BULLETIN                          9 MAY 2010

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER IN YEAR 3

CHURCH SERVICES

Saturday 8 May
Mass at 10.00 am for a special intention
Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Catherine McEvoy
Sunday 9 May
Sunday Mass at 10.00 am for the parishioners
Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon for the Brady family
Vigil of the Deceased at 4.00 pm for Nettie Retzbach
Monday 10 May
Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for Nettie Retzbach
Tuesday 11 May

Mass at 10.00 am for Noelle Collins

Wednesday 12 May

Mass at 10.00 am for John Maher
Vigil Mass at 7.00 pm

Thursday 13 May
Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord - Holiday of Obligation
Mass at 10.00 am
Mass at 7.00 pm for Neil McTaggart
Friday 14 May

Mass at 10.00 am for Michael Caplin

Saturday 15 May
Mass at 10.00 am for Margaret Birt
Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Jean Monan

The Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify anniversaries as early as you can. Thanks.
Any changes to the above times caused, for example, by a funeral will be notified on the home page of this website.


PARISH CENTRE EVENTS

Sunday 9 May

11.00 am
12 noon to 1.00 pm

Tea and Coffee after Mass
Karate

Monday 10 May
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 11 May
11.00 am
1.00 to 3.00pm
7.00 to 8.00 pm
7.00 to 9.00 pm
7.30 pm

Legion of Mary
Thursday Club
Keep Fit
Saint Anne's Guild
Ignatian Prayer Group

Wednesday 12 May
6.00 to 7.00 pm
6.30 pm
7.00 pm

Karate
Special Education Religious Education (SPRED) Group
Zumba Fitness

Thursday 13 May
1.30 to 3.00 pm
6.00 to 7.30 pm
7.30 to 9.00 pm

Cardiac Rehabilitation
Brownies
Guides

Friday 14 May

9.30 am

Parents and Toddlers

Saturday 15 May

7.00 pm

Private Function

PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
   Margaret Birt, Nettie Retzbach of our parish, Ian Monteith (Glasgow), Richard Hunter and Gerard McKenna
   who died recently;
   Frank Nils Matthews 2003, Josephine Mulligan 2008, Angela Murray 1991, Robert Ferguson 2005,
   Nicholas McIntee 2004, Francis Moran 1999, Theresa Smith 1997, Les Dorrian 2009 and Mary McFarlane 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 £821.08 - many thanks. 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 £326.50 - many thanks.


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 Margaret Munn at 5.30 pm, Angela Body at 10.00 and Jim Delahunt at 12 noon. If you would consider becoming a Reader at Mass please speak to Canon Matt or the Parish Office on 464063. Thank you. We are especially short at the 10.00 am Sunday Mass.

CONFIRMATION AND FIRST COMMUNION
Over the next three weekends, thirty of our children will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation and make their First Holy Communion at the 10.00 am Mass. Please keep them - and their families - in your prayers. We offer the families our congratulations.

FEAST OF THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD - HOLIDAY OF OBLIGATION
Thursday is the feast of the Ascension of Our Lord and is a Holiday of Obligation. There will be a Vigil Mass on Wednesday at 7.00 pm and Masses at 10.00 am and 7.00 pm on Thursday.

CHILDREN'S LITURGY
The Children's Liturgy is offered during the 10.00 am Mass. The group who offer this service is 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.

VISITORS
Are you visiting us for Mass? Please know that you are very welcome. During the 10.00 am Mass there is a Children’s Liturgy provided for preschool children, children in Primaries 1 to 3 and a Sacramental Programme for children in Primary 4. After the 10.00 am Mass, tea, coffee cakes and buns are available in the Parish Centre. At all of our weekend Masses, we have a second collection for our Parish Centre debt.

AN EVENING OF SIXTIES MUSIC
A Supper Dance with Pete Kerr has been arranged for Friday 4 June in the Parish Centre. There will be supper and a bar. Tickets cost £7.50 and are available now from the Parish Office. They can be reserved by phoning 464063 or by emailing
Office@SaintPeterInChains.net.

PARISH LOURDES GROUP
The Parish Lourdes Group is having a Prize Bingo in the Parish Centre on Friday 21 May at 7.00 pm. Entry costs £1 for adults and 50p for children. Tickets on sale now. Please see the notice in the Church porch or Parish Centre foyer. All are welcome and prizes or donations will be greatly appreciated. The contact numbers are 469006 and 601575.

CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS - SAFEGUARDING AWARENESS AND TRAINING
A course on safeguarding awareness and training will be held on Sunday 16 May from 2.00 to 3.00 pm. New and present volunteers are invited to our new training programme in the Parish Centre. Updating training and raising awareness is mandatory for all volunteers whatever role they undertake, for example,
Saint Vincent de Paul Society, Children’s Liturgy and so on. Any other parishioners who would like to come along and join in our safeguarding procedures are most welcome.

DIOCESAN YOUTH COUNCIL
Father Martin Chambers would like to establish a Diocesan Youth Council. This parish could do with a couple of representatives - “young or old” in Father Martin’s words, to attend a meeting in Saint Matthew’s Parish, Kilmarnock, on Saturday, 5 June at 11.00 am. The meeting will last till 3.00 pm and lunch will be provided. Please let Canon Matt know if you are interested.

WORLD YOUTH DAY
The next World Youth Day is in Madrid, Spain from 16 to 21 August 2011. Hundreds of thousands of young people from every part of the world will gather to celebrate a Festival of Faith. Some of us went to Sydney in 2008, some to Cologne in 2005 and some to Toronto in 2002. The next World Youth Day is nearer home - in Madrid next year. You must be sixteen years old by 31 December 2011 to be eligible. Full details are available from Father Martin Chambers in the Youth Office on 01563 533587 or Mhartino2004@yahoo.co.uk.

CHRISTIAN AID WEEK
Please support Christian Aid Week from 9 to 15 May.

ZUMBA FITNESS
Zumbe Fitness is the Latin-inspired, easy to follow, calorie burning fitness party. Come along every Wednesday at 7.00 pm in the Parish Centre and join the party! All are welcome.The cost is £3.50 per class.

ARE YOU IN YOUR TWENTIES OR THIRTIES?
Groups of Catholics in their twenties and thirties organises trips, pilgrimages, discussions, meals, evenings out, Masses and so on. If you would like to find out more, come along to the thirties Mass on Saturday 8 May at 7.00 pm or the thirties Mass on Sunday 9 May at 11.00 am after which there will be a pub lunch. Masses are held in the Ignatian Spirituality Centre, 35 Scott Street, Glasgow, G3 6PE, off Sauchiehall Street There is no need to book - just turn up. More information can be obtained from www.twentysomethings.eu, jenny@twentysomethings.eu or 30s@project2030.org.uk.

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.