BULLETIN                               29 APRIL 2007

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER IN YEAR 3


CHURCH SERVICES

Saturday 28 April

Confession on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm
Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm

Sunday 29 April
Sunday Mass at 10.00 am
Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon
Monday 30 April
Mass at 10.00 am for a special intention - KM
Tuesday 1 May
Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for Lena (McGinn) McMahon  
Wednesday 2 May
Mass at 10.00 am for May Murphy
Thursday 3 May
Mass at 7.00 pm for Margaret Boyle
Friday 4 May
Mass at 10.00 am for Agnes McEvoy
Saturday 5 May
Mass at 10.00 am for the McCarroll family


PARISH CENTRE EVENTS

Sunday 29 April
10.00 am
10.00 am
11.00 am

Children's Liturgy
Sacramental Preparation
Tea and Coffee after Mass

Monday 30 April
8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
9.30 to 11.30 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm
2.00 to 3.00 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
Parents and Toddlers
Kindergarten
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Rainbows
Brownies
Saint Vincent de Paul Society
Weight Watchers

Tuesday 1 May

8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.00 am
9.30 to 11.00 am
1.00 pm
2.00 pm
7.30 pm
7.30 pm

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

Wednesday 2 May

8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
9.30 to 11.00 am
12.30 to 3.00 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
Nursery

Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds 
Burakudo Karate Club
Legion of Mary

Thursday 3 May
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
2.00 to 3.00 pm
6.00 to 7.30 pm
7.30 to 9.00 pm

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

Cardiac Rehabilitation
Brownies
Girl Guides

Friday 4 May
8.00 to 5.30 pm
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
Saturday 5 May
7.30 pmFamily Party

PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
   Vincent Picozzi and James Miller who died recently;
   Aldo Agostini 1974, Kathleen Walsh 1955, Annie Mathieson Dorian 1974,
   Simon Cawley 2004, Mary Crossan 1981, Elizabeth Hendry 1998,
   Jean Nesbit 1999, Joe Arkison 2005, Ian Clarke 2005, Agnes Gorman 1954,
   Bobby MacNamara, James Timmons 1982, Harry Hissey 1976,
   Robert Hunter 1956, John, Irene and Patrick McKelvey
   whose anniversaries occur at this time;
   and Olivia Patricia Atkinson who was baptised recently.

SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £708.36 - many thanks. Banker's Orders amount to an average of £4300 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 £318.44 - 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.

VOCATIONS SUNDAY
Today is Vocations Sunday. Prayer Cards are available at the stall. Please take one home and say the prayer for vocations.

SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL AID FUND (SCIAF)
So far the Lenten Alms boxes have raised £901 for SCIAF. If you still have a box at home, please hand it in.

PILGRIMAGE TO MEDJEGORE
There will be a pilgrimage to Medjegorge from 7 to 14 June 2007 leaving from Gatwick Airport. The cost is £335 which includes insurance and half board. For further information, phone Patrick McCaig.

THE ROSARY
During the month of May, the Rosary will be led by the Thursday Club before morning Mass.

THE INNOCENTS
The Innocents urgently require a travel cot and a pram or buggy. If you can help, please telephone Josephine to make arrangements for uplifting.

RACE NIGHT AND DISCO
Saint Peter's Parent Teacher Association is having a Race Night and Disco with buffet in the Parish Centre on Friday 11 May at 7.30 pm for 8.00 pm. Tickets, costing £5, will be on sale after all Masses this weekend.

EDUCATE THE KIDS FUND RAISING SOCIAL
One of our cantors, Marie-Anne McGrattan, is going to Africa for four weeks in the summer to work with deprived children. To help support her efforts, there will be a fund-raising social event in the Parish Centre on Saturday 2 June at 8.00 pm. Details of how the proceeds will be used can be seen at www.EducateTheKids.com. Further information on the event will be given nearer the time.

COFFEE AFTERNOON
The Thursday Club is having a Coffee Afternoon on Tuesday 8 May at 1.00 pm in the Parish Centre. There will be the usual stalls - home baking, bric-a-brac and so on. Tickets cost £1.00. All are welcome.

SACRAMENTS OF CONFIRMATION AND FIRST COMMUNION
Primary 4 children will celebrate the Sacraments of Confirmatiion and First Communion on Sunday 13 May, 20 May and 3 June at 10.00 am Mass. Please pray for them and their families.

CHILDREN'S LITURGY ADULT HELPERS
   29 April
      Pre-Fives: Frances and Maria
      Primary 1 to 3: Eileen, Anne and Elaine
      Primary 4: Gayle and Julie
   6 May
      Pre-Fives: Frances and Maria
      Primary 1 to 3: Andrena and Theresa
      Primary 4: Frank and Catherine

PLANT CAREFULLY
If you plant honesty, you will reap trust.
If you plant goodness, you will reap friends.
If you plant humility, you will reap greatness.
If you plant perseverance, you will reap victory.
If you plant consideration, you will reap harmony.
If you plant hard work, you will reap success.
If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation.
If you plant openness, you will reap intimacy.
If you plant patience, you will reap improvements.
If you plant faith, you will reap miracles.
But ...
If you plant dishonesty, you will reap distrust.
If you plant selfishness, you will reap loneliness.
If you plant pride, you will reap destruction.
If you plant envy, you will reap trouble.
If you plant laziness, you will reap stagnation.
If you plant bitterness, you will reap isolation.
If you plant greed, you will reap loss.
If you plant gossip, you will reap enemies.
If you plant worries, you will reap wrinkles.
If you plant sin, you will reap guilt.
So ...
Be careful what you plant now.
It will determine what you will reap tomorrow.



   Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.  

  Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.  



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           Acts 13:14.43-52
Paul and Barnabas carried on from Perga till they reached Antioch in Pisidia. Here they went to synagogue on the sabbath and took their seats. When the meeting broke up, many Jews and devout converts joined Paul and Barnabas, and in their talks with them Paul and Barnabas urged them to remain faithful to the grace God had given them. The next sabbath almost the whole town assembled to hear the word of God. When they saw the crowds, the Jews, prompted by jealousy, used blasphemies and contradicted everything Paul said. Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly. We had to proclaim the word of God to you first, but since you have rejected it, since you do not think yourselves worthy of eternal life, we must turn to the pagans. For this is what the Lord commanded us to do when he said: I have made you a light for the nations, so that my salvation may reach the ends of the earth. It made the pagans very happy to hear this and they thanked the Lord for his message; all who were destined for eternal life became believers. Thus the word of the Lord spread through the whole countryside. But the Jews worked upon some of the devout women of the upper classes and the leading men of the city and persuaded them to turn against Paul and Barnabas and expel them from their territory. So they shook the dust from their feet in defiance and went off to Iconium; but the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.

Second Reading           Apocalypse 7:9.14-17
I, John, saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language; they were standing in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb, dressed in white robes and holding palms in their hands. One of the elders said to me, "These are the people who have been through the great persecution, and because they have washed their robes white again in the blood of the Lamb, they now stand in front of God's throne and serve him day and night in his sanctuary; and the One who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them. They will never hunger or thirst again; neither the sun nor scorching wind will ever plague them, because the Lamb who is at the throne will be their shepherd and will lead them to springs of living water; and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.".

Gospel           John 10:27-30
Jesus said: "The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me. I give them eternal life; they will never be lost and no one will ever steal them from me. The Father who gave them to me is greater than anyone, and no one can steal from the Father. The Father and I are one.".