BULLETIN 6
APRIL 2014
FIFTH SUNDAY IN
LENT IN YEAR 1
CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
5 April
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Mass
at 10.00 am for John Pentleton |
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Sunday
6 April
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Sunday
Mass at 10.30 am for Donald Cullinane |
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Monday 7 April
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Mass at 10.00 am for the McDonagh, McPeake and Goudie families |
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Tuesday
8 April
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No Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Wednesday
9 April
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No
Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Thursday
10 April
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No
Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Friday
11 April
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No
Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Saturday
12 April
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No
10.00 am Mass in Saint Peter's |
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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
6 April
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11.30 am |
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Monday 7 April
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7.00 to 9.00 pm | |
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Tuesday
8 April
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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
9 April
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7.00
to 8.00 pm 8.00 to 9.00 pm |
Zumba |
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Thursday
10 April
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|
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Friday
11 April
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9.30 to 11.30 am |
Parents and Toddlers |
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Saturday
12 April
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10.30 am | Coffee Morning for MacMillan Cancer Trust |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Daniel Thomas Gilmour 2013, Frank Grogan, Michael McNamara 2008, Father Tom
McCann 2009, Mary Tinney 2004, Father Jim Boyd SCJ 2002, Andrew Coldwell 1994,
Father John Collins 2002, Donald Cullinane 2009, Frank Kelly 1994, Michael
Mulligan 1982, Billy Smith 2009, David McLaren 2006, Father
Gabriel Kigozi 2011, Helen Theresa Magee 2000 and George Monaghan 2004
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 for 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 £685.59 - many thanks.
SCOTTISH
CATHOLIC INTERNATIONAL AID FUND (SCIAF)
COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for SCIAF amounted to £629.33 - 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 and on the parish
website. 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 Marade Griffin 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 1 at 10.30 am.
SUNDAY TEAS
Next Sunday's teas will be served by Sharon McLaughlin’s
team.
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
Morton and Michelle Noble for primary 3 and Jacqueline Smith and Michelle
Millar for primary 4.
CANON MATT IN ITALY
Canon
Matt will be in Italy from Tuesday to Saturday
for the wedding of Damiano Agostini and Siobhan Sullivan. He will be back
for Mass on Sunday. Canon McSorley will offer the Saturday evening Mass.
LENT
Lent is a time of prayer, penance and sharing as we prepare for Easter. It
is a time to renew our efforts to pray better, to do without the things we
don’t really need and to share what we have with those who are more in need.
Try to make a little more time for prayer. If you can make the weekday Mass,
it would be good for the soul. If you can fast a little, it would be good
for the body. If you can share a bit more, for example, in the Scottish Catholic
International Aid Fund (SCIAF) boxes, it will be good for our poorest brothers
and sisters. During Lent, we will make the Way of the Cross on a Friday at
9.40 am before Mass. As well as our services noted above, there is Mass in
Saint Mary's,
Saltcoats at 7.00 am on a Friday morning and Stations of the Cross
at 6.30 pm on a Friday evening.
HOLY WEEK
Next week is Holy Week and during it, there will be short morning prayer services
at 10.00 am in the Park Church. From Monday to Wednesday, our Mass here will
be at 9.00 am. On Monday, the Ardrossan Churches Passover Meal will be at
7.00 pm in the Parish Centre - a prayerful and interesting experience. On
Holy Thursday, there will be Mass of the Last Supper at 7.00 pm. It will be
followed by a period of adoration till Night Prayer at 9.00 pm. On Good Friday,
there will be Children’s Stations of the Cross at 12 noon, the Liturgy of
the Passion at 3.00 pm and the Way of the Cross at 7.00 pm. Good Friday is
a day for fasting. At the afternoon service, there will be a collection for
the Holy Places. There will be no 5.30 pm Vigil Mass on Saturday when the
Easter Vigil service will be at 8.30 pm. On Easter Sunday, there will be the
Ardrossan Churches Sunrise Service on the Cannon Hill at 8.00 am. It will
be followed by breakfast in Parish Centre at 8.45 am. The Sunday Mass will
be at 10.30 am as usual.
