BULLETIN
16
OCTOBER 2005
TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 1
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
15 October | Confession
on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm |
Sunday
16 October | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
Monday
17 October | Mass at 10.00 am for Bridget McLellan |
Tuesday
18 October | Mass at 10.00 am for John and Mary Jane McKay and family |
Wednesday
19 October | Mass at 10.00 am for the Hilferty family |
Thursday
20 October | Mass at 7.00 pm for Dougald McMurchie |
Friday
21 October | Mass at 10.00 am for Andrew Conaghan |
Saturday
22 October | Mass at 10.00 am for Andrew McCormick |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
16 October | 11.00
am 1.30 pm |
Tea and Coffee after Mass Christening Party |
Monday
17 October | 9.00
to 5.00 pm 5.30 to 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Key Housing Training Rainbows Brownies Saint Vincent de Paul Society Weight Watchers |
Tuesday
18 October |
1.00 to 3.00 pm |
Karate Training Saint Anne's Guild Keep Fit |
Wednesday
19 October | 1.00
to 3.00 5.00 to 6.00 pm 7.00 pm |
Karate Training Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds Special Religious Development (SPRED) |
Thursday
20 October | 1.00
to 3.00 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 |
Karate Training Thursday Club Rainbows Brownies Girl Guides |
Friday
21 October |
2.00 to 4.00 pm |
Birthday Party |
Saturday
22 October | 10.30
am 8.00 pm | Coffee
Morning Birthday Party |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Steven Smyth and Alex Miller
in Canada who died recently;
Canon Lawrence Fischer 1980,
John McGowan 2002, Hannah Burns 2002,
Agnes Anderson 2001,
Michael McManus 1961, Margaret McHugh 2002,
Patrick McQuade
1998, David McHugh 1967, Hugh O'Boyle 2000,
Andrew Conaghan
2002, Lawrence Brennan 1981, Mary Jane McKay 1952,
Patrick
O'Hare 2001, John Higgins 2001 and Vincenzo Carrino 1980
whose
anniversaries occur at this time;
Ava Frew who was baptised
recently;
and those who are sick.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £662.29 - 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 £281.83 - 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.
MISSION
SUNDAY
Next Sunday is Mission Sunday when a special collection will be taken
at all Masses. Envelopes are available at the stall for ordinary and family members
of the Association of the Propagation of the Faith.
THE ROSARY
During
the month of October, the Rosary will be led by the Thursday
Club before morning Mass.
SACRAMENTAL
PREPARATION
Will the parent volunteers who offered to help with the preparation
of the children at the recent parents' meetings please return the completed Disclosure
Scotland and Reference forms as soon as possible in order that the Sunday preparation
may begin?
THURSDAY
CLUB COFFEE MORNING
The Thursday
Club is having its annual coffee morning on Saturday 22 October at 10.30 am
in the Parish Centre. There will be the usual stalls with bric-a-brac, books,
fancy goods, toys, home baking and so on. Tickets cost £1.00. The Parish
Centre will be open on Friday evening from 6.00 to 8.00 pm for anyone wishing
to hand in donations.
PARISH SOCIAL
The next Parish Social will take place on Saturday 19 November
at 8.00 pm in the Parish Centre. There will be music, a quiz, a light supper,
raffle and so on. Tickets, costing £2.50, are available from Kate or Donna.
CEMETERY MASS
The
annual Mass for the Deceased will be celebrated in Ardrossan Cemetery on Sunday
6 November at 2.00 pm.
PARENTS AND TODDLERS
There will be no Parents
and Toddlers Group on Monday 17 or Friday 21 October.
SHIBUMI KARATE
CLUB
The Shibumi Karate Club is holding a training course in the Parish Centre
on Tuesday 18, Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 October from 1.00 to 3.00 pm. The
cost is £5 per day or £12 for 3 days.
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
Schools are closed from Monday 17 to Friday 21 October.
What
you are is God's gift to you; what you become is your gift to God. |
God's
Waterfall Words for those broken in heart or spirit If
you have tears then let them flow for they have nowhere else to go. |
Yesterday
is already a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well-lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. |
The
true measure of success is not what you have, but what you can do without. |
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
45:1.4-6
Thus
says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whom he has taken by his right hand to
subdue nations before him and strip the loins of kings, to force gateways before
him that their gates be closed no more: It is for the sake of my servant Jacob,
of Israel my chosen one, that I have called you by your name, conferring a title
though you do not know me. I am the Lord, unrivalled; there is no other God besides
me. Though you do not know me, I arm you that men may know from the rising to
the setting of the sun that, apart from me, all is nothing.
Second
Reading Thessalonians
1:1-5
From
Paul, Silvanus and Timothy, to the Church in Thessalonika which is in God the
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; wishing you grace and peace from God the Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ. We always mention you in our prayers and thank God
for you all, and constantly remember before God our Father how you have shown
your faith in action, worked for love and persevered through hope, in our Lord
Jesus Christ. We know, brothers, that God loves you and that you have been chosen,
because when we brought the Good News to you, it came to you not only as words,
but as power and as the Holy Spirit and as utter conviction.
Gospel
Matthew 22:15-21
The Pharisees went away to work out between them how to trap Jesus in what he
said. And they sent their disciples to him, together with the Herodians, to say,
"Master, we know that you are an honest man and teach the way of God in an
honest way, and that you are not afraid of anyone, because a man's rank means
nothing to you. Tell us your opinion, then. Is it permissible to pay taxes to
Caesar or not?" But Jesus was aware of their malice and replied, "You
hypocrites! Why do you set this trap for me? Let me see the money you pay the
tax with." They handed him a denarius, and he said, "Whose head is this?
Whose name?" "Caesar's" they replied. He then said to them, "Very
well, give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar - and to God what belongs to
God."