Diocese of Dunkeld Scottish Charity No SC001810

St Peter and St Paul’s 29 Byron Street

Dundee DD3 6QN

Parish Priest: Mgr Ken McCaffrey VE ken.mccaffrey@stpeterandstpaul.co.uk Deacon: Rev Charles Hendry [818183] Hall: Fay Martin [07932 432577] Ninewells Hospital Chaplain: Monsignor Aldo Angelosanto 611282 [Lochee] or Hospital [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.

15th Sunday of the Year 10 th July 2016

[ Year of St Luke ]

Welcome to Mgr Hendry who will say our Vigil MaSS

THIS WEEK Monday: Mass in Lawside Convent at 8.30 a.m. Liturgy of the Word & Holy Communion at 9.30a.m. Tuesday Mass in Lawside Convent at 8.30 a.m. Liturgy of the Word & Holy Communion at 9.30 a.m. Charismatic Prayer Group at 7.30 p.m. Wednesday Mass in Lawside Convent at 8.30 a.m. Liturgy of the Word & Holy Communion at 9.30 a.m. Thursday: Mass in Lawside Convent at 8.30 a.m. Liturgy of the Word & Holy Communion at 9.30a.m. Friday: Mass in Lawside Convent at 8.30 a.m. Liturgy of the Word & Holy Communion at 9.30 a.m. Saturday: Mass in Lawside Convent at 8.30 a.m. Liturgy of the Word & Holy Communion at 9.30 a.m. Mass at 6.00 p.m. Sunday: Masses at 9.30 a.m., and 11.00 a.m.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION at any time on request I shall be away until Tuesday 19th July. Deacon Charles will deal with any emergencies. There will be Mass each morning in the Convent at 8.30 a.m.

For our recently deceased: Christine Walker, Alan Morgan, Danny Gallagher, Brenda Pilling & Baby Emily McRitchie And for all whose anniversaries occur at this time: Jade McMahon, John Dorward, John Mulreany, June Herd, Margaret Weir & Catherine McLean For those sick in hospital: Mgr Ken McBride, Orryn Glancy, Jean Geekie, Marie Kilhooley, Margaret McBeth, Betty McGarry, Joe McGrath, & Paul Kirkwood.

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.

COLLECTIONS for 3rd July £1353 [Gift Aid was £949] THANK YOU for your generosity

CHILDREN’S LITURGY Will resume when the school restarts. Thanks to Catherine, Sarah, Frances & Emma for leading our Liturgy.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Eucharistic Adoration has finished for the summer

FUND RAISING FOR FATHER BEATUS The Summer Fayre on 20th August is fast approaching. I hope you are all busy working on items for our Arts and Crafts stalls! In addition to arts and crafts, we are hoping there will be a Bottle Stall, a raffle, cake and candy stall, jam and chutney stall, books/CDs and DVD stall and a Silent Auction. Tea, coffee and cake will be provided for the cost of the £2 entrance fee. Tickets will be on sale shortly. Raising funds for Father Beatus is the Parish Project for the Year of Mercy so we hope you will all give us the support we need to make this fund raiser a success. We are looking for all kinds of donations, arts and crafts –knitting, sewing, cross stitch, paintings, jam, cake and candy, raffle prizes, books DVDs etc. Volunteers to help on the day serving and making tea etc would be very welcome. Even if you are not in the least bit crafty we hope you will all come along and support Father Beatus and at the same time get to know your fellow parishioners. A box will be placed at the back of the church into which all donations can be placed.

MARY’S MEALS BACKPACK APPEAL Once again this year we are hoping you will support us in the Backpack appeal. Last year we were again able to send over 100 backpacks to children in Malawi. The Backpack appeal aims to provide the basic tools which will enable the children of Malawi to gain an education. We know that money is tight at this time but if you feel you can help in any way with donations of equipment (pencils, pens, rulers, rubbers, notebooks, backpacks etc) or money please speak to either Trish Gray or Ben Johnston. I know the kids have just come off on school holidays but they will be going back before you know it and perhaps when buying equipment for their return you could buy and extra set of pens or and extra jotter etc to donate to our appeal. Thank you for all the support you have given us in the past

Pastoral Letter for 15th Sunday of the Year

From +Hugh Bishop of Aberdeen and +Stephen, Bishop of Dunkeld

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The recent Referendum has thrown us into uncertainty. Some of this, please God, will be of short duration, but other elements will be with us for longer. We are not used to this. The whole world, indeed, seems particularly volatile and tormented at present. Pope Francis’ call for a Year of Mercy seems increasingly timely. It’s not the role of bishops to offer partisan political opinions, but surely we can ask ourselves, as Catholic Christians, how to respond to the present situation. What might our faith, hope and love urge us to offer? Prayer, first of all. ‘First of all, says St Paul, there should be prayers offered for everyone…and especially for kings and others in authority, so that we may be able to live religious and reverent lives in peace and quiet’ (1 Tim 2:1). The liturgical form this takes is the Prayer of the Faithful at Mass – something not to be undervalued, something to come from the heart. Secondly, we will need an array of social virtues to meet the challenges ahead: wisdom and courage, a sense of solidarity and the common good, the overcoming of selfish interests. Civility seems especially needed. In matters of free political debate, it is better, as St Ignatius of Loyola says, ‘to put a good interpretation on another’s statement than to condemn it as false’ (Spiritual Exercises §22).

