2021

Pentecost Sunday

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Parish Priest: Fr. Mike Freyne MHM
email: stbernadette@dunkelddiocese.org.uk
Baingle Brae, Tullibody. FK10 2SG Tel: 01259 213274

To comply with Covid restrictions there will be ushers at all Masses,

please follow their instructions at all times. ( SEE NEXT PAGE )

Please remember in your prayers those who are sick: Margaret Byrne, Nellie Gallon,
Alex Byrne, Kathy Mc’Lauglin, Carly Mournian, Brendan Murphy, Vincent McDaid, Sarah Jane Connelly,
Mary Gordon, Roger Bray, Maria McIntyre, Peter & Margaret Stark, John & Tricia Smith, Anne Ruddy,
Heather Stewart, Duncan Mc’Gregor, Maurice Di Duca, Peter Douglas, Mary Hughes,
Robin McCann, Frances Masterson, Drs. Dianne & Mike Basquill, Cathy McCallum, Fr. John Calla-
ghan, Tom Harvey, Bishop Stephen and all those in the various nursing homes. Also pray for all those
effected by coronavirus, carers, families, doctors, nurses and all who support them and us in any way.

Lawrence Allen and Tommy Mc’Menemy.

“During the month of May, let us lift our eyes toward the
Mother of God, our consolation and sure hope, and let us Pray
together the Rosary to face the trials of this moment together
and to be ever more united as a spiritual family. ”
( g o t o : http://vatican.va/special/rosary/index_rosary.htm )

Parish Offerings 16th May 2021.

Gift Aided £249.00 Non Gift Aided £322.32 Total £571.32
Communications Special Collection £68.40
 Saturday 22nd May 5.30pm - Vigil Mass

Sunday Pentecost 8.30am - Morning Mass

23rd May Sunday 1.30am - Mass (on YouTube)
5.00pm - The Way of Light - (on YouTube)
Monday 24th May 9.30am - Morning mass.
Tuesday 25th May NO PARISH SERVICES
Wednesday 26th May 9.30am - Morning mass (on YouTube)
Thursday 27th May 9.30am - Morning mass.
3.00pm - Deanery Meeting, Dunblane
Friday 5.30pm - Wedding Practise, St. Mungo’s Alloa
28th May 7.00pm - Evening mass
Saturday 9.30am - Morning mass.
29th May 5.30pm - Vigil Mass
Sunday Trinity 8.30am - Morning Mass
30th May Sunday 11.30am - Mass (on YouTube)

COVID -19 GUIDELINES

 People’s health and safety comes first and we have an enormous social responsibility.
 You must sanitise your hands as you enter and leave the church and must wear a face mask.
 Please follow the one way system and directions of the ushers maintaining 2m social distance.
 You will be asked to leave your name and contact number in case you need to be traced.
(It may make things quicker if you brought this on a piece of paper as everyone has to
sanitise their hands and be ushered to a seat )
 Please come early for mass! PLEASE DO NOT BE LATE
Masses will be shorter to reduce the possibility of cross infection; In principle there will be only one reading,
No Responsorial Psalm, a Gospel and when possible a very short sermon. Prayers of the Faithful will be reduced.
Liturgies will be simplified trying to keep them to under 30 minutes when possible.

Remember, there is currently no Sunday Mass obligation. - There are alternatives.

PENTECOST SUNDAY - The Way of Light

We are all aware of the Stations of the Cross but exists another kind of STATIONS that celebrate the biblical moments between
the Resurrection and Pentecost.
We will celebrate them in the church and on YouTube On Pentecost Sunday at 5pm. The service last less than half an hour.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK:

There are restrictions on what the priest can do (he is not tied down to everything as he is regarded as a front line worker by
the government). To go to a sick person involves a lot of “before” and “after” preparation. He is not allowed to touch the sick
person but anoints with a cotton bud with fresh oil blessed individually each time and disposed of separately. He has to use
apron, mask and gloves. Afterwards he has to sanitise the pyx (the box that carries the host), any booklets he used and also his
car when he returns. He must also change his clothes and wash them or not use for many days.

