BULLETIN                                            9 SEPTEMBER 2018

TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR 2



CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday 8 September  

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mass at 10.00am for all those who have died recently
Vigil Mass of Sunday at 5.30pm for Margaret Logan A

Sunday 9 September  

Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year
Sunday Mass at 10.30am for the congregation

Monday 10 September  

Holy Mass at 10.00am for J McGarvey SI

Tuesday 11 September  

Dedication of Saint Margaret's Cathedral, Ayr
Holy Mass at 10.00am for Linzi McCoy RD

Wednesday 12 September  

The Most Holy Name of Mary
Holy Mass at 10.00am for good and holy vocations

Thursday 13 September  

Memorial of Saint John Chrysostom
Requiem Mass at 10.00am for Ann Marie Gilmore
This intimation was not included in the paper bulletin as funeral arrangements were made after publication.

Friday 14 September  

Feast of the Exultation of the Holy Cross
Holy Mass at 10.00am in thanksgiving for prayers answered and followed by Benediction finishing by 11.00am

Please bring your crosses from home to Mass.

Saturday 15 September  

Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows
Mass at 10.00am for Frances Giblin A
Vigil Mass of Sunday at 5.30pm for a special intention

  

Abbreviations - A anniversary, RD recently deceased, SI special intention

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.


SAINT MARY'S AND SAINT JOHN'S CHURCH SERVICES
 
Saturday 8 September  
Vigil Mass at 4.30pm
Holy Mass at 10.00am
Sunday 9 September  
Sunday Mass at 10.00am

Sunday Mass at 11.30am

Monday 10 September  
Service of the Word at 10.00am Holy Mass at 10.00am
Tuesday 11 September  
Holy Mass at 10.00am Service of the Word at 10.00am
Wednesday 12 September  
Requiem Mass at 10.00am Service of the Word at 10.00am
Thursday 13 September  
Service of the Word at 10.00am Holy Mass at 10.00am
Friday 14 September  
Holy Mass at 10.00am Service of the Word at 10.00am
Saturday 15 September  
Vigil Mass at 4.30pm

Holy Mass at 10.00am


PARISH CENTRE EVENTS
Saturday 8 September  
11.00am

Private Function

Sunday 9 September  

11.30am

Tea and Coffee after Holy Mass

Monday 10 September  

9.30 to 11.30am
5.30 to 6.30pm
6.30 to 7.30pm
6.30 to 7.30pm
7.00pm

Parents and Toddlers
Rainbows
Brownies
Guides
Saint Vincent de Paul Society

Tuesday 11 September  
3.45pm
7.30pm

Irish Dancing
Ignatian Prayer Group

Wednesday 12 September  
9.30 to 11.30am
3.45pm

Parents and Toddlers
Irish Dancing

Thursday 13 September  

 

 

Friday 14 September  
9.30 to 11.30am
11.00am
Parents and Toddlers
Tea, coffee and chat in the Snug after Benediction

PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Terry Slaven (Canada) and Ann Gilmour (Saltcoats) who died recently;
Harry Kaye 2000, Susannah Kemp 1948, James Moore 1998, Florence Slavin 1998, Father Martin McCluskey 1996, Tom McLaren 2014, Cathie Hilferty 2009, Mary Mitchell 2004, Gladys Moore 2006, Mary Otto 2008, Mr and Mrs Daniel Brown, Samuel Cambridge 2005, Mary Crossan 1981, John Hazelton 1974, Jane McKechan 1998, Bridget McLaughlin 1997, John Burns 1997, Alberto Carrino 2009, Dolores Fairhurst 2014, Thomas Fernes 2011, James Love 1996, James Hughes 2010, Anne McCabe 1995, Sister Annette, Cross and Passion 2016, Joe Brady junior 1999, Joseph Brady 2006, Elizabeth Cawley 1997, Frances Giblin 2017, John Marshall 2000, Patrick Joseph O'Hare 1955, Thomas White 1995 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 5.30pm Vigil and 10.30am. Sunday 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 £729.82 and the Maintenance Fund collection to £258.32 - thanks.
The second collection at Masses next weekend is for the Retired Priests' Fund. Thank you for your support and generosity!

