1. religion and spirituality
2. christianity
3. catholicism

Clergy: Mgr Michael Regan (Administrator), Fr Jamie Boyle; (Acting Administrator)
Rev Peter Czerwonka S.A.C., Rev Tadeusz Puton S.A.C., Bishop Ian Murray; Fr Nick Welsh (Assistant Priest).
Cathedral Contacts:
Cathedral House, 61 York Place, Edinburgh EH1 3JD, Tel: 0131 556 1798
Website: www.stmaryscathedral.co.uk - Email: [email protected]
Fr. Jamie Boyle: [email protected]
Fr. Nick Welsh: [email protected]
Finance: Carol Ann Carvil - Tel: 0131 523 0109, Email: [email protected]
Parish Co-ordinator: Kay Leslie - Email: [email protected]Tel: 0131 556 1798
Hall Complex Bookings/Café Camino: Fran Whitton, Manager. Tel: 0131 523 0102
Email: [email protected]
Director of Music: Thomas Henderson - Email: [email protected]
Cathedral Organist: Simon Niemiński - Tel: 0131 523 0106, Email: [email protected]
Safeguarding Team: Maureen McEvoy & James Saunders
29th Sunday (Year A) - 19th October 2014
Sunday Masses: (Sat. Vigil) 6.00pm, 9.30am, 11.30am, 1.15pm (Polish), 5.45pm (Polish) and 7.30pm
Confessions - Saturday: 10.30am – 12 noon, 5.00 – 5.45pm
Polish Confessions - Monday – Friday: 5.00 – 6.00pm; Saturday: 8.00 – 9.00am
Masses this week: Monday to Friday: 10:00am, 12:45pm, 6.00pm (Polish)
Saturday: Masses at 9.00am (Polish), 10.00am, 6.00pm (Vigil)
Welcome: If you are a visitor to the Cathedral, we want you to know how welcome you are – whether
you have come from another part of the country, from across the world or simply from another parish.
Dear brothers and sisters, on this World Mission Day my thoughts turn to all the local Churches.
Let us not be robbed of the joy of evangelization! I invite you to immerse yourself in the joy of the
Gospel and nurture a love that can light up your vocation and your mission. I urge each of you to
recall, as if you were making an interior pilgrimage, that "first love" with which the Lord Jesus
Christ warmed your heart, not for the sake of nostalgia but in order to persevere in joy. The Lord’s
disciples persevere in joy when they sense his presence, do his will and share with others their faith,
hope and evangelical charity.
(Pope Francis, excerpt from 2014 Mission Sunday message)
In the Cathedral diary this week!
Monday 20th Memorial Mass for Kevin Flucker
Tuesday 21st
Legion of Mary @ 10.45am in Cathedral House
Catechism @ 4.30pm in Cathedral House
Schola Cantorum Choir @ 7.00pm in Cathedral House
ABC @ 7.30pm in Cathedral House
Wednesday 22nd
rd
Thursday 23
Friday 24th
Coffee Morning in Café Camino @ 10.30am
Divine Mercy Prayer in Cathedral @ 3.00pm
Baptism Preparation (Polish) @ 6.30pm in Cathedral House
Saturday 25th
Sunday 26th
Baptisms during 11.30am Mass
Pastoral Counselling @ 5.30pm in Cathedral House
St Joseph’s Group @ 7.00pm in Cathedral House
Legion of Mary @ 7.30pm in Cathedral House
Newsletter available online: www.stmaryscathedral.co.uk Produced & Printed by St Mary’s 16/10/2014
St Mary’s Cathedral is a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrew & Edinburgh.
A Charity registered in Scotland Number SC00854
Cathedral
morning.
