BULLETIN 13
JUNE 2010
ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR 3
CHURCH
SERVICES
|
Saturday
12 June | Mass
at 10.00 am for the sick Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Martin Francis Brown |
| Sunday
13 June |
Sunday Mass
at 10.00 am for the parishioners Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon for Tommy Coulter |
| Monday
14 June | Mass at 10.00 am for Rena Freer |
|
Tuesday
15 June |
Mass at 10.00 am for Edward Swiercz |
|
Wednesday
16 June |
Mass at 10.00 am for a special intention |
|
Thursday
17 June | Mass at 7.00 pm for Michael Leonard |
|
Friday
18 June |
Mass at 10.00 am for Tommy Coulter |
|
Saturday
19 June | Mass
at 10.00 am for the sick Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for David Brodie |
The
Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify anniversaries
as early as you can. Thanks. | |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
13 June | 11.00
am | |
|
Monday
14 June | 9.30
to 11.30 am 7.00 to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm | Parents
and Toddlers Weight Watchers Saint Vincent de Paul Society |
|
Tuesday
15 June | 11.00
am 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Legion
of Mary |
|
Wednesday
16 June | 6.00
to 7.00 pm 7.00 pm | Karate |
|
Thursday
17 June | 1.30 to 3.00 pm | Cardiac Rehabilitation |
|
Friday
18 June | 9.30 am | Parents and Toddlers |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Tom Atkins and Sheelagh
Kelly of our parish, Jim Power (Glasgow), Anthony Lundie (Twerton, Bath) and Alice
Ferrie (Dundee)
who died recently;
Sarah
Sweeney 1997, Anthony Forbes 2002, Julia Petrie 1998, Edward Swiercz 1991, David
Brodie 1994,
Agnes Hunter 1956, Sheila Reilly 1987, Carol
Stewart 2005, Agnes Cochrane 1998, Mary Theresa Dolan 1999,
Michael
Leonard 2000, Father Tom Leverage 1996, Cardinal Thomas Winning 2001, Sheila Kennedy
1996,
Samuel McGonigle 1997, Andrew McPadden 2002, Una Delahunt
Rice 2005, Margaret Forbes 2006,
Billy Harvey 2004, John
Malloy 2002 and Molly Monaghan 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 £725.73 - 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 £340.17 - 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 Katrina Pollock at 5.30 pm, Sarah Guthrie at 10.00 and Alfie
Agostini at 12 noon.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group
1 at 5.30 pm, Group 5 at 10.00 and Group 6 at 12 noon.
SUNDAY
TEAS
Next Sunday's teas will be served by Sharon McLaughlin's team.
PAPAL VISIT ARRANGEMENTS
Pope Benedict XVI will visit the United Kingdom from
Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 September. The Pope will spend Thursday 16 in Scotland.
He will celebrate Mass in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow in the early evening of that
day - the only public event. The Office for the Papal Visit has written to say
that tickets will be available, transport will be arranged, no private cars will
permitted within 45 minutes walk of the Park, shuttle buses will bring people
to and from the Park to the designated bus parking area. All of the arrangements
have to be finalised with Glasgow City Council and Strathclyde Police. Full details
will be made public soon and we are urged not to make any private arrangements
until full information is available.
PAPAL VISIT COLLECTION
There are
Gift Aid forms you can use for the Papal Visit collection. If you put something
in the collection, please fill in a form and drop it in. An envelope with 'Papal
Visit' can be used to contribute at any time.
SAINT PETER’S WEBSITE
– FIFTY THOUSAND VISITS
On 27 May, Saint Peter's website had its fifty-thousandth
visit since its launch on 13 July 2005. The site has over 1100 web pages, 650
pictures, 300 bulletins between 1960 and 2010, 8300 links, some audio and video
clips and been viewed in 54 countries. It contains many articles on past and present
spiritual and community life in Saint Peter's. Canon
Matt
and the website author are very grateful to those who have accessed the site,
lent photographs, passed on stories, identified errors, made suggestions and expressed
compliments. The aims of the site are to make parishioners aware of current events
and record our history. If you can help with this project, please contact WebsiteAuthor@SaintPeterinChains.net.
