YOUTH NIGHT: The Barn, Thornhill
A pizza and games night was enjoyed by the young parishioners above at the Barn in Thornhill, the home of parishioner John Smart who made us all very welcome. As you can see great fun was had by all. We look forward to repeating the evening soon.
A few Wii enthusiasts play a tough game with each other.
Oh, nooooooooo...........
On Wednesday 1st December our newly commissioned pulpit was installed in the Church. It has been designed and built by Galloway Granite in Sorbie near Newton Stewart. They sourced a very good match of Creetown Granite (see pic above) so that the new pulpit would match the existing altar not only in style but also in the material used.
The new pulpit has been commissioned by the parish community in
ST NINIAN'S CAVE-AUGUST 2010 Can you spot the St Teresa pilgrims in the crowds? ALTAR SERVERS OUTING-AUGUST 2010
memory of our late Parish Priest, Canon John Walls who sadly passed away on 28th February this year. He was a great teacher and preacher and we could not think of a more fitting way to keep his memory. Although the new pulpit was used immediately,
Mr Terry Harkness and Fr Jim proclaiming God's word from it for the first time at morning Mass on Thursday 2nd December, it will be officially blessed on the occasion of the Canon's first anniversary on Monday 28th February 2011 at 7pm Mass.
The happy group get ready to bowl......
Spoilt for choice.....
Thank goodness we ordered the small one .....!
The happy winners!
On Tueday 17th August the parish servers made their way to Carlisle with, Willie, Theresa, Gwen and Fr Jim to enjoy an evening of Bowling and Pizza as a thank you for their hard work and dedication all year round. We had such great fun as the photographs show-especially from the victors! All that hard work left us feeling a little peckish but the small pizzas on offer did the trick!
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DIACONATE STUDY WEEK - AUGUST 2010
Parishioner Willie Hiddleston (second from left in photo above taken with the other participants with Cardinal O'Brien) recently took part in a week of prayer, study and exams as part of his continuing formation to be Ordained a permanent deacon in the diocese. The course took place in St Mary’s Retreat Centre in Kinnoull, Perth.
The next stage in his journey is in the autumn when Willie will be received by the Bishop as an official candidate for Ordination as a Permanent Deacon, this is called “Candidature”. This means that notwithstanding death, illness or any other serious reason, Willie will be ordained as a deacon sometime in 2011. Please keep him in your prayers as he embarks on this final year of preparation.
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GOOD LUCK TO OUR PRIMARY 7 LEAVERS
We send our very warm greetings to the 11 graduates from St Teresa’s Primary School and wish them every blessing in their secondary school careers. You can see here the happy seniors in their last photo in St Teresa’s.
We also congratulate young Matthew Murray from the group who is the first pupil in the school to receive the newly commissioned Canon John Walls Memorial Cup. This will be an annual award instituted by the Parent Council in memory of our late parish priest and it will be awarded to the pupil who has shown outstanding example and support to the school community.
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SONGS OF PRAISE
Sunday 6th June was a happy day for the children and staff of our parish primary school as they led the parish in a "Songs of Praise". in the church. The picture above shows Miss Blount, the headteacher, class teachers and assistants with Fr Jim and the children who chose, introduced, sang and performed the actions of their favourite hymns from their weekly school hymn practice. The afternoon was supported very well by the mums, dads, grannies, grandpa's and parishioners who thoroughly enjoyed the enthusiasm shown by the children. Well done boys and girls for a great afternoon! A sincere thank you to Mrs Blount our organist and of course to all the staff in the school for their great support too. Afterwards, thanks to the Ladies Guild and friends (thanks guys!), we all enjoyed a BBQ, icecream, drinks and sweets. We had a great afternoon and we didn't let the rain ruin our day!
........ Jesus is the vine, and we are the branches....
...... so Fr Jim didn't get all the ice-cream after all...........!!
......... our two chefs are in there somewhere.....!!
YOUTH EVENING 30TH MAY 2010
Summing-up all the good ideas
Tucking into our supper from McDonalds!
......some of our older youth working with the younger youth.......
....... Discussing and planning for the future.......
EASTER 2010
Easter Vigil 2010 - Fr Philip Kitchen and parishioners at the Easter Vigil. Fr Kitchen had been assisting at St Teresa's since the end of February. This was his last week-end with us before taking up his new appointment as parish priest in Maybole and Mossblown having served in St Joseph's, Kilmarnock as an assistant priest.
MINISTRY OF LECTOR
6th December 2009- Willie Hiddleston, half-way through his 4 year course of preparation to be ordained a deacon for the diocese, having the Ministry of Lector (Reader) conferred on him by Bishop Cunningham in his chapel in Ayr.
CONGRATULATIONS
18th September 2009 - Paula Cochrane, Parish Pastoral Council Chairperson, presents Irene Murray, St Andrew's Primary School head teacher, with a parchment inscribed by parishioner Pat Meleady as a gift from the parish to celebrate the opening of the new school.
