BULLETIN                                         29 MAY 2005                    

THE FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI IN YEAR 1


CHURCH SERVICES

Saturday 28 May
Confession on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm
Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm
Sunday 29 May
Sunday Mass at 10.00 am
Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon
Monday 30 May
Mass at 10.00 am by Father Gabriel for Lily and Joe Peppard  
Tuesday 31 May
Mass at 10.00 am for Ronald Stewart
Wednesday 1 June
Mass at 10.00 am for Robert Ferguson
Thursday 2 June
Mass at 10.00 am for Father Michael Lynch
Friday 3 June
Mass at 9.00 am for Patrick Doherty
Saturday 4 June
no Mass

 

PARISH CENTRE EVENTS

Sunday 29 May
10.00 am
11.00 am
Children's Liturgy
Tea and Coffee after mass
Monday 30 May
7.00 pm
7.00 to 8.00 pm
Saint Vincent de Paul Society
Weight Watchers
Tuesday 31 May
9.00 to 11.30 am
11.45 to 2.15 pm
2.30 to 4.00 pm
7.00 pm
7.30 pm
Pre 5 Children
Pre 5 Children
Kindergarten
Saint Anne's Guild
Keep Fit
Wednesday 1 June
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
7.30 to 9.00 pm
Pre 5 Children
Pre 5 Children
Kindergarten
Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds
The Best of Health
Special Religious Development (SPRED)  
Ignatian Prayer Group
Thursday 2 June
9.00 to 11.30 am
11.45 to 2.15 pm
2.30 to 4.00 pm
1.00 to 3.00 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
Thursday Club
Rainbows
Brownies
Girl Guides
Italian Classes

Friday 3 June
9.00 to 11.30 am
9.00 to 11.30 am
11.45 to 2.15 pm
6.00 to 8.00 pm
Parents and Toddlers
Pre 5 Children
Pre 5 Children
Coffee Morning Donations

PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
   Cathy McGhee who died recently;
   Kathleen Conway 1989, Canon Nicholas Murphy 1992, Jim Glass,
   Bessie Grant (McCourt) 2002, William McMullan 1939, Susan Boylan and
   Peg Brown whose anniversaries occur at this time;
   Megan Elizabeth Brown who was baptised recently
   and those who are sick.

SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £690.84 - 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 £294.96 - many thanks.

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

MARATHON RUN
Karen O'Reilly Pirie has successfully completed her Marathon Run. Well done, Karen. Sponsor money 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 handed in to the Parish Centre on Friday 3 June between 6.00 pm and 8.00 pm.

DAY FOR LIFE 2005
Day For Life is celebrated each year on the Feast of the Visitation, 31 May. Pamphlets and prayer cards are available at the stall.

DAY OF RECOLLECTION
There will be a Day of Recollection in Saint Winin's Church, Kilwinning on Saturday, 11 June from 11am till 4pm. Further details are on thenoticeboard.

SPONSORED CYCLE
Father Stephen Sharkey of Lockerbie and one of his parishioners hope to cycle from Glasgow to Santiago de Compostela, Spain between 27 May and 22 June. All monies raised will be split equally between Maire Curie Cancer Care and Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Sponsor forms are available at the stall.

JAMES McFARLANE SCHOOL GARDEN FAYRE
James McFarlane School Garden Fayre will be held on Friday, 3 June from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon. Plants, cards, bookmarks, gift boxes and so on will be on sale. Enrty with tea or coffee and cake costs £1.00.

SAINT PETER'S PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION
Saint Peter's Parent Teacher Association is having a Bingo on Friday 10 June from 7.00 to 9.00 pm in the Parish Centre.

THANKS
Julia Paterson would like to thank all those who sent cards, gifts, flowers and for prayers offered during her stay in hospital. She is now home and on the road to recovery.

MUSIC MINISTRY
The meeting arranged for Thursday 2 June has been changed to Thursday 9 June at 7.30 pm in the Parish Centre.

SAINT ANDREW'S ACADEMY NEWSLETTER
Copies of Saint Andrew's Academy newsletter are available at the stall.

A couple in their nineties are both having problems with memory. They decide to go to the doctor for a checkup. The doctor tells them that they're physically okay but they might want to start writing things down to help them remember. Later that night while watching television, the old man gets up from his chair. His wife asks, "Where are you going?". "To the kitchen" he replies. "Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?". "Sure". "Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?" she asks. "No, I can remember it."."Well, I'd like some strawberries on top, too. You'd better write it down because you know you will forget it." He says "I can remember that! You want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries.". "I'd also like whipped cream. I'm certain you'll forget that, so you'd better write it down!" she retorted. Irritated, he says, "I don't need to write it down, I can remember it! Leave me alone! Ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream - I've got it, for goodness sake!". Then he grumbles into the kitchen. After about twenty minutes the old man returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and eggs. She stares at the plate for a moment and says - "Where's my toast?".



  To be content, look backward on those who possess less than yourself.  



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
Moses said to the people: Remember how the Lord your God led you for forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, to test you and know your inmost heart - whether you would keep his commandments or not. He humbled you, he made you feel hunger, he fed you with manna which neither you nor your fathers had known, to make you understand that man does not live on bread alone but that man lives on everything that comes from the mouth of the Lord. Do not then forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; who guided you through this vast and dreadful wilderness, a land of fiery serpents, scorpions, thirst; who in this waterless place brought you water from the hardest rock; who in this wilderness fed you with manna that your fathers had not known.

Second Reading
The blessing-cup that we bless is a communion with the blood of Christ, and the bread that we break is a communion with the body of Christ. The fact that there is only one loaf means that, though there are many of us, we form a single body because we all have a share in this one loaf.

Gospel
Jesus said to the Jews: "I am the living bread which has come down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever; and the bread that I shall give is my flesh, for the life of the world." Then the Jews started arguing with one another: "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" they said. Jesus replied: "I tell you most solemnly, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will not have life in you. Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood has eternal life, and I shall raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me and I live in him. As I, who am sent by the living Father, myself draw life from the Father, so whoever eats me will draw life from me. This is the bread come down from heaven; not like the bread our ancestors ate: they are dead, but anyone who eats this bread will live for ever.".