SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER IN YEAR 3
CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
2 April
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HMS Dasher Service
on the 9.45 am Ardrossan-Brodick ferry |
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Sunday
3 April
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Sunday
Mass at 10.30 am for the congregation |
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Monday
4 April
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Mass at 10.00 am for Annie and Andrew Murphy |
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Tuesday
5 April
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Mass at 10.00 am for Kathleen McSkimming and Kenneth McSkimming |
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Wednesday
6 April
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Mass at 10.00 am for Irene Chalmers |
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Thursday
7 April
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Wedding Mass at 2.00 pm for Janine McIvor and David McAllister |
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Friday
8 April
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Mass at 10.00 am for May McParland |
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Saturday
9 April
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Mass at 10.00 am for Veronica Stevenson Wedding Mass at 12 noon for Gabrielle Milson and Phil Philpott Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for the Cullen and Curtis and Tagga families |
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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
2 April
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Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
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Sunday
3 April
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Sunday Mass at 10.00 am |
Sunday Mass at 11.30 am |
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Monday
4 April
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Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
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Tuesday
5 April
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Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
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Wednesday
6 April
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Mass at 10.00 am |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Thursday
7 April
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Mass at 10.00 am |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Friday
8 April
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Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
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Saturday
9 April
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Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Sunday
3 April
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11.30
am |
Tea
and Coffee after Mass |
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Monday
4 April
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7.00 to 9.00 pm | |
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Tuesday
5 April
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9.00
to 11.00 am 11.00 am 7.30 to 8.30 pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilitation |
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Wednesday
6 April
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7.00
to 8.00 pm 8.00 to 9.00 pm 7.30 pm |
Zumba |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Eileen Chalmers who died recently;
Archie McFarlane, Harry Quinn 1993, Patrick Tomelty 2004, Annie Adam 1997,
Mattie Friel 1995, Barbara Henderson, Frank McCaffrey 2012, Jane Mullen 2003,
Annie Murphy 1981, Agnes Ward 2001, Margaret Boyd 2004, George Lee 1992, James
Wilson 2013, Daniel Thomas Gilmour 2013, Frank Grogan, Michael McNamara 2008,
Father Tom McCann 2009, Mary Tinney 2004 and Father Jim Boyd SCJ 2002 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 £928.63, the Maintenance
Fund collection to £716.61 and the Holy Places collection to £178.04
- 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 Ronnie Cairns at 5.30
pm and Angela Body and Ami Paterson 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
Erin McLaughlin for the pre-fives, Maria Paterson-Kidd, George Kidd and
Morgan Roy for primaries 1, 2 and 3 and Andrena Hughes and
Shannon Simmons 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.
MAY
McPARLAND
May will be brought to Church on Monday 18 April at 6.00 pm. Her Requiem Mass
on Tuesday 19 April at 10.00 am will be followed by her burial at Knadgerhill
Cemetery, Irvine at 11.30 am.
RAINBOWS AND BROWNIES - MONDAY NIGHT UNITS
The Rainbows and Brownies who meet on Monday night in the Parish Centre will
be on holiday on Monday 21 March and the following three weeks during the
Easter break. We return on Monday 18 April at the normal times.
CHURCH DOORS
Before another winter hits us, we need to replace the Church doors. The main
doors swell badly in the rain and are impossible to open and shut properly.
Because the Church is an A-Listed building, more durable replacement doors
need to be specially made. This is being done but the total cost of main and
side doors will be over £10000. I need to make an appeal to you for
help. Brown envelopes will be available and any fundraising you can organise
will be extremely useful. Extra in the second collection is a perfect way
of helping. So far, donations total £440.
HMS DASHER ASSOCIATION
The annual remembrance of the sinking of HMS
Dasher off Ardrossan in 1943 - when 379 crew were lost
- takes place this weekend. There is a short service on Saturday 2 April on
board the 9.45 am Arran ferry and the Memorial Service is at 11.30 am on 3
April at the memorial opposite the Church. The Service will be followed by
refreshments in the Parish Centre.
FOUND
A child's blue jacket was found in the Church last weekend. It can be picked
up at the stall.
COLLECTION ENVELOPES
New collection envelopes are still available at the stall.
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 remaining dates are 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.
SAINT MATTHEW'S ACADEMY PARENT COUNCIL
If Cheltenham was not your thing, then our Saint
Matthew's Academy Parent Council Race Night might
be. It will be held on Friday 6 May in Ardrossan Rugby Club from 7.30 pm to
midnight. Tickets cost £5 and will be available soon. Sandwiches and
sausage rolls will be provided for £1. There will be a bar. Little and
Large Entertainment are providing the races et cetrea. All are welcome.
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.