Diocese of Dunkeld

St Peter and St Paul’s 29 Byron Street Dundee DD3 6QN

Scottish Charity No SC001810

Parish Priest: Mgr Ken McCaffrey Fr Andrew Marshall [studying in Rome]

ken.mccaffrey@stpeterandstpaul.co.uk Deacon: Rev Charles Hendry [818183] Hall: Fay Martin [07932 432577] Ninewells Hospital Chaplain [also Royal Victoria and Roxburgh House: Father Alan Doohan 07821 624124 [Hospital Mobile] [Pager:660111]

Schools: St Peter and St Paul’s School [436448] St John’s High School [307060] Webmaster: Martin D Kelly webmaster@stpeterandstpaul.co.uk Web Site: www.stpeterandstpaul.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/stpeterandstpauluk.

16th Sunday of the Year 21 July 2019 - Liturgical Year C

Next Sunday is the 17th Sunday of the Year [C] Today is DAY FOR LIFE

This week: Monday: Mass at 9.30 a.m. [St Mary Magdalene] Tuesday: Mass at 9.30 a.m. [St Bridget] Reception of Remains of Greta Carlin at 5.00 p.m. Charismatic Prayer Group at 7.30 p.m. Wednesday: No Mass at 9,30 a.m. Funeral Mass for Greta Carlin at 11.00 a.m. Thursday; Mass at 9.30 a.m. [St James] Friday: Mass at 9.30 a.m. [St Joachim & St Anne] Nuptial Mass at 2.00 p.m. [Shelly Findlater & Jack Short] Saturday: Mass at 9.30 a.m. Vigil Mass at 6.00 p.m. Next Sunday: Masses at 9.30 and 11.00 [17th Sunday of Ordinary Time] Welcome to Fr Ian Wilson who will say our Masses this weekend as I cover St Leonard and St

Fergus and St Columba’s

Each weekday we will recite the rosary at 9.10 a.m., before Morning Mass, unless there is a funeral or School Mass

Please remember to talk to God when you come into the Church, let God talk to you during Mass, then talk to one another after Mass

Of your charity, please pray for: Our recently deceased: Greta Carlin [Funeral Mass on Wednesday at 11.00], Bob Taylor, Betty Dale, Steve Crabbe & Margaret McCrudden and for all whose anniversaries occur at this time: Ruairi Dowey & Frank Docherty or those sick in hospital: Teresa Macgregor, Aaron Smith, Orryn Glancy, Owen McGuire, & Maureen Curtis

and all those who are sick or housebound in our parish and receive the Eucharist each Sunday.

If someone is sick at home, please let Fr Ken or Deacon Charles know.

Thank you for last Sundays’ Collection of £1213.35 [Gift Aid was £653]

Thank you for your generosity SEA SUNDAY Collection was £215.70

Today is DAY FOR LIFE Collection

CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD and ADORATION Our Liturgy of the Word for children and Adoration will resume after the summer holidays

NINEWELLS HOSPITAL - ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL - ROXBURGH HOUSE

Fr Alan Doohan is Chaplain to the Hospitals. There is a new Hospital dedicated mobile for Fr Doohan [07821 624124] and the Hospital Pager is 01382 660111.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS 2019

Mensal Fund - 4th August - 18th Sunday of the Year The Ecclesiastical Students Fund - 15th September: - 24th Sunday of the Year

Mission Sunday - 20th October - 29th Sunday of the Year Catholic Education Service - 17th November - 33rd Sunday of the Year

Poor Mission Fund - 1st December - 1st Sunday of Advent In addition there will be one other second collection for a religious Missionary Order on a date to be confirmed

CHURCH CLEANERS

We are in need of some cleaners for the Church. Can you give one hour per week to help keep our church clean. Please let myself or Karen Doward know if you are willing to help so that we may draw up a rota. There is no particular time set aside.

USE OF TOILET

If you are using the toilet, please leave through the back of the Church and not by the side door into the small chapel

READERS LIST & MINISTERS OF COMMUNION LISTS

New lists are available at the back of the Church from this weekend until September. It would be helpful if you are unable to read that you arrange a substitute and note the change on the Notice Board in the Sacristy.

