BULLETIN
22
JANUARY 2017
THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR
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CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
21 January
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Mass
at 10.00 am for Annie O'Neill |
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Sunday
22 January
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Sunday Mass at 10.30 am for the congregation |
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Monday
23 January
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No Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Tuesday
24 January
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No Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Wednesday
25 January
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No Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Thursday
26 January
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No
Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Friday
27 January
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No Mass in Saint Peter's |
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Saturday
28 January
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Mass at 10.00 am for Theresa Tumilty |
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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
21 January
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Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Sunday
22 January
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Sunday Mass at 10.00 am |
Sunday Mass at 11.30 am |
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Monday
23 January
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Service at 10.00 am |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Tuesday
24 January
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Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
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Wednesday
25 January
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Mass at 10.00 am |
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Thursday
26 January
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Service at 10.00 am |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Friday
27 January
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Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
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Saturday
28 January
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Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Sunday
22 January
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11.30 am |
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Monday
23 January
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3.00
to 6.00 pm 5.30 to 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.30 |
Skallywags
Aftercare |
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Tuesday
24 January
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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
25 January
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3.00
to 6.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 8.00 to 9.00 pm |
Skallywags
Aftercare |
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Thursday
26 January
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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
27 January
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9.30
to 11.30 pm 3.00 to 6.00 pm |
Parents
and Toddlers Skallywags Aftercare |
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Saturday
28 January
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7.00 pm | Burns
Supper Patrons are asked to be seated by 6.50 pm. |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Celio Staffieri of our parish, Josie Gray (Ardrossan), Michael Stocking (United
States), Peter McCormick and Harry Lundie (Kilwinning)
who died recently;
John Curran 2013, Annie Monan 1998, James Cunningham 1986, Michael Lynn 2005,
James McCormack 1999, Catherine Welsh 2005, Joe Marshall 2013, John McKay
1957, Bernard Burns 1963, Annie Carson 1995, Avril Cullis 2009, Brookelyn
Angel Donnachy 2006, James Jennings 2013, Andrew McCormick 2009, Alfie Willis
2015, Barbara Scott 2010, Willie Forsyth 2012, John McKay senior 1957, Patricia
Murphy 1988, Joseph Retzbach 1940, Ian Michael Falsey 2004, Agnes Marshall
2012 and John Ryan 2001 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.
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 £738.26 and the Maintenance
Fund collection to £302.19 - 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 Harry Sammons at 5.30 pm and
Margaret Harvey at 10.30 am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group 1 at 5.30
pm and Group 5 at 10.30 am.
CHILDREN’S
LITURGY
Next week's Children's Liturgy helpers are Maria
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.
SUNDAY TEAS
Next
Sunday's teas will be served by Sharon McLaughlin's team.
50/50
CLUB
There will be another sign-up on week ending 21 and 22 January 2017 for existing
and new members. Collectors will be contacting their members early in the
new year or contact the Promoter Myriame Sammons on 469006.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE FOODBANK
The Foodbank at the Church of the Nazarene in Glasgow Street is desperately
short of tinned meat, juice, ultra-heat treatment (UHT) milk and tinned fruit.
Can you help, please?
MISSIO SCOTLAND
Please make the Pope Francis' prayer for January your own - That all Christians
may be faithful to the Lord's teaching by striving with prayer and love to
restore unity to the Church and by working together to meet the challenges
facing humanity.
PILGRIMAGE TO FATIMA
There is a notice about a Pilgrimage to Fatima leaving from Edinburgh in the
early morning of Sunday 25 June and returning on Thursday 29 June. Pilgrims
can book directly.
SAINT ANDREW'S CHURCH BEETLE DRIVE
Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church is having a Beetle Drive on Friday 3 February
and everyone is welcome. There is a poster in the porch and tickets are available
at the door on the night.
BINGO NIGHT
A fundraising Bingo Night will be held on Friday 17 February at 7.00 pm to
raise funds for Aidan Hughes to once again assist the pilgrimage to Lourdes
as a volunteer with Youth for Lourdes. Tickets include a cup of tea or coffee
and you may Bring Your Own Bottle. Tickets cost £1 and are available
from the Parish Office on 464063 or Aidan Hughes. Any donation of raffle prizes
will be gratefully appreciated.
PASTORAL VISIT
Bishop Nolan will visit us on the
weekend of 28 and 29 January and celebrate the Vigil and Morning Masses. He
is delighted to accept the invitation to join us at the Burns Supper.
BURNS SUPPER
The 2017 Burns
Supper will take place in the Parish Centre on Saturday 28 January at
7.00 pm. Patrons are asked to be seated by 6.50 pm for a prompt start. The
Immortal Memory will be delivered by Reverend Don Currie, Pastor of South
Beach Baptist Church, Saltcoats, shown below left. Kevin Thomas, former Head
of Environmental Health for North Ayrshire Council, shown below centre, will
propose the Toast to the Lassies and our parishioner, Angela Body, shown below
right, will reply. Other participants are Bill Andrew, Moira Bingham, Rachel
Brown, Calum Coldwell, Canon
Matt, Aidan and Bethany McGrath, George McGrattan and Ciaran Sinclair.
Tickets cost £15 and can be booked in advance though the Parish Office
on 01294 464063. Patrons can request group seating arrangements to be with
friends. The meal will be prepared and served by Michael and Fiona Brown,
family and friends. Vegetarian meals are available with notice as an alternative
to the traditional Burns Supper main course. There are more details on the
Church website. Your support is appreciated.
THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
Bishop Nolan will be with us again
on Friday 17 February at 7.00 pm to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation
with candidates from this parish, Largs, West Kilbride, Kilbirnie, Beith and
Dalry. If any adult or child not in Primary 4 at Saint Peter's School would
like to be Confirmed that evening, please let me know.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE SICK MASS
The Diocesan World Day of Prayer for the Sick Mass will be held on Sunday
5 February at 4.00 pm in Saint Margaret's Cathedral, Ayr. The Hospitalité
looks forward to welcoming you. if you wish to receive the Sacrament of the
Sick please make yourself known to a member of the Hospitalité team
on the day. Mass will be followed by refreshments in the hall and the Galloway
Lourdes Hospitalité Annual General Meeting. Preceding Mass will be
the pilgrimage volunteers sign-up and Protecting Vulnerable Groups session
from 2.00 to 3.30 pm in the Cathedral hall. If you wish to come to Lourdes
as an adult helper, please come along to find out more and complete applications.
A FEW DAYS OFF
Canon
Matt is taking a few days from 23 to 27 January. The Parish Office
will be staffed as usual.
HOMELESSNESS IN NORTH AYRSHIRE
The inter-church group who are concerned with homelessness around us would
like to appeal for donations of household cleaning materials to help people
get started when they are housed. They also need new socks, gloves and pyjamas
for those who are housed in the Homeless Hostels. A full list of requirements
is on the box at the back of the Church. Thank you.
HOMELESSNESS SUNDAY
This is Homelessness Sunday when we pause to think of those who are homeless.
In Scotland, around 5000 people, a good football crowd, present as homeless
each year according to the Homeless Monitor, Scotland. The national strategy
on homelessness relies considerably on effort by charities, among whom the
churches feature prominently. Organisations such as Glasgow Lodging House
Mission, CrossReach, Bethany Christian Trust and other church-based groups
help prevent homelessness as well as helping those who fall through the safety
net. Please remember all those involved with homelessness in your prayers.
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.
THANKS
Grateful thanks to Saint Clare for favours received. May the Sacred Heart
of Jesus be praised, adored and glorified and loved today and every day throughout
the world, Amen. DJ
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.