BULLETIN 5
JULY 2009
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR 2
CHURCH
SERVICES
|
Saturday
4 July | Mass
at 10.00 am for
Matt Byrne Confession on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm Sunday Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Gertrude Cunningham |
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Sunday
5 July |
Sunday Mass
at 10.00 am for the Parishioners Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon for a Golden Wedding and a Silver Wedding |
|
Monday
6 July | Mass at 10.00 am for Simon Pollard |
|
Tuesday
7 July | Mass at 10.00 am for Theresa Toner |
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Wednesday
8 July | Mass at 10.00 am for Eddie Mullen |
|
Thursday
9 July | Mass at 10.00 am for Michael Collins |
| Friday
10 July |
Mass at 7.00 pm for Rena Freer |
| Saturday
11 July | Mass
at 10.00 am for
Sadie Welsh Confession on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm Sunday Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Joseph McCormick and Eamon Lennon |
The Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify anniversaries as early as you can. Thanks. | |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
|
Saturday
4 July | 7.30 pm | Private Function |
|
Sunday
5 July | 11.00 am | |
|
Monday
6 July | 7.00
to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm |
Weight
Watchers |
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Tuesday
7 July | 11.00
am 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Legion
of Mary |
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Wednesday
8 July | 6.00 to 7.00 pm | Karate |
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Thursday
9 July | 1.30 to 3.00 pm | Cardiac Rehabilitation |
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Friday
10 July | 7.30 pm | Social Evening for Legion of Mary and guests - all are welcome. |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Molly Gordon (Stevenston) who
died recently;
Desmond McCann, Ryan Fleming 2002, Teresa
Usher 2006, Joseph Armstrong 1998, Father Harry Farrell 1998,
Martha
Murphy 2001, Donald William Newall 1998, Catherine Teggart 1998, Alexander Quigg
1999,
Andrew McVeigh 2000, Donald Newell 1998 whose
anniversaries occur at this time, those who are sick
and
those who are on pilgrimage to Lourdes.
Information for the
anniversary list is appreciated.
OFFERTORY COLLECTION
Last weekend's
Offertory collection amounted to £721.83. We are grateful for your generous
support of the Parish. Banker's Orders amount to an average of £4000 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? The recession is hitting everyone. Thanks for the support you manage to
give the Parish.
PARISH
CENTRE COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for the Parish Centre amounted
to £343.17 - many thanks.
READERS
Next
weekend's readers are Margaret Brogan at 5.30 pm, Angela Body at 10.00 am and
Tom Reid at 12 noon.
WELCOME
PEREGRINATIO PRO CHRISTO
We welcome the Peregrinatio Pro Christo - Journeying
for Christ - team from the Legion
of Mary. The eleven members of the team will be based in the Parish Centre
this week and will visit as many houses in Ardrossan as they can, introducing
themselves and briefly inviting people to attend their own Church, return to Church
or to take up again the habit of prayer. I am grateful to all who offered accommodation
and to those who are providing and serving lunch and dinner to the group. This
week, the weekday evening Mass will be on Friday to give thanks to God for the
graces we will receive from the visit and to thank the group for coming. After
Mass, there will be tea and a social evening in the Parish Centre to which all
are invited. There is no licensed bar but patrons are welcome to bring their own
drinks.
50-50 CLUB
Many thanks to all members for your continuing support.
New members are always welcome. Contact Myriame Sammons for information.
ITALIAN
NIGHT
The second Italian Style Dinner Dance - Another Taste of Italy - in honour
of Saint Andrew is booked to take place on Friday 27 November. Advance bookings
for tickets are now being accepted.
PARISH BARBECUE
We will have a Parish
Barbecue on the afternoon of Sunday 16 August. Canon
Matt
has had a few declarations of interest and needs a few more from those willing
to help. We will have a planning meeting in a few weeks.
ST MATTHEW’S ACADEMY
NEWSLETTER
Saint Matthew's Academy Newsletter is available at the stall.
ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE TO THE CAVE OF SAINT NINIAN
The annual pilgrimage to the
cave of Saint Ninian will take place on Sunday 30 August. The will be Mass at
the Cave at 4.00 pm with Mass in the Church at 4.45 pm for those who find the
walk to the Cave difficult.
BENEDICTINE CONVENT IN LARGS
The Sisters
of the Benedictine Convent invite you to join them for a period of Adoration of
the Blessed Sacrament to pray for our priests. Either drop in during the day,
attend Mass at 12 noon or to make an organised visit, for example, in the evening.
Contact Mother Prioress, 5 Mackerston Place, Largs, KA30 8BY on 01475 687320.
CROSSHOUSE
HOSPITAL
You can contact Reverend Deacon Gordon Tustin on 07515 698 180 to
notify him if you or a family member is going into Crosshouse. The hospital is
unable do it. A message will be passed on. If you or a family member is housebound,
please let us know. Unless told, we don’t know about it.
SAINT PETER’S
RAINBOWS AND BROWNIES
The Monday night Rainbows and Brownies Group is now on
holiday till the first Monday in September. Many thanks to the parents for all
their support during the year. The Leaders wish all Brownies and Rainbows a great
holiday.
SAINT PETER’S WEBSITE – FORTY THOUSAND VISITS
On 22
June, Saint Peter's website had its forty-thousandth visit since its launch on
13 July 2005. The site has nearly 1000 pages, 610 pictures, 264 bulletins between
1960 and 2009, 7000 links, some audio and video clips and been viewed in 44 countries.
It contains many articles on past and present spiritual and community life in
Saint Peter's. Canon
Matt
and the website author are very grateful to those who have accessed the site,
lent photographs, passed on stories, identified errors, made suggestions and expressed
compliments. The aims of the site are to make parishioners aware of current events
and record our history. If you can help with this project, please contact WebsiteAuthor@SaintPeterinChains.net.
SAINT
BRENDAN’S PARISH
It has now been established that the Parish would be looking
at a £2 million cost to repair the Saint Brendan's Church, Saltocats. The
Bishop and his advisors, including Father Jim Hayes, have taken the very painful
decision to close and demolish the Church, the hall and the house and merge the
Parish back into Saint Mary’s Parish. A closing Mass will be offered on Monday
20 July at 7.00 pm to which everyone is invited. Please keep the parishioners
of Saint Brendan’s in your prayers. This is a very painful time for them. The
Bishop’s letter to the Parishioners can be read by clicking here.
GALLOWAY
LOURDES HOSPITALITE MEMBERSHIP AND PILGRIMAGE
Many thanks to all who returned
the brown envelopes. £250 was raised in subscriptions and donations and
Gift Aid will increase this total. Donations are still welcome. Pass them to Myriame
Sammons. The pilgrimage leaves Prestwick on 6 July. If you would like a petition
placed at Our Lady’s Grotto in Lourdes, please contact Myriame. The Group will
request a Mass in Lourdes for the Parish. Please pray for the success of the pilgrimage.
FATHER
STEPHEN SHARKEY
Father Stephen Sharkey has requested our help and prayers for
the troops in Afghanistan where he is now stationed. Many of our young soldiers
are without support from home so we have decided to create shoebox style packages
for them. A large box will be in the porch of the Church for any donations you
can spare. For these packages we need empty shoes boxes, toiletries but no aerosols
please, sweets but no chocolate, loaf cakes such as tea bread and banana bread
and magazines. Please remember that some of our soldiers are female. Also if you
would like to write to a soldier, feel free to drop a letter in the box. Thank
you in advance for your support.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY
We would like to
thank all who have volunteered this past year to allow our excellent Children’s
Liturgy programme to continue. We look forward to working with you again next
year.
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.