Combined Aug 17th 08

							             PARISH OF OUR LADY STAR OF THE SEA
                      9 Law Road, North Berwick, EH39 4PN
Tel. 01620 892195          Website: www.nbstar.org.uk
E-mail: fatherstephenrobson@msn.com
Parish Priest: Very Rev. Mgr. Stephen Robson 0782 333 8610
Hall Bookings:     Mrs M. McGonigal 01620 892286

            TWENTIETH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR (17.08.08)
        Vigil Mass 6.30pm (Dunbar) – (Connor Hogg RIP)
        9.00am Mass (North Berwick) - (For the People)
        Hymns: 700, 608, 663, 768
        11.00am Mass (Dunbar) – (Connor Hogg RIP)

Monday            in the Twentieth Week of the Year
                  Mass: 10.00am (John Murty RIP)

Tuesday           in the Twentieth Week of the Year
                  Mass: 10.00am (Fr Edward Gallagher RIP A)

Wednesday         Memorial of Saint Bernard
                  Communion Service: 10.00am (Fr Tom Rhatigan RIP)

Thursday          Memorial of Saint Pius X
                  Mass: 10.00am (Fr Alistair Tosh RIP)

Friday            Memorial of the Queenship of Mary
                  Communion Service: 10.00am (Canon John Symon RIP)

Saturday          in the Twentieth Week of the Year
                  Mass: 10.00am (Special intention)

Confession is available at any time at call and from 10.30am-11.15am on
Saturdays in the Confessional [Dunbar: 5.30pm-6.30pm Saturdays).

Please pray for those who are sick: Gemma Meik, Len Ramanauskas, Betty
Herring, Margaret Mulhearn, Denis Flynn, Ann Halligan, Jacqueline Adams,
Lawrence Gardiner, Barbara Riley, Andrew McGonigal, Helen Ramanauskas, Ann
Foster, Jim Hunter, Fiona Martin, Pat Brown, David Bourke, Betty Gallagher, Oscar
Hoffmann, Fiona Balfour, John McCaffrey Jnr, Helen Gordon, Noreen Browne, Joy
Turner, Gerard Kellagher, Lady Vera Brand, Phil Hutton, Jack Keelan, Alex Stobbs,
Jeannie Norcott, Audrey Jones, David Jones, Agnes Brodie, Maureen Thomas, Bill
Christie, Liz Dixon, Terry Coy, Judy Walls, John Hislop, Sandy Darling, Helen
Williamson, Roman Wight, Maureen Hennigan , Sr Joseph Mary OSM, Anne
Timoney and Margaret Maher.
who died recently: John Murty, Brigid Aichieson, Adam Sneddon, George Little,
Conor Hogg, Dom Edmund Flood, Mrs Vesey, Michele Andreucci, George Gray,
Susan Herring, Joseph Corcoran, Tom Smith and Ann Moore.

and those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Fr Edward Gallagher, Thomas
Lynch, Thomas Traynor, Andrew Nichol, Eva Stewart, Alister Chisholm, Helen
Earle, William Power, William Huish, and Emily Kellagher.

                               Next Week’s Ministries

Servers                     Riccardo, Bryony and Mark
Readers                    Eamon Stewart and Barbara Brown
Eucharistic Ministers      Rosanne Ainslie and Tony Burke
Counters                   Honor Gallacher and Betty McInally
Cleaners                   Linda Conroy and Noma Oshodi


                             THIS WEEK’S READINGS
Today’s Readings
First Reading Isaiah 56:1. 6-7
Isaiah, the great prophet of Israel, foresees a day of salvation for all people, Jews
and foreigners alike.

Second Reading Romans 11:13-15. 29-32
Paul, defender of the faith of Israel, is now the “apostle of the Gentiles”. He looks
forward to the day of unity.

Gospel Matthew 15:21-28
The faith of a pagan woman opens up the mission of Jesus to the world.

                    PRAYER TO ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL
                                      AFTER MASS
                     St Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.
                        Be our defence against the wickedness
                                 and snares of the devil.
                  May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou,
                  O prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God,
 thrust into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the
                                   ruin of souls. Amen

NEXT SUNDAY we shall have an appeal on behalf of SURVIVE MIVA. this is a
Liverpool based Catholic charity which helps provide motor cycles for missionaries
and catechists in the third world, especially Africa. SURVIVE MIVA. has has done
some wonderful work over the years. Please give generously next week, if you are
able.

