BULLETIN 30
SEPTEMBER 2007
TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN YEAR 3
CHURCH SERVICES
| Saturday
29 September | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm |
|
Sunday
30 September | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
| Monday
1 October | Mass at 10.00 am for James McLaughlin |
| Tuesday
2 October | Mass at 10.00 am for Margaret McLeod |
| Wednesday
3 October | Mass at 10.00 am for John Paterson |
| Thursday
4 October | Mass at 7.00 pm for Jim Rourke |
| Friday
5 October | Mass at 10.00 am for Mary Donnelly |
| Saturday
6 October | Mass at 10.00 am for Jimmy McVeigh |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
30 September | 11.00
am 2.00 pm | Tea
and Coffee after Mass |
|
Monday
1 October | 9.00
to 3.00 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 | In-Service
Training |
|
Tuesday
2 October | 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 | Nursery
Kindergarten Nursery Thursday Club Saint Anne's Guild Keep Fit Legion of Mary |
|
Wednesday
3 October | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm | Nursery
Kindergarten Nursery Barakuda Karate Special Religious Education (SPRED) |
|
Thursday
4 October | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 7.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Nursery Kindergarten Nursery Brownies Guides |
|
Friday
5 October | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 12.30 to 2.30 pm | Nursery
Parents and Toddlers Nursery |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
James McLaughlin, George McGoogan,
Jim Rock and Ceira Conroy who died recently and
Canon
Lawrence Fischer 1980, Charles Coulter 1992, John Connor 1983,
Elizabeth
McKay 2005, John Paterson 2005, Catherine McMullan 2000,
Robert
Paterson 2004, Hugh O'Hare 2004, Terry O'Neill 2002 and Hannah Burns 2002
whose anniversaries occur at this time.
SUNDAY
COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted
to £752.21 - 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.
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.
RETIRED
PRIESTS' COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection
for Retired
Priests amounted to
£744.03 - many thanks.
REFURBISHING
THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
CHAPEL
A donation of £1000 from a parishioner brings the total collected
for the refurbishment of the Blessed
Sacrament Chapel to £6797.50. Thanks very much.
SACRAMENTAL
PREPARATION
A Presentation Ceremony will take place at 10.00 am Mass this Sunday
for the children of Primary 4 who are celebrating the Sacraments of First Communion
and Confirmation next year. Next Sunday begins the children's preparation at Mass.
More parent volunteers are required with this important preparation.
DIOCESAN
ADULT GROUP
Have you every wanted to know a little bit more about your Catholic
Faith? Do you want a forum for discussion? Do you want to take part in a group
looking for information, answers and support? Echoes might be the answer. It will
take place throughout the Diocese on a once a month basis. Our nearest centre
is Saint Winin's Church Hall, Kilwinning on the third Tuesday of every month from
7.30 to 9.00 pm. Just turn up - it is free of charge.
PARISH ENQUIRY GROUP
The
Parish Enquiry Group is agroup for people who would like to know more about the
Church and might be thinking about joining the Church. It will meet in the Presbytery
on Thursday evenings at 7.30 pm. The first meeting will be on Thursday 4 October
and it will meet every second week. The day or time might change if people are
working shifts and so on.
IGNATIAN
PRAYER GROUP
The Ignatian Prayer Group will meet on Wednesday 3 October at
7.30 pm, Tuesday 9 October at 7.30 pm and Tuesday 30 October at 2.30 pm in the
Parish Centre. Anyone interested in joining will be very welcome at the prayer
meetings.
THE
SINGING CHILDREN OF AFRICA
The Singing Children of Africa will be performing
in the Church on Sunday 14 October at 6.00 pm. Tickets costing £4 are available
from the stall or Marie-Anne. Tea and coffee will be available in the Parish Centre.
All proceeds from this concert will go to The Singing Children of Africa Appeal.
INTERESTED
IN KNOWING MORE ABOUT THE CHURCH?
Are you thinking about becoming a Catholic?
Are you just wanting to know more? Are you returning after a time away from Church?
Are you just curious? The Enquiry Group meets in Saint Peter's Presbytery on Thursday
4 October at 7.30 pm.
SAINT
PETER'S PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION
Saint Peter's Parent Teacher Association
will meet in the Parish Centre on Tuesday at 7.30 pm. All parents are welcome.
