BULLETIN 22
MAY 2005
TRINITY SUNDAY IN YEAR 1
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
21 May | Confession
on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm |
Sunday
22 May | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
Monday
23 May | Mass at 10.00 am for Joe Arkison |
Tuesday
24 May | Mass at 10.00 am for Ann Cameron |
Wednesday
25 May | Mass at 10.00 am for the McCarroll Family |
Thursday
26 May | Mass at 7.00 pm for Robert Ferguson |
Friday
27 May | Mass at 10.00 am for Agnes Milligan |
Saturday
28 May | Mass at 10.00 am for Lily and Joe Peppard |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
22 May | 10.00
am 11.00 am | Children's
Liturgy Tea and Coffee after Mass |
Monday
23 May |
9.00 to 11.30 am 9.00 to 11.30 am 11.45 to 2.15 pm 2.30 to 4.00 pm 5.00 to 6.00 pm 6.30 to 8.30 pm 7.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm | Pre
5 Children Parents and Toddlers Pre 5 Children Kindergarten Rainbows Brownies Saint Vincent de Paul Society Weight Watchers |
Tuesday
24 May | 9.00
to 11.30 am 11.45 to 2.15 pm 1.30 to 3.30 pm 2.30 to 4.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.30 pm |
Pre 5 Children Pre 5 Children Country Dancing Kindergarten Saint Anne's Guild Keep Fit |
Wednesday
25 May | 9.00
to 11.30 am 11.45 to 2.15 pm 2.30 to 4.00 pm 5.00 to 6.00 pm 6.30 to 8.30 pm 6.30 to 9.00 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Pre 5 Children Pre 5 Children Kindergarten Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds The Best of Health Special Religious Development (SPRED) Ignatian Prayer Group |
Thursday
26 May | 9.00
to 11.30 am 11.45 to 2.15 pm 2.30 to 4.00 pm 1.00 to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm 7.30 pm |
Pre 5 Children |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Agnes Milligan who died recently;
William Calvert 1992, Angus Donnelly 2003, Mary Kelly 2002,
Jim Little 1945,
Meta McCulloch, Patrick O'Hare 1973, Mary
Elizabeth Peppard 2004,
Mary Lynn Beattie 1998, Bernard
Little 1999 and Sarah Ramsey 2000
whose anniversaries occur
at this time;
Niamh Jean Quayle who was baptised recently
and those who are sick.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £887.20 - many
thanks.
Banker's Orders amount to an average of £4000 per month. Forms
are available in the Church porch. Each month £4000 is repaid to the Diocese
for the building loan and levy.
PARISH
CENTRE COLLECTION
Last
weekend's collection for the Parish Centre amounted to £383.83
- many thanks.
ALTAR
BREADS AND WINE
In previous years, some parishioners have cared to mark an
occasion by making a donation towards the costs of the altar breads and wine.
The annual cost of these is approximately £1000. Would you like to consider
making such a donation?
50/50
CLUB
The 50/50 Club supports the parish financially. If you are not a member,
please consider it and contact Myriame Sammons.
MARATHON
RUN
Karen O'Reilly Pirie has generously agreed that all proceeds from her
fundraising Marathon Run in Prague on Sunday 22 May will be given to Saint Peter's
parish. If you would like to support her and the parish, sponsor sheets are available
at the stall. Donations may be handed into the Parish Office.
SACRAMENTS
OF CONFIRMATION AND FIRST COMMUNION
Many thanks to all who helped prepare
the children for the Sacraments - parents, teachers, Clara Hyslop our Sacramental
Catechist and parent helpers at the preparation throughout the year during 10.00am
Mass. A Mass of Thanksgiving will be celebrated on Sunday 5 June at 10.00 am.
FATHER
MICHAEL LYNCH
The first anniversary Mass
of Father Lynch's
death will be celebrated on Saturday 2 July at 12 noon.
THE
ROSARY
The Thursday
Club will lead the Rosary each morning before weekday Mass during the month
of May.
SAINT
VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
COFFEE MORNING
The Saint
Vincent de Paul Society is holding a Coffee Morning on Saturday 4 June at
10.00 am. There will be various stalls on the day as well as a prize raffle. All
the proceeds of this year's event will be sent the Society's Tsunami Appeal. Donations
for any of the stalls - baking, books, bric a brac - as well as prizes for the
raffle will be most welcome and can be notified to any member of the Conference.
Your support will be most welcome for this project as a great many poor communities
in the area hit by the Tsunami still require help to rebuild their homes and re-establish
their livelihoods.
DAY
FOR LIFE 2005
Day For Life is celebrated each year on the Feast of the Visitation,
31 May. Pamphlets and prayer cards are available at the stall.
DAY
OF RECOLLECTION
There will be a Day of Recollection in Saint
Winin's Church, Kilwinning on Saturday, 11 June from 11am till 4pm. Further
details are on thenoticeboard.
SPONSORED
CYCLE
Father Stephen Sharkey of Lockerbie and one of his parishioners hope
to cycle from Glasgow to Santiago de Compostela, Spain between 27 May and 22 June.
All monies raised will be split equally between Maire Curie Cancer Care and Cystic
Fibrosis Trust. Sponsor forms are available at the stall.
THURSDAY
CLUB
The invitation from Saint Peter's Primary 4 class to the Thursday
Club members, arranged for 2 June, has been changed to 16 June.
THANKS
Alice McGrattan would like to thank all those who sent her cards and gifts on
her eightieth birthday, and to all who made her party so enjoyable. It was all
very much appreciated. The amount donated to the Scottish Catholic International
Aid Fund in lieu of gifts was £565.
FAITH
AND WORKS
There
was an old man who operated a rowboat for ferrying passengers between an island
and the mainland. One day, a passenger noticed that he had painted on one
oar the word 'Works' and on the other oar the word 'Faith'. Curiosity led
him to ask the meaning of this. The old man replied, "I will show you."
dropping one oar, rowing only with the oar named 'Works.' Of course, the boat
just went around in circles. Then he switched oars, picking up 'Faith' and
dropping 'Works'. And the little rowboat went around in circles again - this
time in the opposite direction. After this demonstration, the old man picked
up both oars, 'Faith' and 'Works' and rowing with both oars together, swiftly
coursed over the water. He looked at the passenger and said, "You see,
that is the way it is in life as well as in rowing a boat. You've got to keep
both oars in the water, otherwise, you'll just go round in circles.".
The
most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. |
There
are people who have money and people who are rich. |
Don't
let yesterday use up too much of today. |
READINGS
The readings for this weekend's Masses are
shown below in English. They are available in eleven other languages
including French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish by clicking on this
link.
First
Reading
With
the two tablets of stone in his hands, Moses went up the mountain of Sinai in
the early morning as the Lord had commanded him. And the Lord descended in the
form of a cloud, and Moses stood with him there. He called on the name of the
Lord. The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, Lord, Lord, a God of tenderness
and compassion, slow to anger, rich in kindness and faithfulness. And Moses bowed
down to the ground at once and worshipped. If I have indeed won your favour, Lord,
he said, let my Lord come with us, I beg. True, they are a headstrong people,
but forgive us our faults and our sins, and adopt us as your heritage.
Second Reading
Brothers,
we wish you happiness; try to grow perfect; help one another. Be united; live
in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you. Greet one another with
the holy kiss. All the saints send you greetings. The grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
Gospel
Jesus
said to Nicodemus, "God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost but may have eternal life.
For God sent his Son into the world not to condemn the world, but so that through
him the world might be saved. No one who believes in him will be condemned; but
whoever refuses to believe is condemned already, because he has refused to believe
in the name of God's only Son.".