HOLY CROSS PARISH 18 January Second Sunday of the Year(B) The Christmas Quarterly Collection is now due. It is given towards the costs of training men for priesthood and diaconate in the Archdiocese. Next Sunday is the last day when the box will be available at the back of the church. Many thanks to those who have already made their contribution. St. Nicholas Care Fund Boxes should be returned now so that the monies can be sent to the Care Fund. Thanks to those who have already handed in boxes. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is from 18- 25 January. There will be an Ecumenical Service in the Cathedral at 7.00 pm on Monday 19 January. See the poster in the porch. The Parents Meeting on Enrolment for Sacraments of Initiation and the Sacrament of Reconciliation is at 7.00 pm on Monday 26 January in the Meeting Room. Letters went out this week through the School. Parents of children who celebrated First Reconciliation last Lent will have a pre-First Holy Communion Meeting at 7.00 pm on Monday 16 February in the Meeting room. We’ll send you a reminder nearer the time. The Parish Liturgy Committee meets at 6.45 for 7.00 pm on Monday 2 February to plan the Season of Lent,. yes Lent. Ash Wednesday is 18 February. Since we do not celebrate the sacrament of Baptism during the Season of Lent the last Sunday when there will be Baptisms is 15 February. Easter Sunday is 5 April. The Parish Social Committee has meetings after the 11.30 Mass on Sundays 1 February and 1 March. If you have ideas for social events or would like to be more involved in the parish social life then do come to the meetings where you will be warmly welcomed. Parish September Weekend Trip to Strathpeffer Sept 25th - 28th 2015 £145 per person sharing, single room supplement £30 3 nights d, b +b in the Mackay Hotel. Full day trip and half day trip possibly to Inverness and Ullapool. Please confirm with Sr. Pauline (423-4501) a.s.a.p. if you are going. Deposit £30, by 31 Jan if possible. Cheques payable to Holy Cross Lourdes Trip please. Put deposit in an envelope with your name, phone number and room request - single, twin, double. If you need to pay your deposit later, still hand in your details. If enough people are going, we get our own bus. If not, David Urquhart Travel will sell seats on the bus. Poster in porch with more information. While Father Neil is on a weeks’ holiday at his hut in Auchenshuggle, Father Tony Sweeney will be staying and looking after the parish but on Tuesday Father Eddie ofm from Duns Scotus parish will be saying the Mass. Fr. Neil is grateful to these priests who ensure daily Mass for parishioners which gives him an opportunity for a break. St. Bride’s School celebrates its 40th Anniversary this year. To help mark this important occasion, Archbishop Tartaglia will preside at the 9.30 Mass on Friday 6 February. The notice-board has a poster inviting all former pupils and parents to join the school community at this Mass and at refreshments afterwards in the school. SPRED is a parish based programme that exists to meet the spiritual needs of those parishioners who have a learning disability. Here in the south-side of Glasgow we need new volunteers to continue this ministry in our local area. We also need drivers to take our friends to and from the meetings. Someone from SPRED will be making an appeal for volunteers at Masses on the weekend of 31 January/1 February. There will be an Information Evening on Tuesday 3 February 2015 in St Margaret Mary’s Church Hall, Castlemilk at 7:00pm Please give this some thought and if you would like to know more please come along or contact; Isobel Sergeant Community Outreach Worker Glasgow SPRED 0141 770 5055 Fr. Donal ofm has resigned as Chaplin to the Victoria Infirmary as he has been re-assigned to work with older Franciscans in London. We offer him our thanks for his years at the Victoria and for the great lay team he has got together to take Holy Communion to people in the Old and New Victoria Hospitals and the Mansionhouse Unit. We wish him many blessings as he begins his new ministry. Today he will celebrate a final Mass at 4.00 pm