OUR LADY STAR OF THE SEA, NORTH BERWICK

 

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​Parish Priest - Mgr Philip J Canon Kerr​

Tel. 01620 892195

Email - office.ourladynorthberwick@staned.org

Website: www.stellamaris1879.com

 

​TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR - YEAR A - 13th September 2026​​​​​​​​​

 

       

         We gather each Sunday that we may meet the Lord in a life-giving encounter.

         It is only as he lives on us and we in him that we shall be able to live in harmony

         with one another.

 

          Saturday: Vigil Mass 6pm (Private Intention)

          (4.30 pm Dunbar)​​​

          Sunday: Mass 9am (People of the Parish)

          (11 am Dunbar)​

          

Monday 14th September - Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Mass at 10 am

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Tuesday 15th September -   Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows

Mass at 10 am in Dunbar

 

Wednesday 16th September. - Feast of St Ninian - Mass at 10 am

 

Thursday 17th September - Mass at 10 am in Dunbar

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Friday 18th September - Memorial of Ss Cornelius and Cyprien 

Mass at 10 am

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Saturday - No Mass.  Confessions from 10 am until 10.30 am

 

          Anyone interested in becoming a Catholic?  We often formally receive adults

          and older children into the Church at Easter, so the next few months can be a

          good time to begin the formal process of preparation.  If interested, please

          speak to Fr Philip.​

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          TODAY, SUNDAY Open Parish Meeting which will be held in the hall from 2.30 to 4 p.m.  

          Fr Philip would like to hear from you your hopes and aspirations for the

          parish and how we might begin to prepare well for the 150th anniversary of the

          parish in 2029 and to live as a Christian community in the years ahead.

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          Are there any children whom parents want to present for First                                                                   Confession/Communion/Confirmation in 2027?  If so, please speak to

          Fr Philip by Sunday 4 October.

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          Proposed change to Sunday Masses. Fr Phiip proposes the following schedule:-

          Vigil Mass in Dunbar at 6 pm.

          Sunday M orning - 9.30 am in North Bewrick and 11.30 am in Dunbar

          (NB. Between2006 and 2015 there was only one mass in North Berwick and 

          two in Dunbar

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         Venerable Margaret Sinclair Pilgrimage  This takes place next Sunday at St Patrick’s,                       Cowgate, Edinburgh, beginning with a Holy Hour at 1.30 p.m. and ending with

         Mass at 4.30 p.m.

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         Parish Census  If you regularly attend Mass here and have not so far filled

         this out, please do so  today

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         Last Sunday's collection was £475

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LITURGY OF THE WORD - 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A  13th September 2026

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First Reading                                       Sirach  27 :30 -  28,  7.

Responsorial Psalm                          Ps 103: 1 - 4,  9 - 12.

Second. Reading                               Romans 14 :  7 - 9.

Acclamation                                       Jn  13 : 34.

Gospel                                                   Matthew 18 : 21  - 35. 

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