BULLETIN 13
SEPTEMBER 2015
TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR
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CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
12 September
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Mass at 10.00 am for Annie McCormick |
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Sunday
13 September
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Sunday Mass at 10.30 am for the congregation |
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Monday
14 September
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Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross |
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Tuesday
15 September
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Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows |
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Wednesday
16 September
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Feast
of Saint Ninian |
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Thursday
17 September
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Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for Margaret Walsh |
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Friday
18 September
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Feast of Saint Matthew |
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Saturday
19 September
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Mass at 10.00 am for Victor and Charlotte Mitchell and Joan Tempany |
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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 September
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11.30 am |
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Monday
14 September
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9.30
to 11.30 am 5.30 to 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm |
Parents
and Toddlers |
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Tuesday
15 September
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11.00
am 5.00 to 8.00 pm 7.30 to 8.30 pm 7.30 pm |
Legion
of Mary |
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Wednesday
16 September
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5.45
to 6.45 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 8.00 to 9.00 pm |
Irish
Dancing Class |
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Thursday
17 September
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6.00
to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Brownies |
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Friday
18 September
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9.30
to 11.30 am 7.00 pm |
Parents
and Toddlers Private Function |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
David Shaw, Margaret Prince, Margaret Walsh all of our parish, Joan Tempany
(Ireland) and Jimmy McGhee (Saltcoats);
John
Burns 1997, Alberto Carrino 2009, Dolores Fairhurst 2014, Thomas Fernes 2011,
James Love 1996, James Hughes 2010, Anne McCabe 1995, Joe Brady junior 1999,
Joseph Brady 2006, Elizabeth Cawley 1997, John Marshall 2000, Patrick Joseph
O'Hare 1955, Thomas White 1995, Tom Howieson 2007, Walter Jones 1985, James
Lawson 1992, Kathleen MulIin 2012, Hugh Donohoe 2008, George Hall 2007, Frances
McLaughlin 2008, Mary McLellan 2004, Victor and Charlotte Mitchell, Jim Vernon
2014, Cornelius Burke 1988, Chris Glenn 2011, Eamon Lennon junior, Margaret
Finnegan 2010, Patrick Joseph McKay 1989, Sister Pauline CP 1999, Father
Alastair Tosh 2007 pictured right, Brian Loy 2014 and Patricia
Trainer 2002 whose anniversaries occur at this time and those who are sick.
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.
HOSPITAL
CHAPLAINCY
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 is assisted by the priest on call
each week. Canon Pat Keegans (01292 263488) is the chaplain to Ayr Hospital
and the Ayrshire Hospice.
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 £644.14 - many thanks.
MAINTENANCE
FUND COLLECTION
Last weekend's Maintainance Fund collection amounted to £318.57 - 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.
RETIRED PRIESTS FUND
The annual collection for the Retired Priests Fund takes place this weekend.
PARISH RECORDS
Our parish records are badly out of date with people making this their 'parish
of choice', moving house et cetera. I would be grateful if you would fill
in one of the cards now available at the back of the Church and drop it in
to the collection bag. Thanks.
READERS
Next weekend's readers are Margaret Munn at 5.30
pm and Alfie Agostini at 10.30 am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group 1 at 5.30
pm and Group 2 at 10.30 am.
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 Jacqueline Waugh and
Michelle Champion for the pre-fives, Laura Hamilton and
Anya Breen for primaries 1 and 2 and Emma Paterson and
Sara Lopes for primary 3.
SUNDAY
TEAS
Next Sunday's teas will be served by Annie Thompson’s team.
Would you consider making a team or joining a team that organises the teas
and coffees after Sunday 10.30 am Mass? If so, please leave your details at
the Parish Office or telephone 01294 464063.
CANON
MATT
HOLIDAY
Canon
Matt will be on holiday from 21 September. Weekend cover
has been arranged. Canon Poland (463225) will be at home as will Father
Gerry Magee (552276) and Father Charles will be here for some of the time.
The Parish Office will be open as usual.
50/50 CLUB
Members are reminded that next payment is due at the start of September for
those who pay £5 in January, May and September. Anyone wishing to join
the 50/50 Club, please contact the Promoter or Parish Office. Please remember
to notify the Promoter if your address has changed during the year as all
winners receive their winning cheque in the post. Your support and assistance
is appreciated.
