BULLETIN 19
JANUARY 2014
SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR 1
CHURCH
SERVICES
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Saturday
18 January
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Mass
at 10.00 am for Christmas intentions |
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Sunday
19 January
|
Sunday
Mass at 10.30 am for the congregation |
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Monday 20 January
|
Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for Jennifer McGregor |
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Tuesday
21 January
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Mass
at 10.00 am for Jim Lindsay |
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Wednesday
22 January
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Requiem Mass at 9.30 am for Maureen McKenzie |
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Thursday
23 January
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Vigil of the Deceased for David Magee at 6.00 pm |
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Friday
24 January
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Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for David Magee |
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Saturday
25 January
|
Mass
at 10.00 am for Dorothy Welsh |
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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
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Sunday
19 January
|
11.30 am |
|
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Monday 20 January
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9.30
to 11.30 pm 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm |
Parents
and Toddlers |
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Tuesday
21 January
|
9.00
to 11.00 am 11.00 am 6.30 to 8.30 pm 5.00 to 7.30 pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilition |
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Wednesday
22 January
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6.00
to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 8.00 to 9.00 pm |
Irish
Dancing Class |
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Thursday
23 January
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6.00
to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Brownies |
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Friday
24 January
|
9.30 to 11.30 am |
Parents and Toddlers |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
David Magee, brother of Father Gerry Magee, Jennifer McGregor of our parish,
Dorothy Welsh, John Reilly (Coatbridge), Mr Mullen (Dunfermline), Christine
Clark (Glasgow), William Higgins (Dalry) and Joan Graham née Macnamara
who died recently;
Thelma Carrick 2005, Annie Boyle O'Hare 1967, Mary Catherine Teggart 1999,
Thomas West 2005, Bessie Brown 1982, Peggy Gray 2010, Addie
Hissey 2009, Margaret McMillan 2009, Margaret Jane Brennan 1964, Betty
Kelly 2011, John Curran 2013, Annie Monan 1998, James Cunningham 1986, Michael
Lynn 2005, James McCormack 1999, Catherine Welsh 2005, Joe Marshall 2013,
John McKay 1957, Bernard Burns 1963, Annie Carson 1995, Avril Cullis 2009,
Brookelyn Angel Donnachy 2006, James Jennings 2013 and Andrew McCormick 2009
whose anniversaries occur at this time and those who are sick.
If a member of your family or a friend is sick, please let us know and
give us the details. Deacon Bill Corbett (01292 521208, 07904 248948, Rev.BillCorbett@btinternet.com)
is the chaplain to Crosshouse Hospital and Canon Keegans (01292 263488) is
the chaplain to Ayr Hospital. The priest on call can be contacted through
the ward.
If deceased members of your family are not on our anniversary
list, please tell Canon
Matt, the parish office or
contact
WebsiteAuthor@SaintPeterinChains.net.
SUNDAY MASS TIMES
Sunday Mass times
in Saint Peter's are 5.30 pm Vigil and 10.30 am. Sunday
Mass times in other local parishes can be
seen here.
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.
FINANCES
Bankers Orders the Parish and Parish Centre amount to £3800 per month.
Every month, we pay a levy of £1450 to the Diocese. We are grateful
for your generous support in collections. If you can manage a little more
from time to time, it would be a great help. 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. Would you consider remembering Saint Peter's in your will?
OFFERTORY COLLECTION
Last weekend's Offertory collection amounted to £756.79 - many thanks.
JUSTICE
AND PEACE COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for the Justice and Peace amounted
to £322.44
- many thanks.
GIFT AID
The Inland Revenue now requires us to use a new style of Gift Aid form. These
are available at the back of the Church. If you pay tax, please complete the
new form and return it to the box provided. This allows us to provide the
additional information required on the Gift Aid claim. Gift Aid is a vital
source of income. All that is needed is that you pay tax. You simply declare
that you give funds to the Church. We do the rest. Why not sign a form today?
We get back an extra 25p for every £1 you give the Church in your weekly
collection or by way of a donation. There is no need to cancel or renew it.
We simply claim in the income we receive.
READERS
Next weekend's readers are Harry Sammons at 5.30
pm and Patricia Milligan at 10.30 am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Aidan and Calum at 5.30
pm and Group 5 at 10.30 am.
SUNDAY TEAS
Next Sunday's teas will be served by Saint Peter's team.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY
The
Children's Liturgy is celebrated during the Sunday 10.00 am Mass. We have
groups for three to five years, primary 1 and 2 and primary 3. All children
are welcome. Next week's helpers are Geraldine Butcher and Elese
McCormack for the pre-fives, Maria Paterson and George Kidd for primaries
1 and 2, Emma Paterson and Michelle Noble for primary 3 and Denise Gilmour
and Michelle Morton for primary 4.