SCOTTISH
CATHOLIC INTERNATIONAL AID FUND (SCIAF) CHRISTMAS SELECTION TRAIDCRAFT CATALOGUE
The
SCIAF Christmas Selection Tradicraft catalogue is available at the stall. Please
take one.
PARENTS
AND TODDLERS
There will be no Parents and Toddlers Group this Monday, 1 October.
THE
ROSARY
During the month of October, the Thursday
Club will lead the Rosary before the weekday morning Mass.
THE
INNOCENTS
A box
is available in the Porch for baby goods, talcum powder, lotion, bottles, shampoo
and so on. Please contact Josephine if you can help.
IGNATIAN
PRAYER GROUP
The Ignatian Prayer Group will
meet on Wednesday 3 October and Tuesday 9 October at 7.30pm and Tuesday 30 October
at 2.30 pm in the Parish Centre. Anyone interested in joining would be very welcome
at the prayer meetings.
SAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGE AND ACADEMY - 1921 TO 2007
The
closing Mass for Saint Michael's, which will celebrate and give thanks for the
school's achievements, will be held in the school Assembly Hall on Monday 1 October
at 7.00 pm. Photographs and memorabilia commemorating the history of the school
will be on display.
CHILDREN'S
LITURGY ADULT
HELPERS
30
September
3 to 5 Year Olds: Karen and Ann
Primary
1 to 3: Eileen and Sharon
7
Octo ber
3 to 5 Year Olds: Marie and Frances
Primary
1 to 3: Michelle and Jacqueline
Primary
4: Andrena and Theresa
Responsibility
must be shouldered - you cannot carry it under your arm. |
A
helping hand is worth more than a thousand words of advice. |
You're
always alone, but you're only lonely if you don't like the person you're alone with. |
How
beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it. |
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 Amos 6:1.4-7
The
almighty Lord says this: Woe to those ensconced so snugly in Zion and to those
who feel so safe on the mountain of Samaria. Lying on ivory beds and sprawling
on their divans, they dine on lambs from the flock, and stall-fattened veal; they
bawl to the sound of the harp, they invent new instruments of music like David,
they drink wine by the bowlful, and use the finest oil for anointing themselves,
but about the ruin of Joseph they do not care at all. That is why they will be
the first to be exiled; the sprawlers' revelry is over.
Second
Reading Timothy 6:11-16
As
a man dedicated to God, you must aim to be saintly and religious, filled with
faith and love, patient and gentle. Fight the good fight of the faith and win
for yourself the eternal life to which you were called when you made your profession
and spoke up for the truth in front of many witnesses. Now, before God the source
of all life and before Jesus Christ, who spoke up as a witness for the truth in
front of Pontius Pilate, I put to you the duty of doing all that you have been
told, with no faults or failures, until the Appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who at the due time will be revealed by God, the blessed and only Ruler of all,
the King of kings and the Lord of lords, who alone is immortal, whose home is
in inaccessible light, whom no man has seen and no man is able to see: to him
be honour and everlasting power. Amen.
Gospel
Luke 16:19-31
Jesus
said to the Pharisees: "There was a rich man who used to dress in purple
and fine linen and feast magnificently every day. And at his gate there lay a
poor man called Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to fill himself with the
scraps that fell from the rich man's table. Dogs even came and licked his sores.
Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to the bosom of Abraham.
The rich man also died and was buried.'In his torment in Hades he looked up and
saw Abraham a long way off with Lazarus in his bosom. So he cried out, "Father
Abraham, pity me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool
my tongue, for I am in agony in these flames." "My son," Abraham
replied, "remember that during your life good things came your way, just
as bad things came the way of Lazarus. Now he is being comforted here while you
are in agony. But that is not all: between us and you a great gulf has been fixed,
to stop anyone, if he wanted to, crossing from our side to yours, and to stop
any crossing from your side to ours." The rich man replied, "Father,
I beg you then to send Lazarus to my father's house, since I have five brothers,
to give them warning so that they do not come to this place of torment too."
"They have Moses and the prophets," said Abraham, "let them listen
to them." "Ah no, father Abraham," said the rich man, "but
if someone comes to them from the dead, they will repent." Then Abraham said
to him, "If they will not listen either to Moses or to the prophets, they
will not be convinced even if someone should rise from the dead." .