BULLETIN 19
MAY 2013
PENTECOST SUNDAY IN YEAR 3
CHURCH
SERVICES
Saturday
18 May
|
Mass
at 10.00 am for Gerhart Maas and Betty Kean |
Sunday
19 May
|
Sunday Mass at 10.30 am for the congregation |
Monday 20 May
|
Mass at 10.00 am for Tommy Coulter |
Tuesday
21 May
|
Requiem
Mass at 10.00 am for Helen Brown |
Wednesday
22 May
|
Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for Thomas Algeo |
Thursday
23 May
|
Mass at 7.00 pm for Canon Alex McGarry and Robert Monan |
Friday
24 May
|
Mass at 10.00 am for Patricia McVeigh |
Saturday
25 May
|
Mass
at 10.00 am for Ann Marie Murphy |
The
Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify anniversaries
as early as you can. Thanks. |
PARISH CENTRE EVENTS
Saturday
18 May
|
10.30 to 12.30 pm |
Saint Vincent de Paul Society Coffee Morning |
Sunday
19 May
|
11.30 am |
|
Monday 20 May
|
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 |
Tuesday
21 May
|
9.00
to 11.00 am 11.00 am 6.30 to 8.30 pm 5.00 to 8.00 pm 7.30 pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilition |
Wednesday
22 May
|
7.00
to 8.00 pm 8.00 to 9.00 pm |
Zumba |
Thursday
23 May
|
4.00
to 8.15 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Dancing
Class |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Mary Kelly of our parish, Thomas Algeo of our parish, Margaret
and Nicola McDonagh ( Paisley) and Jim Creans who died recently;
Frances Hackett 1997, Harry Andrew 2003, Tommy Coulter 2010,
Daniel Cullinane 1971, Robert McKay 1942,
Mary Quinn 1978, George Wilson 2006, Patricia Butcher 2009, Brian
Cairns 2004, Nora Ramsay 2007,
Angus Donnelly 2003, Janet Gee 2010, William McCafferty 1920,
Susan McKinlay 2012, James Cairnie 1953,
Mary Kelly 2002, Sadie Welsh 2009, Meta McCulloch, John McKibben
2012, Patrick O'Hare 1973,
Margaret McAuley 1953, Joe Peppard 1993 and Christine Stevens
1996 whose anniversaries occur at this
time and those who are sick.
If a member of your family or a friend is sick, please let us know and
give us the details. Father Chambers (01563 533587)
is the chaplain to Crosshouse Hospital and Canon Keegans (01292 263488) is
the chaplain to Ayr Hospital. The priest on
call can be contacted through the ward.
If deceased members of your family are not on our anniversary
list, please tell Canon
Matt, the parish office or
contact
WebsiteAuthor@SaintPeterinChains.net.
SUNDAY MASS TIMES
Sunday Mass times
in Saint Peter's are 5.30 pm Vigil and 10.30 am. Sunday
Mass times in other local parishes can be
seen here.
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.
FINANCES
Bankers Orders the Parish and Parish Centre amount to £3800 per month.
Every month, we pay off our Parish Centre debt by £3000 and pay a levy
of £1450 to the Diocese. We are grateful for your generous support in
collections. If you can manage a little more from time to time, it would be
a great help. 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. Would you consider
remembering Saint Peter's in your will?
OFFERTORY COLLECTION
Last weekend's Offertory collection amounted to £996.39 - many thanks.
PARISH
CENTRE COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for the Parish Centre amounted to £427.36
- many thanks.
CHURCH REPAIRS
The help you give for Church repairs by dropping in a white envelope from
time to time is invaluable. We have a continuing task in keeping the Church
wind and watertight.
GIFT AID
The Inland Revenue now requires us to use a new style of Gift Aid form. These
are available at the back of the Church. If you pay tax, please complete the
new form and return it to the box provided. This allows us to provide the
additional information required on the Gift Aid claim. Gift Aid is a vital
source of income. All that is needed is that you pay tax. You simply declare
that you give funds to the Church. We do the rest. Why not sign a form today?
We get back an extra 25p for every £1 you give the Church in your weekly
collection or by way of a donation. There is no need to cancel or renew it.
We simply claim in the income we receive.
READERS
Next weekend's readers are Margaret Munn at 5.30
pm and Margaret Harvey at 10.30 am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group 2 at at 5.30
pm and Group 3 at 10.30 am.
SUNDAY TEAS
Next Sunday's teas will be served by Fiona’s team.
CHILDREN'S LITURGY
Next Sunday's Children's Liturgy helpers are Elissa Millar and Emma Paterson
for the pre-5s and Maria Paterson, Michelle Noble and Michelle Morton for
primaries 1, 2 and 3.
COLLECTION ENVELOPES
The new sets of collections envelopes are now available at the stall.
SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
The Sacrament of Confirmation will be conferred on eleven of our children
at Mass today and eleven children next Sunday. Once the children are Confirmed,
they are entitled to receive Holy Communion with us so they will make their
First Communion this morning. Keep the children and their parents in your
prayers.
FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Sunday 2 June is the Feast of Corpus Christi. There will be a celebration
Mass at 10.30 am for all the children who have been Confirmed and received
their First Communion.
THINKING ABOUT DIOCESAN PRIESTHOOD?
