FEAST OF THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD IN YEAR 3
CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
9 January
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Mass at 10.00 am for the Ferguson family |
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Sunday
10 January
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Sunday Mass of the Baptism of our Lord at 10.30 am for the congregation and Gerry Brown |
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Monday
11 January
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Funeral Service at 10.00 am for Joleen McIndoe followed by cremation
at Holmsford Bridge Crematorium, Dreghorn. |
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Tuesday
12 January
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Mass at 10.00 am for Patricia Doyle and John Hendry |
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Wednesday
13 January
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Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for Pat Haggarty and John Hendry |
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Thursday
14 January
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Mass at 7.00 am for Bridget Breen and Michael Bender |
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Friday
15 January
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Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for Johnny Thompson and Collette McInnes |
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Saturday
16 January
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Mass at 10.00 am for Christmas intentions |
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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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SAINT MARY'S AND SAINT JOHN'S CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
9 January
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Sunday Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
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Sunday
10 January
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Sunday Mass at 10.00 am |
Sunday Mass at 11.30 am |
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Monday
11 January
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Service at 10.00 am |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Tuesday
12 January
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Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
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Wednesday
13 January
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Mass at 10.00 am |
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Thursday
14 January
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Service at 10.00 am |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Friday
15 January
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Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
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Saturday
16 January
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Sunday Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Saturday
9 January
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7.00 pm | Private Function |
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Sunday
10 January
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11.30 am |
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Monday
11 January
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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
12 January
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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 |
Cardiac
Rehabilitation |
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Wednesday
13 January
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5.45
to 6.45 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 8.00 to 9.00 pm |
Irish
Dancing Class |
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Thursday
14 January
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6.00
to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Brownies |
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Friday
15 January
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9.30 to 11.30 am | Parents and Toddlers |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Joleen McIndoe, Patricia Doyle (Hamilton), Bridget Breen, Michael Bender,
Millie Clinton (Canada), John McTiernan (Winchburgh) and Gerry Coogans (Motherwell)
who died recently;
Joan McCallum 2001, Rosina McPeake, Terence Murphy 1989, Mario Marchetti 2013,
John Aitken 2001, Kathleen Brown 2012, Christine Cassidy 1998, Mary Donnelly
2006, Eamon Lennon 2009, Kathleen
Tritschler 2006, Roy White 1993, Cecilia McCurdie 2005, James McNamara
1982, Mary Guilfoyle 2005, Ishbel
McCarroll 1983, Monica McDonald 1997, David Stirling 2004, Mary Coulter
1978, David Magee 2014, Peter
McCarroll 1940, Elizabeth Walsh 2005, David Gallagher 2011, Mary Boyce
Gillies 2012 and Theresa McDermott 2000 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.
COLLECTIONS
Last weekend's Offertory collection amounted to £761.13 and the Justice
and Peace collection to £284.56 - 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 Marade Griffin at 5.30
pm and Margaret Harvey and Krista Ward at 10.30 am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group 1 at 5.30
pm and Group 3 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
Gemma Coldwell for the pre-fives, Maria Paterson-Kidd, George Kidd and Aidan
Grant for primaries 1, 2 and 3 and Andrena Hughes and Sean Henry for primary
4.
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.
50/50 CLUB
We thank members for their continued support of the 50/50 Club and remind
them that payment for 2016 membership is due in January. Payment can be given
to the Promoter, Mrs Myriame Sammons or to your collector. We will also have
a Sign-Up Sunday on 10 and 17 January 2016.
BURNS SUPPER
The 2016 Burns
Supper will take place in the Parish Centre on Saturday 6 February at
7.00 pm. Patrons are asked to be seated by 6.50 pm for a prompt start. The
Immortal Memory will be delivered by Jim Butler, former Principal Teacher
of Art at Saint Andrew's Academy, Saltcoats, shown below left. John Butcher,
Executive Director, Education and Youth Employment for North Ayrshire Council,
shown below centre, will propose the Toast to the Lassies and Joan Sturgeon,
Provost of North Ayrshire, shown below right, will reply. Other participants
are Bill Andrew, Rachel Brown, Calum Coldwell, Canon Matt, Aidan and Bethany
McGrath, George McGrattan and Ciaran Sinclair. Tickets cost £15 and
can be booked in advance though the Parish Office on 01294 464063. Patrons
can request group seating arrangements to be with friends. The meal will be
prepared and served by Michael and Fiona Brown, family and friends. Vegetarian
meals are available with notice as an alternative to the traditional Burns
Supper main course. There are more details on the Church website. Your support
is appreciated.
FATHER
CON BOTTER, SACERDOTUM CORDE JESU - PRIEST OF THE SACRED HEART
Due to continuing ill-health, Father Con Botter SCJ of Saint John Ogilvie’s
Church, Irvine, has had to move to Nazareth House, Cardonald. The Sacred Heart
Fathers will continue to serve Saint John Ogilvie - but the Sunday evening
Mass is now discontinued. This change is reflected in Sunday
Mass times in other local parishes.
1ST ARDROSSAN RAINBOWS AND 5TH ARDROSSAN BROWNIES
The Rainbows are now on holiday and will restart on Monday 11 January 2016.
We would like to thank their parents for their continued support during 2015
and wish them a Happy Christmas and a Good New Year.
WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity runs from 18 to 25 January. Given the
time of year, I have never had an evening service but tried to include the
intentions in the Bidding Prayers and invited everyone to make this a prayer
intention during your own prayers of the week.
SONGS OF PRAISE
There will be a Songs of Praise service in Ardrossan
and Saltcoats Kirkgate Parish Church in Chapelwell Street, Saltcoats on
Sunday 17 January at 3.00 pm. It is organised by the Ardrossan Churches Group.
Everyone is welcome.
THANKS
Marie Murray expresses her thanks to Canon
Matt and the parishioners for all the cards, flowers,
visits and especially the prayers offered during her months of illness. Holy
Mass will be offered for you on Saturday evening as a token of thanks.
SAINT PETER’S CHILDREN’S CENTRE
There are a few funded placed available now in the nursery of Saint Peter's
Children's Centre for children who are three years of age before 29 February
2016. Please contact Josephine on 01294 473030.
THE SCOTTISH REFORMATION
A series of talks and discussions on the Reformation will be given in Saint
Bride's Church, West Kilbride on Wednesday evenings
from 7.30 to 9.00 pm. The dates are 3 February, 2 March, 6 April, 4 May, 25
May and 22 June. The six speakers, men and women, include people from both
the Reformed and Catholic traditions. If you are interested, please go along.
If you remember, please let Father Boland know on joe-boland@btconnect.com.
Details are on the poster.
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 Church maintenance.
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.