Parish Bulletin Sunday 3rd. October 2010..wps - Saint Brigid's ...

300 CLUB DRAW: WINNERS WEEK 39: Sunday 26 th . September 2010
£100 Prize: No. 137: Elizabeth Barrett, 45 Tollpark Cresc. Newmains.
£25 Prize: No. 89: William Jamieson, 12 Rankin Road, Cambusnethan..
PARISH INCOME: Sun. 26 th . September 2010 Offertory £827.00 Stall £58.00
Papal Visit Bus. £10.00
NEARLY NEW SHOP: The Shop is open this week at the usual times on Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Returns for September came to £1080.00. Thank You.
ST. BRIGID’S PARISH
NEWMAINS
(Scottish Charity No. SC 011041)
SOUVENIR COPIES OF THE SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER AND UNIVERSE
PAPERS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE STALL TODAY. The Observer costs £1 and
Universe £1.20.
WOMENS GUILD PRIZE BINGO in aid of St. Andrew’s Hospice takes place on Friday
15 th . October. Tickets which include tea cost £1 are available from Guild members now.
All Donations will be gladly accepted.
GIRLS CLUB: Pantomiine Night Thursday 23 rd . December is Peter Pan in Motherwell Civic
Centre. Girls Club members are free. Friends and anyone wanting to come along cost is £14.
Contact Mary on 07758193061.
Anyone wanting to join club come along on Mondays from 6.00pm - 8.00pm. Primary 1 and
upwards.
A WORD OF THANKS: Frank Gibbons and family wish to thank everyone for the many
Mass and Sympathy cards they received and for the kind words and actions extended to them
on the sad loss of wife and mother, Lily Gibbons. Thanks also to all who attended the rosaries
at home, the Vigil of Reception and Requiem Mass. A special thank-you to Danny Muldoon.
Holy Mass will be offered for all your intentions.
SICK: James Trainer, David Reilly, Tracy McLean, William McAteer, Frs. Jim O’Hara and
George Donaldson, , Samuel Cullen, Esther Banks, Annette Martin, Peter Quigley, Mattie
Fender, Peter Clark, Mary Brown, Michael Moylan, Rita Milne, Cheryl Dougan, John
Mooney, Mary Farrell, Sandra Brennan, Peter Slavin, Michael Keith, Huu Taa, Connie
Thomson.
R.I.P.: Fr. Colm Fox (retired priest of Paisley Diocese),
MONTHS MIND: Lily Gibbons, Joe Jordan, John, Margaret, Gerald and Margaret
McCardle, James and Margaret Davie, Mary Dougan, William Poole, John McCabe,
ANNIVERSARIES: Rose Armstrong, Peter and Eileen Agnew, Alice and William Duffy,
Francis McDonald, Catherine Darragh, Ena Burns, Elizabeth and Joseph Kelly, Sarah
Longmire, Margaret and William Clark, Pat McMahon, James McCardle,Lina Puricelli, Grace
Mooney.
27 th . SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
PARISH PRIEST: Fr. Hugh P. Kelly, 5 Westwood Road, Newmains ML2 9DA
Tel 01698 297037.E-mail hpkelly@stbrigid.org.uk
PASTORAL ASSISTANT: Sr. Maria Goretti, 17, Viewpark Rd. Motherwell ML1 3ER
Tel. 01698 275273
PARISH CENTRE: Mr. Pat Cahill, 37 Muirhouse Ave. Newmains, ML2 9NF
BOOKINGS: Tel. 01698 292421.
PARISH WEB-SITE: www.stbrigid.org.uk

PARISH BULLETIN SUNDAY 3 rd . OCTOBER 2010
SUNDAY MASSES: Vigil Mass: 5.30pm.
Morning Masses: 9.30am. and 12noon.
(Children’s Liturgy at 12noon mass today)
WEEK- DAYS: Mon. - Fri.. 9.30am.
Sat. 10.00am.
CONFESSIONS: Thurs. 7.00pm - 7.30pm.
Sat. 10.30am and 6.15pm - 7.00pm.
PLEASE PRAY FOR VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD AND
RELIGIOUS LIFE IN A SPECIAL WAY THIS WEEK.
MONDAY 4 th . OCTOBER The Society of the Innocents invite you to join them
in their Annual Mass and Torch-Light Procession at Carfin Grotto. The Mass
begins at 7.30pm and the Celebrant and Preacher will be Fr. Eddie McGhee of
St. Michael’s, Kilmarnock. Many of you will be familiar with him from his
weekly contribution to the Scottish Catholic Observer.
