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St John the Baptist's, Perth
SUNDAY MASS in St JOHN’S
6.30pm (Saturday Vigil)
& on Sunday
9am, 11am, 6.30pm
WEEKDAYS
Monday-Saturday
at 10am, Tuesday 7pm
MSZA ŚW.
PO POLSKU
Niedziela 3pm
Pojednania 14.30pm
RECONCILIATION
in St John’s
Saturday
5-6pm
Priests: Rev. Dr.Tom Shields PhB STL PhD VE, St John’s Presbytery, 20 Melville Street, Perth, PH1 5PY (01738 622241) Youth Office (01738 635074)
Fr Kazimierz Kubat SDS and Fr Bogdan Palka SDS 16 Melville Street Perth PH1 5PY (01738 564182)
Deacon: Len Moir
The Dedication of
the Lateran Basilica
9th November 2014
INSPECT YOUR CHURCH’S FOUNDATION
“Everyone, however, must be careful how he builds. No one can lay a foundation other than the one that
has been laid, namely Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 3:10-11
esus
began
the of churches.
Church with twelve
apostles (see Mt
In the western part
16:18). By the power of the world, we have
of the Holy Spirit, these many great church buildapostles and other dis- ings. Yet we have the
ciples of Christ formed breakdown of Christian
other small Christian community. Under these
communities (see Acts conditions, our beauti2:42). These communi- ful church buildings can
ties were united with present problems, as is
the Lord and the other the case with any strucChristian communities ture whose foundation
through the bishops of is eroding. This does
their regions. After al- not mean that we should
most three hundred years neglect or destroy our
of living in small com- church buildings. Howmunities and meeting in ever, we had better rehomes, the Church was pent, give our lives to
called by the Holy Spirit Jesus, and let the Holy
to build a church build- Spirit build Christian
ing (i.e. St. John Lat- community among us.
eran). Thus, a network Our church buildings
of deep, developed small will manifest our downChristian communities is fall spiritually unless we Rescript: In accord with the Code of Canon Law, I hereby grant my
permission to publish One Bread, One Body covering the period from
the historical and spir- have a new Pentecost of
October 1, 2014 through November 30, 2014.
itual foundation and in- Christian
community. †Most Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Auxiliary Bishop, Vicar General of
the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, April 24, 2014.
spiration for the building Come, Holy Spirit!
J
For this Sunday’s liturgy
Responsorial Psalm
The waters of a river give joy
to God’s city, the holy place
where the Most High dwells.
Teas after
the 11am
Mass on Sunday
and
10am Mass
on Tuesdays
Priests for
Scotland
A LIFE
WORTH
LIVING
Flower collection Prayers
at today’s
Masses
Thank you
Gospel Acclamation
We adore you, O Christ,
and we bless you;
because by your cross
you have redeemed the world.
Diocese of Dunkeld - Scottish Charity No. SC001810
Welcome
to all
our
visitors
for your
generosity
@StJohnRCPerth
Please pray for the
repose of the souls of
Cecilia Hamilton, Anna
Bell, Anne Welsh, Manus
Ward, Michael Campbell, Susan King and
Catherine Cooke and the
souls of all the faithful
departed.
May their souls and
the souls of all the faithful departed rest in
peace. Amen
www.dunkelddiocese.org.uk
Collections
Many thanks for your
generosity. The income
was Offertory £1,715.64;
Papers £28.97; Votives
£86.91; Shop £3.75;
SCIAF £2 and Mission
Appeal £1,627.19.
Exposition
Exposition continues
on Mondays after 10am
Mass until Benediction
at 6.30pm.
We desperately need
people to watch with the
Blessed Sacrament!
At the moment if anyone has to be on holiday
or falls ill, then there is
no one to take their place.
Often people are in the
church on their own or
have to sit an hour because they have to fill
in for others. This is far
from ideal.
If we want exposition
we have to support it.
Please hand your name
to one of the priests if
you are willing to take on
a slot.