READERS
Next weekend's readers are Marade Griffin at 5.30pm and Robert Cooper at 10.30am.

ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group 1 at 5.30pm and Group 3 at 10.30am.


MUSIC MINISTRY
Next weekend's musicians are the choir at 5.30pm and Catherine Kerr and Catherine Boyd at 10.30am

CHILDREN’S LITURGY
Next week's Children's Liturgy helpers are Emma Paterson for the pre-fives and Jacqueline Waugh and Andrena Hughes for Primaries 1, 2 and 3. The Liturgy for Primary 4 resumes in October.


FEAST OF THE EXALTATION OF THE CROSS
Please bring along to Mass on Friday 14 September any crosses or crucifixes from your homes and place them on the altar and we will bless them during the Mass on the Feast Day.

WEDDING OF SEAN AND GEMMA
We are delighted to announce the wedding of Sean McAuliffe and Gemma Seaton on Saturday 15 September at 1.00pm. We wish them a love for a lifetime.

MASS FOR THE SICK
There will be a special Mass for the Sick at
Saint Mary's Church, Saltcoats next Sunday 16th September at 2.30pm.

AFTERNOON WITH OUR LADY
The Legion of Mary invites you to an afternoon with Mary at the Grotto Saint Winin's Church, Kilwinning on Sunday 9 September at 3.00pm. It is hoped that, weather permitting, the Rosary can be said at the Grotto. We will then process into Church for Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction. This is a time for quiet reflection and prayer. It is hoped to show a film in the hall where tea will be served. Please come and join us!

ANNUAL DIOCESAN EDUCATION MASS
Bishop William Nolan will celebrate the annual Diocesan Education Mass in Saint Margaret's Cathedral, Ayr on Tuesday 11 September at 7.00pm. All education staff from the diocese are warmly invited and welcomed. After Mass, there will be a light buffet in the hall and a chance to socialise.


VOCATIONS AWARENESS WEEK
The special week for prayer for good and holy vocations begins on Sunday 9 September.



PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
God our Father, we thank you for calling men and women to serve in your Son's Kingdom as priests, deacons, and consecrated persons. Send your Holy Spirit to help others to respond generously and courageously to your call. May our community of faith support vocations of sacrificial love in our youth and young adults. Through our Lord Jesus Christ who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen


THE FLOWING TESTIMONY OF SAINT JANUARIUS
The lives of the saints are full of similar signs - remarkable events that remind us of God's active, personal presence in the world and his active, personal interest in our lives. Later this month, we will celebrate the memorial of Saint Januarius whose history gives a double reinforcement to this beautiful truth of our faith. He was a bishop in southern Italy in a city called Benevento and was martyred along with seven companions in the year 302. The holy bishop risked his life to visit and encourage his fellow Christians who had been imprisoned for their faith at the start of the Emperor Diocletian's vast and violent persecution. He was spotted, reported and apprehended. He was interrogated, tortured, humiliated and then thrown in prison with the rest. They were all condemned as enemies of the state - they wouldn't worship the Roman gods - and sentenced to be torn to pieces by wild beasts. They accepted their sentence and stayed firm in their faith. When the animals were let into the arena, much to the shock and disappointment of the crowd who had gathered to enjoy the spectacle, the beasts sat calmly on their haunches, entirely uninterested in the free lunch. The guards were unable to stimulate their appetite. Finally the governor had to have the saints beheaded. It seems that some of the bishop's blood was preserved as a relic by the local Christians. That very blood, still preserved in a coagulated state in a transparent reliquary, liquefies each year on his feast day. It has done so at least for the last five hundred years, the recorded history of the miracle. Januarius's faithfulness under fire was the first sign that God was with him and the yearly liquefaction is, as it were, an annual reminder of the supernatural source of his courage. It's as if God is determined not to let us forget about his tireless action in the world.


JUST FOR A LAUGH…
A priest was accustomed to ending his sermons with a question and answer time. He wanted to make sure he had not left an important question unanswered with his congregation. One Sunday, a bright-eyed young lady sat on the front row listening eagerly to every word he spoke. When he asked if there were any questions, her hand shot straight up. "How did Jonah survive three days and three nights in the belly of the whale?" she asked. The priest responded "I don't know. But, when I get to heaven I will ask him." She responded "But, suppose he's not in heaven?" The priest then replied "In that case, you ask him."