NOVENA DEVOTIONS WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY 11 th . OCTOBER.
FEASTS: Mon. 4 th . St. Francis of Assisi: born into a wealthy family in Umbria in 1181 As a
young man he had a complete change of direction from the feckless kind of life he was living.
He was able to inspire many of his young friends to follow his conversion and the outcome of
their desire to abandon everything for Christ was the birth of the Franciscan Friars. He died in
1226 and is buried in Assisi with many of his early band of followers.
Thurs. 7 th . Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary: This Feast instituted in 1573 was
extended to the Universal Church in 1716 and highlights the Month of October, dedicated to
the Devotion of the Rosary.
ENROLMENT MASS for children who will receive Sacraments of First Reconciliation and
First Communion in April and May 2011 takes place today at 12noon Mass.
READERS:Today: Vigil Carla Harbison. 9.30am. Martin O‘Leary.. 12noon. Michael
Cunningham
NEXT WEEK:Vigil Joan McCann. 9.30am. Martin Connelly. 12noon. L. Cunningham
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Vigil: Sr. Maria Goretti, Danny Muldoon.
9.30am. Helena Sarah Cullen, Margaret Connelly, 12noon. Mary Jamieson, Ann McLaughlin
NEXT WEEK: Vigil: Angela Reardon, Ann Muldoon.
9.30am. Helena Carla Harbison, Martin Connelly. 12noon. Liz Brown, Lorraine Cunningham.
REFLECTION: In nineteenth-century England, Gilbert and Sullivan wrote a number
of comic operas. Among them, one of the most popular is The Pirates of Penzance.
Its alternative title is “The Slave of Duty”, because it concerns a young man,
Frederick, whose sense of duty is outstanding.
Frederick is apprenticed to a gang of pirates (who in the opera are, inevitably, comic
characters, not to be taken seriously) until – and this is an important point – his
twenty-first birthday. Unfortunately, just as he is about to be released from his bonds,
it is revealed that he was born on 29 February in a leap year so that, technically, he
will have had only five birthdays by the time he is twenty-one. Frederick believes that
he is obliged, therefore, to return to the pirates; and that he will not be free, nor see
Mabel, his sweetheart, again, until he is in his mid-eighties. However, after a lot of
fun and nonsense, he is eventually freed and reunited with his beloved.
A sense of duty is highly commendable, but being a slave to duty, as we see, is not
always good. It all depends on to whom or to what we are a slave. In Gilbert and
Sullivan’s opera, the obedience of duty is demanded by a joke gang of pirates; in our
day, we may all too often see such obedience commanded in their members by
extremist groups or terrorist organisations, often with deadly consequences. In these
cases, the sense of duty is misguided, and does not contribute to the common good.
The Gospel reading today talks of duty in the sense that is shared by parents who
make sacrifices for their children, or by members of the armed services who risk their
lives for their country. It is especially commendable when expressed by servicemen
and women who rescue their comrades while under fire and who humbly declare such
heroism to be no more than their duty. Duty does not expect reward – it is simply the
discharge of a moral obligation.
We are morally obliged to God for everything, from our lives to the world around us.
Everything has been given to us by God. We owe God for everything, and God would
be entitled to command our absolute obedience. But God’s way is not generally to
issue strict demands of us; rather, God issues the invitation to us to accept the gift of
faith, openly and freely, with our minds as well as our hearts.
Jesus’ words in the Gospel today assure us that even a tiny amount of faith, a minute
mustard seed of it, can go a very long way. It can change our lives. It can provide the
pattern for our lives. It can even bring us into relationship with the Divine. And that is
a cause for celebration for our duty can be discharged with real joy.
WISHAW HOSPITAL CHAPLAIN: Fr. Frank King, St. Thomas’, Pather, Tel No.
(01698) 372775. If you are going into hospital please contact him. If your stay is
going to be lengthy, please let your own priest know as well.
RCIA: A course of instruction and preparation for those interested in becoming members of
the Church continues on Wednesday evening, 6 th . October at 7.30pm in the Church. Anyone
feeling themselves drawn towards the Catholic Faith is very welcome to come along.
A SECOND COLLECTION FOR DIOCESAN PRO-LIFE WORK WILL BE
TAKEN UP AT ALL MASSES NEXT SUNDAY