BULLETIN 9
MAY 2010
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER IN YEAR 3
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
8 May | Mass
at 10.00 am for a special intention Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Catherine McEvoy |
Sunday
9 May |
Sunday Mass
at 10.00 am for the parishioners Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon for the Brady family Vigil of the Deceased at 4.00 pm for Nettie Retzbach |
Monday
10 May | Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for Nettie Retzbach |
Tuesday
11 May |
Mass at 10.00 am for Noelle Collins |
Wednesday
12 May |
Mass
at 10.00 am for John Maher |
Thursday
13 May |
Feast
of the Ascension of Our Lord - Holiday of Obligation Mass at 10.00 am Mass at 7.00 pm for Neil McTaggart |
Friday
14 May |
Mass at 10.00 am for Michael Caplin |
Saturday
15 May | Mass
at 10.00 am for Margaret Birt Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Jean Monan |
The
Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify anniversaries
as early as you can. Thanks. |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
9 May | 11.00
am | |
Monday
10 May | 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 Rainbows Brownies Weight Watchers Saint Vincent de Paul Society |
Tuesday
11 May | 11.00
am 1.00 to 3.00pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm 7.30 pm |
Legion
of Mary |
Wednesday
12 May | 6.00
to 7.00 pm 6.30 pm 7.00 pm |
Karate |
Thursday
13 May | 1.30
to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Cardiac
Rehabilitation |
Friday
14 May | 9.30 am |
Parents and Toddlers |
Saturday
15 May | 7.00 pm |
Private Function |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Margaret Birt, Nettie Retzbach of our parish, Ian Monteith
(Glasgow), Richard Hunter and Gerard McKenna
who died recently;
Frank Nils Matthews 2003, Josephine Mulligan 2008, Angela
Murray 1991, Robert Ferguson 2005,
Nicholas McIntee 2004, Francis Moran 1999, Theresa Smith
1997, Les Dorrian 2009 and Mary McFarlane 2004
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 £821.08 - many thanks.
We are grateful for your generous support of the Parish and the Diocese to
which we pay a monthly levy of £1250.
PARISH
CENTRE COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for the Parish Centre amounted to £326.50
- many thanks.
BANKER'S
ORDERS
Have you thought of using a Bankers Order? It assists us with the safe handling
of cash. Banker's Orders for the Parish and Centre amount to an average of
£3800 per month. Forms are available.
GIFT AID
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. Forms are available.
WILLS
Would you consider remembering Saint Peter's in your will?
READERS
Next
weekend's readers are Margaret Munn at 5.30 pm, Angela Body at 10.00 and Jim
Delahunt at 12 noon.
If you would consider becoming a Reader at Mass please speak to Canon
Matt or the Parish Office on 464063. Thank you. We are especially short
at the 10.00 am Sunday Mass.
CONFIRMATION AND FIRST COMMUNION
Over the next three weekends, thirty of our children will receive the Sacrament
of Confirmation and make their First Holy Communion at the 10.00 am Mass.
Please keep them - and their families - in your prayers. We offer the families
our congratulations.
FEAST OF THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD - HOLIDAY OF OBLIGATION
Thursday is the feast of the Ascension of Our Lord and is a Holiday of Obligation.
There will be a Vigil Mass on Wednesday at 7.00 pm and Masses at 10.00 am
and 7.00 pm on Thursday.
CHILDREN'S LITURGY
The Children's Liturgy is offered during the 10.00 am Mass. The group who
offer this service is always grateful to have new names on the rota. You must
have disclosure before you can take part and that is easily arranged. Please
phone Michelle in the Parish Office on 464063 on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday
morning.
VISITORS
Are you visiting us for Mass? Please know that you are very welcome. During
the 10.00 am Mass there is a Children’s Liturgy provided for preschool children,
children in Primaries 1 to 3 and a Sacramental Programme for children in Primary
4. After the 10.00 am Mass, tea, coffee cakes and buns are available in the
Parish Centre. At all of our weekend Masses, we have a second collection for
our Parish Centre debt.
AN EVENING OF SIXTIES MUSIC
A Supper Dance with Pete Kerr has been arranged for Friday 4 June in the Parish
Centre. There will be supper and a bar. Tickets cost £7.50 and are available
now from the Parish Office. They can be reserved by phoning 464063 or by emailing
Office@SaintPeterInChains.net.
PARISH LOURDES GROUP
The Parish Lourdes Group is having a Prize Bingo in the Parish Centre on Friday
21 May at 7.00 pm. Entry costs £1 for adults and 50p for children. Tickets
on sale now. Please see the notice in the Church porch or Parish Centre foyer.
All are welcome and prizes or donations will be greatly appreciated. The contact
numbers are 469006 and 601575.
CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS - SAFEGUARDING AWARENESS AND TRAINING
A course on safeguarding awareness and training will be held on Sunday 16
May from 2.00 to 3.00 pm. New and present volunteers are invited to our new
training programme in the Parish Centre. Updating training and raising awareness
is mandatory for all volunteers whatever role they undertake, for example,
Saint Vincent de
Paul Society, Children’s Liturgy and so on. Any other parishioners
who would like to come along and join in our safeguarding procedures are most
welcome.
DIOCESAN YOUTH COUNCIL
Father Martin Chambers would like to establish a Diocesan Youth Council. This
parish could do with a couple of representatives - “young or old” in Father
Martin’s words, to attend a meeting in Saint Matthew’s Parish, Kilmarnock,
on Saturday, 5 June at 11.00 am. The meeting will last till 3.00 pm and lunch
will be provided. Please let Canon
Matt know if you are interested.
WORLD YOUTH DAY
The next World Youth Day is in Madrid, Spain from 16 to 21 August 2011. Hundreds
of thousands of young people from every part of the world will gather to celebrate
a Festival of Faith. Some of us went to Sydney in 2008, some to Cologne in
2005 and some to Toronto in 2002. The next World Youth Day is nearer home
- in Madrid next year. You must be sixteen years old by 31 December 2011 to
be eligible. Full details are available from Father Martin Chambers in the
Youth Office on 01563 533587 or Mhartino2004@yahoo.co.uk.
CHRISTIAN AID WEEK
Please support Christian Aid Week from 9 to 15 May.
ZUMBA FITNESS
Zumbe Fitness is the Latin-inspired, easy to follow, calorie burning fitness
party. Come along every Wednesday at 7.00 pm in the Parish Centre and join
the party! All are welcome.The cost is £3.50 per class.
ARE YOU IN YOUR TWENTIES OR THIRTIES?
Groups of Catholics in their twenties and thirties organises trips, pilgrimages,
discussions, meals, evenings out, Masses and so on. If you would like to find
out more, come along to the thirties Mass on Saturday 8 May at 7.00 pm or
the thirties Mass on Sunday 9 May at 11.00 am after which there will be a
pub lunch. Masses are held in the Ignatian Spirituality Centre, 35 Scott Street,
Glasgow, G3 6PE, off Sauchiehall Street There is no need to book - just turn
up. More information can be obtained from www.twentysomethings.eu,
jenny@twentysomethings.eu or
30s@project2030.org.uk.
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.