Sunday January 6th. 2008
Anniversaries
We remember in our prayers this weekend those whose anniversaries are at this time:
Mary
Campbell, sister of Donald Campbell, for whom the vigil mass was said on Saturday
evening.
Annie Kennedy, mother of Donnie Kennedy, for whom mass will be said on Wednesday evening, her 11th anniversary.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.
Burns Supper meeting this evening
There will be a committee meeting in the Chapel House this Sunday evening at 7 p.m. to discuss the Burns Supper, which will be on Saturday 26th. January. Anyone willing to help is invited to come along to the meeting where they will be warmly welcomed.
Tickets for the Burns Supper will be on sale this week from Committee members, Chapel House, Roy Bridge Stores and Spar, Spean Bridge.
Please get your tickets as soon as possible to avoid
disappointment
Roy Bridge School—Provost Allan Henderson’s New Year’s Message
It was encouraging to read in Provost Henderson’s message for 2008 for Lochaber,
that among his hopes for the future of our area is the retention of Roy Bridge primary
school. He has promised that the Lochaber independent councillors will do all they
can to save the school.
The figures provided by the education committee to accelerate
the closure of Roy Bridge school were found to be quite inaccurate, and these are
now being investigated by a third party, possibly the Scottish Government. We look
forward to the outcome, as the results may prove that a replacement building is financially
more attractive than building an extension to Spean Bridge school and transporting
the children daily from the village. The Bulletin will help to keep you up to date
with whatever progress is made.
Thank you
Anne Wardlaw and Merac MacDonald would like to
thank everyone for their kindness, their sympathy and the mass cards they received at the sudden death of their brother John, and also the large number who attended the Requiem mass for John on Christmas eve
A death is distressing at any time, but particularly at Christmas when everyone is enjoying the festive season.
Merac arrived from Manchester by train on the Saturday morning, the day when the whole area was a sheet of ice. She stepped off the train on to the platform at Spean bridge, slipped on the ice and broke her ankle. As a result, she was unable to be present at John’s funeral. >>>>>
Schools
re-
All the excitement of Christmas holidays is over, and it is back to school for the staff and children on Monday.
I am sure they all had a wonderful time, and enjoyed themselves immensely. So far, no real snow fall!
PrintSmith on holiday
You will have noticed the difference in the printing quality of last week and this week’s Bulletins. which have been produced on our own photocopier.
We will be back to usual next weekend, as the printing works re-
The parish has now been using PrintSmith for a year to have our Bulletins printed, and the quality of pictures and prints are excellent.
It is all so easy. Once I have set up the four pages of the Bulletin on my computer,
I send them by e-
Last week, the parish photocopier broke down, but as I still have the old one as a standby, it came in very handy and managed to produce all the Bulletins.
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Collection for Justice and Peace
There is a second collection this Sunday to aid the Justice and Peace Commission in Scotland which represents the Church in its efforts to establish justice and peace in the world.
Cardinal O’Brien has played an important role, along with other church dignitaries, in striving to persuade the Government to reconsider the use of nuclear weapons.
There is a letter from Bishop Moran, President of the Justice and Peace Commission, on the last page. of this week’s Bulletin