House visiting
Please put your name
down on the list at the
back of the church if you
wish a visit from the clergy over the next couple
of months.
Month of the
Holy Souls
The month of November is the month of the
Holy Souls. Throughout
November Mass will be
celebrated every day for
the repose of the souls of
those whose names appear on the November
lists.
Any other Masses for
anniversaries etc. will
be celebrated as normal
and announced when
desired but as we have
three priests we are able
to guarantee that Mass
will be celebrated every
day of November for the
Holy Souls.
Lists and envelopes are
available, please hand
them back as soon as
possible. Any donations
in the envelopes go towards the celebrating of
these Masses for the upkeep of the clergy. Many
thanks for your generosity in the past.
Eucharistic
ministers
There will be a meeting with Fr Tom on Tuesday, 11th November at
7.30pm, in the Hall, after
evening Mass.
Justice
& Peace
Just Faith
Launch
Workshops and Speakers at inspiring and interactive day to help shape
work of the Just Faith
programme in Dunkeld on Saturday, 29th
November
10.30am2.30pm. Lunch provided. RSVP for catering
purposes to ecoakley@
sciaf.org.uk
RCIA meeting
Mass for
the Sick
Mass for the Sick will
be celebrated next Saturday, 15th November, at
10am.
Mass will be offered
for the deceased members of the St Vincent de
Paul and for those parishioners who have died
during the last year. Tea
will be served in the hall
after the Mass.
RCIA continues on Italian
Thursdays at 7pm in the Association
presbytery. All those who
The next monthly
wish to enquire about be- meeting of the Italian
coming a Catholic are Association will take
most welcome
place in the Church Hall
on Saturday 22ND NOThanks to
VEMBER - at 1pm followed by Holy Mass
‘our’ Joan
Over a period of fifty in Italian at 2pm in the
years Joan Sweeney has Church.
organised and run charity Dunkeld News
bingos in St John’s and
Copies of Bishop Robalso in her own home. son’s latest newsletter are
An amazing amount of available in the church
money has been raised post - and online at www.
for various charities. dunkelddiocese.org.uk
However, Monday 3rd
November was Joan’s Flower Fund
final charity bingo, so
We would like to have
we would like to thank a special collection toJoan for her tremendous day, Sunday 9th Novemachievements over the ber, to help defray the
past 5 decades, not only cost of church flowers.
for the monetary side, This is a constant finanbut in bringing people cial outgoing and our
together in Christian love major festivals of Christand fellowship. Wishing mas and Easter incur
her a long, happy and considerable expense. So
healthy retirement, the please be generous and
parishioners and friends dig deep to adorn your
of St John’s.
church. Thank you!
Children’s Liturgy
“…our faith demands of us a certain
sparingness in use [of temporal possessions], and the Church is obliged to live
and administer its own goods in such a
way that the gospel is proclaimed to the
poor. If instead the Church appears to be
among the rich and the powerful of this
world its credibility is diminished”
Justice in the World, 47
The Children’s Liturgy
will continue at the 9am
Mass this Sunday.
Foodbank
The new opening hours
of the foodbank are For
Donations
9.30am to 11am - Mondays to Fridays
For Food Parcels 2pm to 4pm - Mondays
to Fridays.
Papers
A range of magazines
and newspapers is available in the porch. These
are a help to our faith
and keep us all informed.
If the price is too much
then please feel free to
make a donation towards
their cost.
Parish
Shop
Christmas cards, calendars, diaries and Advent
calendars in stock
Compostela
reunion
On Saturday 22nd November in St John’s Hall
at 7.30pm the pilgrims
of Santiago 2014 are
all invited to a reunion.
Children/young people
should arrange to be collected at 9pm – adults
can stay a little longer!
