Our Weekend Masses
For details of days, times and how to book please go to
our dedicated page.
Live streamed Masses here
Brothers and sisters,
Today we join the hungry crowds who gathered at the Galilean Lakeside.
We too, come seeking Jesus, asking him to feed us with the bread of life
Fr. Alex
Lockdown Liturgy:
18th Sunday B
Children's Liturgy:
18th Sunday B
Communion Services will resume at St Gregory's every Wednesday at 9.30 am. No need to book but your details will be taken for Test & Protect purposes.
Numbers at Mass in Level 0
In level 0, social distancing has been reduced from 2m to 1m for indoor public places. From 24/25 July, the numbers we can now accommodate safely at Mass are: St Gregory's 60, St Catherine's 92 and St John Vianney's 100. Please continue to book as usual.
For weddings and funerals, the number we can safely accommodate in our three churches will be broadly similar. Please email us if you have any questions. southedclust@btinternet.com
Next Bereavement Service
Sat 14th August @ 9.30am in St Gregory’s
You need not book in advance but your details will be taken for Test & Protect purposes on arrival.
Candles are lit for family and friends of the cluster who have died in the last month or if there’s an anniversary of a loved one please say when you arrive. If you would like more information, email Jacinta or phone her on 664 5581.
Safeguarding Scotland: two items of news
Threat to Inch Park with new housing
Inch Park adjacent to Cameron Toll is directly threatened by Edinburgh Council’s City Plan 2030 proposals to build housing for up to 2000 people in Inch Park Plant Nursery, smack in the centre of the Park. Moreover, the Council has made no attempt to share its plans for the Nursery development with the local Inch Community.
Please read and sign the petition if you agree.
£15.90 to feed a child for a whole school year with Mary's Meals!
Become a monthly giver before 31 August 2021 and your first three donations will be tripled thanks to a group of generous supporters, who have promised to make funds available up to £100,000. Help us access all the funds by setting up a Direct Debit today and the impact of your kindness will go three times further.
Our Bible Study course resumes
after the summer on Saturday morning 21st August.
Ahead of the meeting we suggest you read the only book in the Bible named after a woman: the Book of Ruth. It's only 4 chapters long and sums up all that God wants from us: loyalty through love.
If anyone would like to join us for the last four sessions, you are welcome, and we will endeavour to catch you up on what you have missed so far. Contact Cluster Alpha for details.
Making connections
Our Cluster News and Online Liturgy are sent to around 350 people each week. Somebody who didn’t have a direct connection with our parishes shares how she and her colleagues came across our Newsletter and Liturgy and how they have impacted their lives:
"Hello, you don’t know me, but over the last year I feel I have gotten to know some of you from your weekly online services."
Read on
Justice Matters: Climate Crisis and Displacement: To see or not to see, that is the question
Pope Francis writes: ‘“To see or not to see, that is the question!” Where it starts is with each one’s seeing, yes, mine and yours.’
This week’s Justice Matters quotes from the Vatican’s Pastoral Guidelines on Climate Displaced People, published 30.03.2021
See
‘When we look, what do we see? Many are being [overwhelmed by climate] conditions that make it impossible to survive. Forced to abandon fields and shorelines, homes and villages, people flee in haste carrying just a few souvenirs and treasures, scraps of their culture and heritage. They set out in hope, meaning to restart their lives in a place of safety. But where they mostly end up are dangerously overcrowded slums or makeshift settlements, waiting on fate.’
Reflect
‘The Pastoral Orientations on Climate Displaced People calls on us to broaden the way we look at this drama of our time. It urges us to see the tragedy of prolonged uprootedness that causes our brothers and sisters to cry out, year after year, “We can’t go back, and we can’t begin anew.” It invites us to become aware of the indifference of societies and governments to this tragedy. It asks us to see, and to care. It invites the Church and others to act together, and spells out how we might do so’.
‘This is the work the Lord asks now of us, and there is great joy in it. We are not going to get out of crises like climate or COVID-19 by hunkering down in individualism but only by “being many together”, by encounter and dialogue and cooperation.’
‘human beings must be willing to journey from blindness to awareness’.
