BULLETIN
9
APRIL 2017
THE SUNDAY OF THE PASSION - PALM SUNDAY IN YEAR
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CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
8 April
|
Mass at 10.00 am for an Easter intention |
Sunday
9 April
|
Sunday Mass at 10.30 am for Donald Cullinane |
Monday
10 April
|
Mass at 9.00 am for Joseph and Jessie Stevens |
Tuesday
11 April
|
Mass at 9.00 am for Phyllis Poole and the
O'Brien family |
Wednesday
12 April
|
No Mass in Saint Peter's today - Canon
Matt will be in Edinburgh to discuss
education with the Church of Scotland, humanists and others. |
Thursday
13 April
|
Holy
Thursday |
Friday
14 April
|
Good Friday - a day of fasting |
Saturday
15 April
|
Holy Saturday |
Sunday
16 April
|
Easter Sunday |
The
Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify anniversaries
as early as you can. Thanks. |
Saturday
8 April
|
Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
Sunday
9 April
|
Sunday Mass at 10.00 am |
Sunday Mass at 11.30 am |
Monday
10 April
|
Service at 10.00 am |
Mass at 10.00 am |
Tuesday
11 April
|
Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
Wednesday
12 April
|
Mass at 10.00 am |
|
Thursday
13 April
|
Mass of the Last Supper at 7.00 pm |
|
Friday
14 April
|
Stations of the Cross at 10.00 am and 7.00 pm |
Passion and Veneration of the Cross at 3.00 pm |
Saturday
15 April
|
Easter Vigil at 8.30 pm |
|
Sunday
9 April
|
11.30 am |
|
Monday
10 April
|
8.00
to 6.00 pm 7.00 pm |
Scallywags
Aftercare |
Tuesday
11 April
|
8.00
to 6.00 pm 9.00 to 11.00 am 7.30 pm |
Scallywags
Aftercare |
Wednesday
12 April
|
8.00 to 6.00 pm |
Scallywags Aftercare |
Thursday
13 April
|
||
Friday
14 April
|
8.00
to 6.00 pm |
Scallywags Aftercare |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Thomas Watt of our parish, Jimmy McDonald (Irvine) and Liani Biaga (Saltcoats)
who died recently;
Andrew Coldwell 1994, Father John Collins 2002, Donald Cullinane 2009, Frank
Kelly 1994, Michael Mulligan 1982, Billy Smith 2009, David McLaren 2006, Jim
Roxburgh 2014, Father
Gabriel Kigozi 2011, Helen Theresa Magee 2000, George Monaghan 2004, Phyllis
Poole 2015, Father David Barr 2012, Martha Lynas 2009, David Walsh 1962, Janie
Clark 2010, James McKibben 2002, Margaret Spencer 1954, Ann McEvoy 1980, Kathleen
O’Donnell 2011, Francis Joseph Smith 1999, Jean Taylor 2006, Cliff Atkey 2000,
Arthur Jenkins 2015, Jean Robertson 2009 and Mary Ann Walsh 1955 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 £833.90 and the Maintenance
Fund collection to £286.53 - 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
Robert Cooper 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
Next week's Children's Liturgy helpers are Jacqueline
Waugh 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. Canon
Matt would like to meet with those who assist with the
Children's Liturgy. I will contact you in the next few days about meeting
after Easter. We need to sort out a few details and see if we can remedy the
situation where it appears that more adults than children go out each Sunday.
SUNDAY TEAS
Next
Sunday's teas will be served by Sharon McLaughlin's team.
LENT
Lent, our journey to Easter, reaches its climax this week. This week is different
to all other weeks. It is when we remember the suffering and resurrection
of our Saviour. Make it a special time. Good Friday is a day when we should
fast and do penance.
PASSOVER MEAL
We invite all the members of the other churches in the area to share the Passover
meal of lamb, unleavened bread, bitter herbs and sweet haroseth - the ingredients
Jesus would have used - on Monday evening at 7.00 pm. All are welcome.
HUSTINGS FOR THE LOCAL ELECTIONS
Hustings for the local elections, which take place on 4 May, will be held
on
- Monday 24 April in Saltcoats Town Hall for Ward 9,
Saltcoats, which has seven candidates
- Wednesday 26 April in Ardrossan Indoor Bowling Club
for Ward 5, Ardrossan and Arran, which has seven candidates
- Thursday 27 April in the High Kirk Hall, Stevenston
for Ward 4, Stevenston, which has nine candidates
Invitations will be sent to all the candidates. The meetings are organised
by the Three Towns Churches and start at 7.30 pm. The hustings will be chaired
by Canon
Matt. Come and meet the candidates and have
your say. We will avoid the referendum proposal, Brexit and other concerns
of the two Parliaments and attempts to stick to the work of North Ayrshire
Council.
50/50 CLUB
New 50/50 Club members are very welcome at any time of the year. For more
information, please contact the Promotor, Mrs Myriame Sammons on 469006.
GLENIFFER SINGERS
The Gleniffer Singers are performing a summer concert at Saint Andrew's Episcopal
Church, South Crescent Road on Friday 5 May 2017 at 7.30 pm. There will be
an easy listening programme with songs from the musicals and film, popular
and folk, gospel and secular music. Tickets costing £10 for adults and
£6 for children include refreshments after the concert and can be booked
by emailing stuart_mitchell_99@yahoo.com.
FORMING INTENTIONAL DISCIPLES
We now have the maximum numbers for Forming Intentional Disciples. Full details
will be sent out to the group shortly. Hopefully, another group will be formed
soon.
PARISH LOURDES GROUP QUIZ NIGHT
Our next fundraiser to assist financially with sick pilgrims going to Lourdes
in July will be a Quiz Night on Friday 28 April at 7.30 pm in the Parish Centre.
Tickets cost £5 and it is a Bring Your Own Bottle evening. We depend
on your continued support and appreciate any donations of prizes for the raffle.
Please contact any committee member, the Parish Office or Harry on 469006
for tickets.
MARY'S MEALS BACKPACK APPEAL
Thank you for your generosity in the past. We are still collecting all items
listed in the magazine but are particularly looking for the following items
- coloured pencils, pencil cases, sharpeners, twelve inch rulers, dessert
spoons and tennis balls or balls of a similar size. Please put any items in
the blue box marked Mary's Meals in the Church porch.
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.