BULLETIN
12
NOVEMBER 2006
THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 2
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
11 November | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm |
Sunday
12 November | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
Monday
13 November | Mass at 10.00 am for the Holy Souls |
Tuesday
14 November | Mass at 10.00 am for Father James McCarroll |
Wednesday
15 November | Mass at 7.00 pm for Bereaved Families |
Thursday
16 November | Mass at 7.00 pm for the Holy Souls |
Friday
17 November | Mass at 10.00 am for the Holy Souls |
Saturday
18 November | Mass at 10.00 am for Hugh Welsh |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
12 November | 10.00
am 10.00 am 11.00 am |
Children's Liturgy |
Monday
13 November | 2.00
to 3.00 pm 7.00 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Cardiac Rehabilitation |
Tuesday
14 November |
8.00 to 5.30 pm |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
Wednesday
15 November |
8.00 to 5.30 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds Nursery Kindergarten Nursery Kindergarten Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds Burakudo Karate Club Special Religious Development (SPRED) Tea and Coffee after Mass |
Thursday
16 November | 8.00
to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 1.00 to 2.30 pm 1.00 to 3.00 pm 2.00 to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 6.00 to 8.00 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds |
Friday
17 November | 8.00
to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 8.00 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds Nursery Parents and Toddlers Nursery Lourdes Race Night |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Hamilton Irving, Father Bob Reid formerly
of Saint Brendan's Church,
Saltcoats who died recently
Mary McCabe 1998, Canon John
Donnelly 2003, Moira Shaw 1995,
Alex Miller 1979, Daniel
McDougall 1944, Hugh Welsh 1986,
Rose Floyd 1992, Robert
McGee 1996, Hugh Madine 1997,
Letitia Smith 2001 and Margaret
Lee 1984
whose
anniversaries occur at this time;
Conlan David Kelly who
was baptised recently;
and those who are sick.
SUNDAY
COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £728.51 - 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 £351.80
- 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.
HOLY
SOULS
November is the month of the Holy Souls.
PARISH SOCIAL
The
next Parish Social is An
Evening of Fun and Scottish Folk Music on Saturday 25 November at 8 pm. The
main entertainer will be Stephen Quigg, a former parishioner. As well as being
a member of one of Scotland's foremost folk groups, The McCalmans, Stephen is
an accomplished and popular solo singer. Michael McCulloch and George McGrattan
will also sing as a duo. There will be a bar, food, a quiz, laughter and time
for blethering. Tickets, costing £4, are available from Kate, Donna or the
stall.
PIOUS OBJECT STALL
Raffle tickets costing 50p each are on sale
at the pious object stall for a porcelain Nativity Set. The draw will take place
at the Sunday Teas on 17 December.
RACE NIGHT
The Annual Race Night
in memory of Larry Kernahan will take place in the Parish Centre on Friday 17
November at 8.00 pm. Tickets cost £2.50. All money raised goes to the HCPT
- The Pilgrimage Trust.
NOVEMBER LISTS
November Lists are available
at the stall. Please take one and return to the basket in front of the Altar.
ANNUAL
MASS FOR THE BEREAVED
The annual Mass for the Bereaved will be celebrated on
Wednesday 15 November at 7.00 pm. Saint
Anne's Guild will provide tea and coffee in the Parish Centre afterwards.
CEMETERY
MASS
The annual Mass for the Deceased will be celebrated in Ardrossan Cemetery
on Sunday 19 November at 2.00 pm.
BOOK
OF THE DEAD
During the month of November, the Book of the Dead will be in front
of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. Please
add the names of your deceased family and friends.
SAINT
JOHN'S CHURCH, STEVENSTON
Saint
John's Church, Stevenston celebrated its centenary this year. A DVD is available
at a cost of £10 from Mary Brown.
BLESSED
SACRAMENT CHAPEL
A drawing of the proposed glass work is available at the
Blessed Sacrament Chapel.
We are awaiting prices for the glass, the joinery work and the electrical work
needed. Thanks for the donations made towards the cost. The fund total is £1225.
PARENTS
AND TODDLERS
Parents and Toddlesrs meet in the Parish Centre on Mondays and
Fridays from 9.30 to 11.30 am, except on holidays. The cost, including tea
and juice, is
£1.50 for adults and 50p for children.
NOVENA
Grateful
thanks to Saint Claire for favours granted - KKD.
ALL
IN DUE TIME
O God, you have promised to wipe my tears away but don't do it
too soon. Don't gloss over the overwhelming pain at the depth of my soul. Let
me cry till there are no more tears left to cry. Let me know that my tears are
holy and that you are present in them. In due time, you can wipe them away and
make life new for me - but all in due time, all in due time.
To
live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. |
Death
leaves a heartache no one can heal. |
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
1
Kings 17:10-16
Elijah
the Prophet went off to Sidon. And when he reached the city gate, there was a
widow gathering sticks; addressing her he said, Please bring a little water in
a vessel for me to drink. She was setting off to bring it when he called after
her. Please he said, bring me a scrap of bread in your hand. As the Lord your
God lives, she replied, I have no baked bread, but only a handful of meal in a
jar and a little oil in a jug; I am just gathering a stick or two to go and prepare
this for myself and my son to eat, and then we shall die. But Elijah said to her,
Do not be afraid, go and do as you have said; but first make a little scone of
it for me and bring it to me, and then make some for yourself and for your son.
For thus the Lord speaks, the God of Israel: Jar of meal shall not be spent, jug
of oil shall not be emptied, before the day when the Lord sends rain on the face
of the earth. The woman went and did as Elijah told her and they ate the food,
she, himself and her son. The jar of meal was not spent nor the jug of oil emptied,
just as the Lord had foretold through Elijah.
Second
Reading
Hebrews
9:24-28
It
is not as though Christ had entered a man-made sanctuary which was only modelled
on the real one; but it was heaven itself, so that he could appear in the actual
presence of God on our behalf. And he does not have to offer himself again and
again, like the high priest going into the sanctuary year after year with the
blood that is not his own, or else he would have had to suffer over and over again
since the world began. Instead of that, he has made his appearance once and for
all, now at the end of the last age, to do away with sin by sacrificing himself.
Since men only die once, and after that comes judgement, so Christ, too, offers
himself only once to take the faults of many on himself, and when he appears a
second time, it will not be to deal with sin but to reward with salvation those
who are waiting for him.
Gospel
Mark
12:38-44
In his teaching Jesus said, "Beware of the scribes who like to
walk about in long robes, to be greeted obsequiously in the market squares, to
take the front seats in the synagogues and the places of honour at banquets; these
are the men who swallow the property of widows, while making a show of lengthy
prayers. The more severe will be the sentence they receive." He sat down
opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the treasury,
and many of the rich put in a great deal. A poor widow came and put in two small
coins, the equivalent of a penny. Then he called to his disciples and said to
them, "I tell you solemnly, this poor widow has put more in than all who
have contributed to the treasury; for they have all put in money they had over,
but she from the little she had has put in everything she possessed, all she had
to live on.".