Saturday
21 September
|
Feast of Saint Matthew, apostle |
Sunday
22 September
|
Twenty-Fifth
Sunday of the Year |
Monday
23 September
|
Memorial of Saint Pius of Pietrelcina - Padre
Pio |
Tuesday
24 September
|
Mass at 10.00am for Irene Caffrey RD |
Wednesday
25 September
|
Holy Mass at 10.00am for John Collins A |
Thursday
26 September
|
Mass at 10.00am for Joe Brady senior A and Joe Brady senior A |
Friday
27 September
|
Memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul |
Saturday
28 September
|
Our Lady's Day |
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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
21 September
|
Vigil
Mass at 4.30pm
|
Holy Mass at 10.00am |
Sunday
22 September
|
Sunday Mass at 10.00am |
Sunday Mass at 11.30am |
Monday
23 September
|
Service of the Word at 10.00am | Service of the Word at 10.00am |
Tuesday
24 September
|
Holy Mass at 10.00am | Service of the Word at 10.00am |
Wednesday
25 September
|
Holy Mass at 10.00am | |
Thursday
26 September
|
Requiem Mass at 10.00am | Service of the Word at 10.00am |
Friday
27 September
|
Holy Mass at 10.00am | Service of the Word at 10.00am |
Saturday
28 September
|
Vigil Mass at 4.30pm | Holy Mass at 10.00am |
Sunday
22 September
|
11.30am |
|
Monday
23 September
|
7.00pm |
|
Tuesday
24 September
|
9.00
to 11.00am 5.00 to 8.00pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilitation |
Wednesday
25 September
|
9.30
to 11.30am |
Parents
and Toddlers |
Thursday
26 September
|
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Friday
27 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:
John Cowan and Irene Caffrey who died recently;
Roseleen
Casey 2010, Isa Donald 2016, David Dunbar 2005, James Forbes 2011, Bob Harriman
2014, Billy McCann 2017, Jimmy McLaughlin 2007, Rita Michelini 2002, Father
Gerald Muir 2015 pictured near right, Helen Steele 2012, James Tomelty
2011, Margaret Donnelly 1997, George Logue 2011, William McNamara 2001, Patrick
Breen 2015, Alice Docherty 2017, Isabella Farrell 2012, Mary McGraa 2002,
Colin James Boyle 2017, Jamie Clarke 2015, Margaret Gallacher 2016, Bert Gilmour
2017, Tom McGhee 2011, Sister
Mary of Saint Joseph 1975 pictured far right, Bernard Boyce 2012,
Dominic Burke 1988, Malcolm MacDonald 1999, John Mackay 2002, Thomas
McGrattan 1917, Daniel Murray 1981, Brian Ghosh 2002, Maureen Johnson
2003, Brownlie Smyth 2014, John Brodie 2001, Angela Brown 2008, Peggy McKay
1992 and Robert Leo Walsh
1968
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. If members
of your family or friends are in need of our prayers, please tell Father
Duncan or the parish office.
If they are in hospital, Reverend Bill Corbett on 01292 521208 - assisted
each week by the priest on call - is the chaplain to Crosshouse Hospital and
can be contacted through the ward. Ayr Hospital and the Ayrshire Hospice have
an on-call chaplaincy.
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 RECONCILIATION
The Sacrament of Forgiveness is celebrated on Saturdays between 4.45 and 5.15
pm and at other times on request.
READERS
Next weekend's readers are Liz Devine at 5.30pm and Margaret Harvey
at 10.30am.
MUSIC
MINISTRY
Next weekend's musicians are the Choir at 5.30pm and George McGrattan at 10.30am.
CHILDREN'S LITURGY
Our new session has begun for the pre-fives, Primary 1 and 2 and Primary 3
groups of our Children's Liturgy Programme during 10.30am Mass. All children
aged three to Primary 3 are welcome to come through and join us. Next week's
helpers are Geraldine Butcher for the pre-fives and Maria Paterson-Kidd and
Emma Paterson for Primaries 1, 2 and 3. Primary 4 involvement starts on 6
October.
CHILDREN'S LITURGY VOLUNTEERS
As we begin the new session of our Children's Liturgy Programme we would like
to take a moment to thank all of our volunteers that have given of their time
over the past years to help build and run our fantastic programme. We are
now looking for new volunteers to step up and help. Please speak to Clara
Hyslop, Children's Liturgy Coordinator or Father
Duncan if you can help.
FIRST
SATURDAY FATIMA DEVOTIONS
First Saturday Fatima Devotions are always on the first Saturday of every
month after 10.00am Mass. Everyone is welcome!
FUNERAL
SERVICE FOR JOHN COWAN
Please pray for the Repose of the Soul of John Cowan who died recently. His
funeral service will be on Tuesday 24 September at 1.00pm. May he rest in
peace and rise in glory.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Isn't it time you gave yourself to God completely, once and for all?
THERMOMETER OR THERMOSTAT?
Have
you heard the phrase "Don't be a thermometer - be a thermostat"?
