BULLETIN
28
MAY 2017
SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER IN YEAR
1
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
27 May
|
Mass
at 10.00 am for Robert and Margaret Monan |
Sunday
28 May
|
Sunday Mass at 10.30 am for the congregation |
Monday
29 May
|
Mass at 10.00 am for Hugh and Tommy McEvoy |
Tuesday
30 May
|
Mass at 10.00 am for Eileen McNulty |
Wednesday
31 May
|
Requiem Mass at 10.30 am for Tony Bale followed at 12 noon by his cremation at Holmsford Bridge Crematorium, Dreghorn |
Thursday
1 June
|
No Mass in Saint Peter's - Canon Matt will be at St Michael's Church, Treeswoodhead Road, Kilmarnock for the 7.00 pm Mass to mark the closing of the church, his first parish. |
Friday
2 June
|
Mass at 10.00 am for Danny McMurdy |
Saturday
3 June
|
Mass at 10.00 am for Danny McMail |
The
Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify anniversaries
as early as you can. Thanks. |
Saturday
27 May
|
Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
Sunday
28 May
|
Sunday Mass at 10.00 am |
Sunday Mass at 11.30 am |
Monday
29 May
|
Service at 10.00 am |
Requiem Mass at 10.00 am |
Tuesday
30 May
|
Mass at 10.00 am |
Requiem Mass at 10.00 am |
Wednesday
31 May
|
Mass at 10.00 am |
|
Thursday
1 June
|
Service at 10.00 am |
Requiem Mass at 10.00 am |
Friday
2 June
|
Mass at 10.00 am |
Requiem Mass at 10.00 am |
Saturday
3 June
|
Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
Sunday
28 May
|
11.30 am |
|
Monday
29 May
|
8.00
to 6.00 am 7.30 pm |
Scallywags
Aftercare |
Tuesday
30 May
|
9.00
to 11.00 am 3.45 pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilitation |
Wednesday
31 May
|
3.45 pm |
Irish Dancing |
Thursday
1 June
|
6.00
to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Brownies |
Friday
2 June
|
9.30 to 11.30 am | Parents and Toddlers |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Father Ted Holmes who died recently;
Desmond Langan 2005, Jim Little 1945, Andrew
McCarroll 1967, Hugh McEvoy 2016, William McNeil 2007, William Stewart
2006, Gerald Kelly 2014, Des Madine 1982, Brian Towie 2013, Cameron Walsh
1987, Joseph Bale 2011, Simon Brannan, James Kyle 1992, Sadie Grant 2001,
Anthony Lundie 2010, Isabella McCarroll 1968, Kathleen Conway 1989, Bessie
Grant (McCourt) 2002, Dora Grogan 2010, Canon Nicholas Murphy 1992, Pat Walker
1999, James Lane 1995, William McMullan 1939, Tony O'Brien 2015, Peg Brown
1991, Annie Daniels 2014, Fitzpatrick and Fitzsimmons families, Susan Giffney
1972, Mary Kelly 1985, Teresa McEvoy 2014, Greta McGreevy 2009 and Janette
Smyth 2007 whose anniversaries occur at this time and those who are sick.
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.
HOSPITAL
CHAPLAINCY
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 is assisted by the priest on call
each week.
FINANCES
Bankers Orders for the Parish and Parish Centre amount to £3500 per
month. 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. A Standing
Order would make the handling of money so much easier. Have you signed a Gift
Aid form? If you are a taxpayer the Church would get 25p added to every £1
you donate.
COLLECTIONS
Last weekend's Offertory collection amounted to £765.49 and the Maintenance
Fund collection to £297.56 - many thanks.
COLLECTION FOR LEPRA
The second collection at Masses this weekend is for Lepra, the charity which
fights modern day leprosy throughout the world.
AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED
There will be an appeal by Dr John Watts on behalf of Aid to the Church in
Need at the Masses on 10 and 11 June.
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.
