Archdiocese of Glasgow
9 Pine Crescent, Abronhill, Cumbernauld G67 3BB
A Designated Religious Charity, Number SC018140
Tel/Fax 01236 724894
Email: [email protected]
SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT. YEAR B
This week in the Parish
Vigil Mass of Sunday
Saturday
6.00pm Mass
Sunday:
11.00am Mass
5.00pm
Stations of the Cross &
Benediction
John Ogilvie, 1579-10 March 1615 was a Scottish Catholic Martyr. The son
of a wealthy laird, he was born into a
respected Calvinist family near Keith in
Banffshire, Scotland, and was educated
in mainland Europe. He attended a
catholic education establishments,
under the Benedictines at Regensburg
Tuesday: NO MORNING MASS
in Germany and with the Catholic
8.30am
Mass in school. All welcome.
Jesuits at Olomouc and Brno in the
9.10am
Morning Prayer, followed by
present day Czech Republic. In the
novena to St. John Ogilvie
midst of the religious controversies
7.30pm
Deanery Mass, St. Matthew’s,
and turmoil that engulfed the Europe
Bishopbriggs.
of that era he decided to become a
Catholic. In 1596, aged 17, he was
Wednesday
Optional Commemoration of St. Casimir
received into the Church at Leuven,
9.10am Morning Prayer
Belgium. He joined the Society of Jesus
9.30am Mass
in 1608, ordained a priest in Paris in
3.00pm Recollection for priests, Dunreath
1610. After ordination he made
7.00pm Reception & Vigil of Thomas
repeated entreaties to be sent back to
Mullen. RIP
Scotland to minister to the few
7.30pm Lectio Divina, Chapel House
remaining Catholics in the Glasgow
Thursday :
area. Following on the Reformation in
Day of Prayer for vocations to the
Scotland, it had, by 1560, become
priesthood
illegal to preach, to practice, or
9.10am Morning Prayer
otherwise promote Catholicism. He
9.30am Requiem Mass of Thomas Mullen
returned to Scotland in November
RIP. Thereafter, Eastfield Cemetery.
10.15am –12 noon: Rosary and Adoration of 1613 disguised as a soldier, and began
to preach in secret, celebrating Mass
the Most Blessed Sacrament
11.40am Daily Prayer & Benediction
clandestinely in private homes.
5.00pm Steering Group Meeting
However, his ministry was to last less
than a year. In 1614, he was betrayed
First Friday:
and arrested in Glasgow and taken to
8.30am Stations of the Cross in school
jail in Paisley. Martyrdom & Death He
9.10am Morning Prayer
suffered terrible tortures , including
9.30am Mass
being kept awake for 8 days and
7.00pm World Day of Prayer, Holy Name,
Seafar: all welcome
nights, in an attempt to make him
divulge the identities of other
Saturday:
Catholics. Nonetheless, Ogilvie did not
Optional Commemoration of SS Perpetua &
relent. Consequently, after a biased
Felicity.
trial, he was convicted of high treason
9.10am Morning Prayer
for refusing to accept the absolute
9.30am Mass
authority of the King’s in spiritual
Sacrament of Reconciliation
matters. On 10 March 1615, John
Saturday:
Ogilvie was paraded through the
10.30-11.00am; 5.15-5.45pm
streets of Glasgow and hanged at
Sunday:
Glasgow Cross. His last words were “ If
10.30-10.45am
there be here any hidden Catholics, let
them pray for me but the prayers of
RIP:
heretics I will not have.” After, he was
Thomas Mullen
pushed from the ladder, he threw his
Anniversaries:
Marian Mills, Mary McKenna, Joseph concealed rosary beads out into the
crowd. The tale is told that one of his
Hart and Andrew McCann
enemies
caught
them
and
Sick:
Fr. Noel Barry, Franco Leto, Billy Kerr, subsequently became a lifelong devout
Catholic. After his execution other
Cathy Taylor, Jamie Daly, John
followers were rounded up and put in
Hamilton
jail. They were handed heavy fines, but
Monday:
9.10am
9.30am
3.30pm
5.00pm
7.00pm
7.15pm
8.15pm
Morning Prayer
Mass
Baptismal Preparation
Liturgy Preparation
P3 Reconciliation Meeting
Pro Life Rosary in Chapel House
DVD Of Gods & Men in hall
none was to receive the death penalty.
