BULLETIN 30
MARCH 2008
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER IN YEAR 1
CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
29 March | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm |
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Sunday
30 March | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
| Monday
31 March | Mass at 10.00 am for Isabella Connor |
| Tuesday
1 April | Mass at 10.00 am for John Lennon |
| Wednesday
2 April | Mass at 10.00 am for a special intention |
| Thursday
3 April | Mass at 7.00 pm for Ian Trayner |
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Friday
4 April | Mass at 10.00 am for Jane Whittaker |
| Saturday
5 April | Mass at 10.00 am for Mary Taylor |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
30 March | 10.00
am 10.00 am 11.00 am |
Children's
Liturgy |
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Monday
31 March | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.00 to 8 00 pm 7.30 pm |
Nursery |
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Tuesday
1 April | 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 2.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.30 pm 7.30 pm | Nursery Kindergarten Nursery Legion of Mary Nursery Thursday Club Ignatian Prayer Group Keep Fit Saint Anne's Guild |
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Wednesday
2 April | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 2.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.30 pm to 8.00 pm | Nursery Kindergarten Nursery Key Housing Burakudo Karate Club Special Religious Development (SPRED) |
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Thursday
3 April | 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
4 April | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm | Nursery Parents and Toddlers Kindergarten Nursery |
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Saturday
5 April | 2.00 pm | Christening Party |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Craig Kerr and John Elliot
who died recently;
Sarah Anderson 2003, Sandy Miller 1079,
Gus Slimman 1993, James Kelly 1983,
George Lee 1992, Jenny Murphy
1998, Marjorie Robertson, Margaret Shanks 1993,
Kenneth McSkimming,
Jane McFarlane 2006, James Smith 1959, Margaret Murphy,
Patrick
Tomelty 2004, Harry Quinn 1993, Archie McFarlane, Annie Adam 1997,
Agnes Ward 2001, Jane Mullen 2003, Barbara Henderson, Margaret Boyd 2004,
Isa Stuart 2004 whose anniversaries occur at
this time and
Brandon John Ball who was baptised
recently.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to
£1044.54 - 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 £502.96 - many thanks.
HOLY
PLACES COLLECTION
The Good Friday collection for the Holy Places amounted
to £357.26 - many thanks.
LENT SCIAF BOXES
Please return Boxes
for the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) to the stall.
HOLY WEEK AND EASTER LITURGIES
Many thanks to all who helped in any way with
the Holy Week and Easter Liturgies.
MUSIC MINISTRY DAY
A Music Ministry
day will be held on Saturday 12 April at Saint Margaret's Cathedral, Ayr at 10.00
am for a 10.30 am start to 3.30 pm. The day will be led by Noel Donnelly, who
has been actively involved in Catholic music for many years and is well known
as a composer and liturgist. The day will be informal with plenty of opportunities
for meeting with other musicians. We will be looking at music for the Liturgy
of the Word and for the Eucharist and also at plainsong. The day will end with
sung Vespers of Our Lady. For further information please contact Michael McCulloch.
INSTALLATION
OF THE NEW CANONS
Canon
Matt and the other
three new Canons will be installed in Saint
Margaret's Cathedral, Ayr
at Mass on Thursday 24 April at 7.30 pm. A bus will be arranged. Names should
be put on the list available soon at the stall by 14 April, please. A celebration
party will take place in the Parish Centre on Friday 25 April at 7.30 pm. Tickets,
costing £10, will be available from Monday 7 April. The 12 noon Mass on
Sunday 27 will mark the celebration and it will be followed by an 'Open House'
in the Parish Centre. Soup, rolls on sausage, tea, coffee, snacks will be available
till 4 pm.
SCOTTISH
CATHOLIC INTERNATIONAL RELIEF FUND (SCIAF) PROM FASHION SHOW
There will be
a SCIAF Fashion Show in Saint Matthew's Academy on Thursday 3 April. Doors open
at 7.00 pm and the show starts at 7.30pm in the Auditorium. Tickets cost £3.
Pupils will model gowns by Ayrshire Bridal Centre, Cuco Couture, Mackenzie Menswear,
Coco Berry, Coast and Spencer Railton. The Hair and Make-up on show will be from
Full Works, Irvine.
SAINT
VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
We have been asked to assist in the collection
of toiletries for the Saint
Vincent de Paul Society's Ozanam Centre. A box to receive donations of all
kinds of toiletries is available in the porch.
HMS
DASHER
The HMS Dasher
Memorial Service will take place this Sunday 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 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.
DIOCESE
OF GALLOWAY NEWSLETTER
The Diocese of Galloway Easter Newsletter is available
at the stall. Please take one.
| Remember
that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of luck. |
| The
well of providence is deep. It's the buckets we bring to it that are small. |
| When
I find myself fading, I close my eyes and realise my friends are my energy. |
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 2:42-47
These
(the new converts) remained faithful to the teaching of the apostles, to the brotherhood,
to the breaking of bread and to the prayers. The many miracles and signs worked
through the apostles made a deep impression on everyone. The faithful all lived
together and owned everything in common; they sold their goods and possessions
and shared out the proceeds among themselves according to what each one needed.
They went as a body to the Temple every day but met in their houses for the breaking
of bread; they shared their food gladly and generously; they praised God and were
looked up to by everyone. Day by day the Lord added to their community those destined
to be saved.
Second
Reading
1
Peter 1:3-9
Blessed
be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy has given us
a new birth as his sons, by raising Jesus Christ from the dead, so that we have
a sure hope and the promise of an inheritance that can never be spoilt or soiled
and never fade away, because it is being kept for you in the heavens. Through
your faith, God's power will guard you until the salvation which has been prepared
is revealed at the end of time. This is a cause of great joy for you, even though
you may for a short time have to bear being plagued by all sorts of trials; so
that, when Jesus Christ is revealed, your faith will have been tested and proved
like gold - only it is more precious than gold, which is corruptible even though
it bears testing by fire - and then you will have praise and glory and honour.
You did not see him, yet you love him; and still without seeing him, you are already
filled with a joy so glorious that it cannot be described, because you believe;
and you are sure of the end to which your faith looks forward, that is, the salvation
of your souls.
Gospel
John
20:19-31
In the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors
were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus
came and stood among them. He said to them, "Peace be with you," and
showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy when they
saw the Lord, and he said to them again, "Peace be with you. "As the
Father sent me, so am I sending you." After saying this he breathed on them
and said: "Receive the Holy Spirit. For those whose sins you forgive, they
are forgiven; for those whose sins you retain, they are retained." Thomas,
called the Twin, who was one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.
When the disciples said, "We have seen the Lord", he answered, "Unless
I see the holes that the nails made in his hands and can put my finger into the
holes they made, and unless I can put my hand into his side, I refuse to believe."
Eight days later the disciples were in the house again and Thomas was with them.
The doors were closed, but Jesus came in and stood among them. "Peace be
with you" he said. Then he spoke to Thomas, "Put your finger here; look,
here are my hands. Give me your hand; put it into my side. Doubt no longer but
believe." Thomas replied, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him:
"You believe because you can see me. Happy are those who have not seen and
yet believe." There were many other signs that Jesus worked and the disciples
saw, but they are not recorded in this book. These are recorded so that you may
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing this you
may have life through his name.