BULLETIN
25 JULY 2010
SEVENTEENTH
SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR 3
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
24 July | Mass
at 10.00 am for Tommy Coulter Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for those who are sick |
Sunday
25 July |
Sunday Mass
at 10.00 am for the parishioners Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon for Eddie Cunningham |
Monday
26 July | Mass at 10.00 am for Tom Atkins |
Tuesday
27 July |
Mass at 10.00 am for Isabel Smith |
Wednesday
28 July |
Mass at 10.00 am for Stuart McDonald |
Thursday
29 July | Mass at 7.00 pm for Thomas Burns and Marian Irving |
Friday
30 July |
Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for James Murphy |
Saturday
31 July | Mass
at 10.00 am for those who are sick Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Rebecca and James Murray |
The
Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify anniversaries
as early as you can. Thanks. |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
25 July | 11.00
am | |
Monday
26 July | 7.00
to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm | Weight
Watchers Saint Vincent de Paul Society |
Tuesday
27 July | 11.00
am 7.15 to 8.15 pm |
Legion
of Mary |
Wednesday
28 July | 6.00
to 7.00 pm 7.00 pm | Karate |
Thursday
29 July | 1.30 to 3.00 pm | Cardiac Rehabilitation |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
James Murphy (Saltcoats)
who died recently;
Eddie Cunningham 1992, Annie Walsh 1969,
Elizabeth Fitzsimmons 1999, Elizabeth Murray 2005, Annie Walsh 1969,
Tommy Burns 1982, Elizabeth Byres 2009, Eileen Mathieson 2003, Dr John McQuaid
2004, Jordan Walsh 1998,
Alice Gibbons 1997 and William Johnston
1999 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 £695.52 - 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 £285.78
- 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 Celia Andrew at 5.30 pm, Robert Cooper at 10.00 am and Ronnie
Cairns at 12 noon.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group
1 at 5.30 pm, Group 5 at 10.00 and Group 6 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.
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. Our total to date is £756.90.
HEART
SPEAKS UNTO HEART
Heart Speaks Unto Heart is a booklet to prepare for the Papal
Visit and is available free at the stall.
GALLOWAY NEWS
The
latest edition of Galloway News, the diocesan magazine, is available at the stall.
YOUTH FOR LOURDES
A group of young people from the Diocese will travel to
Lourdes to assist the sick and then have a few days holiday together. The dates
are 3 to 13 July 2011 and you must be between 16 and 23 years at that time. The
cost is £550. Full details can be obtained from Saint Teresa’s, Glasgow
Road, Dumfries, DG2 9DE, 01387 252603 or SaintTeresa97@yahoo.co.uk.
STAMPS
FOR SAINT PATRICK’S MISSIONARY SOCIETY
There is a box at the stall door for
your stamps the proceeds of which pays the salaries of catechists in various parts
of Africa.
MARY'S
MEALS - PLEASE
CAN YOU HELP?
Mary's
Meals work
with some of the poorest people in Third World countries. They offer help by collecting
unwanted or unused clothing and bedding - all textiles - and turning them into
funds to carry out their work overseas. For better clothing, they receive a better
price but even from rags they can raise money. Last year, the clothing collections
generated the amazing sum of approximately £76,000! The raffle raised the
amazing sum of £154000. Black poly bags filled with textiles could generate
enough funds to feed a child in Malawi for a year - approximately £6.15.
Mary's
Meals
are currently feeding over 400000 worldwide and with your help we hope to continue
expanding our feeding programme. A room in the Parish Centre will be available
all day on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 August for donations. The van will uplift
after the Masses on Sunday 29 August. Mary's
Meals
regrets that they are unable to accept bric-a-brac or collect in the evening.
Raffle tickets will be sold after all Masses that weekend.
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.
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.
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.
SAINT
VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul would like to invite any interested
person over eighteen years of age to join Saint Peter’s Conference and take
part in the work of the Society in making contact with and assisting those
who need help or support in the local Community of Ardrossan. This involves
attending the weekly meeting on a Monday evening which lasts about one hour,
taking a turn in assisting with the box collection after Sunday Masses and
visiting those who have requested assistance normally in twos no more than
one hour during the week. If you feel you may be able to help with this work,
please give your name and telephone number to any member of the Society. Thank
you for your help.
PORTABLE APPLIANCE TESTING
Our Insurers and the Diocese
require us to have all small electrical items in the Church, Parish Centre and
house every year. These include kettles, toasters and so on. We are looking for
someone qualified to do this and are happy to discuss the costs.
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.