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
Sacramental Preparation
Tea and Coffee after Mass

Monday 13 November
2.00 to 3.00 pm
7.00
7.00 to 8.00 pm

Cardiac Rehabilitation
Saint Vincent de Paul Society
Weight Watchers

Tuesday 14 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 3.00 pm
7.00 pm
7.00 pm
7.30 pm
7.30 pm

Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Kindergarten
Nursery
Thursday Club
Music Ministry
Saint Anne's Guild
Keep Fit
Ignatian Prayer Group

Wednesday 15 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
5.00 to 6.00 pm
6.00 to 7.00 pm
7.00 pm
7.45 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
Nursery
Kindergarten
Nursery
Kindergarten
Key Housing Training
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Brownies
Italian Class
Girl Guides

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.  
Love leaves a memory no one can steal.  



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."
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