BULLETIN 16
SEPTEMBER 2007
TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN YEAR 3
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
15 September | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm |
Sunday
16 September | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
Monday
17 September | Mass at 10.00 am for Bridget and Mary McLellan |
Tuesday
18 September | Mass at 10.00 am for Walter Jones |
Wednesday
19 September | Mass at 10.00 am for Pat Monaghan |
Thursday
20 September | Mass at 7.00 pm for Jimmy McVeigh |
Friday
21 September | Mass at 10.00 am for the Stewart Family |
Saturday
22 September | Mass at 10.00 am for Wilsey Shepherd |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
16 September | 11.00 am | Tea and Coffee after Mass |
Monday
17 September | 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 | Nursery
|
Tuesday
18 September | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 1.00 to 3.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.30 pm | Nursery
Kindergarten Nursery Thursday Club Saint Anne's Guild Keep Fit Legion of Mary |
Wednesday
19 September | 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 Barakuda Karate Special Religious Education (SPRED) |
Thursday
20 September | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 1.00 to 2.30 pm 11.30 to 2.30 pm 7.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Nursery Kindergarten Nursery Kindergarten Key Housing Brownies Guides |
Friday
21 September | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 12.30 to 2.30 pm | Nursery
Parents and Toddlers Nursery |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Margaret Currie who died recently;
James
Lawson 1992, Walter Jones 1985, Mary McLellan 2004,
Patrick
McKay 1998, Sister Pauline CP 1999, Greta Foran 2002,
Catherine
McLaughlin 1998, Rita Michelini 2002 and David Dunbar 2005
whose
anniversaries occur at this time.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's
collection amounted to £645.68 - 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.
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
CENTRE COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection
for the Parish
Centre amounted to £326.44 - many thanks.
RETIRED
PRIESTS' COLLECTION
The annual collection for Retired Priests will take place
next weekend. Gift Aid envelopes, which are available at the stall, should be
used for this collection.
CHILDREN'S
LITURGY
The Children's Liturgy has resumed for two of the groups, the three
to five year olds and Primaries 1 to 3. It is very important that parents volunteer
to take their turn at helping with this Liturgy. After 10.00 am Mass, Annie Watt
will be in the Parish Centre for those who wish to volunteer and complete the
necessary Disclosure Scotland forms. Three forms of identification will be required
- one with a photograph, for example, a passport or driving licence, utility bill,
birth certificate or previous Disclosure Scotland Number and National Insurance
Number.
THE
SINGING CHILDREN OF AFRICA
The Singing Children of Africa will be performing
in the Church on Sunday 14 October at 6.00 pm. Tickets costing £4 are available
from the stall or Marie-Anne. Tea and coffee will be available in the Parish Centre.
All proceeds from this concert will go to The Singing Children of Africa Appeal.
INTERESTED
IN KNOWING MORE ABOUT THE CHURCH?
Are you thinking about becoming a Catholic?
Are you just wanting to know more? Are you returning after a time away from Church?
Are you just curious? The Enquiry Group meets in Saint Peter's Presbytery, on
Thursday 4 October at 7.30 pm.
SCOTTISH
INTERNATIONAL RELIEF
Scottish International Relief (SIR) will be here
this weekend to uplift your donations to SIR and sell raffle tickets for Mary's
Meals. Photographs
of the last two years' visits by Scottish
International Relief are on the Pictures
page.
THE
INNOCENTS
A box is available in the Porch for baby goods, talcum powder, lotion,
bottles, shampoo and so on. Please contact Josephine if you can help.
IGNATIAN
PRAYER GROUP
The Ignatian Prayer Group will
meet on Wednesday 3 October and Tuesday 9 October at 7.30pm and Tuesday 30 October
at 2.30 pm in the Parish Centre. Anyone interested in joining would be very welcome
at the prayer meetings.
CAREERS SCOTLAND
Careers Scotland's Higher Education
Convention 2007 will take place in the Park Hotel, Kilmarnock on Wednesday, 19
September from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm and 1.15 to 3.30 pm for pupils only and 6.00
pm to 8.00 pm to the public. The Convention gives the opportunity to talk to representatives
from universities, colleges and professional organisations.
