BULLETIN
17
SEPTEMBER 2006
TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 2
CHURCH SERVICES
|
Saturday
16 September | Confession
on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm |
|
Sunday
17 September | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
| Monday
18 September | Mass at 10.00 am for Mary McLellan |
| Tuesday
19 September | Mass at 10.00 am for Michael Fitzpatrick |
| Wednesday
20 September | Mass at 10.00 am for Patrick, Ina and Pat McClure |
| Thursday
21 September | Mass at 7.00 pm for William and Elizabeth Loudon |
|
Friday
22 September | Mass at 10.00 am for Charlotte and Victor Mitchell |
| Saturday
23 September | Mass at 10.00 am for Nancy Erskine |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
17 September | 10.00
am 10.00 am 11.00 am |
Children's Liturgy |
|
Monday
18 September | 9.00
am 2.00 to 3.00 pm 5.30 to 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.00 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Nursery In-Service Training |
| Tuesday
19 September |
8.00 to 5.30 pm |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
|
Wednesday
20 September |
8.00 to 5.30 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds Nursery Kindergarten Nursery Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds Burakudo Karate Club Special Religious Development (SPRED) |
|
Thursday
21 September | 8.00
to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 2.00 to 3.00 pm 6.30 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm 7.30 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds Nursery Kindergarten Nursery Cardiac Rehabilitation Brownies Girl Guides Music Ministry Meeting |
| Friday
22 September | 8.00
to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds Nursery Parents and Toddlers Nursery |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Desmond McEvoy, Claire Neilson, Gladys
Moore and Nan Caddis who died recently;
James Graham 1993,
Mary McLellan 2002, Patrick McKay 1989,
Frank Morrison 2004,
Sister Pauline CP 1999, Greta Foran 2002,
Catherine McLaughlin
1998, Rita Michelini 2002, David Dunbar 2005,
Margaret Donnelly
1997 and William McNamara 2001
whose
anniversaries occur at this time;
Yvonne McCulloch and Ronald
McInnes who were married recently;
Abby Maya Tolland who
was baptised recently;
and those who are sick.
SUNDAY
COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £699.38 - 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 Retired Priests amounted to £344.94
- 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.
SAINT
VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
Don Brown completed a sponsored walk around Cumbrae
on Saturday 9 September and raised £230 for the Saint
Vincent de Paul School Twinning Project, George, South Africa. Many thanks
to our parishioners for their support.
DIOCESE
OF GALLOWAY LOURDES HOSPITALITÉ
CONCERT
Saint Sophia's Concert Party will perform on 6 and 7 October at 7.30pm
in Saint Sophia's Church Hall, Galston to raise funds for Lourdes Hospitalité.
Tickets cost £3.50 with concessions at £3.00.
THE
MICHAEL LYNCH CENTRE FOR ENTERPRISE
Many thanks to Cunninghame Housing Association
for naming their new Enterprise Centre after Father
Lynch. I am sorry that, for the opening there was no invitation to the Parish,
but I am sure we are honoured to have the Centre named after our former Parish
Priest.
CHILDREN'S LITURGY
Parent volunteers are needed to help with
the Children's Liturgy on Sunday mornings at 10.00 am Mass. If you would like
to volunteer let Father
Matt know or phone Kate on 464063. The more people who volunteer the fewer
times your name will be on the rota.
WOULD LIKE TO
JOIN THE CHURCH?
Perhaps you have been thinking about joining the Church,
perhaps it has been talked about, perhaps now is the time to do something about
it. A Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) course for the parishes in
the Three Towns will take place fortnightly in Saint
Brendan's Hall, Corrie Crescent, Saltcoats starting on Tuesday 12 September
at 7.30 pm. It will be led by George Gallagher, Father
Matt, Father Jim, Father Mark and Father Martin. If you are interested, please
pick up an introductory pack from Father
Matt or from the office. Booklets and so on will be supplied as the course
continues. A Three Towns Baptismal Preparation Course of one session will be offered
at Saint John's
Hall, Stevenston and a Marriage Preparation Course will be offered in Ardrossan.
Details will be given later.
THURSDAY
CLUB
The Thursday
Club, formed twenty-three years ago, has decided to meet on Tuesdays and will
now be known as the Tuesday Club.
The name change was later rescinded and the title Thursday
Club remains.
MUSIC MINISTRY
The Music Ministry will meet in the Parish Centre on Thursday
at 7.30 pm.
GRATEFUL THANKS
Grateful thanks to Saint Clare for favours
granted. D E and M C
TOTAL COMMITMENT
A chicken
and a pig were out for a walk. The pig wasn't too bright, and tended to repeat
the ideas of others. "They are very good people down in that farm-house"
said the chicken. "They are, indeed;", agreed the pig, "they are
very good people." They are very good to us." said the chicken. "Yes,
indeed;" said the pig" they are very good to us." "Do you
know what I was thinking?" said the chicken. "No." said the pig
"What were you thinking?" "I was thinking we should do something
for them." "A very good idea" said the pig"I think we should
do something for them. What did you have in mind?" "I was thinking",
said the chicken "that we should give them something." "A very
good idea, said the pig, "I think we should give them something. What did
you have in mind?" "I was thinking" said the chicken, "We
should give them bacon and eggs." The pig stopped in his tracks."No
way" he said. "For you that's only a little inconvenience, but for me
it's a total commitment."
| BEST
WISHES TO PAULA AND ROSS FOR THEIR NEW LIFE IN AUSTRALIA. LOVE FROM ALL THE FAMILY. |
| We
are all here on earth to help others: what on earth the others are here for I
don't know. |
| A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour. |
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
50:5-9
The
Lord has opened my ear. For my part, I made no resistance, neither did I turn
away. I offered my back to those who struck me, my cheeks to those who tore at
my beard; I did not cover my face against insult and spittle. The Lord comes to
my help, so that I am untouched by the insults. So, too, I set my face like flint;
I know I shall not be shamed. My vindicator is here at hand. Does anyone start
proceedings against me? Then let us go to court together. Who thinks he has a
case against me? Let him approach me. The Lord is coming to my help, who dare
condemn me?
Second
Reading
James
2:14-18
Take
the case, my brothers, of someone who has never done a single good act but claims
that he has faith. Will that faith save him? If one of the brothers or one of
the sisters is in need of clothes and has not enough food to live on, and one
of you says to them, "I wish you well; keep yourself warm and eat plenty",
without giving them these bare necessities of life, then what good is that? Faith
is like that: if good works do not go with it, it is quite dead. This is the way
to talk to people of that kind: "You say you have faith and I have good deeds;
I will prove to you that I have faith by showing you my good deeds - now you prove
to me that you have faith without any good deeds to show.".
Gospel
Mark
8:27-35
Jesus and his disciples left for the villages round Caesarea Philippi.
On the way he put this question to his disciples, "Who do people say I am?"
And they told him. "John the Baptist"' they said, "others Elijah;
others again, one of the prophets." "But you," he asked, "who
do you say I am?" Peter spoke up and said to him, "You are the Christ."'
And he gave them strict orders not to tell anyone about him. And he began to teach
them that the Son of Man was destined to suffer grievously, to be rejected by
the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and to be put to death, and
after three days to rise again; and he said all this quite openly. Then, taking
him aside, Peter started to remonstrate with him. But, turning and seeing his
disciples, he rebuked Peter and said to him, "Get behind me, Satan! Because
the way you think is not God's way but man's." He called the people and his
disciples to him and said, "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, and
for the sake of the gospel, will save it.".