BULLETIN 29
NOVEMBER 2015
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT IN YEAR
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CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
28 November
|
Mass at 10.00 am for
Maria Reid |
Sunday
29 November
|
Sunday Mass at 10.30 am for the congregation with the commissioning of the Caritas Award volunteers |
Monday
30 November
|
Solemnity of Saint Andrew, Patron Saint of Scotland |
Tuesday
1 December
|
No Mass in Saint Peter's - Deanery Development Day |
Wednesday
2 December
|
Mass at 10.00 am for Karen Small and a special intention - N and D Nolan |
Thursday
3 December
|
Mass at 7.00 pm for Josephine Walsh and the Holy Souls |
Friday
4 December
|
Mass at 10.00 am for the Holy Souls |
Saturday
5 December
|
Mass at 10.00 am for
Patricia Barry and Phyllis Poole |
The
Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify anniversaries
as early as you can. Thanks. |
SAINT
MARY'S AND SAINT JOHN'S CHURCH SERVICES
Saint Mary's Church, Saltcoats | Saint John’s Church, Stevenston | |
Saturday
28 November
|
Sunday Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
Sunday
29 November
|
Sunday Mass at 10.00 am |
Sunday Mass at 11.30 am |
Monday
30 November
|
Service at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
Tuesday
1 December
|
Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
Wednesday
2 December
|
Mass at 10.00 am |
|
Thursday
3 December
|
Service at 10.00 am |
Mass at 10.00 am |
Friday
4 December
|
Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
Saturday
5 December
|
Sunday Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
|
Saturday
28 November
|
12.30 pm | Private Function |
Sunday
29 November
|
11.30
am |
Tea
and Coffee after Mass |
Monday
30 November
|
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 |
Tuesday
1 December
|
9.00
to 11.00 am 11.00 am 5.00 to 8.00 pm 7.30 to 8.30 pm 7.30 pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilitation |
Wednesday
2 December
|
5.45
to 6.45 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 8.00 to 9.00 pm |
Irish
Dancing Class |
Thursday
3 December
|
6.00
to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Brownies |
Friday
4 December
|
9.30 to 11.30 am | Parents and Toddlers |
Saturday
5 December
|
10.30 am to 2.30 pm | Saint Peter's Christmas Fair |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Matthew Lwanga, dad of Father Charles, Josephine Walsh and Jim Lyons who died
recently;
Shannon Elizabeth Byrne 2000, Sarah Heaney 1955, Jemima McAuliffe 2001, Eddie
McNamara 2014, Lilian Paterson 2011, Maria Reid 2013, Peggy Dorian Smith 1991,
Martin Vernon 2011, James Allen 2003, Molly Ball neé Cahill 2011, Ann
Hackett 1998, Andy Stevens 1995, Gribben family, Janie McGonigle 2012, Mary
Bridget Timmons, Jack Collins 1970, Margaret Hamilton 1992, Collette McKibben
2003, John McNamara 1997, Elizabeth Theresa Walsh 1970, Jim Wallace 2014,
Brian O'Hare 2009, Tom Reid 2006, Monica Tipping 2010, John Welsh 2009, Jim
Delahunt 2014, Mary Martin 1983, Isabella McGoogan 1998, Gordon Alexander
Smith 1997, John Hughes 2010, Margaret Anne Shanks 1994, Rose Smith 1999,
Anne Thompson 1986 and Robert Walker 2012 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. A Standing Order would make the
handling of money so much easier. Have you signed a Gift Aid form? If you
are a taxpayer the Church would get 25p added to every £1 you donate.
OFFERTORY COLLECTION
Last weekend's Offertory collection amounted to £660.74 - many thanks.
MAINTENANCE
FUND COLLECTION
Last weekend's Maintenance Fund collection amounted to £312.35 - 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.
PARISH RECORDS
Our parish records are covered by the Data Protection Act and are for parish
use only. We cannot give out phone numbers or addresses. Please help us to
keep our records up to date using the cards provided.
READERS
Next weekend's readers are Katrina Pollock at 5.30
pm and Patricia Milligan at 10.30 am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group 1 at 5.30
pm and Group 5 at 10.30 am.
CHILDREN’S
LITURGY
The
Children's Liturgy is celebrated during the 10.30 am Mass each Sunday. All
children are welcome. Next week's helpers are Jacqueline Waugh and Maria Paterson-Kidd
for the pre-fives, Teresa Louden, Frances Gemmell and Gayle Paterson for primaries
1, 2 and 3 and Andrena Hughes and Krista Ward for primary 4. The Caritas volunteers
are Erin McLaughlin and Morgan Roy.
