BULLETIN 8
MAY 2011
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER IN YEAR 1
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
7 May
|
Mass at 10.00 am for Vanda Lanzini Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Helen McGhee and Margaret O'Neill |
Sunday
8 May
|
Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am for Noelle Collins |
Monday 9 May
|
Mass at 10.00 am for Kathleen O'Donnell |
Tuesday
10 May
|
Mass at 10.00 am for Nettie Retzback |
Wednesday
11 May
|
Requiem
Mass at 12.30 pm for Anne Howieson |
Thursday
12 May
|
Mass at 7.00 pm for Frances Valerio and Joan McLachlan |
Friday
13 May
|
Mass at 10.00 am for Father Gabriel |
Saturday
14 May
|
Mass
at 10.00 am for Elizabeth Reid Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for James Timmons |
The
Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify anniversaries
as early as you can. Thanks. |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Saturday
7 May
|
11.30
to 2.30 pm |
Private
Function |
Sunday
8 May
|
11.00
am |
Tea
and Coffee after Mass |
Monday 9 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
10 May
|
11.00
am 6.30 to 9.00 pm 7.30 to 8.30 pm |
Legion
of Mary |
Wednesday
11 May
|
6.00
to 7.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Karate |
Thursday
12 May
|
1.30
to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilitation Brownies Guides |
Friday
13 May
|
9.30 to 11.30 am | Parents and Toddlers |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Thomas Patrick Kane, Moira Horsefield née McLaughlin (Renfrew)
and Grace McKinley, Anne Howieson of our parish
and Michael Pentleton (Saltcoats) who died recently;
Annie Hilferty 1959, Simon Smyth 2001, Joe Moran 2006, 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 Margaret O’Neill 2009 whose anniversaries
occur at this time and those who are sick.
Information for the anniversary
list is appreciated.
SACRAMENT OF FORGIVENESS
The Sacrament of Forgiveness is available at any suitable time as well as
from 4.30 pm before the Vigil Mass on Saturday evenings.
OFFERTORY COLLECTION
Last weekend's Offertory collection amounted to £694.55 - 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 £282.72
- 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.
COLLECTION ENVELOPES
Would you like collection envelopes for the coming year? Please contact the
Parish Office on 464063 or add your name to the list at the stall. Standing
Orders made through your bank are handier. Forms are available. If you pay
tax and sign a Gift Aid form then the Church is entitled to the tax paid on
your contributions. We apply and it is paid directly to the Church. You need
do nothing except sign a form. Could you consider putting a little bit more
in your collection? A new form is 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?
FUNDRAISING
Following my Financial Statement and my appeal about the work we need to do
on the church building, there is a 'brown envelope' collection. Please take
one home and read what is in it. Take as many as you like and drop them in
the collection bag. We received £120 this week to make the total so
far £6324. I am very grateful.
READERS
Next
weekend's readers are Margaret Munn at 5.30 pm, Margaret
Harvey at 10.00 am and Jim Delahunt at 12 noon.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group 2 at 5.30 pm, Group 4 at 10.00
am and Group 7 at 12 noon.
CHILDREN'S LITURGY
Next Sunday's Children's Liturgy helpers are Michelle Morton and Emma Paterson
for the pre-5s, Lorraine Cullinane and Michelle Millar for primaries 1 and
2 and Frances Gemmell and Gayle Paterson for primary 3. Primary 4 has its
First Communion and Confirmation Sunday.
SUNDAY TEAS
Next Sunday's teas will be served by Annie Thompson's
team.
SUNDAY LUNCH FOR OLDER PARISHIONERS
The Sunday Lunch for our older parishioners - ages with the Canon or older
- is on today.
WORLD YOUTH DAY
The Pope invites young people from all over the world to gather every two
or three years for a festival of Catholic faith. This year, World Youth Day
will take place in Madrid. Thirty-four young people from Galloway diocese
are already taking part and there are three more places available. The group
leaves on 9 August to spend five days in Salamanca, a young and vibrant university
city where the Scots College which trained priests for Scotland is located.
