BULLETIN                      7 OCTOBER 2007

TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN YEAR 3


CHURCH SERVICES

Saturday 6 October

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

Sunday 7 October
Sunday Mass at 10.00 am
Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon
Monday 8 October
Mass at 10.00 am for Margaret Currie
Tuesday 9 October
Mass at 10.00 am for Patrick Monaghan
Wednesday 10 October
Mass at 10.00 am for a special intention
Thursday 11 October
Mass at 7.00 pm for Mary McKernon
Friday 12 October
Mass at 10.00 am for George Hall
Saturday 13 October
Mass at 10.00 am for Tom Howieson


PARISH CENTRE EVENTS

Sunday 7 October
11.00 am
2.00 pm

Tea and Coffee after Mass
Birthday Party

Monday 8 October
9.00 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

In-Service Training
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Rainbows
Brownies
Saint Vincent de Paul Society  
Weight Watchers

Tuesday 9 October
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
Wednesday 10 October
9.00 to 11.30 am
9.30 to 11.00 am
12.30 to 3.00 pm
6.00 to 7.00 pm
7.00 to 9.00 pm
Nursery
Kindergarten
Nursery
Barakuda Karate
Special Religious Education (SPRED)
Thursday 11 October
9.00 to 11.30 am
9.30 to 11.00 am
12.30 to 3.00 pm
7.00 to 7.30 pm
7.30 to 9.00 pm
Nursery
Kindergarten
Nursery
Brownies

Guides
Friday 12 October
9.00 to 11.30 am
9.30 to 11.30 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm
Nursery
Parents and Toddlers
Nursery

PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
   Ellen Main, Betty McKechnie, Toots Cassidy and Michael Picozzi who died recently;
   James Martin 1997, Eunice Ward 2001, Catherine McHugh 1977,
   Vincenzo Carrino 1980, Alex Jamieson 2006, Dan Donnelly 1941,
   Jane Coulter 1998, Mary Colvin 2000, Bill Henderson,
   Chrissie Ferguson 2006, Joseph Harvey 1998, Shannon McTaggart 1996,
   John Petrie 1966, Maureen Haddington 2002, Vincenzo Marchetti 1968,
   and Ena Millar 1987 whose anniversaries occur at this time;
   and Jamie Charles Macrae, Emma Rachel Baker and Melissa Jolie Boyd
   who were baptised recently.


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UNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £759.56 - 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.

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.

PARISH CENTRE COLLECTION

Last weekend's collection for the Parish Centre amounted to £334.45 - many thanks.

SAINT PETER'S PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENT COUNCIL
Saint Peter's Primary School Parent Council will meet once a month in the school. The minutes of the meeting are on the notice board.

GALLOWAY LOURDES HOSPITALITÉ
The annual Ceilidh for Galloway Lourdes Hospitalité will take place on Friday 16 November at 7.30 pm in the Volunteer Rooms, Irvine with the Oran Mor Ceilidh Band. Tickets costing £7.50 and including a light supper are available from Maureen or Anne.

INTER DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND
The Inter Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Holy Land will take place from 4 to 13 November 2008, flying directly from Glasgow and staying in both Bethlehem and Nazareth. The cost is £735. Full details are in a brochure which is available at the stall.

DIOCESAN ADULT GROUP
Have you every wanted to know a little bit more about your Catholic Faith? Do you want a forum for discussion? Do you want to take part in a group looking for information, answers and support? Echoes might be the answer. It will take place throughout the Diocese on a once a month basis. Our nearest centre is Saint Winin's Church Hall, Kilwinning on the third Tuesday of every month from 7.30 to 9.00 pm. Just turn up - it is free of charge.

THE SINGING CHILDREN OF AFRICA
The Singing Children of Africa will be performing in the Church on Sunday 14 October at 6.00 pm. Tickets costing £4 are available from the stall or Marie-Anne. Tea and coffee will be available in the Parish Centre. All proceeds from this concert will go to The Singing Children of Africa Appeal.