SAINT MICHAEL'S
COLLEGE AND ACADEMY - 1921 TO 2007
The closing Mass for Saint Michael's, which
will celebrate and give thanks for the school's achievements, will be held in
the school Assembly Hall on Monday 1 October at 7.00 pm. Photographs and memorabilia
commemorating the history of the school will be on display. There are still a
few copies of the Saint Michael's book costing £5 at the stall.
CHILDREN'S
LITURGY ADULT
HELPERS
16
September
3 to 5 Year Olds: Frances and
Maria
Primary 1 to 3: Marko and Marieanne
23
September
3 to 5 Year Olds: Gayle and Frances
Primary
1 to 3: Andrena and Theresa
THE LORD IS MY PROGRAMMER
The
Lord is my programmer; I shall not crash. He installed his software on the hard
disk of my heart; all of his commands are user-friendly. His directory guides
me to the right choices for his name's sake. Even though I scroll through the
problems of life, I will fear no bugs for He is my backup. His password protects
me. He prepares a menu before me in the presence of my enemies. His help is only
a keystroke away. Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my
life, and my file will be merged with his and saved forever. Amen.
Sooner
or later busy people learn to write things down. It's the best way to capture things we are apt to forget. The strongest memory, says an old Chinese proverb, is weaker than the palest link. |
Hell
begins on that day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts we wasted, of all that we might have done that we did not do. |
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
Exodus
32:7-11.13-14
The
Lord spoke to Moses, Go down now, because your people whom you brought out of
Egypt have apostatised. They have been quick to leave the way I marked out for
them; they have made themselves a calf of molten metal and have worshipped it
and offered it sacrifice. Here is your God, Israel, they have cried, who brought
you up from the land of Egypt! I can see how headstrong these people are! Leave
me, now, my wrath shall blaze out against them and devour them; of you, however,
I will make a great nation. But Moses pleaded with the Lord his God. Lord, he
said, why should your wrath blaze out against this people of yours whom you brought
out of the land of Egypt with arm outstretched and mighty hand? Remember Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob, your servants to whom by your own self you swore and made this
promise: I will make your offspring as many as the stars of heaven, and all this
land which I promised I will give to your descendants, and it shall be their heritage
for ever. So the Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he
had threatened.
Second
Reading
Timothy
1:12-17
I
thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, and who judged me faithful
enough to call into his service even though I used to be a blasphemer and did
all I could to injure and discredit the faith. Mercy, however, was shown me, because
until I became a believer I had been acting in ignorance; and the grace of our
Lord filled me with faith and with the love that is in Christ Jesus. Here is a
saying that you can rely on and nobody should doubt: that Christ Jesus came into
the world to save sinners. I myself am the greatest of them; and if mercy has
been shown to me, it is because Jesus Christ meant to make me the greatest evidence
of his inexhaustible patience for all the other people who would later have to
trust in him to come to eternal life. To the eternal King, the undying, invisible
and only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Gospel
Luke
15:1-10
The
tax collectors and the sinners were all seeking the company of Jesus to hear what
he had to say, and the Pharisees and the scribes complained. "This man"
they said "welcomes sinners and eats with them." So he spoke this parable
to them: "What man among you with a hundred sheep, losing one, would not
leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the missing one till he found
it? And when he found it, would he not joyfully take it on his shoulders and then,
when he got home, call together his friends and neighbours?" "Rejoice
with me," he would say "I have found my sheep that was lost." In
the same way, I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one repentant
sinner than over ninety-nine virtuous men who have no need of repentance. Or again,
what woman with ten drachmas would not, if she lost one, light a lamp and sweep
out the house and search thoroughly till she found it? And then, when she had
found it, call together her friends and neighbours? "Rejoice with me,"
she would say "I have found the drachma I lost." In the same way, I
tell you, there is rejoicing among the angels of God over one repentant sinner.".