MASS INTENTIONS
Due to the funerals this week, the Anniversary Masses to be offered for Hugh
Donohoe, Jim Vernon and Frances McLaughlin are being said elsewhere. All Masses
requested are always said but cannot always be said here. Some of the Masses
will be said by Father Charles, some by other priests in the diocese and elsewhere.
Where possible the date you request is honoured, but it is not always possible.
GALLOWAY LOURDES HOSPITALITÉ MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION RENEWAL
There will be an opportunity for new members to join and existing members
to renew their annual membership of Galloway Lourdes Hospitalité on
week ending 19 and 20 September by taking a membership envelope which will
be distributed after both Masses. They can be returned the following weekend
of 26 and 27 September or returned to Parish Office. We appreciate your continued
support and remind you that our funds are used to take sick pilgrims to Lourdes
with our Diocesan Pilgrimage. Our next pilgrimage will be in July 2017. Many
thanks - Myriame Sammons, Galloway Lourdes Treasurer.
MARY’S MEALS
The collection of clothes and textiles last weekend filled 301 bags and the
raffle raised £719.01 - very many thanks. The Government will double
any donation made to Mary’s
Meals made between 28 September and 28 December. Please
keep that in mind. In memory of Miss Patricia Barry, we will be able to make
a donation of £1200. Mary's Meals The local group has, to date, filled
1383 backpacks which have been sent to school-children in Malawi. We will
soon be ready to fill more than a hundred further bags. If you would like
to donate any of the items listed in the Mary’s
Meals magazine, there will be a collection box in the
Church porch for the next two to three weeks. We are especially looking for
hand towels. Thank you.
SUNG EVENING PRAYER FOR THE FEAST OF SAINT NINIAN
Evening Prayer of the Church will be sung in Saint Margaret’s Cathedral, Ayr
on Sunday 13 September at 6.00 pm to anticipate the Feast of Saint Ninian.
You will be very welcome.
NATIONAL YOUTH PILGRIMAGE TO NUNRAW ABBEY
To celebrate the Year Of Religious Life, the young people of Scotland aged
11 to 25 are invited to walk from Saint Mary’s Church in Haddington to Sancta
Maria Abbey, Nunraw on Sunday 13 September. A coach will travel from Galloway
Diocese. We will visit the pre-reformation pilgrimage centre - Our Lady of
Haddington and the Chapel of the Three Wise Men - before embarking on a seven
mile Pilgrim Walk from Haddington to Nunraw. At Sancta Maria Abbey, we will
be joined by the Abbot and his fellow Cistercian Monks where we will celebrate
Mass followed with light refreshments. More information is available from
Father Stephen McGrattan on
info@RCCumnock.org.uk or www.GallowayYouth.org.uk.
DIOCESAN
PILGRIMAGE TO ROME FOR THE HOLY YEAR OF MERCY
There will be a diocesan pilgrimage to Rome from Thursday 2 June to Thursday
9 June 2016. Details are on the poster.
ECUMENICAL PILGRIMAGE TO IONA
Are you interested in a week of exploring faith and meeting other Christians?
If so, please contact Mrs K McIlreavy on 01294 650044.
WORLD YOUTH DAY, KRAKOW, POLAND
Young people aged 16 to 30 from Galloway Diocese are invited to join World
Youth Day in Krakow from 20 July to 2 August 2016. The cost will be £690.
Please register before the end of September. Full details and the registration
process can be seen at www.GallowayYouth.org.uk.
SAINT
PETER’S CHILDREN'S CENTRE NURSERY
The times for Saint Peter's Children's Centre Nursery are Monday to Friday
- 8.50 am to 12 noon for three to five year olds and Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday - 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm for two to three year olds.
ALZHEIMER SCOTLAND MEMORY WALK
The Alzheimer Scotland Memory Walk start at Saltcoats Labour Club at 1.00
pm on Sunday 13 September. The walk cover four kilometers along Saltcoats
Shore towards Ardrossan and back. You can egister now at www.MemoryWalksScotland.org
or 01294 469955.
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.