Please let us know if
you are coming by phoning and leaving a message on the parish answering machine 622241
Dust Angels
We are looking for
volunteers to join the
‘elite’ band of Dust Angels. We clean the church
on Friday mornings after the 10am Mass. We
shall work a rota system,
which, if enough people
come forward, would entail being on duty once
a month or less. Please
leave names with Esther
or Maria in the sacristy.
Lunch Club
The Monday Lunch
Club will continue this
week, at 12noon, in the
Church Hall.
Parish
Library
Borrow from our
extensive range
ARE YOU GOING TO BE IN HOSPITAL? DO YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO IS IN HOSPITAL?
Name_________________________ Hospital ___________________Ward _____
Please complete/ tear off and return with your collection - or hand to Fr Tom after Mass
Parish website: www.stjohns-perth.org.uk
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NIEDZIELNA REFLEKSJA NAD SŁOWEM BOŻYM ...
Rocznica poświęcenia
Bazyliki Laterańskiej – Święto
W
roku 313 cesarz Konstantyn Wielki wydał słynny Edykt
Mediolański, na mocy, którego religia chrześcijańska
odzyskała prawa do swobodnego i publicznego kultu.
Znajdujący się w Rzymie, na tym samym miejscu, co dzisiaj, pałac
rodziny Lateranów (stąd nazwa wzgórza i Bazyliki św. Jana na Lateranie), który cesarz podarował papieżowi św. Sylwestrowi I (314-335)
i nakazał wybudować obok pałacu okazałą świątynię pod wezwaniem
Jezusa Chrystusa Najświętszego Zbawiciela, potem św. Jana Chrzciciela
i św. Jana Ewangelisty. Stała się ona pierwszą katedrą biskupa Rzymu,
a przylegający do niej pałac – siedzibą papieży. Jej poświęcenia dokonał
Matka i Głowa wszystkich
ten sam papież św. Sylwester I 9 listopada 324 r. Od XII wieku 9 listopada obchodzi się Święto Rocznicy poświęcenia Bazyliki Laterańskiej. kościołów Miasta i Świata
W odróżnieniu od trzech pozostałych, tzw. wielkich bazylik rzymskich,
przysługuje jej tytuł arcybazyliki, ponieważ każdy nowo wybrany biskup Kurs
Rzymu – papież udaje się do niej w uroczystej procesji, aby dokonać przedmałżeński
uroczystego ingresu do swojej tytularnej katedry. Obok wejścia do baDla tych, którzy chcą
zyliki znajduje się łaciński napis, który najlepiej oddaje znaczenie i rolę zawrzeć
Sakrament
tego miejsca: Mater et Caput omnium Ecclesiarum Urbis et Orbis (Matka Małżeństwa: na sześć
Grupa
miesięcy przed planowai Głowa wszystkich kościołów Miasta i Świata).
młodzieżowa
adres strony internetowej z kazaniami: http://www.kazania.org/
Przygotowanie
Zapraszamy
Adoracja
do Spowiedzi
Najświętszego do Bierzmowania
Bierzmowanie w tutei regularnego
Sakramentu
jszej parafii odbędzie
W każdy poniedziałek się we środę 26 listouczstnictwa we zapraszamy
na Adorację pada o godzinie 19:00.
Mszy św.
Najśw. Sakramentu po
W każdą niedzielę od
14:30 czyli pół godziny
przed Mszą świętą jeden
z księży jest dostępny w
konfesjonale. Zapraszamy do regularnej Spowiedzi św. i do uczestnictwa w niedzielnej
Mszy św. o godz 15:00.
Bądź dobrym wzorem i
przykładem dla swoich
dzieci ...
Dodatkowa
Msza Święta w
ciągu tygodnia
Od
7
listopada
wprowadziliśmy
dodatkową,
regularną
Mszę świętą w każdy
piątek
wieczorem
o
godzinie
18:30.
Zapraszamy szczególnie tych, którzy przez
cały tydzień, nawet w
niedziele pracują i nie
mają czasu na Mszę. Po
Mszy konferencja o Eucharystii
Mszy św. o godz. 10.