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.

SAINT PETER'S PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION
Saint Peter's Parent Teacher Association will meet in the Parish Centre on Tuesday at 7.30 pm. All parents are welcome.

SCOTTISH CATHOLIC INTERNATIONAL AID FUND (SCIAF) CHRISTMAS SELECTION TRAIDCRAFT CATALOGUE
The SCIAF Christmas Selection Tradicraft catalogue is available at the stall. Please take one.

THE ROSARY
During the month of October, the Thursday Club will lead the Rosary before the weekday morning Mass.

THE TWENTYSOMETHINGS
The TwentySomethings are having a Mass at 7.30 pm on Wednesday 10 October at the Convent of Mercy, 62 Hill Street, Glasgow. People in their twenties are welcome and there is no need to book. Hill Street is parallel to Sauchiehall Street, next to St Aloysius School.
There is parking at the back accessible from the entrance off Scott Street. For further details contact hugh@project2030.fsnet.co.uk or visit www.project2030.org.uk.

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.

CHILDREN'S LITURGY ADULT HELPERS
   7 October
      3 to 5 Year Olds: Marie and Frances
      Primary 1 to 3: Michelle and Jacqueline

      Primary 4: Andrena and Theresa
   14 October
      3 to 5 Year Olds: Gayle and Elaine
      Primary 1 to 3: Marko and Marianne

      Primary 4: Catherine Anne and Carol Ann

A PRAYER FOR TIMES OF STRESS
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change things I cannot accept and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those I have had to kill because they got on my nerves. Help me to be careful of the toes I stand on today as they may be connected to the feet I have to kiss tomorrow. Help me always give 100% at work each week - 12% on Mondays, 23% on Tuesdays, 40% on Wednesdays, 20% on Thursdays and 5% on Fridays. Help me to remember that when I am having a bad day and people seem to be trying to wind me up that it takes 42 muscles to frown, 28 muscles to smile and only 4 to extend my arm and smack someone on the mouth. Amen.


What we do for our ourselves dies with us.
  What we do for our community lives long after we are gone.  

Don't wish it was easier - wish you were better.
Don't wish for less problems - wish for more skills.
Don't wish for less challenges - wish for more wisdom.

  Everything ends well for the one who has patience.  


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           Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4
How long, Lord, am I to cry for help while you will not listen; to cry Oppression! in your ear and you will not save? Why do you set injustice before me, why do you look on where there is tyranny? Outrage and violence, this is all I see, all is contention, and discord flourishes. Then the Lord answered and said, write the vision down, inscribe it on tablets to be easily read, since this vision is for its own time only: eager for its own fulfilment, it does not deceive; if it comes slowly, wait, for come it will, without fail. See how he flags, he whose soul is not at rights, but the upright man will live by his faithfulness.

Second Reading           Timothy 1:6-8.13-14
I am reminding you to fan into a flame the gift that God gave you when I laid my hands on you. God's gift was not a spirit of timidity, but the Spirit of power, and love, and self-control. So you are never to be ashamed of witnessing to the Lord, or ashamed of me for being his prisoner; but with me, bear the hardships for the sake of the Good News, relying on the power of God. Keep as your pattern the sound teaching you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. You have been trusted to look after something precious; guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.

Gospel           Luke 17:5-10
The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith." The Lord replied, "Were your faith the size of a mustard seed you could say to this mulberry tree, "Be uprooted and planted in the sea", and it would obey you. Which of you, with a servant ploughing or minding sheep, would say to him when he returned from the fields, "Come and have your meal immediately"? Would he not be more likely to say, "Get my supper laid; make yourself tidy and wait on me while I eat and drink. You can eat and drink yourself afterwards"? Must he be grateful to the servant for doing what he was told? So with you: when you have done all you have been told to do, say, "We are merely servants: we have done no more than our duty. ".