BULLETIN
5
MARCH 2006
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT IN YEAR 2
CHURCH SERVICES
| Saturday
4 March | Confession
on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Jessie Brown |
|
Sunday
5 March | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
| Monday
6 March | Mass at 10.00 am for John and Catherine Cahill |
| Tuesday
7 March | Mass at 10.00 am for James McLaren |
| Wednesday
8 March | Mass at 10.00 am for a special intention - MW |
| Thursday
9 March | Mass at 7.00 pm for May Coulter |
|
Friday
10 March | Mass at 10.00 am for Reggie Watkins |
| Saturday
11 March | Mass at 10.00 am for Cosimo and Arturo Farro |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
5 March | 10.00
am 11.00 am 1.30 pm |
Sacramental Preparation Tea and Coffee after Mass Christening Party |
|
Monday
6 March | 8.00
to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 12.30 to 2.30 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 Parents and Toddlers Kindergarten Rainbows Brownies Saint Vincent de Paul Society Weight Watchers |
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Tuesday
7 March |
8.00 to 5.30 pm |
Wrap-around Care for 3 to
5 year olds Nursery Kindergarten Country Dancing Saint Anne's Guild Saint Peter's Parent Teacher Association Keep Fit Ignatian Prayer Group |
|
Wednesday
8 March |
9.00 am |
Site Meeting Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds Nursery Kindergarten Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds Burakudo Karate Club Special Religious Development (SPRED) |
| Thursday
9 March |
8.00 to 5.30 pm |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
| Friday
10 March |
8.00 to 5.30 am |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
| Saturday
11 March | 11.00
am 8.00 pm | Christening
Party Saint Patrick's Social |
PRAYERS
Please remember
in your prayers:
Peter McIntosh, Brian Sudlow, May McPhail,
Elizabeth Burns - America
who died recently;
Francis Flynn 1990, Bishop Joseph McGee, Alice Bell 2005, Luke Gargan 2001,
Father Charles McLaughlin, John Carroll 2004, Isa McLaughlan
2001,
Hugh McGraa 2002, Cosimo Farro 1993, Stephanie Hope
Turner 2001
whose
anniversaries occur at this time;
Lyndsey McLardy and Kevin Thomas who
were married recently;
Ami Jayne Clothier-Paterson and Clare
Jane McLaughlin
who were baptised recently
and
those who are sick.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted
to £708.26 - 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 £385.65
- 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.
ENROLMENT
SUNDAY
Enrolment will be celebrated on Sunday, 5 March, during 10 o'clock
Mass for children who are preparing to celebrate the Sacraments of Confirmation
and First Communion in May. Please pray for them and their families.
NURSERY MANAGER
A vacancy has arisen for a Nursery Manager in Saint Peter's
Children's Centre. The applicant must have the relevant experience. A full job
description can be obtained from the Children's Centre.
RETREAT
There will be a Sacred Heart Retreat Day on Saturday, 8 April from
10.00 am to 4.00 pm. There will also be three Monday evenings Lenten Series meetings
from 7.00 to 9.00 pm on 13, 20 and 27 March. Further details for both events are
on the notice board.
LENT EXTRA
Copies of Lent Extra are available
at the stall. A donation of 50 pence would be appreciated.
LENT
SCOTTISH CATHOLIC INTERNATIONAL AID FUND (SCIAF) BOXES
Lent SCIAF boxes are
available from the stall. Please take one home with you and return it at the end
of Lent.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Stations of the Cross will be said
each Friday in Lent at 9.40 am.
SAINT ANDREW'S ACADEMY MASS
There
will be Mass each Wednesday in Lent in Saint Andrew's Academy at 8.30 am.
50-50
CLUB
Congratulations to the following 50-50 Club prizewinners:
January
- 126 R Cavens £25, 39 A Calvert £25, 210 C Murray £25, 227
K Tracy £25
February - 25 J Walsh £25, 9 C Ferguson
£25, 218 P Breen £25, 182 G Poole £25
SAINT PATRICK'S
PARISH SOCIAL
On Saturday, 11 March at 8.00 pm, there will be a Parish Social
to recognise Saint Patrick's Day. There will be music from Jim on the keyboard,
a quiz, a raffle,
stand-up bingo and pie and peas. Tickets costing £4 each are available from
Kate on 464063 and Donna.
NOT
DURING LENT
An Irish priest, newly arrived in New York, decided to visit the
section known as the Bowery, a haven for homeless alcoholics and addicts. As he
walked along one of the Bowery's streets one dark night he suddenly felt a gun
in his back. A raspy voice said "All right mister, gimme all your money.".
Quickly he reached for his wallet and, as he did, the hold-up man noticed his
clerical collar. The thief was overcome with shame. "Forgive me, Father,"
he said, "I didn't know you were a priest." To which the victim replied
"That's all right laddy, just repent of your sin. Here have one of my cigars."
"Oh, no thank you, Father," said the thief, "I don't smoke during
Lent.".
| Believe
in the best, think your best, |
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 Genesis 9:8-15
God spoke to Noah and his sons, See, I establish my Covenant with you, and with
your descendants after you; also with every living creature to be found with you,
birds, cattle and every wild beast with you: everything that came out of the ark,
everything that lives on the earth. I establish my Covenant with you: no thing
of flesh shall be swept away again by the waters of the flood. There shall be
no flood to destroy the earth again. God said, Here is the sign of the Covenant
I make between myself and you and every living creature with you for all generations:
I set my bow in the clouds and it shall be a sign of the Covenant between me and
the earth. When I gather the clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the
clouds, I will recall the Covenant between myself and you and every living creature
of every kind. And so the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all
things of flesh.
Second
Reading 1 Peter 3:18-22
Christ
himself, innocent though he was, died once for sins, died for the guilty, to lead
us to God. In the body he was put to death, in the spirit he was raised to life,
and, in the spirit, he went to preach to the spirits in prison. Now it was long
ago, when Noah was still building that ark which saved only a small group of eight
people 'by water', and when God was still waiting patiently, that these spirits
refused to believe. That water is a type of the baptism which saves you now, and
which is not the washing off of physical dirt but a pledge made to God from a
good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has entered heaven
and is at God's right hand, now that he has made the angels and Dominations and
Powers his subjects.
Gospel
Mark 1:12-15
The
Spirit drove Jesus out into the wilderness and he remained there for forty days,
and was tempted by Satan. He was with the wild beasts, and the angels looked after
him. 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.".