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Saturday
19 May
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Vigil Mass at 4.30pm |
Holy Mass at 10.00am |
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Sunday
20 May
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Sunday Mass at 10.00am |
Sunday Mass at 11.30am |
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Monday
21 May
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Service at 10.00am | Holy Mass at 10.00am |
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Tuesday
22 May
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Holy Mass at 10.00am | Service at 10.00am |
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Wednesday
23 May
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Holy Mass at 10.00am | |
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Thursday
24 May
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Service at 10.00am | Holy Mass at 10.00am |
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Friday
25 May
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Holy Mass at 10.00am | Service at 10.00am |
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Saturday
26 May
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First
Communion Mass at 12 noon Vigil Mass at 4.30pm |
Holy Mass at 10.00am |
PARISH CENTRE EVENTS |
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Sunday
20 May
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11.30am |
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Monday
21 May
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9.30
to 11.30am 5.30 to 6.30pm 6.30 to 8.00pm 6.45 to 8.15pm 7.30pm |
Parents
and Toddlers |
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Tuesday
22 May
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9.00
to 11.00am 3.45pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilitation |
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Wednesday
23 May
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3.45pm |
Irish Dancing |
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Thursday
24 May
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6.30 to 7.30pm |
Pilates |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Sister Dorothy McCaffrey SND, Religious Education Adviser in the diocese for many years, Charles Welsh (Greenock) and Graham Brown who died recently;
Harry Andrew 2003, Tommy Coulter 2010, Daniel Cullinane 1971, Mary McKay 1980, Robert McKay 1942, Gwendoline McMullan 2016, Mary Quinn 1978, Ian Waterson 2016, George Wilson 2006, Deborah McFarlane Armstrong 2015, Hugh Cairns 2015, Patricia Butcher 2009, Brian Cairns 2004, Nora Ramsay 2007, Ronnie Stewart 1971, Angus Donnelly 2003, Janet Gee 2010, William McCafferty 1920, Susan McKinlay 2012, Mary Brown 2013, James Cairnie 1953, Mary Kelly 2002, Sadie Welsh 2009, Meta McCulloch, John McKibben 2012, Patrick O'Hare 1973, Margaret McAuley 1953, Joe Peppard 1993, Christine Stevens 1996, Joseph Higgins 2006, Robert and Margaret Monan 1977 and Lily Peppard 2004 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 Father Duncan, 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 celebrated on Saturdays between 4.45 and 5.15 pm and at other times on request.
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 £1086.98 and the Maintenance Fund collection to £309.79 - 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 Harry Sammons at 5.30pm and Patricia Milligan at 10.30am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group 1 at 5.30pm and Group 2 at 10.30am.
MUSIC MINISTRY
Next weekend's musicians are the choir at 5.30pm and John and Phil McKenzie at 10.30am.
CHILDREN’S
LITURGY
Next week's Children's Liturgy helpers are Geraldine
Butcher for the pre-fives, Andrena Hughes and Jacqueline Waugh for Primaries
1, 2 and 3 and Emily Tarbet and Jacqueline Smith
for Primary 4.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
We welcome to the Family of the Church Lacey and Aiden McKernon who will be
baptised on Sunday 27 May. Congratulations to their parents and Godparents.
SUNDAY TEAS
Tea and coffee will be served after the 10.30am Mass next Sunday in the Parish
Centre by Sharon McLaughlin's team.
PENTECOST BRUNCH
There will be a Pentecost brunch after Mass today from 11.30am to 1.00pm in
the Parish Centre. There will be soup, rolls and sausage and bacon along with
scones and cakes. All proceeds raised will go towards the Parish Centre. All
are welcome.
SPECIAL PENTECOST MASS TODAY
There will be a special Pentecost Mass, organised by the Embracing Change
Group at Saint
Mary's Church, Saltcoats at 3.00pm. This will be the Liturgy of
the Word. We will then be invited to walk to Saint Peter's in Ardrossan for
the Liturgy of the Eucharist around 3.30pm. This will be followed by refreshments
in the Parish Centre. Everyone is very welcome to join in!
I WISH I HAD GIVEN HIM EVERYTHING
Once
upon a time, there was a beggar who used to sit at the gates of the great
city. Along with all the other beggars, he would hold out his hands and beg
for help and support. Sometimes people gave him a few coins and others would
give him food or a little rice. He would collect the rice in the huge pocket
of his shabby coat until he had enough for one warm meal. One day, the people
of the city were told that a great king was passing by and he would stop at
the gates to greet the people. All the citizens put on their best clothes
and decorated their house with flags and banners. There was excitement everywhere
as people waited impatiently for the arrival of the king. The beggar saw this
as his biggest chance to get something. He positioned himself right at the
city gates, making sure that he was in the first row. No-one and nothing would
stop him meeting the king and asking for money or an expensive gift. This
was a unique opportunity! At last, the king's entourage could be seen approaching
the city. The bells rang out, the music played and the people cheered enthusiastically.
