BULLETIN 28
AUGUST 2011
TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR 1
CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
27 August
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No 10.00 am Mass in Saint Peter's - Canon Matt has
a baptism in Glasgow Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Johnny Kelly |
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Sunday
28 August
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Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am for those who died this month |
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Monday 29 August
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No 10.00 am Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Tuesday
30 August
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No
10.00
am Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Wednesday
31 August
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No
10.00
am Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Thursday
1 September
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No 7.00 pm Mass in Saint Peter's Mass offered elsewhere for Mark Carey |
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Friday
2 September
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No
10.00
am Mass in Saint Peter's Mass at 10.00 am for Sister Mary of the Nativity |
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Saturday
3 September
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No
10.00 am Mass in Saint Peter's Mass offered elsewhere for Ellen Murphy Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for the Retzbach family |
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The
Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify anniversaries
as early as you can. Thanks. |
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PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
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Sunday
28 August
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11.00
am |
Tea
and Coffee after Mass |
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Monday 29 August
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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 |
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Tuesday
30 August
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11.00
am 7.30 to 8.30 pm |
Legion
of Mary |
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Wednesday
31 August
|
6.00
pm 7.00 pm |
Karate |
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Thursday
1 September
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1.30
to 3.00 pm 5.00 to 9.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilitation Dancing Class Brownies Guides |
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Friday
2 September
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9.30 to 11.30 am |
Parents and Toddlers |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Helen Wade (England), Sister Mary of the Nativity (Dumbarton
Carmelite) and Margaret Rose Taggart (Stevenston)
who died recently;
Frank Coyle 2008, Joseph Doyle 2005, Nancy Erskine 2006,
John Kelly 2004, Michael Pollock 2008,
Sister Mary Peter 1999, James McGrattan 1982, John Stewart,
James Steele 2010, Thomas Wright 2008,
Flight Lieutenants Rick Harrison and Pete Mosley (air crash)
1994, Grant Middlemiss 2005, Irene Millar 2000,
John Sherry 2005, Samuel Cooper 1999, Elizabeth Loudon 1982,
Helen Mulhearn, Michael Brown 1958,
Ella Kirk 1996 and Canon Myles Moriarty 1989 whose anniversaries
occur at this time and those who are sick.
Information for the anniversary
list is appreciated.
SACRAMENT OF FORGIVENESS
The Sacrament of Forgiveness is available at any suitable time as well as
from 4.30 pm before the Vigil Mass on Saturday evenings.
OFFERTORY COLLECTION
Last weekend's Offertory collection amounted to £729.07 - 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 £302.11
- 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 Margaret Munn at 5.30
pm, Robert Cooper at 10.00 am and Marade Griffin at 12 noon.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group 1 at 5.30 pm, Group 5 at 10.00
am and Group 7 at 12 noon.
CHILDREN'S LITURGY
The Children's Liturgy begins again at 10.00 am Mass today. Our Liturgy is
run by volunteers on a rota basis. We are in need of some new volunteers to
help us in running the groups. This would be and ideal time to join as we
are having an evening to apply for Disclosure for volunteers as mentioned
below. If you are interested, please contact the Parish Office on 464063 and
leave your name and number. Thanks.
SUNDAY TEAS
Next Sunday's teas will be served by Sharon McLaughlin’s team.
CHURCH HEATING
A new boiler is soon to be installed. I will keep you posted. Estimates have
now been received. They varied from £8000 + vat to £23000 + vat.
Churches do not get vat back! The bottom line is that we need to find £10000
to restore the Church heating system. Any help you can give would be very,
very useful. In September I will re-issue the brown envelopes. A donation
of £20+ - and gift-aided if you can - would ease the pain. Some fundraising
by parish groups would be a great help. The first such event is a Concert
Evening arranged by the Parish Lourdes Group.
CONCERT
EVENING IN AID OF CHURCH HEATING
There will be a Concert Evening in the Parish Centre on Friday 23 September
from 7.30 to 11.00 pm. Tickets cost £5 and the entry fee includes a
light supper. There will be a bar. Tickets are available from the stall and
after Masses.
