BULLETIN 20
JUNE 2010
TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR 3
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
19 June | Mass
at 10.00 am for the sick Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for David Brodie |
Sunday
20 June |
Sunday Mass
at 10.00 am for the parishioners Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon for Eamon Lennon |
Monday
21 June | No Mass in Saint Peter's |
Tuesday
22 June |
Mass at 10.00 am for John Dolan and Tom McKay |
Wednesday
23 June |
Mass at 10.00 am for Dan and Margaret Donnelly |
Thursday
24 June | Mass at 7.00 pm for Michael Leonard |
Friday
25 June |
Mass at 10.00 am for Michael Collins |
Saturday
26 June | Mass
at 10.00 am for Jim Power Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Rosetta and Betty McKay |
The
Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify anniversaries
as early as you can. Thanks. |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
20 June | 11.00
am | |
Monday
21 June | 7.00
to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm | Weight
Watchers Saint Vincent de Paul Society |
Tuesday
22 June | 11.00
am 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Legion
of Mary |
Wednesday
23 June | 6.00
to 7.00 pm 7.00 pm | Karate |
Thursday
24 June | 1.30 to 3.00 pm | Cardiac Rehabilitation |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Tom Atkins and Sheelagh
Kelly of our parish, Jim Power (Glasgow) and Joan Ashman who died recently;
Margaret
Boyd 2005, Gertrude Cunningham 2008, Mary Bridget Magee 1988, Susan Watson 2002,
Agnes
Delahunt 1936, Margaret Donnelly 1953, Mary Leishman 1997, Shiela Kearney, Mamie
Scotland,
Frank Tracy 2007, Michael Fitzpatrick 2006, John
Flood 2003, Greta Murphy 1973, Ben Walsh 1985,
Harry Boyle
2006, Elizabeth Paterson and Joseph Sammons 1954 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 £677.29 - many thanks. We are grateful for your generous
support of the parish and the diocese to which we pay a monthly levy of £1250.
COMMUNICATIONS SUNDAY
COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for Communications Sunday amounted to
£301.28 - many thanks.
PAPAL
VISIT COLLECTION
There are Gift Aid forms you can use for the Papal Visit collection.
If you put something in the collection, please fill in a form and drop it in.
An envelope with 'Papal Visit' can be used to contribute at any time.
The total to date is £756.90.
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 Elsie Brodie at 5.30 pm, Annie Watt at 10.00 and Tom Reid
at 12 noon.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group
2 at 5.30 pm, Group 3 at 10.00 and Group 7 at 12 noon.
SUNDAY
TEAS
Next Sunday's teas will be served by Maria Hilferty's team.
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.
HEART SPEAKS UNTO HEART
Heart Speaks
Unto Heart is a booklet to prepare for the Papal Visit and is available free at
the stall.
ARMED FORCES DAY
There will be a Church Service
in Ardrossan Civic Centre on Wednesday 23 June at 7.30pm to celebrate Armed Forces
Day. Everyone is welcome. Saint Peter’s will be open for prayer all day. There
is a book of remembrance for all members of the armed services.
SAINT
PETER’S WEBSITE – FIFTY THOUSAND VISITS
On 27 May, Saint Peter's website had
its fifty-thousandth visit since its launch on 13 July 2005. The site has over
1100 web pages, 650 pictures, 300 bulletins between 1960 and 2010, 8300 links,
some audio and video clips and been viewed in 54 countries. It contains many articles
on past and present spiritual and community life in Saint Peter's. Canon
Matt
and the website author are very grateful to those who have accessed the site,
lent photographs, passed on stories, identified errors, made suggestions and expressed
compliments. The aims of the site are to make parishioners aware of current events
and record our history. If you can help with this project, please contact WebsiteAuthor@SaintPeterinChains.net.
The website address is www.SaintPeterInChains.net.
The site carries our Anniversary List. Please feel free to inform us of any corrections
or additions.
GALLOWAY NEWS
The latest edition of Galloway News,
the diocesan magazine, is available at the stall.
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.
SAIL TO ARRAN
Is anyone interested in an evening 'picnic sail'
to Arran? We could go to Arran on the 6.00 pm sailing and return about 8.15 pm.
It would probably be on a Friday evening and depend on the weather. Get in touch
with Canon Matt.
WORLD
YOUTH DAY 2011 - MADRID
World Youth Day is an international festival of Catholic
faith with Pope Benedict XVI and thousands of young people from all over the world.
In 2011, a group will be taking part from Galloway Diocese. It will leave on 11
August, travel through the port of Santander and spend a weekend in the city of
Salamanca. They will then travel to Madrid to be with the Pope from 16 to 21 August.
Once the Pope celebrates the final Mass, the Galloway group will leave Spain and
arrive back home on 23 August. To take part in this event, you must be sixteen
years old by the 31 July 2011. The total cost of the trip will be £800.
Booking forms are available from Father Martin Chambers on 01563 533587 or Mhartino2004@yahoo.co.uk.
To book a place a non-refundable deposit of £50 should be sent to Father
Martin by 1 August 2010.
ANNUAL DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO WHITHORN
The
annual diocesan pilgrimage to Whithorn will take place on Sunday 29 August. Mass
will be celebrated at Saint Ninian’s Cave at 4.00 pm and at the Church in the
town at 4.45 pm.
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.
LEGION OF
MARY
There will be a day of thanksgiving by the Legion
of Mary at Carfin on Sunday 20 June at 3.00 pm. Auxillary members are welcome.
There are a few seats available on the bus leaving Saint Peter’s at 11.30 am.
HAIRSPRAY
- SAINT MATTHEW'S ACADEMY
Rehearsals are underway for Saint Matthew's Academy's
upcoming show, Hairspray, to be held in the school on Tuesday 22, Wednesday 23
and Thursday 24 June. Tickets, priced £5 and £3, are available from
the school office. The show promises to be a great evening of entertainment so
be sure to get your tickets early. The school's telephone number is 01294 606680.
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.