WEEKDAY: CONFESSIONS

Prayer at the sending out of the Eucharistic Ministers to the sick and housebound

Priest: Almighty and loving Father, as we have received your Son in this Holy Eucharist, we ask you to hear our prayer for our brothers and sisters:

All: Give your healing, Lord, to those who are sick and housebound. May those who take the Body of Christ to them also be a loving sign of our prayers and thoughts. Keep us united with them in all their sufferings so that we will grow together as one community with the presence of Christ among us.

Please Pray For SICK Margaret Bachiller, John Colquhoun, J im Traynor; Hugh Devine, Maria Walker, Theresa Mooney; John Hunter, Simon Logan, Ellen Madden, Les Mathew, Cathie McAleavey; Cathie McConnachie, Brian Nolan, Rachel McGhee, Ellen Brown; Robert Houston; Harry Docherty; Jane Cameron; Alec Kirson; George O’Hara; David Govan; Silvio Clemente; Mary Cairney; William Campbell; Anna McStay; Margaret Hackett; John Kerr; Gordon Law; Linda Quinn; Ashley Law; Frank Slavin; Jim Simmons, Maria Findlay, James Burns, Tony Perkins; Ann Knight; Rosemary Woth-erspoon; Teresa Clark; Mandy Dobbie; Isabel McKee; John McKenna; Joe Friary; Sr Mary Inglis; Margaret Russell; Jan Hill; Esther McKillop; Jim Hughes Chrissie Rafferty; Barry Duncan, Sandra McGuire; Bill Grey; Marie Laird; Mgr Michael Regan; John McCaffrey; Patricia Docherty; John Byrne; Duncan McGonnigal Children: Laila Hunt, Connor Simpson, Zak Matthew Thomson; Peter Convery; Corran Davidson; Megan Macauley; Jade Law; Chloe Docherty; Lennon McAvoy

RECENTLY DIED Lena Mitchell; Billy McKenna; Bridie Higgins; Caroline Robertson; Catherine McKechnie

ANNIVERSARIES Violet Collins; Ciaran Reilly; Thomas Gray; David Henderson; Colette Campbell; George Pickering; Elizabeth Keegan; Daniel & Joseph Crumley; Adam McCormick June Duddy; John Duffy; Donald Skiffington; James Sloey; Jane Convery; Duncan Burns;

MONTHS MIND Fanny Sarah Brown

Prayer for the Year of Consecrated Life O God, throughout the ages you have called women and men to pursue lives of perfect

charity through the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity, and obedience. During this

Year of Consecrated Life, we give you thanks for these courageous witnesses of Faith

and models of inspiration. Their pursuit of holy lives teaches us to make a more perfect

offering of ourselves to you. Continue to enrich your Church by calling forth sons and

daughters who, having found the pearl of great price, treasure the Kingdom of Heaven

above all things. Through Christ our Lord Amen

The Woman at the Well a musical; at Wishaw United Free Church Sat 22nd Aug at 7:30 Admission free. All welcome.

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SUNDAY MASSES: Vigil: 5:30 pm (Sat), 10 am, 12 noon 6pm WEEKDAY: Mon-Fri 9:30am; Sat 10am Thurs Exposition till 4pm

CONFESSIONS: Saturday 9:30am and after the Vigil Mass Church open till 1pm Mon; Fri; till 4pm Tues, Wed, Thurs

Parish Priest Fr. Gerard Maguiness Pastor Emeritus: Mgr Michael Conway Website: www.saintignatiuswishaw.org.uk

Lord, teach me to be generous. Teach me to serve you as you

deserve; to give and not to count the cost,

to fight and not to heed the wounds,

to toil and not to seek for rest, to labor and not to ask for reward,

save that of knowing that I do your will.

Please turn off mobile phones and remove chewing gum

Donations for flowers most welcome. Box at Our Lady’s Altar

Last Week’s Collection £1544 2nd Collection £708

No winner New Lotto Total £3117 Many thanks for your generosity

SVDP Tel: 07582075890/07976179277 for help. Furniture Collection 07773731123 Or 07749467335

A wee reminder to bow your head just before receiving Holy Communion

Wishaw Hospital Chaplain Fr Michael Brown; for emergency/visit please ask

nurse to contact chaplain or call 264448

Year of Consecrated Life 2014-15

Facebook for parish now at

St. Ignatius’ RC Church 914 likes Have a look and comment!

Feasts this Week Mon 10th St Lawrence Tues 11th St Clare Wed 12th St Jane Frances de Chantal Fri 14th 8th St Maximilian Kolbe Sat 15th The Asumption of Mary

Fundraising to help build a church in Ave Maria Parish Cameroon Over

£7000 raised so far. What can you do to help?