We congratulate CATHERINE WILKINSON who was baptised last Sunday. We also
congratulate the BRYCE, HAMILTON, ALLAN and HARLEY families this weekend
on the baptisms of their new babies JOHN, BEN OWEN and LINUS JOHN
Thanks to all who in any way supported the DUNBAR (OUR LADY OF THE
WAVES) SUMMER FAYRE. Thank you for your kindness and generosity.

THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO WERE ON THE PARISH PILGRIMAGE TO ROME
AND SORRENTO WHO PAID THEIR BUS FARE DURING THE WEEK.

WE WELCOME all our visitors to the Church over the next month or so who may be
in the area for holiday or visiting the EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL.
WELCOME

TEA/ COFFEE and BACON ROLLS will be available after Mass next Sunday.

The children return to school this coming Monday and so the CHILDREN’S
LITURGY SHOULD BEGIN AGAIN NEXT SUNDAY AT THE 9AM MASS.
Catechetics will begin again shortly afterwards.

NATIONAL PILGRIMAGE IN HONOUR OF SAINT MARGARET, Carfin Grotto,
Sunday 7th September 2008 at 3pm with Benediction after Mass.

OASIS DROP IN CENTRE for those for whom drug or alcohol use is affecting their
life. St Andrew’s Blackadder Church Hall, Tuesdays, lunch from 12-2pm.

My Secretary in the Chancery Office in Edinburgh has kindly designed a wonderful
NEW PARISH DATABASE which I shall shortly be beginning to use. We shall need
at some point to upgrade all our address and household records. It will be also a
grand opportunity to do some missionary work. There are far more Catholics in North
Berwick and Dunbar than appear on the surface!

               THE ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF ST ANDREWS & EDINBURGH
                  IS A CHARITY REGISTERED IN SCOTLAND – NUMBER SC008540




       OUR LADY OF THE WAVES,
              DUNBAR
Parish Priest: Very Rev. Mgr. Stephen Robson BSc MTh STL JCL STD
Mobile:         07823338610
E-mail:         fatherstephenrobson@msn.com


TWENTIETH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR (17.08.08)
    Vigil Mass 6.30pm (Dunbar) – (Connor Hogg RIP)
   9.00am Mass (North Berwick) - (For the People)
   11.00am Mass (Dunbar) – (Connor Hogg RIP)

Monday       in the Twentieth Week of the Year
             Communion Service: 10.00am (John Murty RIP)

Tuesday      in the Twentieth Week of the Year
             Communion Service: 10.00am               (Fr   Edward
             Gallagher RIP A)

Wednesday Memorial of Saint Bernard
          Mass: 10.00am (Fr Tom Rhatigan RIP)

Thursday     Memorial of Saint Pius X
             Communion Service: 10.00am (Fr Alistair Tosh
             RIP)

Friday       Memorial of the Queenship of Mary
             Mass: 10.00am (Canon John Symon RIP)

Saturday     in the Twentieth Week of the Year
             Mass (North Berwick): 10.00am                  (Special
             intention)

Confession times: 5.30-6.30pm each Saturday before the Vigil
Mass. [North Berwick Confessions, Saturdays, 10.30-11.15am

         PRAYER TO ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL
  ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL, DEFEND US IN BATTLE.
Be our defence against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
      May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou,
      O prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God,
thrust into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits who prowl about the
              world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen

Today’s Readings
First Reading Isaiah 56:1. 6-7
Isaiah, the great prophet of Israel, foresees a day of salvation
for all people, Jews and foreigners alike.

Second Reading Romans 11:13-15. 29-32
Paul, defender of the faith of Israel, is now the “apostle of the
Gentiles”. He looks forward to the day of unity.

Gospel Matthew 15:21-28
The faith of a pagan woman opens up the mission of Jesus to
the world.

