BULLETIN
2
JULY 2017
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR 1
CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
1 July
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Mass
at 10.00 am for Angela Friel Holloway |
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Sunday
2 July
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Sunday Mass at 10.30 am for the congregation |
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Monday
3 July
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Mass at 10.00 am for Julia Paterson and Louise Nicol |
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Tuesday
4 July
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Mass at 10.00 am for for Father Michael Lynch and our former parish priests |
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Wednesday
5 July
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Mass at 10.00 am for Hugh McGinness and those who are sick |
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Thursday
6 July
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Mass at 7.00 pm for Brendan Ritchie and Danny McMurdy |
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Friday
7 July
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Mass at 10.00 am for Raymond McLaren and the sick - JB |
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Saturday
8 July
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Mass at 10.00 am for Canon
Charles Matthews and Canon Sam McGinness |
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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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SAINT MARY'S AND SAINT JOHN'S CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
1 July
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Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Sunday
2 July
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Sunday Mass at 10.00 am |
Sunday Mass at 11.30 am |
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Monday
3 July
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Mass at 10.00 am |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Tuesday
4 July
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Mass at 10.00 am |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Wednesday
5 July
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Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for John Monaghan |
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Thursday
6 July
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Mass at 10.00 am |
Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for Mary Johnstone McBlain |
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Friday
7 July
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Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for Matthew Reid |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Saturday
8 July
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Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Sunday
2 July
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11.30 am |
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Monday
3 July
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6.15
to 8.15 pm 7.30 pm |
Spirit
of Youth Drama |
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Tuesday
4 July
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9.00
to 11.00 am 7.30 pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilitation |
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Wednesday
5 July
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11.30 to 4.30 am | Irish Dancing |
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Thursday
6 July
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6.15 to 8.15 pm |
Spirit of Youth Drama |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Brendan Ritchie (Ireland) and Father Martin Xavier (Edinburgh) who died recently;
Oliviero
Agostini 1940, James Brennan 1963, Father
Michael Lynch 2004 shown right, Stuart McDonald 2006, Giocondo Michelini
1960, Kathleen Robertson 2005, Josephine Slaven 2008, Mary Tonner 1936, Margaret
Fisher 2005, Thomas Magee 1995, Rosetta McKay 1994, Ian Moran 1975, Lavinia
(Bunty) Orr 2011, Patrick Tourish 1986, Andrew Toner 2010, Richard Graham
2012, George Cameron 1980, Ryan Fleming 2002, Raymond McLaren 2014, Teresa
Usher 2006, Joseph Armstrong 1998, Clare Cameron 1985, Mary Chapman 2009 and
Anthony Da Prato 2016 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 £651.46 and the Maintenance
Fund collection to £270.26 - 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.
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 Ronnie Cairns at 5.30 pm and Alfie
Agostini at 10.30 am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group 1 at 5.30
pm and Group 4 at 10.30 am.
CHILDREN’S
LITURGY
The Children's Liturgy resumes in September.
SUNDAY TEAS
Next
Sunday's teas will be served by Marie's and Phyllis's team.
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Jim and Pamela McEvoy on the occasion of their Golden Wedding.
FORMER
PARISH PRIESTS
The anniversary of the death of Father
Michael Lynch falls this week. We pray for him and the former
parish priests of Saint Peter's - Monsignor
Archibald McSparran, Canon
Peter Fitzpatrick, Father William
McBurnie and Canon Lawrence
Fisher, all shown below.
MUSIC AT MASS
Some of the our young people in first to sixth years at school are going to
be leading the singing at the 10.30 am Mass one Sunday a month again after
the summer holiday and they could do with some help. Why not join them? For
more information or to put your name down please email Michelle on stpssc@hotmail.com
or phone 464063.
SPIRIT OF YOUTH PRODUCTIONS
Spirit of Youth productions are confidence-building drama workshops. All classes
will be held in the Parish Centre meeting rooms next to the main hall. New
first year to third year pupils meet on Monday 3 July and every Monday thereafter
at 6.15 to 8.15 pm for the remainder of the summer holiday. The cost is £7
per week. New primary four to seven pupils meet on Thursday 6 July and every
Thursday thereafter at 6.15 to 8.15 pm for the remainder of the summer holiday.
The cost is £6 per week. Discounts are available for parents with more
than one child attending the classes. Booking is essential. Please contact
07894 543983 or jenniferhamilton21@hotmail.com.
50/50 CLUB
Many thanks to all our members for their continued support. We welcome two
new members this month and wish them good luck in next month's draw.
STATEMENT FROM THE CHURCH
The decision made today by the European Court of Human Rights definitively
ruling that baby Charlie Gard cannot undergo any further treatment is heartrending,
most par-ticularly for his parents and family. In this difficult case, all
sides have sought to act with integrity and for Charlie's good as they see
it. Understandably, Charlie's parents wish to do everything to save and improve
Charlie's life. We hope and pray that in the wake of this decision, they are
able as a family to find peace over the coming days and weeks. We also encourage
the Catholic community to pray for Charlie, his parents, and all those that
have been caring for him. Sadly, prolonged terminal illness is part of the
human condition. We should never act with the deliberate intention to end
a human life, including the removal of nutrition and hydration so that death
might be achieved. We do, sometimes, however, have to rec-ognise the limitations
of what can be done, while always acting humanely in the service of the sick
per-son until the time of natural death occurs.
MARY'S MEALS BACKPACK APPEAL
Thank you for the many cash donations and stationery items et cetera received
recently. We are now looking for cotton dresses, skirts, shorts, tee shirts
and flip-flops to fit children aged between five and twelve years old. Please
note these are the only items of clothing we are allowed to send to Malawi
for this project. All items should be in new or very good condition. Thank
you.
EMBRACING CHANGE - CERTIFICATE IN PARISH MISSION AND MINISTRY
This course is done at home, at your own pace, and it is hoped it will equip
many more people to take on ministries within the parish and deanery. We are
seriously embracing the future. The meeting in Saltcoats at the end of May
was extremely well attended and more than forty people have already signed
up to do the course. If you did not sign up on the night or were not able
to attend the meeting but want to do the course, you can very easily find
a copy of the application form on the Maryvale website. Maryvale is the name
of the Institute in Birmingham which runs this and a whole series of other
courses. The address is
https://www.maryvale.ac.uk/certificate-in-parish-mission-and-ministry.html.
There are also application forms at the back of the Church.
SAINT PETER'S CHILDREN'S CENTRE NURSERY AND SCALLYWAGS AFTERCARE
Free nursery places available for children who are three years old before
1 March 2018. Staff are fully qualified staff to degree level. The Centre
is Education Scotland and Care Inspectorate Inspected. For further information,
please phone Josephine Coulter on 602179 or 473030 or email StPetersChildrensCentre@yahoo.co.uk.
HELP NEEDED FOR ARDROSSAN GUIDES
5th Ardrossan Guides need your help. Recent changes have left the Thursday
Guides without a leader. Could you commit to leading a vibrant group of Guides?
If so, please contact joannablane@me.com or 01294 601113 for more information.
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.
THANKS TO SAINT JUDE
Thank you to Saint Jude for prayers answered. Sinaed Donnelly
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.