The king arrived on a beautiful white stallion and when he arrived at the
gates of the city, he did something that no-one had expected or ever seen
before. Instead of greeting the nobles and dignitaries of the city, the king
called out to the beggar "What will you give me?" The beggar was
astounded and utterly speechless. He thought to himself "Did the king
say 'what will you give me?'" But this cannot be as he is a king and
he has everything - he is rich beyond imagination. I am no more than a poor
beggar - I have nothing. It should be the other way around!" The king
spoke again, looking at the beggar straight in the eye. "What will you
give me?" he firmly asked again. The beggar put his hands in his huge
pocket and took a single grain of rice from the quantity he had collected.
"I will give him this" he thought to himself, "then he will
see how poor I am!" The king accepted the single grain of rice and then
rode away. The beggar was angry and frustrated. "He gave me nothing"
he called out to the passers-by. "He gave me nothing and asked ME for
something! The beggar could not contain his anger. When he sat down, he put
his hand in his huge pocket and felt a cold, hard grain. He pulled it out
and it was a small and shiny piece of gold. The king had turned the beggar's
grain of rice into pure gold. His face fell with remorse and regret and through
his anguished tears, he said over and over again "I wish I had given
him everything!"
JUST FOR A LAUGH…
Two Mexicans are stuck in the desert after crossing into the United States,
wandering aimlessly and starving. They are about to just lie down and wait
for death when all of a sudden Luis says "Hey Pepe, do you smell what
I smell? Ees bacon, I theenk." "Si, Luis, eet sure smells like bacon."
With renewed hope they struggle up the next sand dune and there, in the distance,
is a tree loaded with bacon. There's raw bacon, there's fried bacon, back
bacon, double smoked bacon - every imaginable kind of cured pork. "Pepe,
Pepe, we ees saved. Ees a bacon tree." "Luis, maybe ees a meerage?
We ees in the desert don't forget." "Pepe, since when deed you ever
hear of a meerage that smell like bacon - ees no meerage, ees a bacon tree."
And with that, Luis staggers towards the tree. He gets to within five metres,
Pepe crawling close behind, when suddenly a machine gun opens up and Luis
drops like a wet sock. Mortally wounded, he warns Pepe with his dying breath,
"Pepe... go back man, you was right, ees not a bacon tree!" "Luis,
Luis mi amigo... what ees it?" "Pepe.. ees not a bacon tree. Ees
.... Ees .... Ees ... Ees... Ees a ham bush…."
FATHER JOHN'S TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF PRIESTHOOD
On Tuesday 29 May 2018, Father John
Maendeleo, shown below, celebrates twenty-five years of priesthood. Father
John was a priest in residence at Saint Peter's from 7 June 2006 till
he returned to his native Tanzania on 1 February 2008. As well as helping
Canon Matt with his duties in
Ardrossan, Father John assisted
in neighbouring parishes. On his anniversary, the 10.00am Mass will be celebrated
for Father John. There will be
an opportunity to donate to a monetary gift for him. Donations can be handed
in to the Parish Office or made to a collection on the day.
NEW SAFEGUARDING GUIDELINES - IN GOD'S IMAGE
At the recent meeting of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland, it was agreed
that a special Pastoral Letter from Bishop Toal be sent to all parish priests
with the request that it be distributed to parishioners at the Pentecost Sunday
Masses. Please make sure you get your copy after Holy Mass today.
NEW PARISH PRIEST IN LARGS AND MILLPORT
Father Eamonn Flynn will retire on Friday 25 May and Bishop Nolan has appointed
former Saint Peter's parishioner, Monsignor
Peter Magee, shown below, to succeed Father Flynn as parish priest of
Saint Mary's Church,
Largs and Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Millport. Monsignor Magee will
take up his appointment on Friday. We wish Father Eamonn and Monsignor
Peter God's special blessing for a good start.
A NEW MASS - THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, MOTHER OF THE CHURCH
By a decree of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the
Sacraments of 11 February 2018, the Memorial of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother
of the Church has been inscribed in the Roman Calendar to be celebrated every
year on the Monday after Pentecost. In 2018, this Memorial falls on 21 May.