CONFESSIONS : BAPTISMS:
As we are not allowed to use the confessional there is no scheduled time The government has allowed the Church to cele-
for confessions. Fr. Mike is willing to celebrate the Sacrament of Pen- brate baptisms since the 26th March. The advice
ance by appointment during the week. This will have to be face to face from the Diocese is a maximum of 15 people.
with social distancing. Depending on the time the place will be by mutual If anyone has children to be baptised in the next
agreement (on the sanctuary or in the sacristy). Please phone Fr. Mike. few months please make contact with Fr. Mike.
 Feast of Pentecost - Birthday of the Church

23rd May - Pentecost Sunday

An authentic faith – which is never comfortable or completely
personal – always involves a deep desire to change the world,
to transmit values, to leave this earth somehow better that
we found it. We love this magnificent planet on which God
has put us, and we love the human family which dwells here,
with all its tragedies and struggles.
- (Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, para 183)
More at:

In order to ensure the proper care of our common home, we must become a “we” that is ever
wider and more co-responsible, in the profound conviction that whatever good is done in our
world is done for present and future generations. #LaudatoSiWeek

For information on the ongoing

work of Fr. Mike’s religious order
Mill Hill Missionaries:
Click Here

Website:
http://www.acnuk.org/

HELP US SUPPORT THOSE IN NEED

Reproduced with permission from ACN © all rights reserved

This is from Fr. Jim Walls in Rome. One of our Diocesan priests. Please support if you can..
Fr. Jim Walls is planning on walking from Iona to Lindisfarne (June/July) to raise funds for the Catholic Workers House of Hos-
pitality in Calais which supports refugees. Full details are on the JustGiving page which link is below.
Can you help James Walls raise £5,000 to support St Maria Skobstova House of Hospitality for Refugees in Calais.?
Please donate to their JustGiving Crowdfunding Page:
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/in-solidarity?utm_id=2&utm_term=V3b5N3pa7

Parish House Roof

5 years ago we were informed the roof is “tired” and urgently needs replacing. We paid a firm about £1,000 to make the nec-
essary repairs. A few weeks ago we had major leaks and the ceiling in the parish house nearly collapsed with the weight of
water. We managed to contract a firm that has just completed the removal of the old skylight replacing it with new roof tiles,
they also replaced a lot of the tiles that were missing and patched up the rest. The house is now weather proof hopefully for a
few years. However, we are aware we are just putting off the inevitable of having the roof replaced.

ELECTRICITY AND GAS

Over the past few years the Parish Pastoral Council, Parish Financial Council and Fabric & Maintenance have been in constant
contact with the Diocese and the Utilities firm regarding the extreme high costs of our bills. We have contested them con-
vinced they are wrong. There has been talks recently with the Utility firm. They seem to acknowledge that our gas meter is
faulty and needs replacing. They still have not explained the high electricity costs. However our bills seems to be normalising.
It has involved a lot of time and energy with still no final conclusion.

Health & Safety

The Diocese has had to contract a firm to check up on all the parishes and to make sure we are up to date with government
Health & Safety legislation. They will be here in July. Ushers please make sure you are up to date on fire drill. If you are unsure
what to do, where equipment is please ask.

Extract of letter from SCIAF

Thanks to you we can help other like Malia, who live with disabilities access the help and support they need for healthy and
happy futures.

Like any other six-year-old she is energetic and inquisitive and loves to play with her friends. However, until recently, Malia
was unable to walk. When Malia was born, she suffered from excess fluid in her brain and needed urgent surgery. The excess
fluids caused a delay in her development, and she was unable to hold up her head, sit or stand by herself. Her mother Rina
carried her everywhere. After living through years of conflict, subsequent hunger and displacement, her family could not
afford the medical care Malia needed.

Rina found out about SCIAF's local partner organisation in South Sudan, Sudan

Evangelical Mission (SEM) who help people with disabilities. With physiotherapy, Malia learnt to sit, stand and eventually walk
on her own. She is now able to able fully participate in everyday activities and walk independently, without an aid.

