Saturday
13 April
|
Our Lady's Day for Lent |
Sunday
14 April
|
Palm
Sunday of the Passion of Our Lord |
Monday
15 April
|
Holy Mass at 9.00am for John McCormick RD |
Tuesday
16 April
|
Holy Mass at 9.00am for Jim Lynn RD, Francis McEvoy junior A and William Main A |
Wednesday
17 April
|
Requiem Mass at 10.00am for Patricia Brady |
Thursday
18 April
|
Holy Thursday of the Lord's Supper |
Friday
19 April
|
Good Friday |
Saturday
20 April
|
Holy Saturday |
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Abbreviations - A anniversary, MM month's mind, 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. |
Saturday
13 April
|
Vigil
Mass at 4.30pm
|
Holy Mass at 10.00am |
Sunday
14 April
|
Sunday Mass at 10.00am |
Sunday Mass at 11.30am |
Monday
15 April
|
Holy Mass at 10.00am | Holy Mass at 10.00am |
Tuesday
16 April
|
Holy Mass at 10.00am | Holy Mass at 10.00am |
Wednesday
17 April
|
Holy Mass at 10.00am | Holy Mass at 10.00am |
Thursday
18 April
|
Holy Thursday Mass at 7.00pm | |
Friday
19 April
|
Good Friday Liturgy at 3.00pm | Service of the Word at 10.00am |
Saturday
20 April
|
Morning
Prayer Service at 10.00am Easter Vigil Mass at 8.30pm |
|
Sunday
14 April
|
11.30am |
|
Monday
15 April
|
5.30
to 6.30pm |
Rainbows |
Tuesday
16 April
|
9.00
to 11.00am 5.00 to 8.00pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilitation |
Wednesday
17 April
|
1.00 to 3.00pm |
Knit and Knatter |
CHILDREN’S
LITURGY
Next week's Children's Liturgy helpers are Jacqueline
Waugh for the pre-fives, Frances Gemmell for Primaries 1, 2 and 3 and Maria
Paterson-Kidd and Emma Paterson for Primary 4.
FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTION TO OUR LADY OF FATIMA
First Saturday devotions will take place on the first Saturday of every month
after the 10.00am Holy Mass. The devotions take about half an hour. All are
welcome!
DIOCESAN CHRISM MASS
We have teamed with Saint Mary's Church in Largs to organise a coach that
will take us to the special Chrism Mass at Saint Margaret's Cathedral, Ayr
on Tuesday of Holy Week, 16 April. The Mass begins with Bishop
Nolan at 7.30pm. The coach will leave Saint Peter's Car Park at 6.15pm
prompt. If you would like to come along, please put your name on the list
at Betty's Stall. Thank you!
ECUMENICAL PRAYER SERVICE AT SAINT PETER'S
Different Churches in Ardrossan host a special short Prayer Service for the
Holy Week. Saint Peter's will host the first on Monday 15 April at 7.00pm.
Please come along if you can and make this Holy Week special.
PROGRAMME FOR THE HOLY WEEK AND EASTER
Please make sure you get the Card with the times of Masses and Services during
the Holy Week and Easter at Saint Peter's before you leave Church today. You
are welcome to take a Card for neighbours and family members to invite them
to the Greatest Week of our Faith. The Card also has the details of the Prayer
Services organised by the Ardrossan Churches.
RECEPTION INTO THE CHURCH
Sincere congratulations to Jaquie Macdonald and Rebecca Macdonald who will
be baptised and received into full communion with the Church on Easter Sunday.
We wish them every grace and joy and God's richest blessing.
REQUIEM MASS FOR PATRICIA BRADY
Please pray for the Repose of the Soul of Patricia Brady who died aged 86
years. Her Requiem Mass on Wednesday 17 April at 10.00am, will be followed
by her cremation at Holmsford Bridge Crematorium, Dreghorn. May she rest in
peace and rise in glory!
COMMUNION ON THE MOON
Forty-two years ago, two human beings changed history by walking on the surface
of the moon - but what happened before Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong exited
the Lunar Module is perhaps even more amazing, if only because so few people
know about it. I'm talking about the fact that Buzz Aldrin took communion
on the surface of the moon. Some months after his return, he wrote about it
in Guideposts magazine. And a few years ago I had the privilege of meeting
him myself. I asked him about it and he confirmed the story to me, and I wrote
about in my book Everything You Always Wanted To Know About God But Were Afraid
to Ask. Buzz Aldrin took Communion with him out of the Earth's orbit and on
to the surface of the moon. He and Armstrong had only been on the lunar surface
for a few minutes when Aldrin made the following public statement "This
is the Lunar Module pilot. I'd like to take this opportunity to ask every
person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment
and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his
or her own way." He then ended radio communication and there, on the
silent surface of the moon, 250000 miles from home, he read a verse from the
Gospel of John and he took communion. Here is his own account of what happened
"In the radio blackout, I opened the little plastic packages which contained
the bread and the wine. I poured the wine into the chalice our church had
given me. In the one-sixth gravity of the moon, the wine slowly curled and
gracefully came up the side of the cup. Then I read the scripture 'I am the
vine, you are the branches. Whosoever abides in me will bring forth much fruit...
