BULLETIN
4
NOVEMBER 2007
THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN YEAR 3
CHURCH SERVICES
| Saturday
3 November | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm |
|
Sunday
4 November | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
| Monday
5 November | Mass at 10.00 am for the Holy Souls |
| Tuesday
6 November |
Mass at 10.00 am for Ceira Connor Vigil for the Deceased at 6.00 pm for Josephine Lundie |
|
Wednesday
7 November | Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for Josephine Lundie |
| Thursday
8 November | Mass at 7.00 pm for a special intention |
| Friday
9 November | Mass at 10.00 am for the Holy Souls |
| Saturday
10 November | Mass at 10.00 am for Robert and Chrissie Ferguson |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
4 November | 10.00
am 10.00 am 11.00 am 2.00 to 3.30 pm |
Children's
Liturgy |
|
Monday
5 November | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 12.30 to 2.30 pm 5.30 to 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Nursery |
| Tuesday
6 November | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 1.00 to 3.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.00 pm | Nursery
Kindergarten Legion of Mary Nursery Thursday Club Saint Anne's Guild Keep Fit |
|
Wednesday
7 November | 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 7.30 pm | Nursery
Kindergarten Nursery Barakuda Karate Special Religious Education (SPRED) Ignatian Prayer Group |
|
Thursday
8 November | 9.00
to 11.30 am 2.00 to 3.00 pm 7.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Nursery
In-Service Training Cardiac Rehabilitation Brownies Guides |
|
Friday
9 November | ||
| Saturday
10 November | 7.30 pm | Private Party |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Maureen Regan, Vincent
O'Connell and Josephine Lundie who died recently;
Ian McNamara
1979, Mary Welsh 2002, Paddy Crozier, Margaret Martin 1962,
Catherine
McMullan 1963, John Whyte 1975, Father
Paul O'Brien 1999,
James McCabe, Robert Reid 2006, Steven
Walker 1999, Jean Murray 2006,
Julie Holland Newman, Lena McGhee
2000, Liam Newall 2004,
Mary McDonald 2002, Monica Fagan, Betty
Moultrie 2000, Joe McAuliffe 2001,
Jim McLaren 2005 and Father
Cornelius Burke
whose anniversaries occur at this time.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £751.99 - 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.
PARISH
CENTRE COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for the Parish Centre amounted to £357.68 - many
thanks.
MISSIO
SCOTLAND
Envelopes are available at the stall for members of the Association
of the Propagation of the Faith. Life membership costs £100, family membership
£25 and ordinary membership £10.
SAINT
PETER'S CHURCH KEYRINGS AND FRIDGE MAGNETS
Over the next few weekends, the
Saint Vincent de Paul Society
will be selling keyrings at £1.00 and fridge magnets at £1.50. They
hold photographs of Saint Peter's Church.
REFURBISHING THE BLESSED
SACRAMENT CHAPEL
A donation of £100, gratefully received from a
parishioner, brings the total for refurbishing the Blessed
Sacrament Chapel to £6847.50.
NOVEMBER
LISTS
November Lists are available at the stall. Please take one.
BOOK
OF THE DEAD
During the month of November, the Book of the Dead will be available
in front of the
Blessed Sacrament Chapel for
you to write the names of deceased family and friends.
CEMETERY
MASS
The annual Mass for the deceased will be celebrated in Ardrossan Cemetery on Sunday
18 November at 2.00 pm.
ANNUAL
MASS FOR THE BEREAVED
The annual Mass for the bereaved will be celebrated
on Tuesday 20 November at 7.00 pm. Saint
Anne's Guild
will provide tea in the Parish Centre after Mass.
MASS
IN SAINT MATTHEW'S ACADEMY
Mass will be celebrated in Saint Matthew's Academy,
Saltcoats on Wednesday 7 November at 7.00 pm. All parents and friends of Saint
Matthew's are welcome.
SACRAMENTAL
PREPARATION
Parents of children receiving the Sacraments are invited to a
meeting in the Church on Monday, 5 November at 7.00 pm.
COMPULSORY
CHILD PROTECTION TRAINING
Child Protection training will be held in the Parish
Centre on Sunday 4 November from 2.00 - 3.30 pm. Saint
Vincent de Paul Society members, Eucharistic Ministers, Sacristans and Children's
Liturgy Helpers are all required to attend. All other parishioners would be very
welcome as a good presentation will be offered raising awareness of this very
important subject.
THANKS
Angus and Elizabeth Macrae would like to say thanks for the lovely
cards, gifts and flowers on their Golden Wedding Anniversary.
THE INNOCENTS
A
letter has been received from the Innocents staff and volunteers thanking parishioners
for the great baby toiletries and items delivered by Frank and Josephine. Last
month our Kilmarnock centre helped eighty Ayrshire children, twelve of whom were
new-born babies so everything is very useful. At the Auchinleck centre, forty
children received recycled items and only one baby was born whose parents needed
the help of our new starter pack.