With St Bernadette's generous donation of £372.97 we can help more children with disabilities, like Malia. Your support will
help to adapt six schools so that pupils with disabilities can access mainstream education. Teachers will be trained to better
understand the needs of disabled children. The children will be supported through the provision of aids, such as wheelchairs,
ramps, hearing aids and canes, as well as healthcare to help them live more independently and actively participate in lessons,
sports and other activities with their classmates.
Pastoral Letter from the Bishops of Scotland
on the Sixth Anniversary of Laudato Si’ Pentecost 2021
God saw all that he had made and indeed it was very good.[1]
God’s creation is a great gift to all humanity, and humanity itself is an integral part of that crea-
tion. We are blessed by having the earth for our common home. It is a place of great beauty,
teeming with life of all kinds, a world full of wonderful resources which enable us not only to live
but to enhance our way of life. In nature, God’s glory is revealed for all to see.[2] St Francis of As-
sisi was prominent among the saints in giving praise to God for the wonder of creation.[3]
We have been entrusted by God with the care of the earth,[4] but sadly we have not just used
the earth we have abused it. We are destroying the seas, polluting the atmosphere and consum-
ing the abundant but limited resources of this world while neglecting the needs of our poor
brothers and sisters and showing no concern for tomorrow.
The earth, our common home, is given to all of humanity and its resources are not just for us to
use now but to be preserved and passed on to future generations.[5]
As Christians we thank God for the gift of creation, but, because we have taken that gift for grant-
ed, when we look at creation as it is now we are conscious of the failings of humanity; we are
conscious of the need for what the gospel calls “metanoia”,[6] not just sorrow for the abuse of
creation, not just a change of heart, but a change of life and how we live our lives.[7]
A very solid scientific consensus [8] tells us that human activity has brought the earth to a crisis
point and that action is needed that is both urgent and deep rooted, particularly due to
CO2 emissions. Governments have a responsibility to work together, and with haste, to reduce
emissions to a safe level. Governments also need to be concerned about adopting an economic
model that no longer embraces consumption and waste, nor neglects the welfare of poorer na-
tions.
But this is not just an issue that we can leave to governments to deal with. The COVID pandemic
required us to undergo a complete change in our way of life in order to defeat the virus. Likewise
a radical and sustained change in our lifestyle is required if the abuse of our planet is to stop and
the damage be reversed.
The environmental crisis raises questions about how we live, how we work, how we holiday, how
we travel, how the goods we purchase are manufactured and transported to us.
This is an issue of both environmental and social justice.[9] It is not only that we must stop pol-
luting the atmosphere, we need to recognise the right of all humanity to the world’s resources.
[10] The Christian message, that we are all part of one human family and that we share a com-
mon home, means that our earth’s resources must be shared and used for the benefit of all and
are not to be claimed as the exclusive property of any people or nation in whose territory these
resources happen to be located.[11]
Not just as individuals but also as a Church we must discern what changes we have to make to
the way of life we have taken for granted but which we now recognise to be unsustainable.
The dioceses of Scotland are in the process of divesting from fossil fuel investments. The Bishops’
Conference is aiming for carbon neutrality for its agencies, as are the dioceses in as sustainable
and timely a way as possible.
We applaud the Catholic schools who have signed up to be Laudato Si’ Schools and we encourage
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our parishes to join the Eco-Congregation initiative and to examine what practical measures can
be undertaken at a local level.
All these efforts are a start, but much more is required if we are to undo the harm caused by gen-
erations of neglect and abuse. Scientists tell us that time is limited. All of us must, therefore,
work with a sense of urgency to discern what needs to be done and to make the changes re-
quired.
God has honoured us by giving humanity the task of being a co-operator in the work of creation.
[12] In recent years we have seen in our brothers and sisters throughout the world a growing de-
termination to change the destructive practices of the past. This gives us hope. Like the Creator
we look at what God has created and see that it is very good. A sense of gratitude compels us to
ensure that human activity enhances and builds up that creation.
That same gratitude prompts us to pray:
We praise you, Lord our God, for the gift of life.
We praise you, for the beauty and diversity of created things.
We praise you, for the rich resources of the earth and seas.
We praise you, for entrusting to humanity the care of our common home.
We praise you, for the opportunity to change our wasteful ways.
We praise you, for your boundless compassion and forgiveness.
We praise you, Lord our God, by our actions, in responding to the cry of the earth and the
cry of the poor.
We praise you, Lord our God, Father, Son, and Spirit. Amen

Care of Creation Office

Scotland’s Catholic Bishops have announced their intention to set up a “Care of Creation Office”
ahead of the COP26 meeting in Glasgow later this year.
Commenting on the decision, Bishop William Nolan, the Bishop of Galloway and President of the
National Justice & Peace Commission said:

“On Pentecost Sunday (23 May 2021) we mark the 6th anniversary of Laudato Si, Pope Francis’
encyclical letter on care for our common home. It reminds all Catholics of their responsibilities to-
wards one another and the world we live. Inspired by the Pope’s letter and in preparation for the
COP26 conference taking place in Glasgow in November, the Bishops’ Conference has decided to
set-up a “Care of Creation Office” this year.”

Bishop Nolan added:

“The Office’s aim will be to give practical advice and guidance: helping dioceses and parishes as-
sess their carbon footprint and discern how to work towards carbon neutrality, it will be headed
by Fr Gerard H Maguiness the General Secretary of the Bishops’ Conference. God has honoured
us by giving humanity the task of being a co-operator in the work of creation we hope our lives
enhance and build-up that creation and pray that the meeting of world leaders in Glasgow later
this year bear fruit for our planet.”