BULLETIN
25 DECEMBER 2011
CHRISTMAS DAY IN YEAR 2
CANON MATT WISHES ALL OF YOU A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS.
MAY GOD’S BLESSING BE IN YOUR HEARTS AND IN YOUR HOMES.
Nollaig chridheil agus bliadhna mhath ùr. Nollaig Shona Dhuit. Wesolych
Swiat Bozego Narodzenia. Veselé vianoce a Štastný nový
rok.
CHURCH
SERVICES
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Saturday
24 December
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Vigil
Mass at 5.30 am for Sadie Donnelly Vigil Mass at 8.30 pm for Leo and Elizabeth Walsh |
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Sunday
25 December
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Sunday Mass at 11.00 am for the congregation and Jessie Brown |
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Monday 26 December
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Mass at 10.00 am for Tom McKay and John Dolan |
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Tuesday
27 December
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Mass
at 10.00 am for Stephen Munn |
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Wednesday
28 December
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Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for Jane Gallagher |
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Thursday
29 December
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Mass at 7.00 pm for Theresa McGuire |
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Friday
30 December
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Mass at 10.00 am for a golden wedding anniversary (P and C F) |
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Saturday
31 December
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Mass
at 10.00 am Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm Masses today are offered for James Brodie and Isabella Dougherty |
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The
Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify anniversaries
as early as you can. Thanks. |
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PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
There are no Parish Centre events this week.
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Alice Cook (Kilwinning), Betty Freeman (Saltcoats), Maeve
Collins, Edward McIntosh (Glasgow) and
Jane Gallagher (Saltcoats) who died recently;
Janet Chapman 2004, Bessie Delahunt 2006, Tom McKay, Bessie
O'Rourke 2005, Jessie Brown 1975, Tom Finn 1993,
Anne-Marie Jenkins 2005, Sister Mary McCann, Isobel O'Hare
Rae 2004, Patrick Quinn 1969, Margaret Shanks 1966,
Margaret Clarkson 2003, Molly Cosgrove 1994, Catherine McEvoy
2009, Arthur Robertson, Arturo Farro 1994,
Rose Murphy 2009, Thomas O'Connell 1957, May Shanks 1990,
Patrick Cahill 2010, Frances Kilbane 1979,
Mary Dorian Stirling 1999, Alice Sibbald 2010, Terence Witt
2010, Alfonso Agostini 1955, Brian Connick 2010 and
Father
Joseph Glendinning 1993
whose anniversaries occur at this time and those who are
sick.
Information for the anniversary
list is appreciated.
SACRAMENT OF FORGIVENESS
The Sacrament of Forgiveness is available at any suitable time as well as
from 4.30 pm before the Vigil Mass on Saturday evenings.
OFFERTORY COLLECTION
Last weekend's Offertory collection amounted to £767.93 - 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 £320.84
- 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 Pauline Taylor at 5.30
pm and Angela Body at 11.00 am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group 2 at 5.30 pm and T Trainer
and A Hughes at 11.00 am.
SUNDAY TEAS
Sunday Teas will resume after New Year.
CHURCH HEATING
The help you are giving to pay for the new boiler is very, very useful. The
brown envelope donations of £20+ - and gift-aided if you can - is certainly
easing the pain. Some fundraising by parish groups would be a great help.
Brown envelope donations of £110 and one from Saint Peter's School of
£103 bring the total to £6024. We are getting there!
BURNS SUPPER
The
Burns Supper will take place in the Parish Centre on Saturday 28 January 2012
at 7.00 pm and patrons are asked to be seated by 6.50 pm. Ardrossan-born Laurence
Macintyre MBE shown right, former Chief Superintendent of Strathclyde Police,
will deliver The Immortal Memory. Jim Fegan, former Head Teacher of Saint
Andrew's Academy, Saltcoats, will propose the Toast to the Lassies and our
parishioner and cantor, Monica Taylor, will reply. Tickets cost £12.50
and must be booked in advance though the Parish Office on 01294 464063. Patrons
can request group seating arrangements to be with friends. Vegetarian meals
are available with notice as an alternative to the traditional Burns Supper
main course. More details will follow.
PILGRIMAGE TRUST RAFFLE
A Christmas Raffle will be held with all proceeds going to HCPT - The Pilgrimage
Trust Group 207 and the Special Religious Education Group (SPRED). Tickets
cost 25p each or £1 per strip are available at the stall. The raffle
will be drawn at the Sunday Teas on 8 January 2012. Many thanks for your support.
PAPAL BLESSINGS
Papal Blessings for a wedding, wedding anniversary or a special birthday can
be ordered at the stall. The cost of the parchment and postage is about £30.
Please leave plenty of time.
THANKS
The staff who run the stall thank you for your support during the past year
and wish you all a very happy Christmas.
NEW MISSAL
New Missals containing the new Rite are now available at the stall £7.99
or £9.99. They would make lovely Christmas gifts.
LARGE PRINT MASS BOOKS
Mass Books in Polish are available from the stall. Sunday Readings in most
European languages can be printed from the parish website.
GALLOWAY NEWSLETTER
The
Galloway Newsletter is available. The article about Captain Father Sharkey
in Lourdes with the Military Pilgrimage gets more prominence than the one
on our Annual Cemetery Mass, but there is a photograph of Father Bell cooking
for the young pilgrims at the World Youth Day.
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.
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.