Mass Intentions this week
October
Time
Celebrant
Intention
SATURDAY
18th (Vigil)
SUNDAY
6.00pm
Fr Nick
Fr Tom Flynn
9:30am
11:30am
7:30pm
10:00am
12:45pm
10:00am
12:45pm
Fr Jamie
Fr Jamie
Fr Nick
Fr Piotr
Fr Jamie
Fr Peter
Fr Jamie
Parish
Parish
Hannie Healy
Donors intention
Kevin Flucker
Fr Tom Flynn
Fr Frank Welsh
10:00am
12:45pm
10:00am
12:45pm
10:00am
12:45pm
10:00am
6:00pm
Fr Piotr
Fr Piotr
Fr Piotr
Fr Jamie
Fr Nick
Fr Piotr
Fr Jamie
Fr Jamie
Donors intention
Donors intention
Des Kirkland
John Clear
Steven Rafferty
Donors intention
Frances Kinnaird
Mary Mowan
19th
MONDAY
20th
TUESDAY
21st
WEDNESDAY
22nd
THURSDAY
23rd
FRIDAY
24th
SATURDAY
25th (Vigil)
Parish News and Events
Please pray for the sick & those who care for
them: Victor & Victoria Alongi, Father Noel Barry,
Christopher Brown, Roberta Cangiano, Olivia Contini,
Sheila Docherty, Anne Gilchrist, Brian Kilbane,
Frances Kinnaird, Jadwiga Kryzanowska, Chantal
Mathot, Naomi McGarvey, Grant McKail, Anne Marie
O’Reilly, Anne Rubens, William Service, Mark Wilson.
Please can you let the office know those who are to
be prayed for on the sick list? Likewise, please let
us know if you know of anyone on the sick list who
should now be removed.
House
no
later
than
Wednesday
Outreach Group
Patients in Hospital
If you know of a forthcoming visit to a hospital or
serious illness or an operation, please let one of our
priests know before you enter the hospital, so that
he can give you the Sacrament of the Sick & any
other sacraments before you go to the hospital.
Holy Communion in Hospital
For inpatients at The Royal Infirmary, The Sick
Children’s & Liberton Hospital, Tel: 0131 242 1990.
Marriage
Couples, who consider the Cathedral as their
parish and are intending to be married, must give at
the very least six months’ notice. Please call or
email Cathedral House, for a Marriage Preparation
Enrolment form. Dates for 2015 courses should
be available early in 2015.
Baptism
Parents wishing to have their child baptised should
complete & return a Baptism form, which is
available from Cathedral House. Please give two
months’ notice for Baptism. You will be invited to
attend a Baptism session held in Cathedral House.
Baptism dates and Baptism Preparation Course
leaflets available in the porch.
Dates for your diary!
Marriage and Family Life
For
those
who
have
died
Beatrice Rowantree & Kevin Flucker
recently:
For those whose anniversaries occur at this
time:
Offertory Collections - Cathedral: £1697.42 (Gift
Aid: £612.70); Polish community: £275.87 (Gift Aid:
£20.00); stall: £133; all other collections including
candles: £822.63, Bread for the Poor: £129.05,
Wills & Bequests: The Cathedral Parish has
benefited greatly in the past from the thoughtfulness of
both parishioners & non-parishioners who have
nominated the parish to receive funds from their
estate.
Gift aid offerings/donations: can be taken out at any
time throughout the year. It is a valuable source of
additional income to the Cathedral with no extra cost
to parishioners.
Sacrament of the Sick
Parishioners are asked to approach one of the priests
to receive the Sacrament of the Sick before being
admitted to hospital for treatment. If you are
housebound or are unable to come to Mass, the
priests will be happy to visit you in your home.
Newsletter: If you would like news or events
advertised in Sunday’s newsletter, please contact
On Sunday 19th October 2014, Archbishop
Cushley will celebrate Mass in St Francis’
Xavier’s Parish Falkirk at 7.00pm and
launch the Archdiocesan Marriage Preparation
programme, a new pastoral initiative to support
couples who plan to marry in the Catholic Church.
Information about the new Archdiocesan counselling
organisation Archways will also be available. During
the Mass, married couples will have the opportunity to
renew their vows and engaged couples will be invited
forward for a blessing. Sunday the 19th marks the
final day of the Third Extraordinary Synod of Bishops,
which has been convened by Pope Francis on the
theme of The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the
Context of Evangelisation.
Many parishes and
individuals in our Archdiocese took part in the
preparation for this Synod by responding to the
Vatican consultation at the end of 2013. Everyone
throughout the Archdiocese is now warmly invited to
join the Archbishop at this celebration, to pray for the
Church’s ministry to married people and families and
to pray for those in our Archdiocese who have a
specific role in supporting marriages and families.
Further details are available from Sally McElroy,
Marriage
and
Family
Life
Coordinator
at
[email protected]
or
on 0131 663 8945.
Newsletter available online: www.stmaryscathedral.co.uk Produced & Printed by St Mary’s 16/10/2014
St Mary’s Cathedral is a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrew & Edinburgh.
