BULLETIN 23
MAY 2010
PENTECOST SUNDAY IN YEAR 3
CHURCH SERVICES
| Saturday
22 May | Mass
at 10.00 am for a special intention Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for James Timmons |
| Sunday
23 May |
Sunday Mass
at 10.00 am for the parishioners Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon for Nettie Retzbach |
| Monday
24 May |
Mass at 10.00 am for a special intention Vigil of the Deceased at 6.00 pm for Tommy Coulter |
|
Tuesday
25 May |
Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for Tommy Coulter |
|
Wednesday
26 May |
No Mass in Saint Peter's |
|
Thursday
27 May | Mass at 7.00 pm for a special intention |
|
Friday
28 May |
Mass at 10.00 am for John Maher |
|
Saturday
29 May | Mass
at 10.00 am for the Hilferty family Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Janie Clark |
The
Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify anniversaries
as early as you can. Thanks. | |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
23 May | 11.00
am | |
|
Monday
24 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
25 May | 11.00
am 1.00 to 3.00 pm 2.30 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm |
Legion
of Mary |
|
Wednesday
26 May | 6.00
to 7.00 pm 7.00 pm |
Karate |
|
Thursday
27 May | 1.30
to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Cardiac
Rehabilitation |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Tommy Coulter of our parish and M McKenzie who died recently;
James Cairnie 1953, Mary Kelly 2002, Sadie Welsh 2009, Meta
McCulloch, Patrick O'Hare 1973,
Margaret McAuley 1953, Joe Peppard 1993, Joseph Higgins
2006, Lily Peppard 2004, Mary Lynn Beattie 1998,
Bernard Little 1999, Sarah Ramsay 2000, Desmond Langan 2005,
Jim Little 1945, William McNeil 2007,
William Stewart 2006, Des Madine 1982 and Cameron Walsh
1987
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 £769.82 - 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 £357.75
- 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 Louise Moore at 5.30 pm, Annie Watt at 10.00 and Marade
Griffin 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
This weekend, the last 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 this weekend. Gift
Aid envelopes are available in the porch.
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.
SMITHSTONE HOUSE SUMMER FAYRE
Smithstone House, Kilwinning will have its Summer Fayre on Sunday 6 June.
Come along from 2.00 pm and support the work of the Sacred Heart Fathers who
have been providing retreats in the diocese for the last forty years. There
will be the usual stalls. It makes for a great family day out.
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.
SCOTTISH MARRIAGE CARE
Are you interested in supporting marriage and relatiinships? Scottish Marriage
Care - a leading Relationship Support Charity - is now recruiting for volunteer
counsellors for its Diploma in Relationship Counselling to deliver counselling
in our local area. For more information please contact Christina Smiley or
Maureen Hally on 0141 222 2166 or info@ScottishMarriageCare.org.
RENA
Rena is a project to recycle good furniture to people who are granted new
tenancies. Many of them are homeless and have very little to furnish a house
or flat. If you have furniture to donate, could spare some time to volunteer
office skills or drive the van, please phone 07743 497115 during office hours.
FRESH START
Fresh Start is a project to give starter packs to people moving from homelessness
into permanent housing. The packs include towels, soap, cutlery, light bulbs,
tin openers, soap, toothpaste and so on. Leaflets are available and there
will be a box in the porch. Some of these items will have to be new to be
suitable. Contact Sadie O’Reilly or phone 07563 724421 to volunteer your help
or to ask for more information.
EUCHARISTIC EXPOSITION AND EVENING PRAYER OF THE CHURCH IN SAINT MARGARET’S
CATHEDRAL
To mark the end of the Easter season and the Solemnity of Pentecost, there
will be an hour of prayer in Saint Margaret’s Cathedral, John Street, Ayr
on Sunday 23 May at 6.00 pm. During this time of prayer, the Blessed Sacrament
will be exposed and the Evening Prayer of the Church will be sung. The singing
will be supported by the Galloway Voices choir. You will be very welcome.
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.
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.