BULLETIN
19
FEBRUARY 2006
SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 2
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
18 February | Confession
on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Jessie Brown |
Sunday
19 February | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
Monday
20 February | Mass at 10.00 am for a special intention |
Tuesday
21 February | Mass at 10.00 am for Rene Baca |
Wednesday
22 February | Mass at 10.00 am for Rose Walker |
Thursday
23 February | Mass at 7.00 pm for Ellen Murphy |
Friday
24 February | Mass at 10.00 am for Elizabeth Walsh |
Saturday
25 February | Mass at 10.00 am for Joe Gillies |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
19 February | 10.00
am 11.00 am |
Sacramental Preparation Tea and Coffee after Mass |
Monday
20 February | 8.00
to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 12.30 to 2.30 pm 1.30 to 3.00 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 Parents and Toddlers Kindergarten Cardiac Rehabilitation Rainbows Brownies Saint Vincent de Paul Society Weight Watchers |
Tuesday
21 February |
8.00 to 5.30 pm |
Wrap-around Care for 3 to
5 year olds Nursery Kindergarten Country Dancing Saint Anne's Guild Keep Fit |
Wednesday
22 February |
8.00 to 5.30 pm |
Wrap-around Care for 3 to
5 year olds Nursery Kindergarten Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds Burakudo Karate Club SPRED Primary 4 Parents Meeting |
Thursday
23 February |
8.00 to 5.30 pm |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
Friday
24 February |
8.00 to 5.30 am |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Chrissie Welsh, Joe Davey, Johnny
Rooney,
Mary Marron and Patrick Leonard who died recently;
Nathan Murray-Collier 2005, George Monaghan 2004, Patsy McDonald
1993,
Justine McAllister 2000, Guilia Marchetti 1998, Mary McCluskey
1980,
Margaret Mary Adamson 2005, Brian Griffin 1980, Maureen
McIlhatton 1993,
Canon Michael O'Connor 1966, Father James Coyle
1975, James Smith 1986
whose
anniversaries occur at this time;
Erin Isabella McHugh who was
baptised recently;
and those who are sick.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £627.07 - 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 £325.47
- 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.
SAINT PATRICK'S
PARISH SOCIAL
On Saturday, 11 March at 8.00 pm, there will be a Parish Social
to recognise Saint Patrick's Day.
There will be music from Jim on the keyboard, a quiz, a raffle, stand-up bingo
and pie and peas. Tickets costing £4 each are available from Kate on 464063
and Donna.
DISCLOSURE SCOTLAND
Would all volunteers please notify Kate on 464063 as soon
as clearance from Disclosure Scotland is received? This will allow the rotas for
the Children's Liturgy to be made up. If you are a Eucharistic Minister who has
still to return your Disclosure Scotland form, please hand it in as soon as possible.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
World Day of Prayer will be marked by a service in Saint Andrew's Scottish Episcopal
Church, South Crescent Road on Friday 3 March at 2.00 pm. The service has been
prepared by the Christian Women of South Africa. All are very welcome.
STEVENSTON
MUSICAL SOCIETY
Stevenston Musical Society will present Karl Jenkins - The
Armed Man: A Mass for Peace in Saint Andrew's Church, West Kilbride on Saturday
4 March at 7.30 pm. The concert will include a performance by the Fullarton Youth
Vocal Ensemble. Tickets are priced at £5 and £4 concession and are
available now from Stephen Cowan.
SACRAMENTAL
PREPARATION
Parents of children preparing for the Sacraments of First Communion
and Confirmation are invited to a meeting in the Parish Centre on Wednesday, 22
February at 7.00 pm.
LOST
PROPERTY
Any articles found in the Church, for example, gloves, glasses, toys
and so on will be put in a lost property box at the right hand side in the porch.
50/50
CLUB
There are about thirty outstanding subscriptions for the 50/50 Club at
the present time and this has held up the January draw. Please renew as soon as
possible so that future can draws can take place on time. New members are welcome
at any time during the year. To join, telephone Myriame or pick up a membership
form at the stall.
There
is only one way to be happy |
Never look down on anybody unless you're helping them. |
Forgetting
those things which are behind and reaching forth |
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
1
Samuel 26:2.7-9.12-13.22-23
Thus
says the Lord: No need to recall the past, no need to think about what was done
before. See, I am doing a new deed, even now it comes to light; can you not see
it? Yes, I am making a road in the wilderness, paths in the wilds. The people
I have formed for myself will sing my praises. Jacob, you have not invoked me,
you have not troubled yourself, Israel, on my behalf. Instead you have burdened
me with your sins, troubled me with your iniquities. I it is, I it is, who must
blot out everything and not remember your sins.
Second
Reading
2
Corinthians 1:18-22
I
swear by God's truth, there is no Yes and No about what we say to you. The Son
of God, the Christ Jesus that we proclaimed among you - I mean Silvanus and Timothy
and I - was never Yes and No: with him it was always Yes, and however many the
promises God made, the Yes to them all is in him. That is why it is 'through him'
that we answer Amen to the praise of God. Remember it is God himself who assures
us all, and you, of our standing in Christ, and has anointed us, marking us with
his seal and giving us the pledge, the Spirit, that we carry in our hearts.
Gospel
Mark
2:1-12
When
Jesus returned to Capernaum, word went round that he was back; and so many people
collected that there was no room left, even in front of the door. He was preaching
the word to them when some people came bringing him a paralytic carried by four
men, but as the crowd made it impossible to get the man to him, they stripped
the roof over the place where Jesus was; and when they had made an opening, they
lowered the stretcher on which the paralytic lay. Seeing their faith, Jesus said
to the paralytic, "My child, your sins are forgiven.". Now some scribes
were sitting there, and they thought to themselves, "How can this man talk
like that? He is blaspheming. Who can forgive sins but God?". Jesus, inwardly
aware that this was what they were thinking, said to them, "Why do you have
these thoughts in your hearts? Which of these is easier: to say to the paralytic,
"Your sins are forgiven" or to say, "Get up, pick up your stretcher
and walk"? But to prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth
to forgive sins," - he said to the paralytic - "I order you: get up,
pick up your stretcher, and go off home.". And the man got up, picked up
his stretcher at once and walked out in front of everyone, so that they were all
astounded and praised God saying, "We have never seen anything like this.".