BULLETIN
17
DECEMBER 2017
THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT IN YEAR 2
CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
16 December
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Our Lady's Day
Holy Mass at 10.00 am for Stephen Neill (Glasgow)
Vigil Mass of Sunday at 5.30 pm for the special intention of Ian MacKay
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Sunday
17 December
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Sunday
Mass at 10.30 am for the congregation
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Monday
18 December
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Holy Mass at 10.00 pm for Danielia Zalvrnardo and special intentions
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Tuesday
19 December
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Holy Mass at 10.00 pm for David Bonner, Alex Fitzpatrick and special
intentions
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Wednesday
20 December
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Requiem Mass at 10.30 am for Alexander
Bartley
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Thursday
21 December
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Holy Mass at 10.00 am for Patricia Paterson and Ann Johnston
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Friday
22 December
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Holy Mass at 10.00 am for Mary Toland and Andrew McAteer
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Saturday
23 December
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Our Lady's Day
Holy Mass at 10.00 am for Theresa and Lawrence Tumilty
Vigil Mass of Sunday at 5.30 pm for Agnes and William Huston, special
intentions and Christmas intentions
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The
Holy Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify
anniversaries as early as you can. Thanks.
Any changes to the above times caused, for example,
by a funeral will be notified on the home page of this website.
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SAINT
MARY'S AND SAINT JOHN'S CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
16 December
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Vigil
Mass at 4.30 pm |
Holy
Mass at 10.00 am
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Sunday
17 December
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Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am |
Sunday
Mass at 11.30 am
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Monday
18 December
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Service
at 10.00 am |
Holy
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Tuesday
19 December
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Mass
at 10.00 am |
Service
at 10.00 am |
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Wednesday
20 December
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Holy
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Thursday
21 December
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Service
at 10.00 am |
Holy
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Friday
22 December
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Holy
Mass at 10.00 am |
Holy
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Saturday
23 December
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Vigil
Mass at 4.30 pm |
Holy
Mass at 10.00 am
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PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
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Sunday
17 December
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11.30
am
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Tea
and Coffee after Holy Mass
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Monday
18 December
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Tuesday
19 December
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9.00
to 11.00 am
3.45 pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilitation
Irish Dancing
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Wednesday
20 December
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3.45
pm |
Irish
Dancing |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Alexander Bartley (Ardrossan), Agnes Tomelty (Ardrossan), John Welsh (Ardrossan),
Alistair Pettigrew, Mary Kinhart (Couper), Margaret Jenkins (Port Glasgow),
Rita Foster (Canada), James McDonald - Donny (Irvine), Ann Johnstone, Danielia
Zalvrnardo (Vancouver) and Mary Madden who died recently;
Chris Casey 2006, Susan Jones 1996, James Kernahan 1998, Frances Kilbane 1978,
Roseanne Kirkwood 1991, Esther Madden 1981, Mark Shanks 2008, Mary Catherine
Wishart 2002, Margaret Bennie, Annie Boyle, Kitty Boyle 2007, John Campbell
1997, John
Dolan 2007, Sheila Douglas 2014, Annie Farmer 1984, Pat Haggarty
2015, Rose Leonard, William Martin 1974, Jean McCluskey 2015, George Poole 1991,
Maureen Adamson 2014, Bobby Edwards 2014, Manus Gallagher junior 2016, Alice
Grogan 2003, Father Peter Sweeney 2001, May Wilson 2006, Theresa McGuire 1989,
Gwen Body 1966, Janet Chapman 2004, Charles Fisher 2014, Jane Gallagher 2011,
Sister Hilda CP 2000, Edward Keogh 2007, John McCourt 2010, Josephine McGeachy
2003, Ellen Barrett 1984, Ted Boyle 1975, Tom Braniff 2003, Gerry Coogans 2015,
Doris Coulter 2012, Jenny McAree 2003, Andrew McAteer 1983, David Mills 2014,
Jean Orr 2008, Peggy Hamilton, Patrick McLaughlin 1998, Father George Thompson
2016 and Theresa Tumilty 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 Father
Duncan, 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
Holy Mass times in other local parishes can
be seen here.
SACRAMENT OF FORGIVENESS
The Sacrament of Forgiveness is celebrated on Saturdays between 4.45 and 5.15
pm and at other times on request.
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 £548.60 and the Maintenance
Fund collection to £213.60 - 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 Margaret Munn at 5.30 pm and Patricia Milligan
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.
MUSIC MINISTRY
Next weekend's musicians at the Vigil Mass are the choir.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY
The Children's Liturgy restarts on 7 January 2018.
SUNDAY TEAS
There
will be no tea or coffee after this weekend's Sunday Mass.
REQUIEM MASS
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Alexander Bartley, who died recently
aged 95 years. His Requiem Mass will be on Wednesday 20 December at 10.30 am
and will be followed by interment at Ardrossan Cemetery. May he rest in peace
and rise in glory!
BLESSED ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS SEASON!
