BULLETIN 2
SEPTEMBER 2007
TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN YEAR 3
CHURCH SERVICES
| Saturday
1 September | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm |
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Sunday
2 September | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
| Monday
3 September | Mass at 10.00 am for Joan Gibson |
| Tuesday
4 September | Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for James Leckie |
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Wednesday
5 September | Mass at 10.00 am for Rosa Welnitz |
| Thursday
6 September | Mass at 7.00 pm for Jessie Hazelton |
| Friday
7 September | Mass at 10.00 am for Ernst Baxmann |
| Saturday
8 September | Mass at 10.00 am for M Northcote |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
2 September | 11.00
am 2.00 to 5.00 pm | Tea
and Coffee after Mass |
|
Monday
3 September | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 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 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm | Nursery
|
|
Tuesday
4 September | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 1.00 to 3.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.30 pm | Nursery
Kindergarten Nursery Thursday Club Saint Anne's Guild Keep Fit Legion of Mary |
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Wednesday
5 September | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.00 pm | Nursery
Kindergarten Nursery Barakuda Karate |
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Thursday
6 September | 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 7.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Nursery Kindergarten Nursery Kindergarten Cardiac Rehabilitation Brownies Guides |
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Friday
7 September | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 12.30 to 2.30 pm | Nursery
Parents and Toddlers Nursery |
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Saturday
8 September | 8.00 pm | Private Party |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Mary Donnelly who died recently;
Samuel
Cooper 1999, Helen Mulhern, Ella Kirk 1996, Canon Myles Moriarty 1989,
Michael
Brown 1958, Cathie Mitchell 2006, James Graham 1993, Jimmy Mulhern 1992,
Margaret
Brodie 1964, Frank Morrison 2004, Marie McManus 1997, Rona McNamara 2005,
Catherine Campbell 2003 and James Duffin 1998 whose anniversaries
occur at this time.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted
to £762.08 - 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 £347.26 - 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.
RETIRED
PRIESTS' COLLECTION
The annual collection for Retired Priests will take place
on the weekend of 22 and 23 September. Gift Aid envelopes, which are available
at the stall, should be used for this collection.
XAVERIAN
MISSION APPEAL
One of the Xaverian Fathers will speak at all Masses next weekend
and a collection will be taken for their work with the missions.
REFURBISHING
THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
CHAPEL
A donation of £500 from a parishioner brings the total collected
for the refurbishment of the Blessed
Sacrament Chapel to £5797.50. Thanks very much.
CHILDREN'S
LITURGY
The Children's Liturgy will resume next Sunday for 3 to 5 year olds
and Primary 1 to 3. Parent helpers are needed for this important Liturgy. After
10.00 am Mass, Annie Watt will be in the Parish Centre for those who wish to volunteer
and complete the necessary Disclosure Scotland forms. Three forms of identification
will be required - one with a photograph, for example, a passport or driving licence,
utility bill, birth certificate or previous Disclosure Scotland Number and National
Insurance Number.
INTERESTED
IN KNOWING MORE ABOUT THE CHURCH?
Are you thinking about becoming a Catholic?
Are you just wanting to know more? Are you returning after a time away from Church?
Are you just curious? The Enquiry Group meets in Saint Peter's Presbytery, on
Thursday 4 October at 7.30 pm.
NATIONAL
PRIGRIMAGE TO CARFIN
The
National Pilgrimage to Carfin is on Sunday 2 September with Mass at 3.00 pm. Further
details are on the notice board in the Church porch.
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.
FATHER
MATT HOLIDAY
Father
Matt will be on holiday from 3 to 19 September. Father
John will be back from Africa on Sunday 2 September.
THE
INNOCENTS
A box is available in the Porch for baby goods, talcum powder, lotion,
bottles, shampoo and so on. Please contact Josephine if you can help.
MARGARET
McLEOD
A collection taken at the funeral service for Margaret McLeod amounted
to £556.48 for North Ayrshire Cancer Care.
THANKS
Pam
would like to thank everyone who made her party so enjoyable and for the very
generous collection of £420 for the Dystonia Society.
PILGRIMAGE
TO LOURDES
Next year marks the 150th Anniversary of the Apparitions at Lourdes.
There will be an eleven day trip by coach and mini-cruise between 13 and 23 May
2008. The cost is £552.00 based on two people sharing a twin or double room.
The single room supplement is £159.00. Further details are on the notice
board in the porch. Booking forms are available from Father David Borland on DavidBorland@LineOne.net.
DOORS
OPEN DAY - MODEL CHURCHES: AYRSHIRE AND BEYOND
An exhibition of the model
Churches by Jim Miller will be held in the Parish Centre on Sunday 2 September
from 2.00 pm until 5.00 pm. Tea and coffee will be available with donations going
to Christian Aid.
CHILDREN'S
LITURGY ADULT HELPERS
9
September
3 to 5 Year Olds: Karen and Ann
Primary
1 to 3: Eileen and Sharon
16 September
3
to 5 Year Olds: Frances and Maria
Primary
1 to 3: Marko and Marieanne
If
you let everyone walk over you, you become a carpet. |
There
is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. |
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 Ecclesiasticus
3:17-18.20.28-29
My
son, be gentle in carrying out your business, and you will be better loved than
a lavish giver. The greater you are, the more you should behave humbly, and then
you will find favour with the Lord; for great though the power of the Lord is,
he accepts the homage of the humble. There is no cure for the proud mans malady,
since an evil growth has taken root in him. The heart of a sensible man will reflect
on parables, an attentive ear is the sages dream.
Second
Reading Hebrews 12:18-19.22-24
What
you have come to is nothing known to the senses: not a blazing fire, or a gloom
turning to total darkness, or a storm; or trumpeting thunder or the great voice
speaking which made everyone that heard it beg that no more should be said to
them. But what you have come to is Mount Zion and the city of the living God,
the heavenly Jerusalem where the millions of angels have gathered for the festival,
with the whole Church in which everyone is a 'first-born son' and a citizen of
heaven. You have come to God himself, the supreme Judge, and been placed with
spirits of the saints who have been made perfect; and to Jesus, the mediator who
brings a new covenant.
Gospel
Luke 14:1.7-14
On
a Sabbath day Jesus had gone for a meal to the house of one of the leading Pharisees;
and they watched him closely. He then told the guests a parable, because he had
noticed how they picked the places of honour. He said this "When someone
invites you to a wedding feast, do not take your seat in the place of honour.
A more distinguished person than you may have been invited, and the person who
invited you both may come and say, "Give up your place to this man."
And then, to your embarrassment, you would have to go and take the lowest place.
No; when you are a guest, make your way to the lowest place and sit there, so
that, when your host comes, he may say, "My friend, move up higher."
In that way, everyone with you at the table will see you honoured. For everyone
who exalts himself will be humbled, and the man who humbles himself will be exalted.'
Then he said to his host, 'When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not ask your
friends, brothers, relations or rich neighbours, for fear they repay your courtesy
by inviting you in return. No; when you have a party, invite the poor, the crippled,
the lame, the blind; that they cannot pay you back means that you are fortunate,
because repayment will be made to you when the virtuous rise again.".