A Charity registered in Scotland Number SC00854
St Augustine’s – School Open Evening
On Wednesday 22nd October from 4.30pm to
6.30pm. The evening will begin in the Theatre with
a talk from the Head teacher, followed by a guided
tour of the school. Parents and pupils will be able
to see around the school and visit departments,
speak to some teachers and be able to see some
displays of work.
afterwards. If you are unable to attend, but would
like us to remember a loved one in our prayers,
please pass on their name to us so that they can be
included in our Book of Remembrance. RSVP –
0141 354 555 / email: [email protected]
Tuesday Concerts 2014-2015
Concerts will begin on 28th October at 7.30pm. For
this concert, we will welcome back Jeremy Filsell,
who played here last February, when the concert
included Rachmaninov’s 2nd Piano Concerto
(arranged for piano and organ.) This time, the
concert will feature Racmaninov’s 1st Piano
Concerto, as well as French music for piano, organ
and voice, with American lyric soprano, Rebecca
Kellerman Petretta and cathedral organist Simon
Niemiński Entry to all concerts in the series will be
free, with a retiring collection.
Aid to the Church in Need
This is the principal Catholic organisation helping
persecuted Christians and is now a Pontifical
Foundation.
At the moment Christians are
being horribly persecuted in Iraq, Syria and
throughout the Middle East. If you would like to
donate to help the hundreds of thousands
of refugees, mostly Christians, please go to –
http://www.acnuk.org/donate2.php You can also
help by praying Aid to the Church’s Novena and
also by buying CAN Christmas cards, which will
be on sale in the porch on 8th & 9th November. .
Called to Act –
‘Catholic Social Teaching and You’
Are you between 18 and 35 and involved with the
SSVP? Then ‘Called to Act’ is for you! Bringing
together young adult Vincentians from Scotland,
Ireland and England, this event will give you the
chance to socialise, learn more about the SSVP
and your place in it and find out what you can get
involved in. The event will run from 10.30am
Saturday 1st November until 1.00pm on Sunday 2nd
November at The Conforti Institute, Calder Avenue,
Coatbridge. Cost £65 – this covers accommodation
and meals. For more information or to book a
place, call Clare on 0141 226 8833, email:
[email protected]
Faith and Cosmology Conference at New
College, Edinburgh exploring the relationship
between modern cosmological science and
religious belief. Speakers include Prof Bernard
Carr, and Fr Andrew Pinsent.
Saturday 15
November 09.30-16.30. Registration £10 (free to
students), which includes lunch and coffee,
www.div.ed.ac.uk. This is the annual Albertus
Institute / School of Divinity conference. The
Albertus Institute has been established to provide a
forum to encourage an open dialogue between
science, religion and other forms of intellectual
discipline. It also offers opportunities for Christians
and, in particular, members of the Catholic Church
to enter public debate on these matters
SCIAF Remembrance Mass
Our annual Mass, to commemorate our supporters
who have passed away, will take place on at
1.00pm on Thursday 13th November at SCIAF
Office, 19 Park Circus, Glasgow, G3 6BE. The
Mass will be celebrated by Fr. Joe Mackle, our
Chaplain, and there will be tea and coffee
BITS ‘n’ PIECES
Readers for 9.30am Mass
If there are current readers who are at other
Masses but who could do an occasional 9.30am
slot, then please get in touch with Louise Mearley
at: [email protected]
If anyone
wishes to be a new volunteer reader at that Mass
then also contact Louise. Please note that new
volunteers should fill in a volunteer form which
requires two referees, references going to the
Cathedral administrator.
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Events: The
SSVDP run different events throughout the year –
masses for the sick, social afternoons and outings.
These are primarily aimed at those in our parish
who might not always find it too easy to get out and
about, whether through ill health or increasing age,
and also at those who might welcome some
company. If you think you, or someone you know,
would benefit from coming along to any of these
events, please pass contact details to the Cathedral
office (whether by note, phone or email), clearly
marked for the SSVDP, and we will be in touch.
For their own safety and security children in the
Cathedral complex should always be
accompanied by an adult.
Newsletter available online: www.stmaryscathedral.co.uk Produced & Printed by St Mary’s 16/10/2014
St Mary’s Cathedral is a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrew & Edinburgh.
