BULLETIN 23
FEBRUARY 2014
SEVENTH SUNDAY IN
ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR 1
CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
22 February
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Mass
at 10.00 am for Margaret Grierson |
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Sunday
23 February
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Sunday Mass at 10.30 am for the congregation and Frank Fitzpatrick |
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Monday 24 February
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Mass at 10.00 am for Emily McLaughlin and Bobby Hanlon |
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Tuesday
25 February
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Mass at 10.00 am for Archie McKinnon and Margaret Sweeney |
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Wednesday
26 February
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Mass
at 10.00 am for Mary Rose Smith |
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Thursday
27 February
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Mass at 7.00 pm for birthday wishes and a special intention |
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Friday
28 February
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Mass at 10.00 am for Mary Brown and Eileen McCann |
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Saturday
29 February
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Mass
at 10.00 am for Liz Martain Backer |
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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
23 February
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11.30 am |
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Monday 24 February
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9.30
to 11.30 pm 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm |
Parents
and Toddlers |
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Tuesday
25 February
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9.00
to 11.00 am 11.00 am 6.30 to 8.30 pm 5.00 to 7.30 pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilition |
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Wednesday
26 February
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6.00
to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 8.00 to 9.00 pm |
Irish
Dancing Class |
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Thursday
27 February
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6.00
to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Brownies |
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Friday
28 February
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9.30 to 11.30 am |
Parents and Toddlers |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Margaret Sweeney (Kilwinning), Archie McKinnon (Ardrossan), Liz Martain Backer
and Tommy Grant who died recently;
Mary McCluskey 1980, Bessie Murphy 2008, Margaret Mary Adamson 2005, John
Bell 2008, Brian Griffin 1980, Father James Coyle 1975, Betty Lowe 2008, Maureen
McIlhatton 1993, Annie Montgomery 2012, Canon Michael O'Connor 1966, James
Smith 1986, Jim Wilson 2011, Agnes Delahunt 1944, Elizabeth Delahunt 1976,
William John Dorian 1935, John Moore 2000, Betty Burns 2006, Frank Clark 1959,
Ambrose Armstrong 1976, Matilda Brannan 1970, Billy Magee 2002, Joe and Nan
McConnell, Canon
John Walls 2010, Matilda Brannan, Simon Brannan, Mennotti Carrino,
Odina Carrino, Paul Gerard Brown 1986, Father Charles Barclay 2001, Margaret
Dolan 1959, Frances Hackett 1997 and James
McFarlane 1976 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. Deacon Bill Corbett (01292 521208, 07904 248948, Rev.BillCorbett@btinternet.com)
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 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 £622.78 - many thanks.
BUILDING
FUND COLLECTION
Last weekend's Building Fund collection amounted to £254.51 - many
thanks.
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.
CATHOLIC EDUCATION SUNDAY
Today we keep in our prayers all those who are engaged in education, especially
those who work and study in our schools - Saint
Matthew's Academy and Saint Peter’s Primary School.
CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK
To celebrate Catholic Education Week, a Deanery Mass will be held in Saint
Matthew's Academy on Wednesday 26 at 7.00 pm to which
all pupils, parents, teachers and parishioners are most welcome. In addition
to praying for all involved in Catholic Education, there will be a
special focus on the work and achievements of the sixth year pupils who have
been doing their Caritas Awards these past months. Please continue to support
our Catholic schools.
SPECIAL COLLECTION - CATHOLIC EDUCATION
Next Sunday there will be a special collection for Education Sunday.
PARISH LOURDES FUND
There is £500 in a designated fund to assist those who wish to make
the pilgrimage to Lourdes. Remember it is there if you or someone you know
needs this specific help.
READERS
Next weekend's readers are Katrina Pollock at 5.30
pm and Margaret Harvey at 10.30 am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Aidan and Calum at 5.30
pm and Group 5 at 10.30 am.
SUNDAY TEAS
Next Sunday's teas will be served by Sadie Gilmour’s team.
DATES
Ash Wednesday is on 5 March; Good Friday is on 18 April and Easter Sunday
is 20 April.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY
Next
week's Children's Liturgy helpers are Elaine Shaw and Teresa Louden for the
pre-fives, Jacqueline Waugh and Michelle Champion for primaries 1 and 2, Michelle
Noble and Kimberley Boyd for primary 3 and Andrena Hughes and Emma Paterson
for primary 4.
50/50 CLUB WINNERS
Congratulations to our 50/50 Club winners for January and February:
January - 132 C Hyslop, 51 K Collins, 109 M Harvey and 179
M McAuliffe
February - 246 C Kerr, 156 E Craig, 161 M Cunningham and 174
P Fitzsimmons
The winner of Early Bird Draw was 90 M Reilly. Well done to all winners and
a wee reminder to those who did forget to renew - their fees are now overdue.
We have some vacant places for anyone wishing to join. Please contact Promoter
M Sammons on 469006.
SAFEGUARDING RAISING AWARENESS TRAINING - SAINT MARY’S DEANERY
Raising Awareness sessions are compulsory for all volunteers in the Parish
- Children’s Liturgy, Saint Vincent
de Paul Society, readers, sacristans, Eucharistic Ministers and
so on. Please arrange to attend one the following four sessions:
Sunday 23 February at 2.00 pm in Saint Peter’s Parish Centre,
Ardrossan
Monday 24 February at 7.00 pm Saint Mary’s Hall, Saltcoats
Sunday 2 March at 2.00 pm Saint Winin’s Hall, Kilwinning
Monday 3 March at 7.00 pm Saint John’s Hall, Stevenston
A short reminder of the law will be our topic. Tea and coffee will be available
at the Sunday meetings only. I look forward to seeing you there.
Mrs A Watt, Adviser
LOURDES GROUP QUIZ NIGHT
The Parish Lourdes Group has organised a fundraiser for Church Maintenance
Fund and look for your support by buying tickets or donating raffle prizes.
The Quiz Night is on Friday 28 February at 7.00 pm for a 7.30 pm start and
will finish at 11.00 pm. A light supper will be served and it is BYOB - bring
your own bottle. Tea and coffee are available. Tickets cost £5 and all
proceeds go to the Church Maintenance Fund. All are welcome. The contacts
for tickets are Harry on 469006, Pam on 601575 and the Parish Office on 464063.
NEW DAWN YOUTH RETREAT DAY
New Life In Christ will be the theme of a retreat day of talks, workshops,
group discussion, drama, music, prayer, social time, question and answer sessions,
adoration, finishing with Mass. The retreat will take place in Saint Margaret’s
Cathedral, Ayr on Saturday 1 March, from 11.00 am until 7.00 pm and is supported
by New Dawn ministries. The programme is for eleven to twenty-five year olds
in two groups. Lunch will be provided. Places are limited and you do need
to register. Please download a registration form from www.GallowayYouth.org.uk
and return it to Father Stephen
McGrattan or get one from the back of the Church. For more information,
email info@rccumnock.org.uk. The cost is £5.
SAINT MATTHEW’S ACADEMY WEBSITE
Saint Matthew's Academy, Saltcoats has a new website under construction at
www.SaintMatthewsAcademy.com
You might find it interesting.
A YEAR WITH POPE FRANCIS
A Year With Pope France is a little booklet with a thought for each day from
the writings of Pope Francis. It is available from the stall at £3.
CONFIRMATION AND FIRST COMMUNION GIFTS
Conformation and First Communion gifts are available from the stall.
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.
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.