BULLETIN
21
AUGUST 2005
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 1
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
20 August | Confession
on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for William Kelly |
Sunday
21 August | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
Monday
22 August | Mass at 10.00 am for John Austin |
Tuesday
23 August | Mass at 10.00 am for Ella Cairns |
Wednesday
24 August | Mass at 10.00 am for Catherine Fitzsimmons |
Thursday
25 August | No Mass |
Friday
27 August | Mass at 10.00 am for Tommy McCann senior |
Saturday
27 August | Mass at 10.00 am for Johnny Kelly |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
21 August | 11.00 am | Tea and Coffee after Mass |
Monday
22 August |
9.00 to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 7.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Pre-five
Children Parents and Toddlers Saint Vincent de Paul Society Weight Watchers |
Tuesday
23 August | 9.30
to 11.30 am 7.30 pm |
Pre-five Children Keep Fit |
Wednesday
24 August | 9.00
to 11.30 am 5.00 to 6.00 pm 6.30 to 8.30 pm |
Pre-five Children Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds 2 B Slim |
Thursday
25 August | 9.00 to 11.30 am | Pre-five Children |
Friday
26 August | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am |
Pre-five Children Parents and Toddlers |
Saturday
27 August | 7.30 pm | Private Party |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
John Austin, Alex McKechnie,
Mary King and Clare Shanks
who died recently;
David Walsh 1980, Josie Walsh 2003, William Kelly 2004, Jane Leonard 1998,
Kate Gribben 1994, Felix Quigg 1994, Ella Cairns, Jim McManus 1997,
Catherine Fitzsimmons 2004, Giocondo Michelin 1959 and Catherine
Boyle 2004
whose anniversaries occur at this time;
Emma
McLaughlin who was baptised recently;
and those who are sick.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £703.01
- many thanks.
Banker's Orders amount to an average of £4000 per month.
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 £341.86 - many thanks.
BANKER'S
ORDERS
Paying your collection by monthly or quarterly banker's order makes
money handling much safer. Banker's Order forms are available in the porch.
SAFE FROM
HARM - THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S POLICY FOR KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE
Without volunteers
there can be no Children's Liturgy at 10.00 am Mass on Sundays. It is therefore
very important that parents with children who would benefit from participation
in the Children's Liturgy indicate their willingness to cooperate in this very
worthwhile ministry. Cards will be available at the stall or from Annie Watt,
the Parish Co-ordinator for 'Safe From Harm', for volunteers to complete.
ADVERTISERS
Please support our advertisers. In recent weeks we have had two new advertisers.
THANKS TO FATHER MICHEL
Our thanks goes to Father Michel Caille, OFM
who has been here on holiday from Toulouse. He has been a great help.
CAR BOOT SALE
There will be a Car Boot Sale in the car park on Saturday 27 August at 12.00 noon.
The cost is £5 per car and £10 per van.
PARENTS AND TODDLERS:
The Parents and Toddlers Group meets on Mondays and Fridays from 9.30 am
to 11.30 am in the Parish Centre beginning on Monday 22 August.
PILGRIMAGE
TO SAINT NINIAN'S CAVE
The annual pilgrimage to Saint Ninian's Cave will take
place on Sunday 28 August. Bishop John Cunningham will celebrate Mass at 4.00
pm. Mass will also be celebrated in the Church of Saint Martin and Saint Ninian,
Whithorn at 4.45 pm for those who cannot make the journey to the cave. The Deanery
is running a bus. It will leave Largs at 11.00 am and pick uplift passengers at
our Church at 11.20 am. If you are interested in using the bus at a cost of £3,
please add your name to the list on the notice board.
PILGRIMAGE
TO CARFIN
The pilgrimage to Carfin will be held on Sunday 4 September in honour
of 'Year of the Eucharist' with mass at 3.00 pm. The Chief Celebrant will be His
Eminence Keith Patrick Cardinal O'Brien and the homilist will be Bishop John Cunningham.
PARK PARISH
CHURCH WORLD WAR II COMMEMORATION
Park Parish Church is holding a World War
II Commeration event to mark the ending of the second world war on Wednesday 31
August in the Church Hall between 2.00 and 5.00 pm. There will be wartime posters
and memorabilia. You are welcome to bring any of your own to show and talk about.
Tea, coffee and 'spam' sandwiches will be served. At approximately 3.00 pm there
will be a reminiscing time and a 'Sing-along' of songs of the time. The event
is free and open to all. There will be an opportunity to make a voluntary donation
to Erskine Hospital for those who wish.
board.
ARDROSSAN
CEMETERY MEMORIAL SAFETY AWARENESS
Ardrossan Cemetery's Memorial Safety Awareness
Days are Saturday, 27 and Sunday 28 August from 9.00 am to 1.00pm. Further information
is on the notice board.
SCOTTISH CATHOLIC MEDIA OFFICE PRESS AND RESEARCH
OFFICER
The Scottish Catholic Media Office has a vacancy for a Press and Research
Officer. Further information is on the notice board.
THANKS TO SAINT
CLARE
Grateful thanks to Saint Clare for favours received - DJ
50-50
CLUB
Congratulations to the following 50-50 Club prizewinners for July:
172 Sheila Coulter £25, 38 Greg Madine £25, 157 Betty Burns £25,
114 Mrs S Douglas £25
Bonus: 122 Robert Kelly £100
Thank you
for your continued support of the 50-50 Club. If you would like to join the 50-50
Club, please contact the promoter, Mrs Myriame Sammons.
Man's
way leads to a hopeless end; God's way leads to an endless hope. |
The
quieter you become, the more you can hear. |
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 Isaiah 22:19-23
Thus
says the Lord of hosts to Shebna, the master of the palace: dismiss you from your
office, I remove you from your post, and the same day I call on my servant Eliakim
son of Hilkiah. I invest him with your robe, gird him with your sash, entrust
him with your authority; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem
and to the House of Judah. I place the key of the House of David on his shoulder;
should he open, no one shall close, should he close, no one shall open. I drive
him like a peg into a firm place; he will become a throne of glory for his fathers
house.
Second
Reading Romans 11:33-36
How
rich are the depths of God - how deep his wisdom and knowledge - and how impossible
to penetrate his motives or understand his methods! Who could ever know the mind
of the Lord? Who could ever be his counsellor? Who could ever give him anything
or lend him anything? All that exists comes from him; all is by him and for him.
To him be glory for ever! Amen.
Gospel
Matthew 16:13-20
When
Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi he put this question to his disciples,
'Who do people say the Son of Man is?' And they said, 'Some say he is John the
Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.' 'But you,'
he said 'who do you say I am?' Then Simon Peter spoke up, 'You are the Christ,'
he said, 'the Son of the living God.' Jesus replied, 'Simon son of Jonah, you
are a happy man! Because it was not flesh and blood that revealed this to you
but my Father in heaven. So I now say to you: You are Peter and on this rock I
will build my Church. And the gates of the underworld can never hold out against
it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: whatever you bind on earth
shall be considered bound in heaven; whatever you loose on earth shall be considered
loosed in heaven.' Then he gave the disciples strict orders not to tell anyone
that he was the Christ.