BULLETIN 13
JULY 2014
FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN
ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR 1
CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
12 July
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Mass at 10.00 am for Eileen McCann |
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Sunday
13 July
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Sunday Mass at 10.30 am for the congregation and Kitty Marshall |
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Monday 14 July
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Mass at 10.00 am for Stella Reid |
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Tuesday
15 July
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Mass at 10.00 am in gratitude |
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Wednesday
16 July
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Mass at 10.00 am for Bill Mathieson |
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Thursday
17 July
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Mass at 7.00 pm for the former Parish Priests of Saint Peter’s |
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Friday
18 July
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Mass at 10.00 am for Raymond McLaren |
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Saturday
19 July
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Mass at 10.00 am for Bill Mathieson and Bridget Doyle |
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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
13 July
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11.30 am |
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Monday 14 July
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7.00 to 9.00 pm | |
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Tuesday
15 July
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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
16 July
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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 |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Raymond McLaren of our parish who died recently;
Agnes Anne Conaghan 2002, Annie O'Kane 2001, Stella Reid 2009, Jessie Hazelton
2007, James Jenkins 2005, Canon Eugene Matthews 2010, Sally Walsh 1957, Patrick
Carry 1976, Eileen McCann 2013, Gavin Finnegan 2007, Robert MacRae 1986, Annie
McGrath 2002, Monsignor John Barry 2003, Gordon Joseph Cardinal Gray 1993,
Geoffrey Kelly 1906, John McJay 1993 and Brian Narducci 2000 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 £737.60 - many thanks.
MAINTENANCE
FUND COLLECTION
Last weekend's Maintenance Fund collection amounted to £255.75 - 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.
COLLECTION ENVELOPES
New collection envelopes are now available at the stall. Please let us know
if you wish to switch to a standing order. Forms are available.
READERS
Next weekend's readers are Marade Griffin at 5.30
pm and Robert Cooper 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 Sadie Gilmour’s team.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY
The
Children's Liturgy restarts in September.
ALTAR SERVERS
During the summer holiday, will altar servers please look in to the Sacristy
to see if we need extra servers? Thanks.
MASS FOR FORMER PARISH PRIESTS
Mass will be offered for the former Parish Priests on Thursday at 7.00 pm.
MASS IN POLISH
Father Krzysztof Weiczorek will celebrate Mass in Polish in Saint John’s,
Stevenston on Sunday 20 July at 7.00 pm.
NINE YEARS OF SAINT PETER’S WEBSITE
This week-end marks nine years of Saint Peter’s website which was launched
on 13 July 2005. The site, which has been visited more than 111000 times,
has over 2000 web pages, 1200 pictures, 500 bulletins between 1960 and 2014,
19000 links, some audio and video clips and been viewed in 93 countries worldwide.
Over 1250 of our deceased relatives and friends are remembered in our Anniversary
List and some are featured on 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.
EMBRACING CHANGE
Embracing Change is the process going on throughout the Diocese as we prepare
for a time when we have fewer priests and a Church being enlivened by Pope
Francis. The full text of the notes of our meetings is on the parish website,
as is a summary of the Pentecost Service. Go to www.SaintPeterInChains.net.
This might give you a flavour of our thinking and planning. Please get involved
by reading the notes, making suggestions and so on. If you would like a copy
of the notes - as opposed to reading them on the website - please send an
email requesting a copy. I’ll happily print out a copy for anyone who asks.
The afternoon meeting in Saint Matthew's Academy was very well attended. We
estimated 200 would attend and there were 210 people there! I hope you found
it interesting and informative. We have had good feedback so far. We still
have a long way to go and practical steps will be slow but change is happening
and we are part of it. Even if you couldn’t make the meeting, please feel
involved. Again the full report of the meeting and its various parts will
be on the website and copies can be made available to everyone who asks.
SURVIVE-MIVA APPEAL
Survine-Miva is a lay Catholic Charity which supplies transport for missionaries.
I have invited them to make an appeal at Masses here on 19 and 20 July. We
get many requests for appeals and I am afraid I usually turn them down but
this is a Charity which has been around for a long time and I know of the
work it does in Africa, et cetera.
AFTERNOON SAIL TO CAMPBELTOWN
The ferry for Campbeltown leaves Ardrossan at 1.50 pm and returns at 7.45
pm every Sunday. Weather permitting - you need only book and buy a ticket
if it is a good day - how about a picnic and sail on Sunday 10 August? So
far, this is just a suggestion - please let me know.
WORLD CUP FINAL
Today, Argentina play Germany in the World Cup Final ...
RECIPE TO END HUNGER - SCOTTISH CATHOLIC INTERNATIONAL AID FUND (SCIAF)
SCIAF is looking for tasty recipes for a fiftieth anniversary cook book which
will celebrate food from Scotland and around the world. The proceeds from
the sale of the book will help people in poverty to free themselves from hunger.
They’d also love to hear about your memories of SCIAF over the years. Please
send your recipes and/or memories to Elaine Coakley at ECoakley@sciaf.org.uk
by Friday 18 July or post them to SCIAF, 19 Park Circus, Glasgow, G3 6BE.
50/50 CLUB
Many thanks to all members who support the 50/50 Club. If you would like to
join the Club, please contact the Promoter, Myriame Sammons on 01294 469006.
THE QUEEN’S BATON
The Queen's Baton for the Commonwealth Games will arrive in Ardrossan on Tuesday
15 July. Vehicle access to the Church and grounds will be impossible between
about 2.00 and 8.00 pm that day due to South Crescent Road being pedestrian
only. Mass time should be unaffected.
SINGING THE MASS
Singing The Mass is a music workshop for parish musicians, cantors, and people
who enjoy singing. The event will take place in Saint Margaret’s Cathedral,
Ayr on Saturday 23 August from 1.00 pm, beginning with lunch and concluding
with the Vigil Mass at 6.00 pm. During the afternoon, the group will have
the opportunity to prepare in some detail, music for the evening Mass. More
information and booking forms are available at www.GallowayMusic.net.
The Mass of Christ The Saviour by Dan Schutte will be taught in soprano, alto,
tenor and bass parts and used at Mass. It is then hoped that many participants
will travel to Whithorn on Sunday 31 August to lead the music at the annual
pilgrimage Mass at Saint Ninian’s Cave.
DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO SAINT NINIAN’S CAVE, WHITHORN
The Diocesan Pilgrimage to Saint Ninian's Cave takes place on Sunday 31 August.
Mass will be celebrated at the Cave at 4.00 pm. For those unable to walk the
stony path and beach to the Cave, Mass will be celebrated in the Church in
Whithorn at 4.45 pm.
WHITHORN CAMP
A Whithorn Camp is organised for this summer for over 16s on 30 and 31 August.
As well as the outdoor camping experience, we will explore the history and
spirituality of Saint Ninian. More details can be found at Galloway Catholic
Youth on Facebook, www.GallowayYouth.org.uk
or from Father Stephen McGrattan
on info@rccumnock.org.uk or 01290 421031.
NORTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL DEMENTIA SUPPORT SERVICES
North Ayrshire Council Dementia Support Services are based at 97 Glasgow Street,
Ardrossan. The telephone number is 01294 602720. Please contact the team if
you or someone you know of someone who needs assistance.
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 upkeep.
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.