BULLETIN 1
MARCH 2015
SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT IN YEAR
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CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
28 February
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Mass at 10.00 am for Sandra Cornwallis and Canon Matt’s mother |
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Sunday
1 March
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Sunday Mass at 10.30 am for the congregation |
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Monday 2 March
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No
Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Tuesday
3 March
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No
Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Wednesday
4 March
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No Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Thursday
5 March
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No
Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Friday
6 March
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No Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Saturday
7 March
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Mass at 10.00 am by Father Charles for Robert Moreland and John O’Hare |
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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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Saturday
28 February
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7.00 pm | Private Function |
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Sunday
1 March
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11.30 am |
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Monday 2 March
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9.30
to 11.30 am 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm |
Parents
and Toddlers |
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Tuesday
3 March
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9.00
to 11.00 am 11.00 am 5.00 to 8.00 pm 7.30 to 8.30 pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilition |
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Wednesday
4 March
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12.30
to 2.30 pm 5.45 to 6.45 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 7.30 pm 8.00 to 9.00 pm |
Parents
and Toddlers |
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Thursday
5 March
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4.00
pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Dancing |
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Friday
6 March
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9.30 to 11.30 am | Parents and Toddlers |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Margaret McCarroll of our parish, Adele Heiderova (in Poland), Francis McAtee,
Richard Hughes (Canada) who died recently;
Paul Gerard Brown 1986, Father Charles Barclay 2001, Margaret Dolan
1959, Frances Hackett 1997, James McFarlane 1976, Aldegonda Brogi, Pietro
Brogi, Maria Gillen 2001, Sister Teresita of Jesus (Valenti), Matthew Johnson
2012, Catherine McCutcheon 2002, Michael Reilly 1995, James Convery 2008,
Bishop Joseph McGee 1983, Father Charles McLaughlin, Hugh McGraa 2002, Isabella
McLaughlan 2001, Joe Colvin 1908 and Olga Mastradomenico 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 £591.77 - many thanks.
MAINTENANCE
FUND COLLECTION
Last weekend's Maintenance Fund collection amounted to £209.48 - 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 Ronnie Cairns at 5.30
pm and Tom Reid and Sarah Vallance at 10.30 am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Aidan and Calum at 5.30
pm and Group 3 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 10.30 am Mass each Sunday. All
children are welcome. Next week's helpers are Michelle Noble and
Teresa Louden for the pre-fives, Emma Paterson and
Krista Ward for primaries 1 and 2, Frances Gemmell and
Gayle Paterson for primary 3 and Jacqueline Smith and
Maria Paterson for primary 4.
BISHOP NOLAN
Bishop Nolan is visiting the Parish this weekend. He will celebrate Mass on
Saturday evening at 5.30 pm and Sunday morning at 10.30 am and join us for
tea and coffee after the Sunday Mass. Please welcome our new Bishop on his
first visit. The video of the Episcopal Ordination of Bishop William, which
took place on 14 February, is available on the Diocesan website, on www.GallowayDiocese.org.uk.
It is hoped that it will be available on DVD soon. There are over
a hundred photos of the Ordination on Saint Peter's website.
THE HOLY SEASON OF LENT
Lent is a time for prayer, penance and almsgiving in the long-standing tradition
of our Church. During Lent, we are making the journey to Easter just as everyone
of us is making the journey to Heaven.
PRAYER
Don’t let a day go by without a few moments for God, come to Mass more regularly
and encourage your children to say their night and morning prayers. Try to
attend Stations of the Cross on a Friday at 9.40 am when possible.
FASTING
Give up something - smoking, alcohol or food you don’t need. The possibilities
are endless and the rewards are amazing.
ALMSGIVING
Take a Scottish Catholic International Aid fund (SCIAF) box and constantly
give it your spare change. Support a charity at home or abroad and share your
time with those who need you.
CANON MATT HOSPITAL
Canon
Matt has surgery on his ankle on Monday. Normal service might be
disrupted for a few weeks till the crutches are managed. Father Charles will
cover one weekend and Canon McSorley the next. Other help has been offered
by the priests of the Deanery.