A retreat for enquirers who would like to know more about the Diocesan Priesthood
will take place from 6.00 pm on Friday 31 May until 2.00 pm on Saturday 1
June in the Conforti Institute, Coatbridge. There are currently four men taking
part in the Seminary Applicants Year who will also take part. Join them and
explore whether Priesthood is for you. The contact for more information is
Father Willie Boyd (Irvine) on 01294 279130.
SPECIAL RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT GROUP - SPRED IN STEVENSTON
SPRED is a journey in faith and friendship with our parishioners who have
learning difficulties. A group meets in Saint John’s Hall, Stevenston on a
Wednesday evening from 7.00 to 9.00 pm. Volunteers are required for the continuing
of this beautiful ministry. No experience is necessary as training will be
given. Could you consider offering yourself during this Year of Faith? If
you would like to know more, please contact Liz Petrie on 467296.
SAINT PADRE PIO INTERCESSORY PRAYER GROUP
The Saint Padre Pio Intercessory Prayer Group meets on the first Friday of
every month in the Parish Centre after Mass from about 10.45 am to 12 noon.
All are welcome. For more information, please phone 01294 468122.
50/50 CLUB
The 50/50 Club welcomes new members at any time. Any members to renew memberships
for 2013, please contact Promoter Mrs Myriame Sammons on 01294 469006.
90000 VISITS TO SAINT PETER'S WEBSITE
On 3 May 2013, Saint Peter's website had its 90000th visit since its launch
on 13 July 2005. The site has over 1600 web pages, 1000 pictures, 450 bulletins
between 1960 and 2013, 13300 links, some audio and video clips and been viewed
in 77 countries. Over 1100 of our deceased relatives and friends are remembered
in our Anniversary List. Recently, a Memoriam Cards page was added. The site
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 and others aware of current
events and record our history. If you can help with this project, please contact
WebsiteAuthor@SaintPeterinChains.net.
PARISH LOURDES GROUP
The Parish Lourdes Group Committee works very hard and at present only has
eight members. If anyone is interested in joining, please contact Harry Sammons
on 01294 469006.
SAINT ANTHONY’S SCHOOL ECO GREENHOUSE APPEAL
Saint Anthony's Primary School, Saltcoats is starting to build a bottle green
house and are in need of a further 1300 empty two-litre plastic bottles to
complete the build. Any undamaged bottles can be left in the box at the back
of the Church. Thank you.
RETREAT
DAY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
A retreat day of talks, workshops, group discussion, drama, music, prayer,
social time, question and answer sessions, adoration and finishing with Mass
will take place in Saint Margaret’s Cathedral, Ayr on Saturday 8 June. The
programme is for ten to twenty-one year olds in two groups. The day begins
at 11.00 am and ends at 7.00 pm. Lunch will be provided and there is no cost
for this event. Places are limited and you do need to register. Please download
a registration from from www.GallowayYouth.org.uk
and return it to Father Stephen
McGrattan. For more information email info@rccumnock.org.uk.
THE STALL
The stall is open at all Mass times during the week and at the weekend. There
are lovely First Communion and Confirmation cards and gifts available at the
stall. Come along and have a look.
YEAR OF FAITH
To mark the Year of Faith, the Bishops of Scotland have set up a special website
and social media feeds to help us learn about all that is happening at local,
national and international level and to assist us to grow in faith during
this time of grace. The address is www.YearOfFaithScotland.com
In addition, special services will be provided via Facebook and Twitter, offering
news, points for reflection and ideas on how to mark the Year of Faith. Please
consider following www.facebook.com/yearoffaithscotland
and www.twitter.com/scotyearoffaith.
SCOTLAND’S RIO
Would you like to celebrate Brazil’s World Youth Day in Scotland this summer?
A Scottish World Youth Day event with talks, prayer, worship, social events,
live links to Brazil, a Brazilian festival and much more will take place at
Stirling University from 25 to 28 July. It is open to those aged from fourteen
to twenty-five years. The cost is £150 including accommodation, transport
and food. Please complete an application form and return it by 22 April. Forms
are available from the Canon
Matt or by visiting www.GallowayYouth.org.uk
which has more information.
VISITORS
Are you visiting us for Mass? Please know that you are very welcome. During
the 10.30 am Mass outwith holidays, 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 10.30 am Mass, tea, coffee cakes and
buns are available in the Parish Centre. At both of our weekend Masses, we
have a second collection for our Parish Centre debt.
SAINT PETER’S CHILDREN’S CENTRE
Saint Peter's Children's Centre is holding a fun day and fete in the Parish
Centre on Saturday 15 June from 10.00 am to 2.00 pm to celebrate the thirtieth
anniversary of the nursery. If you have any old photographs that we could
display on the day, please contact Josephine 473030 or 602179. The photos
will be copied and returned.
IRISH DANCING CLASSES
Irish Dancing Classes started in the Parish Centre on Tuesday 14 May 2013.
Contact Sarah Frances Smith for full details of class times and enrolment
on 07989 507081 or SFSirishdancing@hotmail.com.
ADVERTISER SUPPORT
Our advertisers would welcome your support. We are grateful for their continuing
sponsorship. We are grateful for the support of Mr and Mrs Sohal, Nisa Stores,
Glasgow Street for the weekly donation of tea, coffee and milk for the Sunday
teas.
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.