BULLETIN 1
FEBRUARY 2009
FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 2
CHURCH
SERVICES
Saturday
31 January | Feast
of Saint John Bosco Mass at 10.00 am for Ian Falsey Confession on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm Sunday Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Retzbach and Cunningham families |
Sunday
1 February | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am for the parishioners Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon for those whose anniversary is this week |
Monday
2 February | Feast
of the Presentation of Our Lord - Candlemass Mass at 10.00 am for Frank Clarke Mass at 7.00 pm in Saint Mary's Church, Saltcoats for Catholic Education Week |
Tuesday
3 February | No
Mass in Saint Peter's Canon Matt will be at a wedding in Saint Andrew's, Fife. |
Wednesday
4 February | No
Mass in Saint Peter's Mass offered elsewhere for Danny Higgins |
Thursday
5 February | Feast
of Saint Agatha Mass at 7.00 pm for Winnie Scott |
Friday
6 February | Feast
of Saint Paul Miki and companions |
Saturday
7 February | Mass
at 10.00 am for
Sheila Conaghan Confession on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm Sunday Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for a special intention - TM |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
1 February | 11.00 am | |
Monday
2 February | 9.30
to 11.30 am 5.30 to 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm |
Parents
and Toddlers |
Tuesday
3 February | 11.00
am 1.00 to 3.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm | |
Wednesday
4 February | 6.00
to 7.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm | Karate |
Thursday
5 February | 1.30
to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Cardiac
Rehabilitation Brownies Guides |
Friday
6 February | 9.30 to 11.30 am |
Parents and Toddlers |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Avril Cullis (Largs), Andrew
McCormick (Saltcoats) and Sarah Burns (Glasgow) who died recently and
James
McDermid 2005, Canon Shaun Crowley 2001, Jessie Flynn, Marie Matthews 2005, Joseph
Foran 1994,
Mary Kelly 2006, Rachel Cairnie 1988, Janet Cunningham
1999, Father Joe Davie SDB 2002,
Tony Tourish 1993, Rachel
Cairnie 1998, Mary C McManus 1973, Margaret Mitchell 2004, Michael Barrett 1972,
Joseph
Brodie 1961, Eileen Busbridge, Patrick McGinn 1999 whose anniversaries occur at
this time
and those who are sick.
Information
for the anniversary list is appreciated.
OFFERTORY COLLECTION
Last weekend's Offertory collection amounted to £733.67. We are grateful
for your generous support of the Parish. Banker's Orders amount to an average
of £4000 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?
CHURCH
IN NEED COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for Aid To The Church In Need
amounted to £2164.82 - very well done and many thanks.
This
charity seeks to help the poorest members of the Church throughout the
world.
THIS
IS CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK
Please remember a short prayer for all who work
and study in Saint Peter’s School and Saint Matthew’s Academy as well as our students
at university and college. The Deanery Mass for Education Week is in Saint Mary’s
Church, Saltcoats on Monday at 7.00 pm. Everyone with a school connection is very
welcome.
READERS
Next
weekend's readers are Pauline Taylor at 5.30 pm, Sarah Guthrie at 10.00 am and
Ronnie Cairns at 12.00 noon. A new readers' rota has been sent out. New readers
are always welcome. Please talk to Canon
Matt about it.
EUCHARISTIC
MINISTERS
We are short of special ministers of Holy Communion especially for
the 12.00 noon Mass. Please give your name to Canon
Matt if you can help.
BURNS SUPPER
The Burns
Supper will be held in the Parish Centre on Friday 13 February 2009. Ex-Provost
Drew Duncan OBE will propose The Immortal Memory, Kenny Gibson MSP will propose
the Toast to the Lassies and the reply will be given by Reverend Dorothy Granger
of Barony Saint John's Church. Canon
Matt, Bill Andrew, Theresa
Coulter, George McGrattan, Ciaran Sinclar and Aimee Taylor are among others taking
part. There are fewer than ten tickets left. They are on sale at the Parish Office.
If you are planning to go, please reserve a ticket on 464063 this week. Patrons
are asked to be seated by 7.20 for a prompt start at 7.30 pm. Further details
of this and previous Burns
Suppers are on Saint Peter's website.
SUGGESTION LEAFLET
There is
a leaflet which indicates the events we will try to organise and have room for
suggestions. The Parish Centre is well used for private functions but there are
few Parish functions and we need to remedy that if we are to make the Centre viable.
You support it well with the second collection, so how about using it a bit more?
We need the support.
PARISH RECORDS
Thank you to those
who have already filled a Parish Records form in. The list we are using to find
you all is from Father Lynch’s time and is pretty much out of date with people
moving, changing phone numbers, moving in ans so on. Would you oblige us by filling
in a form and placing it in the box? Even if you think that we have your information,
we are lacking some basic information such as first names, postcodes and so on.
If your phone number is ex-directory, please mark that. All information will be
kept confidential. This means that you cannot phone here for someone’s address
- data protection does not allow that. Filling in the form is simply a polite
request to assist us – you certainly do not have to do it.
50/50 CLUB
There
is still time to join the 50/50 Club for another year or for the first time. The
annual subscription is £15 or £5 three times a year. All proceeds
are split 50/50 between winners and the parish. Myriame Sammons is the promoter
and will assist you in renewing membership.
HOSPITALITÉ
DE NOTRE DAME DE LOURDES
Hospitalité de Notre Dame de Lourdes is the
group which organises the pilgrimage to Lourdes every second year. Our group will
be going on pilgrimage from 6 to 13 July this year. In order to ensure the pilgrimage
is a success, the group is in urgent need of trained nurses and carers to work
as part of a medical team caring for the sick pilgrims of our diocese. Male and
female helpers for general duties are also required. If you are interested or
would like more information, please contact Debbie Gillon on 07531 016747. Thank
you.
THANK
YOU
A happy and ‘all clear’ Cathie Donnelly would like to express her thanks
and gratitude for all your best wishes and prayers over the past year.
CHILDREN'S
LITURGY
The Chidren's Liturgy is struggling for helpers. Volunteers cannot
simply be recruited as they are required - we are subject to a strict regime from
Disclosure Scotland. This means all volunteers have to complete the form and then
await clearance but we need some more volunteers to ensure that there is a rota
and that you are not on too frequently. Please give your name to Annie Watt or
Canon Matt.
If your child is due to receive the Sacraments next year, this would be a good
time to volunteer! Do it today! Please note that if you have not been 'disclosed'
you cannot join the children at their Liturgy. You must simply leave them in the
hall. If the children are unwilling to stay with the volunteers on duty you might
have to wait till they are older and able to do so. Older brothers and sisters
cannot just go with them. We have signed up to a strict policy that only those
who have been 'disclosed' can be with the children and there can be no exceptions.
CONFIRMATION
AND HOLY COMMUNION
Please add the names and dates of children due to be confirmed
and receive First Holy Communion to the list in the porch.
SAINT
ANNE'S GUILD
Saint
Anne's Guild resumes on Tuesday at 7.00 pm in the Parish
Centre. New members are always welcome - just come along on Tuesday.
GALLOWAY
LOURDES HOSPITALITÉ
The
Annual General Meeting of Galloway
Lourdes Hospitalité, preceded
by Mass with anointing of the sick, will be held on Sunday 15 February at 3.30
pm in Sacred Heart Parish, Girvan. Tea and coffee will be served after Mass. All
are welcome.
WEEKDAY
MASSES
Sorry that the weekday Mass times this week are disrupted again. There
is a morning Mass in Saint Mary’s Church, Saltcoats each day.
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.