BULLETIN       27 MAY 2007

PENTECOST SUNDAY


CHURCH SERVICES

Saturday 26 May

Confession on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm  
Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Harry Hissey (1897-1976)  

Sunday 27 May
Sunday Mass at 10.00 am
Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon
Monday 28 May
Mass at 10.00 am for Vincent Picozzi
Tuesday 29 May
Mass at 10.00 am for William Hall
Wednesday 30 May
Mass at 10.00 am for Lily and Joe Peppard
Thursday 31 May
Mass at 7.00 pm for Day For Life
Friday 1 June
Mass at 10.00 am for Tommy Morgan
Saturday 2 June
Mass at 10.00 am for Christine McMenament


PARISH CENTRE EVENTS

Sunday 27 May
10.00 am
11.00 am

Children's Liturgy
Tea and Coffee after Mass

Monday 28 May
2.00 to 3.00 pm
7.00 pm
7.00 to 8.00 pm

Cardiac Rehabilitation
Saint Vincent de Paul Society
Weight Watchers

Tuesday 29 May

9.00 to 11.30 am
9.30 to 11.00 am
1.00 pm
7.30 pm
7.30 pm
7.30 pm

Nursery
Kindergarten
Thursday Club
Keep Fit
Saint Anne's Guild
Legion of Mary

Wednesday 30 May

9.00 to 11.30 am
9.30 to 11.00 am
12.30 to 3.00 pm
6.00 to 7.00 pm
7.00 to 9.00 pm

Nursery
Kindergarten
Nursery

Burakudo Karate Club
Special Religious Development (SPRED)  

Thursday 31 May
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

Nursery
Kindergarten
Nursery
Kindergarten

Cardiac Rehabilitation
Brownies
Girl Guides

Friday 1 June
9.00 to 11.30 am
9.30 to 11.30 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm

Nursery
Parents and Toddlers
Kindergarten

Saturday 2 June
8.00 pmEducate The Kids Fundraising Social  

PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
   Anna Conti, Peter Murray, Sheila Harper and Nora Ramsay who died recently;
   Mary Lynn Beattie 1998, Bernard Little 1999, Sarah Ramsay 2000, Jim Little 1945,
   Des Langan 2005, Cameron Walsh 1987, James Kyle 1992, Kathleen Conway 1989,
   Canon Nicholas Murphy 1992, Bessie Grant 2002 and William McMullan 1939
   whose anniversaries occur at this time and
   Eileen Webster who was baptised recently.

SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £778.64 - 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.

COMMUNICATIONS FUND COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for
the Communications Fund amounted to £506.50 - 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.

DAY FOR LIFE - FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ABORTION ACT - THURSDAY 31 MAY
There will be a Deanery Mass in Saint Peter's at 7 pm on 31 May. The Scottish Bishops have asked all of us to remember the passing of the Abortion Act and ask God's pardon for our shameful disregard of human life. We should also ask God's blessing on all who work to protect human life from the cradle to the grave. Leaflets are available at the stall with further information.

BLESSED SACRAMENT CHAPEL
The work of adorning the Blessed Sacrament Chapel is beginning to be seen. The glasswork is now in place. It has to be completed, the Tabernacle suitably lit, the area carpeted and a small area for prayer created. I slowed down on the fundraising since the progress was slow but we should start again. The whole project will cost about £6500. It certainly improves what was a dark area of the Church. Any ideas or donations would be welcome. Thanks for a recent donation of £300 from a parishioner that brings the fund total to £4425.

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 four Moses baskets and a double buggy. If you can help, please phone Josephine to arrange uplift. A box is available in the porch for baby goods, for example, talcum powder, lotion, shampoo and so on.

EDUCATE THE KIDS FUND RAISING SOCIAL
One of our cantors, Marie-Anne McGrattan is going to Africa for four weeks in the summer to work with deprived children. To help support her efforts, there will be a fund-raising social event in the Parish Centre on Saturday 2 June at 8 pm. There will be singing, dancing, a quiz, food, drink, humour, fun and good company. Tickets costing £3.50 are available from Kate or Donna. Details of how the proceeds will be used can be seen at www.EducateTheKids.com.

