BULLETIN 23
MARCH 2014
THIRD SUNDAY IN
LENT IN YEAR 1
CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
22 March
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No
Mass in Saint Peter's - Canon Matt is conducting the HMS
Dasher service on the Arran Ferry |
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Sunday
23 March
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Sunday
Mass at 10.30 am for the congregation |
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Monday 24 March
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Mass at 10.00 am for Isabella Connor |
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Tuesday
25 March
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Solemnity
of the Annunciation |
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Wednesday
26 March
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Mass at 10.00 am for Gus Slimman |
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Thursday
27 March
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Mass at 7.00 pm for Sadie McGrotty |
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Friday
28 March
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Stations
of the Cross at 9.40 am |
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Saturday
29 March
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Mass
at 10.00 am for Annie McQuade |
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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
23 March
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11.30 am |
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Monday 24 March
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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
25 March
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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
26 March
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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
27 March
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6.00
to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Brownies |
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Friday
28 March
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9.30 to 11.30 am |
Parents and Toddlers |
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Saturday
29 March
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1.00 pm | Private Function |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Alistair Malloy (Glasgow), a former altar server in Saint Peter's who died
recently;
Hugh Conway 1976, Sister Immanuel CP 2002, Terence McCarroll, Patrick McDermott
1973, Agnes McLaren 1994, Isabella Connor 1959,
James and Ellen McCarroll 1977, Brenda Simons 2008, Don Foley, Felix Gallagher
2010, Anna Bates 1997, Terry McCabe 2005, Moira Rafferty, Rebecca Walsh 2008,
The Crew of HMS Dasher 1943, Gerald McGhee 2008, Devlin McIndoe 1992, Allister
Nesbit 2000, Menotti Carrino 1953, Odina Carrino 1987, Monsignor Stephen Kennedy
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 for 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 £721.99 - many thanks.
BUILDING
FUND COLLECTION
Last weekend's Building Fund collection amounted to £335.04. An extra
donation of £40 was also received - 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 and on the parish
website. 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 Margaret Munn at 5.30
pm and Angela Body at 10.30 am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Aidan and Calum at 5.30
pm and Group 4 at 10.30 am.
SUNDAY TEAS
Next Sunday's teas will be served by Fiona Brown’s team.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY
Next
week's Children's Liturgy helpers are Geraldine Butcher and Elese McCormack
for the pre-fives, Michelle Morton and Kimberley Boyd for primaries 1 and
2, Maria Paterson and George Kidd for primary 3 and Andrena Hughes and Emma
Paterson for primary 4.
LENT
Lent is a time of prayer, penance and sharing as we prepare for Easter. It
is a time to renew our efforts to pray better, to do without the things we
don’t really need and to share what we have with those who are more in need.
Try to make a little more time for prayer. If you can make the weekday Mass,
it would be good for the soul. If you can fast a little, it would be good
for the body. If you can share a bit more, for example, in the Scottish Catholic
International Aid Fund (SCIAF) boxes, it will be good for our poorest brothers
and sisters. During Lent, we will make the Way of the Cross on a Friday at
9.40 am before Mass. As well as our services noted above, there is Mass in
Saint Mary's,
Saltcoats at 7.00 am on a Friday morning and Stations of the Cross
at 6.30 pm on a Friday evening.
LENTEN PENANCE SERVICES
There will be Lenten Penance Services in
Saint
Mary's, Saltcoats on Wednesday 2 April at 2.00 pm
Saint John’s, Stevenston on Wednesday 2 April at 7.00 pm
Saint Peter’s, Ardrossan on Thursday 3 April at 7.00 pm.
LENTEN TAIZE PRAYER
There will be an hour of Taize Prayer for Lent in Saint
Andrew's Episcopal Church in South Crescent Road on Tuesday 25 March at
7.30 pm.
EMBRACING CHANGE
The Deanary Priests are meeting regularly to discuss Embracing Change, the
leaflet issued recently on our way forward. After Lent, we hope to be in a
position to engage with as many of you as are able to be there to work on
a plan. During Lent, we want to invite you to pray about the future when we
will have less priests but more needs. We are suggesting a Sunday early evening
Hour of Prayer in the participating parishes of the Deanery from 4.00 to 5.00
pm. The remaining dates are 23 March - Saint
Mary’s, Irvine; 30 March - Saint
Mary’s, Largs; 6 April - Saint Peter’s, Ardrossan and 13 April - Saint
John’s, Stevenston.
