BULLETIN 16
MAY 2010
SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER IN YEAR 3
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
15 May | Mass
at 10.00 am for Margaret Birt Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Jean Monan |
Sunday
16 May |
Sunday Mass
at 10.00 am for the parishioners Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon for John Carrick |
Monday
17 May | Mass at 10.00 am for Margaret Birt |
Tuesday
18 May |
Mass at 10.00 am for Richard Hunter |
Wednesday
19 May |
Mass at 10.00 am for Gerard McKenna |
Thursday
20 May | Mass at 7.00 pm for Margaret Long |
Friday
21 May |
Mass at 10.00 am for Brian Cairns |
Saturday
22 May | Mass
at 10.00 am for a special intention Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for James Timmons |
The
Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify anniversaries
as early as you can. Thanks. |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Saturday
15 May | 7.00 pm |
Private Function |
Sunday
16 May | 11.00
am | |
Monday
17 May | 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 Rainbows Brownies Weight Watchers Saint Vincent de Paul Society |
Tuesday
18 May | 11.00
am 1.00 to 3.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm | |
Wednesday
19 May | 6.00
to 7.00 pm 6.30 pm 7.00 pm |
Karate |
Thursday
20 May | 1.30
to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Cardiac
Rehabilitation |
Friday
21 May | 9.30
am |
Parents
and Toddlers |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Charles Campbell 2008,
Ann Cameron 2003, Mary Teresa Dolan 1999, Bill O'Neill 2009, William Calvert 1992,
Father
John Fitzsimmons 2008, Susan Little 2007, Frances Hackett 1997, Harry Andrew 2003,
Robert
McKay 1942, Mary Quinn 1978, George Wilson 2006, Patricia Butcher 2009, Brian
Cairns 2004,
Nora Ramsay 2007, Angus Donnelly 2003 and William
McCafferty 1920
whose anniversaries occur at this time and
those who are sick.
Information for the anniversary list is
appreciated.
OFFERTORY COLLECTION
Last weekend's Offertory collection
amounted to £801.29 - many thanks. We are grateful for your generous support
of the Parish and the Diocese to which we pay a monthly levy of £1250.
PARISH
CENTRE COLLECTION
Last
weekend's collection for the Parish Centre amounted to £393.78 - many thanks.
BANKER'S
ORDERS
Have you thought of using a Bankers Order? It assists us with the safe
handling of cash. Banker's Orders for the Parish and Centre amount to an average
of £3800 per month. Forms are available.
GIFT AID
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. Forms are available.
WILLS
Would you
consider remembering Saint Peter's in your will?
READERS
Next
weekend's readers are Pauline Taylor at 5.30 pm, Sarah Guthrie at 10.00 and Harry
Sammons at 12 noon.
If you would consider becoming a Reader at Mass please speak to Canon
Matt or the Parish Office on 464063. Thank you. We are especially short at
the 10.00 am Sunday Mass.
CONFIRMATION AND FIRST COMMUNION
Over
the next two weekends, thirty of our children will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation
and make their First Holy Communion at the 10.00 am Mass. Please keep them - and
their families - in your prayers. We offer the families our congratulations.
PAPAL
VISIT ARRANGEMENTS
Pope Benedict XVI will visit the United Kingdom from Thursday
16 to Sunday 19 September. The Pope will spend Thursday 16 in Scotland. He will
celebrate Mass in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow in the early evening of that day
- the only public event. The Office for the Papal Visit has written to say that
tickets will be available, transport will be arranged, no private cars will permitted
within 45 minutes walk of the Park, shuttle buses will bring people to and from
the Park to the designated bus parking area. All of the arrangements have to be
finalised with Glasgow City Council and Strathclyde Police. Full details will
be made public soon and we are urged not to make any private arrangements until
full information is available.
PAPAL VISIT COLLECTION
Although the Papal
Visit is a state visit, there are heavy expenses for the Church. A special collection
to offset these will be taken in every Church on Pentecost Sunday, 23 May.
CHILDREN'S
LITURGY
The Children's Liturgy is offered during the 10.00 am Mass. The group
who offer this service is always grateful to have new names on the rota. You must
have disclosure before you can take part and that is easily arranged. Please phone
Michelle in the Parish Office on 464063 on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday morning.
VISITORS
Are you visiting us for Mass? Please know that you are very
welcome. During the 10.00 am Mass there is a Children’s Liturgy provided for preschool
children, children in Primaries 1 to 3 and a Sacramental Programme for children
in Primary 4. After the 10.00 am Mass, tea, coffee cakes and buns are available
in the Parish Centre. At all of our weekend Masses, we have a second collection
for our Parish Centre debt.
