St Martin of Tours

Last weekend’s income was:

Offertory Collection: £338.00 & 2nd Collection (Building Fund): £240.00. Many thanks to all parishioners for your continuous financial help to the parish and to the Archdiocese. Most appreciated. Our second collection next week (13^thOctober) is taken in support of Stella Maris Academy, Minna, Nigeria—Fr Chido’s school.

 Raffle ticket sales plus donations from our parish amounted to an amazing £738.47 and a total of 212 bags of textiles were collected. Mary’s Meals thank all our parishioners for your wonderful generosity. 

 

Would all people who have put their names forward for the cruise and lunch and require transport please assemble at the Church at 12.45pm. Thank you.

 

This new film’s primary purpose is to help viewers understand the power of the Rosary and to instil an active response to the Blessed Mother’s plea for prayer.

 

We are happy to welcome Fr Chido back to our parish, St Martin. He will stay with us from the 1^st – 21^st October and then fly back to Nigeria. He brings with him good wishes and letter(s) of appreciation from the pupils, students and staff of Stella Maris Academy, Minna, Nigeria. As has been our tradition, a second collection will be taken up on the 13^th Octoberin support of the work Fr is doing at Stella Maris Academy.

 

Our October devotion continues this week on Monday: Rosary at 7.00pm and Film 7.30pm—all in the church hall. Tickets can be obtained from Pauline bookshop, Glasgow, St Martin of Tours Parish or www.eventrbite.co.uk  (donations).  

 

Next Sunday (14th October) at 5pm Mass our Youth Group have organised a Youth Mass in St Martin's. This means they will participate fully in as many aspects of the Mass as they can; reading, collections, offertory, etc. They have also chosen music for the Mass and will lead the singing. Afterwards there will be pizza in the hall for all the youth of the parish to join together whether they are in the youth group or not. This will conclude at 6.30 after which time the youth group will have their usual meeting until 8pm. You are all very welcome to join us as this will be the normal Sunday Mass and a joyful celebration but we would like to extend an extra warm welcome to as many of our young people as possible to come along. We hope to see you there.

 

The following were the winners of the July Draw: Jim Daly —no. 2, & Ellen —no 7. Many congratulations!

 

--will be offered for all deceased parishioners of the past year on Friday 2^nd November  2018 at 7pm. November lists will be made available in the porch in due time. This is to be returned to church (sacristy) or church house. The families and all parishioners are invited to the Hall for a light refreshment after the Mass.

 

The Holy Father has decided to invite all the faithful, of all the world, to pray the Holy Rosary every day, during the entire Marian month of October, and thus to join in communion and in penitence, as the people of God, in asking the Holy Mother of God and Saint Michael Archangel to protect the Church from the devil, who always seeks to separate us from God and from each other. He invites us also to conclude recitation of the rosary with the ancient invocation “Sub tuum praesidum = ‘We fly to thy protection” and “Prayer to Saint Michael Archangel”

 

A symposium organised by the Scottish Catholic Historical Association in collaboration with the Newman Association and the St Andrew’s Foundation - Lecture Theatre 213, St Andrew’s Building, University of Glasgow, 20 Eldon Street, G3 6NH. 12.00 – 17.00 on Saturday 27th October 2018. All welcome. SCHA and Newman members: admission £6. Non-members £9 - includes tea/coffee and biscuits.

 

“Fatima – The Ultimate Mystery” 

Pope Francis requests us to pray the Rosary every day in the month of October.  Now come and see the unique approach of this film.  It shows the message of Fatima not as belonging to the past, but rather as ongoing divine intervention that has changed our recent history and will still influence the world’s future.  This will be screened on 22^nd October in St Helen’s Langside church hall. Time: 7pm Rosary, 7.30pm film.  Tickets can be obtained from Pauline bookshop, Glasgow, St Helen’s parish or www.eventrbite.co.uk  (suggested ticket donation £4.00).

 

 

Kathleen Rainey

 

Nancy Barclay                                     Michael Morgan

 

Ann McKay                                         Eleanor Flynn             Lex O’Malley

 

 

 

 

Our information update will be held in St Martins Hall on the 10^th October 7.30pm. Please come along and bring a friend.

 

Race night and Disco with light supper…Tickets £5 now are on sale at the back of the church.