BULLETIN 14 MAY 2006

FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER IN YEAR 2

CHURCH SERVICES

Saturday 13 May	Confession on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Nicky McIntee
Sunday 14 May	Sunday Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon
Monday 15 May	Mass at 10.00 am for Effie Whitters
Tuesday 16 May	Mass at 10.00 am for Helen McGhee
Wednesday 17 May	Mass at 10.00 am for Brian Cairns
Thursday 18 May	Mass at 7.00 pm for Winnie Faller
Friday 19 May	Mass at 10.00 am for Jean Taylor
Saturday 20 May	Mass at 10.00 am for Robert Ferguson

PARISH CENTRE EVENTS

Sunday 14 May	10.00 am 11.00 am	Children's Liturgy Tea and Coffee after Mass
Monday 15 May	8.00 to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 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 Parents and Toddlers Kindergarten Cardiac Rehabilitation Rainbows Brownies Saint Vincent de Paul Society Weight Watchers
Tuesday 16 May	8.00 to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 12.30 to 2.30 pm 1.30 pm 7.00 pm 7.30 pm	Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds Nursery Kindergarten Saint Anne's Guild Keep Fit Ignatian Prayer Group
Wednesday 17 May	8.00 to 5.30 pm 9.00 am 9.00 to 11.30 am 12.30 to 2.30 pm 5.00 to 6.00 pm 6.00 to 7.00 pm 7.00 pm	Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds Site Meeting Nursery Kindergarten Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds Burakudo Karate Club Special Religious Development (SPRED)
Thursday 18 May	8.00 to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 12.30 to 2.30 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 Kindergarten Cardiac Rehabilitation Rainbows Brownies Girl Guides
Friday 19 May	8.00 to 5.30 am 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 12.30 to 2.30 pm	Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds Nursery Parents and Toddlers Kindergarten

PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
   John Beckett who died recently;
   Mary McFarlane 2004, Ann Cameron 2003, Mary Teresa Dolan 1999,
   William Calvert 1992, Frances Hackett 1997, Robert McKay 1942,
   Harry Andrew 2003 and Mary Quinn 1978 whose anniversaries occur at this time;
   Euan O'Neill, Anya Breen, Elle McTurk, Kaya Nunn, Sarah Vallance,
   Hannah Paterson, Derry Wyllie and Eden McCulloch
   who who will receive the Sacraments of Confirmation and First Communion today
   as well as a Bible from the Thursday Club;
   and those who are sick.

SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £813.13 - 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 £393.85 - 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.

SPECIAL COLLECTION
There will be a special collection at all Masses on 26 and 27 May for the Communications Fund.

THE ROSARY
The Thursday Club will lead the Rosary each morning before the weekday Mass during the month of May.

SACRAMENTS OF CONFIRMATION AND FIRST COMMUNION
This Sunday, 14 May is the second of three Sundays when the children of Primary 4 will celebrate the Sacraments of Confirmation and First Communion at 10.00 am Mass . Please pray for them and their families.

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COFFEE MORNING
Saint Peter's Conference of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (SVDP) is planning a Coffee Morning for Saturday, 10 June. There will be various stalls as well as a prize raffle. Donations for any of the stalls, for example, baking, books, and bric a brac as well as prizes for the raffle will be most welcome and can be notified to any member of the Conference.

MAKE POVERTY HISTORY AND THE G8 - JUDGE FOR YOURSELF
The G8 Summit held in Scotland last sumemr made promises to cancel some of the debts of the world's most impoverished countries. Jubilee Scotland would like to know what YOU think about what is happening. Do you think the G8 Debt Deal is something to celebrate? You can go to its website at www.jubileescotland.org.uk, look for the picture of the elephant and send in your comments. Don't forget, please! If you want to know more, phone Jubilee Scotland on 0131 225 4321.

SCOTTISH MARRIAGE CARE
Have you got what it takes to be a relationship counsellor? Scottish Marriage Care is holding an information evening at the Family Mediation Centre, 28-30 Grange Street, Kilmarnock on Tuesday 23 May at 7.00pm.  For more information, telephone Liz Izat on 0141 204 1402 or email info@scottishmarriagecare.org.

THURSDAY CLUB'S TRIP TO DONEGAL
Those travelling on the Thursday Club's trip to Donegal should be at Saint Peter's car park on Monday 15 May at 6.15 am. The bus will leave at 6.30 am.

THURSDAY CLUB'S ANNUAL SUMMER OUTING
There are five seats available on the Thursday Club's bus trip to Musselburgh on Wednesday 24 June. The cost is £18 including high tea.  For more information, telephone Kate on 464063.

SAINT PETER'S CHILDREN'S CENTRE
We welcome Anne Hunter as the new Nursery Manager of Saint Peter's Children's Centre. We wish her well and hope she has many happy years with her staff and the children.

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Aimee Taylor on becoming Young Musician of the Year at Saint Aloysius College, Glasgow.

Strive to be first: first to nod, first to smile,
first to compliment and first to forgive.

It may be nice to be important but it is more important to be nice.

No man can think clearly with his fists clenched.

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           Acts 9:26-31
When Saul got to Jerusalem he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him: they could not believe he was really a disciple. Barnabas, however, took charge of him, introduced him to the apostles, and explained how the Lord had appeared to Saul and spoken to him on his journey, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. Saul now started to go round with them in Jerusalem, preaching fearlessly in the name of the Lord. But after he had spoken to the Hellenists, and argued with them, they became determined to kill him. When the brothers knew, they took him to Caesarea, and sent him off from there to Tarsus. The churches throughout Judaea, Galilee and Samaria were now left in peace, building themselves up, living in the fear of the Lord, and filled with the consolation of the Holy Spirit.

Second Reading           John 3:18-24
My children, our love is not to be just words or mere talk, but something real and active; only by this can we be certain that we are the children of the truth and be able to quieten our conscience in his presence, whatever accusations it may raise against us, because God is greater than our conscience and he knows everything. My dear people, if we cannot be condemned by our own conscience, we need not be afraid in God's presence, and whatever we ask him, we shall receive, because we keep his commandments and live the kind of life that he wants. His commandments are these: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and that we love one another as he told us to. Whoever keeps his commandments lives in God and God lives in him. We know that he lives in us by the Spirit that he has given us.

Gospel           John 15:1-8
Jesus said to his disciples "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that bears no fruit he cuts away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes to make it bear even more. You are pruned already, by means of the word that I have spoken to you. Make your home in me, as I make mine in you. As a branch cannot bear fruit all by itself, but must remain part of the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me, with me in him, bears fruit in plenty; for cut off from me you can do nothing. Anyone who does not remain in me is like a branch that has been thrown away - he withers; these branches are collected and thrown on the fire, and they are burnt. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask what you will and you shall get it. It is to the glory of my Father that you should bear much fruit, and then you will be my disciples.".