GOING INTO HOSPITAL
If you are going into hospital, please let the staff know you are a Roman Catholic in order that the Chaplain can be informed. The hospital does not routinely inform the chaplain about Catholic patients.

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
The Saint Vincent de Paul Society is grateful for the donation of the sewing machine which was very much appreciated.

TWENTY-THOUSANDTH VISIT TO SAINT PETER'S WEBSITE
On 17 May, Saint Peter's website had its 20000 visit since it was launched on 13 July 2005. The site has over 700 pages, 430 photographs, 160 bulletins between 1960 and 2007, 4200 links, some audio clips of the choir and has been viewed in at least 26 countries. It contains many articles on past and present spiritual and community life in Saint Peter's.
Father Matt and the website author are very grateful to those who have accessed the site, lent photographs, passed on stories, identified errors, made suggestions and expressed compliments. The aims of the site are to make parishioners aware of current events and record our history. If you can help with this project, please contact
WebsiteAuthor@SaintPeterinChains.net.

SMITHSTONE HOUSE SUMMER FAYRE
There will be a Summer Fayre at Smithstoune House, Kilwinning on Sunday 3 June from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm. Enjoy an afternoon out for all the family at Smithstone House and grounds. Everyone is welcome.

THANK YOU
With your help we have managed to collect 10400 tokens for Kits for Kids. A full set of football strips, rain jackets and tracksuits will be received. Many thanks from the staff and pupils of James Reid School.

HARMONIES FOR HUNGARY
A charity concert featuring local singers, Marie Claire Breen, Theresa Coulter and Jamie Munn will be held in the Church on Friday 15 June at 7 30 pm. Enjoy an evening of fine music to help us on our way to Hungary with the prestigious National Youth Choir of Scotland. Tickets costing £5 and £3 concession, including tea, are available from Theresa Coulter.

THURSDAY CLUB
The bus for the Thursday Club trip to Dundee will leave Stanley School on Thursday at 9.00 am and follow the usual pickup route.

CHILDREN'S LITURGY ADULT HELPERS
   27 May
      Pre-Fives: Frances and Maria
      Primary 1 to 3: Elaine, Eileen and Anne
   3 June

      Pre-Fives: Frances and Maria
      Primary 1 to 3: Andrena and Theresa



   Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.  



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 2:1-11
When Pentecost day came round, the apostles had all met in one room, when suddenly they heard what sounded like a powerful wind from heaven, the noise of which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and something appeared to them that seemed like tongues of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak foreign languages as the Spirit gave them the gift of speech. Now there were devout men living in Jerusalem from every nation under heaven, and at this sound they all assembled, each one bewildered to hear these men speaking his own language. They were amazed and astonished. Surely they said all these men speaking are Galileans? How does it happen that each of us hears them in his own native language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; people from Mesopotamia, Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya round Cyrene; as well as visitors from Rome - Jews and proselytes alike - Cretans and Arabs; we hear them preaching in our own language about the marvels of God.

Second Reading           Saint Paul to the Romans 8:8-17
People who are interested only in unspiritual things can never be pleasing to God. Your interests, however, are not in the unspiritual, but in the spiritual, since the Spirit of God has made his home in you. In fact, unless you possessed the Spirit of Christ you would not belong to him. Though your body may be dead it is because of sin, but if Christ is in you then your spirit is life itself because you have been justified; and if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, then he who raised Jesus from the dead will give life to your own mortal bodies through his Spirit living in you. So then, my brothers, there is no necessity for us to obey our unspiritual selves or to live unspiritual lives. If you do live in that way, you are doomed to die; but if by the Spirit you put an end to the misdeeds of the body you will live. Everyone moved by the Spirit is a son of God. The spirit you received is not the spirit of slaves bringing fear into your lives again; it is the spirit of sons, and it makes us cry out, "Abba, Father!". The Spirit himself and our spirit bear united witness that we are children of God. And if we are children we are heirs as well: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, sharing his sufferings so as to share his glory.

Gospel           John 14:15-16, 23-26
Jesus said to his disciples: "If you love me you will keep my commandments. I shall ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you for ever. If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make our home with him. Those who do not love me do not keep my words. And my word is not my own; it is the word of the one who sent me. I have said these things to you while still with you; but the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all I have said to you.".