BULLETIN                               6 MAY 2007

FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER IN YEAR 3


CHURCH SERVICES

Saturday 5 May

Confession on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm
Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Helen McGhee

Sunday 6 May
Sunday Mass at 10.00 am
Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon
Monday 7 May
Mass at 10.00 am for a special intention - BML
Tuesday 8 May
Mass at 10.00 am for Lottie Clarke and the Clarke Family  
Wednesday 9 May
Mass at 10.00 am for Carolyn Crowther
Thursday 10 May
Mass at 7.00 pm for Willie and Mary Kelly
Friday 11 May
Mass at 10.00 am for Rosaleen Bryce
Saturday 12 May
Mass at 10.00 am for Effie McPhee


PARISH CENTRE EVENTS

Sunday 6 May
10.00 am
10.00 am
11.00 am

Children's Liturgy
Sacramental Preparation
Tea and Coffee after Mass

Monday 7 May
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

Cardiac Rehabilitation
Rainbows
Brownies
Saint Vincent de Paul Society
Weight Watchers

Tuesday 8 May

8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.00 am
9.30 to 11.00 am
1.00 pm
7.30 pm
7.30 pm
7.30 pm

Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Kindergarten
Thursday Club Coffee Afternoon
Ignatian Prayer Group
Keep Fit
Saint Anne's Guild

Wednesday 9 May

8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
9.30 to 11.00 am
2.30 to 3.00 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
Nursery

Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds 
Burakudo Karate Club
Legion of Mary

Thursday 10 May
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
Nursery
Kindergarten
Nursery
Kindergarten

Cardiac Rehabilitation
Brownies
Girl Guides

Friday 11 May
8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
9.30 to 11.30 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm
7.30 pm

Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds  
Nursery
Parents and Toddlers
Kindergarten
Saint Peter's Parent Teacher Association  
   Race Night  

Saturday 12 May
7.30 pmFamily Party

PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
   Robert Fitzpatrick who died recently and
   Robert Stewart 2002, Patricia McPadden 2004, Helen McGhee,
   James McEvoy 1964, Margaret Long 1999, Josephine Cunningham 2000,
   Jean Agostini 1978, Simon Smyth 2001, Frank Nils Matthews 1997,
   Nicky McIntee 2004, Robert Ferguson 2005 and Theresa Smith 2001
   whose anniversaries occur at this time.

SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £776.96 - 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.

PARISH CENTRE COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for
the Parish Centre amounted to £361.23.


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.

SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL AID FUND (SCIAF)
So far the Lenten Alms boxes have raised £1286 for SCIAF. If you still have a box at home, please hand it in.

PILGRIMAGE TO MEDJEGORE
There will be a pilgrimage to Medjegorge from 7 to 14 June 2007 leaving from Gatwick Airport. The cost is £335 which includes insurance and half board. For further information, phone Patrick McCaig.

THE ROSARY
During the month of May, the Rosary will be led by the Thursday Club before morning Mass.

THE INNOCENTS
The Innocents urgently require a travel cot and a pram or buggy. If you can help, please telephone Josephine to make arrangements for uplifting.

RACE NIGHT AND DISCO
Saint Peter's Parent Teacher Association is having a Race Night and Disco with buffet in the Parish Centre on Friday 11 May at 7.30 pm for 8.00 pm. Tickets, costing £5, will be on sale after all Masses this weekend.

COFFEE AFTERNOON
The Thursday Club is having a Coffee Afternoon on Tuesday 8 May at 1.00 pm in the Parish Centre. There will be the usual stalls - home baking, bric-a-brac and so on. Tickets cost £1.00. All are welcome.

SACRAMENTS OF CONFIRMATION AND FIRST COMMUNION
Primary 4 children will celebrate the Sacraments of Confirmatiion and First Communion on Sunday 13 May, 20 May and 3 June at 10.00 am Mass. Please pray for them and their families.

THANKS
Gus Murray's family would like to thank all those who phoned, visited, sent cards and offered prayers for Gus during his recent illness. They were all very much appreciated and he is now on the road to recovery.

USED STAMPS
Father Sean O'Dowd of Saint Patrick's Mission, Stirling sells used stamps for the Mission's Catechist Fund. Last year, his used stamp project raised over £22000. A collecting box will be available in the Porch for anyone wishing to contribute used stamps of any designation for this very worthwhile project.

SAINT ANDREW'S ACADEMY SOCIAL EVENT
A social to commemorate the closing of Saint Andrew's Academy will be held on Friday 11 May in the Seamill Hydro. The evening will start with a welcome drink from 7.30 pm followed by a performance of the North Ayrshire Schools Pipe Band. The Oasis Showband will then start from 8.30 pm with a break for a light buffet and continuing until 12.30 am. Tickets are still available if you wish to attend.

CHILDREN'S LITURGY ADULT HELPERS
   6 May
      Pre-Fives: Frances and Maria
      Primary 1 to 3: Andrena and Theresa
      Primary 4: Frank and Catherine
   13 May
      Pre-Fives: Frances and Maria
      Primary 1 to 3: Eileen, Anne and Elaine
      Primary 4: Sharon and Karen

THE SUNDAYS OF EASTER
The Church uses the Sundays of the Easter season with a particular purpose in mind. The Readings are chosen to instruct the new Christians - those who were baptised at Easter - about the presence of Jesus within the life of the community. Each Sunday sees a different aspect of the life of Jesus: Jesus, the Risen Lord; Jesus, the Bread of Life; Jesus, the Good Shepherd; Jesus, giver of the 'New Commandment' and so on. In our busy lives we have little time to meditate and learn about Jesus. The Church uses this period of seven Sundays to instruct her children. We have much to learn if we are to live as the follower of Jesus should. The Sunday Readings are our main teaching resource. Let's listen to the Word with attention and faith.




   Some of us might find happiness if we stopped struggling so desperately for it.  

  The difference between a boss and a leader is that a boss says "Go!"  
while a leader says "Let's go!".  



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 14:21-27
Paul and Barnabas went back through Lystra and Iconium to Antioch. They put fresh heart into the disciples, encouraging them to persevere in the faith. We all have to experience many hardships they said before we enter the kingdom of God. In each of these churches they appointed elders, and with prayer and fasting they commended them to the Lord in whom they had come to believe. They passed through Pisidia and reached Pamphylia. Then after proclaiming the word at Perga they went down to Attalia and from there sailed for Antioch, where they had originally been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed. On their arrival they assembled the church and gave an account of all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith to the pagans.

Second Reading           Apocalypse 21:1-5
I, John, saw a new heaven and a new earth; the first heaven and the first earth had disappeared now, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the holy city, and the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, as beautiful as a bride all dressed for her husband. Then I heard a loud voice call from the throne, "You see this city? Here God lives among men. He will make his home among them; they shall be his people, and he will be their God; his name is God-with-them. He will wipe away all tears from their eyes; there will be no more death, and no more mourning or sadness. The world of the past has gone." Then the One sitting on the throne spoke: "Now I am making the whole of creation new."

Gospel           John 13:31-35
When Judas had gone Jesus said: "Now has the Son of Man been glorified, and in him God has been glorified. If God has been glorified in him, God will in turn glorify him in himself, and will glorify him very soon. My little children, I shall not be with you much longer. I give you a new commandment: love one another; just as I have loved you, you also must love one another. By this love you have for one another, everyone will know that you are my disciples.".