BULLETIN 20
JANUARY 2008
SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 1
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
19 January | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm |
Sunday
20 January | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
Monday
21 January | Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for Rena Scullion |
Tuesday
22 January | Mass at 10.00 am for May Boland |
Wednesday
23 January | Mass at 10.00 am for Joe Quigley |
Thursday
24 January | Mass at 7.00 pm for Kitty Boyle |
Friday
25 January | Mass at 10.00 pm for Johnny Murray |
Saturday
26 January | Mass at 10.00 am for Ian Falsay |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
20 January | 10.00
am 10.00 am 11.00 am |
Children's
Liturgy |
Monday
21 January | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 10.00 to 4.00 pm 12.30 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
22 January | 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 7.00 pm | Nursery
Kindergarten Legion of Mary Nursery Thursday Club Keep Fit |
Wednesday
23 January | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.00 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Nursery
Kindergarten Nursery Barakuda Karate Special Religious Education (SPRED) |
Thursday
24 January | 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 Girl Guides |
Friday
25 January | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 12.30 to 2.30 pm 7.20 pm | Nursery Parents and Toddlers Nursery A Scottish Farewell to Father John |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Bill Smythe, Bridget O'Neil,
Josh O'Neill and Rena Scullion who died recently;
Bessie Brown
1982, Margaret Jane Brennan 1964, Annie Monan 1998,
James
McCormack 1999, Catherine Welsh 2005, Michael Lynn 2005,
Bernard
Burns 1963, Annie Carson 1995 and Brookelyn Angel Donnachy 2006
whose anniversaries occur at this time
and
Sophie Tyra Johnston who was baptised recently.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £707.52
- 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 £338.62
- many thanks.
SPECIAL COLLECTION
The Special Collection for Catholic
Education will be taken on 26 and 27 January and not on 2 and 3 February as indicated
on the envelopes.
A
SCOTTISH FAREWELL TO FATHER JOHN - SOLD
OUT
Father John returns to Africa at the beginning of February. We plan to 'roll-up'
our usual Saint Andrew's Night Social and Burns Supper into A
Scottish Farewell to Father John on two dates. On Friday 25 January, there
will be a meal and Scottish entertainment at 7.20 pm for 7.30 pm to 11.00 pm in
the Parish Centre. All
tickets have been sold. Please
wear something tartan, if only a ribbon. On Sunday 27 January form 1.00 pm to
4.00 pm, there will be an 'open house' event in the Parish Centre with Scottish
snacks - roll and sausage, hot pies, lentil soup and so on. Come anytime and spend
an hour or so chatting. Envelopes for anything you wish Father
John to use in Tanzania are available at the stall.
50/50 CLUB
Members' annual £15 subscription is now due. The sign-up for new members
will take place in the foyer after all Masses next weekend.
WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
To celebrate one hundred years of the organisation,
the Ardrossan Churches Group is having 'A Celebration Of What We Share' in Park
Church, Ardrossan on Sunday 20 January at 3.00 pm. Everyone is invited to take
part.
SAINT
MATTHEW'S ACADEMY - CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK
Bishop Cunningham will celebrate
Catholic Education Week with Mass in Saint Matthew's Academy on Wednesday 30 January
at 7.00 pm. There will be Solemn Blessing of the school. The deanery parishes
hope to present new vestments and altar silver to the school. Some guests will
be invited but there is an open invitation to all parishioners.
MEDICAL
MISSIONARIES OF MARY
Sister Aileen Doggett of the Medical Missionaries of Mary
will make an appeal for your support of the work of the Missionary Sisters at
all Masses on the weekend of 2 and 3 February.
GALLOWAY
LOURDES HOSPITALITÉ
The Annual General Meeting of Galloway Lourdes
Hospitalité will be preceded by Mass with Anointing of the Sick in Saint
John's Church, Stevenston
on Sunday 17 February at 3.30 pm. Tea and coffee will be served after Mass. All
are welcome.
USED
STAMPS
There is a box in the porch for used stamps. If you have any, please
donate them to help with Mission work.
SAINT
PETER'S PRIMARY SCHOOL REGISTRATION
Children who attain the age of five years
between 1 March 2008 and 28 February 2009 should be registered for education on
Wednesday 16 or Thursday 17 January at 9.00 to 10.00 am, 11.10 to 11.50 am or
1.45 to 2.45 pm. Please call in person or by telephone to arrange an appointment.
Birth and Baptismal Certificates should be presented at time of registration.
NURSERY
REGISTRATION WEEK
Nursery Registration Week runs from
28 January to 1 February for pre-school and ante-pre school children with dates
of birth between 1 March 2004 and 28 February 2006. Parents wishing to register
their children 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 are Monday to Friday, 9.30 to 11.30 am.
Registration
times at Saint Peter's Primary School Nursery Class are Monday 9.30 to 10.30 am;
Tuesday 10.45 to 11.30am; Wednesday 12.50 to 2.00 pm. Arrangements for Registration
are by appointment. Please call in person or telephone 462554 for an appointment.
GOD'S
GETTING BETTER
A little girl was sitting on her grandfather's lap as he read her a bedtime story.
From time to time, she would take her eyes off the book and reach up to touch
his wrinkled cheek. She was alternately stroking her own cheek then his again.
Finally she spoke up "Grandpa, did God make you?". "Yes, sweetheart"
he answered, "God made me a long time ago." "Oh." she paused
"Grandpa, did God make me too?" "Yes, indeed honey" he said
"God made you just a little while ago." Feeling their respective faces
again, she observed "God's getting better at it, isn't he?".
I
WISH ...
I wish I were:
BIG enough to admit all my shortcomings
BRAVE
enough to accept criticism
COMPASSIONATE enough to understand
human frailties
HUMAN enough to be thoughtful to my neighbour
and
RIGHTEOUS enough to be devoted to the love of God.
It
is always a feast where love is and where love is, God is. |
Life
can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards. |
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
Isaiah
49:3.5-6
The
Lord said to me, You are my servant, Israel, in whom I shall be glorified; I was
honoured in the eyes of the Lord, my God was my strength. And now the Lord has
spoken, he who formed me in the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to
him, to gather Israel to him: It is not enough for you to be my servant, to restore
the tribes of Jacob and bring back the survivors of Israel: I will make you the
light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.
Second
Reading
1
Corinthians 1:1-3
I,
Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle, together with brother Sosthenes, send
greetings to the church of God in Corinth, to the holy people of Jesus Christ,
who are called to take their place among all the saints everywhere who pray to
our Lord Jesus Christ; for he is their Lord no less than ours. May God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ send you grace and peace.
Gospel
John
1:29-34
Seeing
Jesus coming towards him, John said, "Look, there is the lamb of God that
takes away the sin of the world. This is the one I spoke of when I said: A man
is coming after me who ranks before me because he existed before me. I did not
know him myself, and yet it was to reveal him to Israel that I came baptising
with water." John also declared, "I saw the Spirit coming down on him
from heaven like a dove and resting on him. I did not know him myself, but he
who sent me to baptise with water had said to me, "The man on whom you see
the Spirit come down and rest is the one who is going to baptise with the Holy
Spirit." Yes, I have seen and I am the witness that he is the Chosen One
of God.".