BULLETIN
17
JULY 2016
SIXTEENTH
SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR 3
CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
16 July
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Mass at 10.00 am for Gerry Jones |
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Sunday
17 July
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Mass at 10.30 am for the congregation |
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Monday
18 July
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Mass at 10.00 am for Raymond McLaren |
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Tuesday
19 July
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Mass at 10.00 am for a special intention |
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Wednesday
20 July
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Mass at 10.00 am for a special intention |
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Thursday
21 July
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Requiem
Mass at 10.30 am for Anthony Da Prato followed
by his cremation at 12 noon at Holmsford Bridge Crematorium, Dreghorn |
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Friday
22 July
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Mass at 10.00 am for James and Rebecca Murray |
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Saturday
23 July
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Mass at 10.00 am for the sick Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Angus Macrae and Eddie Cunningham |
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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
16 July
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Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Sunday
17 July
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Sunday Mass at 10.00 am |
Sunday Mass at 11.30 am |
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Monday
18 July
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Service at 10.00 am |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Tuesday
19 July
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Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
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Wednesday
20 July
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Service at 10.00 am |
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Thursday
21 July
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Service at 10.00 am |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Friday
22 July
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Mass
at 10.00 am Nuptial Mass at 1.00 pm |
Service at 10.00 am |
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Saturday
23 July
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Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Sunday
17 July
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11.30 am |
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Monday
18 July
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3.00 to 6.00 pm |
Skallywags Aftercare |
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Tuesday
19 July
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9.00
to 11.00 am 3.00 to 6.00 pm 7.30 pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilitation |
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Wednesday
20 July
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3.00
to 6.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 8.00 to 9.00 pm |
Skallywags
Aftercare |
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Thursday
21 July
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3.00 to 6.00 pm |
Skallywags Aftercare |
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Friday
22 July
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3.00 to 6.00 pm | Skallywags Aftercare |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Anthony Da Prato, former Principal Teacher of Biology in Saint Andrew's and
Saint
Matthew's Academies, Saltcoats, who died recently;
Patrick
Carry 1976, Eileen McCann 2013, Andrew Murphy 1979, Gavin Finnegan 2007, Robert
MacRae 1986, Annie McGrath 2002, Monsignor John Barry 2003, Gordon Joseph
Cardinal Gray 1993, Geoffrey Kelly 1906, John McJay 1993, Brian Narducci 2000,
Betty Cutland 2014, Charlie Gribben 2002, Julia Grogan 1971, Agnes McCourt
2000, Elizabeth Nicholson 2003, Irene Smith 2015, Bobby McLaren 2007, Mary
McPolin 1987, Joseph Mulgrew 2002, Jim Murphy 2010, Canon Denis Quinlan 2015,
Margaret Donnelly 1953, Rebecca Murray 2004, Esther Ferry 2010 and Moira Cook
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.
COLLECTIONS
Last weekend's Offertory collection amounted to £612.92 and the Maintenance
Fund collection to £291.47 - 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 Julie Coldwell at 5.30
pm and Margaret Harvey at 10.30 am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group 1 at 5.30
pm and Group 2 at 10.30 am.
CHILDREN’S
LITURGY
The
Children's Liturgy restarts in September when it is celebrated during the
10.30 am Sunday Mass.
SUNDAY
TEAS
Next
Sunday's teas will be served by Saint Peter'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.
NATIONAL PILGRIMAGE TO CARFIN
The national pilgrimage to Carfin in honour of Saint Margaret and to mark
the Year of Mercy takes place on Sunday 4 September. Mass will be celebrated
at 3.00 pm. The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available between 12 noon
and 2.00 pm.
MARY'S
MEALS
Thanks to all the people who donated items for Mary's
Meals Backpack Appeal. We continue to collect all items listed on the
leaflet but are particularly looking for summer shorts, t-shirts, skirts,
dresses, flip-flops and backpacks for children aged between four and twelve.
These can be new or used in good condition. Please put any items you wish
to donate into the blue container in the Church porch and pick up the 2016
magazine to see how the work is progressing. There is also a leaflet with
the full list of items required. Thank you.
The annual appeal to the parish and collection of textiles - only - will take
place over the weekend of 13 and 14 August. Used clothing and all textiles
can be left at the Parish Centre on Saturday 13. The van will leave after
the 10.30 am Mass on the Sunday.