A thermometer reads the temperature of the room and responds to it. A thermostat
sets the temperature. Are you setting the spiritual temperature of the room?
Or do you find yourself constantly responding to how your kids are acting
- and are you letting that determine the kind of parent you will be? Are you
basing the kind of spouse you are today on your husband or wife's mood? Are
you responsive to the virtue - or lack thereof - in your workplace and letting
that determine how you interact with the people around you? As we look ahead
to the new school year, God is sending each of us out to serve in our homes
and our communities. As Paul writes in his letter to the Philippians "Let
the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus ... [He] emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave" (2:5-7). Walk into a room and be a blessing.
Think about how you can increase the joy in every situation. Be responsive
to God, instead of those around you and start thinking about how you can be
a joy and a blessing to your family, friends, and co-workers.
AN
INTERVIEW WITH GOD
I dreamed I had an interview with God "So, you would like to interview
me?" GOD asked. "If you have time," I said. GOD smiled. "My
time is eternity - what questions do you have in mind for me?" "What
surprises you the most about humankind?" GOD answered "That they
get bored with childhood, that they rush to grow up and then long to be children
again." "That they lose their health to make money - and then lose
their money to restore their health." "That by thinking anxiously
about the future, they forget the present, such that they live in neither
the present nor the future." "That they live as if they would never
die, and die as though they had never lived." GOD's hand took mine -
and we were silent for a while. And then I asked "As a parent, what are
some of life's lessons you want your children to learn?" GOD replied
"To learn they cannot make anyone love them. All they can do is let themselves
be loved." "To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to
others." "To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness." "To
learn that it only takes a few seconds to open profound wounds in those they
love, and it can take many years to heal them." "To learn that a
rich person is not one who has the most, but is one who needs the least."
"To learn that there are people who love them dearly but simply do not
yet know how to express or show their feelings." "To learn that
two people can look at the same thing and see it differently." "To
learn that it is not enough that they forgive one another but they must also
forgive themselves." "Thank you for your time" I said humbly.
"Is there anything else you would like your children to know?" GOD
smiled, and said "Just know that I am here - always."
JUST FOR A LAUGH …
A man suffered a serious heart attack and had an open-heart bypass surgery.
He awakened from the surgery to find himself in the care of nuns at a Catholic
hospital. As he was recovering, a nun asked him questions regarding how he
was going to pay for his treatment. She asked if he had health insurance.
He replied, in a raspy voice "No health insurance." The nun asked
if he had money in the bank. He replied "No money in the bank."
The nun asked "Do you have a relative who could help you?" He said
"I only have a spinster sister - who is a nun." The nun became agitated
and announced loudly "Nuns are not spinsters! Nuns are married to God."
The patient replied "Then send the bill to my brother-in-law."
50/50 CLUB
Congratulations
to this month's winners who each receive £25 - 240 Martin Anderson,
74 Michelle Millar, 221 Fiona Robertson and 233 Clare Anderson. The bonus
draw £100 winner was 119 Rosemary Smith. Well done and good luck to
all in October draw. New members are welcome. Just contact the Promoter on
469006 or the Parish Office on 464063.
IN AND AROUND THE CHURCH
Great work has been done in the choir loft to organise the microphone cables
and make them safer. The doors leading to the Parish Centre from the Church
have been adjusted and now close without banging. The Architect's Report and
detailed drawings of the Church have been submitted for tender and we hope
that the financing will be successful. Many, many thanks for all the hard
work, time and effort.
PARISH
STEWARDSHIP
Last weekend's Offertory collection amounted to £640.12 and the Maintenance
Fund collection to £251.33 - thanks very much. The Organ Fund stands
at £6892.95 - many thanks for all your support and generosity!
SECOND COLLECTION
Our second collection this weekend is the for Retired Priests' Fund. Please
give generously if you can. Thank you!
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.
GIFT AID
The updated new Gift Aid Forms have been sent to parishioners that will require
them. Please send them back as soon as you can in the stamped-addressed envelope
provided. Thank you so much for your support and help.
MARY'S MEALS BACKPACK APPEAL
We were overwhelmed by your generosity to our last appeal. We have recently
sent 150 filled backpacks to Malawi, making a running total of 2593. If you
wish to contribute to this on-going charity, please put any items you wish
to donate into the basket in the Church porch. As a reminder, here is a list
of the items needed - backpacks, jotters, coloured pencils, pencil cases,
rubbers, sharpeners, rulers, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, towels, tennis
balls, cotton shorts, T-shirts, skirts, dresses and flip-flops all for use
by children aged five to twelve years. Mary's
Meals
SAVE THE DATE - GUNS OR PEOPLE
The guest speaker at Guns or People on Sunday 6 October at 3.00pm in Saint
John’s Church, Stevenston will be the Reverend Kathy Galloway
of the Iona Community.
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 haplain to Crosshouse Hospital and is assisted by the priest on call
each week.
SUNDAY
TEAS
Tea and coffee will be served after the 10.30am Mass next Sunday in the Parish
Centre by Maria Boyle's team.
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 10.30am 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.