PARISH RECORDS
Our parish records are covered by the Data Protection Act and are for parish
use only. We cannot give out phone numbers or addresses. Please help us to
keep our records up to date using the cards provided.
READERS
Next weekend's readers are Marade Griffin at 5.30 pm and
Margaret Harvey at 10.30 am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group 1 at 5.30
pm and Group 5 at 10.30 am.
CHILDREN’S
LITURGY
Next week's Children's Liturgy helpers are Geraldine
Butcher and Emma Paterson for the pre-fives and Claire Sweenie and Linda Martin
for Primaries 1, 2 and 3.
SUNDAY TEAS
Next
Sunday's teas will be served by Maria Boyle's team.
CERTIFICATE
IN PARISH MISSION AND MINISTRY
There will be a presentation in Monday 29 May at 7.00 pm in Saint Mary's Parish
Hall, Saltcoats, about the Certificate in Parish Mission and Ministry. This
distance learning programme is being made available in the deanery through
the Maryvale Institute. It is open to anyone over 18 interested in deepening
their faith and developing parish life. There are leaflets in the Church.
CONGRATULATIONS TO KATHLEEN
Congratulations to Kathleen McSkimming on the occasion of her ninetieth birthday.
GENERAL
ELECTION HUSTINGS
The Three Towns Churches Group have organised a Hustings for the General Election.
It will take place in Saltcoats Town Hall on Monday 5 June at 7.30 pm. Why
not come along and listen to what your candidates have to say?
CLOTHING
APPEAL IN AID OF CHERNOBYL CHILDREN'S LIFELINE
Another group of ten girls is coming from the Ukraine to Ayrshire in July
for four weeks. We always try and supply the children with some good second
hand clothing to wear while they are here and then to take home with them.
We are very short this year and are looking for clean good quality second
hand clothing for girls aged between nine and thirteen years. We need jeans,
jumpers, hoodies, sweatshirts, tee-shirts, leggings and jackets. I thank you
in advance for your continued support of our charity and I hope you get the
chance to meet the children when they visit Saint
John’s Church, Stevenston. If you have anything to donate or would be
interested in finding out more about the charity please contact us on 01294
461234 or 07813 650411. Michael
and Lisa Lafferty
50/50 CLUB
The 50/50 Club welcomes new members for only £15 annually with a chance
of winning prizes and supporting the parish at the same time. Membership forms
are available at the back porch and can be returned to the Parish Office or
the Promoter Mrs Myriame Sammons on 469006. When we increase membership, we
can also increase prize money. If you feel lucky why not join now?
HOLY FATHER'S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR MAY
Pope Francis's prayer intentions
for May are for Christians in Africa - that Christians in Africa, in imitation
of the Merciful Jesus, may give prophetic witness to reconciliation, justice,
and peace.
FORMING INTENTIONAL DISCIPLES
The Forming Intentional Disciples has now got together and meets on Tuesday
evenings for six weeks.
MARY'S MEALS BACKPACK APPEAL
Thank you for your generosity in the past. We are still collecting all items
listed in the magazine but are particularly looking for the following items
- coloured pencils, pencil cases, sharpeners, twelve inch rulers, dessert
spoons and tennis balls or balls of a similar size. Please put any items in
the blue box marked Mary's Meals in the Church porch.
HOMELESSNESS IN NORTH AYRSHIRE
Many thanks for your past generosity. There is an ongoing need to provide
basics for people who become homeless. During May and June, we are appealing
for toiletries. Suggestions are toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, disposable
razors and toilet bags. A fuller list is on the box at the back of the Church.
SAINT PETER'S CHILDREN'S CENTRE NURSERY AND SCALLYWAGS AFTERCARE
The following will be open in the Parish Centre during term time:
Saint Peter's Children's Centre Nursery
- Monday to Friday, 8.50 am to 12 noon,
three to five years Nursery
- Tuesday to Thursday, 1.00 to 3.00 pm,
two to three years Nursery
Scallywags Aftercare
- Monday to Friday, 3.00 to 6.00 pm
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 Church maintenance.
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.