SUNDAY
TEAS
Next Sunday's teas will be served by Sharon McLaughlin’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.
ADVENT
PENANCE SERVICES
Our Advent Penance Service will be held on Thursday 17 December at 7.00 pm.
There will also be Penance Services in Saint
John’s, Stevenston on Tuesday 15 at 7.00 pm and Saint
Mary's, Saltcoats on Thursday 17 at 2.00 pm.
THANKS
The Lourdes Group raised £300 for the Parish Maintenance Fund through
their Quiz Night on Friday last.
TOMMY McCANN
After many years of very faithful service cleaning the Church, Tommy McCann
has retired. All of us owe him a real debt of gratitude and wish him many
years of health.
FORMATION FOR MINISTRY GROUP
The Formation for Ministry Group offers this thought - that the Church is
changing is obvious to all who look and we all face the challenge of Embracing
Change as individual parish members. In The Joy Of The Gospel, Pope
Francis asks us to pray to the Lord to open our cold hearts and shake
up our lukewarm and superficial existence. It is then that “we speak of what
we have seen and heard” (1 John 1:3). Embracing Change gives us the opportunity
to use our talents for the benefit of our brothers and sisters. We are called
to serve our communities as Jesus served us. What can I do to contribute to
our Catholic community? There are numerous ways in which I can serve our community
- welcoming, pass-keeping, singing, cleaning, flowers, proclaiming the Word
of God in Church, assisting at the Eucharist, praying for the parish, for
vocations and in support of all who make up our community, visiting the sick
or housebound, foodbanks, encouraging and supporting the young, Children’s
Liturgy – the list is almost endless. Please don’t just think about it – do
something about it. So many of us wait to be asked – what about doing the
asking? Ask if there is a way in which you can help.
CARITAS
Today, at the 10.30 am Mass, the Caritas students from this parish who attend
Saint
Matthew's Academy, Saltcoats will be commissioned
for the parish involvement part of their programme. Those who enrol in Caritas
- the Pope Benedict Award for Service - undertake service in school, in the
wider community and in their parish.
EVENING PRAYER
Evening Prayer of the Church will be sung in Saint Margaret’s Cathedral, Ayr
to mark the beginning of Advent on Sunday 29 November at 6.00 pm. You will
be very welcome.
ARDROSSAN CHURCHES GROUP
The Ardrossan Churches Group Christmas Service will be held on Thursday 10
December in the Evangelical Union Church, Glasgow Street, at 7.00 pm.
EMBRACING CHANGE AND THE YEAR OF MERCY
Following on from the Parish conversations, we are all invited to join in
a prayer service and social gathering on Sunday 6 December at 2.00 pm in Saint
Peter's, Ardrossan. This will be our first step together in responding to
Pope Francis' call throughout the
Year of Mercy. Please be part of this important gathering. Donations of home
baking for the tea after the service would also be greatly appreciated. These
can be left at the Parish Centre from 1.00 pm.
LIGHT UP A LIFE
A Light Up A Life service - remembering those who died in the Hospice - will
be held in the Ardrossan
and Saltcoats Kirkgate Parish Church, Chapelwell Street, Saltcoats on
Tuesday 8 December at 7.00 pm. There will be a collection for the Hospice.
DIOCESAN LAUNCH OF THE HOLY YEAR OF MERCY
The Diocesan Launch of the Holy Year of Mercy will be held on Sunday 13 December
at 3.00 pm in Saint Margaret's Cathedral, Ayr.
ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS CAROLS
There will be a Service of Advent and Christmas Carols on Wednesday 16 December
at 7.30 pm in Saint Margaret's Cathedral, Ayr.
CHRISTMAS MASSES
Christmas Mass in this parish will be celebrated at 5.30 pm and 8.30 pm on
Christmas Eve and at 11.00 am on Christmas Day. In Saint
Mary's, Saltcoats, the Vigil Masses are at 4.30 pm and 8.30 pm
with the day Mass at 11.30 pm. In Saint
John’s, Stevenston, the Masses are at 6.30 pm and 9.30 am.
WORLD YOUTH DAY, KRAKOW, POLAND
Young people aged 16 to 30 from Galloway Diocese are invited to join Pope
Francis at 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.
CHRISTMAS
FAIR
The Christmas Fair for 2015 will be held on Saturday 5 December 2015 from
10.30 am to 2.30 pm in the Parish Centre. There will be Santa’s Grotto, crafts,
jewellery, gifts and many more stalls. Tea and coffee will also be available.
For more information or to book a table, please contact the Parish Office
on 464063. All are welcome. Any donations for the raffle and bottle stall
will be greatly appreciated. Please hand them in to the stall or office.
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.