in the Victoria Infirmary (in the dining-room on Floor E). Since no full-time chaplain has been appointed, some of the more able priests in the area are sharing the pager to cover emergency calls. Less urgent requests for visits by Lay Ministers (who can bring Holy Communion) should be directed through the Hospital Chaplaincy at 201 5164. There are no plans at present to continue the Sunday Masses in the hospital. This is a good moment to remind those going for surgery that they should speak with Father Neil so they can celebrate the Sacrament of the Sick before going into hospital. Tips for a Dementia Friendly Parish. Recognising and finding things. People with dementia may have forgotten what they came in for in a shop, or they may have a list, but have problems finding the things they want. Offer to help with finding things on the list if they have one. Help them to choose the right amount of things, particularly if they seem to be buying an unusually large amount of something. To help those who are seeking an annulment of their marriage through the Church’s Marriage Tribunal the Bishops’ Conference has decided to cancel costs normally associated with that process Holyrood Secondary School, Class of 1977 Reunion. Did you attend Holyrood from 1977 to 1983 and would you like to reconnect with your fellow classmates ? Then please view our Event Page on Facebook Holyrood Class of 1977 Reunion Party (Holyrood School Reunion Class@77-Group Page). For more details of the event which will take place on Saturday 7 November 2015 Alternatively email Lesley (Bennett) Gourlay on [email protected] for further details We have over 80 people interested via Facebook we need to contact over 300 more please share with anyone you know who attended NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS: Third Sunday of the Year(B) 18 January First Reading: Jonah: 3,1-5.10 Second Reading: St Paul to the Corinthians: 7,29-31 Gospel: Mark: 1:14-20 Hollybrook School’s Special Olympics tennis team has been selected to be one of Asda's Champions (Toryglen). Please vote for them with the wee green tokens when doing your shopping. Many thanks in advance. There will be no Bulletin next Sunday November 200 Club Winners. £100 (88) Mary Richmond £40 (247) G Moore £30 (194) U Simmons £20 (399) M Skivington £10 (148) G McLean Congratulations December 200 Club Winners. £100 (301) J Greene £40 (177) T McLaughlin £30 (263) K McDonald £20 (149) P Creran £10 (307) M Boyle Congratulations PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS THOSE WHO ARE ILL Hamish Shaw. It is some time since we refreshed the list of those who are ill. If you wish someone’s name to be placed on the list, please hand in the name to the Chapel House or to Father Neil. RECENTLY DEAD Mary Balimas; Hannah Shaw; Jim Reid(Snr); Roberta Innes; John McGuigan ANNIVERSARIES. Sr Felicitas ofm; Thomas McCrann; Joseph Cairns; Edward & Mary Carbry; Peter Walsh; Joe Convery; Robert Thomson; Maurice Barr; Edward Barrett; Maureen Craig; Sarah Sweeney; Brian McGuiness; John Quinn; Pat McKay; George Doherty. Posters The Newman Association The Mass of our Celtic Roots 2015 WEEKLY COLLECTIONS: Offertory: £857.70 Many thanks. Baptisms, Marriages, Sick Calls Please contact Fr Neil to arrange. Fr Neil Donnachie Parish Priest. 113 Dixon Avenue. Glasgow G42 8ER.  0141 423 0105 www. holycrossparish.org.uk  [email protected] We offer condolences to the families of: Sadie Sweeney; Gladys Craigen; Margaret Healy; Jim McNicol. who died recently Feast Days Wednesday 21 January Memorial of St Agnes Saturday 24 January Memorial of St Francis De Sales Sunday Masses: Sat Vigil 6.00pm; 9.30am; 11.30am. Children’s Liturgy of the Word: 11.30am Mass. For children 4-11yrs of age. Weekday Masses: Monday & Tuesday: 9.30am. Wednesday 6.00pm. Thursday—Saturday: 9.30am. Holyday of Obligation: Vigil 6.00pm; 9.30am; 6.00pm Exposition: Monday; Tuesday &Thursday after 9.30am Mass –1pm. Follow us on Confessions: Saturday 10am-10.30am and after Vigil Mass. Also on request. The Parish of Holy Cross is a Parish of the Archdiocese of Glasgow, a Designated Religious Charity SC018140