BULLETIN
5
NOVEMBER 2006
THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 2
CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
4 November | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm |
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Sunday
5 November | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
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Monday
6 November | Mass at 10.00 am for Cyril Graham |
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Tuesday
7 November | Mass
at 10.00 am for the Holy Souls Vigil Mass for the Feast of All Saints at 7.00 pm |
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Wednesday
8 November | Mass
at 10.00 am for Mary Nellis Mass at 7.00 pm |
| Thursday
9 November | Mass at 7.00 pm for the Holy Souls |
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Friday
10 November | Mass at 10.00 am for Eddie McInearney |
| Saturday
11 November | Mass at 10.00 am for the Holy Souls |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
5 November | 10.00
am 10.00 am 11.00 am 1.30 pm |
Children's Liturgy |
| Monday
6 November | 8.00
pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.00 to 5.00 pm 12.30 to 3.00 pm 5.30 to 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.00 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
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Tuesday
7 November |
8.00 to 5.30 pm |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
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Wednesday
8 November |
8.00 to 5.30 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds Nursery Quarriers Training Kindergarten Nursery Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds Burakudo Karate Club SPRED |
| Thursday
9 November | 9.00
to 4.00 pm 9.00 to 5.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 6.00 to 8.00 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds Quarriers Training Brownies Italian Class Girl Guides |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Greg Braniff who died recently;
Mary
Welsh 2002, Paddy Crozier, Margaret Martin 1962, John Whyte 1975,
Catherine
McMullan 1963, Jean Murray 2004, John Whyte 1975,
Steven
Walker 1999, James McCabe, Lena McGhee 2000, Liam Newall 2004,
Mary
McDonald 2004, Monica Fagan, Jim Mathieson 1999,
Elizabeth
Moultrie 2000, Joseph McAuliffe 2001, Father Cornelius Burke 1972,
Catherine
McGrattan 1969, Alec Murphy 1998, Annie Tracey 2000,
Thomas
Walsh 2002, Helen Gurney 2004, David Kelley and Henry McIlroy 1955
whose
anniversaries occur at this time;
Erin Jean Devine, Murray
Thomas Scott, Lilli Scott, Chantelle Nicola Masih,
Joshua Dhera
Masih and Dylan Lisbon Hoy who were baptised recently;
and
those who are sick.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted
to £756.55 - 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 £351.66
- 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.
PARISH
SOCIAL
The next Parish Social is An
Evening of Fun and Scottish Folk Music on Saturday 25 November at 8 pm. The
main entertainer will be Stephen Quigg, a former parishioner. As well as being
a member of one of Scotland's foremost folk groups, The McCalmans, Stephen is
an accomplished and popular solo singer. Michael McCulloch and George McGrattan
will also sing as a duo. There will be a bar, food, a quiz, laughter and time
for blethering. Tickets, costing £4, are available from Kate, Donna or the
stall.
PIOUS OBJECT STALL
Raffle tickets costing 50p each are on sale
at the pious object stall for a porcelain Nativity Set. The draw will take place
at the Sunday Teas on 17 December.
RACE NIGHT
The Annual Race Night
in memory of Larry Kernahan will take place in the Parish Centre on Friday 17
November at 8.00 pm. Tickets cost £2.50. All money raised goes to the HCPT
- The Pilgrimage Trust.
NOVEMBER LISTS
November Lists are available
at the stall. Please take one and return to the basket at the Blessed
Sacrament Chapel.
ANNUAL
MASS FOR THE BEREAVED
The annual Mass for the Bereaved will be celebrated on
Wednesday 15 November at 7.00 pm. Saint
Anne's Guild will provide tea and coffee in the Parish Centre afterwards.
CEMETERY
MASS
The annual Mass for the Deceased will be celebrated in Ardrossan Cemetery
on Sunday 19 November at 2.00 pm.
BOOK
OF THE DEAD
During the month of November, the Book of the Dead will be in front
of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. Please
add the names of your deceased family and friends.
SAINT
JOHN'S CHURCH, STEVENSTON
Saint
John's Church, Stevenston celebrated its centenary this year. A DVD is available
at a cost of £10 from Mary Brown.
ARDEER
FACTORY
Former employees of Ardeer Factory may be interested in a programme
on BBC2 on Thursday 9 November at 8 pm. It is called Coast and focuses on Alfred
Nobel who built an explosives factory at Ardeer, Stevenston. One of our parishioners,
John Dolan,
is featured in the broadcast.
FUND-RAISING SUPPER
The Italian Night
was a great success and £225 was raised. Very many thanks to the chefs,
waiters and benefactors. Those of us who were guests had a great night with Italian
aperitifs, wines and liqueurs, excellent food and even better company which do
wonders for a night out. When we get our breaths back there will be another!
BLESSED
SACRAMENT CHAPEL
A drawing of the proposed glass work is available at the
Blessed Sacrament
Chapel. We are awaiting prices for the glass, the joinery work and the electrical
work needed. Thanks for the donations made towards the cost. The Italian Night
brings the fund total to £1225.
THE
ALTAR
BELL
The new Altar
Bell was the one used in the original Saint Andrew's Cathedral of the Diocese
in Dumfries. The Cathedral was burned down in 1961 but the bell was saved by the
firemen. It was in a cellar for many years. It is back in a Church big enough
for its use and its voice is heard again.
ARDROSSAN
CHURCHES GROUP
Father
Matt was able to invite the Ministers of the Ardrossan Churches and the members
of the Group to supper in the presbytery on Monday night. It was an honour to
welcome the representatives of the other Christian Churches to our new presbytery.
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I
look at life as a gift of God. Now that he wants it back I have no right to complain. |
| Death --- the last sleep? No the final awakening. |
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
Deuteronomy
6:2-6
Moses
said to the people: If you fear the Lord your God all the days of your life and
if you keep all his laws and commandments which I lay on you, you will have a
long life, you and your son and your grandson. Listen then, Israel, keep and observe
what will make you prosper and give you great increase, as the Lord God of your
fathers has promised you, giving you a land where milk and honey flow. Listen,
Israel: The Lord our God is the one Lord. You shall love the Lord your God with
all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength. Let these words I
urge on you today be written on your heart.
Second
Reading
Hebrews
7:23-28
There
used to be a great number of priests under the former covenant, because death
put an end to each one of them; but this one, Christ, because he remains for ever,
can never lose his priesthood. It follows, then, that his power to save is utterly
certain, since he is living for ever to intercede for all who come to God through
him. To suit us, the ideal high priest would have to be holy, innocent and uncontaminated,
beyond the influence of sinners, and raised up above the heavens; one who would
not need to offer sacrifices every day, as the other high priests do for their
own sins and then for those of the people, because he has done this once and for
all by offering himself. The Law appoints high priests who are men subject to
weakness; but the promise on oath, which came after the Law, appointed the Son
who is made perfect for ever.
Gospel
Mark
12:28-34
One
of the scribes came up to Jesus and put a question to him, 'Which is the first
of all the commandments?' Jesus replied, 'This is the first: Listen, Israel, the
Lord our God is the one Lord, and you must love the Lord your God with all your
heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength. The
second is this: You must love your neighbour as yourself. There is no commandment
greater than these.' The scribe said to him, 'Well spoken, Master; what you have
said is true: that he is one and there is no other. To love him with all your
heart, with all your understanding and strength and to love your neighbour as
yourself, this is far more important than any holocaust or sacrifice.' Jesus,
seeing how wisely he had spoken, said, 'You are not far from the kingdom of God.'
And after that no one dared to question him any more.