for delight.
And take with you all people.
And if you know God—look about you and you will see him playing with your children.
(Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, William Heinemann)
Joke of the week
A homeless man, down on his luck, went into a Catholic Church that was known for its rather “uppity” social reputation. Spotting the man’s dirty clothes, the ushers stopped him outside the church door and asked if he needed help. The man told him, “I was praying and the Lord told me to come to this church.”
The ushers suggested that the man go away and pray some more and he might get a different answer.
The following Sunday the man returned and the ushers again stopped him at the door. “Well, did you get a different answer?” they asked him.
“Yes, I did.” said the man. “I told the Lord that you don’t want me here, but the Lord said, “Keep trying, son. I’ve been trying to get into that church for years and I haven’t made it yet either.”