1. religion and spirituality
2. christianity
3. catholicism

Stall
Calendars for 2015 are available from the stall.
Living Stones DVD - The Must Have Hogmany Drop In Gift!
The DVD is available for purchase from the stall. The cost per copy is £10.00. All
monies now raised from sales will go directly to the church building fund.
Memorial Windows
The stained-glass artist is working on a design for the windows above the choir loft. The
“Blantyre Disaster” aspect will cost approximately £15,000. It is hoped that we will get
some additional funding once the plan is drawn up and can be presented to possible
supporters. The artists impression/first sketch is available at the back of the church .
Weekday Masses
Please note that weekday Masses will be celebrated at the more usual time of 10.00 am
during the Christmas holiday period.
Car Parking
During the Christmas break the area around the hall is accessible to cars [with care].
Please be conscious of others when you park your car.
Crib Donations
All donations at the crib will be sent to the St Margaret of Scotland Child & Family
Care Trust.
Adult Education
In the early part of 2015 monthly sessions will be offered as a means of adult education
within the parish. The first meeting will be at 7.30 pm on Thursday 15th January
“Foundations of the Mass” - all welcome.
Justice & Peace
Next weekend there will be a second collection to support the work of the Bishops
Justice & Peace Commission.
+ Please Remember in Your Prayers +
Recently Dead:
Annie Murray Kirkton Home
John Madden 49 Ballantrae Road
Maureen Allen 9 Walcott Drive
Janet McDade 14 Ness Drive
Stephen McGowan, Johnny Duffy, Junior Simmons, John McDonagh.
Months Minds & Anniversaries
James Gray, Ellen Devine, Charles & Sadie Madden, Dick & Cathy Doran, Annie &
Jimmy Meek, Kate McCunnie Brown, Madge Rodwell, Ralph & Rose Hayburn, Ken
Davies, Sal & Pat O’Neil, Kathleen McLaughlin, Peter Kerr, John Taggart Charles
Madden, Roddy Sutherland, Matthew Dunsmuir, George & Mary Craigie, Peter &
Agnes Craigie, Paddy Long, Billy Muir, Muir & Urbanik families, Mary Whyte, Hughie
& Nan McGowan, Michael Boyle, Paddy Long, Tommy & Lizzie Dunne, John
Taggart, Charles Madden, John & Jo O’Donnelly.
Annie Murray
St Joseph’s Parish Newsletter
St Joseph’s,
Mayberry Place,
Blantyre.
G72 9DA
Parish Priest: Rev. Brian Lamb
Sat 3rd Jan 10.00 am Requiem Mass
Maureen Allen [to be arranged]
Janet McDade [to be arranged]
Ph.B. S.T.L.
Assistant Priest Rev. Rafal Sobieszuk M. Theol.
Deacon Rev. Joseph Dowds
Feast of the Holy Family
Charity No. SCO1 11041
28th December 2014
Times of Services
Masses
Vigil 5.00 pm
10.00 am, 12.00 noon & 6.30 pm
Monday—Wednesday
New Year’s Day
Friday & Saturday
10.00 am
10.00 am & 12 Noon
No evening Mass
10.00 am
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday 9.30 9.55 am
& after Vigil Mass
Funeral Arrangements:
John Madden
Sun 28th Dec 7.00pm Rosary Potts Parlour
7.30 pm Reception at Church
Mon 10.00 am Requiem Mass
House: 01698 823896
Email: info@sjblantyre.org
web: sjblantyre.org
“The child grew,
filled with wisdom.”
Church Collection
Christmas Collection
Building Fund
£2,023.00
£4,625.00
£ 100.00
Hall Bookings
Anyone wishing to book the church hall
is asked to phone 0793 200 1210.
Bishop Toal’s Christmas Message
As we celebrate the Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ let us give thanks for the gift of
faith and the blessings that faith has brought us through the course of our lives. The
Lord’s desire to come among us, to be born as a child in Bethlehem of the Virgin
Mary,, is the beginning of our great faith story. Through our baptism and the coming
of the Holy Spirit upon us we are all privileged to participate in the blessings of the
Lord’s Appearance and the Salvation he won for us through his Death and
Resurrection.
In our worship, especially through our participation in the Christmas liturgies, let us
renew our gratitude for and our sense of wonder at the Lord’s goodness. Let us also
strive to pass on the beauty of our faith to the younger generations and encourage
their participation in the Church’s celebration of its holy mysteries. In that respect
let us bring our young children to the crib and encourage within them a spirit of
prayer and adoration and foster in their young minds a sense of what Christmas is
truly about.
As we enjoy our freedom to worship God and to celebrate our ancient faith we pray
for those denied this right and those persecuted for their faith. In recent months the
accounts of the horrors inflicted on our fellow Christians and on others seems to
have grown, especially in the Middle East and parts of Africa, and we hold them in
our prayer this Christmas. As we share the gift of the Lord’s peace we hope and pray
that war, terrorism and persecution may end.
I ask God’s blessing upon us all in the Diocese of Motherwell, especially those most
in need of our love and support at Christmas and at other times. May the Lord be
with us and come to our aid.
