BULLETIN 25
OCTOBER 2009
THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR 2
CHURCH
SERVICES
Saturday
24 October | Mass
at 10.00 am for Mary Jane McKay Confession on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm Sunday Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Hamish Fraser |
Sunday
25 October |
Sunday Mass
at 10.00 am for the Parishioners Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon for Jim Hunter |
Monday
26 October |
Mass at 10.00 am for William and John Paterson Vigil for the Deceased at 6.00 pm for John Dorian |
Tuesday
27 October | Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for John Dorian |
Wednesday
28 October | Mass at 10.00 am for those who are sick |
Thursday
29 October |
Mass at
7.00 pm for John McCormick Vigil for the Deceased at 6.00 pm for Hugh McGoogan |
Friday
30 October |
Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for Hugh McGoogan |
Saturday
31 October | Mass
at 10.00 am for William Moore Confession on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm Sunday Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Daniel Brown |
The Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify anniversaries as early as you can. Thanks. |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Saturday
24 October | 4.30 pm | Private Function |
Sunday
25 October | 11.00 am | |
Monday
26 October | 9.30
to 11.30 am 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm |
Parents
and Toddlers |
Tuesday
27 October | 11.00
am 11.30 am 2.30 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm |
Legion
of Mary |
Wednesday
28 October | 6.00
to 7.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm |
Karate |
Thursday
29 October | 1.30
to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Cardiac
Rehabilitation Brownies Guides |
Friday
30 October | 9.30
to 11.30 am 7.30 pm | Parents
and Toddlers Private Function |
Saturday
31 October | 10.30 to 12.30 pm | Saint Vincent de Paul Society Coffee Morning |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
John Dorian of our Parish,
Ian Wilson (son in law of Nora Moore), Hugh McGoogan of our Parish,
William
Moore, Jim Hunter, Susan Morrison (Saltcoats), Laurence Keating, Gerard Press
(Manchester),
and Kathleen Kennedy (Dalry) who died recently;
Terence Burns 1997, Henry Fitzsimmons 1959, William Paterson
1963, Alice Procter 1995, Tommy Mulhern 1996,
Margaret Newell
2005, Douglas Mayberry 2005, Samuel Cambridge 1979, James McDermid 2003,
James
Delahunt 1976, Mary Brodie 1997, Daniel Mathieson 1962, Mary Haran 1995, Joseph
McGoogan 2008,
Bill Moore 1989, William Delahunt 1986 and
John Martin 1979 whose anniversaries occur at this time and
those
who are sick.
Information for the anniversary list is appreciated.
OFFERTORY COLLECTION
Last weekend's Offertory collection amounted to
£640.46. We are grateful for your generous support of the Parish. Banker's
Orders for the Parish and Parish Centre amount to an average of £3800 per
month.
MISSION SUNDAY
COLLECTION
Last weekend's Mission Sunday collection for the Propagation of
the Faith amounted to £1215.47 plus gift aid on £665.00. Ths is a
record - many thanks.
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.
READERS
Next
weekend's readers are Margaret Brogan at 5.30 pm, Angela Body at 10.00 am and
Ronnie Cairns at 12 noon.
RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS (RCIA)
Is there any one
out there who would like to join the RCIA group? It will start within the next
couple of weeks.
ITALIAN NIGHT
The Italian Night is booked to take
place on Friday 27 November. This is the second partnership event between the
Italian Twinning Group and Parish Centre funds.
RACE NIGHT
A Race
Night with light supper in aid of the Parish Lourdes Group will be held in the
Parish Centre on Friday 13 November. Tickets costing £3 each are available
from Myriame Sammons. Half of the money raised will go to the Lourdes Fund and
half to the Parish Centre. All donations are welcome. Thank you.
CARITAS
IN VERITATE
Caritas in Veritate, the new Encyclical Letter of Pope Benedict
on finance, banking and justice in our society, is now published. It can be purchased
at the stall for the discounted price of £1.
