BULLETIN                                                         26 JUNE 2005                    

THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 1

CHURCH SERVICES

Saturday 25 June
 Confession on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm
Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Andy Duncan
Sunday 26 June
 Sunday Mass at 10.00 am
Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon
Monday 27 June
 Mass at 10.00 am for James and Bernard Little
Tuesday 28 June
 no morning mass
Vigil Mass at 7.00 pm for John, Danny and Robert Byers
Wednesday 29 June
 Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
Mass at 10.00 am attended by Saint Peter's School
Mass at 7.00 pm for Anne and Mary McCabe
Thursday 30 June
 Mass at 7.00 pm for Joseph McCormick
Friday 1 July
 Mass at 10.00 am for Harry Quinn
Saturday 2 July
 Mass at 12.00 noon for Father Michael Lynch - first anniversary

 

PARISH CENTRE EVENTS

Sunday 26 June
10.00 am
11.00 am		 Children's Liturgy
Tea and Coffee after Mass
Monday 27 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 28 June
9.00 to 11.30 am
11.45 to 2.15 pm
2.00 to 4.00 pm
2.30 to 4.00 pm
7.30 pm		 Pre 5 Children
Pre 5 Children
Ignatian Prayer Group
Kindergarten
Keep Fit
Wednesday 29 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 30 June
9.00 to 11.30 am
11.45 to 2.15 pm
2.30 to 4.00 pm
 Pre 5 Children
Pre 5 Children
Kindergarten
Friday 1 July
9.00 to 11.30 am
11.45 to 2.15 pm
7.00 pm		 Pre 5 Children
Pre 5 Children
Wedding Reception
Saturday 2 July
1.00 pm Tea and Coffee after mass

HOLIDAY OF OBLIGATON
The feast of Saints Peter and Paul is a Holiday of Obligation on Wednesday 29 June.

PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
   Mary Mindham, Kathleen Croser, Margaret Boyd, Thomas Dorby,
   Cynthia McDonald and Carol Stewart who died recently;
   Mary Nolan O'Hare 1995, Anne Convery 1997, Margaret McCann 2000,
   Elizabeth Paterson, Joseph Sammons 1954, James Little 1979, Anne McCabe 2002,
   John, Peter, Francis, Jim and Paul Breslin, William Magee 1997, Patrick Burns 2000,
   Hugh Brodie 1964, Mary Tonner 1936, James Brennan 1963 and Father Michael Lynch 2004
   whose anniversaries occur at this time;
   Hannah Louise Bruce who was baptised recently
   and those who are sick.

SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £605.50 - 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 £283.63 - 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 this weekend for Peter's Pence.

SAINT PETER'S CHILDREN'S CENTRE:
Staff, parents and children thank Clare Harkin, nursery nurse, for raising £300 in a sponsored climb of Goat Fell - well done, Clare. Watch this space for the next sponsored event.

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.

FATHER LYNCH CITIZENSHIP AWARD
Saint Peter's School Board members have donated a Friendship Quaich to the school as a memorial to Father Lynch. The Quaich will be engraved each year with the name of the pupil who will receive the award. The quaich will be on display in the church over the next to weekends.

CARFIN LOURDES GROTTO
Information on the Carfin Lourdes Grotto, Scotland's National Shrine to Our Lady, is on a poster on notice board.

LEGALISED EUTHANASIA
Scotland is facing the threat of legalised euthanasia through a Member's Bill at the Scottish Parliament. Please write to Allan Wilson MSP and the regional MSPs asking them to oppose the proposal by Jeremy Purvis MSP to introduce his Physician Assisted Suicide Bill. The address to write to is The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP. A list of the Regional MSPs is posted at the back of the church.

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
Schools close for the summer holiday on on Wednesday 29 Jue and open again on Wednesday 17 August.

RAFFLE PRIZES
There are two unclaimed raffle prizes from the Saint Vincent de Paul Coffee Morning. The winners are M Walker and Rosemary McNulty. The prizes may be collected by contacting the Parish Office.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS
There will be a Mass of Thanksgiving to celebrate Father McManus's forty years as a priest, followed by a buffet in the Parish Centre on 24 September. Dates are to be arranged for a Car Boot Sale, Sportsman's Dinner, Race Night and Coffee Morning.


Troubles are a lot like people - they grow bigger if you nurse them.

Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.



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
One day as Elisha was on his way to Shunem, a woman of rank who lived there pressed him to stay and eat there. After this he always broke his journey for a meal when he passed that way. She said to her husband, Look, I am sure the man who is constantly passing our way must be a holy man of God. Let us build him a small room on the roof, and put him a bed in it, and a table and chair and lamp; whenever he comes to us he can rest there. One day when he came, he retired to the upper room and lay down. What can be done for her then? he asked. Gehazi answered, Well, she has no son and her husband is old. Elisha said, Call her. The servant called her and she stood at the door. This time next year, he said you will hold a son in your arms.

Second Reading
You have been taught that when we were baptised in Christ Jesus we were baptised in his death; in other words, when we were baptised we went into the tomb with him and joined him in death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father's glory, we too might live a new life. But we believe that having died with Christ we shall return to life with him: Christ, as we know, having been raised from the dead will never die again. Death has no power over him any more. When he died, he died, once for all, to sin, so his life now is life with God; and in that way, you too must consider yourselves to be dead to sin but alive for God in Christ Jesus.

Gospel
Jesus instructed the Twelve as follows: 'Anyone who prefers father or mother to me is not worthy of me. Anyone who prefers son or daughter to me is not worthy of me. Anyone who does not take his cross and follow in my footsteps is not worthy of me. Anyone who finds his life will lose it; anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it. 'Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me; and those who welcome me welcome the one who sent me. 'Anyone who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will have a prophet's reward; and anyone who welcomes a holy man because he is a holy man will have a holy man's reward. 'If anyone gives so much as a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple, then I tell you solemnly, he will most certainly not lose his reward.'