BULLETIN 27
JANUARY 2008
THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 1
CHURCH SERVICES
| Saturday
26 January | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm |
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Sunday
27 January | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
| Monday
28 January | Memorial
of Saint Thomas Aquinas Mass at 10.00 am for Mary Coulter |
| Tuesday
29 January | Mass at 10.00 am for Eddie Keogh |
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Wednesday
30 January | Mass at 10.00 am for John Dolan |
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Thursday
31 January | Memorial
of Saint John Bosco Mass at 7.00 pm for Tom McKay |
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Friday
1 February | Mass at 10.00 pm for Desmond Walsh |
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Saturday
2 February | No morning Mass |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
27 January | 10.00
am 10.00 am 1.00 to 4.00 pm |
Children's
Liturgy |
|
Monday
28 January | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 12.30 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 |
Nursery |
| Tuesday
29 January | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 1.00 to 3.00 pm 7.00 pm | Nursery
Kindergarten Legion of Mary Nursery Thursday Club Keep Fit |
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Wednesday
30 January | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 2.00 to 4.00 pm 6.00 to 7.00 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Nursery
Kindergarten Nursery Key Housing Barakuda Karate Special Religious Education (SPRED) |
|
Thursday
31 January | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.00 to 4.00 pm 12.30 to 3.00 pm 2.00 to 3.00 pm 7.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Nursery Kindergarten Key Housing Nursery Cardiac Rehabilitation Brownies Girl Guides |
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Friday
1 February | 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:
Alice Campbell (Kilwinning)
who died recently;
John McKay Senior 1957, Patricia Murphy
1988, Ian Falsay 2004
Susanna Brodie 1963, Joseph Lynn 1997,
James McDermid 2005,
Canon Shaun Crowley 2001, Jessie Flynn,
Marie Matthews 2005,
Joseph Foran and Mary Kelly 2006
whose
anniversaries occur at this time
and
Sophie Tyra Johnston who was baptised recently.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £740.52
- 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 £331.45 - many thanks.
SPECIAL COLLECTION
The Special Collection
for Catholic Education will be taken on 26 and 27 January and not on 2 and 3 February
as indicated on the envelopes.
CANONS
OF THE CATHEDRAL CHAPTER
By an 'Ad Clerum' of 18 January 2008, Bishop Cunningham
has announced that Father Pat McSorley, Parish Priest of Saint Quivox's Church,
Prestwick and Father
Matt have been
appointed Canons of the Cathedral Chapter. Canon
McManus
is delighted with the
honour.
A
SCOTTISH FAREWELL TO FATHER JOHN
Father John returns to Africa on 1 February.
The second part of A
Scottish Farewell to Father John will be on Sunday 27 January form 1.00 pm
to 4.00 pm with an 'open house' event in the Parish Centre with Scottish snacks
- roll and sausage, hot pies, lentil soup and so on. Come anytime and spend an
hour or so chatting. Envelopes for anything you wish Father
John to use in Tanzania are available at the stall.
CARDINAL WINNING EDUCATION LECTURE
The Cardinal Winning Educatiion Lecture
will be held in Glasgow University's Bute Hall on
Saturday 2 February at 10.30 am for 11.00 am. First
Minister Alex Salmond will speak on 'Celebrating Catholic Education in Scotland'.
Free registratiion can be obtained by phoning 0141 330 4978.
PRIZE
BINGO
There will be fundraising bingo in the Parish Centre on Thursday 14
February at 7pm. Tickets, costing £2 for Adults and £1 for Children
include tea, coffee and baking, and are available from Cecilia or Myriame. All
are welcome. Many thanks for your support.
50/50 CLUB
The 50/50 Club
needs new members! Would you like to join and have the chance to win one of four
prizes of £25 each month and £100 prize three times a year? A total
of £1500 went out to our lucky members last year. If we increase our membership
we also increase prize money. Why not think about joining? Please use the forms
provided and return to Myriame, the promoter. We are having a 'Sign-up' Sunday
for all new members to join and existing members to renew their memberships after
all Masses this weekend in the foyer of the Parish Centre. See
you there!
SAINT
MATTHEW'S ACADEMY
The Deanery Parishes
have agreed to fund the Mass Vestments, altar furnishings and so on for Saint
Matthew's Academy by way of a collection at all Masses. I feel that we have had
too many special collections at this time and so sent a cheque for £500
from Parish funds. If you are able and want to help, an envelope with 'Saint Matthew's
Academy' put in the ordinary Sunday collection would be welcome.
CATHOLIC
EDUCATION WEEK
Bishop Cunningham will celebrate Catholic Education Week with
Mass in Saint Matthew's Academy on Wednesday 30 January at 7.00 pm. There will
be Solemn Blessing of the school. The deanery parishes hope to present new vestments
and altar silver to the school. Some guests will be invited but there is an open
invitation to all parishioners.
