St Ninian's & St Clement's, Catholic Churches Together
Saturday 15th June was a very special day for 12 boys and girls from St Ninian’s Primary School who received their First Communion in St Ninian’s Church, Menzieshill. The lovely Mass was celebrated by Fr. Johney and families and staff joined them for their happy holy day. Prayers and best wishes to them all.
Below, is a video of the children singing and signing their special hymn, ‘Come to the Table of Mercy’.
This week, children from our 2 Primary schools, St Ninian’s and St Clement’s were confirmed by Bishop Stephen. Both were beautiful happy services led by the children but also a touch of sadness for parishioners as these were Bishop Stephen’s last duties as our Bishop in our Diocese. We wish him health and happiness to enjoy his retirement.
Since our fund raising appeal was launched for the church and Rosily, (see the last post for suggestions) parishioners have rallied around amazingly! Here’s just a couple of examples of what’s been happening and it’s so fabulous to see the young ones leading the way in ‘building their fiver’!
Niamh made very good use of her day off school last week. She made a batch of Irish bread! It sold out very quickly after Mass today and she’s taken orders for next week! Watch out Clarks’ Bakery- you’ve got serious competition with this budding baker! To see her in action, click here
Meanwhile, outside the church, Chandi, Niza and their families were braving the cold washing parishioners’ cars! They did a brilliant job and the Vigil parishioners will be glad to know that they will be returning next Saturday night with their buckets and sponges.
At the 9.30 Mass today, the children from the Children’s Liturgy group enacted the birth of Jesus in a pageant, narrated by Hannah. It was beautiful and as a parishioner said, “Brilliant today with the kids and the story of Jesus’ birth. Thanks to all. Great job.”
Christmas / Eco / St Clements / St Ninian's Primary School
by mmacphail · Published 14/12/2022 · Last modified 18/12/2022
This past week, children from both our Primary schools , have been preparing for Christmas and I’ve had the honour and pleasure of witnessing their performances to the community. Enjoy the attached videos!
The Garden Gang had a wee trip out today to help the children at St Ninian’s Primary School do a bit of bulb and wildflower planting! They were lovely little people and enthusiastically got mucky as they planted and scattered various bulbs, corms and seeds.
Can’t wait to see the results next spring and summer!
Here we can see Jim (who is wearing the striped top) TRYING to make sure the roots were pointing down and the shoots were pointing up 😆 It’s destined to be a very original display!