There is something else though. In times of transition, things usually hidden can surface. They can be dark. Our political leaders have already spoken out against recent expressions of xenophobia (fear of foreigners) directed at people from elsewhere living in our country. In a civilised society, these are deplorable. As a people who believe that all men and women are created in the image and likeness of God and who have received the grace of belonging to a Church called Catholic, we should be especially sensitive here. More so still in our dioceses, where we have welcomed so many fellow-believers from other countries, not least those of the EU. Our government will, we hope, offer those from abroad the practical reassurances they deserve. But beyond that and in the context of our parishes and communities, we must reaffirm our love of them as our brothers and sisters in Christ and show our gratitude for their presence, their faith and a fervour that often puts us to shame. The New Testament describes Gentile, non-Jewish Christians as ‘aliens’ and ‘foreigners’ who, by God’s grace, have been given a place in the Temple of God which is the Church (cf. Eph 2:11-22). What we have received, we also should give. Other passages describe Christians as nomads, migrants, refugees, displaced persons, pilgrims making their way through this world to heaven. In our own society, trying to be a consistent Catholic Christian will, anyway, always place us at the margins. We will often feel inwardly estranged from much going on around us. All this should make us sensitive to those who are refugees or migrants or marginal in the more obvious social senses. We should recognise ourselves in them – and recognise Christ. ‘I was a stranger and you made me welcome’ (Mt 25: 35, 43). ‘While we have the opportunity, then, says St Paul, let us do good to all, and especially to our brothers and sisters in the faith’ (Gal 6:10). In the name of our dioceses, therefore, we would like to reassure all those in our congregations from elsewhere, and especially from the EU, that they are a welcome and cherished presence. We are grateful for the riches you bring. We would be poorer without you. We wish you to keep your own forms of Catholic culture and at the same time take an ever fuller part in our Scottish Catholic life here. We don’t want you to leave. We want to make our common pilgrimage of faith with you, in the communion of the one Church of Christ, turned to ‘the one God who is Father of all, over all, through all and within all’ (Eph 4:6). Beyond all politics, ‘leaving’ and ‘remaining’ are the two sides of life and history. We live change

ALTAR SERVERS We are looking to have more boys and girls, willing to serve at Mass on Saturday night and Sundays.. You must have received your First Holy Communion. You will be trained and you will have the best view in the Church. There will be a big bonus at Christmas and Easter.

You will not have to pay Income Tax on your bonus. Please speak to Fr Ken or Deacon Charles if you are interested.

PRAY FOR WORLD PEACE

You are invited to take part in the monthly PILGRIMAGE FOR PEACE, with Rosary and Holy Mass in Our Lady of Victories, on Wednesday 13th July at 7.00 p.m. THERE WILL BE NO NEWSLETTER FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. Announcements will be made at Mass and the names of the recently deceased, anniversaries and the sick in hospital will be announced and prayed for at Mass

Pastoral Letter [continued] We should recognise ourselves in them – and recognise Christ. ‘I was a stranger and you made me welcome’ (Mt 25: 35, 43). ‘While we have the opportunity, then, says St Paul, let us do good to all, and especially to our brothers and sisters in the faith’ (Gal 6:10). In the name of our dioceses, therefore, we would like to reassure all those in our congregations from elsewhere, and especially from the EU, that they are a welcome and cherished presence. We are grateful for the riches you bring. We would be poorer without you. We wish you to keep your own forms of Catholic culture and at the same time take an ever fuller part in our Scottish Catho-lic life here. We don’t want you to leave. We want to make our common pilgrimage of faith with you, in the communion of the one Church of Christ, turned to ‘the one God who is Father of all, over all, through all and within all’ (Eph 4:6). Beyond all politics, ‘leaving’ and ‘remaining’ are the two sides of life and history. We live change and stability, stability and change. One grace of a time of transition is that it compels us towards what is firm and lasting. We are stripped of the secondary and can rediscover the essential. ‘I am the vine, you are the branches’, said Jesus as he was about to leave his disciples for the Cross. ‘Whoever remains in me, with me in him, bears fruit in plenty…Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments you will remain in my love’ (Jn 15:5, 9-10). One of those commandments is to love the stranger in our midst. May we always do so.

Devotedly in Christ,

+ Hugh OSB, Bishop of Aberdeen

+ Stephen, Bishop of Dunkeld