BULLETIN 23
MARCH 2008
EASTER SUNDAY IN YEAR 1
CANON
MATT WISHES YOU ALL A HAPPY EASTER.
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
22 March | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm |
Sunday
23 March | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
Monday
24 March | Mass at 10.00 am for John and Maureen Conway |
Tuesday
25 March | Mass at 10.00 am for Agnes McLaren |
Wednesday
26 March | Mass at 10.00 am for Myles McDonald |
Thursday
27 March | Mass at 7.00 pm for a special intention |
Friday
28 March | Mass at 10.00 am for Victor Donald |
Saturday
29 March | Mass at 10.00 am for James Kelly |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
23 March | 10.00
am 10.00 am 1.00 to 4.00 pm |
Children's
Liturgy |
Monday
24 March | 7.00
pm 7.00 to 8 00 pm |
Saint
Vincent de Paul Society |
Tuesday
25 March | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 7.00 pm | Nursery Kindergarten Nursery Legion of Mary Nursery Keep Fit |
Wednesday
26 March | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 7.00 pm | Nursery Kindergarten Nursery Barakuda Karate |
Thursday
27 March | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 2.00 to 3.00 pm | Nursery Kindergarten Nursery Cardiac Rehabilitation |
Friday
28 March | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm | Nursery Parents and Toddlers Kindergarten Nursery Birthday Party |
Saturday
29 March | 2.00 pm | Christening Party |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Ian Trayner (Saltcoats)
who died recently and
May Bell 2003, Hugh Conway 1976, Sister
Immanuel CP 2002, Agnes McLaren 1994,
Patrick McDermott 1973,
Isabella Connor 1959, James and Ellen McCarroll 1977,
Don
Foley, Anna Bates 1997, Moira Rafferty, Terry McCabe 2005, Devlin McIndoe 1992,
Allister Nesbit 2000, Odina Carrino 1987 and Menotti Carrino
1953
whose anniversaries occur at this
time.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted
to £809.46 - many thanks. Banker's Orders amount to an average of £4300
per month. Each month £4200 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 £341.65 - many thanks.
LENT
SCIAF BOXES
Please return Boxes
for the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) to the stall.
SAINT PETER'S CHILDREN'S CENTRE
To register your child for the Kindergarten
2 to 3 Years for August
2008 or to make enquires please phone Josephine or Lisa. Please register early
as places are limited.
SAINT
VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
The Ozanam Centre in Glasgow is run
by the Saint
Vincent de Paul Society to assist homeless men and women. We have been
asked to assist in the collection of toiletries during Lent so these might be
distributed as a very practical way of assisting those who use the Centre. Saint
Peter's parishioners have donated generously to this appeal in previous years
and it is hoped that you will do so once again. The Conference thanks you in anticipation
of your kind assistance. A box to receive donations of all kinds of toiletries
is available in the Church Porch.
COMPUTER
GEEK NEEDED
Canon
Matt requires a computer geek who could undo stupid mistakes, upgrade his
computer, tweak a network, clean up a registry, sort out a few RJ45s and other
non-theological tasks. Pay is in prayer.
MALAWI
A Scottish Ceilidh in aid of Malawi is being held in Saint Matthew's Academy on
Friday 28 March. Tickets cost £10 including a buffet and are available from
Mrs M T Hughes in the school office. This event is always a sell out so get your
tickets now.
FATHER
JOHN
Father
John's postal address is Father John Maendeleo, PO Box 1534, Arusha, Tanzania,
East Africa.
PASSION
FOR LIFE
Postcards are available at the stall for you to send to your MP asking
them to vote accordingly in the Passion for Life campaign.
HMS
DASHER
The HMS Dasher
Memorial Service will take place on Sunday 30 March at 11.00 in the Sunken Gardens.
Tea and coffee will be served in the Parish Centre afterwards for all those taking
part. Tea and coffee will be served after 10.00 am Mass as usual.
COLLECTION
ENVELOPES
Collection envelopes for 2008/09 are now available at the stall.
Please take yours home.
THE
INNOCENTS
A box is available in the porch for donations of baby goods, talcum
powder, shampoo and so on. For more information, please contact Josephine.
FOUND
A
Ladies watch was found in the kitchen of the Parish Centre. If it is yours, please
contact Kate.
DIOCESE
OF GALLOWAY NEWSLETTER
The Diocese of Galloway Easter Newsletter is available
at the stall. Please take one.
PROMISES
KEPT
'Promises are made to be broken' goes the saying. Ask someone who's been
hurt - it's heavy stuff - and it happens all the time. But I know a Promise-Maker
who kept good His promise yesterday, will be true to it today and will fulfil
it tomorrow. He's the One who said "Because I live, you shall live also."
Come to the Well on this glorious Easter and celebrate with me the Resurrection
of our Lord!
A
contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world. |
Forget
injuries but never forget kindness. |
Be
silent as to services you have rendered but speak of favours you have received. |
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
10:34.37-43
Peter addressed them: "You must have heard about the recent
happenings in Judaea; about Jesus of Nazareth and how he began in Galilee, after
John had been preaching baptism. God had anointed him with the Holy Spirit and
with power, and because God was with him, Jesus went about doing good and curing
all who had fallen into the power of the devil. Now I, and those with me, can
witness to everything he did throughout the countryside of Judaea and in Jerusalem
itself: and also to the fact that they killed him by hanging him on a tree, yet
three days afterwards God raised him to life and allowed him to be seen, not by
the whole people but only by certain witnesses God had chosen beforehand. Now
we are those witnesses – we have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection
from the dead – and he has ordered us to proclaim this to his people and to tell
them that God has appointed him to judge everyone, alive or dead. It is to him
that all the prophets bear this witness: that all who believe in Jesus will have
their sins forgiven through his name.".
Second Reading
Colossians
3:1-4
Since you have been brought back to true life with Christ, you must look
for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is, sitting at God's right hand.
Let your thoughts be on heavenly things, not on the things that are on the earth,
because you have died, and now the life you have is hidden with Christ in God.
But when Christ is revealed – and he is your life – you too will be revealed in
all your glory with him.
Gospel
John
20:1-9
It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when
Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from
the tomb and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus
loved. "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb," she said "and
we don't know where they have put him." So Peter set out with the other disciples
to go to the tomb. They ran together,
but the other disciple, running faster
than Peter, reached the tomb first; he bent down and saw the linen cloths lying
on the ground, but did not go in. Simon Peter who was following now came up, went
right into the tomb, saw the linen cloths on the ground, and also the cloth that
had been over his head; this was not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a
place by itself. Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went
in; he saw and he believed. Till this moment they had failed to understand the
teaching of scripture, that he must rise from the dead.