BULLETIN 1
JUNE 2014
SEVENTH SUNDAY OF
EASTER IN YEAR 1
THE LORD IS RISEN. HE IS RISEN INDEED.
CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
31 May
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Feast
of the Visitation of our Lady |
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Sunday
1 June
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Sunday Mass at 10.30 am in thanksgiving |
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Monday 2 June
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Mass at 10.00 am for James Lane, Hugh Hutson and John J Boyle |
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Tuesday
3 June
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Feast of the Holy Martyrs of Uganda |
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Wednesday
4 June
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Mass at 10.00 am for Greta Sudlow and Charles Townsley |
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Thursday
5 June
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No Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Friday
6 June
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Mass at 10.00 am for Rosemary McGuire and Michael Collins |
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Saturday
7 June
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Mass
at 10.00 am for Anne White and Mary Brown |
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The
Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify anniversaries
as early as you can. Thanks. |
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PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
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Sunday
1 June
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11.30 am |
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Monday 2 June
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9.30
to 11.30 pm 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm |
Parents
and Toddlers |
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Tuesday
3 June
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9.00
to 11.00 am 11.00 am 6.30 to 8.30 pm 5.00 to 7.30 pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilition |
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Wednesday
4 June
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6.00
to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 8.00 to 9.00 pm |
Irish
Dancing Class |
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Thursday
5 June
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6.00
to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Brownies |
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Friday
6 June
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9.30 to 11.30 am | Parents and Toddlers |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
John J Boyle (Ballieston) and Hugh Hutson (Cumnock) who died recently;
Kathleen Conway 1989, Bessie Grant (McCourt) 2002, Dora Grogan 2010, Canon
Nicholas Murphy 1992, James Lane 1995, William McMullan 1939, Peg Brown 1991,
Susan Giffney 1972, Mary Kelly 1985, Greta McGreevy 2009, Janette Smyth 2007,
Susan Boylan, Helen Cambridge 1980, Margaret Fisher 1905, Jim Glass, Denis
Long 2005, Monsignor Brendan Murphy 1988, Ted Procter 2012, James Boyle 2008,
Gilbert Marshall 2007, Father Michael Masterson 1997, Rose McKenzie 1996,
Neil O'Connell 1992, James Conaghan 1999, Mary Walsh 1954, Father Ninian Currie
OFM 2009, Alison Dunn 1994, Martha Johnston 2013, and Margaret O’Neill 2009
whose anniversaries occur at this time and those who are sick.
If a member of your family or a friend is sick, please let us know and
give us the details. Deacon Bill Corbett (01292 521208, 07904 248948, Rev.BillCorbett@btinternet.com)
is the chaplain to Crosshouse Hospital and Canon Keegans (01292 263488) is
the chaplain to Ayr Hospital. The priest on call can be contacted through
the ward.
If deceased members of your family are not on our anniversary
list, please tell Canon
Matt, the parish office or
contact
WebsiteAuthor@SaintPeterinChains.net.
SUNDAY MASS TIMES
Sunday Mass times
in Saint Peter's are 5.30 pm Vigil and 10.30 am. Sunday
Mass times in other local parishes can be
seen here.
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.
FINANCES
Bankers Orders for the parish and Parish Centre amount to £3800 per
month. Every month, we pay a levy of £1450 to the Diocese. We are grateful
for your generous support in collections. If you can manage a little more
from time to time, it would be a great help. 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. Would you consider remembering Saint Peter's in your will?
OFFERTORY COLLECTION
Last weekend's Offertory collection amounted to £631.44 - many thanks.
BUILDING
FUND COLLECTION
Last weekend's Building Fund collection amounted to £260.47 - many thanks.
GIFT AID
The Inland Revenue now requires us to use a new style of Gift
Aid form. These are available at the back of the Church and on the parish
website. If you pay tax, please complete the new form and return it to the
box provided. This allows us to provide the additional information required
on the Gift Aid claim. Gift Aid is a vital source of income. All that is needed
is that you pay tax. You simply declare that you give funds to the Church.
We do the rest. Why not sign a form today? We get back an extra 25p for every
£1 you give the Church in your weekly collection or by way of a donation.
There is no need to cancel or renew it. We simply claim in the income we receive.
COLLECTION ENVELOPES
New collection envelopes are now available at the stall. Please let us know
if you wish to switch to a standing order. Forms are available.
READERS
Next weekend's readers are Katrina Pollock at 5.30
pm and Robert Cooper at 10.30 am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Aidan and Calum at 5.30
pm and Group 4 at 10.30 am.
SUNDAY TEAS
Next Sunday's teas will be served by Saint Peter’s team.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY
Next
week's Children's Liturgy helpers are Claire Sweenie and Linda Martin for
the pre-fives, Emma Paterson and Laura Hamilton for primaries 1 and 2 and
Marie O'Brien and Yvette Thorpe for primary 3.
CONFIRMATION AND HOLY COMMUNION
Lee, Finn, Sam, Aiden, Ami, Lewis, Alexander, Josh, Connor and Jennifer will
receive the Sacraments of Confirmation and Holy Communion for the first tome
today. With the other twenty-six children who have been Confirmed and received
Holy Communion over the last couple of weeks, we offer our prayers for them
and their parents and families.
