BULLETIN 1
MARCH 2009
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT IN YEAR 2
CHURCH SERVICES
| Saturday
28 February | Mass
at 10.00 am for
Joe and Nan McConnell Confession on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm Sunday Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Paul Gerard Brown |
| Sunday
1 March | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am for the parishioners Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon for those have died since Christmas |
| Monday
2 March | Mass at 10.00 am for Sam Gilchrist |
| Tuesday
3 March | Mass at 10.00 am for Mary McMillan |
| Wednesday
4 March | Mass at 10.00 am for Christopher Forbes |
| Thursday
5 March | Mass at 7.00 pm for Joan Slaven |
|
Friday
6 March | Mass at 10.00 am for James McLaughlin |
| Saturday
7 March | Mass
at 10.00 am for
Cosimo and Arturo Farro Confession on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm Sunday Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Frank Clarke |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
|
Sunday
1 March | 11.00 am | |
|
Monday
2 March | 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 March | 11.00
am 1.00 to 3.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm | |
|
Wednesday
4 March | 6.00
to 7.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm | Karate |
|
Thursday
5 March | 1.30
to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Cardiac
Rehabilitation Brownies Guides |
|
Friday
6 March | 9.30 to 11.30 am |
Parents and Toddlers |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Andrew Coyle, Patricia
Robertson, Joan Slaven, William Davis and Peggy Carberry
who
died recently;
Paul Gerard Brown 1986, Frances Hackett 1997,
Father Charles Barclay 2001, Margaret Dolan 1959,
Maria Gillen
2001, Aldegonda Brogi, Pietro Brogi, Michael Reilly 1995, Catherine McCutcheon
2002,
Father Charles McLaughlin, Bishop Joseph McGee 1983,
James Convery 2008, Isabella McLaughlan 2001,
Hugh McGraa
2002 and Betty Lowe 2008 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 £642.00. 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?
COMBONI
MISSIONARIES COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for the Comboni Missionaries
amounted to £876.90 - many thanks for your continuing generosity.
LENT
We are in the holy season of Lent, the period of six weeks which leads us to Easter.
During Lent we should do penance and make time for prayer and sharing. Children
are good at 'giving up something for Lent' but it would be good for us - so would
a Saturday morning Mass or a Thursday evening Mass during Lent. During Lent, the
Stations of the Cross will be celebrated on a
Friday morning at 9.40 am before
Mass. Towards the end of Lent, the parishes in the Three Towns will have a time
set aside for a Service of Forgiveness. It would be good to start thinking about
it now.
GALLOWAY NEWS
Galloway News is available at the stall. There
is an obituary of Canon Farrington and some interesting articles about the Diocese.
NORTH
AYRSHIRE SCHOOLS FLAGSHIP CONCERT
The North Ayrshire Schools Flagship Concert
will be held at 4.00 pm on Sunday 22 March in the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow.
It will be a spectacular concert featuring over 500 pupils from North Ayrshire
schools with special guests from Uddevalla Music School, Sweden, Tickets costing
£8 and £6 concession are available from the box office on 0141 353
8000.
READERS
Next
weekend's readers are Celia Andrew at 5.30 pm, Sarah Guthrie at 10.00 am and Harry
Sammons and Marade Griffin at 12.00 noon.
CROSSHOUSE
HOSPITAL
A letter from Kenneth Gibson MSP reminds us that the Data Protection
Act prevents the Health Board from passing the names and religious denomination
of patients to anyone - including the Hospital Chaplains - unless the patient
asks for the priest to be notified that they are in hospital. We have appointed
Reverend Deacon Gordon Tustin of Saint Joseph’s Church, Kilmarnock as the chaplain
at Crosshouse Hospital. You can contact him on 07515 698 180 if you or a family
member are going into Crosshouse. The hospital will not do it. If you or a family
member is housebound, please let us know - unless told, we don’t know about it.
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.
We have the booking details for ordinary pilgrims.
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.
SAINT
PETER’S CHILDREN’S CENTRE
A few afternoon places are available in the nursery
starting in August 2009 for children who have reached their third birthday. For
more information and to register phone Josephine.
RACE
NIGHT
HCPT - The Pilgrimage Trust is hosting a Race Night in memory of Larry
Kernahan in the Parish Centre on Friday 6 March at 7.30 pm. Tickets cost £2.50.
Donation are welcome. The contacts are Esther and Josephine.
SMITHSTONE
HOUSE EVENTS
Smithstone House is offering a Lenten series on Mondays commencing
on 2 March from 7.00 to 9.00 pm based on the Year of Paul. This is a very useful
Lenten exercise. On Saturday 14 March from 10 am to 4.00 pm, there will be prayer
and reflection with Holy Mass.
PARISH CENTRE
Complaints have been made
about the behaviour of children in the foyer of the Parish Centre on a Sunday
morning and anxiety has been expressed that some of the little ones will be hurt
by the behaviour of others. Please try to ensure that your children behave well
and that they are properly supervised.
50/50 CLUB
Could all 50/50 Club
members who still intend to renew their membership for 2009 please try and do
so as soon as possible? We have held up the prize draw for January to give some
fifty or so members time to renew but we hope to make the draw by next week. Anyone
who still wishes to join can do so by phoning the promoter, Mrs Sammons and making
arrangements for payment. Thanks.
SAINT PETER’S SCHOOL
Please note that
if you are delivering children or grandchildren to Saint Peter's School there
is now a barrier in place to ensure the children are safe in front of the school.
It will be opened only when children are safely in school.
THANKS
Grateful
thanks to Saint Clare for favours received. May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be praised,
adored and glorified and loved today and every day throughout the world. Amen.
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.