Apart from me you can do nothing.' "I had intended to read my communion
passage back to earth, but at the last minute, they had requested that I not
do this. NASA was already embroiled in a legal battle with Madelyn Murray
O'Hare, the celebrated opponent of religion, over the Apollo 8 crew reading
from Genesis while orbiting the moon at Christmas. I agreed reluctantly. "I
ate the tiny Host and swallowed the wine. I gave thanks for the intelligence
and spirit that had brought two young pilots to the Sea of Tranquillity. It
was interesting for me to think - the very first liquid ever poured on the
moon and the very first food eaten there, were the communion elements."
And of course, it's interesting to think that some of the first words spoken
on the moon were the words of Jesus Christ, who made the Earth and the moon
- and Who, in the immortal words of Dante, is Himself the 'Love that moves
the sun and other stars'. How many of you knew this? Too bad this type of
news doesn't travel as fast as the bad news does.
REFLECTION FOR PALM SUNDAY
Man, a mere speck in the universe, considered equality with God something
at which to grasp. That pride is at the core of sin. In the famous hymn from
Paul's letter to the Philippians, we find God's surprising response to our
pride. Christ, although he was God, did not consider equality with God something
at which to grasp. Rather, he emptied himself and came as a servant. He humbled
himself even unto death, death on a cross (see Phil 2:6-8). Christ humbled
himself unto death, even death on a cross, to show us that God is not who
we thought he was. You see, through the original deception, we came to conceive
of God as a tyrant who wanted to dominate us and keep us from the satisfaction
of our desires. We came to doubt the gift of God, as Blessed John Paul II
once put it. It's no coincidence that the Bible presents the original sin
through the symbolism of eating. Our hearts are hungry. Through the cross
we rediscover beyond all doubt that God is a loving Father who wants to provide
for us, who wants to feed us, who wants to satisfy our hunger beyond our wildest
imaginings. Christ's entire mission is to save us from the lie that the satisfaction
of our fundamental hunger is up to us. And to what length he goes! "You
don't believe in 'the gift' of God?" Christ asks. "This is my body
given for you; this is my blood shed for you." And his flesh is real
food; his blood is real drink (see Jn 6:55). Christ comes as finest wheat
to be 'ground into flour' and 'baked into bread' for us to eat unto satiation.
He comes as the juiciest grapes to be crushed in the 'wine press' so that
we might drink his gift unto intoxication. "Whoever comes to me will
never go hungry and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty" (Jn
6:35). We needn't grasp at fulfilment of our hunger. Bread from heaven has
been freely offered us. It is for this reason that Christ humbled himself
unto death, even death on a cross.
Christopher West
THE HOLY WEEK BEGINS
It is so important to know that none of our efforts to know, love and serve
Christ a little bit more during this Lent has been wasted. This is what our
faith tells us. Pope Francis explains "… involves knowing with certitude
that all those who entrust themselves to God in love will bear good fruit
(cf Jn 15:5). This fruitfulness is often invisible, elusive and unquantifiable.
We can know quite well that our lives will be fruitful, without claiming to
know how, or where or when. We may be sure that none of our acts of love will
be lost, nor any of our acts of sincere concern for others. No single act
of love for God will be lost, no generous effort is meaningless, no painful
endurance is wasted." (EG 279) So, as Holy Week begins, let's renew the
focus of our hearts. Let's recommit ourselves to keeping Christ in the centre
- of everything. Let's look forward to continuing to journey together throughout
this Holy Week and Easter Season.
200 CLUB PARISH SHARE
Special thanks to all the members of the 200 Club. The Club was able to give
a donation to the Parish of £2000. Sincere thanks for all the support
and generosity!
HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED ADOPTION?
Have you ever considered adoption as
a way to grow your family? Could you provide a loving, stable family environment
for a child who needs a forever home? If you would like to find out more about
the adoption process, please visit www.StMargaretsAdoption.org.uk,contact
us on 0141 332 8371 or email Info@StMargaretsAdoption.org.uk.
IN
AND AROUND THE CHURCH
Sincere thanks for all the hard work being done recently. New plants have
been arranged in the Church gardens and the garden doors have been re-painted.
Thank you!
KNIT
AND KNATTER
The Knit and Knatter group meets every Wednesday in the Parish Centre from
1.00 to 3.00pm except on 24 April.
NEW PARISH WEBSITE
The new website for Saint Peter's is almost ready for launching. A lot of
hard work has been put into getting it read - so watch this space! It is coming
very soon!
NEW EMAIL ADDRESSES
To comply with the recent changes to Data Protection Act, Saint Peter's has
two new email addresses. If you are contacting the Parish Office, please use
Ardrossan@GallowayDiocese.org.uk. If you wish to contact Father
Duncan personally, then use Duncan.McVicar@GallowayDiocese.org.uk
- thanks!
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 £542.68 and the Scottish
Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) collection to £834.67 - thanks
very much.
SCOTTISH CATHOLIC INTERNATIONAL AID FUND (SCIAF) LENTEN APPEAL 2019
The retiring collection this weekend is for the work and apostolate of SCIAF.
Please give generously if you can. Thank you!
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COLLECTION THIS LENT
The Saint Vincent de Paul Society
usually collects toiletries for homeless people at the Ozanam Centre, Glasgow,
during Lent. There is a box in the porch. Please be as generous as you can.
Thank you!
OFFERTORY
ENVELOPES
Please collect your new Offertory envelopes at Betty's stall today. If you
would like to use the envelopes for your contributions to the Parish, please
speak to Margaret or George. Thanks!
SUNDAY
TEAS
Tea and coffee will not
be served after the 10.30am Mass next Sunday in the Parish
Centre by Maria Boyle's team.
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.