Potrzebujemy
więcej
chętnych
do
regularnej Adoracji. Godzina między 10:30 a
18:30 spędzona przed
Najświętszym
Sakramentem na pewno nie
jest
czasem
straconym. Wieczność będzie
polegała na USTAWICZNEJ ADORACJI
BOGA.
Warto już
teraz do wieczności się
przygotowywać. Proszę
zgłosić księdzu swoje
nazwisko, jeśli chcesz
podjąć
taką służbę
modlitewną.
RCIA
Od czwartku 6 listopada kontynuujemy o
godz 19:00 spotkania
grupy RCIA. Stanowią ją
ci, którzy pragną zostać
włączeni do Kościoła
Katolickiego w Wigilię
Paschalną. Zapraszamy
chętnych.
Rodziców dzieci ze
szkół
niekatolickich
zapraszamy na kolejne
spotkanie w kościele w
poniedziałek 17 listopada o godzinie 19:30.
Lektorzy,
kantorzy,
ministranci,
szafarze
Mamy
już
grupę
muzyczną, mamy też
już lektorów i kantorów. Czekamy nadal
na chętnych do pomocy
w udzielaniu Komunii
Świętej. Zebranie dla
Nadzwyczajnych Szafarzy Komunii Świętej i
kandydatów we wtorek
11 listopada o godz.
19:30 (po wieczornej
Mszy św) w holu parafialnym.
nym ślubem należy się
zgłosić do tutejszego
biura parafialnego. Proponujemy także jako
pomoc dwie tury kursu
przedmałżeńskiego:
pierwsza w okresie
Adwentu, niedziele: 30
listopada, 7 i 14 grudnia po niedzielnej Mszy
świętej.
i druga w okresie
Wielkiego
Postu
w
niedziele: 1, 8 i 15 marca po niedzielnej Mszy
świętej.
Zainteresowanych
prosimy o kontakt z Ks.
Kazimierzem 0 792 742
3855
Listopad –
modlitwa za
zmarłych
W miesiącu listopadzie
codziennie jedna Msza
święta będzie odprawiana
za poleconych zmarłych.
Jest teraz 3 księży i jeden
z nich będzie codziennie
taką Mszę św. odprawiał.
Karteczki na wypominki i koperty są jeszcze
dostępne przy wejściu do
k-ła. Wypełnione proszę
je przekazać jednemu z
księży.
Grupa młodzieżowa
3GY spotka się w każdą
środę o godz. 18:00
w holu parafialnym.
Zapraszamy
młodzież
szkół średnich.
DUST ANGELS
– sprzątające
Anioły
Poszukujemy chętnych
do ekskluzywnej i elitarnej grupy parafialnej
“Dust Angels”. Odkurzamy i sprzątamy nasz
kościół w każdy piątek po
Mszy o g. 10. Sprzątanie
odbywa się na zasadzie
rotacji i jeśli będziemy
mieć odpowiednią ilość
chętnych to dyżur może
wypaść nie częściej niż
raz na miesiąc. Prosimy
o kontakt w zakrystii z
Esther lub Marią.
Rady
Parafialnej
Naszymi reprezentantami do Rady Parafialnej
zostali wybrani: Violetta
Malon (07877 368489) i
Michał Brożyna (07706
098935). Prosimy ich
kontaktować w sprawach
dotyczących polskiego
duszpasterstwa.
Prisoners Week 2014
Once again it is almost
that time of year when
we turn in our thoughts
and prayers to those held
in custody throughout
the Scottish Prison Service, their families and
friends as well as prison
staff, Chaplaincy teams
and all others who are
involved in the Criminal
Justice System.
Prisoners Week is an
initiative of the Churches
held in the third week of
November. The theme
for this year is ‘Behind
the Mask’ and offers an
opportunity to see others - and perhaps also
ourselves - differently.
Setting aside labels,
categories, fronts and
masks, there’s a chance
to see people as people.