A Charity registered in Scotland Number SC00854
First Reading
Isaiah 45:1.4-6
I have taken Cyrus by his right hand to subdue nations
before him.
Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whom he
has taken by his right hand to subdue nations before him
and strip the loins of kings, to force gateways before him
that their gates be closed no more: It is for the sake of
my servant Jacob, of Israel my chosen one, that I have
called you by your name, conferring a title though you do
not know me. I am the Lord, unrivalled; there is no other
God besides me. Though you do not know me, I arm you
that men may know from the rising to the setting of the
sun that, apart from me, all is nothing.
The word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 95
R: Give the Lord glory and power.
O sing a new song to the Lord,
sing to the Lord all the earth.
Tell among the nations his glory
and his wonders among all the peoples.
The Lord is great and worthy of praise,
to be feared above all gods;
the gods of the heavens are naught.
It was the Lord who made the heavens.
(R)
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia!
Your word is truth, O Lord,
consecrate us in the truth,
Alleluia!
Gospel
Matthew 22:15-21
Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar - and to
God what belongs to God.
The Pharisees went away to work out between them how
to trap Jesus in what he said. And they sent their
disciples to him, together with the Herodians, to say,
'Master, we know that you are an honest man and teach
the way of God in an honest way, and that you are not
afraid of anyone, because a man's rank means nothing
to you. Tell us your opinion, then. Is it permissible to pay
taxes to Caesar or not?' But Jesus was aware of their
malice and replied, 'You hypocrites! Why do you set this
trap for me? Let me see the money you pay the tax with.'
They handed him a denarius, and he said, 'Whose head
is this? Whose name?' 'Caesar's' they replied. He then
said to them, 'Very well, give back to Caesar what
belongs to Caesar - and to God what belongs to God.'
The Gospel of the Lord.
(R)
Next Sunday’s Readings
First Reading:
Second Reading:
Gospel:
Give the Lord, your families of peoples,
give the Lord glory and power,
give the Lord the glory of his name.
Bring an offering and enter his courts.
(R)
Worship the Lord in his temple.
O earth, tremble before him.
Proclaim to the nations: “God is king.”
He will judge the peoples in fairness.
(R)
30th
Sunday (A)
Exodus
1 Thessalonians
Matthew
22:20-26
1:5-10
22:34-40
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The Innermost Truth
“I am the Lord and there is no other, there is no God
besides me.”
The god that we make of power, the domination of others
and the exercise of control over their lives, is a false god.
The god that we make of possessions, the accumulation
of wealth far beyond that required for a dignified life, is a
false god.
Second Reading
1 Thessalonians 1:1-5
We constantly remember your faith, your love and your
hope.
From Paul, Silvanus and Timothy, to the Church in
Thessalonika which is in God the Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ; wishing you grace and peace from God the
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We always mention
you in our prayers and thank God for you all, and
constantly remember before God our Father how you
have shown your faith in action, worked for love and
persevered through hope, in our Lord Jesus Christ. We
know, brothers, that God loves you and that you have
been chosen, because when we brought the Good News
to you, it came to you not only as words, but as power
and as the Holy Spirit and as utter conviction.
The word of the Lord
The god that we make of pleasure and comfort, soothing
our senses with physical satisfaction and enjoyment, is a
false god.
The god that we make of security, lulling us to sleep in
the midst of a world filled with chaos and turmoil, is a
false god. “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, but give to
God what is God’s.” What is God’s is the only place as
God, and so we “give the Lord glory and honour. We who
belong to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ know
that all the gods of the nations are things of naught,” and
so we reject the false gods of power, possessions,
pleasure, and security. We place all our hope in the
“almighty and ever-living God” who is “our source of
power and inspiration.”
Since it has been entrusted to the Church to reveal the
mystery of God, who is the ultimate goal of man, she
opens up to man at the same time the meaning of his
own existence, that is, the innermost truth about himself.
The Church truly knows that only God, whom she serves,
meets the deepest longings of the human heart, which is
never fully satisfied by what this world has to offer.
Vatican II, Constitution on the Church in
the Modern World (1965) 41
Gerald Darring
Newsletter available online: www.stmaryscathedral.co.uk Produced & Printed by St Mary’s 16/10/2014
St Mary’s Cathedral is a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrew & Edinburgh.
A Charity registered in Scotland Number SC00854