BULLETIN                                       28 JANUARY 2007

FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 3
    HOMELESSNESS SUNDAY


CHURCH SERVICES

Saturday 27 January

Confession on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm
Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm

Sunday 28 January
Sunday Mass at 10.00 am
Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon
Monday 29 January
Mass at 10.00 am for John and Mary Jane McKay and family  
Tuesday 30 January
Mass at 10.00 am for May Wilson
Wednesday 31 January
Feast of Saint John Bosco
Mass at 10.00 am for Bill and Isa Brown
Thursday 1 February
Mass at 7.00 pm for Mary Kelly
Friday 2 February
Mass at 10.00 am for May Rollie
Saturday 3 February
Feast of Saint Blaise
Mass at 10.00 am for Tony Tourish


PARISH CENTRE EVENTS

Sunday 28 January
10.00 am
10.00 am
11.00 am
11.30 am
2.00 pm

Children's Liturgy
Sacramental Preparation
Tea and Coffee after Mass
Birthday Party
Birthday Party

Monday 29 January
8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
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
Nursery
Parents and Toddlers
Nursery

Cardiac Rehabilitation
Rainbows
Brownies
Saint Vincent de Paul Society
Weight Watchers

Tuesday 30 January

8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
10.00 to 4.00 pm
12.30 to 2.30 pm
1.00 to 3.00 pm
7.00 pm
7.30 pm

Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Key Housing
Kindergarten
Thursday Club
Saint Anne's Guild
Keep Fit

Wednesday 31 January

8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
9.30 to 11.00 pm
10.00 to 4.00 pm
12.30 to 3.00 pm
1.00 to 2.30 pm
5.00 to 6.00 pm
6.00 to 7.00 pm

Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Kindergarten
Key Housing
Nursery
Kindergarten
Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds 
Burakudo Karate Club
Thursday 1 February
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
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
Nursery
Kindergarten

Rainbows
Brownies
Girl Guides

Friday 2 February
8.00 to 5.30 pm
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 Scoular, Rita Brown and Monica MacDonald who died recently;
   Susanna Brodie 1963, John McKay, James McDermid 2005, Jessie Flynn,
   Canon Shaun Crowley 2001, Marie Matthews 2004, Joseph Foran,
   Mary Kelly 2006, Janet Cunningham 1999, Father Joe Davie 2002,
   Tony Tourish 1993 and Mary C McManus 1973
   whose anniversaries occur at this time;
   Jane Feeney and Spencer Hughes who were married recently;
   Ethan Thomas Murney who was baptised recently;
   and those who are sick.

SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £691.48 - 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 £329.60 - 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.

CATHOLIC EDUCATION COLLECTION
There will be a special collection at all Masses next weekend for Catholic Education.

CHILDREN'S LITURGY ADULT HELPERS
   28 January
      Pre-Fives: Julie and Frances
      Primary 1 to 3: Andrena, Theresa and Anne
      Primary 4: Sharon and Karen
   4 February
      Pre-Fives: Maria and Frances
      Primary 1 to 3: Elaine, Eileen and Anne
      Primary 4: Julie and Gayle

50-50 CLUB
The annual subscription to the 50-50 Club is now due. New members can sign up and existing members can renew their subscription in the foyer after all Masses next weekend.

REFURBISHING THE BLESSED SACRAMENT CHAPEL
Donations of £50 and £100 from parishioners and £100 from the film producer bring the total collected for the refurbishment of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel to £3725. Thanks.


CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK - 4 TO 10 FEBRUARY
To celebrate Catholic Education Week, the annual Education Mass will be offered in Saint John's Church, Stevenston on Thursday 8 February at 7.00 pm. Everyone - especially teachers, pupils, parents, school board members, school staff members - is welcome. Tea and coffee will be served after Mass.

DIOCESE OF GALLOWAY HOSPITALITÉ DE NOTRE DAME DE LOURDES
There will be Mass for World Day of Sick with the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick and the annual general meeting of the Hospitalité de Notre Dame de Lourdes in Saint Quivox's Church, Prestwick on Sunday 18 February at 3.00 pm. Tea and coffee will be served after Mass.

MUSIC MINISTRY EVENING
A Music Ministry event will be held on Wednesday 7 February at Smithstone House, Kilwinning from 6.45 pm for a 7.00 pm start to 9.30 pm. The main part of the evening will consist of music ideas for Lent and Holy Week and will be led by Les Hendron of Bourtreehill. The first part will consist of a short talk and discussion on 'What is Lent?' led by Father Stephen Motroni. The cost, including refreshments, is £5 and will be collected on the evening. For further information contact Michael McCulloch.

HCPT THE PILGRIMAGE TRUST
To help raise money for your local HCPT, recycle your unwanted mobile phone. HCPT will receive from 50p to £50 for every phone depending on age and condition. Please remove your sim card and leave your phone in the box provided in the Church porch.

CHRISTIAN AID
A light-hearted quiz with participants from all the local churches with question master Reverend Johnston McKay will take place on Thursday 15 February at 7.30 pm in Barony Saint John's Church Hall. Come along and support your team member. Tickets cost £2.00 and all proceeds will go to Christian Aid.