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Rotas of Altar servers, Readers, Eucharistic Ministers as usual, if they
are included

Please pray for those who are sick:                Gemma Meik, Len
Ramanauskas, Betty Herring, Margaret Mulhearn, Denis Flynn, Ann
Halligan, Jacqueline Adams, Lawrence Gardiner, Barbara Riley, Andrew
McGonigal, Helen Ramanauskas, Ann Foster, Jim Hunter, Fiona Martin,
Pat Brown, David Bourke, Betty Gallagher, Oscar Hoffmann, Fiona
Balfour, John McCaffrey Jnr, Helen Gordon, Noreen Browne, Joy
Turner, Gerard Kellagher, Lady Vera Brand, Phil Hutton, Jack Keelan,
Alex Stobbs, Jeannie Norcott, Audrey Jones, David Jones, Agnes
Brodie, Maureen Thomas, Bill Christie, Liz Dixon, Terry Coy, Judy Walls,
John Hislop, Sandy Darling, Helen Williamson, Roman Wight, Maureen
Hennigan , Sr Joseph Mary OSM, Anne Timoney and Margaret Maher.

who died recently: John Murty, Brigid Aichieson, Adam Sneddon,
George Little, Conor Hogg, Dom Edmund Flood, Mrs Vesey, Michele
Andreucci, George Gray, Susan Herring, Joseph Corcoran, Tom Smith
and Ann Moore.

and those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Fr Edward
Gallagher, Thomas Lynch, Thomas Traynor, Andrew Nichol, Eva
Stewart, Alister Chisholm, Helen Earle, William Power, William Huish,
and Emily Kellagher.

                           THIS WEEK
               NO CHILDREN’S LITURGY this week
  The children return to school this coming Monday and
  so the CHILDREN’S LITURGY SHOULD BEGIN AGAIN
  NEXT SUNDAY at the 9am mass. Catechetics will begin
  again shortly once the year ahead has been organised

       Newsletter also on website at: www.nbstar.org.uk

Notices:
  1. OFFERTORY COLLECTIONS: The Collection for last weekend
     (19th Sunday of the Year) amounted to £. On behalf of the
     parish may I once again thank you most sincerely for your
     generosity for the running of the parish mission and for the support
     of the priest.
  2. NEXT SUNDAY we shall have an appeal on behalf of SURVIVE
     MIVA. this is a Liverpool based Catholic charity which helps
     provide motor cycles for missionaries and catechists in the third
     world, especially Africa. SURVIVE MIVA. has has done some
     wonderful work over the years. Please give generously next week,
     if you are able.
  3. OUR LADY OF THE WAVES SUMMER FAYRE. Many thanks to
     all who have worked so hard once again to help raise funds for the
     Parish. As always it was a wonderful effort on behal of all. Special
     thanks to Maureen Blair who masterminded the planning and to all
     who manned stalls, led the proceedings, cooked, served, raffled,
     served teas and buns, decorated the Hall, tidied the garden,
     weeded the borders and generally made the Fayre a success. I
     hope to able to announce the total raised at Mass today.
Would those who were on the PARISH PILGRIMAGE TO ROME AND
SORRENTO and haven’t yet paid their bus fare to and from

  1. the Airport please do so ASAP. The return fayre was £15.00.
     Many thanks.
  2. My Secretary in the Chancery office in Edinburgh has kindly
     designed a wonderful NEW PARISH DATABASE which I shall
     shortly be beginning to use. We shall need at some point to
     upgrade all our address and household records. It will be also a
     grand opportunity to do some missionary work. There are far more
     Catholics in North Berwick and Dunbar than appear on the
     surface!
  3. NATIONAL PILGRIMAGE IN HONOUR OF SAINT MARGARET,
       Carfin Grotto, Sunday 7th September 2008 at 3pm with Benediction
       after Mass.
  4.   WE WELCOME ALL OUR VISITORS TO THE CHURCH OVER
       THE NEXT MONTH OR SO WHO MAY BE IN THE AREA FOR
       HOLIDAY OR VISITING THE EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL
       FESTIVAL. WELCOME
  5.   We congratulate CATHERINE WILKINSON who was baptised last
       Sunday. We congratulate the Bryce, Hamilton, Allan and Harley
       families this weekend on the baptisms of their new babies JOHN,
       BEN OWEN and LINUS JOHN
  6.   Keep up your prayers for THOSE WHO ARE FIGHTING THE
       HUMAN FERTILISATION AND EMBRYOLOGY BILL every inch
       of the way in Parliament.
  7.   SICK CALLS, EMERGENCIES, MARRIAGES, BAPTISMS,
       HOUSE VISITS. Please call as a priority my mobile number
       07823338610.         In     addition,      my      email      is:
       fatherstephenrobson@msn.com. As you know, MY CHANCERY
       OFFICE NUMBER IN EDINBURGH IS 0131 623 8921.

May the Good Lord bless you and your families this week!

Father Stephen Robson

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF ST ANDREWS
                  & EDINBURGH
      IS A CHARITY REGISTERED IN SCOTLAND
                 NUMBER SC008540.