IntimationsYour charitable prayers are requested for

Sick: Stephen Nash, Ian Shand, Gillian Martin, Jane Martin, Michael Griffin, Noel & Mary Brady, Carlo Fazzi, Eileen Forsyth, Jeanette McDonald, Thomas Taggart, Alice Douglas…

We pray for a speedy return to health (& thence to Holy Mass) for the sick & housebound of the parish. Fr Joe & various Special Ministers of Holy Communion visit the Sick & Housebound of the parish who cannot get to Holy Mass. If YOU know someone who cannot get to Mass, please ask the person concerned & then speak to Fr Joe. Some of the Sick & Housebound of the parish are near to tears because they cannot get to Mass… When in a Care Home or Hospital please ask the Healthcare Staff to contact the Local Chaplain. Regarding Hospices, please explain to Healthcare Staff that (all things being equal) ANY RC Priest is welcome to visit your loved one, and not just “named” clergy.

And for the happy repose of the souls of

Recently Dead: Gerry Menlove, Tommy Gallagher, Peter Louis Gormley, Mary Cox, William McGuire, Thomas Donnelly, Mrs Helen Brady, May McCluskey [Condorrat], Rev Fr Jim McCruden [Reception: Monday 14th January at 7pm in St. Fillan’s, Doune; Funeral Mass: Tuesday at 12noon], Joseph Arbuckle, Baby Anthony Benedict Horan, Thomas (Tommy) A Starrs, Theresa Muirhead [Grangemouth]

Month’s Mind: William (Willie) Brannan, John “Jockie” Bennett

Anniversaries: Robert Mellon, John Gribbin, Mostafa Elbana, William McGrath, Isabella McGrath, Tony Griffin, Anne Griffin, Danny Rooney, James Taggart, Agnes Barnes, Margaret Nash Livingstone, Eliza Brady, Isabella Brady, Cathy McDaid Livingstone, Annie Carroll, Mary Goldie, James & Mary Griffin, James Hester, Frank McManus, Catherine & William Bradley and Deceased Members of the Bradley Family (from Glenboig), Pat Livingstone, Baby Ross Anthony McDonald [40th], John Bradbury [Canada, formerly Croy], William Morrison [Sen], David Reid, Ian MacDonough, Andrew & Alicia Killiard, Tracy Wilson, John Fitzsimmons, James Csombo

In Good Company

Feast days Monday: St Kentigern (Mungo) [moved from Sunday THIS year only]; Tuesday: St Ita; Wednesday: St Fursa; Thursday: St Anthony; Saturday: St Faolan, St Wulstan; (Sunday: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time [C])

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Holy Cross12th / 13th January 2019

Baptism of the Lord [C] Is 40: 1-5,9-11; Ps 103; Tit 2: 11-14, 3:4-7; Lk 3: 15-16,21-22

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“The Chapel House”, Holy Cross, Constarry Road, Croy, Crothaidh, G65 9JG Tel: 01236- 822 148

parishpriest@holycrosscroy.com www.holycrosscroy.com and holycrosscroy on ! & Fairtrade Parish

Clergy: Rev Fr Joseph Sullivan PVG Scheme renewed July 2017 Holy Mass Saturday Vigil: 6pm; Sunday: 9.30am & 11.40am Monday to Saturday: 10am Sacrament of Reconciliation/ Confession Saturdays after 10am Mass, after 6pm Mass & usually any day on request; aussi en français, anche in italiano Holy Rosary Monday to Saturday at 9.30am; Novena in honour of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal at Mass on Tuesdays Divine Mercy Devotion after Mass on Wednesdays Day Visits the Church building is open during the day Additional Support Transport to 11.40am Mass please ’phone: 07946 610381 Wheelchair- access ramp begins halfway down Our Lady’s Shrine side of Building Wheelchair- accessible Toilet: ask a Pass-keeper for a key to the Parish Hall LARGE PRINT Bulletins available on request from a Pass-keeper Low Gluten Hosts approved by USCCB (or Chalice reception) available: see Fr Sullivan Hearing: Loop System is present

Hall Bookings See Website for details, then email: hall@holycrosscroy.com or Booking Secretary, Tel 07833 544250, Monday- Thursday between 8- 9pm

Parish Pastoral Council meets on Monday, 28th January at 7.30pm in the Chapel House. Items for Agenda to Chapel House by next week

Finance Last weekend’s Second Collection for Justice & Peace Issues raised £460. This weekend the Second Collection will be for the Re-pointing. The Quarterly Collection raised £120 for the Ecclesiastical Students’ Fund.