SAINT PETER'S SCHOOL COOKBOOK
Saint
Peter's Primary School Parent Council has worked closely with the pupils
and staff of Saint Peter's to produce a fundraising Cookbook to celebrate
the school's twentieth anniversary. The Cookbook costs £5 and will be
available to buy after both Masses next weekend. For more information, please
call Michelle on 07846 399252.
THE HOLY YEAR OF MERCY - PILGRIMAGE TO SAINT NINIAN'S CAVE
Our parish should celebrate the Year of Mercy by taking part in the Pilgrimage
to Saint Ninian's Cave, Whithorn on Sunday 28 August. A bus - the parish will
bear the cost - will leave Saint Peter's at 11.30 am. Bring a picnic. Mass
will be at 4.00 pm in the Church for those unable to walk along the beach
to Saint Ninian's Cave and at the Cave for those able to walk the fair distance.
Names - one per space - should be written on the sheet at the stall, please.
ELEVEN YEARS OF SAINT PETER'S WEBSITE
Saint Peter's website was eleven years old last Wednesday, having been launched
on 13 July 2005. The site, which has been visited more than 154000 times,
has over 2600 web pages, 1500 pictures, 640 bulletins between 1960 and 2015,
25000 links, some audio and video clips and been viewed in over 100 countries
worldwide. Over 1400 of our deceased relatives and friends are remembered
in our Anniversary List and some are featured in our Memoriam Cards page.
The site contains many articles on past and present spiritual and community
life in Saint Peter's. Canon
Matt and the website author are very grateful
to those who have accessed the site, lent photographs, passed on stories,
identified errors, made suggestions and expressed compliments. The aims of
the site are to make parishioners and others aware of current events and record
our history. If you can help with this project, please speak to Canon
Matt or contact WebsiteAuthor@SaintPeterinChains.net.
CHURCH DOORS
The side door is fitted and the front doors should only be a few weeks. Before
another winter hits us, we need to replace the front doors. They 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 £4348.
HOSPITALITÉ DE NOTRE DAME DE LOURDES
This year, 2016, the Galloway Diocesan Branch of Hospitalité de Notre
Dame de Lourdes celebrates sixty years of organising pilgrimages to Lourdes.
A Celebration Dinner Dance for all former pilgrims - from 1956 to the present
day - and all friends who wish to join us, has been arranged. for Friday 19
August in Saint Joseph's Church Hall, Hill Street, Kilmarnock with a 7.00
pm start. Tickets cost £15 and are available from Myriame Sammons on
01294 469006. This is a 'Bring Your Own Bottle' event.
THE PAINTING
Have you noticed the painting of the Crucifixion in the Church? It was presented
to the parish by Mr Ross who presented the painting The Young Mary some time
ago. Full details of the painting will be given later.
CLOTHING APPEAL IN AID OF CHERNOBYL CHILDREN'S LIFELINE
We will have another group of twelve girls coming from the Ukraine to Ayrshire
in August for four weeks. Some of these children have again been selected
because they either have parents in the military fighting in the East of Ukraine
or they have been displaced due to the war so they all need our help more
than ever. We are looking to make up a bag pack for each child when they arrive
so we need donations of new pyjamas, underwear, socks, leggings, t-shirts,
to fit girls aged between nine and thirteen years. We also need felt pens,
coloured pencils, pencil cases, hair brushes, hair clips, bobbles et cetera.
Any financial help would be greatly appreciated. I thank you in advance for
your continued support of my charity and I hope you get the chance to meet
the children when they visit Saint
John’s Church, Stevenston. If you have anything to donate or would
be interested in finding out more about the charity, please contact Michael
or Lisa Lafferty on 01294 461234 or 07813 650411. Michael
Lafferty
KIRKGATE PARISH CHURCH, SALTCOATS - INVITATION TO ALL LOCAL CONGREGATIONS
Kirkgate Parish
Church is holding an open air - weather permitting - Ecumenical Service
on Saturday 6 August at 11.00 am as part of its 150 years celebration of the
church building. Please come along and join in and enjoy coffee and cream
scones after the service.
COLLECTION ENVELOPES
New collection envelopes are still available at the stall.
FUTURE EVENTS
The following events are being planned.
- 28 August - Pilgrimage to Saint Ninian's Cave, Whithorn
- 16 October - Sacrament of the Sick in Saint
Mary's Church, Largs
- 30 October - Youth Event in Saint
Matthew's Academy, Saltcoats
- 28 November - Closing of the Year of Mercy in Saint
Brigid's Church, Kilbirnie
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.