BULLETIN 14
FEBRUARY 2010
SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 3
CHURCH
SERVICES
Saturday
13 February | Requiem
Mass at 10.00 am for Annie Rankin Confession on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm Sunday Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Bernard and Susan Burns |
Sunday
14 February |
Sunday Mass
at 10.00 am for the Parishioners Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon for Anthony Forbes |
Monday
15 February | Mass at 10.00 am for Barbara Scott |
Tuesday
16 February | Mass at 10.00 am for Bella Dougherty |
Wednesday
17 February | Ash
Wednesday Mass at 10.00 am for Brian Maher Mass at 7.00 pm for a special intention |
Thursday
18 February | Mass at 7.00 pm for Janis McSkimming |
Friday
19 February |
Mass at 10.00 am for Gerry Brown |
Saturday
20 February | Mass
at 10.00 am for a special intention Confession on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm Sunday Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for the Taylor family |
The
Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify anniversaries
as early as you can. Thanks. |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
14 February | 11.00
am 12.00 to 1.00 pm | |
Monday
15 February | 9.30
to 11.30 am 5.30 to 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm | Parents
and Toddlers Rainbows Brownies Weight Watchers Saint Vincent de Paul Society |
Tuesday
16 February | 11.00
am 1.00 to 3.00 pm 2.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm |
Legion
of Mary |
Wednesday
17 February | 1.30
to 3.30 pm 6.00 to 7.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm |
Meeting |
Thursday
18 February | 1.30
to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Cardiac
Rehabilitation Brownies Guides |
Friday
19 February | 9.30
to 11.30 am | Parents and Toddlers |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Brian Maher, Desmond Dunne,
David Morrison and Annie Rankin who died recently;
Mary
Hall 1989, Patricketta Maxwell 2004, Catherine Morrison 1971, James McLaren 1964,
Patrick
Kelly 1989, Rose Walker 1985, Ellen Reilly 1954, Nathan Murray-Collier 2005, Jean
Wylie,
Helen Clark 1973, Francis Clark 1953, Kelly Smith
2007 and George Monaghan 2004
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 £825.40. We are grateful for your generous
support of the Parish and the Diocese to which we pay a monthly levy of £1250.
PARISH
CENTRE COLLECTION
Last
weekend's collection for the Parish Centre amounted to £330.29 - many thanks.
Each month we pay off our Parish Centre debt by £3000.
BANKER'S
ORDERS
Have you thought of using a Bankers Order? It assists us with the safe
handling of cash. Banker's Orders for the Parish and Centre amount to an average
of £3800 per month. Forms are available.
GIFT AID
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. Forms are available.
WILLS
Would you consider
remembering Saint Peter's in your will?
READERS
Next
weekend's readers are Celia Andrew at 5.30 pm, Angela Body at 10.00 and Jim Delahunt
at 12 noon.
LENT
Lent begins on Wednesday. It is a time of prayer, fasting
and almsgiving. Ashes will be distributed at the 10.00 am and 7.00 pm Masses and
there will be a short service in the school on Thursday to mark the beginning
of Lent. Take Lent seriously - our road to heaven depends on it.
HOLY COMMUNION
If
you are at Mass find it difficult to get down for Communion, please come to the
front or you could ask whoever is with you to ask for a sacred host to bring to
you in your seat.
SACRAMENTS OF CONFIRMATION AND HOLY COMMUNION
The
three Sundays chosen for Confirmation and First Communion are 9, 16 and 23 May
- and there are 'lists' for you to sign up. We need three Sundays since there
are over thirty children who have enrolled in the programme. Please pick the date
most suitable for the family.
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. The Chaplain is Father Martin Chambers and his telephone
number is 01563 533587. If you or a family member is housebound, please let us
know. Unless told, we don’t know about it.
EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI
Please
keep the poor victims of the Haiti earthquake in your prayers. Donations to help
can be made in many ways. One way is through Scottish Catholic International Aid
Fund (SCIAF), 19 Park Circus, Glasgow, G3 6BE. Alternatively, envelopes with SCIAF
or Haiti handed in here will be forwarded to SCIAF. Last week's donations amounted
to £25.
CHURCH STUDENTS COLLECTION
Each year, in February, we
have a collection for our students for the priesthood. A few more young men thinking
of priesthood would be more valuable than money, but we need to take up the collection
next weekend. There are special envelopes with space for your name if you are
a taxpayer.
BEING
CATHOLIC WEBSITE
The
Catholic Church in Scotland has a new website advertising meetings and courses
which you might find interesting. The address is www.BeingCatholic.org.
MASS FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS
There will be a Mass for Health Care Workers
in the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Cardonald, Glasgow on Sunday 14 February
at 3.00 pm.
GALLOWAY LOURDES HOSPITALITÉ
Galloway
Lourdes Hospitalité
is the organisation which
assists the sick to travel to Lourdes. Its Annual General Meeting takes place
in Saint Margaret’s Cathedral, Ayr on Sunday 14 February. Mass - with the Sacrament
of the Anointing of the Sick - is at 3.00 pm and will be followed by tea and the
meeting. Everyone is welcome.
