BULLETIN
22
JANUARY 2012
THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR 2
CHURCH
SERVICES
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Saturday
21 January
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Feast
of Saint Agnes Mass at 10.00 am for Janet Chapman and Hugh McShane Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Davie McGhee |
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Sunday
22 January
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Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am for Sister Anne Delahunt |
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Monday 23 January
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Mass at 10.00 am for Clara Piacentini |
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Tuesday
24 January
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Mass at 10.00 am for John McKay |
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Wednesday
25 January
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Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul |
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Thursday
26 January
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Feast
of Saints Timothy and Titus |
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Friday
27 January
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Mass at 10.00 am for all who are sick |
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Saturday
28 January
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Feast
of Saint Thomas Aquinas Mass at 10.00 am for Cosimo and Arturo Farro Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Bert White |
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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
22 January
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11.00
am |
Tea
and Coffee after Mass |
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Monday 23 January
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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 9.00 pm |
Parents
and Toddlers Rainbows Brownies Saint Vincent de Paul Society |
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Tuesday
24 January
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11.00
am 7.30 to 8.30 pm |
Legion
of Mary |
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Wednesday
25 January
|
6.00
pm to 7.00 pm 7.00 pm to 8.00 pm 8.00 pm to 8.45 pm |
Karate |
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Thursday
26 January
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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
27 January
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9.30 to 11.30 am |
Parents and Toddlers |
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Saturday
28 January
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7.00 pm | Burns
Supper Patrons are asked to be seated by 6.50 pm. |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Patricia Picken, Barbara Duncanson, Sadie MacIntosh, Margaret
Mary Friel, Shaun Martin and Frankie Ross
who died recently;
Annie Monan 1998, James Cunningham 1986, Michael Lynn 2005,
James McCormack 1999, Catherine Welsh 2005,
John McKay 1957, Bernard Burns 1963, Annie Carson 1995,
Avril Cullis 2009, Brookelyn Angel Donnachy 2006,
Andrew McCormick 2009, Barbara Scott 2010, John McKay senior
1957, Patricia Murphy 1988,
Joseph Retzbach 1940, Ian Michael Falsey 2004 and John Ryan
2001 whose anniversaries occur at this time and
those who are sick.
If deceased members of your family are not on our anniversary
list, please tell Canon
Matt, the parish office or
contact
WebsiteAuthor@SaintPeterinChains.net.
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 £656.69 - 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 £303.53
- 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 Elsie Brodie at 5.30
pm, Robert Cooper at 10.00 am and Jim Delahunt at 12 noon.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group 2 at 5.30 pm, Group 4 at 10.00
am and Group 6 at 12 noon.
CHILDREN'S LITURGY
Next Sunday's Children's Liturgy helpers are Elaine Shaw and Emma Paterson
for the pre-5s, Claire Sweenie and Ann Cassidy for primaries 1 and 2, Andrena
Hughes and Yvette Thorpe for primary 3 and Maria Paterson and Lorraine Cullinane
for Primary 4.
SUNDAY TEAS
Next Sunday's teas will be served by Saint Peter's School team.
DOM CHARLES
Dom Charles OCR, a Ugandan Cistercian Abbot presently staying in the Cistercian
Monastery at Portglenone, Northern Ireland, will visit us from Monday 9 till
Tuesday 31 January. Dom Charles was a friend of Father
Gabriel.
BURNS SUPPER
All Burns Supper tickets have been sold but a waiting list has been started
in case there are cancellations. The Burns Supper will take place in the Parish
Centre on Saturday 28 January 2012 at 7.00 pm and patrons are asked to be
seated by 6.50 pm. Ardrossan-born Laurence Macintyre MBE shown below top left,
former Chief Superintendent of Strathclyde Police, will deliver The Immortal
Memory. Jim Fegan, shown below top middle, former Head Teacher of Saint Andrew's
Academy, Saltcoats, will propose the Toast to the Lassies and our parishioner
and cantor, Monica Taylor shown below top right, will reply. Other participants
are Bill Andrew shown below middle left, Canon
Matt shown below middle right, George McGrattan and
Michael McCulloch shown below bottom left, Robin Reid shown below bottom middle
and Ciaran Sinclair shown below bottom right. Tickets cost £12.50 and
must be booked in advance though the Parish Office on 01294 464063. Patrons
can request group seating arrangements to be with friends. Vegetarian meals
are available with notice as an alternative to the traditional Burns Supper
main course. More details can be seen on the Burns Supper page of www.SaintPeterInChains.net.
Enquires on the waiting list can be made though the Parish Office on 01294
464063.
CHURCH HEATING
The help you are giving to pay for the new boiler is very, very useful. The
brown envelope donations of £20+ - and gift-aided if you can - is certainly
easing the pain. Some fundraising by parish groups would be a great help.
Brown envelope donations of £63 bring the total to £8657. We are
getting there!
GALLOWAY LOURDES HOSPITALITÉ
The annual general meeting of the Lourdes Hospitalité is in Ardrossan
this year on Sunday 19 February. There is Mass for the Sick with the Sacrament
of the Anointing of the sick at 3.30 pm followed by the meeting and tea in
the Hall. All are welcome.
50/50 CLUB - SIGN-UP SUNDAY - 22 JANUARY 2012
50/50 Club members have the opportunity to renew their membership of £15
for 2012 after all Masses next weekend in the Parish Centre foyer. New members
are very welcome to join at this time. There will be an Early Bird Bonus Draw
for all members who have renewed before the end of January. We thank our members
for their continued support of the parish and a special thanks to our collectors
who are collecting now in your area. Please contact the promoter, Mrs Myriame
Sammons or telephone 469006 if you need a collector to call.
DAMAGE IN THE BIG STORM
We sustained a lot of storm damage to the house, Church, parish centre and
tower during the recent storm. Repairs may take some time and most of the
cost will be carried by our insurance company. Like everyone else, we will
have to find some of the cost ourselves.
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.
NEW MISSAL
New Missals containing the new Rite are now available at the stall £7.99
or £9.99.
LARGE PRINT MASS BOOKS
Mass Books in Polish are available from the stall. Sunday Readings in most
European languages can be printed from the parish website.
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.
CHERNOBYL CHILDREN'S LIFELINE
There will be a group of sixteen children coming from the Ukraine to Ayrshire
from 20 February to 19 March. We are in need of new pyjamas, underwear and
socks for boys and girls aged 9 to 14. A charity ceilidh in aid of Chernobyl
Children’s Lifeline will be held in the Seamill Hydro, West Kilbride on Saturday
4 February from 7.30pm to 12.30 am. Ticket costing £20 include supper,
Irish bingo ticket and a complimentary drink. All are welcome. If you have
anything to donate, would be interested in finding out more about the charity
or attending the ceilidh please contact Michael or Lisa Lafferty on 461234
or 07813 650411. Thanks.
SACRAMENTS OF CONFIRMATION AND FIRST COMMUNION
We have chosen three Sundays this year because of the number of children being
presented for the Sacraments of Confirmation and First Communion. The dates
are Sundays 13, 20 and 27 May. There is a list of the three dates at the back
of the Church. Please fill in your preferred Sunday. I would hope for about
ten children each Sunday because of available room in the Church, but the
choice is completely yours as parents and guardians. Please remember that
you can alter your choice if the circumstances change. Just be sure to let
me know.
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.