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Saturday
11 January
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Holy Mass at 10.00am for Margaret Swiercz SI and Esther Tumilty SI |
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Sunday
12 January
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Solemnity
of The Baptism of the Lord |
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Monday
13 January
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Feast of Saint Kentigern |
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Tuesday
14 January
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Holy Mass at 10.00am for John Herron RD, Jim Elder RD and Reg Todman RD |
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Wednesday
15 January
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Holy Mass at 10.00am for the Lafferty Family, Isabella McHugh A and Cathy Newall SI |
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Thursday
16 January
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Holy Mass at 10.00am for Gwen Body A, Janet Chapman A, Owen Bogue A and Kathleen Ryan SI |
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Friday
17 January
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Memorial
of Saint Anthony |
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Saturday
18 January
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Our Lady's Day |
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Abbreviations - A anniversary, MM month's mind, 6MM six month's
mind, |
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The
Holy Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify
anniversaries as early as you can. Thanks. |
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Saturday
11 January
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Vigil
Mass at 4.30pm
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Sunday
12 January
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Sunday Mass at 10.00am |
Sunday Mass at 11.30am |
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Monday
13 January
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Requiem Mass at 10.00am | Service of the Word at 10.00am |
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Tuesday
14 January
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Holy
Mass at 10.00am |
Service of the Word at 10.00am |
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Wednesday
15 January
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Requiem Mass at 10.00am | Service of the Word at 10.00am |
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Thursday
16 January
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Service of the Word at 10.00am | Holy Mass at 10.00am |
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Friday
17 January
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Holy Mass at 10.00am | Service of the Word at 10.00am |
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Saturday
18 January
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Vigil Mass at 4.30pm | Holy Mass at 10.00am |
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Sunday
12 January
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11.30am |
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Monday
13 January
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9.30
to 11.30am |
Parents
and Toddlers |
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Tuesday
14 January
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9.00
to 11.00am 5.00 to 8.00pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilitation |
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Wednesday
15 January
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8.30
to 11.30am |
Slimming
World |
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Thursday
16 January
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Friday
17 January
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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:
Rosemary Sellar, Kate Glover, Stephen McCormick, John Herron, Jim Elder, Reg
Todman and S Robertson who died recently;
Hugh Adams 2019, John Aitken 2001, Anne Bowles 2017, John Butcher 2017, Kathleen
Brown 2012, Christine Cassidy 1998, Mary Donnelly 2006, Eamon Lennon 2009,
Kathleen
Tritschler 2006, Roy White 1993, Cecilia McCurdie 2005, James McNamara
1982, Mary Guilfoyle 2005, Ishbel
McCarroll 1983, Monica McDonald 1997, David Stirling 2004, Mary Coulter
1978, David Magee 2014, Peter
McCarroll 1940, Isabella McHugh 2019, Elizabeth Walsh 2005, David Gallagher
2011, Mary Boyce Gillies 2012, Theresa McDermott 2000, George Agostini 2006,
Maureen McKenzie 2014, Janis McSkimming 2010, James Murray 1972, Rena Scullion
2008, Canon Michael Farrington 2009 and Margaret McLaughlan 2005 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 Marade Griffin at 5.30pm and Peter Brawley
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 Geraldine Butcher for the pre-fives,
Maria Paterson-Kidd and Emma Paterson for Primaries 1, 2 and 3 and Jacqueline
Smith and Linda Martin for Primary 4.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
We welcome to the Family of the Church Farah Guthrie who will be baptised
on Saturday 18 January at 11.00am. Congratulations to her parents and Godparents.
SINCERE THANKS
Father
Duncan would like to thank all those who have worked so
hard to make the Church festive for the Christmas Season - also sincere thanks
to all the parishioners who contributed to the liturgy and music ministry.
Thank you and God bless!
END OF CHRISTMAS TIME
With the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord today, the Christmas Season comes
to an end. We now begin Ordinary Time. Next week is the First Week of the
Year.
WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
The Ardrossan Churches Group have come together to suggest that we all pray
the same prayer every day in the intention of Christian Unity. The Prayer
Cards will be given out after Masses this weekend. The Week of Prayer begins
of Saturday 18 January and finishes with the Feast of the Conversion of Saint
Paul on Saturday 25 January.
MASKS
Don't be fooled by the face I wear for I wear a thousand masks - And none
of them is me. Don't be fooled, for goodness sake, don't be fooled. I give
you the impression that I'm secure, that confidence is my name and coolness
is my game and that I need no one - but don't believe me. Beneath dwells the
real me in confusion, in aloneness, in fear. That's why I create a mask to
hide behind, to shield me from the glance that knows but such a glance is
precisely my salvation. That is, if it's followed by acceptance, if it's followed
by love. It's the only thing that can liberate me from my own self-built prison
walls. I'm afraid that deep down I'm nothing and that I'm just no good and
that you will reject me - and so begins the parade of masks. I idly chatter
to you. I tell you everything that's really nothing and nothing of what's
everything, of what's crying within me. Please listen carefully and try to
hear what I'm not saying. I'd really like to be genuine and spontaneous but
you've got to help me. You've got to hold out your hand. Each time you're
kind and gentle, and encouraging, Each time you try to understand because
you really care, my heart begins to grow wings, feeble wings, but wings. With
your sensitivity and sympathy, and your power of understanding, you alone
can release me from my shallow world of uncertainty. It will not be easy for
you. The nearer you approach me, the blinder I may strike back. But I'm told
that love is stronger than strong walls and in this lies my only hope. Please
try to beat down these walls with firm hands, but gentle hands, for a child
is very sensitive. Who am I, you wonder, I am every man you meet, and also
every woman that you meet - and I am you, also.
