BULLETIN
30
OCTOBER 2016
THIRTY-FIRST
SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR 3
CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
29 October
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Mass
at 10.00 am for John Farrell |
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Sunday
30 October
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Mass at 10.30 am for the congregation |
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Monday
31 October
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Mass
at 10.00 am for James Brogan |
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Tuesday
1 November
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Feast
of All Saints |
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Wednesday
2 November
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Mass for the Dead at 10.00 am for those who died this year |
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Thursday
3 November
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Mass at 7.00 pm for Eddie Flynn |
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Friday
4 November
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Mass at 10.00 am for Canon Denis Quinlan |
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Saturday
5 November
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Mass
at 10.00 am for the Holy Souls |
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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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SAINT MARY'S AND SAINT JOHN'S CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
29 October
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Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Sunday
30 October
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Sunday Mass at 10.00 am |
Sunday Mass at 11.30 am |
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Monday
31 October
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Service at 10.00 am |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Tuesday
1 November
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Mass at 7.00 pm |
Mass at 11.00 am |
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Wednesday
2 November
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Mass at 11.00 am |
Mass
at 10.00 am |
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Thursday
3 November
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Service at 10.00 am |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Friday
4 November
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Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
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Saturday
5 November
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Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Sunday
30 October
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11.30 am |
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Monday
31 October
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9.30
to 11.30 pm 3.00 to 6.00 pm 7.00 to 9.00 pm |
Parents
and Toddlers |
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Tuesday
1 November
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9.00
to 11.00 am 3.00 to 6.00 pm 3.45 pm 7.30 to 8.10 pm 8.10 to 8.30 pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilitation |
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Wednesday
2 November
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3.00
to 6.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 8.00 to 9.00 pm 7.30 pm |
Skallywags
Aftercare |
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Thursday
3 November
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3.00
to 6.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Skallywags
Aftercare |
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Friday
4 November
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9.30
to 11.30 pm 3.00 to 6.00 pm |
Parents
and Toddlers Skallywags Aftercare |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
James Brogan and Eddie Flynn (Kilmarnock) who died recently;
William Delahunt 1986, Bill Moore 1989, The Christians martyred in the Cathedral
of our Lady of Deliverance in Baghdad 2010, Sadie Clegg 2011, John Martin
1979, Daniel Brown 1988, Peter Hanratty 2013, Josephine Lundie 2007, Thomas
Kilbane 1983, Hugh McKay 1982, Eileen Taylor 2005, May Cusick 2009, Teresa
Kelly 1978, Sarah Sammons 1970, Elizabeth Anne Tait 2004, Mary Timmons 2011,
Ian McNamara 1979, Paddy Crozier, Anna Lizanec 2008, Margaret Martin 1962,Father
James McCarroll 1952 shown below left, Catherine McMullan 1963, Father
Paul O'Brien 1999 shown below right, Robert Reid 2006 and John Whyte 1975
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 £3500 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 £555.23 and the Mission
Sunday collection to £694.59.
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
Tom Reid 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 5 at 10.30 am.
SUNDAY
TEAS
We
are very short of Sunday Tea teams. Is there any chance of a group of friends
forming a team? It would be a shame to lose the Sunday Teas altogether. 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.
Next Sunday's teas will be served by Sharon McLaughlin's
team.
MUSIC AT MASS
Music is an essential part of Mass. Are there any budding musicians willing
to offer their talent and service?
CHILDREN’S
LITURGY
We would more volunteers to help with the Children's Liturgy during Mass at
10.30 am on Sunday mornings. Next
week's helpers are Geraldine Butcher and Emma Paterson for the pre-fives,
Claire Sweenie and Linda Martin for Primaries 1, 2 and 3 and Elaine Shaw and
Michelle Morton for Primary 4.
VOLUNTEERS
If
you are able to help with Sunday Teas, Music or the Children's Liturgy, please
speak to Canon
Matt or contact the Parish Office on 464063. Thank
you.
FEASTDAY
MASSES
For the Feast of All Saints, there will be Mass on Monday at 7.00 pm and Tuesday
at 10.00 am with Mass at 7.00 pm in Saint
Mary's Church, Saltcoats. For the Holy Souls, there wll be Mass
on Wednesday at 10.00 am and 2.30 pm, the latter being an experimental time!
