BULLETIN 3
FEBRUARY 2008
FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 1
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
2 February | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm |
Sunday
3 February | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
Monday
4 February | Mass at 10.00 am for Ishbel McCarroll |
Tuesday
5 February | Mass at 10.00 am for John and Mary McNamara |
Wednesday
6 February | Ash
Wednesday Mass at 10.00 am for Jim Cairns Mass at 7.00 pm for Andy McMillan |
Thursday
7 February | Mass at 7.00 pm for Bill Smythe |
Friday
8 February | Mass at 10.00 pm for the Retzbach and Cunningham families |
Saturday
9 February | Mass at 10.00 am for John and Catherine Cahill |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
3 February | 10.00
am 10.00 am 1.00 to 4.00 pm |
Children's
Liturgy |
Monday
4 February | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 12.30 to 2.30 pm 5.30 to 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.00 to 8 00 pm |
Nursery |
Tuesday
5 February | 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 7.00 pm | Nursery
Kindergarten Legion of Mary Nursery Thursday Club Saint Anne's Guild Keep Fit |
Wednesday
6 February | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.00 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm 7.30 pm | Nursery
Kindergarten Nursery Barakuda Karate Special Religious Education (SPRED) Ignatian Prayer Group |
Thursday
7 February | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 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 Nursery Cardiac Rehabilitation Brownies Girl Guides |
Friday
8 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:
Lena Milligan who died
recently;
Janet Cunningham 1999, Father Joe Davie SDB 2002,
Tony Tourish 1993,
Mary C McManus 1973, Michael Barrett 1972,
Joseph Brodie 1961,
Eileen Busbridge, Patrick McGinn 1999,
Pamela McIntosh 1999
and Cesare Scott 2002 whose
anniversaries occur at this time
and
Roslyn Alexandra and Iona Molly Gibson who were baptised
recently.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to
£696.38 - 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.
CATHOLIC
EDUCATION COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for Catholic Education amounted
to £410.59 - many thanks.
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 this weekend. There
will be a special collection.
ASH
WEDNESDAY
Ash Wednesday is on 6 February. There will be Mass at 10.00 am
and 7.00 pm. Ashes will be distributed at both services. Ashes will also be distributed
in Saint. Peter's Primary School at 11.00 am and 11.30 am. This is a day of fast
and abstinence for those aged 18 to 65. This means no meat, one main meal and
two light snacks.
LENT EXTRA
Copies of Lent Extra are available at
the stall. A donation of £1 would be appreciated.
LENT SCIAF BOXES
Boxes for the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) Lenten appeal are
available at the stall. Please take one home with you and return it at the end
of Lent.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Stations of the Cross will be said
during Lent each Friday at 9.40 am.
SAINT MATTHEW'S ACADEMY
Mass
will be celebrated in
Saint Matthew's Academy every
Friday at 12.50 pm.
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.
RACE NIGHT
The annual
Race Night in memory of Larry Kernahan will take place in the Parish Centre on
Friday 29 February at 8.00 pm. Tickets are available from Esther, cost £2.50
and include light supper. All money raised goes to the Pilgrimage Trust Group
207. Donations of money, bottles and raffle prizes would be very much appreciated.
Our Lady of Lourdes and Saint Bernadette, pray for us.
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.
THE
INNOCENTS
A box is available in the porch for baby goods, for example, clothes,
powder, toys and so on. If you need any more information, please telephone Josephine.
RAINBOWS
AND BROWNIES
Many thanks to the parents of the Rainbows and Brownies for the
recent donation of £600 for the use of the Parish Centre.
SACRAMENTAL
PREPARATION
Parents are invited to a meeting in the Church on Wednesday after
7.00 pm Mass to discuss their child's preparation for the Sacraments.
ENROLEMENT SUNDAY
Will be celebrated at 10.00 am Mass next Sunday. Please
pray for the children and their families.
FAREWELL FROM FATHER JOHN
My Dear Friends
I would like to thank the
many people who made my farewell on both Friday and Sunday so memorable. They
were wonderful times. It was very kind of you all. I thank you for your many cards
and gifts and for your generous donations which will improve the life of many
people in Tanzania. Your welcome and friendship since I came to Saint Peter's
has been very much appreciated. I will remember you all in my prayers and hope
you will remember me in yours. May God bless you all.
Father
John MaendeleoJ@yahoo.com
If
you love somebody, let them go. If they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were. |
Generally
speaking, you aren't learning much when your mouth is moving. |
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
Zephaniah
2:3; 3:12-13
Seek
the Lord all you, the humble of the earth, who obey his commands. Seek integrity,
seek humility: you may perhaps find shelter on the day of the anger of the Lord.
In your midst I will leave a humble and lowly people, and those who are left in
Israel will seek refuge in the name of the Lord. They will do no wrong, will tell
no lies; and the perjured tongue will no longer be found in their mouths. But
they will be able to graze and rest with no one to disturb them.
Second
Reading
1
Corinthians 1:26-31
Take
yourselves, brothers, at the time when you were called: how many of you were wise
in the ordinary sense of the word, how many were influential people, or came from
noble families? No, it was to shame the wise that God chose what is foolish by
human reckoning, and to shame what is strong that he chose what is weak by human
reckoning; those whom the world thinks common and contemptible are the ones that
God has chosen - those who are nothing at all to show up those who are everything.
The human race has nothing to boast about to God, but you, God has made members
of Christ Jesus and by God"s doing he has become our wisdom, and our virtue,
and our holiness, and our freedom. As scripture says: if anyone wants to boast,
let him boast about the Lord.
Gospel
Matthew
5:1-12
Seeing
the crowds, Jesus went up the hill. There he sat down and was joined by his disciples.
Then he began to speak. This is what he taught them: "How happy are the poor
in spirit: theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Happy the gentle: they shall have
the earth for their heritage. Happy those who mourn: they shall be comforted.
Happy those who hunger and thirst for what is right: they shall be satisfied.
Happy the merciful: they shall have mercy shown them. Happy the pure in heart:
they shall see God. Happy the peacemakers: they shall be called sons of God. Happy
those who are persecuted in the cause of right: theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
"Happy are you when people abuse you and persecute you and speak all kinds
of calumny against you on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will
be great in heaven.".