I just love this season, for it is a time of joy, giving, and family! Today
we begin the beautiful custom of the 'O Antiphons' from 17 December until Christmas
Eve. Every day Christ receives another 'title' in Latin - King, Key, Wisdom
et cetera. The Benedictine monks arranged these antiphons with a definite purpose.
If one starts with the last title and takes the first letter of each one - Emmanuel,
Rex, Oriens, Clavis, Radix, Adonai, Sapientia - the Latin words 'ero cras' are
formed, meaning, 'Tomorrow, I will come.' Therefore, the Lord Jesus, whose coming
we have prepared for in Advent and whom we have addressed in these seven Messianic
titles, now speaks to us, 'Tomorrow, I will come.'
ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS
Advent
and Christmas is a time of great joy. One of the secrets of joy is realising
just how much we are indeed loved by the God of the Universe. This is what is
to give us joy this season and all days - we are loved! So, getting into the
Christmas Spirit is not just about going out and buying lots of presents. It
is about receiving the greatest present - God's love! After we have received
the gift of God's love, this gift is one that cannot be kept - we need to give
it away! The more we give the gift of God's love, the more we receive it. The
presents we buy are to be symbols of God's love and ours. So, when you are buying
gifts this season, always keep in mind that these gifts are symbols. Symbols
of love! So please, do not get lost in the buying - get lost in the loving!
This season is also about family. Father Stan Fortuna, a priest of the Friars
of the Renewal, says the word family means F-A-M-I-L-Y - Forget-About-Me-I-Love-You!
Let us really try to live this during this special season. This is not just
your family at home but everyone in your everyday life! We belong to each other
and we need to support and love one another and invite others to become part
of our family! Only five days left until the Birthday of the Saviour!
THOUGHTS FOR ADVENT
Perhaps we never realised that we would live in a time when what should be the
celebration of the birth of the Saviour of the world would become so commercialised
that the only acceptable practice of Christmas is one that has effectively returned
it to its pagan pretensions, complete with self-absorption, consumerism, materialism
and actual loneliness. What is the best way for us Catholics to turn back this
tide and bring joy and reverence back to what could be envisioned as the 'holy
day' season? To help others 'find the perfect gift'by taking Advent more seriously
ourselves. To celebrate Advent is to say that we have hope to bring. As we await
the birth of the Christ-Child, the Incarnation of God himself, we can only likewise
hope that the example that we share is one that inspires the world to slow down,
look around, and realise that it is in Christ's entry into the world that we
encounter enduring peace - 'Peace I leave with you - my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled
or afraid. John 14:27. taken
from Justin McClain
THANK YOU
To all parishioners, a very special thank you for your generosity in responding
to sale of calendars recently in your parish. The amount raised from the calendar
sales was an amazing £282, a very generous response. Thank you on behalf
of all the Comboni Sisters.
CHRISTMAS
MASS TIME CARDS
The Christmas Mass time Cards will be available today after Mass. Please take
one along for neighbours or friends and invite them home for Christmas. Service
times are given below.
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Saint
Peter's Church, Ardrossan
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Christmas
Eve
Sunday 24 December
5.30 pm - Shepherds' Mass
8.30 pm - Mass of the Holy Night |
Christmas
Eve
Sunday 24 December
4.30 pm - Shepherds' Mass |
Christmas
Eve
Sunday 24 December
6.30 pm - Mass of the Holy Night
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Christmas
Day
Monday 25 December
11.00 am - Mass of the Nativity |
Christmas
Day
Monday 25 December
11.00 am - Mass of the Nativity |
Christmas
Day
Monday 25 December
9.30 am - Mass of the Nativity |
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Feast
of Saint Stephen, martyr
Tuesday 26 December
12 noon - Holy Mass |
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New
Year's Day
Monday 1 January 2018
12 noon - Holy Mass |
New
Year's Day
Monday 1 January 2018
11.00 am - Holy Mass |
New
Year's Day
Monday 1 January 2018
11.00 am - Holy Mass |
A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS GIFT
It
is the day before Christmas, nineteen forty-nine. A young father had just discovered
that his five-year-old daughter had wasted an entire roll of rather expensive
gold wrapping paper. His daughter had crudely wrapped the paper around a small
cardboard box that she had placed behind the family's modest little Christmas
tree. Money was very tight at the time and that made the matter seem even worse.
The father called the little girl into the room and began to scold her for having
wasted the paper on the box. The little girl entered the room and began slowly
approaching her father who was standing there holding the small crudely wrapped
box. Her father began his verbal reprimand as he watched his daughter run to
him. As the father continued with his scolding the little girl quickly approached
and placed her tiny hands on the box her father was holding. Then the little
girl tenderly said"This is for you, daddy!" The father's anger was
quickly defused and the matter was dropped as the box was placed back beneath
the Christmas tree. However, on Christmas Day the father's anger flared again
when he opened the box and found it was empty. He again spoke to his daughter
in a harsh manner saying "Don't you know, young lady, when you give someone
a present there's supposed to be something inside the package?" The little
girl had tears in her eyes as she looked upwards at her father. Then the little
girl said"Oh, daddy, it's not empty! I blew kisses into it until it was
full." The father was crushed. He fell on his knees and put his arms around
his little girl and he begged his daughter's forgiveness for his outburst of
anger and for his thoughtlessness. The father always kept that little box beside
his bed afterwards. When times were hard or difficult, he would often remember
the box full of kisses and could recognise a feeling of deep comfort and love.
