BULLETIN
11 SEPTEMBER 2016
TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY
IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR 3
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
10 September
|
No
10.00 am Mass in Saint Peter's |
Sunday
11 September
|
Mass at 10.30 am by Father John Kinsler for the congregation |
Monday
12 September
|
No Mass in Saint Peter's |
Tuesday
13 September
|
No Mass in Saint Peter's |
Wednesday
14 September
|
No Mass in Saint Peter's |
Thursday
15 September
|
No Mass in Saint Peter's |
Friday
16 September
|
Mass at 10.00 am by Canon Pat McSorley |
Saturday
17 September
|
No
10.00 am Mass in Saint Peter's Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm by Father John Kinsler for the congregation |
The
Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify anniversaries
as early as you can. Thanks. |
Saturday
10 September
|
Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
Sunday
11 September
|
Sunday Mass at 10.00 am |
Sunday Mass at 11.30 am |
Monday
12 September
|
Service at 10.00 am |
Mass at 10.00 am |
Tuesday
13 September
|
Requiem Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
Wednesday
14 September
|
Requiem Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
Thursday
15 September
|
Mass at 7.00 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
Friday
16 September
|
Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
Saturday
17 September
|
Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
|
Sunday
11 September
|
11.30 am |
|
Monday
12 September
|
9.30
to 11.30 am 3.00 to 6.00 pm 5.30 to 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm |
Parents
and Toddlers |
Tuesday
13 September
|
9.00
to 11.00 am 3.00 to 6.00 pm 3.45 pm 7.30 pm 7.30 to 8.10 pm 8.10 to 8.30 pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilitation |
Wednesday
14 September
|
3.00
to 6.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 8.00 to 9.00 pm |
Skallywags
Aftercare |
Thursday
15 September
|
3.00
to 6.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Skallywags
Aftercare |
Friday
16 September
|
9.30
to 11.30 am 3.00 to 6.00 pm |
Parents
and Toddlers Skallywags Aftercare |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
John Smyth (Stevenston) and Mary MacDonnel (Glasgow) who died recently;
Cathie Hilferty 2009, Mary Mitchell 2004, Gladys Moore 2006, Mary Otto 2008,
Mr and Mrs Daniel Brown, Samuel Cambridge 2005, Mary Crossan 1981, John Hazelton
1974, Jane McKechan 1998, Bridget McLaughlin 1997, 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, Alison Lawson neé
Giebler 2015, Frances McLaughlin 2008, Mary McLellan 2004, Victor and Charlotte
Mitchell and Jim Vernon 2014 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 is the chaplain to Ayr Hospital and the Ayrshire
Hospice.
FINANCES
Bankers Orders for the Parish and Parish Centre amount to £3800 per
month. 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. A Standing
Order would make the handling of money so much easier. Have you signed a Gift
Aid form? If you are a taxpayer the Church would get 25p added to every £1
you donate.
COLLECTIONS
Last weekend's Offertory collection amounted to £657.33 and the Maintenance
Fund collection to £235.09 - 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.
PARISH RECORDS
Our parish records are covered by the Data Protection Act and are for parish
use only. We cannot give out phone numbers or addresses. Please help us to
keep our records up to date using the cards provided.
READERS
Next weekend's readers are Marade Griffin at 5.30 pm and
Patricia Milligan at 10.30 am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Please could all Altar Servers collect the new rota from the sacristy?
Could you please leave either an email or postal address for future rotas
as due to unforeseen circumstances information previously held is unavailable
to us. Next weekend's altar servers are Group 1 at 5.30 pm
and Group 2 at 10.30 am.
CHILDREN’S
LITURGY
As we begin our new term of Children's Liturgy, we would like to welcome all
nursery and primary 1 to 3 children to join us during the 10.30 am Sunday
Mass. Our Primary 4 group will begin in October after their Presentation Sunday
which will be arranged soon. Next
week's helpers are Maria Paterson-Kidd and Elaine Shaw for the pre-fives and
Frances Gemmell, Gayle Paterson and Andrena Hughes for Primaries 1, 2 and
3.
SUNDAY
TEAS
Next
Sunday's teas will be served by Sadie Gilmour'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 is on holiday from 29 August to 23 September. The parish office
will be staffed as usual during office hours from 8.30 am to 5.00 pm on weekdays.