Martha and Mary I love this conversation between Jesus and his friends (two sisters and their brother Lazarus) in the village of Bethany. While he was friendly with all of them, it is hard not to feel a twinge of sympathy for Martha. It was her house after all, and she would naturally want to show it at its best. Her problem, as with over-anxious people in general, was that she saw only one right way to do things, and became annoyed when others followed a different course. What she does not see is that the best kind of welcome is when we forget ourselves and focus on what our visitor really needs.

Martha loved Jesus too, and it is clear that he treasured them both. Her mistake was in not realising how Jesus wished to be received. Her sister correctly sensed that when Jesus came to visit them on his way to Jerusalem, what he wanted from them was not food but conversation. So, while Martha made the greater effort at housekeeping, Mary knew better what he expected of her. Her contemplative intuition grasped instinctively the main reason for Jesus’ visit. He was there not to receive but to give, not to be served but to serve. He had something to say and they needed to listen to him.

This encounter suggests a theology of contemplation, how to receive the Lord’s visit. It starts from the basis that whoever our visitors may be, there is always something to be learned from them. The one who comes knocking on our door will have something to tell us, should be listened to and understood. After a frustrating debate with scribes and Pharisees, Jesus came to visit his friends, for peace and calm. He comes to talk to us in the quiet of the evening or the freshness of the morning, to share with us the Word of life. He comes not because he needs us but because we need him. We too can be distracted and “worry and fret about so many things.” We may, like Martha, miss the better part, the one thing necessary, which is to listen to the Word of Christ.

The world is made up of Marthas and Marys – doers and dreamers – and the former are much more numerous than the latter. The commercial society of today places a huge premium on achievement. It is tangible results that count. Production and sales targets are set for and only those who meet them are rewarded. Captains of industry insist that pay be related to production: “shape up or ship out.” And those who can’t or won’t are made redundant. That is, in a sense, Martha’s world. Mercifully, we still have our dreamers. And like Jesus, we should cherish such dreamers for the contribution they bring to our lives.

Who are the Marys in our church today? Not all of them live in cloisters, though some still do, quietly worshipping on behalf of us all. Some live a busy life at work and as home-makers, but find time in their hearts for prayer and for going to church. Others work creatively in their writing

rooms or studios, patiently building their dreams of a better world for future generations. It is the poets, painters, writers, philosophers and mystics, who like Mary, have chosen the better part.

Mass is celebrated each weekday at 1.00 p.m., in St Andrew’s Cathedral, except on Saturdays when Mass is at 10.00 a.m., followed by Confessions. Today there will be the annual collection for the DAY FOR LIFE. This day is dedicated to raising awareness about the meaning and value of human life at every stage and every condition - from conception to natural death.

Information about the EU Settlement Scheme Because the UK is planning to leave the European Union, EU citizens and their families who want to stay in the UK after June 2021 will have to apply to secure their rights. Under the EU Settlement Scheme, EU citizens will be given either settled status or pre-settled status • Settled status gives the permanent right to continue to live in the UK • Pre-settled status gives a temporary right to live in the UK, which can be converted to settled status once the person has lived in the UK for 5 years The deadline for applying will be 30 June 2021 (or 31 December 2020 if the UK leaves the EU without a deal). You have to apply online, using a device such as a PC, a tablet or an android phone. If you have an android phone you can download an app and use this to apply. There is no charge for application. The process requires applicants to prove their identity, prove their residence in the UK and declare any criminal convictions that need to be disclosed. If you have internet access you can apply on the GOV.UK website at www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families. If you don't have access to the internet you can use a computer for free at any of the city's libraries. Support is available if you need it • Telephone support is available from the EU Settlement Resolution Centre. Call 0300 123 7379 Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm; weekends 9.30am to 4.30pm. • The 'We are Digital' service to assist with making online applications is available in Dundee at the Central Library in the Wellgate. It must be booked by phone (call 03333 445 675) or by text message (text the word "VISA" to 07537 416 944). The service is available Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm, and Saturday 9am to 4pm. • A part-time helpline service called EU Citizens Support is available by phone from the Citizens Advice Bureau - call 0800 916 9847 Mondays and Fridays from 9am to 1pm or Wednesdays from 1pm to 5pm. It was a great pleasure to welcome Fr Ronnie Campbell to Mass on Wednesday. Ronnie is a former parishioner here, a former teacher is St Vincent’s and St Clement’s.

He was ordained in his home parish of St Mary’s, Benbecula, for the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles, and has been appointed to Lochgilphead. We wish Ronnie a long and fruitful ministry of service.