SACRAMENT OF FORGIVENESS
Twenty-four of the younger children will celebrate the Sacrament of Forgiveness
for the first time on Monday evening at 6.00 pm. They too deserve and require
our prayers for their Faith Journey.
EOGHAN
Holy Mass is being offered for Eoghan, one of our altar servers, who is now
one year on from serious brain surgery and who continues to make good progress.
The Mass is to thank everyone for their prayers and to ask for continued
prayer.
CARLA AND JOSEPH
Carla and Joseph are being married on Tuesday in a simple service before a
family marriage blessing in Spain next week.
STALL
Confirmation and First Communion gifts are available at the stall.
SAINT PETER’S CHILDREN’S CENTRE
Funded nursery places at Saint Peter's Children's Cente are still available
for children who are three years of age before 28 February 2015. It is proposed
that an afternoon two hour session for children aged two to three years will
start in August. Please contact Josephine Coulter on 473030 for more information.
EMBRACING CHANGE
Embracing Change is the process going on throughout the Diocese as we prepare
for a time when we have fewer priests and a Church being enlivened by Pope
Francis. As has been mentioned, the priests of this Deanery have been meeting
since Christmas to discuss our leadership role in a time of change. Largs
and Millport now share a Parish Priest as do Kilbirnie, Beith and Dalry. Saint
Margaret's in Irvine has closed. The full
text of the notes of our meetings is on the parish website at www.SaintPeterInChains.net.
This might give you a flavour of our thinking and planning. There is also
a brief timetable. The Sunday afternoon times of prayer during Lent were important
and were quite well attended. The next step is a Deanery Pentecost Service
in Saint John’s, Stevenston on Pentecost Sunday, 8 June at 3.00 pm. It is
a celebration of who we are as Church and our shared gifts and abilities.
It is a time of prayer and reflection, leading to an Open Forum to be held
on Sunday 29 June. The venue is yet to be finalised but probably Saint Matthew’s
Academy auditorium. Please get involved by reading the notes, making suggestions
and so on. If you would like a copy of the notes - as opposed to reading them
on the website - please send an email requesting a copy. I’ll happily print
out a copy for anyone who asks. Progress will be reported to you as we go
along. Before Pentecost, we could have a parish meeting to discuss our part
in the service.
DEANERY PRAYER SERVICE
As mentioned above, to mark Pentecost Sunday and our way forward as we Embrace
Change, there will be a deanery prayer service in Saint John’s Church, Stevenston
on Sunday 8 June at 3.00 pm.
BISHOP CUNNINGHAM
Bishop John Cunningham is ill a the moment. Bishop John has had a painful
leg complaint almost all of his time as our Bishop. Because of his ill-health,
he is anxious to retire and his resignation has been received by Rome but
he and we have to wait for a new bishop to be appointed. This is something
else to pray about.
50/50 CLUB
Anyone wishing to join the 50/50 Club, please contact the Promoter on 469006.
NORTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL DEMENTIA SUPPORT SERVICES
North Ayrshire Council Dementia Support Services are based at 97 Glasgow Street,
Ardrossan. The telephone number is 01294 602720. Please contact the team if
you or someone you know of someone who needs assistance.
SAINT MATTHEW’S ACADEMY EVENTS
You are welcome to participate in any of these events in Saint Matthew's Academy,
Saltcoats.
- Monday 2 June at 7.00 pm : Graduation Mass for sixth year
pupils
- Thursday 12 June at 7.00 pm : Primary seven Mass of welcome
for the new
pupils who will join the school in August. This
will replace the Parish Mass.
- Monday 16 June at 7.00 pm : First to Third Year Awards
Ceremony
- Tuesday 24 to Thursday 26 June : The School Show.
MARAFUN RUN DAY
North Ayrshire Foodbank invites you to join them on Sunday 1 June from noon
to 4.30 pm at Saint
Matthew's Academy, Saltcoats. Walk, trot or run by yourself or with friends
or family. Build a food mountain! For a list of foods needed, please visit
NorthAyrshire.foodbank.org.uk/resources/documents/foodbank.
To receive an exclusive North Ayrshire Foodbank medal, teams or individuals
need to register with each participant raising £10 or more. Register
by sending an email to nafoodbank@btinternet.com stating in the subject line
Marafun Sponsorship Form. All funds raised will be used to combat hunger in
its many forms in North Ayrshire.
VISITORS
Are you visiting us for Mass? Please know that you are very welcome. During
the 10.30 am Mass outwith holidays, 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 10.30 am Mass, tea, coffee cakes and
buns are available in the Parish Centre. At both of our weekend Masses, we
have a second collection for our Parish Centre debt.
ADVERTISER SUPPORT
Our advertisers would welcome your support. We are grateful for their continuing
sponsorship. We are grateful for the support of Mr and Mrs Sohal, Nisa Stores,
Glasgow Street for the weekly donation of tea, coffee and milk for the Sunday
teas.
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.