BULLETIN
28
AUGUST 2005
TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 1
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
27 August | Confession
on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm |
Sunday
28 August | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
Monday
29 August | Mass at 10.00 am for Katie Boyle |
Tuesday
30 August |
Mass at 10.00 am for James McGrattan by Father Gabriel |
Wednesday
31 August | Mass at 10.00 am for Daniel and Kate Brown and Family |
Thursday
1 September | Mass at 7.00 pm for David and Josie Walsh |
Friday
2 September | Mass at 10.00 am for John Stewart |
Saturday
3 September | Mass at 10.00 am for Robert Paterson |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
28 August | 11.00 am | Tea and Coffee after Mass |
Monday
29 August | 8.00
to 9.00 am 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 11.30 to 6.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Wrap-around Care for 3 to
5 year olds Nursery Parents and Toddlers Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds Saint Vincent de Paul Society Weight Watchers |
Tuesday
30 August | 8.00
to 9.00 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 11.30 to 6.00 pm 7.30 pm |
Wrap-around Care for 3 to
5 year olds Nursery Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds Keep Fit |
Wednesday
31 August | 8.00
to 9.00 am 9.00 to 11.30 am 11.30 to 6.00 pm 5.00 to 6.00 pm 6.30 to 8.30 pm |
Wrap-around Care for 3 to
5 year olds Nursery Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds 2 B Slim |
Thursday
1 September | 8.00
to 9.00 am 9.00 to 11.30 am 11.30 to 6.00 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 |
Wrap-around Care for 3 to
5 year olds Nursery Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds Thursday Club Rainbows Brownies Girl Guides |
Friday
2 September |
8.00 to 9.00 am |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Robert Paterson and Michael Mallon
who died recently;
Ellen Tourish 1971, John Kelly 2004, Sister
Mary Peter 1999,
James McGrattan 1982, John Stewart, Samuel
Cooper 1999,
Flight Lieutenants Rick Harrison and Pete Mosley
1994, Ella Kirk 1996,
Canon Myles Moriarty 1989, Michael Brown
1958 and Dan Murray 1981
whose
anniversaries occur at this time;
Anthony Gorman who was
baptised recently;
Dionne McGowan who celebrated the Sacraments
of First Communion and Confirmation;
and those who are sick.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £708.50
- many thanks.
Banker's Orders amount to an average of £4000 per month.
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 £303.24 - many thanks.
BANKER'S
ORDERS
Paying your collection by monthly or quarterly banker's order makes
money handling much safer. Banker's Order forms are available in the porch.
SPECIAL
COLLECTION FOR RETIRED PRIESTS
There will be a special collection at all Masses
next weekend for Retired Priests.
GLASGOW PHOENIX CHOIR CONCERT
There
will be a concert by Glasgow Phoenix Choir in Saint Mirin's Cathedral, Paisley
on Friday 30 September at 7.30pm. Further details are on the notice board.
FATHER MATT IN ROME
Father Matt
will be in Rome from 5 to 9 September. Father
Gabriel will celebrate the weekday Masses and Father
Stephen Motroni will celebrate the weekend Masses.
FATHER MATT SIXTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY AND FORTY YEARS OF PRIESTHOOD
Father Matt
has come to Ardrossan to be our Parish Priest. This year he is celebrating
forty years in the priesthood and next month his sixty-fifth birthday. This
is more than sufficient reason to have a party. Please join us on Saturday
24 September for a Celebration Mass at 5.30pm and afterwards at a party in
the Parish Centre. There will be a bar, some music and a few surprise items.
There will be a toast and a few words at about 7.00 pm. A light buffet will
be available until 9.00 pm. You are welcome to stay for a while or just pop
in for some food and a chat.
PILGRIMAGE
TO CARFIN
The pilgrimage to Carfin will be held on Sunday 4 September in honour of 'Year
of the Eucharist' with mass at 3.00 pm. The Chief Celebrant will be His Eminence
Keith Patrick Cardinal O'Brien and the homilist will be Bishop John Cunningham.