POPE FRANCIS'S PRAYER INTENTION FOR SEPTEMBER
Pope Francis's prayer intention for September is for Young People in Africa - that they may have access to education and work in their own countries.

SUNDAY TEAS
Tea and coffee will be served after the 10.30am Mass next Sunday in the Parish Centre by Sharon McLaughlin's team.

MUSICAL EVENING
Would you like to spend an enjoyable evening in the Parish Centre? Then come along to our Musical Evening on Saturday 29 September at 7.00pm. This will be a Bring Your Own Bottle arrangement and we know you will have a lovely night in good company. All are very welcome and you will help our Parish Lourdes Group raise funds to take assisted pilgrims to Lourdes with the Diocese next July. The poster is in the porch. Tickets costing £5 are on sale now and can be purchased from any member of the Parish Lourdes Group or by phoning 469006 or the Parish Office on 464063.

IN AND AROUND THE CHURCH
The Baptismal Font has been a bit wobbly and was secured and repaired this week. Thanks to Gerry Coulter, we have three beautiful Arran photos on the wall in the foyer area of the Parish Centre. Repairs to the constant leaks in the back sacristy are still ongoing. Sincere thanks for all the hard work and generosity for our parish

FORMATION FOR MINISTRY
The next Formation for Ministry meeting will be on Wednesday 12 September at 7.00pm in the Parish House. Thank you!

SAINT TERESA'S CHURCH, DUMFRIES, DIAMOND JUBILEE MASS
The celebration of the sixtith anniversary of the foundation of the Saint Teresa's parish will take place at 11.30am Mass on Sunday 30 September followed by a reception in the parish hall to which all are invited.

IGNATIAN PRAYER GROUP
The second Ignatian Prayer Group will meet on Tuesday 11 September at 7.30pm in the Snug. You are welcome to come along!

ALTAR SERVERS' TRAINING
Training for our new altar servers will be on Sunday 9 September after Mass at 11.30am.

HEAD TEACHER, MOUNT CARMEL PRIMARY SCHOOL, KILMARNOCK
Applications are invited for the full-time permanent post of Head Teacher of Mount Carmel Primary School, Kilmarnock. The closing date is 23 September. Full details can be seen at at www.MyJobScotland.gov.uk.

CHURCHES HOMELESS ACTION NORTH AYRSHIRE - CHANA
CHANA is well on the way to establishing a Care and Share Lunch Club in the Kirkgate, Chapelwell Street, Saltcoats for those who are homeless. It will start on Friday 14 September. If you are interested in helping in any way, please contact CHANA on 07585 665751.

CELEBRATE SCOTLAND
Celebrate Scotland invites you to the 2018 Catholic Family Conference at Saint Ninian's High School, Giffnock, East Renfrewshire on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 September. There will be lively worship, good teaching and good company in a vibrant faith-filled atmosphere. The event includes mime and drama and Sunday family Mass. Celebrate Scotland is designed for families of all sizes and ages. It has streams to accommodate all ages of children and youth to help them grow in their faith in a relevant and joy filled way. This year's theme is See, I am doing a new thing. For more details and/or book your place, please access www.CelebrateConference.org or phone Ged Farrell on 07793 370910.

IN AND AROUND THE CHURCH
Problems with the lights in the Sacristy have been fixed. The repainting of the lampposts in the car park has now been completed with an ingenious device to reach high places. This week, a repair will be made to the Baptismal Font and a piece of the Church carpet will be replaced. Various design improvements will be happening in the foyer of the Parish Centre - have a look! The lettering engraved on the altar in the sanctuary will be renewed in the next couple of weeks. Sincere thanks for all the tremendous support and generosity!

DATA PROTECTION
Since May, there are new Data Protection Regulations throughout Scotland, which also affect parishes. For example, if you are writing in the Petitions Book at the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, make sure you do not give too much personal information about someone you are praying for. and if you want to add someone's name to the List of the Sick, if you can, please make sure it is okay with them first. Thank you!

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.

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.