AN EVENING OF SIXTIES MUSIC
A Supper Dance
with Pete Kerr has been arranged for Friday 4 June in the Parish Centre. There
will be supper and a bar. Tickets cost £7.50 and are available now from
the Parish Office. They can be reserved by phoning 464063 or by emailing Office@SaintPeterInChains.net.
PARISH
LOURDES GROUP
The Parish Lourdes Group is having a Prize Bingo in the Parish
Centre on Friday 21 May at 7.00 pm. Entry costs £1 for adults and 50p for
children. Tickets on sale now. Please see the notice in the Church porch or Parish
Centre foyer. All are welcome and prizes or donations will be greatly appreciated.
The contact numbers are 469006 and 601575.
THURSDAY
CLUB COFFEE AFTERNOON
The Thursday
Club will have a Coffee Afternoon on Tuesday 25 May between 1.00 and
3.00 pm. Everyone is welcome. Tickets cost £1.50.
CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE
ADULTS - SAFEGUARDING AWARENESS AND TRAINING
A course on safeguarding awareness
and training will be held on Sunday 16 May from 2.00 to 3.00 pm. New and present
volunteers are invited to our new training programme in the Parish Centre. Updating
training and raising awareness is mandatory for all volunteers whatever role they
undertake, for example, Saint
Vincent de Paul Society, Children’s Liturgy and so on. Any other parishioners
who would like to come along and join in our safeguarding procedures are most
welcome.
RACE NIGHT THANKS
Ashely and Declyn thank everyone who attended
the Race Nightto support their trip to the Karate World Championships in Brazil.
It was a great success and £900 was raised. Many thanks.
DIOCESAN
YOUTH COUNCIL
Father Martin Chambers would like to establish a Diocesan Youth
Council. This parish could do with a couple of representatives - “young or old”
in Father Martin’s words, to attend a meeting in Saint Matthew’s Parish, Kilmarnock,
on Saturday, 5 June at 11.00 am. The meeting will last till 3.00 pm and lunch
will be provided. Please let Canon Matt
know if you are interested.
WORLD YOUTH DAY
The next World Youth Day
is in Madrid, Spain from 16 to 21 August 2011. Hundreds of thousands of young
people from every part of the world will gather to celebrate a Festival of Faith.
Some of us went to Sydney in 2008, some to Cologne in 2005 and some to Toronto
in 2002. The next World Youth Day is nearer home - in Madrid next year. You must
be sixteen years old by 31 December 2011 to be eligible. Full details are available
from Father Martin Chambers in the Youth Office on 01563 533587 or Mhartino2004@yahoo.co.uk.
ZUMBA
FITNESS
Zumbe Fitness is the Latin-inspired, easy to follow, calorie burning
fitness party. Come along every Wednesday at 7.00 pm in the Parish Centre and
join the party! All are welcome.The cost is £3.50 per class.
GIVE
BLOOD
The Blood Transfusion Service will visit Ardrossan Civic Centre in Glasgow
Street on Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 May from 2.30 to 3.45 pm and 5.15 to 7.30
pm.
WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY
There will be a special collection for
World Communication Day on the weekend of 5 and 6 June.
CLUB CUORI CARDOSINI
SPRING DANCE
Club Cuori Cardisini will have a dance at South Beach Hotel, Troon
on Saturday 22 May at 7.00 for 7.30 pm. There will be a four course dinner and
music will be provide by Tony Palermo. Tickets, costing £25, are availabe
by telephoning 608367 or 605376.
HCPT - THE PILGRIMAGE TRUST GROUP 207
The
annual sponsored cycle will take place on Saturday 29 May. A member of our group
will make a short appeal at the weekend Masses on 22 May. If you care to make
a donation or sponsor us, members will be collecting in the Church porch. Our
target for 2011 is £20000. Many thanks, Esther Coulter. Our Lady of Lourdes
pray for us.
ARE YOU IN YOUR TWENTIES OR THIRTIES?
Groups of Catholics
in their twenties and thirties organises trips, pilgrimages, discussions, meals,
evenings out, Masses and so on. If you would like to find out more, come along
to the thirties Mass on Saturday 8 May at 7.00 pm or the thirties Mass on Sunday
9 May at 11.00 am after which there will be a pub lunch. Masses are held in the
Ignatian Spirituality Centre, 35 Scott Street, Glasgow, G3 6PE, off Sauchiehall
Street There is no need to book - just turn up. More information can be obtained
from www.twentysomethings.eu,
jenny@twentysomethings.eu or 30s@project2030.org.uk.
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.