BULLETIN 20
SEPTEMBER 2015
TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR
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CHURCH SERVICES
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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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Sunday
20 September
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Sunday Mass at 10.30 am for the congregation |
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Monday
21 September
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Feast of Saint Matthew |
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Tuesday
22 September
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No Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Wednesday
23 September
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Memorial
of Padre Pio |
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Thursday
24 September
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No
Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Friday
25 September
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Mass at 10.00 am in Saint John’s Church, Stevenston |
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Saturday
26 September
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No 10.00 am Mass in Saint Peter's |
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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
20 September
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11.30 am |
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Monday
21 September
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7.00 to 9.00 pm | |
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Tuesday
22 September
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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 7.30 pm 8.15 to 8.45 pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilitation |
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Wednesday
23 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
24 September
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6.00
to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Brownies |
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Friday
25 September
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9.30 to 11.30 am | Parents and Toddlers |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
John Friel (Lanark), Isabel Duran (Ireland), Alison Lawson neé Giebler
of our parish, Margaret Blake (Saltcoats) and Frances Young (Saltcoats) who
died recently;
Greta
Foran 2002, Emilio Forbes 2011, Mary McKernon 2007, Catherine McLaughlin 1998,
Roseleen Casey 2010, David Dunbar 2005, James Forbes 2011, Bob Harriman 2014,
Jimmy McLaughlin 2007, Rita Michelini 2002, Helen Steele 2012, James Tomelty
2011, Margaret Donnelly 1997, George Logue 2011, William McNamara 2001, Isabella
Farrell 2012, Mary McGraa 2002, Tom McGhee 2011, Sister
Mary of Saint Joseph 1975 pictured right, Bernard Boyce 2012, Dominic
Burke 1988, John Mackay 2002, Thomas
McGrattan 1917 and Daniel Murray 1981 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 £659.64 - many thanks.
RETIRED
PRIESTS COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for Retired Priests amounted to £440.89 -
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.
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 Ronnie Cairns at 5.30
pm and Angela Body and Ami Paterson at 10.30 am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group 1 at 5.30
pm and Group 3 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 Geraldine Butcher and
Michelle Noble for the pre-fives, Elaine Shaw and
Michelle Morton for primaries 1 and 2 and Maria Paterson-Kidd and
George Kidd for primary 3.
SUNDAY
TEAS
Next Sunday's teas will be served by Loretta McLardy’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.
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.
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 Mark Kelly (823181). Father Charles will
be here for some of the time. The Parish Office will be open as usual.
MASS INTENTIONS
All Mass intentions will be honoured. Canon
Matt will offer Mass while on holiday remembering Teresa McGinley,
Bridie Maher, Ian McTurk, John Friel, Nancy McLaughlin, David Shaw, Jim Vernon,
Vince McBride and Isabel Duran.
PRAYERS FOR REFUGEES
Prayers for refugees will be said in Saint Andrew's Church, Ardrossan on Sunday
20 September from 2.00 to 5.00 pm. There will be time for quiet prayer and
reflection on the present refugee crisis and the poor people caught up in
the midst of it.
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.
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
Spaces are available in the 2 to 3 class which is held from 1.00 to 3.00 pm
on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at a cost of £6.50 per session.
For further details, please contact Josephine on 473030.
CANON MATT'S LETTER TO THE BISHOP
Dear Bishop William
On 22 September – next Monday – I will celebrate my seventy-fifth birthday
and the Code of Canon Law says that I should formally submit my resignation
as an active priest of the diocese. I do so now. As I previously indicated
to you, I feel able still to do what is expected of me and much of what is
asked of me in this parish. As you know, the parish is large and busy and
I am kept busy but I feel sure there would be no advantage to me or to the
diocese if I were to suggest moving to a smaller parish. Retirement does not
appeal to me at the moment, except in moments of frustration and shoulder
or knee pain and I went through surgery on my foot to avoid it. However, in
the spirit of the Code and my promise of obedience to your predecessor-but-three
in 1965, I am at your disposal. If you are content, then I am happy to soldier
on for as long as I am able and you consider me useful in the service of this
parish and the diocese.
Yours sincerely
Canon
Matt McManus
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.