BULLETIN 18
NOVEMBER 2007
THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN YEAR 3
CHURCH SERVICES
| Saturday
17 November | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm |
|
Sunday
18 November | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
| Monday
19 November | Mass at 10.00 am for the Holy Souls |
| Tuesday
20 November |
Mass at 10.00 am for Roslyn Murray Mass at 7.00 pm for Bereaved Families |
|
Wednesday
21 November | Mass at 10.00 am for the Holy Souls |
| Thursday
22 November | Mass at 7.00 pm for Gerry McMahon |
|
Friday
23 November | Mass at 10.00 am for the Holy Souls |
| Saturday
24 November | Mass at 10.00 am for John Prior |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
18 November | 10.00
am 10.00 am 11.00 am |
Children's
Liturgy |
| Monday
19 November | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 12.30 to 2.30 pm 5.30 to 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Nursery |
| Tuesday
20 November | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 1.00 to 3.00 pm 7.45 pm | Nursery
Kindergarten Legion of Mary Nursery Thursday Club Bereavement Tea |
|
Wednesday
21 November | 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
22 November | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 2.00 to 3.00 pm 7.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Nursery Kindergarten Nursery Cardiac Rehabilitation Brownies Guides |
|
Friday
23 November | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 2.30 pm 7.00 pm | Nursery Parents and Toddlers Nursery Nursery Bingo |
|
Saturday
24 November | 12.00 to 4.00 pm | Girl Guiding Annual General Meeting |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Harry Merrick and Margaret
Macdonald who died recently and
Margaret Lee 1984, Annie
Boyle O'Hare 1967, Alice Tomelty 2000,
Father Frank Kiernan
1989, Joseph Smith 2002, Robert Stevenson 1962,
John Carry
1997, Canon George McCafferty 2000, Patrick Burns 2003,
Karen
Byrne 2003 and Elizabeth McDougall 1948
whose
anniversaries occur at this time.
SUNDAY
COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £661.36 - 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 £355.06 - many thanks.
PRISONERS' WEEK
Prisoners' Week runs
from 18 to 25 November. Please pray for prisoners and their families.
SAINT PETER'S CHILDREN'S CENTRE PRIZE BINGO
A Fund Raising Bingo for Saint
Peter's Children's Centre will take place on Friday 23 November at 7.00 pm in
the Parish Centre. Tickets cost £1.00 and include tea. They are available
from are available from the Children's Centre, Kathleen or Gayle.
NEW ADVERTISER - EASTEND WINDOW BLINDS
Eastend Window Blinds is a new advertiser
this week. Please support our advertisers who defray the cost of printing the
bulletin.
NOVEMBER
LISTS
November Lists are available at the stall. Please take one. The lists
are placed near the Altar and Holy Mass is offered during November.
BOOK
OF THE DEAD
During the month of November, the Book of the Dead will be available
in front of the
Blessed Sacrament Chapel for
you to write the names of deceased family and friends. Please use all pages, back
and front.
CEMETERY
MASS
The annual Mass for the deceased will be celebrated in Ardrossan Cemetery today
at 2.00 pm.
ANNUAL
MASS FOR THE BEREAVED
The annual Mass for the bereaved will be celebrated
on Tuesday 20 November at 7.00 pm. Saint
Anne's Guild
will provide tea in the Parish Centre after Mass.
CHILD PROTECTION TRAINING
Those of you who were unable to attend the recent training are obliged to make
arrangements to attend the next one which will take place in St. Mary's Church
Hall, Saltcoats on Thursday 22 November at 7.00 pm. If you have attended a training
session prior to the recent one in order to comply with Disclosure Scotland, you
must attend the ongoing compulsory training to ensure good practice and must be
trained in the new National Pack.
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. The SIR team
of volunteers will be at the 10.00 am and 12.00 noon Masses on 18 November to
promote its Annual Draw for their Special Project, Mary's Meal's. Tickets cost
£1 each or a book for £5. Photographs of last year's visit
by Scottish International
Relief are on the Pictures
page.
SAINT
PETER'S CHURCH KEYRINGS AND FRIDGE MAGNETS
Over the next few weekends, the
Saint Vincent de Paul Society
will be selling keyrings at £1.00 and fridge magnets at £1.50. They
hold photographs of Saint Peter's Church.