50/50 CLUB
Several 50/50 Club members have still to renew. Please contact the promoter
if there is a problem. We have around forty vacant places over the last year.
Anyone wishing to join, please contact Mrs Myriame Sammons on 01294 469008.
Sincere thanks to all members who paid during January.
SUPPORT FOR THE PARISH
The 50/50 Club has just given the Parish a much-needed £1500. Many thanks
to all who organise and support the Club.
SUPPORT FOR THE PARISH CENTRE
The Monday evening 1st Ardrossan Rainbow Unit have raised and donated £200
to the parish Centre and the 5th Ardrossan Saint Peter’s Brownie Group have
raised and donated £300. Very many thanks.
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL LENTEN APPEAL FOR TOILETRIES
During the weeks of Lent, the Saint
Vincent de Paul Society is once again asking the parishioners
of Saint Peter’s 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 placed in the Church porch for any donations and we hope that
we can rely on your usual very generous support. Thank you.
CONFIRMATION
AND FIRST COMMUNION
The Sacraments of Confirmation and First Communion will be celebrated this
year at the 10.30 am Mass on Sundays 3, 10 and 17 May, as we have done for
many years. The reason for the three Sundays is so that the children are easily
called by name, have enough room for family and friends and are made to feel
as special as they are. Twenty-nine children are on our list, including those
added recently, so about ten children each Sunday would be comfortable. I
will put a list at the stall for you to choose whichever Sunday suits. I am
happy to add another Sunday or arrange any other date you may require. I know
that family work and travel arrangements can be difficult. Just let me know.
The meeting for parents has been postponed till after
I have my ankle surgery. I'm sorry about this. I will re-arrange before Easter.
TAIZE PRAYER SERVICE
There will be a Taize Prayer Service on Wednesday 4 March at 7.30 pm in Saint
Andrew’s Episcopal Church, South Crescent Road. It is an hour of quiet prayer
and music for Lent and thoroughly recommended.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER SERVICE
A World Day of Prayer service for all the Ardrossan Churches will be held
here in Saint Peter’s on Friday 6 March at 2.00 pm. Members of all the Ardrossan
Churches are taking part in the service which this year has been written by
women from the Bahamas. Everyone is welcome. The service will be followed
by tea and coffee.
HCPT GROUP 376 BENEFACTORS' MASS
An invitation is extended to all who have supported the HCPT Group 376 to
the Benefactors' Mass at Saint Mary's
Church, Saltcoats on Sunday 8 March at 11.30 am. Tea will be served in
the hall afterwards. Thank you. Esther Coulter
FAMILY PRIZE BINGO
A Family Bingo supporting Youth for Lourdes will be held in the Parish Centre
on Saturday 21 March at 7.00 pm. Tickets cost £1 and a fun night is
promised.
SAINT PETER'S PARENT COUNCIL RACE NIGHT
Saint Peter’s Primary School Parent Council is having a Race Night in the
Parish Centre on Friday 27 March. Full details will be given later.
EMBRACING CHANGE
A
Summary of the Meeting of the Deanery Priests on 18 November 2014 and
a
Summary of the Meeting in Saint Matthew's Academy on 30 November 2014
are now posted on Saint Peter's website. If you would like a copy, please
ask and I will print one for you. The idea was to look at themes produced
by previous meetings and then move on to some practical ideas we might try
to carry out as we look for a way forward. Many ideas were put forward. The
report is now being discussed by the Priests and we hope to move forward with
some of the ideas. The whole purpose of Embracing Change is to move our ideas
forward - to get away from a Church where decisions, plans, ideas and so on,
are made by one person or a few people - to a Church fully involving everyone
who wants to contribute. It calls for a new way of being Church. It might
mean giving up old traditions, ways of doing things, even buildings and embracing
new ideas about what Jesus is asking of us and where the Spirit is leading
us. Pope Francis seems fearless in moving forward, we must be too.
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.