BULLETIN
15
JANUARY 2017
SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR
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CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
14 January
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Requiem
Mass at 10.00 am for Theresa Tumilty |
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Sunday
15 January
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Sunday Mass at 10.30 am for the congregation |
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Monday
16 January
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Mass at 10.00 am for Liz Kelly and Anthony Cahill |
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Tuesday
17 January
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Mass at 10.00 am for Manus Gallagher |
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Wednesday
18 January
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Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for May Kelly |
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Thursday
19 January
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Mass at 7.00 pm for Annie Thompson |
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Friday
20 January
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Mass at 10.00 am for Clare McGinley and Anne Bowles |
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Saturday
21 January
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Mass at 10.00 am for Annie O'Neill |
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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
14 January
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Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Sunday
15 January
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Sunday Mass at 11.00 am |
Sunday Mass at 9.30 am |
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Monday
16 January
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Service at 10.00 am |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Tuesday
17 January
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Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
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Wednesday
18 January
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Mass at 10.00 am |
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Thursday
19 January
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Service at 10.00 am |
Requiem Mass at 10.00 am |
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Friday
20 January
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Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
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Saturday
21 January
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Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Sunday
15 January
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11.30 am |
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Monday
16 January
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3.00
to 6.00 pm 5.30 to 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.30 |
Skallywags
Aftercare |
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Tuesday
17 January
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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
18 January
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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
19 January
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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
20 January
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9.30
to 11.30 pm 3.00 to 6.00 pm |
Parents
and Toddlers Skallywags Aftercare |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Anne Bowles of our parish, John Butcher of our parish, Clare McGinley (Dumbarton)
and Annie O'Neill who died recently;
Mary Coulter 1978, David Magee 2014, Peter
McCarroll 1940, Elizabeth Walsh 2005, David Gallagher 2011, Mary Boyce
Gillies 2012, Theresa McDermott 2000, George Agostini 2006, Maureen McKenzie
2014, Janis McSkimming 2010, James Murray 1972, Rena Scullion 2008, Canon
Michael Farrington 2009, Margaret McLaughlan 2005, Thelma Carrick 2005, Annie
Boyle O'Hare 1967, Mary Catherine Teggart 1999, Thomas West 2005, Bessie Brown
1982, Peggy Gray 2010, Addie Hissey 2009, Margaret McMillan 2009, Margaret
Jane Brennan 1964, Betty Kelly 2011 and Hugh Taylor 2016 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.
FINANCES
Bankers Orders for the Parish and Parish Centre amount to £3500 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 £816.77 and the Maintenance
Fund collection to £287.94 - 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 Pauline Taylor at 5.30 pm and
Tom Reid at 10.30 am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group 1 at 5.30
pm and Group 4 at 10.30 am.
CHILDREN’S
LITURGY
Next week's Children's Liturgy helpers are Jacqueline
Waugh and Emma Paterson for the pre-fives, Maria Paterson-Kidd and George
Kidd for Primaries 1, 2 and 3 and Andrena Hughes and Emily Tarbet for Primary
4.
SUNDAY TEAS
Next
Sunday's teas will be served by Sadie Gilmour's team.
50/50
CLUB
We will have a sign-up in January as in previous years on weeks ending 14
and 15 January and 21 and 22 January 2017 for existing and new members. Collectors
will be contacting their members early in the new year or contact the Promoter
Myriame Sammons on 469006.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE FOODBANK
The Foodbank at the Church of the Nazarene in Glasgow Street is desperately
short of tinned meat, juice, ultra-heat treatment (UHT) milk and tinned fruit.
Can you help, please?
MISSIO SCOTLAND
Please make the Pope Francis' prayer for January your own - That all Christians
may be faithful to the Lord's teaching by striving with prayer and love to
restore unity to the Church and by working together to meet the challenges
facing humanity.
PILGRIMAGE TO FATIMA
There is a notice about a Pilgrimage to Fatima leaving from Edinburgh in the
early morning of Sunday 25 June and returning on Thursda, 29 June. Pilgrims
can book directly.
SAINT ANDREW'S CHURCH BEETLE DRIVE
Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church is having a Beetle Drive on Friday 3 February
and everyone is welcome. There is a poster in the porch and tickets are available
at the door on the night.
BINGO NIGHT
A fundraising Bingo Night will be held on Friday 17 February at 7.00 pm to
raise funds for Aidan Hughes to once again assist the pilgrimage to Lourdes
as a volunteer with Youth for Lourdes. Tickets include a cup of tea or coffee
and you may Bring Your Own Bottle. Tickets cost £1 and are available
from the Parish Office on 464063 or Aidan Hughes. Any donation of raffle prizes
will be gratefully appreciated.
PASTORAL VISIT
Bishop Nolan will visit us on the
weekend of 28 and 29 January and celebrate the Vigil and Morning Masses. He
is delighted to accept the invitation to join us at the Burns Supper.
BURNS SUPPER
The 2017 Burns
Supper will take place in the Parish Centre on Saturday 28 January 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 Reverend Don Currie, Pastor of South
Beach Baptist Church, Saltcoats, shown below left. Kevin Thomas, former Head
of Environmental Health for North Ayrshire Council, shown below centre, will
propose the Toast to the Lassies and our parishioner, Angela Body, shown below
right, will reply. Other participants are Bill Andrew, Moira Bingham, 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.
THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
Bishop Nolan will be with us again
on Friday 17 February at 7.00 pm to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation
with candidates from this parish, Largs, West Kilbride, Kilbirnie, Beith and
Dalry. If any adult or child not in Primary 4 at Saint Peter's School would
like to be Confirmed that evening, please let me know.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE SICK MASS
The Diocesan World Day of Prayer for the Sick Mass will be held on Sunday
5 February at 4.00 pm in Saint Margaret's Cathedral, Ayr. The Hospitalité
looks forward to welcoming you. if you wish to receive the Sacrament of the
Sick please make yourself known to a member of the Hospitalité team
on the day. Mass will be followed by refreshments in the hall and the Galloway
Lourdes Hospitalité Annual General Meeting. Preceding Mass will be
the pilgrimage volunteers sign-up and Protecting Vulnerable Groups session
from 2.00 to 3.30 pm in the Cathedral hall. If you wish to come to Lourdes
as an adult helper, please come along to find out more and complete applications.
A FEW DAYS OFF
Canon
Matt is taking a few days from 23 to 27 January. The Parish Office
will be staffed as usual.
HOMELESSNESS IN NORTH AYRSHIRE
The inter-church group who are concerned with homelessness around us would
like to appeal for donations of household cleaning materials to help people
get started when they are housed. They also need new socks, gloves and pyjamas
for those who are housed in the Homeless Hostels. A full list of requirements
is on the box at the back of the Church. Thank you.
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.