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 |
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 | 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 |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
Friday
21 April |
8.00 to 5.30 am |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
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; |
A baby is an angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase. |
When
you are lonely or frightened - talk to your guardian angel. |
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.