BULLETIN
15
OCTOBER 2006
TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 2
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
14 October | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm |
Sunday
15 October | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon for Steven Smyth Vigil of the Deceased for Chrissie Ferguson at 7.00 pm |
Monday
16 October | Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for Chrissie Ferguson |
Tuesday
17 October | Mass at 10.00 am for Teresa Usher |
Wednesday
18 October | Mass at 10.00 am for David McLaughlin |
Thursday
19 October | Mass at 7.00 pm for Helen McGloin |
Friday
20 October | Mass at 10.00 am for John and Isabella Connor |
Saturday
21 October | Mass at 10.00 am for Andrew Conaghan |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
15 October | 10.00
am 10.00 am 11.00 am |
Children's Liturgy |
Monday
16 October | 2.00
to 3.00 pm 7.00 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Cardiac Rehabilition |
Tuesday
17 October |
1.00 to 3.00 pm |
Thursday
Club |
Wednesday
18 October |
5.00 to 6.00 pm | Street
Dance for 13 to 18 year olds Burakudo Karate Club Special Religious Education Group (SPRED) |
Thursday
19 October | 2.00
to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 8.00 pm | Cardiac
Rehabilitation Italian Class |
Friday
20 October | 1.00 to 6.00 pm | Goods received for Coffee Morning |
Saturday
21 October | 10.30 pm | Thursday Club Coffee Morning |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
James McKay 1992, John McGowan
2002, John McPolin 1944,
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
and Michael Doherty 2005 whose
anniversaries occur at this time;
and those who are sick.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £766.22
- 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 £375.81
- 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.
SACRAMENTAL
PREPARATION
A grid is available on the notice board in the Church porch for
the children who are receiving the Sacraments next year. Please add your child's
name.
THE ROSARY
During the month of October, before morning Mass,
the Rosary will be led by the Thursday
Club.
BAPTISMAL PREPARATION
A short introduction to the Sacrament
of Baptism for parents is offered for one evening only in Saint
John's Hall, Stevenston. The preparation repeats monthly on the second Tuesday
at 7.30 pm.
COFFEE MORNING
The Thursday
Club is having its annual coffee morning on Saturday 21 October at 10.30 am
in the Parish Centre. There will be the usual stalls, bric-a-brac, books, fancy
goods, toys, home baking and so on. Donations would be very much appreciated.
Tickets cost £1.00. The Parish Centre will be open on Friday 20 October
from 1.00 pm to 6.00 pm to receive donations.
REFURBISHING THE BLESSED
SACRAMENT CHAPEL
The first Fund Raising Supper for the Blessed
Sacrament Chapel will take place in the Presbytery on Friday 27 October. There
will be an Italian Theme. The numbers are limited to twenty persons and the cost
is £25 per head. Tickets are available from the Parish Office. Donations
of £500 and £100 from two parishioners have been received with thanks.
The total is now £1000.
GALLOWAY LOURDES HOSPITALITÉ
The
Fiftieth Anniversary Ceilidh of Galloway Lourdes Hospitalité will take
place on Friday 3 November at 7.30 pm in the Park Hotel, Kilmarnock. Tickets cost
£10 and include a buffet.
BRITISH HOSPITALITÉ NOTRE DAME DE
LOURDES REUNION
The British Hospitalité Notre Dame de Lourdes will have
a reunion on Saturday 4 November. There will be Mass in Saint Joseph's Church,
Kilmarnock at 11.30 am and a Dinner Dance at 7.00 pm in the Park Hotel, Kilmarnock.
Tickets cost £35.
CONCERT
There
will be a concert in aid of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children
in Saint Winin's Church
Hall, Kilwinning on Saturday 4 November from 7.30 to 11.30 pm. There will be a
light supper and bar. Tickets cost £5 and £4 for concessions.
SPANISH
CLASSES
Spanish classes are coming to the Parish Centre soon.
LOURDES
PILGRIMAGE 2007
The Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes is from 2 to 9 July 2007
and will be led by Bishop John Cunningham. The all inclusive cost for a three
star hotel is approximately £625. The Diocesan Branch of the Hospitalité
of Our Lady of Lourdes is appealing for volunteer helpers to assist with the care
of the sick pilgrims. Professional medical helpers - currently registered doctors
and nurses - and non-medical helpers, male and female over 16 years of age, able
bodied and in good health, are required. If anyone is interested in assisting
with caring for the sick pilgrims on the pilgrimage please contact Myriame or
Harry Sammons.
NOVENA
Grateful thanks to Saint Clare for favours received
- DJ
MISSION SUNDAY
Next Sunday is Mission Sunday.
It
doesn't hurt to take a hard look at yourself from time to time and this should
help get you started. During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the
Director what the criterion was which defined whether or not a patient should
be institutionalised. "Well," said the Director, "we fill up a
bath, then we offer a tea spoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask
him or her to empty the bath. "Oh, I understand," said the visitor.
"A normal person would use the bucket because it's bigger than the spoon
or the teacup." "No." said the Director, "A normal person
would pull the plug. Would you like a bed near the window?"
Lord
Jesus, you said, "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy." Grant that we may be quick to forgive and slow to condemn. |
Believe
it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things |
There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is. |
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 Wisdom 7:7-11
I
prayed, and understanding was given me; I entreated, and the spirit of Wisdom
came to me. I esteemed her more than sceptres and thrones; compared with her,
I held riches as nothing. I reckoned no priceless stone to be her peer, for compared
with her, all gold is a pinch of sand, and beside her silver ranks as mud. I loved
her more than health or beauty, preferred her to the light, since her radiance
never sleeps. In her company all good things came to me, at her hands riches not
to be numbered.
Second
Reading Hebrews 4:12-13
The
word of God is something alive and active; it cuts like any double-edged sword
but more finely: it can slip through the place where the soul is divided from
the spirit, or joints from the marrow; it can judge the secret emotions and thoughts.
No created thing can hide from him; everything is uncovered and open to the eyes
of the one to whom we must give account of ourselves.
Gospel
Mark 10:17-30
Jesus
was setting out on a journey when a man ran up, knelt before him and put this
question to him, "Good master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?".
Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
You know the commandments: You must not kill; You must not commit adultery; You
must not steal; You must not bring false witness; You must not defraud; Honour
your father and mother.". And he said to him, "Master, I have kept all
these from my earliest days.". Jesus looked steadily at him and loved him,
and he said, "There is one thing you lack. Go and sell everything you own
and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come,
follow me.". But his face fell at these words and he went away sad, for he
was a man of great wealth. Jesus looked round and said to his disciples, "How
hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!". The disciples
were astounded by these words, but Jesus insisted, "My children," he
said to them, "how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for
a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom
of God.". They were more astonished than ever. "In that case" they
said to one another, "who can be saved?". Jesus gazed at them. "For
men" he said, "it is impossible, but not for God: because everything
is possible for God.". Peter took this up. "What about us?" he
asked him. "We have left everything and followed you.". Jesus said,
"I tell you solemnly, there is no one who has left house, brothers, sisters,
father, children or land for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will not
be repaid a hundred times over, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and
land - not without persecutions - now in this present time and, in the world to
come, eternal life.".