BULLETIN 5
AUGUST 2007
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN YEAR 3
CHURCH SERVICES
| Saturday
4 August | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm |
|
Sunday
5 August | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
| Monday
6 August | Mass at 10.00 am for Betty Sloan |
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Tuesday
7 August | Mass at 10.00 am for Frank Tracy |
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Wednesday
8 August | Mass at 10.00 am for Isabelle Leonard |
| Thursday
9 August | Mass at 7.00 for Karen Fitzpatrick |
| Friday
10 August | Mass at 10.00 am for Janet Smyth |
| Saturday
11 August | Mass at 10.00 am for Bobby McLaren |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
5 August | 11.00
am 2.00 pm | Tea
and Coffee after Mass |
|
Monday
6 August | 2.00
to 3.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm | Cardiac
Rehabilitation Saint Vincent de Paul Society Weight Watchers |
|
Tuesday
7 August | 7.00 to 8.00 pm | Keep Fit |
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Wednesday
8 August | 6.00 to 7.00 pm | Burakudo Karate Club |
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Thursday
9 August | 2.00 to 3.00 pm | Cardiac Rehabilitation |
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Friday
10 August | 2 | 2 |
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Saturday
11 August | 12.00 to 6.00 pm | Homeless Day Trip |
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:
Wilsey Shepherd who died recently;
Lawrence
Tumilty 1993, Father Jack Kerr 2001, Lauretta Salotti 1981,
James
Gorman 1997, William McGillvary 2001, Hugh McCluskey 1992,
Alison
Cook 1999, Margaret Pacewicz 2006, Edward Burns 1998,
James
Taylor 1997, Karen Fitzpatrick 1981 and Agnes Long 2006
whose
anniversaries occur at this time and
Aaron
Convery, Daniel Convery, Shannon McMillan and Liam Brian Houston
who
were baptised
recently.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to
£769.02 - many thanks. Banker's Orders amount to an average of £4300
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 £374.98 - 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.
SUNDAY
TEAS
From this Sunday, tea and coffee will be available in the Parish Centre
after 10.00am Mass.
THE
INNOCENTS
Many thanks for the anonymous monetary donation and for all the baby
goods which are regularly donated. It is so very much appreciated by all who give
their time to the Innocents. A box is also available in the porch for baby goods,
for example, talcum powder, lotion, shampoo and so on.
GOING INTO HOSPITAL
If
you are going into hospital, please let the staff know you are a Roman Catholic
in order that the Chaplain can be informed. The hospital does not routinely inform
the chaplain about Catholic patients.
SCOTTISH
INTERNATIONAL RELIEF - PLEASE CAN YOU HELP?
Scottish International Relief
(SIR) works with some of the poorest people
in the third world countries such as Malawi, Liberia, Peru, Ecuador, India and
Uganda, amongst others. SIR offers help by collecting unwanted clothes, bedding,
bric-a-brac and tools. They then send the goods donated as aid or raise funds
through shops for overseas projects. SIR will be visiting Saint Peter's on Saturday
15 and Sunday 16 September. There will be more details nearer the time. Photographs
of the last two years' visits by Scottish
International Relief are on the Pictures
page.
ANNUAL
GALLOWAY MUSIC FESTIVAL MASS
The annual Galloway Music Festival Mass Will be
held in the grounds of Smithstone House, Kilwinning on Sunday 19 August at 2.30
pm. Musicians, singers and everyone are welcome. Bring the family, friends and
a picnic! Rehearsal starts at 1.00 pm. Further details can be obtained from Michael
McCulloch.
FATHER
JOHN
Father John is going back to Africa for three weeks to visit his family.
He asks for your prayers and is due back on 2 September.
COFFEE
MORNING
Montgomerie Court Residents are having a Coffee Morning in the Parish
Centre on Saturday 18 August at 10.30 am. There will be bric-a-brac, books, home
baking, a bottle stall, tombola and so on. Tickets cost £1.00.
SAINT
MATTHEW'S ACADEMY TIES
Saint Matthew's Academy ties are available from the
Parish Office.
Friend When I read these words today They made me think of you And of the memories we share That will last a lifetime through For I thought of how you've been there When troubles paid their call And how all your thoughtfulness Has helped me through them all I thought of all the dreams That we hoped would all come true And of how we have confided Our little secrets too I know that our friendship Our whole lives through will last And will be cherished just as much When today becomes the past |
| If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything. |
| Don't curse the dark - light a candle. |
| Life doesn't have a Rewind button so be cautious when you press Play. |
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
Ecclesiastes
1:2; 2:21-23
Vanity
of vanities, the Preacher says. Vanity of vanities. All is vanity! For so it is
that a man who has laboured wisely, skilfully and successfully must leave what
is his own to someone who has not toiled for it at all. This, too, is vanity and
great injustice; for what does he gain for all the toil and strain that he has
undergone under the sun? What of all his laborious days, his cares of office,
his restless nights? This, too, is vanity.
Second
Reading
Colossians
3:1-5.9-11
Since
you have been brought back to true life with Christ, you must look for the things
that are in heaven, where Christ is, sitting at God's right hand. Let your thoughts
be on heavenly things, not on the things that are on the earth, because you have
died, and now the life you have is hidden with Christ in God. But when Christ
is revealed - and he is your life - you too will be revealed in all your glory
with him. That is why you must kill everything in you that belongs only to earthly
life: fornication, impurity, guilty passion, evil desires and especially greed,
which is the same thing as worshipping a false god; and never tell each other
lies. You have stripped off your old behaviour with your old self, and you have
put on a new self which will progress towards true knowledge the more it is renewed
in the image of its creator; and in that image there is no room for distinction
between Greek and Jew, between the circumcised or the uncircumcised, or between
barbarian and Scythian, slave and free man. There is only Christ: he is everything
and he is in everything.
Gospel
Luke
12:13-21
A
man in the crowd said to Jesus, "Master, tell my brother to give me a share
of our inheritance." "My friend," he replied, "who appointed
me your judge, or the arbitrator of your claims?" Then he said to them, "Watch,
and be on your guard against avarice of any kind, for a man's life is not made
secure by what he owns, even when he has more than he needs." Then he told
them a parable: "There was once a rich man who, having had a good harvest
from his land, thought to himself, 'What am I to do? I have not enough room to
store my crops.'" Then he said, 'This is what I will do; I will pull down
my barns and build bigger ones, and store all my grain and my goods in them, and
I will say to my soul: My soul, you have plenty of good things laid by for many
years to come; take things easy, eat, drink, have a good time.'" But God
said to him, "Fool! This very night the demand will be made for your soul;
and this hoard of yours, whose will it be then? So it is when a man stores up
treasure for himself in place of making himself rich in the sight of God.".