As a martyr of the Counterreformation he was beatified in 1929
and canonised in 1976. He is the only
post-Reformation saint in Scotland.
The Annual Lenten Station Mass will
be celebrated in St. Matthew’s Church,
Bishopbriggs, Tuesday, 3 March,
7.30pm. Fr. Robert Hill will be principal
celebrant. St. Matthew’s Parish
Community would like to extend its
warmest welcome to everyone.
Refreshments in the hall afterwards.
Although the Archbishop will not be
presiding, it is an important deanery
event, and I warmly encourage you to
attend the Mass so that we can
celebrate our faith together with the
other parishes in the deanery. There
will be a bus leaving the Church at 6pm
prompt and will pick up passengers
from the other Cumbernauld parishes.
With only one student for the
priesthood for Glasgow we have much
to pray for never mind the poverty,
violence and injustice of our world and
the impending vote in Parliament on
Assisted Suicide. If you would like to
travel on the bus, please sign up at the
back.
Jubilee Year of Martyrdom of St.
John Ogilvie Plenary Indulgence
The Vatican has declared that 2015
will be celebrated as a Jubilee Year in
St. Andrew’s Cathedral; St. Aloysius,
Garnethill & St Jude’s & St. John
Ogilvie’s, Barlanark. Anyone who
attends a liturgy in honour of St. John
Ogilvie in one of these Churches and
anyone who privately visits one of
these churches and prays the Our
Father, Hail Mary, Apostles’ Creed,
and a prayer in honour of St John
may obtain a Plenary Indulgence,
under the usual conditions of
Confession, Communion and a Prayer
for the Pope.
The Novena to St. John Ogilvie will
take place every morning after Mass
beginning on Sunday 1 March and
concluding on Tues 9 March.
NO MASS AT 9.30AM this Tuesday
3rd March. There will be Mass at
8.30am Mass in the school, as I will
also be concelebrating the Lenten
Station Mass. Since a priest is only
permitted to celebrate Mass twice on
a week-day, unless there are special
circumstances, there will be NO
MORNING MASS IN THE PARISH. If
you cannot make the Mass in the
school, it would be good to attend a
Mass in a neighbouring parish. There
is no better way to keep Lent.
“Of Gods and Men” this Monday
2nd March at 8.15pm a DVD - will
be shown in the hall. This powerful
and affecting film tells the story of a
group of Cistercian monks living in
the remote mountains of North
Africa, seven of whom died as
martyrs for the faith. Because of their
love for Christ and for the
communities they served they
refused to flee and waited and
prayed.
OLH School—Educational Trust
Scheme Movin’ & Giving will be
hosting a charity Zumba class to help
raise funds for their Mission in
Malawi. All money raised from this
class will go towards their partner
school in St. John Bosco in Katete and
help with the struggle to provide
running water. The class will be held
in the school assembly hall, sat, 7th
Mar, 2-4 pm: £5 adults: £3 pupils.
Please come along
St. Patrick’s Night Fri, 57 March.
Tickets £5 available after Masses
from the social committee at the
back of the Church. BYOB. All tickets
MUST be paid for by Sun. 1 st
March.
Youth Zone children are invited to
join two big events in March! 10 pin
bowling on SAT 21 MARCH, 12.303.30, and then to Adventure Planet
on Fri 27 MARCH, 5-7pm. Bowling
trip is open to children in P4-7 (Cost
£10); Adventure Planet trip is for
children P1-3 (Cost £6.50). Parents/
guardians are asked to put their kids’
names along with their contact
details on the sheet at the back of the
Church. We will then contact you to
arrange for completion of consent
forms. Please note - places are
limited, so get in early!
Lectio Divina reading and praying the
Sunday scriptures for Lent. The group
will meet in the Chapel House at
7.30pm. Further details from Maureen
McKay 725430. All are welcome.
World Day of Prayer Fri, 6 Mar,
7.30pm. Church of the Holy Name,
Seafar. The women of the Bahamas
have organised the service this year,
highlighting poverty, domestic violence
and other issues. All welcome.
Many Thanks
First Collection
GAD: £212.00
SDS: £222.32
Sick & Retired Priests
GAD: £141.00