THE
WITNESS OF MARTYRS
According to the Vatican's missionary agency Fides, twenty-nine missionaries
were killed in the world in the year 2019 - six laymen, two women religious,
two men religious, one Permanent Deacon and eighteen priests. In Africa, twelve
priests were killed - one religious, one nun, one seminarian and one layman.
In America, six priests and one Permanent Deacon, one Religious and four laymen
were killed. In Asia, one layman and in Europe one nun were killed. Fides
also notes that there is a sort of 'globalization of violence'. 'If in the
past, the missionaries killed were largely concentrated in one nation or geographic
area, in 2019 the phenomenon seemed more generalised and widespread' - in
ten countries of Africa, eight of America one of Asia and one of Europe.
JUST FOR A LAUGH …
A bishop, a priest and a deacon were lined up and about to be executed for
preaching the Gospel in a foreign country. The executioners brought out the
bishop first and when the guard shouted "Ready - aim -" the bishop
suddenly yelled "Earthquake!" and when everyone looked around, he
made a run for it. They brought the priest out next. The guard shouted "Ready
- aim -" and suddenly the priest yelled, "Tornado!" and when
everyone ducked, he too, ran off. The deacon of course had it all figured
out by then. When they brought him out and the guard shouted "Ready -
aim -" he deacon suddenly yelled, "Fire!"
THE BEAUTIFUL HANDS OF A PRIEST
We need them in life's early morning, We need them again at its close
We feel their warm clasp of true friendship, we seek them when tasting life's
woes
At the altar each day we behold them and the hands
of a king on his throne
Are not equal to them in their greatness, their dignity
stands all alone
And when we are tempted and
wander to pathways of shame and of sin
It's the hand of a priest
that will absolve us - not once, but again and again
And
when we are taking life's partner, other hands may prepare us a feast
But
the hand that will bless and unite us is the beautiful hand of a priest
God
bless them and keep them all holy for the Host which their fingers caress
When
can a poor sinner do better than to ask Him to guide thee and bless
When
the hour of death comes upon us, may our courage and strength be increased
By
seeing raised over us in blessing the beautiful hands of a priest
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
There will be a series of meetings for the Parish Ministry coming soon. Please
put the dates in your dairy right away as it is very important that everyone
can attend. Meeting for all those involved in the Music Ministry is on Wednesday
5 February; for Eucharistic Ministers on Wednesday 19 February; for Readers
on Wednesday 4 March and for those involved in the Children's Liturgy on Wednesday
11 March. All the meetings begin at 7.00pm and take place in the Presbytery.
If you would like to get involved in any of our Parish Ministries, please
come along to the meeting. Thank you for all your support!
BURNS SUPPERETTE
Following the success of the last year's Burns Supperette, another one is
planned for Saturday 22 February at 7.00pm in the Parish Centre. A Burns Supperette
is a mini Burns Supper with fewer speeches, more music and a smaller meal.
As always, there will be a light-hearted approach and a bar. Tickets costing
£7.50 will be available after the weekend Masses or can be reserved
by phoning Fiona Brown on 01294 606424. If you prefer a macaroni pie to a
haggis pie, please let Fiona know. More details will follow.
CHURCHES HOMELESS ACTION NORTH AYRSHIRE (CHANA)
Thank you very much to everyone who has contributed to help the homeless at
Christmas and throughout the year. Your donations and generous support are
much appreciated. Thank you.
SIGN-UP SUNDAYS FOR 50/50 CLUB
Renewal of 50/50 Club Memberships are now due. Membership of £15 will
be collected by Promoter, Mrs Sammons over the weekends of 18 and 19 Jan and
25 and 26 January in the foyer of the Parish Centre after 5.30pm and the 10.30am
Masses. Cash and cheques are welcome and cheques should be made payable to
Saint Peter's 50/50 Club. New members are welcome. Collectors will come round
as usual or simply pay at the Sign-Up table. The special Early Bird Draw of
£50 is for members who pay before the end of January. Thanks for your
continued support.
IN AND AROUND THE CHURCH
Many thanks for the hard work in and around the Church. The Choir loft has
seen an extensive clear out and is looking much tidier. Repairs and maintenance
have taken place in the Parish Centre. Its doorbell has been fixed, bulbs
have been replaced, new sockets have been put in the hallway, the pathway
light has been repaired, immersion heater for hot water has been repaired.
The under-ceiling lights still not working. This is an ongoing issue as is
repair to Church perimeter wall. New locks for the main doors will hopefully
within the next ten days. Sincere thanks for all the support and hard work.
JOB VACANCY
Peer Support Practitioner is required for North Ayrshire Prevention, Early
Intervention and Recovery Service. Please see the poster at the back of the
Church for details and note that the closing date for applications is 21 January.
Details can be seen at https://turningpointscotland.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-2/candidate/so/pm/4/pl/1/opp/1166-Peer-Support-Practitioner-North-Ayrshire-Recovery-Service/en-GB.
PARISH STEWARDSHIP
Last weekend's Offertory collection amounted to £614.78 and the Justice
and Peace collection to £359.16 - thanks very much for your support
and generosity.
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.
SUNDAY
TEAS
Tea and coffee will be served after the 10.30am Mass next Sunday in the Parish
Centre by Maria'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 pre-school 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.