MONTH OF THE HOLY SOULS
During November, Mass will be offered for all our dead. There are November
Lists available. Fill in the names of all family members and put it in an
envelope. There is a basket by the altar. A Mass offering is traditional,
but not necessary.
PILGRIMAGE TO FATIMA
The Diocese of Paisley is looking at the possibility of organising a Pilgrimage
to Fatima in the one hundredth anniversary year of the Apparitions of our
Blessed Lady. The proposed dates are 8 to 15 June 2017. You can express interest
by calling Ann Marie Cairns on 01698 262941 or emailling amcalba@yahoo.co.uk.
CHERNOBYL CHILDREN'S LIFELINE
Can you help with the Chernobyl Children's Lifeline? Could you open your home
to children from Ukraine for two to four weeks in the summer and help us to
continue to make a difference in their young lives? We are hoping to invite
another group of twelve children aged from 9 to eleven to Ayrshire next summer
but can only do it if we have at least another three volunteer families to
help host them. The children will be in Ayrshire from about middle of June
to middle of July and as they go on trips most days they will only be with
you in the evenings and weekends. The children are accompanied by an English-speaking
leader who is reachable twenty-four hours a day during their stay. The committee
is also there to support you and we can work around your work and family life
so you will never be on your own or left struggling. Please have a look at
our website.
HCPT GROUP 376 FUNDRAISING CEILIDH
There will be a fundraising ceilidh in Ardrossan Indoor Bowling Club on Friday
11 November at 7.30 pm. Tickets cost £7 and include a buffet supper.
They are available from Saint Peter's Children's Centre, Esther Coulter on
07772 433070 or Josephine Coulter on 602179. All are welcome.
MAKE A WILL FORTNIGHT
Taylor and Henderson of Saltcoats will help you make a will between 17 and
31 October in exchange for a donation to the Ayrshire Hospice. You can make
an appointment by telephoneing 01294 464341. You know you should.
ANNUAL MASS FOR TEACHERS AND PARENT COUNCIL MEMBERS
Bishop William will celebrate the
Annual Teachers' Mass in Saint
John’s Church, Stevenston on Tuesday 15 November at 7.00 pm
CEMETERY
MASS
We hope to celebrate the annual Cemetery Mass on Sunday 20 November at 1.30
pm.
EMBRACING
CHANGE - CLOSING OF THE HOLY YEAR OF MERCY
The Closing of the Holy Year of Mercy will take place in Saint
Brigid's Church, Kilbirnie on 20 November at 3.00 pm. Details will be
given later. Please note the change of date.
EMBRACING CHANGE IN THE YEAR OF MERCY - YOUTH EVENT
On Sunday 30 October, there will be a Youth Event at Cecchini's, 5 Dock Road,
Ardrossan, from 1.30 to 3.30 pm. This is part of the Year of Mercy programme
organised by the Spirituality Group as part of the Embracing Change process
in this Deanery. Admission is free and the event will draw from a document
which has been coproduced by the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund
called Rediscovering Mercy. A buffet meal will be provided and there will
be time for some socialising together. The target group is those aged fifteen
to eighteen or in fourth, fifth or sixth year at school, university or college.
Those who wish to attend should contact Josie McPherson on Facebook for catering
purposes.
SAINT MATTHEW'S ACADEMY MALAWI GROUP
Saint
Matthew's Academy, Saltcoats is holding a Race
Night on Friday 11 November at 7.00 pm in Saint Mary's Parish Hall, Saltcoats.
Funds are for the school's visit to the partner school in Malawi. Tickets,
which are available at the door, cost £3 for adults and £2 concession.
AN EVENING WITH OCTAVE
There will be a cabaret evening with Octave - voted the best mixed-voice choir
at Glasgow Music Festival in 2013 - in the Parish Centre on Sunday 20 November
at 7.00 pm. Tickets cost £7 from the Parish Office on 464063. Proceeds
are for our new doors. You may Bring Your Own Bottle and nibbles.
KIRKGATE PARISH CHURCH
There will a concert in the Kirkgate
Parish Church, Saltcoats, by the Aeolian Male Voice Choir on Tuesday 15
November at 7.30 pm. Tickets cost £3 at the door.
BURNS SUPPER 2017
The Parish Burns
Supper will be on Saturday 28 January
2017.
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.