BULLETIN 24
AUGUST 2008
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR 1
CHURCH
SERVICES
| Saturday
23 August |
Mass
at 10.00 am for Moira Campbell |
| Sunday
24 August | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am for the parishioners Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon for the parishioners |
|
Monday
25 August | Mass at 10.00 am for Catherine Fitzsimmons |
| Tuesday
26 August | Mass at 10.00 am for Isabella Welsh |
| Wednesday
27 August | Mass at 10.00 pm for the McCarroll family |
| Thursday
28 August | Vigil Mass at 7.00 pm for the Stewart family |
| Friday
29 August | Mass at 7.00 pm for Mona Smith |
| Saturday
30 August | Mass
at 10.00 am for Rose Doyle Confession on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm Sunday Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Johnny Kelly |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
24 August | 11.00
am 1.00 pm |
Tea
and Coffee after Mass |
|
Monday
25 August | 9.30
to 11.30 am 7.00 to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm |
Parents
and Toddlers |
|
Tuesday
26 August | 11.00
am 1.00 to 3.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Legion
of Mary |
|
Wednesday
27 August | 6.00 to 7.00 pm | Barakuda Karate |
|
Thursday
28 August | 1.30
to 3.00 pm 6.30 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Cardiac
Rehabilitation Brownies Guides |
|
Friday
29 August | 9.30 to 11.30 am |
Parents and Toddlers |
|
Saturday
30 August | 1.00 pm |
Private Function |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Mary Kate MacCormack and
Mrs B Power
who died recently and
Jim McManus 1997, Catherine Fitzsimmons
2004, Giocondo Michelin 1959,
Catherine Bell Boyle 2004,
Mick Smith 1998, Elizabeth Taylor 1951,
Samuel Taylor 1969, Mary
McCann 1987, Joseph Doyle 2005,
John Kelly 2004, Sister Mary Peter
1999, James McGrattan 1982
and John Stewart whose anniversaries
occur at this time.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted
to £889.78. We are grateful for your generous support of the Parish. Banker's
Orders amount to an average of £4400 per month.
BANKER'S
ORDERS, GIFT AID AND WILLS
Have you thought of using a Bankers Order? It assists
us with the safe handling of cash. Have you signed a Gift Aid Form? If you pay
tax, then every £1 you give to the Parish is worth £1.28 to us. Would
you consider remembering Saint Peter's in your will?
PARISH CENTRE COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for the Parish Centre amounted to £385.01 - many
thanks.
READERS
Next weekend's readers are Louise Moore at 5.30 pm,
Annie Watt 10.00 am and Angela Body 12.00 noon.
PARISH OFFICE
The
Parish Office is normally staffed each weekday from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm. Outside
of these times, there may be someone there or you can leave a message on 464063.
MASS
LEAFLETS
Mass Leaflets are our way of providing you with the Sunday Readings
and the music for Mass. You are welcome to take one home or to the housebound.
If you are not doing so, we would be grateful if you would return the Mass leaflets
to the boxes for use at a later Mass. Please try not to leave bulletins and leaflets
on the seat. It makes you and the Church look untidy. Thanks.
DOORS
OPEN DAY
Saint Peter's is one of Ayrshire's seventy finest buildings open
to the public on Sunday 7 September. The Church will be open - as it usually is
- to visitors from the 12.00 noon Mass till about 4.00 pm.
THURSDAY
CLUB
The Thursday
Club resumes on Tuesday 26 August from 1.00 to 3.00 pm in the Parish
Centre.
PARISH
VOLUNTEERS
Bishop Cunningham will celebrate a Mass of thanksgiving for all
the hard work and dedication given to the
Church by all volunteers in parishes. The Mass will be celebrated in Saint Margaret's
Cathedral, Ayr on Sunday 14 September at 3.30 pm. A good attendance would be greatly
appreciated as this is the first time a Mass of thanksgiving has been held. The
is a list in the porch to ascertain whether a bus should be ordered. Alternatively,
the 585 bus from Ardrossan drops within ten minutes of the Cathedral.