SCOTTISH
INTERNATIONAL RELIEF - PLEASE CAN YOU HELP?
Scottish International Relief
(SIR) works with some of the poorest people in the third world countries such
as Malawi, Liberia, Peru, Ecuador, India and Uganda, amongst others. The SIR team
of volunteers will be at the 10.00 am and 12.00 noon Masses on 18 November to
promote its Annual Draw for their Special Project, Mary's Meal's. Tickets cost
£1 each or a book for £5. Photographs of last year's visit
by Scottish International
Relief are on the Pictures
page.
GALLOWAY
LOURDES HOSPITALITÉ
The annual Ceilidh for Galloway Lourdes Hospitalité
will take place on Friday 16 November at 7.30 pm in the Volunteer Rooms, Irvine
with the Oran Mor Ceilidh Band. Tickets costing £7.50 and including a light
supper are available from Maureen or Anne.
RETREAT
DAY FOR MUSICIANS
A retreat day for musicians is being held on Saturday 10
November at Smithstone House, Kilwinning from 10.00 am for a 10.30 am start to
3.30 pm. It is being led by Father Stephen Latham from Staint Joseph's Church,
Kilmarnock and is entitled 'And God said …. chill!' Among other things, we will
be looking at the commandment to seek proper peace, relaxation and rest. The day
is for everyone involved in parish music, including cantors, instrumentalists,
choir
members and organists. The cost is £10 and includes a light lunch and refreshments.
For further information contact Michael McCulloch.
CAR
PARKING
Please do not block the corner or entrance to Pavilion Place otherwise fire or
ambulance services cannot gain access to Montgomerie Court.
DIOCESAN PRIESTS
Canon
John Walls of Saint Teresa's Church, Dumfries has had major surgery but is
now convalescing.
Father
Gerry Magee of Saint Winin's Church, Kilwinning has had a fall and sustained
a broken wrist.
Father Alan Wilson of Saint Paul's Church, Ayr has a heart
condition and requires a period of rest.
CHILDREN'S LITURGY ADULT
HELPERS
4
November
3 to 5 Year Olds: Maria and Frances
Primary 1 to 3: Jacqueline and Michelle
Primary
4: Andrena and Elaine
11
November
3 to 5 Year Olds: Elaine
and Karen
Primary 1 to 3: Marko
and Marie-Anne
Primary
4: Catherine
Anne and Carol Anne
NEVER FAR AWAY
I'm gone now, but I'm still very near. Death can never
separate us. Each time you feel a gentle breeze, it's my hand caressing your face.
Each time the wind blows, it carries my voice whispering your name. When the wind
blows your hair ever so slightly, think of it as me pushing a few stray hairs
back in place. When you feel a few raindrops fall on your face, it's me placing
soft kisses. At night, look up in the sky and see the stars shining so brightly.
I'm one of those stars and I'm winking at you and smiling with delight. For never
forget you're the apple of my eye.
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
Wisdom
11:22 - 12:2
In
your sight, Lord, the whole world is like a grain of dust that tips the scales,
like a drop of morning dew falling on the ground. Yet you are merciful to all,
because you can do all things and overlook men's sins so that they can repent.
Yes, you love all that exists, you hold nothing of what you have made in abhorrence,
for had you hated anything, you would not have formed it. And how, had you not
willed it, could a thing persist, how be conserved if not called forth by you?
You spare all things because all things are yours, Lord, lover of life, you whose
imperishable spirit is in all. Little by little, therefore, you correct those
who offend, you admonish and remind them of how they have sinned, so that they
may abstain from evil and trust in you, Lord.
Second
Reading
Thessalonians
1:11 - 2:2
We
pray continually that our God will make you worthy of his call, and by his power
fulfil all your desires for goodness and complete all that you have been doing
through faith; because in this way the name of our Lord Jesus Christ will be glorified
in you and you in him, by the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. To turn
now, brothers, to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and how we shall all be
gathered round him: please do not get excited too soon or alarmed by any prediction
or rumour or any letter claiming to come from us, implying that the Day of the
Lord has already arrived.
Gospel
Luke
19:1-10
Jesus
entered Jericho and was going through the town when a man whose name was Zacchaeus
made his appearance; he was one of the senior tax collectors and a wealthy man.
He was anxious to see what kind of man Jesus was, but he was too short and could
not see him for the crowd; so he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to catch
a glimpse of Jesus who was to pass that way. When Jesus reached the spot he looked
up and spoke to him: "Zacchaeus, come down. Hurry, because I must stay at
your house today." And he hurried down and welcomed him joyfully. They all
complained when they saw what was happening. "He has gone to stay at a sinner's
house," they said. But Zacchaeus stood his ground and said to the Lord, "Look,
sir, I am going to give half my property to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody
I will pay him back four times the amount." And Jesus said to him, "Today
salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham; for
the Son of Man has come to seek out and save what was lost.".