PARISH ACCOUNTS AND STATISTICS
The Parish
Accounts and Statistics are finalised and have been submitted. I hope to speak
about them this weekend. They are available on the parish website at the end of
this bulletin. The bottom line is that for the first time in a long time we finished
the year with expenditure almost covered by income but that leaves nothing for
repairs which are mounting up. We need to have the windows, especially on the
sea side, sealed and then think of painting the church. I can see no way other
than mounting another 'brown envelope' collection, as we did for the carpet. Details
will be available soon.
LOURDES
GROUP BEETLE DRIVE
The Lourdes Group is having a Beetle Drive and Family Fun
Night on Friday 26 February in the Parish Centre at 7.00 pm. All are welcome.
Children must be accompanied by an adult. Details are on a poster in the porch.
SAINT
PATRICK'S DANCE
There will be a Saint Patrick's Dance on Friday 12 March in
the Parish Centre at 7.00 for 7.30 pm. Stovies will be served for supper. Dance
in honour of Saint Patrick to the music of Pete Kerr. Tickets costing £7.50
are available from the Parish Office on on 464063. Please indicate vegetarian
or other dietary requirements by 1 March.
ITALIAN NIGHT
Another Italian
Night is being planned for the beginning of May.
READERS
If you would
consider becoming a Reader at Mass please speak to me after Mass or contact the
Parish Office on 464063. Thank you.
BIBLE STUDY
A Bible Study on the
Gospel of John will be held in Smithstone House, Kilwinning on Wednesdays 3, 10,
17 and 21 February from 2.00 to 4.00 pm. Everyone is welcome.
CHILDREN’S
LITURGY
The Children's Liturgy is offered during the 10.00 am Mass. The group
who offer this service are always grateful to have new names on the rota. You
must have disclosure before you can take part and that is easily arranged. Please
phone Michelle in the Parish Office on 464063 on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday
morning.
HILLHOUSE CARE
Hillhouse Care, formerly The
Innocents, continues to care for children in need as before. Clothing, toys and
baby equipment are gratefully received as are goods to sell the charity shop.
Please phone 602179 for an uplift.
USED STAMPS FOR SAINT PATRICK’S MISSIONARY SOCIETY
There is a box by the
Stall door for used Christmas stamps. They willl be sent to Saint Patrick's Missionary
Society.
TRIP TO WALES
There will be a trip to Wales from 31 to 4 June.
Places are still available - one twin and two double rooms. For further information,
please telephone 601050.
RAINBOWS AND BROWNIES
The Rainbows and Brownies
Monday night groups are on 15 February and return on 22 February.
50/50
CLUB
Membership of the 50/50 Club is now due. Please bring payments up-to-date
as soon as possible to enable us to make the Prize Draw for January and February.
New members are very welcome. Please contact the promoter on 469006.
GIVE
BLOOD
If you can never find the time to give blood - here it is. Donations
will be accepted at the Civic Centre, Glasgow Street, Ardrossan on Tuesday 23
and Wednesday 24 February from 2.30 to 3.45 pm and 5.15 to 7.30 pm. Thank you.
AEOLIAN
MALE VOICE CHOIR CONCERT
The Aeolian Male Voice Choir will give a concert in
Barony Saint John’s Church on Thursday 25 February at 7.30 pm. Tickets cost £5.
All are welcome. Tea and coffee will be served. The contact telephone numbers
are 552717 and 464531.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
The World Day Of Prayer is
to be held in the Church of the Nazarene, Glasgow Street, Ardrossan at 4.00 pm
on Friday 5 March. Mrs Jane Austin of the Church of the Nazarene has intimated
a United Bible Study Course which is open to all. The dates are Wednesday 27 January,
Wednesday 10 February and Wednesday 24 February at 7.30 pm. You would be made
very welcome - just turn up for a 7.30 pm start.
THANKS
Grateful
thanks to Saint Clare for favours received. May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be praised,
adored and glorified and loved today and every day throughout the world, Amen.
KD
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.
PARISH
ACCOUNTS
Our 'Offertory' income this year is about two and a half thousand pounds lower than last year, as is the Building Fund. This has a knock-on effect on Gift Aid and so on, meaning that we are almost four thousand pounds lower than last year. Causes are straightforward. Some of our older and most faithful collection payers have died, younger parishioners don't have the same habits and have more call on their finances. Mass numbers are steady but money is tight. The stall made an increase!
Expenditure
is less than last year because a few expenses of last year were not repeated.
The cost of printing the Bulletin and hymn sheets are lower through efficiency.
The Parish Centre brings in £21000 and costs £26,000 not including
the repayment of the loan which comes from the second collection. Some of the
costs are because of the Centre's use as a Parish facility and collections cover
that, but some of the costs are heating, cleaning, bin-emptying and so on, not
yet covered by Saint Peter's Nursery. There are ongoing discussions to try to
ensure that the Nursery is self-financing, independent and not subsidised by the
Parish. We are trying to work out the best arrangement for the new financial year.
We
are paying off the Diocesan Loan at £3000 per month - so only four more
years! Baptism, weddings are up on previous years and the spiritual life of the
Parish seems to be happy and contented. Finance plays a worrying part in keeping
our Church, Centre, grounds and house. Grateful thanks to all of you for your
generous and responsible support of your Parish. A slight increase in your weekly
collection would be good - as would a few more parishioners using Bankers Orders
and Gift Aid if you pay income tax. Even individual donations, as when we collected
for the new carpet, can be gift aided so every £1 you give becomes £1.28.
I know times are hard, but every little will help. |