BULLETIN               12 DECEMBER 1999                    

THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT IN YEAR 1


SUNDAY MASSES
The Saturday Vigil Mass is at 5.30 pm. Sunday Masses are at 10.00 am, 12.00 noon and 6.30 pm.

WEEKDAY MASSES
Masses during the week are at 9.30 am in the Oratory and 7.00 pm in the Church on Monday, Friday and Saturday. Thank you for your presence at the Mass which you have requested.
 
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday   
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
John Tracy  
Mrs R McDonald
Ray McMillan
Grace Boyle 
Catherine McGranaghan  
James Smith

Novena

Sam Ferguson 
James Mackintosh   
Larry Kernahan
Parish

THIS WEEK'S FEASTS
 
Monday
Tuesday  
Saint Lucy
Saint John of the Cross


PARISH CENTRE EVENTS

Sunday 12 December
10.00 am
11.00 am
Children's Liturgy
Tea and Coffee after Mass
Monday 13 December
9.00 to 12.00 pm
9.30 to 11.30 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm
7.00 pm
7.30 pm
Pre 5 Children
Mothers and Toddlers
Pre 5 Children
The Birth of Jesus - Father Tom Magill  
Badminton
Tuesday 14 December
9.00 to 12.00 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm
1.30 to 3.30 pm
2.45 to 5.45 pm
7.30 pm
7.45 pm
7.45 pm
Pre 5 Children
Pre 5 Children
Country Dancing
After Care
Aerobics
Saint Anne's Guild
Pastoral Council
Wednesday 15 December
9.00 to 12.00 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm
2.45 to 5.45 pm
7.45 pm
Pre 5 Children
Pre 5 Children
After Care
Parish Management
Thursday 16 December
9.00 to 12.00 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm
3.15 to 5.45 pm

Pre 5 Children
Pre 5 Children
After Care

Friday 17 December
9.00 to 12.00 am
9.30 to 11.30 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm
2.45 to 5.45 pm
7.45 pm
7.30 pm
Pre 5 Children
Mothers and Toddlers
Pre 5 Children
After Care
Saint Vincent de Paul Society
Private Party

The Parish Centre caretaker is Joe Higgins. Bookings should be arranged with Tom McGreevy.

CHRISTMAS TIMETABLE
You will be offered a Christmas Timetable as you leave the Church.

ADVENT TALK
Father Tom Magill will visit Saint Peter's on Monday and continue to speak on the Birth of Jesus in the Parish Centre at 7.00 pm. We hope that you will be able to come.

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
There will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on Thursday from 10.15 am to 6.45 pm.

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY ADVENT COLLECTION
The Saint Vincent de Paul Society once again asks for support in providing non-perishable foodstuffs and toys during Advent. The will be a box in the church porch each weekend.

ARDROSSAN CHURCHES CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE
The Christmas Carol Service normally held in the Civic Centre will be held in the Evangelical Union Church on Sunday 12 December at 7.45 pm.

MILLENIUM CANDLES
Millenium candles are on sale from the stall for £3, £1 of which will go to charity. There are nineteen days to the millenium.

PIOUS OBJECT STALL
A wide selection of Christmas cards is available at the stall.

SAINT ANNE'S GUILD
The bus for the Saint Anne's Guild pantomime on Wednesday will leave Chapelhill Mount at 4.00 pm.

SAINT ANDREW'S ACADEMY
Saint Andrew's Academy's Christmas Concert 'Crusing into Christmas' will take place on Monday 20 December in the Assembly Hall at 7.30 pm. Tickets, priced £2 and £1 are available from the school office.

SPECIAL RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT (SPRED)
SPRED enables people with a learning disability to grow in faith in an effective way. If you would like to help or know more about it, please let me know.

SAINT MICHAEL'S REUNION OF PUPILS 1961 TO 1967
There will be a reunion of pupils who attended Saint Michael's College, Irvine and Saint Michael's Academy, Irvine between 1961 and 1967 in the Seamill Hydro on Saturday 26 February 2000. Further details are on the noticeboard in the church porch

HPCT - THE PILGRIMAGE TRUST
The annual Race Night in memory of Larry Kernahan will take place in the Parish Centre on Saturday 12 February at 7.45 pm. Tickets, costing £2.50 are available from Esther. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.

SAINT PATRICK'S CELEBRATION
The Saint Roch's Ceilidh Band will play at the Saint Patrick's Night in the Parish Centre on Saturday 4 March at 7.45 pm. Tickets, costing £5.00, will be on sale at the stall from Saturday 29 January. To reserve tickets, phone Kate or Donna.

OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES
"I don't want an new baby." This was the oldest son, Brian's response when told his father and mother were expecting a third child. They had survived the first round of sibling rivalry when his brother, Damian, was born. But now three-year-old Brian had made his stand about this new baby and neither logic, reason nor persuasion could budge him. Puzzled, his mother asked him "Why don't you want a new baby?". With wide and teary eyes, he looked straight at her and said "Because I want to keep Damiam!".

 

  Miracles are instantaneous. They cannot be summoned but they come of themselves,  
usually at unlikely moments and to those who least expect them.  

  Everyone is attractive when they smile.