SAINT PETER'S PRIMARY SCHOOL
As part of Primary 7's enterprise work, a company has been set up. It is called
Christmas Stockings Cooperation. For the fast few months, pupils have been making
lots of Christmas goods. On Sunday, 25 November after the 10 o'clock Mass, we
will have a stall where we will be selling our handmade presents. There is a huge
range of products for sale, for example,bookmarks, keyrings, stockings, magnets,
calendars and much, much more! So do yourself a favour! Come to the Christmas
Stockings Cooperation early Christmas sale, and buy your cheap but quality handmade
Christmas gifts!
THANKS
Mrs Mary Brown wishes to thank all the lovely people who offered prayers, sent
gifts, flowers and cards when she had her accident and broke her arm. She will
stay 'plastered' until the 3 December when she hopes to feel useful again. Mass
will be offered for your intentions.
NATIVITY
SET RAFFLE
Raffle tickets for a Nativity Set with Shed costing 50p a strip
are on sale at the stall. The draw will take place at the Sunday Teas on 23 December.
50/50
CLUB
Congratulations
to the following £25 winners in recent draws:
September - Sadie
Sloss 46, Margaret Harvey 109, Jimmy Carson 27
and
Mary Sammons 120
October - Ian
Carr 98, Rena Scullion 105, Doris Coulter 202
and
Caroline Murray 210
Annie Watt, 199, won £100 in the bonus draw. Thank
you for your continued support of the 50-50 Club. If you would like to join, please
contact the promoter, Mrs Myriame Sammons.
CHILDREN'S LITURGY ADULT
HELPERS
18 November
3
to 5 Year Olds: Ann and Gayle
Primary
1 to 3: Andrena and Theresa
Primary 4:
Wendy and Christine
25 November
3
to 5 Year Olds: Suzanne and Maria
Primary
1 to 3: Eileen and Sharon
Primary 4: Michael
and Fiona
GOD WILL DO THE REST
I asked the Lord to bless you as I prayed for you today,
To guide you and protect you as you go along your way
His love is always
with you. His promises are true
And
when we give Him all our cares, you know He will see us through.
So when
the road you're travelling on seems difficult at best.
Just remember I'm here
praying and God will do the rest.
| If
you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself. |
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
Malachi
3:19-20
The
day is coming now, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and the evil-doers
will be like stubble. The day that is coming is going to burn them up, says the
Lord of hosts, leaving them neither root nor stalk. But for you who fear my name,
the sun of righteousness will shine out with healing in its rays.
Second
Reading
2
Thessalonians 3:7-12
You
know how you are supposed to imitate us: now we were not idle when we were with
you, nor did we ever have our meals at anyone's table without paying for them;
no, we worked night and day, slaving and straining, so as not to be a burden on
any of you. This was not because we had no right to be, but in order to make ourselves
an example for you to follow. We gave you a rule when we were with you: not to
let anyone have any food if he refused to do any work. Now we hear that there
are some of you who are living in idleness, doing no work themselves but interfering
with everyone else's. In the Lord Jesus Christ, we order and call on people of
this kind to go on quietly working and earning the food that they eat.
Gospel
Luke
21:5-19
When
some were talking about the Temple, remarking how it was adorned with fine stonework
and votive offerings, Jesus said, "All these things you are staring at now
- the time will come when not a single stone will be left on another: everything
will be destroyed." And they put to him this question: "Master,"
they said, "when will this happen, then, and what sign will there be hat
this is about to take place?" "Take care not to be deceived," he
said, "because many will come using my name and saying, "I am he"
and, "The time is near at hand." Refuse to join them. And when you hear
of wars and revolutions, do not be frightened, for this is something that must
happen but the end is not soon.' Then he said to them, 'Nation will fight against
nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes and plagues
and famines here and there; there will be fearful sights and great signs from
heaven. But before all this happens, men will seize you and persecute you; they
will hand you over to the synagogues and to imprisonment, and bring you before
kings and governors because of my name - and that will be your opportunity to
bear witness. Keep this carefully in mind: you are not to prepare your defence,
because I myself shall give you an eloquence and a wisdom that none of your opponents
will be able to resist or contradict. You will be betrayed even by parents and
brothers, relations and friends; and some of you will be put to death. You will
be hated by all men on account of my name, but not a hair of your head will be
lost. Your endurance will win you your lives.".