Often he would look at that small crudely wrapped golden box and again hear
the same precious words that his daughter had spoken to him on that Christmas
day. "This is for you, daddy!" Indeed, this was a very special Christmas
gift. Very soon, each one of us will receive a special Christmas Gift - the
Saviour of the world!
PLACES TO BE OR NOT TO BE ...
I have been in many places but I've never been in Cahoots. Apparently, you can't
go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with someone. I've also never been in Cognito.
I hear no one recognises you there. I have, however, been in Sane. They don't
have an airport - you have to be driven there. I have made several trips there,
thanks to my friends, family and work. I would like to go to Conclusions but
you have to jump and I'm not too much on physical activity anymore. I have also
been in Doubt. That is a sad place to go and I try not to visit there too often.
I've been in Flexible but only when it was very important to stand firm. Sometimes
I'm in Capable and I go there more often as I'm getting older. One of my favourite
places to be is in Suspense! It really gets the adrenalin flowing and pumps
up the old heart! At my age, I need all the stimuli I can get! And sometimes
I think I am in Vincible but life shows me I am not!
NEW PARISH PRIEST WARRANTY …
A priest once wrote in his Bulletin last year:
Manufacturer's Notice - It has come to our attention that the priest you received
was shipped with a slight defect - he is not psychic. This defect necessitates
certain special procedures to ensure optimum performance of your unit.
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It
is necessary to inform him of any members who are hospitalised. |
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It
is necessary to inform him of any members who should be added to the 'housebound'
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If
someone you know is sick or otherwise in need of the priest's prayers,
or if you know of someone who should be included in the prayers at Sunday
Mass, the priest must be told or he won't know. |
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If
you are in need of a pastoral visit or some other service from the priest,
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We
regret any inconvenience this may cause. If these special procedures create
an undue burden, please feel free to send the unit back, and one with full
psychic abilities will be shipped as soon as one becomes available.
CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD
Christmas around the World will be celebrated on Tuesday 19 December 2017
at 11.00 am in Saint Peter's Church and will be led by Saint
Peter's Primary School. All are welcome!
INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY OF LITURGY AND ITS DEVELOPMENT
Mr George Gallagher will give two Advent Evenings in Saint
Mary's Church, Saltcoats on Monday 11 and Monday 18 December at
7.00 pm. Everyone is very welcome.
CHURCHES' HOMELESSNESS ACTION NORTH AYRSHIRE
Thank you very much for the fantastic response to the appeal for Christmas
toys and gifts for needy children. Your generosity and thoughtfulness has
been overwhelming. North Ayrshire Council Homeless Housing team also pass
on their thanks.
MASS AND CHRISTMAS LUNCH FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Young people aged between fourteen and twenty-five are invited meet old friends
and make new ones at a Mass and Christmas lunch at Saint Joseph's Church,
Hill Street, Kilmarnock on Friday 29 December. Please arrive at church for
12.15 pm for Mass followed by lunch and time together. To make sure we make
enough food for everyone, please confirm you will be there at Galloway Catholic
Youth on Facebook or by emailing info@stephenmcgrattan.org.uk.
SAINT PETER'S BURNS SUPPER
The 2018 Burns
Supper will take place in the Parish Centre on Saturday 3 February at 7.00
pm. Patrons are asked to be seated by 6.50 pm for a prompt start. The Immortal
Memory will be delivered by Drew Cochrane, for forty years the Editor of the
Largs and Millport Weekly News. Former parishioner, Martin Cosgrove, will propose
the Toast to the Lassies and our parishioner, Julie Coldwell, will reply. Other
participants are Father
Duncan, Bill Andrew, Aidan and Bethany McGrath, George McGrattan
and Ciaran Sinclair. Tickets cost £15 and can be booked in advance though
the Parish Office on 01294 464063. Patrons can request group seating arrangements
to be with friends. The meal will be prepared and served by Michael and Fiona
Brown, family and friends. Vegetarian meals are available with notice as an
alternative to the traditional Burns
Supper main course. There are more details on the Church website. Your support
is appreciated.
POPE FRANCIS' PRAYER FOR DECEMBER - FOR THE ELDERLY
That the elderly, sustained by families and Christian communities, may apply
their wisdom and experience to spreading the faith and forming the new generations.
VISITORS
Are you visiting us for Holy Mass? Please know that you are very welcome.
During the 10.30 am Holy 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 Holy Mass, tea, coffee
cakes and buns are available in the Parish Centre. At both of our weekend
Holy 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.