BULLETIN
17
MAY 1998
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER IN YEAR 2
SUNDAY
MASSES
The Saturday Vigil Mass is at 6.30 pm. Sunday Masses are at 10.00 am,
12.00 noon and 6.30 pm.
WEEKDAY MASSES
Masses during the week are
in the Oratory at 9.30 am and 7.00 pm. Thank you for your presence at the Mass
which you have requested.
| Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday | Mary
T Kelly James McFarlane Special Intention Kathleen McGillivray William McEvoy Josephine Brady |
Thanksgiving Novena William Calvert Len Gilligan John Carry Parish |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
17 May | 10.00
am 11.00 am 1.00 pm |
Children's Liturgy Tea and Coffee after Mass Tea and Coffee after Mass |
| Monday
18 May |
9.00 am 12.30 pm | Playgroup Kindergarten |
|
Tuesday
19 May | 9.30
am 12.30 pm 1.30 pm 7.30 pm 7.45 pm |
Playgroup Kindergarten Country Dancing Aerobics Saint Anne's Guild Discussion |
|
Wednesday
20 May | 9.00
am 12.30 pm 6.00 to 7.00 pm 7.30 to 9.30 pm |
Playgroup Kindergarten Rainbows Brownies |
|
Thursday
21 May | 9.00
am 12.30 pm 1.30 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Playgroup |
|
Friday
22 May | 11.00
to 2.00 pm 7.30 am 7.45 pm | Kindergarten
Open Day Disco for 8 to 13 year olds Saint Vincent de Paul Society |
The
Parish Cente caretaker is Joe Higgins and the letting secretary is Marlene Fleming.
ASCENSION
OF THE LORD
The feast of the Ascension of the Lord is celebrated on Thursday
and is a Holiday of Obligation. The Vigil Mass is on Wednesday at 7.00 pm and
Masses on Thursday are at 9.30 am and 7.00 pm.
EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED
SACRAMENT
There will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on Monday from
2.00 to 2.30 pm and on Thursday from 10.15 am to 6.45 pm.
ROSARY
The
Rosary will be said in the Convent on Wednesday from 1.30 to 2.30 pm.
CHARISMATIC
PRAYER GROUP
The Charasmatic Prayer Group will meet in the Convent on Thursday
at 7.30 pm.
REFRESHMENTS AFTER SUNDAY MASSES
Coffee, tea and home baking
are served in the parish Centre after 10.00 am and 12.00 noon Masses each Sunday.
Do please come and relax, meet your friends and enjoy the facilitues of our lovely
Centre. Everyone is welcome. Tea and coffee are also available on a self-serve
basis after each morning Mass. Please put your name on the list on the noticeboard
in the Church porch or Parish Centre is you are willing to help either with baking
or serving on a Sunday.
NATIONAL
LOURDES DAY CELEBRATION
The National Lourses Day Celebration will be held
at Carfin Grotto next Sunday at 3.00 pm. If you are interested in going in the
bus, please put your name on the list in the Church porch.
FIRST
COMMUNION
Ten children celebrate the Sacrament of First Communion today at
10.00 am and 12.00 am Masses. They are Michael Agnew, John Coulter, Sharon Donnachy,
Stephen Iversen, Stephen Kane, Darren McCallum, Michelle McCallum, Leigh Toner,
Stephen White and Keiran Wilson. Please pray for them and their families.
MASS FOR PEOPLE WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS
Mass for people with special needs will be celebrated in the
Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Kilmarnock today at 3.00 pm.
PARISH
PASTORAL COUNCIL
I would welcome nominations and/or suggestioins for a Parish
Pastoral Council which will consider strategic and othe pastoral issues within
the parish.
COMMUNICATIONS FUND
The annual collection for the Communications
Fund will be taken at all Masses next weekend.
CHURCH GROUND
An offer of £350000 for the surplus Church ground was considered and agreed
by the Parish and Diocesan Finance Committees last week. It is subject to planning
permission and bore trials.
MOSAIC
OF OUR LADY
The generosity of an anonymous parishioner has made possible
the beautiful mosaic at the unused outside door near the Parish Centre entrance.
I hope that you agree that it enhances the Church.
SAINT ANDREW'S ACADEMY SCHOOL BOARD
Saint Andrew's Academy School Board will
meet in the Academy on Monday at 7.45 pm. All are welcome.
SAINT
PETER'S KINDERGARTEN
There will be a Kindergarten Open Day on Friday 22 may
from 11.00 am to 2. 00 pm in the playroom of the Parish Centre. Come and visit,
meet the staff and relax with a coffee. All aare welcome. Enrolment forms will
be available. A limited number of places is available at £2.60 per session
of £13 per week.
DISCO
There will be a disco for eight to thirteen
year olds on Friday 22 May from 7.30 to 9.30 pm. Tickets, costing 70p, are on
sale at all Masses or from Saint Peter's Primary School, Donna or Marlene.
CHILDREN'S
LITURGY
There will be no Children's Liturgy for the next four Sundays.
THURSDAY CLUB
The Thursday
Club will lead the Rosary before morning Mass during the month of May. The
Club will have a trip to Glasgow on Thursday. The bus will leave Stanley School
to 10.00 am and follow the usual bus route.
BADMINTON
The possibility
of providing badminton facilities in the Parish Centre is being looked at by the
management committee. To find out if there would be a demand, interested parties
of all age groups are invited to put their names on the lists on the Parish Centre
or Church noticeboards.
WORDS OF WISDOM
Abba Anthony
said: Anyone working a piece of iron has thought about what he wants to make -
a sickle, a blade or an axe. So we too should ask ourselves what we are trying
to achieve otherwise we may exhauast ourselves in vain.
An old man was asked
by a certain soldier if God received penitents. After heartening him with many
words, he said to him "Tell me, if your cloak were torn, would you throw
it away?". The soldier replied "No, I would patch and wear it.".
The old man said to him "If you would spare your garment, will not God have
mercy on his own image?".