The website address is www.SaintPeterInChains.net.
The site carries our Anniversary List. Please feel free to inform us of any corrections
or additions.
GALLOWAY NEWS
The latest edition of Galloway News,
the diocesan magazine, is available at the stall.
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.
SCOTTISH CATHOLIC INTERNATIONAL AID FUND (SCIAF) WEE BOXES
The
Wee Boxes tend to come in all year round and we happily send the proceeds to SCIAF.
We acknowledge £840.59 sent a few weeks ago.
SAIL TO ARRAN
Is
anyone interested in an evening 'picnic sail' to Arran? We could go to Arran on
the 6.00 pm sailing and return about 8.15 pm. It would probably be on a Friday
evening and depend on the weather. Get in touch with Canon
Matt.
SAINT ANNE'S
GUILD
Saint Anne's Guild
is now finished until after Summer. Thank you to the Guild for the donation of
£200.
WORLD YOUTH DAY 2011 - MADRID
World Youth Day is an international
festival of Catholic faith with Pope Benedict XVI and thousands of young people
from all over the world. In 2011, a group will be taking part from Galloway Diocese.
It will leave on 11 August, travel through the port of Santander and spend a weekend
in the city of Salamanca. They will then travel to Madrid to be with the Pope
from 16 to 21 August. Once the Pope celebrates the final Mass, the Galloway group
will leave Spain and arrive back home on 23 August. To take part in this event,
you must be sixteen years old by the 31 July 2011. The total cost of the trip
will be £800. Booking forms are available from Father Martin Chambers on
01563 533587 or Mhartino2004@yahoo.co.uk.
To book a place a non-refundable deposit of £50 should be sent to Father
Martin by 1 August 2010.
HOLY HOUR
There will be a Holy Hour, offered
for priests, in Saint Winin’s Church, Kilwinning on Sunday 13 June at 2.00 pm.
Everyone is welcome.
SCOTTISH MARRIAGE CARE
Are you
interested in supporting marriage and relatiinships? Scottish Marriage Care -
a leading Relationship Support Charity - is now recruiting for volunteer counsellors
for its Diploma in Relationship Counselling to deliver counselling in our local
area. For more information please contact Christina Smiley or Maureen Hally on
0141 222 2166 or info@ScottishMarriageCare.org.
RENA
Rena
is a project to recycle good furniture to people who are granted new tenancies.
Many of them are homeless and have very little to furnish a house or flat. If
you have furniture to donate, could spare some time to volunteer office skills
or drive the van, please phone 07743 497115 during office hours.
FRESH
START
Fresh Start is a project to give starter packs to people moving from
homelessness into permanent housing. The packs include towels, soap, cutlery,
light bulbs, tin openers, soap, toothpaste and so on. Leaflets are available and
there will be a box in the porch. Some of these items will have to be new to be
suitable. Contact Sadie O’Reilly or phone 07563 724421 to volunteer your help
or to ask for more information.
LEGION OF
MARY
There will be a day of thanksgiving by the Legion
of Mary at Carfin on Sunday 20 June at 3.00 pm. Auxillary members are welcome.
There are a few seats available on the bus leaving Saint Peter’s at 11.30 am.
HAIRSPRAY
- SAINT MATTHEW'S ACADEMY
Rehearsals are underway for Saint Matthew's Academy's
upcoming show, Hairspray, to be held in the school on Tuesday 22, Wednesday 23
and Thursday 24 June. Tickets, priced £5 and £3, are available from
the school office. The show promises to be a great evening of entertainment so
be sure to get your tickets early. The school's telephone number is 01294 606680.
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.