BURNS SUPPER
The 2014 Burns
Supper will take place in the Parish Centre on Saturday 1 February at
7.00 pm. Patrons are asked to be seated by 6.50 pm. The Immortal Memory will
be delivered by Michael Diamond (shown below left), past President of Irvine
Burns Club. John Hunter (shown below centre), North Ayrshire Councillor for
Ardrossan and Arran will propose the Toast to the Lassies and Katy Clark (shown
below right), Member of Parliament for North Ayrshire and Arran will reply.
Other participants include Bill Andrew, Rachel Brown, Michael McCulloch, George
McGrattan and Ciaran Sinclair. Tickets cost £12.50 and they should be
booked in advance though the Parish Office on 01294 464063. Patrons can request
group seating arrangements to be with friends. The meal will be prepared and
served by Michael and Fiona Brown, family and friends. Vegetarian meals are
available with notice as an alternative to the traditional Burns Supper main
course. If you are looking for tickets, please order them this week. More
than two-thirds of the tickets are already sold.
50/50 CLUB SIGN-UP SUNDAY
Members and new members have the opportunity to renew their membership for
2014 at a cost of £15 on the next two Sundays - 19 and 26 January in
the Parish Centre foyer after all Masses of the weekend. Collectors are out
and about collecting from their members now. If we have missed anyone, please
hand in on Sign-Up Sundays. There will be an early-bird draw for those who
have paid before the end of January. We take this opportunity to thank all
members for their continuing support of the Club and the parish, and especially
our collectors who continue over many years. Our first draw for 2014 will
be in February to give all members the time to pay their membership. Please
consider joining and tell your friends. Everyone is very welcome to share
in the prizes. Contact the Club Promoter, Myriame Sammons on 01294 469006.
SAINT MATTHEW'S ACADEMY INSTRUMENTAL EVENING
A sixth-year pupil at St Matthew's Academy, Saltcoats, Rosalind Sharp, has
arranged an Instrumental Evening in aid of The Cystic Fibrosis Trust. The
concert will be held in Saint Matthew's Auditorium on Wednesday 22 January
2014 at 7.00 pm. Tickets are available from the school office (01294 606680)
and are priced at £5 for adults and £3 for concessions.
DIOCESAN CONSULTATION
Like the other Dioceses in Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales, we must continue
to face up to the declining number of people attending Mass and to the increasing
costs of maintaining, heating and caring for our buildings as well as the
decreasing number of priests. Bishop John has issued a Consultation Paper
for us to consider over the Christmas period. In January we will have a Three
Towns meeting to consider a way forward. The Consultation Paper is available
now.
PRIMARY ONE REGISTRATION AT SAINT PETER’S SCHOOL
Registration for pre-school and ante-pre-school will be by appointmentduring
the following times.
Monday 27 January - 11.10 to 11.40 am and 2.30 to 2.55 pm
Tuesday 28 January - 2.30 to 2.50 pm
Friday 31 January - 11.10 to 11.40 am and 2.30 to 2.55 pm
Please call in person or by telephone (01294 462554) to arrange an appointment.
We look forward to meeting you next week.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND VISITS TO SAINT PETER’S WEBSITE
On 25 November 2013, the one hundred thousandth visit was made to Saint Peter’s
website which was launched on 13 July 2005. The site has over 1750 web pages,
1100 pictures, 490 bulletins between 1960 and 2013, 14000 links, some audio
and video clips and been viewed in 81 countries worldwide. Over 1200 of our
deceased relatives and friends are remembered in our Anniversary List and
some are featured in our Memoriam Cards page. The site contains many articles
on past and present spiritual and community life in Saint Peter's with pages
dedicated to our recent seventy-fifth anniversary. 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 and others aware of current events and record our history. If
you can help with this project, please speak to Canon
Matt or contact WebsiteAuthor@SaintPeterinChains.net.
SAINT
MATTHEW’S ACADEMY WEBSITE
Saint Matthew's Academy, Saltcoats has a new website under construction at
www.SaintMatthewsAcademy.com
You might find it interesting.
VISITORS
Are you visiting us for Mass? Please know that you are very welcome. During
the 10.30 am Mass outwith holidays, 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 10.30 am Mass, tea, coffee cakes and
buns are available in the Parish Centre. At both of our weekend Masses, we
have a second collection for our Parish Centre debt.
LOURDES JUMBULANCE PILGRIMAGE 2014
Our local Galloway group will be travelling to Lourdes on pilgrimage from
Thursday 24 April to Saturday 3 May. There are places available for sick pilgrims
- 'VIPs', helpers, relatives and nurses, all to travel in the specially adapted
coach suitable even for those unable to fly. For more information or to make
a booking please contact the Group Leader Alison Neil on 07749 555955 or by
e-mail on amd.neil@virgin.net.
ADVERTISER SUPPORT
Our advertisers would welcome your support. We are grateful for their continuing
sponsorship. We are grateful for the support of Mr and Mrs Sohal, Nisa Stores,
Glasgow Street for the weekly donation of tea, coffee and milk for the Sunday
teas.
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.