Notices

                               Church Rota for weekend April 10th. - April 11th

Euch. Mins:  Deirdre MacDonald, Ann MAcKintosdh, Richard

Cleaning: Liz MacDonald

Sunday April 4th. 2010

Dominic Sargent is one of  our readers on the Rota for Sunday

mass, but for some considerable time his name has not appeared

on the weekly rota list in the Bulletin—all for a good reason.

Dominic is very community minded and is involved in several

organisations—First Responders, Fire Brigade and Special

Constable—and this means his emergency call-out phone, which

he carries with him always, can go off at any moment.

His nightmare would be reading at mass and his phone started

Actually, he had two call-outs on the evening of the holy hour

when the bishop and clergy concelebrated the deanery mass, but

as he was with the choir, the ringing tone was not heard in the

However, I have persuaded Dominic that the chances of his

phone going off while he is reading are minimal—and should it

do, it will be quite spectacular! So he has agreed this Easter

As well as his commitment to the community, Dominic

faithfully tidies the altar after mass each mass on Sundays and

on Wednesday evenings, and always makes himself available to

help me during the Holy Week Services, which I greatly

appreciate. However, this year he will be on holiday, and I was

quite unsure whom to ask, when I thought of my own nephew,

Thomas, who is studying for the permanent deaconate to serve

as a deacon in the diocese. He has very kindly agreed to come

and fill in for Dominic during the three days of Holy Week, and

Fortunately, his trade as a butcher does not require him to carry

a mobile phone for urgent calls!