YOUR CHOICES MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Poverty doesn’t happen by accident. People are kept poor, hungry and powerless
by global rules and behaviours that benefit a small number of people while
harming many others. What we eat and how we shop make a difference. Take action
with SCIAF this Lent
and make choices that help poor people in developing countries.
FIGHTING INJUSTICE
In Colombia, people are being forced off their land by rich cattle farmers
and illegal mining companies. SCIAF is working with Church partners to help
communities grow enough food to eat and stand up for their human rights. Visit
www.TheWeeBox.org for
their inspirational stories.
CONFESSION AND MASS IN POLISH
There will be Confessions and Mass in Polish in Saint Margaret’s Cathedral,
Ayr on Palm Sunday, 13 March at 3.00 pm.
Palmowa niedziela, 13 Kwiecien 2014, Godzina 15.00.
TWENTY-FOUR HOURS WITH THE LORD
“At times, we have to be like the father of the prodigal son who always keeps
his door open so that when the son returns, he can readily pass through it.
One concrete sign of such openness is that our Church doors should always
be open so that if someone, moved by the
Spirit, comes there looking for God, he or she will not find a closed door.”
- Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, 46,47. The doors of Saint Quivox Church,
Prestwick will be open between 5.00 pm on Friday 28 and 5.00 pm on Saturday
29 March. The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available continuously during
that period and the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed throughout with the
exception of 10.00 am Mass on Saturday morning.
SUNG EVENING PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
Evening Prayer of the Church will be sung in Saint Margaret’s Cathedral, Ayr
on Sunday 6 April at 6.00 pm. You will be very welcome.
HMS DASHER
The aircraft carrier, HMS Dasher,
sank off Ardrossan shore on 27 March 1943. There will be a Memorial
Service in the Sunken Gardens, across the road from the Church, on Sunday
23 March at 11.30 am to mark the seventy-first anniversary of the sinking.
Everyone is welcome. Tea and coffee will be served after the service as well
as after 10.30 am Mass.
50/50 CLUB
The contact for the 50/50 Club is Myriame Sammons on 469006.
MACMILLAN CANCER CARE SUPPORT
MacMillan Cancer Care Support is holding a Coffee Morning in the Parish Centre
on Satruday 12 April from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm. Tickets are available at the
door. There will be more information later.
EARLY HOLY WEEK SERVICES
During Holy Week, 14 to 18 April, there will be short morning prayer services
in the Park Church, Ardrossan. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings,
our Mass will be at 9.00 am instead of 10.00 am.
PASSOVER MEAL
The Passover Meal will be on Monday 14 April at 7.00 pm in the Parish Centre
as part of Ardrossan Churches Holy Week Services.
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY LENTEN APPEAL FOR TOILETRIES
During Lent, the Saint Vincent de
Paul Society is once again asking you to donate both male and
female toiletries for use in the Ozanam Centre in Glasgow. The Ozanam Centre
assists the homeless, both male and female so any donations of toiletries
would be very gratefully received. A box will be in the Church porch for any
donations and we hope that we can rely on your usual very generous support.
Thank you.
ITALIAN NIGHT
We have an Italian Night planned for Saturday 10 May. Music will be provided
by Angela and Paolo and food by Gratiano and Alfredo. A vegetarian option
is available if pre-booked. This is a Charity Night and the proceeds are for
the Parish and the Clinic run by Dr Lido Stefani in Rwanda, Africa. This retired
surgeon has dedicated his life to working with very poor people who have few
medical facilities. Attendance is limited to the first one hundred. Tickets
cost £15 and will be available soon. Book now by phone. We have to ask
you to pay for your tickets on receipt. Too many book tickets for events and
then being unable to attend, don’t pay and the food is already purchased.
BEACH CLEAN-UP
The eco-council of Saint Peter’s Primary School would like to enrol you in
their Beach Clean-Up on Sunday 27 April after the Family Mass.
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.
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.
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. DJ
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.