St. Paul’s News     

World Youth Day

The 26th World Youth Day will take place in Madrid 16th-21st Aug 2011.  Any young person aged 16 by 31 Dec 2011 is eligible to go.  If anyone is interested please contact me.

SCIAF parish update

Sometime in the next few weeks one of our parish SCIAF representatives will give us a very short address updating us on SCIAF work.

Scottish Marriage Care

SMC are looking for individuals who may join their team of counsellors, after some training. These helpers would mainly assist the FOCCUS scheme in running pre-marriage courses. See the poster in the church for more details

Annual Mission Appeal

The Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Africa will make the annual Mission appeal next weekend 28/29 August.

Tuesday Club

Resumes on 31 Aug 2pm-4pm. New members most welcome.

Mother & Toddler Group

The mother and toddler group will resume on Tuesday at 10.30.  

Collection

£895.00. Many Thanks

Communions to the sick

No visits until September.

Youth for Lourdes

The Diocesan youth pilgrimage to Lourdes 3-13 July 2011 will coincide with the Diocesan Pilgrimage.  If anyone is interested in going please see me as soon as possible.  Further details concerning the pilgrimage are on the poster in the porch.

Queen Margaret Academy Class of ‘89’

A reunion has been organised for Sat 4th Sept at Shoot Super Soccer in Whitletts.  All pupils and partners welcome. Tickets £10 each, all proceeds donated to McMillan Cancer Trust.  For  details contact Suzanne Scott on suziescott@hotmail.com or Franki McIndoe on frankie2525@hotmail.com or facebook.  Raffle prize donations welcome.

Musical Minis

Learning made fun for pre-school children here in the hall on Mondays starting 23rd August 11am—12 noon. See poster in porch for further details.

Fire Evacuation Plan

The fire risk assessment will take place on Tuesday 24th August.

Whithorn Pilgrimage

The annual Whithorn Pilgrimage is on Sunday 29th August.  Mass will be celebrated at the cave at 4pm. 

Papal Visit forms

Any individual or family group must fill in the forms which are available for the Papal visit.  This is compulsory.  Please hand them back in as soon as possible. As you will now be aware there is a cover charge of £20 per person which will be levied on the parish.  I believe the fairest thing to do is to say there will be no charge for children but adults are encouraged to pay the £20 if they can afford it or less if they cannot afford it. Envelopes will be collected prior to departure.  If you require any other information contact Celeste Teenan on 283674.

Adult Education

As part of the Papal Visit preparations in the diocese, a presentation by Fr. W McFadden will be held here in the hall on Saturday 4th Sept from 11.30-3.00pm to look at the role and position of the Pope and Bishops within Church teaching.  It is hoped that the day will help to present Church teaching on the Magisterium, and so outline what realistic expectations we might have about the pope and bishops.    Tea & coffee will be provided but bring a packed lunch.

Parish BBQ

Unfortunately the annual BBQ due to take place today has been cancelled. Another date will be arranged soon.

St. Francis Xavier’s News

Communions to the Sick

No visits until September.

Renovations in the Hall

Just to keep  you up to date on work around the church and hall.  The septic tank is now installed and up and running and the tidying up of the back of the yard at the hall is almost complete.  Unfortunately two manhole covers have gone missing so please keep well away from those areas.  The dry rot is being tackled in the hall and the appropriate area re-floored.  We are in the process of deciding whether to upgrade the single toilet by the old stage or the double toilet by the front door.

Fire Procedures

The risk assessment takes place on the same day as St. Paul’s.

Scottish Catholic Observer

For the next two weeks copies of the SCO are freely available at the back of the church for you to take away with you.  If you are interested in getting the Scottish Catholic Observer each week subscription forms are available or let me know on my return and I can add numbers to the St. Paul’s order.