+ Joseph Toal
Christmas Remembrances Masses
William, Margaret, Tobias, Bernadette, Thomas, Nancy, William, Michael, Tobias,
Andrew, Hugh & Gorge Murphy, William, Jane, Kathleen Gregory, Margaret
Hughes, John & Helen Kennedy, Charles, Catherine, Patrick, Catherine, James &
Helen Boyle Delaney, James Philip Delaney, Hellen Kennedy, Robert McDonald,
William, Ellen & Junior Stokes, Catherine Heinzinger Stokes, Rose Anne, Jane &
James Quigley, Rose Ann , Henry & Moira McCarroll, Allan & Mary Dinwoodie,
William & Kathleen Lanaghan, Pat & Lizzie Dolan, James & Matthew Rodwell,
Ricky Chalmers, Thomas & Frances Kennedy, Christine Hodson, Patrick, Maria &
John Mulvanny, Stephen, Gerard & Jean Clark, William & Margaret Slaven, Mary,
Neil, John, Pat & Nellie McGaulley, Elizabeth & John McBride, William & Pat
McAleer, Margaret Staney, Mary Lynch, Kelly Devine, Anthony Lennon, Lucy
Cunning, Margaret Thomson, Valerio family, Pat, Norah Gerard & Jim McCluskey,
Alex & May McGregor, Robert & Margaret Howat, Murray & Hadrow families,
Michael Timlin, William & Frances Shaw, George McInally jnr, Frank Lehmann snr
& jnr, Clare Anne, Joseph & Isabella Savage, Annie, Thomas Robert & Edward &
Sadie Ferguson, Robert & Margaret Regan, Cathie Robertson, Robertson & McKay
families, Edward Gilbertson, Alice Morgan Gilbertson, O’Mailley, Slivinski & Smith
families, Jan & Jean Krawczyk, Marlene Reilly, James, Agnes & Monica Farrell,
Molly Lowe, Helen Cleary, Lesley Alexander Gary Miller, Bernard McVey,
Hamelton Kerr, Billy Alexander, James Travers, Janey Campaigne, Thomas
O’Donnell, James & Margaret Campbell, Patrick & Helen Taggart, Frank & Annie
McGurk, Patrick & Sarah Whyte, Bill & Annie McGlynn, Alice. Peter William &
Edward Quinn, John Weatherall, Hugh Sanaghan, Mary Thomas & Maureen Ward,
John & Margaret Howard, Michael Boyle, Daniel, Bridie & Daniel McManus jnr,
John, Evelyn, Bernard Mary& Evelyn Breslin, Frances & Neil McArthur, May
McKillop, Peter & Helen Mooney, Edward & Roseanne Traynor, William &
Margaret Connelly, Thomas, Peter & Rose Regan, Peter & Margaret Savage,
Thomas & Mary Cox, O’Donnell family, Keane family, John & Mary & John jnr
Kennedy, John Swan jnr, Rose McTaggart, Edward McPartland, Tom Fox, Tommy,
Molly & Robert McGuire, John & Mary Rouse, Young family, Hutcheson family
Frank Coony, Jim Canvey, Pat & Michael Kerr, Matthew Donnelly, Bridie
Johnstone, Allen family, Keenan family, Pat McKenna, Annie & Pat McQuade,
Michael & Gladys Payne, James & Mary McLachlan, May Holland, James &
Maureen Grieve, John Spence, William, Elizabeth & Pat jnr Cavanagh, Richard
Green, Mary Green Hunter, Mr & Mrs James Kelly, Catherine Kelly, Sarah, Hugh,
Edward. Alex, Sadie, Mary Neily, & Pat McLaughlin, Aileen & Sandy Watson,
James & mina McInally, Joseph Sharkey, Sean McCormack, Robert Stewart, Iris &
James Cornfield, Margaret & Anthony Gorrance, Irene & James Gorrance, Frank,
Annie, Peggy Kelly McGowan, John & Agnes Hutcheson & family, Ronie & Annie
Campbell, Celia Kelly McDaid, Frank & Margaret Doonin, Paul Lehmann, Dominic
Paterson, Pearl Duffy, James, Mary, Tommy, Jim Henry, Moira, Hugh & Phylis
Callaghan, Margaret & Stephen McQuade, Patrick Brolly, Sharon Orr [Houston],
Helen Gallagher, Sally Masters, John, Sarah & Matilda Jackson, Alexander, Mary,
Robert & Marianne McEwan, Reamonn Gormley, Gerry Gaittens Margaret &
Charlie Morrison, John & Josie Reynolds, Charles & Catherine Boyle, Pat, May,
Cathie, Eddie, Frank & James Boyle, Thomas, Mary, Cathie & Tommy Mogan John
Dunleavy, Rose & Jim McGuire, James & Martin McGuigan, Philomena Vickers,
Patrick & James Bonner, Patrick, Bridget John & Pat Hanly, Charles & Jane Boyle,
Cain, Higgins & McGraw families, Thomas O’Donnell, John Tierney, Joseph,
Elsbeth & Bernard Canavan, Joseph, Elizabeth Annie Polockus, Polockus family,
Nancy & Jim McInnes, Jesse Walker, William & mary Ann Clyde, John Brown,
Cissie McDougal, Robert & Ellen Clyde, James McCunnie, Kathleen Brown Joseph
Gaeta, Stephen Clark, Betty McPherson, Elizabeth & James Travers, Mary
McPherson, Cissie & Paddy Long, Olive Logue, Marion & Thomas Fleming, John
Weatherall, Cain, Higgins & McGraw families, Duncan Findlater, Hugh, Rose Jim &
Robert Conroy, Taggart family, Madden family, Derek McNulty.
+ May they Rest In Peace +
Individual Masses will be celebrated for each intention. Most intentions are past on
to other priests who get few Mass stipends. If there are any omissions—Mass will be
celebrated for the intention. There may be some confusion between “in memoriam”
Masses and Mass “bouquets for the living” [which are not published].