CROSSHOUSE HOSPITAL
If you or a family member is going into Crosshouse Hospital and wishes a visit
from the hospital Chaplain, please let us know. If you or a family member is housebound,
please let us know. Unless told, we don’t know about it.
HELP FOR THE
SOLDIERS IN AFGHANISTAN
Thank you for all your kind donations to our shoebox
parcel appeal. We have more gifts than we can handle at the moment. We will restart
the appeal in the new year.
SAINT
ANNE'S GUILD
Saint
Anne's Guild meets in the Parish Centre at 7.00 pm every Tuesday.
New members are welcome.
SUNDAY TEAS
Is there a group of friends
who would like to form a new Sunday Teas team? Please speak to us about it.
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COFFEE
MORNING
The Saint
Vincent de Paul Society Coffee Morning will be held on Saturday
31 October. There will be various stalls and a prize raffle. Donations for stalls
are most welcome. On this occasion, the Conference plans to divide the proceeds
of the event between Our Lady of the Wayside Works Conference which runs the Ozanam
Day Centre for the Homeless in Glasgow and the Holy Spirit Works Conference in
Greenock which supports the Inverclyde Drugs Project. As always, we ask for your
generous support and hope with your help, to bring real practical assistance and
Christian love and solidarity to the many men and women in need who use and depend
on these facilities.
PARISH REGISTRATION
We still do not have an
up-to-date register of Parishioners - even those who come to Mass. Many of you
have filled in the little green forms - thanks - and that is all you have to do.
Some haven’t got round to it yet and we would be grateful if you would do it.
The Parish website has a link
for you to forward your name, address and phone number.
NEW LICENSING
LAWS
Due to the new laws, a drinks license for the Parish Centre must be obtained
28 days in advance. If children are to be present, then the number of children
must be noted on the application form. There can be no exceptions to the legislation.
Please keep this in mind if you wish to use the Parish Centre. We are unable to
get a licence at short notice, for example, a post-funeral reception. Arrangements
can be made with a caterer.
PARISH CENTRE
The Parish Centre is available
for functions. Please phone Michael or Fiona on 606424 for information and booking
forms. Booking conditions must be strictly adhered to.
SAINT
ANNE'S GUILD
Saint
Anne's Guild meets in the Parish Centre at 7.00 pm every Tuesday.
New members are welcome.
SAINT MATTHEW’S ACADEMY MALAWI PARTNERSHIP
As Christmas approaches, the staff and pupils of Saint Matthew’s Academy, Saltcoats
are preparing to send gifts to the orphans in Mzuzu, Malawi. Last year, over 250
parcels were sent, providing the only gift for these children. The gifts that
are being sent cost around 50p, which is a tiny fraction of what is spent on children
in this country. Each parcel will contain a lollipop, balloon, toothbrush, pen,
pencil, Christmas card and party toy. These items are being collected in school
between 19 and 30 October. Please pray for our success.
OFFERTORY PROCESSION
The Offertory Procession at both weekday and Sunday Masses is a reminder that
the gifts presented at the altar are the peoples’ gifts, the gifts of everyone
at Mass - gifts of bread and wine which will become the Body and Blood of Christ.
They need to be 'presented'. If you are at a weekday Mass because you have requested
that the Mass be offered for someone, please agree to present the gifts from the
small table near the altar.
ANNUAL MASS FOR THOSE WHO DIED THIS YEAR
The
annual Mass for those who died this year will be on Thursday 12 November at 7.00
pm. We have the list of those who died here. Please let us have the names of those
who died elsewhere.
ANNUAL CEMETERY MASS
The annual Mass in Ardrossan
Cemetery is planned for Sunday 15 November at 2.30 pm. 'Grave candles' are available
at the stall.
VERONA SISTERS
The Verona Sisters are coming to sell
2010 calendars after the Masses on 7 and 8 November.
ANNUAL CENSUS
The annual census at which we count the numbers coming to Masses takes place on
7 and 8 November.
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.