Neighbouring parishes will be assisting and Father John Kinsler will cover
the weekend Masses. Canon Pat McSorley will say a morning Mass on two Fridays
and Father Kinsler will say a morning Mass on two Wednesdays. The Bulletin
will give information each week as will the website. Masses will be offered
elsewhere for Cathie Middle, Ian Colville and Annie McCormick.
BISHOP
NOLAN
Bishop
William continues to make good progress and hopes to return
to duty soon.
IGNATIAN
PRAYER GROUP
The first Ignatian Prayer Group commenced on last Wednesday at 7.30 pm and
will continue on the first Wednesday of each month. The second Group will
commence on Tuesday 13 September at 7.30 pm and will continue on the second
Tuesday of each month thereafter.
EMBRACING
CHANGE
As a deanery, we are looking to recruit a small number of people to refresh
the Steering Group of the Embracing Change process. The Steering Group sits
alongside the other Embracing Change Groups - Spirituality, Outreach to the
Poor, Formation for Ministry et cetera - and ensures that Groups are adhering
to the overall Embracing Change aim and tackling their particular remit effectively.
The Steering Group should be a driving force and a critical friend that is
constructive and candid. Steering Group membership assumes as 'given' an active
Faith, an understanding and a commitment to the Embracing Change process and
an awareness of 'the bigger picture'. In particular we especially need people
who can animate and energise groups. If you would be willing to be considered
for this role, please speak to your parish priest by 28 August, or if you
are unable to, please contact the Dean, Canon Martin Poland on 01294 463225
or MartindPoland@gmail.com. Thank you.
MARY'S MEALS
Thank you for the many donations, of items and cash, for the Mary's
Meals Backpack appeal. We will soon be in a position to fill more than
a hundred further backpacks to send to Malawi. To this end, we need the following
items - hand towels, coloured pencils, pencil cases, sharpeners, jotters,
small balls, dessert spoons and toothpaste. If you would like to donate any
items please leave them in the box in the Church porch. Thank you again for
your generosity.
HOMELESSNESS IN NORTH AYRSHIRE
A special meeting about Homelessness in North Ayrshire will take place in
Saint Mary's Parish Hall, Saltcoats on 29 September at 7.00 pm. The main speaker
will be Diane Becker from Scottish Churches Housing Action. More details will
follow.
MUSIC WORKSHOP
A music workshop is being arranged by Galloway Music Network on Saturday 24
September at the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Onthank, Kilmarnock from
10.30 am - 3.00 pm. There will be three sessions during the day - on managing
unaccompanied singing, music for Advent and singing straightforward psalms
settings. There will be plenty of opportunity for discussion and the sharing
of ideas. This event is being organised for anyone with an interest in parish
music. A light lunch will be provided. For more information contact Nicola
Lawrence on 0141 886 7963. Booking forms are available from the diocesan website
at www.GallowayDiocese.org.uk
or Michael McCulloch.
SAINT
PETER'S CHILDREN'S CENTRE
Saint Peter's Children's Centre has re-opened on Mondays and Fridays at 8.50
am for the nursery class, 1.00 pm for the two to three class and at 9.30 to
11.30 am for the toddler group. Funded places available for immediate start
for children aged three years or over. Children who are three before 28 February
2017 can register for a place now. For further information, please call Josephine
Coulter on 473030 or 602179.
SAINT PETER'S RAINBOWS AND BROWNIES
The Monday night Rainbows and Brownies returned on Monday 22 August at the
usual times. Rainbows run from 5.30 to 6.30 pm and Brownies from 6.30 to 8.00
pm. We welcome the girls back and hope they enjoyed the holidays. Any girls
wishing to join, please be aware we have a long waiting list and parents should
contact Leaders in charge to make arrangements to join. Rainbows should contact
Mary Anne Gibson and Brownies Cecilia Walsh on Facebook: Ardrossan - Saint
Peter's Rainbows and Brownies.
CHURCH DOORS
Both the side and front doors are now fitted. Because the Church is an A-Listed
building, more durable replacement doors needed to be specially made at a
cost of over £10000. I need to make an appeal to you for help. Brown
envelopes will be available and any fundraising you can organise will be extremely
useful. Extra in the second collection is a perfect way of helping. So far,
donations total £4583.
FUTURE EVENTS
The following events are being planned.
- 16 October - Sacrament of the Sick in Saint
Mary's Church, Largs
- 30 October - Youth Event in Saint
Matthew's Academy, Saltcoats
- 28 November - Closing of the Year of Mercy in Saint
Brigid's Church, Kilbirnie
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 Church maintenance.
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.