DOORS
OPEN DAY
Saint Peter's has agreed to be included in the Doors Open event which
takes place on Sunday, 4 September. Brochures are available at the stall.
PARK PARISH
CHURCH WORLD WAR II COMMEMORATION
Park Parish Church is holding a World War
II Commeration event to mark the ending of the second world war on Wednesday 31
August in the Church Hall between 2.00 and 5.00 pm. There will be wartime posters
and memorabilia. You are welcome to bring any of your own to show and talk about.
Tea, coffee and 'spam' sandwiches will be served. At approximately 3.00 pm there
will be a reminiscing time and a 'Sing-along' of songs of the time. The event
is free and open to all. There will be an opportunity to make a voluntary donation
to Erskine Hospital for those who wish.
board.
SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT
DE PAUL ANNUAL MASS
The Annual Mass for the Sick will be celebrated by Bishop
John Cunningham in the Good Shepherd Cathedral, Ayr on Wednesday 21 September
at 7.30 pm. Tea will be available after Mass in the Cathedral Hall. Parishioner
wishing to attend will be made most welcome. If transport is required, please
contact a member of our Conference as soon as possible.
SAFE
FROM HARM - THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S POLICY FOR KEEPING CHILDREN
SAFE
Without volunteers there can be no Children's Liturgy at 10.00 am Mass
on Sundays. It is therefore very important that parents with children who would
benefit from participation in the Children's Liturgy indicate their willingness
to cooperate in this very worthwhile ministry. Cards will be available at the
stall or from Annie Watt, the Parish Co-ordinator for 'Safe From Harm', for volunteers
to complete.
CAR BOOT SALE
There will be a Car Boot Sale in the car park on Saturday 27 August at 12.00 noon.
The cost is £5 per car and £10 per van.
ARDROSSAN
CEMETERY MEMORIAL SAFETY AWARENESS
Ardrossan Cemetery's Memorial Safety Awareness
Days are Saturday, 27 and Sunday 28 August from 9.00 am to 1.00pm. Further information
is on the notice board.
We
don't change God's message; his message changes us. |
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 Jeremiah 20:7-9
You
have seduced me, Lord, and I have let myself be seduced; you have overpowered
me: you were the stronger. I am a daily laughing-stock, everybody's butt. Each
time I speak the word, I have to howl and proclaim: Violence and ruin! The word
of the Lord has meant for me insult, derision, all day long. I used to say, I
will not think about him, I will not speak in his name any more. Then there seemed
to be a fire burning in my heart, imprisoned in my bones. The effort to restrain
it wearied me, I could not bear it.
Second Reading
Romans
12:1-2
Think of God's mercy, my brothers, and worship him, I beg you, in a
way that is worthy of thinking beings, by offering your living bodies as a holy
sacrifice, truly pleasing to God. Do not model yourselves on the behaviour of
the world around you, but let your behaviour change, modelled by your new mind.
This is the only way to discover the will of God and know what is good, what it
is that God wants, what is the perfect thing to do.
Gospel
Matthew
16:21-27
Jesus began to make it clear to his disciples that he was destined
to go to Jerusalem and suffer grievously at the hands of the elders and chief
priests and scribes, to be put to death and to be raised up on the third day.
Then, taking him aside, Peter started to remonstrate with him. "Heaven preserve
you, Lord," he said. "This must not happen to you." But he turned
and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle in my path,
because the way you think is not God's way but man's." Then Jesus said to
his disciples, "If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce
himself and take up his cross and follow me. For anyone who wants to save his
life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it. What,
then, will a man gain if he wins the whole world and ruins his life? Or what has
a man to offer in exchange for his life? For the Son of Man is going to come in
the glory of his Father with his angels, and, when he does, he will reward each
one according to his behaviour."