BULLETIN       16 APRIL 2006

EASTER SUNDAY IN YEAR 2


CHURCH SERVICES

Saturday 15 April
Confession on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm
Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Mary Strain
Sunday 16 April
Sunday Mass at 10.00 am
Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon
Monday 17 April
No Mass in Saint Peter's
Tuesday 18 April
Mass at 10.00 am for David and Anne McEvoy
Wednesday 19 April
Mass at 10.00 am for Annie and Andrew Murphy
Thursday 20 April
No Mass in Saint Peter's
Friday 21 April
Mass at 10.00 am by Father Gabriel for Francis and Sarah Coulter
Saturday 22 April
Mass at 10.00 am for Robert Tracy


PARISH CENTRE EVENTS

Sunday 16 April
10.00 am
10.00 am
11.00 am
Children's Liturgy
Primary Four Pupils' Preparation
Tea and Coffee after Mass
Monday 17 April
  
Tuesday 18 April

8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm
1.30 pm
7.00 pm
7.30 pm
7.30 pm

Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Kindergarten
Country Dancing
Saint Anne's Guild
Saint Peter's Parent Teacher Association
Keep Fit
Wednesday 19 April

8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am

12.30 to 2.30 pm
5.00 to 6.00 pm
6.00 to 7.00 pm
7.30 pm

Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Kindergarten
Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds
Burakudo Karate Club
Special Religious Development (SPRED)  
Thursday 20 April

8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am

12.30 to 2.30 pm
1.00 to 3 00 pm
1.30 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

Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Kindergarten
Thursday Club
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Rainbows
Brownies
Girl Guides
Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA)

Friday 21 April

8.00 to 5.30 am
9.00 to 11.30 am
9.30 to 11.30 am
9.30 to 3.00 pm
12.30 to 2.30 pm

Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Parents and Toddlers
Key Housing Training
Kindergarten

PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
   Bernard Cooper, Charley Sharkey and David McLaren who died recently;
   Cliff Atkey 2000, Mary Ann Walsh 1955, Francis Coulter 1976,
   Marie McCarroll 1982, Robert Tracy 2004, Jane Tumilty 1983,
   Mary McKay 1980, Agnes McCann 1970, Philomena Doherty 2001,
   James Welsh 1997 and Margaret Grear 1994
whose anniversaries occur at this time;
   Ryan and Jonathan Monir who were baptised recently;
   and those who are sick.

SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £633.77 - 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 £338.62 - 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.

CHILD PROTECTION TRAINING
There will be a Child Protection training night on Thursday 11 May in the Parish Centre from 7.30 to 9.30 pm. All volunteers and Eucharistic Ministers are invited to attend. Mrs Ann McAllister, Child Protection Adviser will deliver the training. A good attendance would be appreciated.

SCOTUS COLLEGE OPEN DAY
There will be an open day at Scotus College, Glasgow on Vocations Sunday, 7 May. Mass will be celebrated at 2.00 pm followed by a light buffet and tour of the College. Evening Prayer will be said at 5.00 pm. All are welcome.

STEVENSTON MUSICAL SOCIETY
Stevenston Music Society will hold its Spring Concert including Requiem, Faure and The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins. The conductor is Stephen Cowan and the accompanist is Gordon Stevenson. The concert is on Saturday 22 April at 7.30 pm in Saint Cuthbert's Church, Saltcoats. Tickets cost £5 for adults, £4 concession and £1 for children.

FATHER CHAMBERS' CEILIDH
A ceilidh in aid of Father Martin Chambers' work in Ecuador will be held in the Seamill Hydro on Saturday 2 September. Tickets costing £15.00 and including £6 for supper are available from Ann McGinn, Bernadette Anderson, Mary Murphy, Michael Lafferty, Brian Fitzpatrick and Claire Diamond. Father Chambers wil make a guest appearance.

THANKS
Gus, Marie and family thank all friends and relatives, who attended Marie's mum's funeral, Saint Peter's community for support, the Eucharistic Ministers over the years and the Saint Vincent de Paul Society for visits. It was all very much appreciated.

THURSDAY CLUB COFFEE AFTERNOON
The Thursday Club is having a Coffee Afternoon on Thursday 4 May at 1.00 pm in the Parish Centre. There will be the usual staff including home baking, and bric-a-brac. Tickets cost £1.00. All are welcome.

ROYAL BRITISH LEGION AND HMS DASHER ASSOCIATION
The Royal British Legion and HMS Dasher Association have written to thank the parish and the tea team for our hospitality and apologise for taking up so many car parking spaces. We are grateful for the Legion donation.


From what we get, we can make a living;
what we give, however, makes a life.


A baby is an angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase.


When you are lonely or frightened - talk to your guardian angel.
You can do it out loud or inside your head - your angel can hear you.
Ask your angel to be near you, to put his or her hand on your shoulder
to give you courage and protect you.



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           Acts 10:34.37-43
Peter addressed Cornelius and his household: "You must have heard about the recent happenings in Judaea; about Jesus of Nazareth and how he began in Galilee, after John had been preaching baptism. God had anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and because God was with him, Jesus went about doing good and curing all who had fallen into the power of the devil. Now I, and those with me, can witness to everything he did throughout the countryside of Judaea and in Jerusalem itself: and also to the fact that they killed him by hanging him on a tree, yet three days afterwards God raised him to life and allowed him to be seen, not by the whole people but only by certain witnesses God had chosen beforehand. Now we are those witnesses - we have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection from the dead - and he has ordered us to proclaim this to his people and to tell them that God has appointed him to judge everyone, alive or dead. It is to him that all the prophets bear this witness: that all who believe in Jesus will have their sins forgiven through his name.".

Second Reading           Colossians 3:1-4
Since you have been brought back to true life with Christ, you must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is, sitting at God's right hand. Let your thoughts be on heavenly things, not on the things that are on the earth, because you have died, and now the life you have is hidden with Christ in God. But when Christ is revealed - and he is your life - you too will be revealed in all your glory with him.

Gospel           John 20:1-9
It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb" she said "and we don't know where they have put him." So Peter set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb. They ran together, but the other disciple, running faster than Peter, reached the tomb first; he bent down and saw the linen cloths lying on the ground, but did not go in. Simon Peter who was following now came up, went right into the tomb, saw the linen cloths on the ground, and also the cloth that had been over his head; this was not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in; he saw and he believed. Till this moment they had failed to understand the teaching of scripture, that he must rise from the dead.