Fathers Day 15th June 2025
Webmaster • June 13, 2025
Sunday is Father's Day and we pray for all our dad's living and those who have passed away.
I found this poem and i think it sums up what a loving Dad is:
Strength of a Mountain
God took the strength of a mountain,
The majesty of a tree,
The warmth of a summer sun,
The calm of a quiet sea,
The generous soul of nature,
The comforting arm of night,
The wisdom of the ages,
The power of the eagle's flight,
The joy of a morning in spring,
The faith of a mustard seed,
The patience of eternity,
The depth of a family need,
Then God combined these qualities,
When there was nothing more to add,
He knew His masterpiece was complete,
And so, He called it ... Dad
Please pray for Our Sick : Ellen Blair, Margaret Callaghan Doreen Cleary, Michael Ritchie, Neil Boyle, John Rielly Molly Strang, Baby Elliot (15 month old) Joan Hart, James Clark, Fr. Michael McLaughlin, Patricia Henderson, Joanna Maier (Connecticut USA), Therese Gilgunn Tressy Callaghan, Suzanne McMurray, Mary Coyle, Lesley Watson (Spain) Maureen McHugh, Margaret Burke, Marie White, Kathleen Daly, John McGuire, Jill Brown, Karen Pritchatt, Louise Newton,and all our sick.
Anniversary Mass will take place on Thursday 26th June at 7pm. There will be refreshments in the hall afterwards
This week we have our leaver's Masses: St. Peter's Tuesday 17th June & St. Mark's Thursday 19th June . Both in the schools. We pray for all our children who are getting ready to go to the high school. Also we have the end of term Masses St. Peter's Friday 20th June at the 10am Mass. St. Mark's 25th June at the 10am Mass.
Our Recently Dead Joan Hart, Bill Lewis, John Provan, May Barton Month Minds & Anniversaries Dunstan Kennedy, Annie & Hughie Rodgers, Christine Archibald, Joseph Loughran, Anna Lyons, Robert Park. Please if you could make sure all month minds and anniversaries are handed in no later than Wednesday Night. If they come in after that they will be read out at Mass on Sunday. If the recently dead come in after the Wednesday deadline they too will be read out at Mass on the Sunday
I am looking for Volunteers to move the power-points on during the Sunday Masses, Vigil 4pm, 9.30am & 11am. It is very easy to operate, if we get enough volunteers for each Mass we would put a wee rota together. It would take a wee bit of pressure off me.
St. Peter's & St. Mark's June 10th 7pm
If you wish to sign up for Gift Aid. It is a great way to help the parish financially, costing you absolutely nothing. If you wish to sign up contact myself or Doreen Lee and we will give you the form and hand it back as you can and we can get it organised. As I said it costs you nothing, but helps the parish so much.
We were given a relic of Carlo Acutis. I am grateful to the family who presented it to us. It is hanging in the side chapel below his icon and statue. I will be blessing the icon and statue in the near future. There are Novenas now available in the Side Chapel.
Ascension Thursday Wednesday 28th Vigil Mass 6pm Thursday 29th Masses 7am & 10am
I am going on holiday from Monday 19th May til Tuesday 27th May. I will be back to say the 10am Mass on Wednesday 28th. Fr. Davy Brown will be looking after you while I am away. I am going to visit Sr. Veronica a Poor Clare who used to be in the Bothwell Monastery who is in the Poor Clare Monastery in Ennis Ireland.