Act
‘Responding to the challenge of Climate Crisis Displacement (CCD) is today at the heart of being a credible and witnessing Church, a caring and inclusive ecclesial community.’
‘Many prevalent attitudes stand in the way of effectively facing up to the challenges of CCD: we note denial, general indifference, nonchalant resignation as well as misplaced over-confidence in technical solutions. We should continue to avoid the false polarisation between care for creation on the one hand and development and the economy on the other.’
The document calls us to acknowledge the crisis; to raise awareness. Practical responses are then given.
In Scotland we have a unique opportunity: may we help COP to be a force for justice.
Mike Mineter
Please remember in your prayers
those who are sick:
Sr Veronica, Mary Thomson,
Katharine, Ashley Hammond,
John, Jennifer,
Annette Sibbald, Christopher Mackinnon, Gilmour Forrest, Maureen Lawson,
Bailey Bruce McCann, Grettel Calvo Mendez, Leah Gunn, Betty Dickinson,
Annette, Peter Robinson,
Catherine Hart, Karen Devlin,
Vo Van Tu, Scott Fraser,
Thea Maung, Maureen McEvoy,
Anne Doig, Sr May Lewis,
Jessie & George Ritchie,
John Skinner, John McGinley,
Fr Eugen, Evelyn Levine,
James Duffy, Ronan Boyle,
Hazel Martin, Mary Boyle,
Mary Dias, Catriona McAuley,
Elaine Hepburn, Marie,
Sophie, Roney Fernandes,
Christopher Browne, Xaverina Rodrigues,
Anne and Helen,
Sacred Heart sisters in Uganda
We remember in love
Those who have died recently:
Ina Connolly
Anniversaries
St. Gregory's
Helen Lockhart, George McDonald,
Hugh O'Brien, Benny Goodwin,
Peter Clark (snr)
St John Vianney's
Nigel Lynch, Tom Connelly,
Bridget McKeen, Agnes Martin,
John McClafferty, Joan Quigley,
Elizabeth Doherty, John Gallagher,
Elizabeth Lennon, Margaret Kidd,
Jean Morrison, Pam White,
Cissie Mulroy, Jane Meek Brown,
Mary McCann, George C Stewart,
Margaret Pryde.
Our Remembrance Gallery is in memory of the loved ones we have lost during the pandemic. If you wish a loved one to be included, go here to find out how. You will also find information on what help our Cluster Bereavement Group offer for anyone who has been bereaved.
For those without internet access
If you know a parishioner without internet access please tell them about our podcast. For the cost of a local call, 0131 357 6463 they can hear our Lockdown Liturgy (available on Sunday).
United in prayer:
Tues 2.45 & Weds 7pm
Our Prayer Foundation invite us all to join in 30 min of silent prayer. For an example of an opening prayer see
here.
For prayer requests email
Trussell Trust: Winning children's poem by Teddy (click on pic)
All poems can be downloaded here.
Needed this week:
The relevant food bank for the cluster is:
47 Southhouse Broadway EH17 8AS
Phone number 664 9353
Are you struggling? We are here to help
If you, or anyone you know, is in need of financial support or a friendly telephone chat, call our SSVP in the Cluster:
St John Vianney's 07922 675196,
St Gregory's 07757 845673,
St Catherine's 07539 266411.
If you would like to make a donation go here
City of Edinburgh Council Parent Club: Get into Summer
Find tips and ideas to get your kids out and about, connecting with their friends and making new ones. We've lots of free events happening in Edinburgh to boost your kids' well-being and mental health. These include sport and outdoor learning activities, youth work activities, arts, culture, heritage and much more. So
take a look and find out what’s happening near you. Help with transport costs available.
The grant has increased to £120 for an eligible primary pupil and £150 for an eligible secondary pupil. More details here
Entitlements Page
There are many benefits and grants to which people are entitled. Please check our entitlements page. Let us also know of others. Scottish Child Payment: £10 a week paid monthly for each child under 6.
The Fund has been set up to help Fr Eugen in Romania. If anyone would like to give a gift, click on the
down arrow above for details