Crib Donations fund St Margaret Children & Family Care Society- helps couples to adopt, foster & support children. If you would like to apply to be considered as an adoptive/ fostering parent, contact the Society at 274 Bath St, 0141- 332 8371 or try www. stmargaretsadoption.org.uk. Please hand in any Donation Boxes asap. The Crib will be taken down but the Nativity Banner will remain until the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (2nd February).

World Day for Peace The Peace Candle, which was blessed at the Service will remain at the Altar Rails during January. It may well be lit during each Mass. The (Blessed) Wreath

of Peace rests at the Memorial to the Fallen.

T h i n k i n g a b o u t becoming an RC? RCIA meets Tuesday 29th January at 7.30pm, in Chapel House.

Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity begins on Friday. Please visit www.ctbi.org.uk or www.weekofprayer.org N e x t M e e t i n g o f Cumbernauld Churches Together: this Tuesday at 7.30pm at Holy Name Church. Theme: “Justice, Only Justice, You Shall Pursue” (cf. Deuteronomy 16:20)

Notices for the Parish Bulletin should arrive by Thursday evening. Please be aware that Notices may be edited before publication.

Confirmation Enrolment takes place on Saturday 26th / Sunday 27th January. This will take place at the Vigil (6pm), 9.30am and 11.40am Masses. There are Enrolment Forms which should be completed & brought along to the Enrolment Mass. Archbishop Tartaglia wishes 3 Preparation Events to take place at parish level. Therefore at the end of the Enrolment Mass would Parents, Sponsors (if known) & P7 Children wait behind in the Church Building for 30 minutes. Meeting for Parents on Thursday 21st January in Parish Hall, 8- 8.45pm P7 Confirmation.

Confirmation for P7 Pupils at Holy Cross Primary will be on Thursday 21st March at 7pm here. Confirmation for P7 Pupils at St Andrew’s Primary will be on Thursday 28th March at Sacred Heart Parish. Archbishop Tartaglia wishes that P7 Pupils receive the Sacrament of Confirmation according to his planning. However, His Grace has agreed that for particular reasons there may be some changes, see Fr Joe.

Meetings for Parents on Monday 21st January in Parish Hall. 6.30- 7.15pm for P3 Reconciliation (Confession); 7.15-8pm for P4 First Holy Communion; 8- 8.45pm for P7 Confirmation.

Bereavement Group meets on Tuesday 22nd January at 7.30pm. New members willing to join Group will be made especially welcome.

Working with Young people Archdiocesan Youth Team and Canon Tartaglia invite us to discuss efforts to engage with young people. Tuesday, 5th February 7 – 8pm at Curial Offices, Clyde St. Anyone willing & able to represent this parish, please see Fr Joe asap.

Registration Children who will have reached the age of 5 years between 1st March 2019 and 28th Feb 2020, should be registered for education (August 2019). Parents are asked to bring along their child’s Birth Certificate and must bring ‘Proof of Address’ in the form of the current Council Tax bill. Where appropriate, the child’s Baptism Certificate may be produced at this point. Placing requests are considered but are not guaranteed.

Holy Cross Primary: Monday 14th Jan: 9.15- 10.15am & 3-4pm; Tues: 3-4pm; Wed: 11am- 12noon & 3-4pm; Thurs: 9.15am-10.15am & 3-4pm; Friday: 11am-12noon & 3-4pm.

St Andrew’s Primary: Monday 14th Jan 1.30- 2.30pm; Tuesday 15th Jan 9.30am- 11.30am; Wed 16th Jan 1.30- 2.30pm; Thursday 17th Jan 9.30am- 11.30am

Faith Forum: Exploring Catholic Doctrine: Keen to learn more about the Church’s magisterial teachings? 24th January- Creation (Fr Jamie McMorrin); 7th February - The Incarnation (Canon Luiz Ruscillo); sessions will take place at 7.30pm at Turnbull Hall, University of Glasgow Catholic Chaplaincy, 13-15 Southpark Terrace, G12 8LG. All young people welcome.