BULLETIN 18
JANUARY 2009
SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 2
CHURCH
SERVICES
Saturday
17 January | Requiem
Mass at 10.00 am for Eamon Lennon |
Sunday
18 January | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am for the parishioners Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon for those whose anniversary is this week |
Monday
19 January | Mass at 10.00 am for Michael McGarry |
Tuesday
20 January | Mass at 10.00 am for Eugene Del Greco |
Wednesday
21 January | Mass at 10.00 am for Eugene Del Greco |
Thursday
22 January | Mass at 7.00 pm for Eugene Del Greco |
Friday
23 January | Mass at 10.00 am for a special intention |
Saturday
24 January |
Mass
at 10.00 am for
a special intention Confession on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm Sunday Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Mark Shanks |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Saturday
17 January | 7.00 pm | Private Function |
Sunday
18 January | 11.00 am | |
Monday
19 January | 9.30
to 11.30 am 5.30 to 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm |
Parents
and Toddlers |
Tuesday
20 January | 11.00
am 1.00 to 3.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Legion
of Mary |
Wednesday
21 January | 2.00
to 4.00 pm 6.00 to 7.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm | North
Ayrshire Support Services |
Thursday
22 January | 1.30
to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Cardiac
Rehabilitation Brownies Guides |
Friday
23 January | 9.30 to 11.30 am |
Parents and Toddlers |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Eamon Lennon of our parish
and Winnie Scott (Saltcoats) who died recently and
Margaret
McLaughlan 2005, Mary Catherine Teggart 1999, Thelma Carrick 2005, Thomas West
2005,
Annie Boyle O'Hare 1967, Bessie Brown 1982, Margaret
Jane Brennan 1964, Annie Monan 1998,
James McCormack 1999,
Catherine Welsh 2005, Michael Lynn 2005, Bernard Burns 1963,
Annie
Carson 1995 and Brookelyn Angel Donnachy 2006 whose anniversaries occur at this
time
and those who are sick.
OFFERTORY COLLECTION
Last weekend's Offertory collection amounted to £694.86. We are grateful
for your generous support of the Parish. Banker's Orders amount to an average
of £4000 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 £320.15 - many thanks.
READERS
Next
weekend's readers are Elsie Brodie at 5.30 pm, Angela Body at 10.00 am and Jim
Delahunt at 12.00 noon. A new readers' rota has been sent out. New readers are
always welcome. Please talk to Canon
Matt about it.
EUCHARISTIC
MINISTERS
We are short of special ministers of Holy Communion especially for
the 12.00 noon Mass. Please give your name to Canon
Matt if you can help.
BURNS
SUPPER
The Burns
Supper will be held in the Parish Centre on Friday 13 February 2009. Tickets
are on sale at the Parish Office. Ex-Provost Drew Duncan OBE will propose The
Immortal Memory, Kenny Gibson MSP will propose the Toast to the Lassies and the
reply will be given by Reverend Dorothy Granger of Barony Saint John's Church.
Canon Matt,
Bill Andrew, George McGrattan
and Ciaran Sinclar are among others taking part. Further details of this and previous
Burns
Suppers are on Saint Peter's website.
SUGGESTION LEAFLET
There is
a leaflet which indicates the events we will try to organise and have room for
suggestions. The Parish Centre is well used for private functions but there are
few Parish functions and we need to remedy that if we are to make the Centre viable.
You support it well with the second collection, so how about using it a bit more?
We need the support.
PARISH RECORDS
The list we are using to find you
all is from Father
Lynch's
time and is pretty much out of date with people moving, changing phone numbers,
newly moved in and so on. Would you oblige us by filling in a green address form
and placing it in the box? If your phone number is ex-directory, please mark that.
All information will be kept confidential. This means that you cannot phone here
for someone's address - data protection does not allow that. Filling in the form
is simply a polite request to assist us - you certainly do not have to do it.
AID
TO THE CHURCH IN NEED
The Aid To The Church In Need assists the Church in Eastern
Europe. Doctor John Watts is making an appeal in Saint Peter's next weekend.
50/50
CLUB
This is the weekend to sign up to the 50/50 Club for another year. All
members are asked to renew their annual membership of £15. Myriame Sammons
will be in the foyer of the Parish Centre after all the masses with the forms.
NURSERY
ENROLMENT
Children born between 1 March 2005 and 28 February 2007 may be enrolled
in Saint Peter's Children's Centre Parish Nursery from Monday 26 January to Thursday
29 January
between 9.30 and 11am then 1.00 and 2.30 pm. Birth certificates
must be produced to ensure local authority funding.
FATHER
MOTRONI
TALKS
On
Mondays 12, 19 and 26 January 2009, Father
Stephen Motroni will give talks on Saint Paul in Saint Mary's Church Hall
in Irvine from 7.30 to 9.30 pm. All are welcome as are donations to support Smithstone
House Sacred Heart Fathers in Kilwinning.
CHILDREN'S
LITURGY
A new Children's Liturgy rota has been sent to all helpers. Please
remember to arrange cover if you are unable to attend. Please note that only volunteers
with Disclosure from Saint Peter's are allowed to assist with the Children's Liturgy.
Parents and grandparents are invited to bring the children but you cannot remain
when other children are present if you have not filled in a Disclosure form. Sorry
- we have to follow the regulations. We are struggling for helpers. If there are
not enough, we will reluctantly have to consider closing the service. Volunteers
cannot simply be recruited as they are required. We are subject to a strict regime
from Disclosure Scotland. This means that all volunteers have to complete the
form and then await clearance. We need some more volunteers to ensure that there
is a rota and that you are not on too frequently. Please give your name to Annie
Watt or Canon
Matt. If your child is due to receive the Sacraments next year, this
would be a good time to volunteer! Do it today!
CONFIRMATION
AND HOLY COMMUNION
Please add the names and dates of children due to be confirmed
and receive First Holy Communion to the list in the porch.
SAINT
ANNE'S GUILD
Saint
Anne's Guild will start again at the beginning of February.
BINGO
NIGHT
The Thursday night Brownies and Guides are holding a Bingo Night on Thursday
29 January at 6.30 pm in the Parish Centre.
GALLOWAY
LOURDES HOSPITALITÉ
The
Annual General Meeting of Galloway
Lourdes Hospitalité, preceded
by Mass with anointing of the sick, will be held on Sunday 15 February at 3.30
pm in Sacred Heart Parish, Girvan. Tea and coffee will be served after Mass. All
are welcome.
PROTECTION
OF CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS - MISSION STATEMENT
The Catholic Church
in Scotland is concerned with the lives, safety, wholeness and well-being of each
individual person within God's purpose for everyone. It seeks to safeguard the
welfare of people of all ages who are involved in whatever capacity with
the Church and its organisations. As a Church community, we accept that it is
the responsibility of all of us, ordained, professed, paid and voluntary members,
to work together to prevent the physical, sexual, emotional abuse or neglect of
children, young people and vulnerable adults.