BULLETIN 1
JUNE 2008
NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 1
CHURCH
SERVICES
Saturday
31 May | Mass
at 10.00 am for Charles Campbell |
Sunday
1 June | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am for the children's celebration Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon for the parishioners |
Monday
2 June | Mass at 10.00 am for Tommy Morgan |
Tuesday
3 June | Mass at 10.00 am for Maureen Lindores |
Wednesday
4 June | Mass at 10.00 am for Annie and Andrew Murphy |
Thursday
5 June | Mass at 7.00 pm for Margaret McKay |
Friday
6 June | Mass at 10.00 am for Andrew Dougan |
Saturday
7 June | Mass
at 10.00 am for James Timmons Confession on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm Sunday Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Alison Dunn |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
1 June | 10.00
am 11.00 am |
Children's
Liturgy |
Monday
2 June | 11.30
am 5.30 to 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.00 pm to 8 pm 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm |
Parents and Toddlers |
Tuesday
3 June | 11.00
am 1.00 to 3.00 pm 7.00 to 8 00 pm 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm | Legion
of Mary Thursday Club Keep Fit Saint Anne's Guild |
Wednesday
4 June | 6.00
to 7.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm | Burakudo
Karate Club Special Religious Development (SPRED) - Leaders only |
Thursday
5 June | 1.30
to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Cardiac
Rehabilitation Brownies Guides |
Friday
6 June | 9.30 to 11.30 am | Parents and Toddlers |
Saturday
7 June | 7.00 pm | Private Function |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Jane Kildelan who died
recently and
Kathleen Conway 1989, Canon Nicholas Murphy
1992, Bessie Grant (McCourt) 2002,
William McMullan 1939,
Peg Brown 1991, Susan Boylan, Jim Glass, Denis Long 2005,
Father
Michael Masterson 1997, Rose McKenzie 1996, James Conaghan 1999,
Mary Walsh 1954 and Alison Dunn 1994 whose
anniversaries occur at this time.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's
collection amounted to £758.85. We are grateful for your generous support
of the Parish. Banker's Orders amount to an average of £4400 per month.
BANKER'S
ORDERS, GIFT AID AND WILLS
Have you thought of using a Bankers Order? It assists
us with the safe handling of cash. Have you signed a Gift Aid Form? If you pay
tax, then every £1 you give to the Parish is worth £1.28 to us. Would
you consider remembering Saint Peter's in your will?
PARISH
CENTRE COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for the Parish Centre amounted
to £368.24 - many thanks.
READERS
Next weekend's readers are Louise Moore, Angela Body, Harry Sammons and Marade
Griffin.
THREE TOWNS CHURCHES
CRUISE
Due to some unforeseen work being carried out on the Waverley, the
Charity Evening Cruise originally arranged for Wednesday 18 June will take place
on Wednesday 30 July. Tickets already purchased will be valid for this new date.
If this new date is not suitable, a full refund will be given.
BULLETIN AND WORSHIP SHEETS
Notices for inclusion in the Bulletin need to
be here by Thursday of each week. After Mass, we would be grateful if you would
return the worship sheets to the boxes for use at a later Mass.
SCOTTISH
CATHOLIC INTERNATIONAL AID FUND (SCIAF) BOXES
Please continue to use SCIAF
boxes throughout the year or make a box of your own. Please hand in any donations
for forwarding to SCIAF for our poorest brothers and sisters.
SAINT
PETER'S CHILDREN'S CENTRE
Afternoon places are available in Saint Peter's
Nursery starting in August 2008. For more information and an application form,
please contact Josephine Coulter.
CATHOLIC
NEWSPAPERS
Each week, we have copies of the Scottish Catholic Observer and
The Universe available for sale. They are informative on events happening in the
Catholic world in Scotland and the rest of the world. Perhaps you could reserve
your copy at the stall. This would ensure that we order enough and not too many.
HCPT
THE PILGRIMAGE TRUST
Many thanks to all those who helped in any way to make
the recent Pilgrimage Trust visit to Lourdes a great success. Photographs will
be displayed in the porch over the next few weeks. Our first fundraising event
for Easter 2009 will be our annual sponsored cycle round Cumbrae. Members of the
group will be at all Masses next weekend if you would like to sponsor them or
give a donation. For information, please contact Esther Couther.
THURSDAY
CLUB
TWENTY-FIFTH
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
The Thursday
Club will
celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary in the Parish Centre on Friday 13 June
at 7.30 pm. Tickets cost £6 from Moira. There will be dancing, a buffet,
the Von Crap Singers and other entertainment.
AN EVENING OF HEALING
An
Evening of Healing, through the intercession of Our Lady of Reconciliation, will
take place in Saint Winin's Church, Kilwinning on Monday 2 June. The service will
be lead by Father Willie Brandon, SMA and consists of exposition, adoration and
rosary. An opportunity to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation will also be
provided.
SAINT
ANNE'S GUILD
BUS TRIP
The bus for Saint
Anne's Guild
trip Moffat leaves Stanley Road at 12 noon via the usual route.
BLOOD
TRANSFUSION SERVICE
If you can never find the time to give blood, here it is - Wednesday 4 June
from 2.30 to 3.45 pm and 5.15 to 7.30 pm in the Civic Centre, Glasgow Street,
Ardrossan.
FRIENDS OF THE PLANTATION
Weather permitting, on Sunday 1 June from 2.00 to 4.00 pm, the Garnock Academy
Jazz Band and Saint Matthew's Academy Concert Band will be performing at the
first Memorial Concert for the late John
Dolan
who was Honorary President of the Friends of the Plantation. Come along and
enjoy an afternoon of great music with a selection of jazz and big band sounds
that you can sing along to. Admission is free.
GALLOWAY MUSIC NETWORK
The Galloway Music Network is organising an event called 'Singing the Mass'
to bring musicians and singers from parishes in the diocese together to share
their musical gifts and to spend an afternoon preparing music for the Vigil
Mass of the Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It is hoped that the experience
might encourage musicians and singers in their own parish ministry and also
build up relationships and share good practice among musicians and singers
form different parishes. Even if you just enjoy singing, you will also be
very welcome. The event will take place on Saturday 7 June in the Church of
Our Lady and Saint Cuthbert, 28 Dailly Road, Maybole and will begin with a
light lunch at 1.00 pm and finish with the Parish Mass at 5.30 pm. For further
information, contact Michael McCulloch.
SMITHSTONE
HOUSE SUMMER FAYRE
Smithstone House Summer Fayre takes
place on Sunday 1 June from 2.00 to 4.00 pm. Enjoy an afternoon for all the family
at Smithstone House, Kilwinning and grounds. Everyone is welcome.
IGNATIAN
PRAYER GROUP
The Ignatian Prayer Group meets in the Parish Centre on the first
Wednesday of the month at 7.30 pm, the second Tuesday at 7.30 pm and the last
Tuesday at 2.00 pm.
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PROTECTION
OF CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS - MISSION STATEMENT
The Catholic Church in
Scotland is concerned with the lives, safety, wholeness and well-being of each
individual person within God's purpose for everyone. It seeks to safeguard the
welfare of people of all ages who are involved in whatever capacity with the Church
and its organisations. As a Church community, we accept that it is the responsibility
of all of us, ordained, professed, paid and voluntary members, to work together
to prevent the physical, sexual, emotional abuse or neglect of children, young
people and vulnerable adults.