BULLETIN 22 JANUARY 2006

THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 2

CHURCH SERVICES

Saturday 21 January	Confession on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm
Sunday 22 January	Sunday Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon
Monday 23 January	Requium Mass at 10.00 am for George Agostini
Tuesday 24 January	Mass at 10.00 am for Charles and Patrick Retzbach
Wednesday 25 January	Mass at 10.00 am for Cathie McMahon
Thursday 26 January	Mass at 7.00 pm for Patrick Braniff
Friday 27 January	Mass at 10.00 am for Jenny Murphy
Saturday 28 January	Mass at 10.00 am for Anne-Marie Jenkins

PARISH CENTRE EVENTS

Sunday 22 January	10.00 am 11.00 am	Sacramental Preparation Tea and Coffee after Mass
Monday 23 January	8.00 to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.00 to 5.00 pm 9.30 to 11.30 12.30 to 2.30 pm 1.30 to 3.00 pm 5.30 to 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm	Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds Nursery Key Housing Training Parents and Toddlers Kindergarten Cardiac Rehabilitation Rainbows Brownies Saint Vincent de Paul Society Weight Watchers
Tuesday 24 January	8.00 to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.00 to 5.00 pm 12.30 to 2.30 pm 1.30 pm 7.30 pm	Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds Nursery Key Housing Training Kindergarten Country Dancing Keep Fit
Wednesday 25 January	8.00 to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.00 to 5.00 pm 12.30 to 2.30 pm 5.00 to 6.00 pm 6.00 to 7.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.30 pm	Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds Nursery Key Housing Training Kindergarten Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds Burakudo Karate Club Special Religious Development (SPRED)   Finance and Fabric Committee
Thursday 26 January	8.00 to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.00 to 5.00 pm 12.30 to 2.30 pm 1.00 to 3 00 pm 1.30 to 3.30 pm 6.00 to 7.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm	Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds Nursery Key Housing Training Kindergarten Thursday Club Cardiac Rehabilitation Rainbows Brownies Girl Guides
Friday 27 January	8.00 to 5.30 am 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.00 to 5.00 pm 12.30 to 2.30 pm	Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds Nursery Key Housing Training Kindergarten
Saturday 28 January	7.20 pm	Burns Supper

PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Kathleen Tritschler, George Agostini and Janey Henderson who died recently;
   Annie Monan 1998, James McCormack 1999, Catherine Welsh 2005,
   Michael Lynn 2005, Bernard Burns 1963, Annie Carson 1995,
   John McKay senior 1957, Patricia Murphy 1988 and Ian Falsey 2004
   whose anniversaries occur at this time;
   and those who are sick.

SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £699.35 - 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 £342.60 - 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.

PIOUS OBJECT STALL
In 2005, £1800 including £60 from the Christmas raffle, was given to parish from the Pious Object Stall. There is a wide selection of cards and gifts for various occasions available from the stall.

NORTH AYRSHIRE SCHOOLS SENIOR CHOIR
The North Ayrshire Schools Senior Choir is performing the Magnificat by John Rutter in the Church on Sunday 29 January at 7.30 pm. This promises to be a wonderful evening with the glorious sounds of the Choir together with an orchestra and professional soloist. Tickets are available from Cultural Services Box Office on 01294 274059. The cost is £5 and £4 concession. Father Matt is delighted that Saint Peter's has been chosen to host this concert.

PARENTS AND TODDLERS
There will be no Parents and Toddlers group on Monday 23 and Friday 27 January.

BURNS SUPPER
The Burns Supper will be held in the Parish Centre on Saturday 28 January. Tickets costing £10 each are available from Kate and Gerry. Patrons are asked to be seated by 7 20 for a prompt start at 7 30 pm.The speakers and musicians are Father Willie Boyd, Jim Butler, Bill Holden, Alex Johnston, George McGrattan, Father Matt McManus, Brenda Miller, David Miller, Margaret Swiercz, Aimee Taylor and Monica Taylor. Further details of this and previous Burns Suppers are on Saint Peter's website.

COACH TRIP TO DONEGAL
The will be a coach trip to Donegal from Monday 15 to Friday 19 May, staying at the McNamara Hotel, Moville, Donegal. The cost is £219 with a single room supplement of £12 per night. Bed, breakfast, evening meal and three tours are included in the price. There are six places available. For more information phone Moira or Alice.

MASS FOR WORLD DAY OF THE SICK
A Mass for World Day of the Sick with the Sacrament of Anointing will be held in Saint Andrew's Church, Dumfries on Sunday 12 February at 3.00 pm. It will be followed immediately by Galloway Lourdes Hospitalité Annual General Meeting. Tea and coffee will be served. All are welcome.

YOUTH EVENINGS
Youth evenings are held in Saint Mary's Church, Saltcoats on the first Sunday of each month beginning with Mass at 6.30pm followed by time together in the hall ending at 9.30pm. Further information is on the notice board.

COUNTRY DANCING
Country Dancing restarts on Tuesday 24 January in the Parish Centre at 1.30pm. Old and new members are very welcome.

FINANCE AND FABRIC COMMITTEE
The will be a meeting of the Finance and Fabric Committee in the Parish Centre on Wednesday 25 January at 7.30 pm.

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

What you are is God's gift to you. What you become is your gift to God.

A teacher asked her class why Joseph and Mary took Jesus with them to Jerusalem.
A small child replied "They couldn't get a baby sitter.".

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 Jonah 3:1-5.10
The word of the Lord was addressed to Jonah: Up! he said Go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach to them as I told you to. Jonah set out and went to Nineveh in obedience to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was a city great beyond compare: it took three days to cross it. Jonah went on into the city, making a days journey. He preached in these words, Only forty days more and Nineveh is going to be destroyed. And the people of Nineveh believed in God; they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least. God saw their efforts to renounce their evil behaviour. And God relented: he did not inflict on them the disaster which he had threatened.

Second Reading 1 Corinthians 7:29-31
Brothers, our time is growing short. Those who have wives should live as though they had none, and those who mourn should live as though they had nothing to mourn for; those who are enjoying life should live as though there were nothing to laugh about; those whose life is buying things should live as though they had nothing of their own; and those who have to deal with the world should not become engrossed in it. I say this because the world as we know it is passing away.

Gospel Mark 1:14-20
After John had been arrested, Jesus went into Galilee. There he proclaimed the Good News from God. "The time has come" he said "and the kingdom of God is close at hand. Repent, and believe the Good News." As he was walking along by the Sea of Galilee he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net in the lake - for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, "Follow me and I will make you into fishers of men." And at once they left their nets and followed him. Going on a little further, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John; they too were in their boat, mending their nets. He called them at once and, leaving their father Zebedee in the boat with the men he employed, they went after him.