BULLETIN 20
APRIL 2008
FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER IN YEAR 1
CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
19 April | Mass
at 10.00 am for Robert Tracy |
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Sunday
20 April | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
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Monday
21 April | Mass at 10.00 am for Frank and Sarah Coulter |
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Tuesday
22 April | Mass at 10.00 am for Robert Wylie |
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Wednesday
23 April | Mass at 10.00 am for John and Margaret Murphy |
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Thursday
24 April | No
Mass in Saint Peter's Installation of Canons Mass at 7 30 pm in Saint Margaret's Cathedral, Ayr |
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Friday
25 April | Mass at 10.00 am for Briget and Mary McLennan |
| Saturday
26 April | Mass
at 10.00 am for Agnes McCann Confession on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm Sunday Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Kevin, Philomena, Patrick and Michael Doherty |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
20 April | 10.00
am 10.00 am 11.00 am |
Children's
Liturgy |
|
Monday
21 April | 7.00
pm 7.00 to 8 00 pm |
Saint
Vincent de Paul Society |
| Tuesday
22 April | 11.00
am 1.00 to 3.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.00 pm | Legion
of Mary Thursday Club Saint Anne's Guild Keep Fit |
|
Wednesday
23 April | 7.00 pm | Burakudo Karate Club |
|
Thursday
24 April | 2.00 to 3.00 pm | Cardiac Rehabilitation |
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Friday
25 April | 7.00 pm | Canon Matt's 'Canonisation' Party |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Michael McNamara (Saltcoats),
Susan Lynch (Greenock) and Ellen O'Boyle (Glasgow)
who died recently
and
David Walsh 1962, James McKibben 2002, Ann McEvoy 1980,
Francis Joseph Smith 1999,
Jean Taylor 2006, Cliff Atkey 2000,
Mary Ann Walsh 1955, Francis Coulter 1976,
Marie McCarroll 1982,
Robert Tracy 2004, William Main 2007 and Jane Tumelty 1983
whose
anniversaries occur at this time.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's
collection amounted to £718.33. We are grateful for your generous support
of the Parish. Banker's Orders amount to an average of £4300 per month.
BANKER'S
ORDERS, GIFT AID AND WILLS
Have you thought of using a Bankers Order? It assists
us with the safe handling of cash. Have you signed a Gift Aid Form? If you pay
tax, then every £1 you give to the Parish is worth £1.28 to us. Would
you consider remembering Saint Peter's in your will?
PARISH
CENTRE COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for the Parish Centre amounted
to £348.31 - many thanks.
PARISH
ACCOUNTS
Many thanks for taking the time to read and comment on the Parish
accounts and to those who have already asked for new standing order forms or increased
your collections.
READERS
Next weekend's readers are Margaret Munn,
Sarah Guthrie and Robert Cairns.
50-50
CLUB
Congratulations to the following 50-50 Club March and April prizewinners:
Bryan O'Reilly
(207), Betty Burns (157), Angela Body (266), Lorraine Stevenson (23), Mary Brown
(108), Rose McCann (25), Eileen Manson ((63) and Esther Tomelty (188). Each wins
£25. A few members have still not renewed their membership for 2008. If
you wish to retain your number, please contact the promotor as soon as possible.
New members are always welcome. Many thanks.
FATHER
JOHN LATEST
NEWS
Father
John has a teaching
post in the local Junior Seminary. He is well.
INSTALLATION
OF CANON
McMANUS
The Installation of New Canons takes place on Thursday 24 April in Saint Margaret's
Cathedral, Ayr during 7.30 pm Mass. A bus will leave here at 6.00 pm. The bus
list is at the stall. A suggested donation to help with cost is £5.
'CANONISATION' PARTY
There will be a 'Canonisation' Party in the Parish
Centre on Friday 25 April at 7 pm for 7.15 pm. There will be a musical welcome
from Saint Matthew's Academy pupils followed by a meal at 8.00 pm. Tickets are
now on sale at £10. Numbers are limited.