There they will be welcomed by the young local church to share faith, culture
and friendship. The group will then travel to Madrid and stay there for six
days when there will be international youth gatherings, public prayer and
Mass, and youth festivals across the city, culminating in the final World
Youth Day event when two million young people are expected for Mass with Pope
Benedict. The group returns to Scotland on 23 August. The Church would love
you to be part of this life-changing event! You must be sixteen years old
by 9 August. The cost is £850 but your parish may be willing to support
fundraising for this event. For more information, visit www.Madrid11.com
or email the Diocesan Youth Officer, Father
Stephen McGrattan on info@rccumnock.org.uk.
SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE UNBORN CHILD (SPUC)
SPUC's annual folk concert will be on Saturday 7 May in Saint Winin’s Church
Hall, Kilwinning from 7.30 pm till 11.30 pm and supper will be provided. Tickets
cost £5.00 and can be obtained by contacting Ellen Quirk or Pat Quirk
or by phoning 556736 or 556680.
HELP
The back sacristy and space off the sacristy has been used for storage since
for ever! It needs a clear-out. Any help available on Tuesday morning after
Mass would be gratefully received. A skip has been ordered.
DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES
The diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes will be from 4 to 11 July 2011, flying
from Prestwick. Full details are on the poster and booking forms are available.
If you could make the journey as a sick pilgrim and want more information,
contact Janie Agnew or phone 07739 399222.
PAPAL BLESSINGS
Papal Blessings for a wedding, wedding anniversary or a special birthday can
be ordered at the stall. The cost of the parchment and postage is about £30.
Please leave plenty of time.
THURSDAY CLUB
The Thursday Club is holding
a Coffee Afternoon on Tuesday 10 May in the Civic Centre, Ardrossan from 1.00
to 3.00 pm. There will be home baking, tombola and a raffle.
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.
EUCHARISTIC EXPOSITION AND SOLEMN SUNG EVENING PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
Bishop Cunningham will lead an hour of prayer in Saint Margaret’s Cathedral,
John Street, Ayr on Sunday 15 May at 6.00 pm. During this time of prayer,
the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed and the Evening Prayer of the Church
from the Liturgy of the Hours will be sung. The singing will be supported
by the Galloway Music Network. You will be very welcome
to this solemn and yet still time of prayer.
LEGION OF MARY
The Legion of Mary meets
weekly and prays for the parish. The members visit the sick and house-bound.
The Legion can always do with new male and female members giving as much or
as little time as they can afford. Speak to Canon
Matt or any of the members.
SAINT
ANNE'S GUILD
Saint
Anne's Guild meets weekly on a Tuesday at 7.00 pm. It is
open to all women in the parish and beyond. Speak to any of the members and
feel free to join any of the meetings.
MARY'S
MEALS,
SCOTTISH
CATHOLIC INTERNATIONAL AID FUND
AND THE MISSIONARY SOCIETIES
These charities are always in need of any help you can give them.
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
The Saint Vincent de Paul Society
meets weekly, assists with the passkeeping and collecting duties in
church and runs a telephone helpline for those in financial difficulty. To
ensure its survival, the Society urgently requires new male and female members.
You must be over eighteen. The work is difficult because there are many people
in our parish and community who require assistance with finance, advice and
encouragement. Please speak to Canon
Matt or any of the members.
SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COFFEE MORNING
Saint Peter’s Conference of the the Saint
Vincent de Paul Society plans to hold a Coffee morning on Saturday
21 May in the Parish Centre. There will be various stalls including Home Baking,
Books, Toys, Face Painting, Bric à Brac as well as a Prize Raffle.
Donations for any of the stalls, as well as prizes for the raffle will be
most welcome and can be notified to any member of the Conference.
KITS FOR KIDS
There is a box will be at the stall for any tokens from the Daily Record to
aid Tass Thistle Under Twelves Football Club. Thank you.
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.