BULLETIN                   15 MAY 2005                    

PENTECOST SUNDAY IN YEAR 1


CHURCH SERVICES

Saturday 14 May
Confession on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm
Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm
Sunday 15 May
Sunday Mass at 10.00 am
Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon
Monday 16 May
Mass at 10.00 am for Ian Clarke
Vigil for the Deceased at 6.00 pm for Robert Ferguson  
Tuesday 17 May
Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for Robert Ferguson
Wednesday 18 May
Mass at 10.00 am for Patrick Doherty
Thursday 19 May
Mass at 7.00 pm for James Timmons
Friday 20 May
Mass at 10.00 am for John McKelvie
Saturday 21 May
Mass at 10.00 am for Brian Cairns

 

PARISH CENTRE EVENTS

Sunday 15 May
10.00 am
11.00 am
Children's Liturgy
Tea and Coffee after Mass
Monday 16 May
9.00 to 4.00 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
11.45 to 2.15 pm
2.30 to 4.00 pm
5.30 to 6.30 pm
6.30 to 8.30 pm
7.00 pm
7.00 to 8.00 pm
Quarriers Training
Pre 5 Children
Pre 5 Children
Kindergarten
Rainbows
Brownies
Saint Vincent de Paul Society
Weight Watchers
Tuesday 17 May
9.00 to 4.00 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
11.45 to 2.15 pm
2.30 to 4.30 pm
7.00 pm
7.30 pm
Quarriers Training
Pre 5 Children
Pre 5 Children
Kindergarten
Saint Anne's Guild
Keep Fit
Wednesday 18 May
9.00 to 4.00 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
11.45 to 2.15 pm
2.30 to 4.00 pm
5.00 to 6.00 pm
6.30 to 8.30 pm
6.30 to 9.00 pm
Quarriers Training
Pre 5 Children
Pre 5 Children
Kindergarten
Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds
The Best of Health
Special Religious Development (SPRED)  
Thursday 19 May
9.00 to 11.30 am
11.45 to 2.15 pm
2.30 to 4.00 pm
6.00 to 7.00 pm
6.00 to 7.30 pm
7.30 to 9.00 pm
7.30 pm

Pre 5 Children
Pre 5 Children
Kindergarten
Rainbows
Brownies
Girl Guides
Italian Classes

Friday 20 May
9.00 to 4.00 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
11.45 to 2.15 pm
Quarriers Training
Pre 5 Children
Pre 5 Children
Saturday 21 May
2.00 to 5.00 pmGuide Dog Handlers

PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
   John McKelvie, Robert Ferguson and Mary Finn who died recently;
   Julia Petrie 1998, Mary McFarlane 2004, Ann Cameron 2003,
   Mary Teresa Dolan 1999, Frances Hackett 1997, Robert McKay 1942,
   Harry Andrew 2003, Mary Quinn 1978 and Brian Cairns 2004
   whose anniversaries occur at this time;
   Ashley Ayres, Kelly Hunter, Caitlin Lee, Jamie Lynn,
   Eilidh McCormack, Elese McCormack, Lawrence McMahon,
   Molly Morris, Allan Smith, Brogan Tracy, Nicole Wallace
   and Michael Wardrope who celebrated the Sacraments of Confirmation
   and First Communion recently and those who are sick.

SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £751.05 - many thanks.
Banker's Orders amount to an average of £4000 per month. Forms are available in the Church porch. Each month £4000 is repaid to the Diocese for the building loan and levy.

PARISH CENTRE COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for the Parish Centre amounted to £330.00 - many thanks.

50/50 CLUB
The 50/50 Club supports the parish financially. If you are not a member, please consider it and contact Myriame Sammons.

SACRAMENTS OF CONFIRMATION AND FIRST COMMUNION
Today at 10.00am Mass, twelve children will celebrate the Sacraments. Please pray for them and their families. Each child receiving the Sacraments will be presented with a bible from the Thursday Club. A Mass of Thanksgiving will be celebrated on Sunday 4 June at 10.00 am.

FATHER MICHAEL LYNCH
The first anniversary Ma
ss of Father Lynch's death will be celebrated on Saturday 2 July at 12 noon.

PRESBYTERY UPDATE
The possible date for the completion of the new presbytery is February or March 2006. Father Matt hopes to move to a house in Ardrossan in July on a temporary basis. The side door of the Church will now be open during the day for anyone wishing to make a visit.

THE ROSARY
The Thursday Club will lead the Rosary each morning before weekday Mass during the month of May.

THURSDAY CLUB
The bus for the Thursday Club's day out to New Lanark will leave Stanley School on Thursday, 19 May at 9.45 am and follow usual route.

MARATHON RUN
Karen O'Reilly Pirie has generously agreed that all proceeds from her
fundraising Marathon Run in Prague on Sunday 22 May will be given to Saint Peter's parish. If you would like to support her and the parish, sponsor sheets are available at the stall. Donations may be handed into the Parish Office.

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY COFFEE MORNING
The Saint Vincent de Paul Society is holding a Coffee Morning on Saturday 4 June at 10.00 am. There will be various stalls on the day as well as a prize raffle. All the proceeds of this year's event will be sent the Society's Tsunami Appeal. Donations for any of the stalls - baking, books, bric a brac - as well as prizes for the raffle will be most welcome and can be notified to any member of the Conference. Your support will be most welcome for this project as a great many poor communities in the area hit by the Tsunami still require help to rebuild their homes and re-establish their livelihoods.

SAINT PETER'S CHILDREN'S CENTRE
There are still a few places available in the Children's Centre for both the Nursery and Kindergarten in August 2005. By then, we hope to offer daycare facilities for three to five year olds. For further information, telephone the Centre on 473030.

SACRED HEART FATHERS
Details of summer retreats offered by the Sacred Heart Fathers at Smithstone House, Kilwinning are on the notice board and booking forms are available at the stall.

NOVENA
Many thanks to Saint Clare for favours received - DJ.



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READINGS
The readings for this weekend's Masses are shown below in English. They are available in eleven other languages
including French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish by clicking on this link.


First Reading from the Acts of the Apostles
When Pentecost day came round, the apostles had all met in one room, when suddenly they heard what sounded like a powerful wind from heaven, the noise of which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and something appeared to them that seemed like tongues of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak foreign languages as the Spirit gave them the gift of speech. Now there were devout men living in Jerusalem from every nation under heaven, and at this sound they all assembled, each one bewildered to hear these men speaking his own language. They were amazed and astonished. Surely they said all these men speaking are Galileans? How does it happen that each of us hears them in his own native language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; people from Mesopotamia, Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya round Cyrene; as well as visitors from Rome - Jews and proselytes alike - Cretans and Arabs; we hear them preaching in our own language about the marvels of God.

Second Reading from Corinthians
No one can say, "Jesus is Lord" unless he is under the influence of the Holy Spirit. There is a variety of gifts but always the same Spirit; there are all sorts of service to be done, but always to the same Lord; working in all sorts of different ways in different people, it is the same God who is working in all of them. The particular way in which the Spirit is given to each person is for a good purpose. Just as a human body, though it is made up of many parts, is a single unit because all these parts, though many, make one body, so it is with Christ. In the one Spirit we were all baptised, Jews as well as Greeks, slaves as well as citizens, and one Spirit was given to us all to drink.

Gospel according to John
In the evening of the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He said to them, "Peace be with you", and showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy when they saw the Lord, and he said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sent me, so am I sending you." After saying this he breathed on them and said "Receive the Holy Spirit. For those whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven: for those whose sins you retain, they are retained.".