MARY'S
MEALS - PLEASE CAN YOU HELP?
Mary's
Meals works with some of the poorest people
in the third world countries such as Malawi, Liberia, Peru, Ecuador, India and
Uganda, amongst others. Mary's
Meals offers
help by collecting unwanted goods. They then send the goods donated as aid or
raise funds through shops for overseas projects. The
annual uplift visit will be on Sunday 7 September. From Thursday 4 to Saturday
6 September, your donations can be left in the foyer of the Parish Centre but
not at other times as we need to use the Centre and the foyer. If you are unable
to bring your own goods, please contact Frank Coulter. Mary's
Meals will
also sell raffle tickets. Currently targeted items are clothing and bedding in
any condition; other items such as shoes, bags, jewellery and accessories, books,
records, CDs, DVDs, bric-a-brac, ornaments, china, kitchenware, pictures, curtains,
small rugs in saleable condition. Mary's
Meals have
to dispose of a large amount of donated items such as furniture which only adds
to its overheads. On average, two black bags of clothing including rags earns
£6. The sum of £5.30 feeds a child for a year! Mary's
Meals could
not survive without your kind donations. Photographs of recent years' visits
by Scottish International
Relief are on the Pictures
page.
TRIP
TO OBERAMMERGAU IN 2010
Is anyone interested in going to the Passion Play in
Oberammergau in 2010? It could be a seven day tour of Bavaria with one or two
nights in Oberammergau or a three day trip to Munich and Oberammergau, depending
on interest. If you are interested, please contact Janet in Beith. Some interest
is being shown and a travel agent is working on it. The Play runs from May till
October, so it is a matter of finding dates, prices, and so on. At the moment,
the organisers are only looking for interest, not bookings.
ANNUAL
WHITHORN PILGRIMAGE
The annual pilgrimage to Saint Ninian's Cave will be on
Sunday 31 August. Mass will be celebrated at 4.00 pm at the Cave and at 4.45 pm
in the Church in Whithorn for those who cannot make the journey to the Cave. We
will share the bus from Saltcoats. Please phone 463461 to reserve a place.
CHILDREN'S
LITURGY
The Children's Liturgy will resume for three to five year olds and
Primary 1 to Primary 3 pupils on Sunday 7 September. The Children's sacramental
programme will start a couple of weeks later.
50/50 CLUB
Congratulations
to July's four £25 winners, Rotha Timpany 144, David Atkins 14, Iain Carr
98 and Doris Coulter 202. £1000 has been given to Parish Funds. August's
draw will take place next weekend. Good luck to all. The next collection is due
in September so please make sure you are up to date before the bonus draw for
£100. Many thanks to all our members for their continued support. New members
are always very welcome. To join, please contact Mrs Sammons.
HEALTH AND
SAFETY
We have had a health and survey done and there are some things which
require to be done. Cars are travelling into and out of the car park too quickly
so signs with a five miles per hour limit are going up. New first aid equipment
will be available at the stall and in the Parish Centre. We are looking at a 'zebra'
type of marking on the path where pedestrians cross the car park entrance. New
fire notices and emergency lighting will have to be displayed in the Church and
Centre and a designated assembly point will be marked in the car park. We are
looking for a few members of a Health and Safety committee to oversee all of this.
If you can help, please tell Canon
Matt.
GIVE
BLOOD
If you can never find the time to give blood, here it is - Civic Centre,
Glasgow Street, Ardrossan on Wednesday 3 September from 2.30 to 3.45 pm and 5.15
to 7.30 pm.
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS - MISSION STATEMENT
The
Catholic Church in Scotland is concerned with the lives, safety, wholeness and
well-being of each individual person within God's purpose for everyone. It seeks
to safeguard the welfare of people of all ages who are involved in whatever capacity
with the Church and its organisations. As a Church community, we accept that it
is the responsibility of all of us, ordained, professed, paid and voluntary members,
to work together to prevent the physical,
sexual, emotional abuse or neglect of children, young people and vulnerable adults.