APPLICATION
FOR DISCLOSURE
All volunteers who do not have Disclosure are invited to attend a meeting
in Saint John's Curch Hall, Stevenston on Wednesday 7 September at 7.00 pm
to complete the application form. This includes Eucharistic Ministers, Children’s
Liturgy volunteers and Legion of Mary. If you are interested, please contact
the Parish Office on 464063 and leave you name and number. Thanks.
SCOTTISH CATHOLIC INTERNATIONAL AID FUND (SCIAF)
SCIAF is holding catch-up sessions for anyone interested in finding out more
about its work. You can meet parish volunteers in your diocese and chat to
SCIAF staff about the issues that matter to your parish. For more information,
phone 0141 354 5524, email rlamb@sciaf.org.uk
or visit www.sciaf2.org.uk/parish.
CANON
MATT
Canon
Matt will be on holiday from Monday 29 August to Thursday 15 September.
The weekends will be covered by Father John Kinsler. Father Bell (Saltcoats
- 01294 463461) and Father Donnelly (Dalry and Beith - 01294 832181) and Father
Boland (West Kilbride - 01294 823188) will be on call for emergencies or funerals.
Weekday Mass will be in Saint
Mary's Church, Saltcoats.
The Parish Office will be staffed as usual.
DIOCESAN
PILGRIMAGE TO WHITHORN
The diocesan pilgrimage to Whithorn will take place on Sunday 28 August. Mass
will be celebrated at Saint Ninian’s Cave at 4.00 pm and in the town church
at 4.45 pm.
ANNUAL NATIONAL PILGRIMAGE IN HONOUR OF SAINT JOHN OGILVIE
The annual pilgrimage to Carfin in honour of Saint John Ogilvie takes place
on Sunday 4 September. The Mass, celebrated by Cardinal O’Brien and the bishops,
takes place at 3.00 pm.
LOURDES WATER
There is some Lourdes Water available at the stall. A suggested donation for
the bottle only is £1.
PRIZE BINGO NIGHT
A prize Bingo night will be held in the Parish Centre on Friday 2 September
at 7.00 pm for a 7.30 pm start. All are welcome
SOCIAL EVENTS
During the winter months, we need to organise a few social events - for the
fun of it. The sail to Arran and the barbecue were well attended and enjoyed.
We have very heavy expenditure on a new heating boiler for the church and
the eventual painting of the church. Suggestions will always be welcome.
THE NEW MISSAL
A document titled Getting To Know The New Roman Missal can be accessed by
clicking here. You
might find it useful. We begin to use the new translation in September and
the new texts for the prayers and so on will be introduced in Advent. There
will be pew cards' available for the start. Please use them and leave them
in the pews. If you wish a pocket or handbag copy, they will be available
from the stall. At the beginning, the responses and the slightly new versions
of the Gloria and Creed are all that matter. Please God we will get used to
responding “and with your spirit” instead of “and also with you" very
soon. The Readings are not changing but they will conclude with “The Word
of the Lord” instead of “This is the Word of the Lord.”. The new Altar Missal
is ordered. It was a gift from a family in the parish. Very soon, Sunday and
even Daily Missals will be available to order. Magnificat will use the new
translations as they are introduced.
DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND
A diocesan pilgrimage to the Holy Land, led by Bishop Cunningham, has been
organised for 15 to 22 October 2012. It is expected that this pilgrimage group
will be quite small in number - between 30 and 40 pilgrims - therefore early
booking is recommended. For more information, please see the poster and leaflets
provided. Further details he obtained by contacting Mancunia Travel Limited.
MARY'S
MEALS
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. Clothes and textiles
can be left at the Parish Centre from Saturday - in bags, please. All who
work for Mary’s Meals are volunteers so every penny raised goes to feed hungry
children.
PAPAL BLESSINGS
Papal Blessings for a wedding, wedding anniversary or a special birthday can
be ordered at the stall. The cost of the parchment and postage is about £30.
Please leave plenty of time.
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.
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.