BULLETIN
26 NOVEMBER 2006
FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING IN YEAR 2
CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
25 November | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for James Cummings |
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Sunday
26 November | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
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Monday
27 November | Mass at 10.00 am for the Holy Souls |
| Tuesday
28 November | Mass at 10.00 am for John and Mary Hutson |
| Wednesday
29 November | Mass at 10.00 am for the Holy Souls |
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Thursday
30 November | Feast
of Saint Andrew Mass at 7.00 pm for Mary McAtee |
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Friday
1 December | Mass at 10.00 am for Jim McLaren |
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Saturday
2 December | Mass at 10.00 am for the Greg Braniff |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
26 November | 10.00
am 10.00 am 11.00 am |
Children's Liturgy |
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Monday
27 November | 8.00
to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.00 to 5.00 pm 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 2.00 to 3.00 pm 5.30 to 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.00 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
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Tuesday
28 November |
8.00 to 5.30 pm |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
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Wednesday
29 November |
8.00 to 5.30 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds Nursery Quarrier's Training Kindergarten Nursery Kindergarten Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds Burakudo Karate Club Special Religious Development (SPRED) |
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Thursday
30 November | 8.00
to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 1.00 to 2.30 pm 2.00 to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 6.00 to 8.00 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds |
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Friday
1 December | 8.00
to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds Nursery Parents and Toddlers Nursery |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Ester Smith who died recently;
Mary
Higgins 1992, Hannah Kirk 1989, John Maxwell 2002, James Allen 2003,
Sarah
McNamara 1980, Peggy Dorian Smith 1991, Ann Hackett 1998,
Shannon
Elizabeth Byrne 2000, Jemima McAuliffe 2001, Sarah Heaney 1955,
Collette
McKibben 2003, John McNamara 1997, Elizabeth Theresa Walsh 1970
whose
anniversaries occur at this time;
Sean and Megan Conaghan
who were baptised recently;
and those who are sick.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £702.24 - 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 £334.34
- 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
Raffle tickets costing 50p each are on sale at the pious object
stall for a porcelain Nativity Set. The draw will take place at the Sunday Teas
on 17 December.
CHRISTMAS MUSIC
Stephen Cowan is planning the music
for the 8.30 pm Christmas Vigil Mass. He is looking for the help of past, present
- and new - choir members. It involves a rehearsal for the next few Tuesdays at
7.00 pm. Come along to the Church this Tuesday and help Stephen - who is helping
us until we find a replacement for Gordon Stevenson.
SACRED HEART FATHERS
The
Advent Series begins on Monday 27 November and continues on the following three
Mondays in Smithstone House, Kilwinning from 7.00 to 9.00 pm.
SAINT
MICHAEL'S MAGAZINES - NOW ON COMPACT DISC
A CD has been produced to celebrate
the success of the staff and pupils of Saint Michael's College, Irvine and Saint
Michael's Academy, Kilwinning from 1921 to 2007. It contains all twelve school
magazines produced from 1957 to 1990. Copies cost £5 each and all profits
will be divided between Father Martin Chambers' Mission in Ecuador and the Scottish
Catholic International Aid Fund. Please order your copy from John Walsh.
SAINT
PETER'S WEBSITE - OLD BULLETINS
Last month's appeal for old bulletins was successful
with only three years now missing from bulletins between 1960 and 2006 on Saint
Peter's website. The website author is grateful to the donors. It would be good
to include the missing years. If you have an old bulletin, perhaps kept as a souvenir
of a family event, it could be used to 'fill the gaps'. If you can lend a bulletin
issued in 1996, 1999 or 2001, please contact WebsiteAuthor@SaintPeterInChains.net.
Bulletins will be returned promptly.
NORTH AYRSHIRE SCHOOLS SENIOR CHOIR
CONCERT
The North Ayrshire Schools Senior Choir is performing Paukenmesse -
Mass in Time of War - by Franz Joseph Haydn in Saint Peter's Church on Sunday
10 December at 7.30 pm. Tickets are available from Cultural Services Box Office,
telephone 274059. Tickets cost £5 or £4 concession. Father
Matt is delighted that Saint Peter's has been chosen to host this concert
again and hopes parishioners will support this event.
SAINT
JOHN'S CHURCH CONCERT
Saint
John's annual Christmas Gala Concert will take place on Friday 8 December
at 7.30 pm, in Saint
John's Church Hall, Stevenston. Tickets cost £5 or £3 concession
and are available from the Church or at the door on the night.
ADVENT
EXTRA
Next Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent. Advent Extras are available
at the stall at a cost of 50 pence.
SACRAMENTAL
PREPARATION
The
children who are preparing to receive the Sacraments next year will celebrate
the Sacrament of Reconciliation on Wednesday 6 December at 7.00 pm in the Church.
GALLOWAY
NEWSLETTER
The Advent 2006 edition of the Galloway Newsletter is available
at the stall.
Nothing can make up for the absence
of someone we love and it would be wrong to try to find a substitute - we must
simply hold out and see it through. That sounds very hard at first, but at the
same time it is a great consolation for the gap, as long as it remains unfilled,
preserves the bond between us. It is nonsense to say that God fills the gap -
God doesn't fill it but on the contrary, keeps it empty and so help us to keep
alive our former communion with each other, even at the cost of pain.
An
elderly couple went into a fast food restaurant and ordered one meal and an extra
plate and cup. A young man watched, fascinated as the man carefully cut the burger
in half and divided the chips and then poured half the coke into the spare cup
and began to eat. The young man offered to buy them a meal so they could have
once each, but the old gentleman said, "No thank you. We've been married
for fifty years and everything has always been fifty-fifty." So the young
man said to the woman "Well, why are you not eating yet?" "Well"
she said, "it's his turn for the teeth.".
| We
make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give. |
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
Daniel
7:13-14
I
gazed into the visions of the night. And I saw, coming on the clouds of heaven,
one like a son of man. He came to the one of great age and was led into his presence.
On him was conferred sovereignty, glory and kingship, and men of all peoples,
nations and languages became his servants. His sovereignty is an eternal sovereignty
which shall never pass away, nor will his empire ever be destroyed.
Second
Reading
Apocalypse
1:5-8
Jesus
Christ is the faithful witness, the First-born from the dead, the Ruler of the
kings of the earth. He loves us and has washed away our sins with his blood, and
made us a line of kings, priests to serve his God and Father; to him, then, be
glory and power for ever and ever. Amen. It is he who is coming on the clouds;
everyone will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the races of the earth
will mourn over him. This is the truth. Amen. 'I am the Alpha and the Omega' says
the Lord God, who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.
Gospel
John
18:33-37
"Are you the king of the Jews?" Pilate asked. Jesus replied,
"Do you ask this of your own accord, or have others spoken to you about me?"
Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? It is your own people and the chief priests
who have handed you over to me: what have you done?" Jesus replied, "Mine
is not a kingdom of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my men would
have fought to prevent my being surrendered to the Jews. But my kingdom is not
of this kind." "So you are a king then?" said Pilate. "It
is you who say it" answered Jesus. "Yes, I am a king. I was born for
this, I came into the world for this: to bear witness to the truth; and all who
are on the side of truth listen to my voice.".