'CANONISATION' PARTY CONTINUED
The Party will continue on Sunday 27 April in the Parish Centre after the 12 noon
Mass till 4.00 pm. Soup, rolls and snacks will be available. This is a chance
to meet and chat.
SAINT
VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY COFFEE MORNING
TheSaint Peter's Conference
of the Saint Vincent de Paul
Society is holding a Coffee Morning on Saturday 17 May. There will be various
stalls on the day as well as a prize raffle. Donations for any of the stalls -
baking, books, bric à brac - as well as prizes for the raffle will be most
welcome and can be notified to any member of the Conference.
This year, the Conference plans to donate the proceeds of the Coffee Morning to
the Ozanam Centre for the Homeless in Glasgow. The Centre is named after Blessed
Frederic Ozanam who founded the Society and is supported by Our Lady of the Wayside
Special Works Conference in Glasgow. As always, we ask for your generous support
for this event and we hope with your help to bring real practical assistance and
Christian love and solidarity to the many men and women in need who use the Centre.
MÄNNERENSEMBLE
UNERHÖRT
Männerensemble
Unerhört, a choir from Osterspai in Germany, will sing at the 5.30 pm
Vigil Mass on Saturday 3 May then join local artistes in an evening of Scottish
and German music and song in the Parish Centre. There will be a bar. Tickets cost
£2.50 and are available from Janette McMurdo or the
stall.
3TFM
3TFM local radio station will begin full time broadcasting from Monday to Friday
on April 19 on 103.1 FM. Please support our local radio station. If you would
like to be involved or to know more, please phone Lewis on 604612 for information.
Saint Peter's will have a slot on 'Thought for the Day' from time to time.
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.
SCOTTISH CATHOLIC INTERNATIONAL AID FUND (SCIAF) BOXES
Please continue
to use SCIAF boxes throughout the year or make a box of your own. Please hand
in any donations for forwarding to SCIAF for our poorest brothers and sisters.
WORSHIP SHEETS AND READINGS
From this weekend, the readings of the Mass
will be on the worship sheet, as will the hymn numbers. There will be hymn books
at the end of each seat. Hymns not in the book will be printed on the sheet. The
Mass settings we use should be familiar to most of you. Please follow the cantors.
You might like to take a sheet to any of our parishioners who are sick.
GALLOWAY
LOURDES HOSPITALITÉ
A social evening with live music and light supper
will be held in the hall of Saint Margaret's Cathedral, Ayr on Friday, 25 April
at 7.30 pm. Tickets, costing £7.50 are available from Therese or Debbie.
SAINT
PETER'S PARISH CENTRE
To book the Parish Centre, please phone Fiona or Michael.
Because of licensing laws, the Centre cannot be booked for eighteenth or twenty-first
birthday parties. The charge for an evening function is £100; for a day-time
function, £15 per hour and the fee for a licence is £25 including
service charges.
THANKS,
ALICE
Alice McGrattan has decided that after thirty-five years she is no longer
able to look after the stall. I am sorry that it is so but I am sure we are all
grateful for her sterling years of service and wish her many happy 'retirement'
years.
THE STALL
We are grateful for the services of Elizabeth, Betty
and Mary who man the stall. Are there any other volunteers? Duties are light and
involve selling Catholic papers, Mass cards, pious objects and taking orders.
The wage is nil but with annual increases. If the stall is unattended, Mass cards
are available from the sacristy. If you take a paper please put the money in the
wall-box and do not leave it on the counter.
THURSDAY
CLUB
COFFEE AFTERNOON
The Thursday
Club
is having
Coffee Afternoon on Tuesday 29 April from 1.00 to 3.00 pm. Tickets, costing £1.50,
can be bought at the door.
ARDROSSAN
COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Ardrossan Community Council has some funds available from
Hunterston to enable grants to community groups. Please make application in writing
to Kenny MacDougall.
THE
BULLETIN
Please accept apologies for the loss of some usual features. Notices
for inclusion in the bulletin need to be submitted by Thursday of each week. Birthday
lists, children's section and so on are beyond me but should be restored
soon.