Sunday Missal:  33^rd Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year C. (Page 1091)

 

Teas and Coffees available after Mass on Sunday and Service on Thursday.

 

Mass on Saturday morning will have a special focus on the children and young people of the parish and will be followed by a craft day for them. Your support is very much appreciated.

 

Thank You: The collection for the Day for the Poor amounted to £826.90.

 

November – Month of the Holy Souls: Please write the names of your loved ones who have died on the lists provided and place them in the basket at the Altar. Those named will be remembered in a special way at Masses in November. We will also remember those named on the crosses placed in the garden of poppies. Crosses provided by the Knit & Knatter group, with donations going to the Lourdes fund.

 

This is Catholic Education Week, celebrating the importance of educating children and young people in the Faith.

The Fife Education Mass, for all who are, or have been, involved in Catholic Education in Fife will be celebrated by Canon Brian Gowans in St Marie’s RC Church, Kirkcaldy, on Wednesday 19 November at 7:00pm. Tea and coffee after Mass. The Archdiocesan Mass for pupils and teachers will be celebrated by Archbishop Cushley in St Mary's Cathedral on Tuesday 25 November at 11:00am.  Please keep teachers, school staff, parents and pupils in your prayers.

 

Save the Dates: (Further details to follow)

(1)   Coffee Morning on Saturday 29^th November.  There will be crafts, bottle tombola, tombola, raffle and cake and candy. Your support and donations for the raffle and tombola will be much appreciated.

(2)   SSVP Seniors Christmas Party – Sunday 14^th December

(3)   Children’s Christmas Party – Sunday 21^st December 2pm-4pm

 

Ecumenical Service Sunday 16 November at 3pm in St Margaret's Church, Woodside Road, Glenrothes, to mark the 3^rd anniversary of the signing of the St Margaret's Declaration of Friendship between the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland and the Church of Scotland.  This service is an initiative of Fife Presbytery of the Church of Scotland, and all Catholics in Fife are invited to participate.

 

Pilgrim of Hope: A comedy about life, death, air fryers and one man's search for hope. Written & performed by Stephen Callaghan, Sunday 23^rd November, 2:30pm, St Paul’s Church, Warout Road, Glenrothes. Pay what you can: £10/£7/£5.

 

Venerable Margaret Sinclair event: Commemorate the centenary of the death of Venerable Margaret Sinclair on Saturday 22 November 2025 by meeting at her former grave in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Edinburgh, at 9:00am to pray the Rosary. This will be followed by a walk to her tomb at St Patrick's in the Cowgate. Benediction at 12:15pm followed by Holy Mass at 12:30pm. A Centenary Mass will be offered at the Sacred Heart Altar, in St Patrick's on Monday 24 November at 5:45pm.

 

Victory: A day to explore the gift of confession: Join the Archdiocese on Saturday 23 November, 10:00am-3:45pm at St Patrick's, 30 Low Craigends, Kilsyth, G65 0PF. Includes talks, testimony, and an opportunity for Confession. Register on Eventbrite at bit.ly/return2025.

 

Waiting Time?   A short time of reflection for Advent - guided by words and images of Mary, Mother of Jesus Sunday December 7^th afternoon and early evening St Serfs Church - details on leaflet.

 

Diploma in Catechetics - register now: Explore the richness of the Catholic faith in 2026 by taking the Diploma in Catechetics. The popular course is run by the Archdiocese and takes place at 7:30pm each Thursday on Zoom, starting on 22 January. Be quick, places limited to 100. Cost £220. Registration and details at bit.ly/diploma2026 

 

Anecdote: “I never unpacked it in the first place.”  You may know the story about the little boy who had returned from his first two weeks at summer camp. He showed his mother two badges that he had won: one for making improvements in swimming, the other for naming the most birds on a nature hike. There was a blue ribbon in his pocket signifying a third prize, and his mother asked him about that. “Aw,” he said, “I got that thing for having the neatest packed bag when we were ready to come home.” “I’m proud of you,” his mother said. “No big deal,” he said. “I never unpacked it in the first place.” — If we are constantly looking for God to right the world’s wrongs some day in a great cataclysmic conclusion to life on this earth, we may never “unpack our bag” and realize that it is here and now where God has placed us to do our living. https://frtonyshomilies.com/