BULLETIN
23
OCTOBER 2005
THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 1
CHURCH SERVICES
| Saturday
22 October | Confession
on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm |
|
Sunday
23 October | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
| Monday
24 October | Mass at 10.00 am for Tommy Mulhern |
| Tuesday
25 October | Mass at 10.00 am for Alice Procter |
| Wednesday
26 October | Mass at 10.00 am for William Paterson |
| Thursday
27 October | No Mass |
|
Friday
28 October | Mass at 10.00 am for Andrew Conaghan |
| Saturday
29 October | Mass at 10.00 am for Vincenzo Carrino |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
23 October | 11.00 am | Tea and Coffee after Mass |
|
Monday
24 October | 8.00
to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.00 to 5.00 pm 9.30 to 11.30 am 12.30 to 2.30 pm 5.30 to 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Wrap-around Care for 3 to
5 year olds Nursery Key Housing Training Parents and Toddlers Kindergarten Rainbows Brownies Saint Vincent de Paul Society Weight Watchers |
| Tuesday
25 October |
8.00 to 5.30 pm |
Wrap-around Care for 3 to
5 year olds Nursery Key Housing Training Kindergarten Ignatian Prayer Group Saint Anne's Guild Keep Fit |
|
Wednesday
26 October | 8.00
to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.00 to 5.00 pm 12.30 to 2.30 pm 5.00 to 6.00 pm 7.00 pm |
Wrap-around Care for 3 to
5 year olds Nursery Key Housing Training Kindergarten Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds Special Religious Development (SPRED) |
| Thursday
27 October | 8.00
to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.00 to 5.00 pm 12.30 to 2.30 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 |
Wrap-around Care for 3 to
5 year olds Nursery Key Housing Training Kindergarten Thursday Club Rainbows Brownies Girl Guides |
|
Friday
28 October |
8.00 to 9.00 am |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Martin Reid and Sadie Keegans
who died recently;
Ellis Nesbit, Peggy McKay 1992, Terence
Burns 1997,
William Paterson 1963, Alice Procter 1995, Tommy
Mulhern 1996,
James
McDermid 2003, James Delahunt 1976, Mary Brodie 1997,
and Daniel
Mathieson 1962 whose
anniversaries occur at this time;
Grant Murdoch, Charmaine
McMahon and Amber Nawarauckasgraham
who were baptised recently
and those who are sick.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's
collection amounted to £666.93 - 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 £280.24 - 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
Today is Mission Sunday when a letter from Father Pat McGuire will
be read and a special collection 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?
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.
NOVEMBER LISTS
November Lists are available at the stall. Please take one.
BOOK
OF THE DEAD
During the month of November, the Book of the Dead be available
in front of the Blessed Sacrament Altar for you to write the names
of family and friends.
SAINT
PETER IN CHAINS WEBSITE
Thanks to those who have lent photos to be included
in the Weddings page of Saint Peter's website. If you would like your or a family
member's wedding photo on the website, please contact WebsiteAuthor@SaintPeterinChains.net
THE
THIRTYSOMETHINGS
The Thirtysomethings are holding a ceilidh at the Garnethill
Centre, Rose Street, Glasgow on Saturday, 29 October. Further details are on the
notice board. They are also having a retreat on 5 and 6 November at Smithstone
House, Kilwinning, price £20. If you are aged between 20 and 30 and would
like to go or to receive further details, text or ring Celia.
CANON
TOM MURPHY
In Memoriam cards for Canon Murphy are available at the stall.
| He
isn't far from any of us and He gives the power to live, to move and to be who
we are - we are His children. |
| Never
assume the obvious is true. |
| The
greatest pleasure of life is love. The greatest treasure is contentment. The greatest possession is health. The greatest ease is sleep. The greatest medicine is a true friend. |
| Wisdom
from God shows itself most clearly in a loving heart. |
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 Exodus 22:20-26
The
Lord said to Moses, Tell the sons of Israel this, You must not molest the stranger
or oppress him, for you lived as strangers in the land of Egypt. You must not
be harsh with the widow, or with the orphan; if you are harsh with them, they
will surely cry out to me, and be sure I shall hear their cry; my anger will flare
and I shall kill you with the sword, your own wives will be widows, your own children
orphans. If you lend money to any of my people, to any poor man among you, you
must not play the usurer with him: you must not demand interest from him. If you
take another's cloak as a pledge, you must give it back to him before sunset.
It is all the covering he has; it is the cloak he wraps his body in; what else
would he sleep in? If he cries to me, I will listen, for I am full of pity.
Second
Reading Thessalonians
1:5-10
You
observed the sort of life we lived when we were with you, which was for your instruction,
and you were led to become imitators of us, and of the Lord; and it was with the
joy of the Holy Spirit that you took to the gospel, in spite of the great opposition
all round you. This has made you the great example to all believers in Macedonia
and Achaia since it was from you that the word of the Lord started to spread -
and not only throughout Macedonia and Achaia, for the news of your faith in God
has spread everywhere. We do not need to tell other people about it: other people
tell us how we started the work among you, how you broke with idolatry when you
were converted to God and became servants of the real, living God; and how you
are now waiting for Jesus, his Son, whom he raised from the dead, to come from
heaven to save us from the retribution which is coming.
Gospel
Matthew 22:34-40
When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees they got together
and, to disconcert him, one of them put a question, "Master, which is the
greatest commandment of the Law?" Jesus said, "You must love the Lord
your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This
is the greatest and the first commandment. The second resembles it: You must love
your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments hang the whole Law, and
the Prophets also.".