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 Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for the Holy Souls and John Craig

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
Mass at 10.00 am for the Holy Souls

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
Sunday Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Jim Lyons

The Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify anniversaries as early as you can. Thanks.
Any changes to the above times caused, for example, by a funeral will be notified on the home page of this website.


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

 

PARISH CENTRE EVENTS
Saturday 28 November  
12.30 pm Private Function
Sunday 29 November  

11.30 am
1.00 pm

Tea and Coffee after Mass
Private Function

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
Rainbows
Brownies
Saint Vincent de Paul Society

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
Legion of Mary
Irish Dancing
Cardio 40
Ignatian Prayer Group 1

Wednesday 2 December  
5.45 to 6.45 pm
7.00 to 8.00 pm
8.00 to 9.00 pm

Irish Dancing Class
Zumba

Retrobics

Thursday 3 December  
6.00 to 7.30 pm
7.30 to 9.00 pm

Brownies
Guides

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.