BULLETIN 30
AUGUST 2015
TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR
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CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
29 August
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Mass at 10.00 am for James and Mary McEvoy |
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Sunday
30 August
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Sunday Mass at 10.30 am for the congregation |
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Monday
31 August
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No
Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Tuesday
1 September
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Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for Bridie Maher |
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Wednesday
2 September
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No
Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Thursday
3 September
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Requiem
Mass at 1.30 pm for John Quinn in Saint
Mary’s Church, Saltcoats |
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Friday
4 September
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Mass at 10.00 am for birthday wishes (SC) and Brian Collins |
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Saturday
5 September
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Mass at 10.00 am for Mary Brown and Patricia Barry |
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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
30 August
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11.30 am |
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Monday
31 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 9.00 pm |
Parents
and Toddlers |
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Tuesday
1 September
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9.00
to 11.00 am 11.00 am 5.00 to 8.00 pm 7.30 to 8.30 pm |
Private
Function |
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Wednesday
2 September
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5.45
to 6.45 pm 7.30 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 8.00 to 9.00 pm |
Irish
Dancing Class |
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Thursday
3 September
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6.00
to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Brownies |
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Friday
4 September
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9.30 to 11.30 am | Parents and Toddlers |
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Saturday
5 September
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Mary’s Meals fabric collection | |
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Sunday
6 September
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Mary’s Meals fabric collection |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Bridie Maher of our parish, John Quinn (Saltcoats), William Mynes (Stevenston)
and Monsignor Mike Regan (Edinburgh) who died recently;
Canon Eugene Dowd 2012, Sister Mary Peter 1999, James
McGrattan 1982, John Stewart, James Duffy 2013, 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, James McCarthy 1985, Helen Mulhearn, Michael
Brown 1958, Ella Kirk 1996, Canon Myles Moriarty 1989, Cathie Mitchell 2006,
James Graham 1993, Janette Little 2008 and Margaret Nicol 2007 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.
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.
HOSPITAL
CHAPLAINCY
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 is assisted by the priest on call
each week. Canon Pat Keegans (01292 263488) is the chaplain to Ayr Hospital
and the Ayrshire Hospice.
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 £673.05 - many thanks.
MAINTENANCE
FUND COLLECTION
Last weekend's Maintainance Fund collection amounted to £309.22 - 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.
COLLECTION ENVELOPES
New collection envelopes are now available at the stall. Please let us know
if you wish to switch to a standing order. Forms are available.
PARISH RECORDS
Our parish records are badly out of date with people making this their 'parish
of choice', moving house et cetera. I would be grateful if you would fill
in one of the cards now available at the back of the Church and drop it in
to the collection bag. Thanks.
READERS
Next weekend's readers are Pauline Taylor at 5.30
pm and Patricia Milligan at 10.30 am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Aidan and Calum at 5.30
pm and Group 4 at 10.30 am.
SUNDAY TEAS
Next Sunday's teas will be served by Sadie Gilmour’s team.
Would you consider making a team or joining a team that organises the teas
and coffees after Sunday 10.30 am Mass? If so, please leave your details at
the Parish Office or telephone 01294 464063.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY
The
Children's Liturgy is normally celebrated during the 10.30 am Mass each Sunday
but has closed for the summer holiday. It will resume in September.
PRIESTS' HOLIDAYS
Canon
Matt will be on holiday from 21 September. Weekend cover
has been arranged. Canon Poland of Saint
John’s, Stevenston will be on holiday from the beginning of September.
We will assist in the cover for Saltcoats during his absence. Please watch
for changes to daily Mass.
50/50 CLUB WINNERS
Members are reminded that next payment is due at the start of September for
those who pay £5 in January, May and September. Anyone wishing to join
the 50/50 Club, please contact the Promoter or Parish Office. Please remember
to notify the Promoter if your address has changed during the year as all
winners receive their winning cheque in the post. Your support and assistance
is appreciated.
DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO WHITHORN
The Dioscesan Pilgrimage to Whithorn will be on Sunday 30 August. Mass will
be celebrated at Saint Ninian’s Cave at 4.00 pm and in the Church at 4.45
pm.
MASS TO CELEBRATE THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF SCIAF
Bishop Nolan will celebrate Mass
for the fiftieth anniversary of SCIAF in Saint Margaret's Cathedral, Ayr on
3 September at 7.30. Each Diocese is doing something similar. In preparation
for the liturgy, a number of volunteers is requested to assist with a procession
and time of prayer to take place before Mass begins. Twenty-six are required
in total. Most of them would be asked to carry small flags representing each
of the twenty-one countries SCIAF has worked in the last fifty years and a
few other symbols would be carried. Volunteers would need to be at the Cathedral
by 6.30 pm for a short rehearsal. Please give names to Canon
Matt this week.
NATIONAL GATHERING OF PRAYER
There will be a concelebrated Mass at Carfin on 6 September at 3.00 pm as
part of the National Gathering of Prayer for the forthcoming Synod on the
Family.
SUNG EVENING PRAYER FOR THE FEAST OF SAINT NINIAN
Evening Prayer of the Church will be sung in Saint Margaret’s Cathedral, Ayr
on Sunday 13 September at 6.00 pm to anticipate the Feast of Saint Ninian.
You will be very welcome.
NATIONAL YOUTH PILGRIMAGE TO NUNRAW ABBEY
To celebrate the Year Of Religious Life, the young people of Scotland aged
11 to 25 are invited to walk from Saint Mary’s Church in Haddington to Sancta
Maria Abbey, Nunraw on Sunday 13 September. A coach will travel from Galloway
Diocese. We will visit the pre-reformation pilgrimage centre - Our Lady of
Haddington and the Chapel of the Three Wise Men - before embarking on a seven
mile Pilgrim Walk from Haddington to Nunraw. At Sancta Maria Abbey, we will
be joined by the Abbot and his fellow Cistercian Monks where we will celebrate
Mass followed with light refreshments. More information is available from
Father Stephen McGrattan on
info@RCCumnock.org.uk or www.GallowayYouth.org.uk.
DIOCESAN
PILGRIMAGE TO ROME FOR THE HOLY YEAR OF MERCY
There will be a diocesan pilgrimage to Rome from Thursday 2 June to Thursday
9 June 2016. Details are on the poster.
ECUMENICAL PILGRIMAGE TO IONA
Are you interested in a week of exploring faith and meeting other Christians?
If so, please contact Mrs K McIlreavy on 01294 650044.
WORLD YOUTH DAY, KRAKOW, POLAND
Young people aged 16 to 30 from Galloway Diocese are invited to join World
Youth Day in Krakow from 20 July to 2 August 2016. The cost will be £690.
Please register before the end of September. Full details and the registration
process can be seen at www.GallowayYouth.org.uk.
MARY'S
MEALS FABRIC COLLECTION
The team from Mary’s
Meals will make the annual fabric - only! - collection over the weekend
of 5 and 6 September.
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 upkeep.
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.