BULLETIN
19
JUNE 2005
TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 1
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
18 June | Confession
on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm |
Sunday
19 June | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
Monday
20 June | Mass at 10.00 am for Denis Long |
Tuesday
21 June | Eucharistic Service at 10.00 am |
Wednesday
22 June | Mass at 10.00 am for a special intention |
Thursday
23 June | Mass at 7.00 pm for Primary 7 pupils and their families |
Friday
24 June | Mass at 9.00 am for Harry Quinn |
Saturday
25 June | Mass at 10.00 am for Patricia, Greta and Felix Murphy |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
19 June | 10.00
am 11.00 am | Children's
Liturgy Tea and Coffee after Mass |
Monday
20 June |
9.00 to 11.30 am 11.45 to 2.15 pm 7.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Pre 5 Children Pre 5 Children Saint Vincent de Paul Society Weight Watchers |
Tuesday
21 June | 9.00
to 11.30 am 11.45 to 2.15 pm 2.30 to 4.00 pm 7.30 pm |
Pre 5 Children Pre 5 Children Kindergarten Keep Fit |
Wednesday
22 June | 9.00
to 11.30 am 11.45 to 2.15 pm 2.30 to 4.00 pm 5.00 to 6.00 pm 6.30 to 8.30 pm | Pre
5 Children Pre 5 Children Kindergarten Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds The Best of Health |
Thursday
23 June | 9.00
to 11.30 am 11.45 to 2.15 pm 2.30 to 4.00 pm 7.45 pm |
Pre 5 Children Pre 5 Children Kindergarten Music Ministry |
Friday
24 June | 9.00
to 11.30 am 11.45 to 2.15 pm |
Pre 5 Children Pre 5 Children |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Father Peter Arnold, formerly
of Kilmarnock who died recently;
John Molloy 2002, Billy
Harvey 2004, Mary Bridget Magee 1998, Susan Watson 2002,
Mary
Leishman 1997, Shiela Kearney, Mamie Scotland, Ben Walsh 1985, John Flood 2003,
Greta Murphy 1973, Rose McKenzie and Helen Taylor
whose anniversaries occur at this time;
Lewis
David Strain who was baptised recently;
Fiona McNulty who
has been received into the church
and those who are sick.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £664.15 - many thanks.
Banker's
Orders amount to an average of £4000 per month. Each month £4000 is
repaid to the Diocese for the building loan and levy.
PARISH
CENTRE COLLECTION
Last
weekend's collection for the Parish Centre amounted to £288.89
- many thanks.
BANKER'S
ORDERS
Paying your collection by monthly or quarterly banker's order makes
money handling much safer. Banker's Order forms are available in the porch.
PETER'S
PENCE
There will be a collection at all Masses next weekend for Peter's Pence.
SAINT
VINCENT DE PAUL COFFEE MORNING
The members of the Saint Peter's Conference
of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul thank everyone who contributed to the
success of the recent Coffee Morning. The grand total of £1050 was raised
and will be sent to the Society's Tsunami Relief Fund.
FATHER
MICHAEL LYNCH ANNIVERSARY
The first anniversary Mass of Father
Lynch's death will be celebrated on Saturday 2 July at 12 noon. Bishop Cunningham
and the priests of the diocese have been invited. Tea and coffee will be served
in the Parish Centre after Mass.
REBUILDING
THE PRESBYTERY
The delay in rebuilding the presbytery is due to Historic Scotland
raising objections to the presbytery's proximity to our Grade A Listed church.
It is looking for unrestricted views of the church along South Crescent. For the
architect and our property manager this is an almost impossible task. The Planning
Department is unable to grant Planning Permission until the matter is resolved.
Hopefully, the many meetings now taking place should resolve the matter very soon
and building can begin before the winter.
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BARRIE TERRACE
The Clerical Friendly Society, a fund established to assist
priests through times of sickness and hardship, is buying 104 Barrie Terrace,
Ardrossan as part of its investment portfolio and will rent it to our Insurance
Company until the presbytery can be rebuilt. The income of the Friendly Society
is safeguarded and there is a house which can be let to a retired priest later
on. The Society owns the house Father Mancini has in Dumfries and owned the house
Father Kerr had in Saltcoats. Father
Matt looks forward to moving to Ardrossan early in July when the house in
Barrie Terrace should be ready.
MUSIC
MINISTRY
MEETING
The meeting of the Music Ministry has been rearranged for Thursday
23 June at 7.45 pm in the Parish Centre.
SAINT
ANDREW'S ACADEMY XL CLUB CHARITY AUCTION
Saint Andrew's Academy XL Club is
running a charity auction on Monday 20 June at 7.30 pm in Ardrossan Youth Centre,
next to Stanley School, in aid of the Meningitis Trust (Scotland), the Stillbirth
and Neonatal Death Society (SANDS) and the Oncology Ward at Ayr Hospital.
HOLY
LAND PILGRIMAGE:
A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land has been arranged for March
2006. The eight day pilgrimage, costs £688 for half board with a single
room supplement of £70). Further information can be obtained by telephoning
Bishop Taylor or emailing administration@gallowaydiocese.org.uk.
CARFIN LOURDES
GROTTO
Information on the Carfin Lourdes Grotto, Scotland's National Shrine
to Our Lady, is on a poster on notice board.
Blessed
indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father! |
Any
man can be a father - it takes someone special to be a dad. |
Daddy,
I love you for all that you do. I'll kiss you and hug you 'cause you love me too. You feed me and need me to teach you to play so smile 'cause I love on this Father's Day. |
READINGS
The readings for this weekend's Masses
are shown below in English. They are available in eleven other languages
including French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish by clicking on this
link.
First Reading
I
hear so many disparaging me, terror from every side! Denounce him! Let us denounce
him! All those who used to be my friends watched for my downfall, perhaps he will
be seduced into error. Then we will master him and take our revenge! But the Lord
is at my side, a mighty hero; my opponents will stumble, mastered, confounded
by their failure; everlasting, unforgettable disgrace will be theirs. But you,
Lord of Hosts, you who probe with justice, who scrutinise the loins and heart,
let me see the vengeance you will take on them, for I have committed my cause
to you. Sing to the Lord, praise the Lord, for he has delivered the soul of the
needy from the hands of evil men.
Second
Reading
Sin
entered the world through one man, and through sin death, and thus death has spread
through the whole human race because everyone has sinned. Sin existed in the world
long before the Law was given. There was no law and so no one could be accused
of the sin of 'law-breaking', yet death reigned over all from Adam to Moses, even
though their sin, unlike that of Adam, was not a matter of breaking a law. Adam
prefigured the One to come, but the gift itself considerably outweighed the fall.
If it is certain that through one man's fall so many died, it is even more certain
that divine grace, coming through the one man, Jesus Christ, came to so many as
an abundant free gift.
Gospel
Jesus
instructed the Twelve as follows: 'Do not be afraid. For everything that is now
covered will be uncovered, and everything now hidden will be made clear. What
I say to you in the dark, tell in the daylight; what you hear in whispers, proclaim
from the housetops. 'Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill
the soul; fear him rather who can destroy both body and soul in hell. Can you
not buy two sparrows for a penny? And yet not one falls to the ground without
your Father knowing. Why, every hair on your head has been counted. So there is
no need to be afraid; you are worth more than hundreds of sparrows. 'So if anyone
declares himself for me in the presence of men, I will declare myself for him
in the presence of my Father in heaven. But the one who disowns me in the presence
of men, I will disown in the presence of my Father in heaven.'