MEDICAL MISSIONARIES OF MARY
Sister
Aileen Doggett of the Medical Missionaries of Mary will make an appeal for your
support of the work of the Missionary Sisters at all Masses on the weekend of
2 and 3 February.
GALLOWAY
LOURDES HOSPITALITÉ
The Annual General Meeting of Galloway Lourdes
Hospitalité will be preceded by Mass with Anointing of the Sick in Saint
John's Church, Stevenston on Sunday 17 February at 3.30 pm. Tea and coffee
will be served after Mass. All are welcome.
SAINT
PETER'S WEBSITE - RECORDING OUR HISTORY TODAY
Saint Peter's website, which
was launched on 13 July 2005, recently had its 25000th visit. The site has over
700 pages, 460 photographs, 190 bulletins between 1960 and 2008, 5200 links and
some video and audio clips. It contains many articles on past and present spiritual
and community life in Saint Peter's. Canon
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, please contact WebsiteAuthor@SaintPeterinChains.net.
NURSERY
REGISTRATION WEEK
Nursery Registration Week runs from 28 January to 1 February
for pre-school and ante-pre school children with dates of birth between 1 March
2004 and 28 February 2006. Parents wishing to register their children should apply
directly to the nursery of their choice. Birth certificates should be produced
at the time
of registration.
Registration times at Saint Peter's Children's Centre are
Monday to Friday, 9.30 to 11.30 am.
Registration times at Saint Peter's Primary
School Nursery Class are Monday 9.30 to 10.30 am; Tuesday 10.45 to 11.30am; Wednesday
12.50 to 2.00 pm. Arrangements for Registration are by appointment. Please call
in person or telephone 462554 for an appointment.
BELIEF
An atheist was spending a quiet day fishing when suddenly his boat was attacked
by the Loch Ness monster. In one easy flip, the beast tossed him and his boat
high into the air then it opened its mouth to swallow both. As the man sailed
head over heels, he cried out, "Oh, my God! Help me!". At once, the
ferocious attack scene froze in place and as the atheist hung in mid-air and a
booming voice came down from the clouds "I thought you didn't believe in
Me!". "Come on God, give me a break!' the man pleaded. "Two minutes
ago, I didn't believe in the Loch Ness monster either!".
IT'S ALREADY THERE
You wander from room to room hunting for the diamond necklace that is already
around your neck! Peace, joy, health and well-being can only be found inside us.
They exist within us now, waiting to be discovered, yet we tend to look to the
outside world to satisfy our needs and longings.
| A
compliment is a gift, not to be thrown away carelessly, unless you want to hurt the giver. |
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 Isaiah 8:23
- 9:3
In
days past the Lord humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in
days to come he will confer glory on the Way of the Sea on the far side of Jordan,
province of the nations. The people that walked in darkness has seen a great light;
on those who live in a land of deep shadow a light has shone. You have made their
gladness greater, you have made their joy increase, they rejoice in your presence
as men rejoice at harvest time, as men are happy when they are dividing the spoils.
For the yoke that was weighing on him, the bar across his shoulders, the rod of
his oppressor, these you break as on the day of Midian.
Second
Reading 1 Corinthians
1:10-13.17
I
appeal to you, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, to make up the
differences between you, and instead of disagreeing among yourselves, to be united
again in your belief and practice. From what Chloe's people have been telling
me, my dear brothers, it is clear that there are serious differences among you.
What I mean are all these slogans that you have, like: 'I am for Paul', 'I am
for Apollos', 'I am for Cephas', 'I am for Christ'. Has Christ been parcelled
out? Was it Paul that was crucified for you? Were you baptised in the name of
Paul? For Christ did not send me to baptise, but to preach the Good News, and
not to preach that in the terms of philosophy in which the crucifixion of Christ
cannot be expressed.
Gospel
Matthew 4:12-23
Hearing
that John had been arrested Jesus went back to Galilee, and leaving Nazareth he
went and settled in Capernaum, a lakeside town on the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali.
In this way the prophecy of Isaiah was to be fulfilled: Land of Zebulun! Land
of Naphtali! Way of the sea on the far side of Jordan, Galilee of the nations!
The people that lived in darkness has seen a great light; on those who dwell in
the land and shadow of death a light has dawned. From that moment Jesus began
his preaching with the message, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close
at hand." As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon,
who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew; they were making a cast in the lake
with their net, for they were fishermen. And he said to them, "Follow me
and I will make you fishers of men." And they left their nets at once and
followed him. Going on from there he saw another pair of brothers, James son of
Zebedee and his brother John; they were in their boat with their father Zebedee,
mending their nets, and he called them. At once, leaving the boat and their father,
they followed him. He went round the whole of Galilee teaching in their synagogues,
proclaiming the Good News of the kingdom and curing all kinds of diseases and
sickness among the people.