BULLETIN
25
SEPTEMBER 2016
TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY
IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR 3
CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
24 September
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Mass
at 10.00 am |
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Sunday
25 September
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Mass at 10.30 am for the congregation |
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Monday
26 September
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Mass at 10.00 am |
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Tuesday
27 September
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Mass at 10.00 am |
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Wednesday
28 September
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Mass at 10.00 am |
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Thursday
29 September
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No
Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Friday
30 September
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No
Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Saturday
1 October
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Mass
at 10.00 am Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for the congregation |
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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
24 September
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Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Sunday
25 September
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Sunday Mass at 10.00 am |
Sunday Mass at 11.30 am |
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Monday
26 September
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Service at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
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Tuesday
27 September
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Service at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
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Wednesday
28 September
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Service at 10.00 am |
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Thursday
29 September
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Requiem Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
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Friday
30 September
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Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
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Saturday
1 October
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Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass
at 10.00 am |
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Sunday
25 September
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11.30 am |
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Monday
26 September
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9.30
to 11.30 am 3.00 to 6.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm |
Parents
and Toddlers |
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Tuesday
27 September
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9.00
to 11.00 am 3.00 to 6.00 pm 3.45 pm 7.30 to 8.10 pm 8.10 to 8.30 pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilitation |
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Wednesday
28 September
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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
29 September
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3.00
to 6.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Skallywags
Aftercare |
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Friday
30 September
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9.30
to 11.30 am 3.00 to 6.00 pm |
Parents
and Toddlers Skallywags Aftercare |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Jim McGrath (Saltcoats), Rose Nicol, Edward Flyn (Kilmarnock), Gerald Kelly
(Glasgow), Isa Donald and Sister Annette, Cross and Passion, (Dublin) who
died recently;
Jamie
Clarke 2015, Tom McGhee 2011, Sister
Mary of Saint Joseph 1975 pictured right, Bernard Boyce 2012, Dominic
Burke 1988, John Mackay 2002, Thomas
McGrattan 1917, Daniel Murray 1981, Brian Ghosh 2002, Maureen Johnson
2003, Brownlie Smyth 2014, John Brodie 2001, Angela Brown 2008, Peggy McKay
1992, Robert
Leo Walsh 1968, Mary Barr, Fiona McKellar 2015, Finbarr Moynihan 2015,
Dorothea Campbell 2011, Mary Clarke 1984, Bert Body 1985, John Connor 1983,
Charles Coulter 1992 and Kathleen Mulhearn 2009 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 is the chaplain to Ayr Hospital and the Ayrshire
Hospice.
FINANCES
Bankers Orders for the Parish and Parish Centre amount to £3800 per
month. 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 £595.53 and the Maintenance
Fund collection to £221.42 - many thanks. The special collection this
weekend is for the Retired Priests' Fund. Gift Aid envelopes are available
at the end of the pews.
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 Pauline Taylor at 5.30 pm and
Margaret Brawley at 10.30 am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Please could all Altar Servers collect the new rota from the sacristy?
Could you please leave either an email or postal address for future rotas
as due to unforeseen circumstances information previously held is unavailable
to us. Next weekend's altar servers are Group 1 at 5.30 pm
and Group 4 at 10.30 am.
CHILDREN’S
LITURGY
As we begin our new term of Children's Liturgy, we would like to welcome all
nursery and primary 1 to 3 children to join us during the 10.30 am Sunday
Mass. Our Primary 4 group will begin in October after their Presentation Sunday
which will be arranged soon. We
are looking for volunteers to help support these groups to help us keep the
wonderful programme for the children we have in this parish. If you would
like to volunteer or would just like more information, please contact Michelle
at the Parish Office on 464063. Thank you. Next week's helpers are Jacqueline
Waugh and
Emma Paterson for the pre-fives and Maria Paterson-Kidd, George Kidd and Michelle
Morton for Primaries 1, 2 and 3.
SUNDAY
TEAS
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
Congratulations to our 50/50 Club winners for September who each win £25.
95 Pam McGlynn, 6 Kieran Sammons, 90 Mary Reilly and 216
Ben Madine.
The bonus draw for £100 was won by 63 Eileen Manson.
BISHOP
NOLAN
Bishop
William continues to make good progress and hopes to return
to duty soon.
IGNATIAN
PRAYER GROUP
The first Ignatian Prayer Group commenced on last Wednesday at 7.30 pm and
will continue on the first Wednesday of each month. The second Group will
commence on Tuesday 13 September at 7.30 pm and will continue on the second
Tuesday of each month thereafter.
EMBRACING
CHANGE IN THE YEAR OF MERCY
The Outreach to the Poor Group of Embracing Change have arranged a meeting
to discuss Homelessness in North Ayrshire and our Christian response to the
problem. The speakers are from Scottish Churches Housing Action, North Ayrshire
Council Homeless Unit and East Ayrshire Churches Homeless Action. The meeting
will take place in Saint Mary's Parish Hall, Saltcoats on 29 September at
7.00 pm. The main speaker will be Diane Becker from Scottish Churches Housing
Action. All are welcome.
MARY'S MEALS
Thank you for the many donations, of items and cash, for the Mary's
Meals Backpack appeal. We will soon be in a position to fill more than
a hundred further backpacks to send to Malawi. To this end, we need the following
items - hand towels, coloured pencils, pencil cases, sharpeners, jotters,
small balls, dessert spoons and toothpaste. If you would like to donate any
items please leave them in the box in the Church porch. Thank you again for
your generosity.
SAINT
PETER'S CHILDREN'S CENTRE
Saint Peter's Children's Centre has re-opened on Mondays and Fridays at 8.50
am for the nursery class, 1.00 pm for the two to three class and at 9.30 to
11.30 am for the toddler group. Funded places available for immediate start
for children aged three years or over. Children who are three before 28 February
2017 can register for a place now. For further information, please call Josephine
Coulter on 473030 or 602179.
COFFEE MORNING
Saint Peter's Children's Centre invites you to join them for The Macmillan
Coffee Morning on Thursday 29 September at 11.00 am in the Parish Centre.
All are welcome.
CATHOLIC SINGLES
Catholic Singles is an organisation which helps single adult Catholics of
all ages meet, either one to one or through social events. Please telephone
0161 941 3498, visit the website www.CatholicSingles.org.uk
or email info@CatholicSingles.org.uk.
CHURCH DOORS
Both the side and front doors are now fitted. Because the Church is an A-Listed
building, more durable replacement doors needed to be specially made at a
cost of 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 £4583.
SCALLYWAGS AFTER CARE
Scallywags After Care is held in the Parish Centre on Mondays to Fridays from
3.00 to 6.00 pm during term time and 8.00 am to 6.00 pm during holidays. There
are pickups at Stanley, Saint Peter's and Winton Primary Schools.
FUTURE EVENTS
The following events are being planned.
- 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.