Perhaps such things are
a part of the journey towards safer communities
and more fulfilled lives
Prisoners Week 2015
runs from 17-24 November when there will
be a number of events in
prisons and communities
across Scotland.
A new web site www.
prisonersweek.org.uk is
being populated with information, resources and
contact details of organisations that offer support
and advice.
You are warmly invited to the Ecumenical
Prisoners Week National
Launch Service which
will take place in Dunblane Cathedral, FK15
0AQ, on Monday 17th
November at 6.30pm.
The address will be
given by the Rev Sally
Foster-Fulton, Convener
of the Church & Society
Council of the Church
of Scotland. The Service
will last approximately
45 minutes, followed by
a similar period for refreshments.
You are aslo invited to
the Prisoners Week Ecumenical Service which
takes place on Thursday
20 November at 7pm,
in St Mary’s Kinnoull.
The guest preacher will
be The Rt. Rev. Stephen
Robson, Bishop of Dunkeld. There will be an
opportunity to meet the
local team, worship together and bring to God
our Father the needs of
HMP Perth in prayer.
HOLY SOULS
They are waiting for our petitions
Silent and calm,
Their lips no prayer can utter
No suppliant psalm.
We have made them all too weary,
With long delay,
For the souls in their still agony
Good Christian pray.
Requiescant in Pace,
Requiescant in Pace
For the souls thou holdest dearest
Let prayers arise,
The voice of love is mighty
And will pierce the skies;
Waste not in selfish weeping
One precious day,
But speeding thy love to heaven
Good Christian pray.
Requiescant in Pace,
Requiescant in Pace
Priest and Deacons
O
ur new priests and deacon have
had a chance to settle in over the
last couple of months and Fr Tom,
Fr Kas, Fr Bogdan and Deacon Len, in
consultation with some others who are
involved in the pastoral work of the parish, have decided on how the work is to be
shared in the parish.
Fr Tom, as par- ill parishioners and
ish priest, will be look after Kilgraston
responsible for the (though Masses will
administration of the be shared). He will
parish and the sup- share the Masses at
port and monitoring the weekend with
of all ministries in Frs. Kas and Bogthe parish.
dan, and routinely be
Fr available on WednesSpecifically
Tom will continue to days and Thursdays
minster to PRI and celebrating the 10am
Murray Royal Hos- Mass and funerals
pitals, be ‘on call’ for etc. on those days. At
emergencies for most the moment, he will
of the week, look af- look after Primary
ter a few seriously 6 and Primary 7 in
St John’s. All of this
will also enable him
to fulfil his diocesan
obligations.
Fr Kas will share
the Masses with the
other priests and together with Fr Bogdan be responsible
for the day to day
parish concerns on
Mondays, Tuesdays
and Fridays, tend to
the Polish community and look after the
adult faith formation,
particularly
RCIA
and oversee marriage
and baptismal preparation.
Fr Kaz will take
particular care of
Friday evening Mass
offering from time to
Parish website: www.stjohns-perth.org.uk
time some catechesis and help Fr Colin
with St John’s Academy, Senior School.
Fr Bogdan will
share the Masses
and parish work as
above, look after the
liturgy for the Polish Mass, and with
Deacon Len and the
pastoral care team
coordinate the day to
day ministry to the
housebound and sick
in the parish.
He will also look
after the bulk of the
primary part of St
John’s Academy and
liaise with the teachers on some of the
sacramental preparation.
Deacon Len will
assist the priests of
the parish in all of
the above, preach at
some of the Masses
and assist with baptisms, weddings and
funerals. He will
coordinate with Fr
Bogdan and the pastoral care team especially on the ministry
to the sick and will
help set up a group
for the bereaved.
This means that on
Mondays, Tuesdays
and Fridays, it would
normally be better to
try the Salvatorian
House 16 Melville
Street or phone them
on 564182 for contact with a priest.
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