BULLETIN        8 JANUARY 2006                    

THE EPIPHANY


CHURCH SERVICES

Saturday 7 January
Confession on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm
Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm
Sunday 8 January
Sunday Mass at 10.00 am
Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon
Monday 9 January
Mass at 9.00 am for Nora Cairns
Tuesday 10 January
Mass at 10.00 am for Bernard and Margaret McLaughlan
Wednesday 11 January
Mass at 10.00 am for a special intention
Thursday 12 January
No Mass
Friday 13 January
Mass at 10.00 am for Archie McMaster
Saturday 14 January
Mass at 10.00 am for Elizabeth Walsh


PARISH CENTRE EVENTS

Sunday 8 January
10.00 am
11.00 am
Sacramental Preparation
Tea and Coffee after Mass
Monday 9 January
8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
9.30 to 11.30 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm
1.30 to 3.30 pm
5.30 to 6.30 pm
6.30 to 8.00 pm
7.00 pm
7.00 to 8.00 pm
Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Patents and Toddlers
Kindergarten
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Rainbows
Brownies
Saint Vincent de Paul Society
Weight Watchers
Tuesday 10 January

8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm
7.30 pm

Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Kindergarten
Keep Fit
Wednesday 11 January

8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm
5.00 to 6.00 pm
6.00 to 7.00 pm
7.30 pm

Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Kindergarten
Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds
Burakudo Karate Club
Ignatian Prayer Group
Thursday 12 January
8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm
1.00 to 3 00 pm
1.30 to 3.30 pm
6.00 to 7.30 pm
Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Kindergarten
Thursday Club
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Brownies
Friday 13 January

8.00 to 5.30 am
9.00 to 11.30 am
9.30 to 11.30 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm

Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Parents and Toddlers
Kindergarten

PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
   Anne-Marie Jenkins, Bessie O'Rourke, Ann Heveldt,
   Pat Jago and Argena Milani who died recently;
   Bernard McLaughlan 1984, Robert Colvin 1998, Gerard Fairhurst 2003,
   Derek Tomelty 2003, Patricia Brennan 2005, Joseph Gibbons 1963,
   Rosina McPeake, Joan McCallum 2001, Cecilia McCurdie 2005,
   James McNamara 1982, David Stirling 2004, Mary Guilfoyle 2005
   and Ishbel McCarroll
whose anniversaries occur at this time;
   and those who are sick.

SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £792.19; the total for 25 December was £1546.51- many thanks for both.
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 £351.04; the total for 25 December was £725.91 - many thanks again for both.

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.

HOLYDAYS OF OBLIGATION 2006
The Holidays of Obligation in 2006 are the feasts of:
   The Ascension on Thursday 25 May
   Saints Peter and Paul on Thursday 29 June
   The Assumption on Tuesday 15 August
   All Saints on Wednesday 1 November
   Christmas on Monday 25 December

BURNS SUPPER
The Burns Supper will be held in the Parish Centre on Saturday 28 January. Tickets costing £10 each are available from Kate and Gerry. Patrons are asked to be seated by 7 20 for a prompt start at 7 30 pm.

SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMME
A grid is on the notice board in the Parish Centre to allow parents to add their child's name for the Sunday of their choice on which they wish to celebrate the Sacraments of First Communion and Confirmation.

SAINT ANNE'S GUIILD
The Saint Anne's Guild bus for the pantomime at Ayr Gaiety will leave Chapelhill Mount on Tuesday 10 January at 4.00 pm and follow the usual route.

THURSDAY CLUB
The Evangelical Union Church Guild has invited the Thursday Club to join them on Monday, 9 January at 2.00 pm.

RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS (RCIA)
For those interested in knowing more about the church, there will be a RCIA meeting in the Parish Centre on Thursday 19 January at 7.30 pm. There are a few places left.

50-50 CLUB
Congratulations to the following 50-50 Club prizewinners in the December Bonus Draw:
21 Margaret Swiercz £50, 86 Francesca Boyle £50, 113 Marie Doran £50, 45 Ellen Graham £50



A REFLECTION FOR AFTER CHRISTMAS
Long after the angels disappear into the heavens, the shepherds return to their flocks, the magi journey home and the great star sets, Jesus remains. The Child in whom we rediscover God's great love for humanity becomes the adult Redeemer who challenges us to imitate his selflessness and compassion in order that we might transform our world in love. May we allow the miracle of Christmas to continue long after the holiday trappings have been packed away. May we welcome the adult Messiah and his challenging Gospel to recreate our lives, making the peace, justice and hope of this holy season a reality in every season of the new year.




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           Isaiah 6:1-6
Arise, shine out, Jerusalem, for your light has come, the glory of the Lord is rising on you, though night still covers the earth and darkness the peoples. Above you the Lord now rises and above you his glory appears. The nations come to your light and kings to your dawning brightness. Lift up your eyes and look round: all are assembling and coming towards you, your sons from far away and your daughters being tenderly carried. At this sight you will grow radiant, your heart throbbing and full; since the riches of the sea will flow to you, the wealth of the nations come to you; camels in throngs will cover you, and dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; everyone in Sheba will come, bringing gold and incense and singing the praise of the Lord.

Second Reading           Ephesians 3:2-3.5-6
You have probably heard how I have been entrusted by God with the grace he meant for you, and that it was by a revelation that I was given the knowledge of the mystery. This mystery that has now been revealed through the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets was unknown to any men in past generations; it means that pagans now share the same inheritance, that they are parts of the same body, and that the same promise has been made to them, in Christ Jesus, through the gospel.

Gospel           Matthew 2:1-12
After Jesus had been born at Bethlehem in Judaea during the reign of King Herod, some wise men came to Jerusalem from the east. "Where is the infant king of the Jews?" they asked. "We saw his star as it rose and have come to do him homage." When King Herod heard this he was perturbed, and so was the whole of Jerusalem. He called together all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, and enquired of them where the Christ was to be born. "At Bethlehem in Judaea" they told him, '"for this is what the prophet wrote: And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, you are by no means least among the leaders of Judah, for out of you will come a leader who will shepherd my people Israel." Then Herod summoned the wise men to see him privately. He asked them the exact date on which the star had appeared, and sent them on to Bethlehem. "Go and find out all about the child," he said "and when you have found him, let me know, so that I too may go and do him homage." Having listened to what the king had to say, they set out. And there in front of them was the star they had seen rising; it went forward and halted over the place where the child was. The sight of the star filled them with delight, and going into the house they saw the child with his mother Mary, and falling to their knees they did him homage. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh. But they were warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, and returned to their own country by a different way.