The initiative for this comes from the Holy
Father. It is hoped the extension of this celebration to the whole Church
will remind all Christ's disciples that, if we want to grow and be filled
with the love of God, it is necessary to plant our lives firmly on three great
realities - the Cross, the Eucharist, and the Mother of God.
POPE FRANCIS MISSION PRAYER FOR MAY
Pope Francis's mission prayer for
May is for the Mission of the Laity. We pray that the lay faithful may fulfil
their specific mission, by responding with creativity to the challenges that
face the world today
SPECIAL RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT (SPRED) GROUP
SPRED Galloway is holding two charity events to which you are warmly invited.
These are a Ladies' Lunch at the Caledonian Ballroom Trump Turnberry on Saturday
29 September from 12.30 to 4.00pm. There will be a champagne reception followed
by a two-course lunch, coffee and petit fours. A fashion show, auction, raffle
and a selection of stalls will be also available the event. Ticket cost £30
per person. To book a place, please email Helena or Janette at spredgalloway@talktalk.net.
The second event is a Charity Black Tie Ball at the Dumfries Arms Hotel, Cumnock
on Saturday 9 March 2019 from 6.30pm to 12.30am. There will be a drinks reception,
followed by a three-course dinner, coffee and homemade shortbread. There will
be a charity auction and raffle and dancing to live music. Overnight accommodation
with breakfast is available at competitive rates. A table holds eight guests.
Table, corporate and Individual bookings are most welcome. Ticket price is
£35 per person. To reserve your place or accommodation, please contact
Helen or Janette at spredgalloway@talktalk.net.
NINETIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LEGION OF MARY
There is a coach going to Carfin from Kilwinning on Sunday 20 May 2018 and
a few seats are still available. If you are interested, please phone Gerry
on 01294 556680.
BE PART OF THE SCOTTISH CATHOLIC INTERNATIONAL AID FUND (SCIAF) 6K FAMILY
FUN RUN
Millions of people walk for hours every day in search of food and water. Others
flee across continents to get to safety. The steps you take can help share
their journey. Whether you're old or young, running or walking, with SCIAF's
6k Family Fun Run, you can raise money and show solidarity with people in
need around the world. Your entry fee will go towards our work helping people
in poverty across twenty-seven countries. With plenty of music, stalls and
games this will be a perfect summer's day out for the whole family. Whether
you run, jog or take a stroll around the course. we hope to see you at the
starting line on Saturday 2 June 2018 at Strathclyde Country Park. The fun
starts at 10.00am and the run at 11.00am. The entry fee for adults is £10
and for children £5. You can sign up at www.sciaf.org.uk/sciaf-6k-fun-run
or call Teresa on 0141 354 5555.
PARISH CENTRE STAFF REQUIRED
We are looking for anyone that may be interested in working weekdays, as required,
to assist with funeral teas held in the Parish Centre. For more information,
please contact Fiona, the Parish Centre Manager on 606424 or the Parish Office.
All enquiries are welcome.
CHURCH CLEANERS REQUIRED
We are looking for volunteers to help with the weekly cleaning of the Church.
If you would like to help, please contact Myriame Sammons on 469006 or the
Parish Office on 464063.
50/50 CLUB WINNERS
Congratulations to our April 50/50 Club winners who each win £25 - 222
Nicola McAuliffe, 69 Millie McCann, 28 Mary Walsh and 20 Canon
McManus and the April bonus draw of £100 goes to 186 Esther Coulter.
Congratulations to our May winners who each win £25 - 30 Ennis McHugh,
190 Rena Fitzpatrick, 252 Alastair Ramsay and 171 Ian McCormick. At this time
each year we give the 50% of the annual income to the 50/50 Club to the Parish
- this year £2000. We thank all our members who make this possible and
wish them good luck in future draws. We have places for anyone who would like
to join. Just take a form in the porch and hand it to the Promoter, Myriame
Sammons or the Parish Office. Many thanks.
SCOTTISH CATHOLIC INTERNATIONAL ADID FUND (SCIAF) NEWSLETTER
The SCIAF newsletter gives an update on SCIAF's work and information as part
of the Share the Journey campaign inspired by Pope
Francis's deep concern for migrants and refugees. SCIAF would like to
thank and express their gratitude to the parish for their continued support.
The newsletter is available at the back of the Church.
VISITORS
Are you visiting us for Holy Mass? Please know that you are very welcome.
During the 10.30 am Holy 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 Holy Mass, tea, coffee
cakes and buns are available in the Parish Centre. At both of our weekend
Holy 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.