BULLETIN                                                              9 JULY 2006

FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 2


CHURCH SERVICES

Saturday 8 July
Confession on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm
Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm
Sunday 9 July
Sunday Mass at 10.00 am
Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon
Monday 10 July
Mass at 10.00 am for Andy McVeigh
Tuesday 11 July
Mass at 10.00 am for Betty Holmes
Wednesday 12 July
Mass at 10.00 am for James and Agnes Conaghan
Thursday 13 July
Mass at 7.00 pm for a special intention
Friday 14 July
Mass at 10.00 am for Thomas Walsh
Saturday 15 July
Mass at 10.00 am for Alice Devine


PARISH CENTRE EVENTS

Sunday 9 July
11.00 am

Tea and Coffee after Mass

Monday 10 July
7.00 pm
7.00 to 8.00 pm

Saint Vincent de Paul Society
Weight Watchers

Tuesday 11 July

7.30 pm

Keep Fit

Wednesday 12 July

5.00 to 6.00 pm
6.00 to 7.00 pm

Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds
Burakudo Karate Club

IF YOU ARE HERE ON HOLIDAY, YOU ARE VERY WELCOME; IF YOU ARE GOING ON HOLIDAY, ENJOY YOUR BREAK.

PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
   Teresa Usher and Pat Mulholland who died recently;
   Patrick Tourish 1986, Father Harry Farrell 1998, Donald Newall 1998,
   Catherine Teggart 1998, Alex Quigg 1999, Andy McVeigh 2000,
   Mr and Mrs Francis Brown 1976, Margaret McAteer 1992, Father Donal Burke,
   Julie Kelley-Holland 2005, Jeannie Brown 1995, Annie O'Kane 2001,
   Agnes Conaghan 2002, Robert Macrae 1986 and James Jenkins 2005
   whose anniversaries occur at this time;
   and those who are sick.

SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £806.84 - 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.

PETER'S PENCE COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for Peter's Pence amounted to £300.00 - 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
Father John has left rosary beads, medals and so on for sale at the Pious Objects Stall.

GALLOWAY NEWSLETTER
Free copies of the Galloway Newsletter are available at the stall.

SEA SUNDAY
Today is Sea Sunday. Please pray for all who work at sea and their families. Envelopes are available at the stall for anyone wishing to make a donation to the Apostleship of the Sea.

LOST BRACELET
A bracelet has been found in the car park and can be claimed at the stall.

SAINT ANDREW'S ACADEMY NEWSLETTER
Copies of Saint Andrew's Academy newsletter are available at the stall.

THANKS FROM MONSIGNOR PETER MAGEE
Dear Father Matt and Parishioners
Profoundest thanks to you all for giving me the opportunity to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood with all of you! It was for me a truly inspiring, comforting and renewing moment of grace. There are so many of you that I should thank individually for your help, your prayers, your love and your gifts. The best way I can do that is to offer Mass for you all, which I will gladly do on Sunday 9 July. God bless you all, especially the children and the sick. Let us keep the love of Christ and of his Church at the centre of our lives!
Monsignor Peter Magee

SAINT PETER'S WEBSITE - RECORDING OUR HISTORY TODAY
Saint Peter's website was launched a year ago on 13 July 2005. It contains over 400 pages, 340 photographs and some audio clips of the choir among many articles on past and present spiritual and community life in Saint Peter's. The website has attracted nearly 10000 visits, far exceeding expectation. Father Matt and the website author are very grateful to those who have accessed the site, lent photographs, passed on stories, identified errors, made suggestions and expressed compliments. The aims of the site are to make parishioners aware of current events and record our history. If you can help with this project, please contact WebsiteAuthor@SaintPeterinChains.net.



It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out -
it's the grain of sand in your shoe.


Yesterday is already a dream and tomorrow is only a vision but today, well-lived,
makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.


Faith makes it wholly possible to quietly endure the
violent world around us for in God we are secure.



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           Ezekiel 2:2-5
The spirit came into me and made me stand up and I heard the Lord speaking to me. He said, "Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to the rebels who have turned against me. Till now they and their ancestors have been in revolt against me. The sons are defiant and obstinate; I am sending you to them, to say, 'The Lord says this'. Whether they listen or not, this set of rebels shall know there is a prophet among them.".

Second Reading           Corinthians 12:7-10
In view of the extraordinary nature of these revelations, to stop me from getting too proud I was given a thorn in the flesh, an angel of Satan to beat me and stop me from getting too proud! About this thing, I have pleaded with the Lord three times for it to leave me, but he has said, "My grace is enough for you: my power is at its best in weakness." So I shall be very happy to make my weaknesses my special boast so that the power of Christ may stay over me, and that is why I am quite content with my weaknesses, and with insults, hardships, persecutions, and the agonies I go through for Christ's sake. For it is when I am weak that I am strong.

Gospel           Mark 6:1-6
Jesus went to his home town and his disciples accompanied him. With the coming of the Sabbath he began teaching in the synagogue and most of them were astonished when they heard him. They said, "Where did the man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been granted him, and these miracles that are worked through him? This is the carpenter, surely, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joset and Jude and Simon? His sisters, too, are they not here with us?" And they would not accept him. And Jesus said to them, "A prophet is only despised in his own country, among his own relations and in his own house"; and he could work no miracle there, though he cured a few sick people by laying his hands on them. He was amazed at their lack of faith.