CONFESSIONS AND MASS IN POLISH
There will be Confessions and Mass in Polish in Saint Margaret’s Cathedral,
Ayr on Palm Sunday, 13 March at 3.00 pm. Palmowa niedziela. 13 Kwiecien 2014,
godzina 15;00. Jestem szczeœliwy by poinformowac, ze Niedziela Palmowa odbêdzie
siê w Katedrze Šwietej MaIgorzaty w Ayr. Ksi¹dz Marian Lekawa oraz
inny polski ksiadz przybêd¹ z Glasgow by wysIuchac Spowiedzi oraz
poprowadza Mszê w jezyku polskim. SpowiedŸ zacznie sie o godzinie 15;00
a po niej odbêdzie sie msza œwiêta. Prosze poinformowac swoich
bliskich, znajomych i przyjacióI. Dziêkuje i Bóg zapIaæ.
Canon
Keegans
EMBRACING CHANGE
The Deanary Priests are meeting regularly to discuss Embracing Change, the
leaflet issued recently on our way forward. After Lent, we hope to be in a
position to engage with as many of you as are able to be there to work on
a plan. During Lent, we want to invite you to pray about the future when we
will have less priests but more needs. We are suggesting a Sunday early evening
Hour of Prayer in the participating parishes of the Deanery from 4.00 to 5.00
pm. The remaining dates are 6 April - Saint Peter’s, Ardrossan and 13 April
- Saint John’s, Stevenston.
YOUR CHOICES MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Poverty doesn’t happen by accident. People are kept poor, hungry and powerless
by global rules and behaviours that benefit a small number of people while
harming many others. What we eat and how we shop make a difference. Take action
with SCIAF this Lent and make choices that help poor people in developing
countries.
FIGHTING INJUSTICE
In Colombia, people are being forced off their land by rich cattle farmers
and illegal mining companies. SCIAF is working with Church partners to help
communities grow enough food to eat and stand up for their human rights. Visit
www.TheWeeBox.org for
their inspirational stories.
COLLECTION ENVELOPES
New collection envelopes are now available at the stall.
SUNG EVENING PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
Evening Prayer of the Church will be sung in Saint Margaret’s Cathedral, Ayr
on Sunday 6 April at 6.00 pm. You will be very welcome.
MACMILLAN CANCER CARE SUPPORT
MacMillan Cancer Care Support is holding a Coffee Morning in the Parish Centre
on Satruday 12 April from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm. Tickets are available at the
door.
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY LENTEN APPEAL FOR TOILETRIES
During Lent, the Saint Vincent de
Paul Society is once again asking you to donate both male and
female toiletries for use in the Ozanam Centre in Glasgow. The Ozanam Centre
assists the homeless, both male and female so any donations of toiletries
would be very gratefully received. A box will be in the Church porch for any
donations and we hope that we can rely on your usual very generous support.
Thank you.
ITALIAN NIGHT
We have an Italian Night planned for Saturday 10 May. Music will be provided
by Angela and Paolo and food by Gratiano and Alfredo. A vegetarian option
is available if pre-booked. This is a Charity Night and the proceeds are for
the Parish and the Clinic run by Dr Lido Stefani in Rwanda, Africa. This retired
surgeon has dedicated his life to working with very poor people who have few
medical facilities. Attendance is limited to the first one hundred. Tickets
cost £15 and will be available soon. Book now by phone. We have to ask
you to pay for your tickets on receipt. Too many book tickets for events and
then being unable to attend, don’t pay and the food is already purchased.
BEACH CLEAN-UP
The eco-council of Saint Peter’s Primary School would like to enrol you in
their Beach Clean-Up on Sunday 27 April after the Family Mass.
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.