SAINT PETER'S CHILDREN'S CENTRE
A Fund Raising Race Night has been arranged by Saint Peter's Children's Centre for Friday 9 February at 7.30 pm with tickets at £5. Donations of bottles and raffle prizes would be much appreciated. Raffle tickets are available at the stall.

PRESBYTERY DRIVEWAY
Can I please ask again that you do not block the driveway? Father Sharkey has to get to Mass in Dalry and he and I have to be available for calls to the hospital and we cannot get out while Mass is on. Thanks.


POLISH COMMUNITY IN THE DIOCESE OF GALLOWAY
There will be a Mass in Polish in Saint Margaret's Church, Ayr on Sunday 28 January at 3.00 pm. Thereafter Mass in Polish will be celebrated on the third Sunday of each month.

SAINT ANDREW'S ACADEMY S5/6 PARENTS' EVENING
Saint Andrew's Academy will be holding an S5/6 parents' evening on Tuesday 30 January from 7.00 until 9.00 pm. The evening is a good opportunity for all parents, guardians and carers of our senior pupils to have a chat with the teaching staff regarding individual students' progress.

BURNS SUPPER
The organisers of the recent Burns Supper thank all guests, patrons and helpers for making the event a success. Photographs of the Supper are on Saint Peter's website. We look forward to next year's.

SAINT ANNE'S GUILD
Saint Anne's Guild reopens on Tuesday 30 January at 7.00 pm. New members are welcome.


NURSERY REGISTRATION WEEK
Nursery Registratiion Week is from 29 January to 2 February for pre-school and ante-pre school children with dates of birth between 1 March 2003 and 28 February 2005. Parents wishing to register their children for nursery education should apply directly to the nursery of their choice. Birth certificates should be produced at the time of registration.
Registration times at Saint Peter's Children's Centre Nursery are:
   Monday 29 January: 9.30 to 11.00 am and 1.00 to 2.30 pm
   Tuesday 30 January: 6.30 to 7.30 pm
Registration times at Saint Peter's Primary School Nursery are:
   Monday 29 January: 9.15 to 10.30 am
   Tuesday 30 January: 12.50 to 2.00 pm
   Wednesday 31 January: 10.45 to 11.30 am

FATHER JOHN
Father John will be in Italy for a few weeks in February. He asks that you remember him in your prayers. He looks forward to seeing you all on his return.



  He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help  
is as unkind as if he had refused it.  

  The true test of character is not how much we know how to do,  
but how we behave when we don't know what to do.  



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           Jeremiah 1:4-5.17-19
In the days of Josiah, the word of the Lord was addressed to me, saying, Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you came to birth I consecrated you; I have appointed you as prophet to the nations. So now brace yourself for action. Stand up and tell them all I command you. Do not be dismayed at their presence, or in their presence I will make you dismayed. I, for my part, today will make you into a fortified city, a pillar of iron, and a wall of bronze to confront all this land: the kings of Judah, its princes, its priests and the country people. They will fight against you but shall not overcome you, for I am with you to deliver you - it is the Lord who speaks.

Second Reading           Corinthians 12:31 - 13:13
Be ambitious for the higher gifts. And I am going to show you a way that is better than any of them. If I have all the eloquence of men or of angels, but speak without love, I am simply a gong booming or a cymbal clashing. If I have the gift of prophecy, understanding all the mysteries there are, and knowing everything, and if I have faith in all its fullness, to move mountains, but without love, then I am nothing at all. If I give away all that I possess, piece by piece, and if I even let them take my body to burn it, but am without love, it will do me no good whatever. Love is always patient and kind; it is never jealous; love is never boastful or conceited; it is never rude or selfish; it does not take offence, and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people's sins but delights in the truth; it is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes. Love does not come to an end. But if there are gifts of prophecy, the time will come when they must fail; or the gift of languages, it will not continue for ever; and knowledge - for this, too, the time will come when it must fail. For our knowledge is imperfect and our prophesying is imperfect; but once perfection comes, all imperfect things will disappear. When I was a child, I used to talk like a child, and think like a child, and argue like a child, but now I am a man, all childish ways are put behind me. Now we are seeing a dim reflection in a mirror; but then we shall be seeing face to face. The knowledge that I have now is imperfect; but then I shall know as fully as I am known. In short, there are three things that last: faith, hope and love; and the greatest of these is love.

Gospel           Luke 4:21-30
Jesus began to speak in the synagogue, "This text is being fulfilled today even as you listen." And he won the approval of all, and they were astonished by the gracious words that came from his lips. They said, "This is Joseph's son, surely?" But he replied, "No doubt you will quote me the saying, 'Physician, heal yourself" and tell me, 'We have heard all that happened in Capernaum, do the same here in your own countryside.'"' And he went on, "I tell you solemnly, no prophet is ever accepted in his own country. There were many widows in Israel, I can assure you, in Elijah's day, when heaven remained shut for three years and six months and a great famine raged throughout the land, but Elijah was not sent to any one of these: he was sent to a widow at Zarephath, a Sidonian town. And in the prophet Elisha's time there were many lepers in Israel, but none of these was cured, except the Syrian, Naaman." When they heard this everyone in the synagogue was enraged. They sprang to their feet and hustled him out of the town; and they took him up to the brow of the hill their town was built on, intending to throw him down the cliff, but he slipped through the crowd and walked away.