Box for Retired Priests and Training of New Priests–please

return before the end of August

Parish Day at Carfin Tues 1st Sept We will have breakfast on our way to the Grotto. If you would like to come please put name on list at back of the Church

Laughter in Heaven and on Earth Book of Bulletin Jokes on sale this week-end to raise funds for Cameroon. Thanks to John Brennan and to all sponsors

Give as You Live please do your online shopping through the link below and we will benefit from every purchase for our Cameroon Fund www.everyclick.com/saint-ignatius/sc011041

150 Years of St Ignatius Church Holy Mass in Cambusnethan Cemetery on Sat 15th Aug at 12noon, Feast of the Assumption, at the tomb of Dean Van Hecke. All welcome to remember the faithful departed of our parish.

Holidays If you are going away this week we wish you a safe journey and happy

holiday. If you are visiting the parish, we are very pleased to welcome you

Trip to Italy-Fish Supper Get together on Fri 21st at 7pm in the Loyola Centre

Opera Evening Thurs 13th August. Bus will leave at 2pm return at 10ish

Congratulations to Archie Robert Bredin baptised this weekend and to his family

Holy Ghost Raffle Tickets on sale in stall £1 each £5 per book. Please support

Schools Back– Tues 18th Aug P2-p7 at 8:55am P1 at 10am to 12noon (3pm after the Ist Day)

Sr Terese Frances wishes to thank all for their kindness and welcome for her Silver Jubilee. You will always be in her prayers

Burger & Boogie Night Sat 29th Aug For families, bouncy castle, music, bal-loon twisting, raffle. Tickets on sale now Adults £6.50 incl meal/glass of wine Kids £3.50 choice of burger/chicken burg or hotdog with chips 7-11:30pm

RCIA enquiry evening Mon 24th Aug at 7:30pm in the Parish House

Carfin Sat 15th Mass at 1pm with Anoint-ing of Sick Sun 16th Grandparents Day 3pm

GIFT AID– please use white envelope in porch for 2nd collection.

Loyola Centre: booking and enquiries tel: 07939606107 10am-2pm Mon-Fri, Bin-go Sunday 7:15pm; Tea Room Mon– Fri after Mass

Do Not Sadden The Spirit: Today's second reading is possibly the most tr agic pas-sage in the bible. Some people have the idea that the Holy Spirit is nothing but an imper-sonal force, without feelings. This is a terrible misconception. The Spirit is equal to the Father and the Son, who both show powerful emotion. Moreover the Spirit is intimately involved in our personal lives. This is not the characteristic of a detached "energy", but of a person. In view of this passionate interest, it is a tragedy that the Holy Spirit can be sad. Love means making another person happy, even at the cost of our own happiness. What could you do to make the Holy Spirit happy?

The biblical icon of the Good Shepherd summarizes the mission that Jesus received from the Father: that of giving his life for the sheep. This attitude is also a model for the Church, which embraces her children as a mother who gives her life for them. “The Church is called to be the house of the Father, with doors always wide open”.... No closed doors! No closed doors! “Everyone can share in some way in the life of the Church; everyone can be part of the community”.... The Church “is the house of the Father, where there is a place for everyone, with all their problems” In the same way all Christians are called to imitate the Good Shepherd. Especially Christian families can cooperate with Him by taking care of wounded families, accompanying them in the life of faith of the community. Each one must do his part in taking on the attitude of the Good Shepherd, who knows each one of his sheep and excludes no one from his infinitive love! Pope Francis 5th August 2015

CAMEROON FUND As part of the planned parish concert, the first practice of the Verse Speaking Choir will be in the church at 7pm on Wednesday, 12th Au-gust. New members most welcome including Ps 6 and 7.

A ship’s captain radios a lighthouse keeper, ‘Radio reception is very bad. Please spell out your weather report.’ The keeper replies, ‘W-E-T-H-O-R R-E-P-O-R-T.’ The cap-tain says, ‘My God, that’s the worst spell of weather I’ve had in a long time.’ Little Johnny walks into his classroom wearing a single glove. His teacher asks him what he’s doing. ‘Well ma’am,’ says Johnny. ‘I was watching the weather programme on TV and it said it was going to be sunny, but on the other hand it could get quite cold.’ Tom arrives at a hotel in a Scottish village on a cold, grey, drizzly day. The weather remains the same for two weeks. Exasperated, Tom stops a little boy in the street. ‘Does the weather here ever change?’ he asks. ‘I don’t know,’ replies the boy. ‘I’m only six.’

Elijah's Meal: Around 850 year s before Jesus, Isr ael was ruled by a weak king, Ahab. He had married a pagan, named Jezebel. He converted to her religion, which was essentially a sex cult. Elijah, a prophet, challenged this and became an enemy of the queen. She threatened to have him killed on sight. Elijah was broken. He began to flee to Mount Sinai to ask God for help. Along the way, he gave up and prayed for death. God sent a messenger with bread and water. This gave him the courage to continue the long journey. The bread seems to foreshadow the Eucharist its power to keep us faithful to our personal journey to God.