BULLETIN
4 MARCH 2007
SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT IN YEAR 3
CHURCH SERVICES
| Saturday
3 March | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm |
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Sunday
4 March | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
| Monday
5 March | Mass at 10.00 am for Mary and Helen McCluskey and Rose Walker |
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Tuesday
6 March | Mass at 10.00 am for Philomena Aitchison |
| Wednesday
7 March | Mass at 10.00 am for John McLeod |
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Thursday
8 March | Mass at 7.00 pm for Cosimo and Arturo Farro |
| Friday
9 March | Stations
of the Cross at 9.40 am Mass at 10.00 am for Betty Kennedy |
| Saturday
10 March | Mass at 10.00 am for a special intention - IN |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
4 March | 10.00
am 10.00 am 11.00 am |
Children's Liturgy |
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Monday
5 March | 8.00
to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 2.00 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 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
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Tuesday
6 March |
8.00 to 5.30 pm |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
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Wednesday
7 March |
8.00 to 5.30 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds |
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Thursday
8 March | 8.00
to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 1.00 to 2.30 pm 2.00 to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds |
|
Friday
9 March | 8.00
to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 12.30 to 2.30 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds Nursery Parents and Toddlers Kindergarten |
|
Saturday
10 March | 12.00 noon | Christening Party |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Ann McKenzie and Frank Slavin who
died recently;
Michael Reilly 1995, Catherine McCutcheon
2002, Father Charles McLaughlin,
Bishop Joseph McGee 1983,
Isabella McLaughlan 2001, Hugh McGraa 2002,
Cosimo Farro
1993, Francis Flynn 1990, Luke Gargan 2001,
Stephanie Hope
Turner 2001, John Carroll 2004 and Alice Bell 2005
whose
anniversaries occur at this time and
Niamh Anne Tyler and
John Andrew Dunn who were baptised recently
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last
weekend's collection amounted to £728.97 - many thanks.
Banker's Orders
amount to an average of £4300 per month. Each month £4000 is repaid
to the Diocese for the building loan and levy.
CHURCH
STUDENTS' FUND COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection
for the Church
Students' Fund amounted
to £612.98 - 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.
LENT
EXTRA
Copies of Lent Extra are available at the stall. A donation of 50 pence
would be appreciated.
LENT SCIAF BOXES
Lent collection boxes for the
Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) are available at the stall. Please
take one home with you and return it at the end of Lent.
LENT GALLOWAY
NEWSLETTER
Free copies of the Lent Galloway Newsletter are available at the
stall.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Stations of the Cross will be prayed each
Friday during Lent at 9.40 am.
SAINT
VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
The Saint
Vincent de Paul Society makes its Lenten Appeal for ladies' and gents' toiletries
for the homeless who visit the Ozanam Centre, Glasgow. A box for donations is
available in the Church porch.
SAINT
ANDREW'S ACADEMY 1971-2007
A warm invitation is extended to all those who have
been connected with Saint Andrew's Academy, Saltcoats at any time over the past
thirty-six years to a Buffet Dance in the Brisbane Suite of Seamill Hydro on Friday
11 May 2007. Tickets, priced £20 including welcome drink and finger buffet
supper, are available from the school office. It is anticipated that many members
of the school community, past and present, will wish to come together to mark
the closure of Saint Andrew's Academy by attending the dance. Since demand for
tickets is likely to be high anyone wishing to attend should contact the school
as soon as possible.
LEGION
OF MARY
There
will be a meeting in the Parish Centre on Wednesay 7 March at 7.30 pm to discuss
the reforming of the Legion
of Mary. All are
welcome.
SAINT
PATRICK'S NIGHT SOCIAL
The Saint Patrick's Night Social will take place in
the Parish Centre on Saturday 17 March at 8.00 pm There will be dancing, musical
entertainment, a quiz, raffle and light supper. Tickets cost £4 from Donna
or Kate.
THANKS
Mary Brown wishes to express here sincere thanks to all the kind people who offered
prayers and sent cards and flowers while she was ill. This is very much appreciated.
God bless and keep the prayers going.
CHILDREN'S LITURGY ADULT HELPERS
4
March
Pre-Fives: Frances and Elaine
Primary
1 to 3: Elaine, Eileen and Anne
Primary
4: Frank and Catherine
11 March
Pre-Fives:
Frances and Maria
Primary 1 to 3: Andrena
and Theresa
Primary 4: Karen and Sharon
| Never
underestimate the power of simple courtesy. |
| One
who cannot tolerate small ills can never accomplish great things. |
| Be
patient, because patience can wait for anything. |
THE
AFFLICTION OF AGE
My forgetterer's getting better but my rememberer is
broke
To you that may seem funny but to me that is no joke
For
when I'm 'here' I'm wondering if I really should be 'there'
And when I try
to think it through, confusion's everywhere
Oft
times I walk into a room. "Why am I here?" I say
I wrack my brain
but all in vain. The reason's gone away
At
times I put something away where it is safe, but gee
The person it is safest
from is generally me
When
shopping I may see someone, say "Hi" and have a chat
Then when the
person leaves, I muse "Who on earth was that?"
Yes,
my forgetterer's getting better while my rememberer is broke
And it's driving
me plumb crazy and that isn't any joke
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 Genesis 15:5-12.17-18
Taking
Abram outside the Lord said, Look up to heaven and count the stars if you can.
Such will be your descendants he told him. Abram put his faith in the Lord, who
counted this as making him justified. I am the Lord he said to him who brought
you out of Ur of the Chaldaeans to make you heir to this land. My Lord, the Lord,
Abram replied, how am I to know that I shall inherit it? He said to him, Get me
a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove
and a young pigeon. He brought him all these, cut them in half and put half on
one side and half facing it on the other; but the birds he did not cut in half.
Birds of prey came down on the carcasses but Abram drove them off. Now as the
sun was setting Abram fell into a deep sleep, and terror seized him. When the
sun had set and darkness had fallen, there appeared a smoking furnace and a firebrand
that went between the halves. That day the Lord made a Covenant with Abram in
these terms: To your descendants I give this land, from the wadi of Egypt to the
Great River.
Second
Reading Philippians
3:17 - 4:1
My
brothers, be united in following my rule of life. Take as your models everybody
who is already doing this and study them as you used to study us. I have told
you often, and I repeat it today with tears, there are many who are behaving as
the enemies of the cross of Christ. They are destined to be lost. They make foods
into their god and they are proudest of something they ought to think shameful;
the things they think important are earthly things. >For us, our homeland is
in heaven, and from heaven comes the saviour we are waiting for, the Lord Jesus
Christ, and he will transfigure these wretched bodies of ours into copies of his
glorious body. He will do that by the same power with which he can subdue the
whole universe. So then, my brothers and dear friends, do not give way but remain
faithful in the Lord. I miss you very much, dear friends; you are my joy and my
crown.
Gospel
Luke 9:28-36
Jesus
took with him Peter and John and James and went up the mountain to pray. As he
prayed, the aspect of his face was changed and his clothing became brilliant as
lightning. Suddenly there were two men there talking to him; they were Moses and
Elijah appearing in glory, and they were speaking of his passing which he was
to accomplish in Jerusalem. Peter and his companions were heavy with sleep, but
they kept awake and saw his glory and the two men standing with him. As these
were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is wonderful for us to
be here; so let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah."
He did not know what he was saying. As he spoke, a cloud came and covered them
with shadow; and when they went into the cloud the disciples were afraid. And
a voice came from the cloud saying, "This is my Son, the Chosen One. Listen
to him." And after the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. The disciples
kept silence and, at that time, told no one what they had seen.