BULLETIN
26
FEBRUARY 2017
EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR
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CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
25 February
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Mass
at 10.00 am for Margaret McCarroll |
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Sunday
26 February
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Sunday Mass at 10.30 am for the congregation |
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Monday
27 February
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Mass at 10.00 am for Billy McGarry |
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Tuesday
28 February
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Mass at 10.00 am for Patsy Reid |
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Wednesday
1 March
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Ash Wednesday |
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Thursday
2 March
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Requiem
Mass at 9.30 am for Patrick Haggarty followed
by his cremation at Holmsford Bridge Crematorium, Dreghorn, at 11.00
am. |
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Friday
3 March
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Mass at 10.00 am for Bridie Reid, baby Roberts and the Roberts family |
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Saturday
4 March
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Mass at 10.00 am for Cosimo and Arturo Farro |
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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
25 February
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Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Sunday
26 February
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Sunday Mass at 10.00 am |
Sunday Mass at 11.30 am |
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Monday
27 February
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Service at 10.00 am |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Tuesday
28 February
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Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
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Wednesday
1 March
Ash Wednesday |
Mass at 9.30 am |
Mass
at 11.00 am |
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Thursday
2 March
|
Service at 10.00 am |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Friday
3 March
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Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
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Saturday
4 March
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Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Saturday
26 February
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10.30 am to 2.30 pm |
Charity Coffee Morning |
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Sunday
26 February
|
11.30 am |
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Monday
27 February
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9.30
to 11.30 am 3.00 to 6.00 pm 5.30 to 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.30 |
Parents
and Toddlers |
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Tuesday
28 February
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9.00
to 11.00 am 3.00 to 6.00 pm 3.45 pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilitation |
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Wednesday
1 March
|
3.00
to 6.00 pm 7.30 pm |
Skallywags
Aftercare |
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Thursday
2 March
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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
3 March
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9.30
to 11.30 am 3.00 to 6.00 pm |
Parents
and Toddlers Skallywags Aftercare |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Patrick Haggarty (of our parish), Margaret Molloy, baby Alex Ryan Roberts,
Isobel Steevley, Bridie Reid (Greenock), John McHarg and Winifred Kerr (former
teacher of Modern Languages at Saint Andrew's Academy, Saltcoats) who died
recently;
Agnes Delahunt 1944, Elizabeth Delahunt 1976, William John Dorian 1935, John
Moore 2000, Betty Burns 2006, Frank Clark 1959, Sandra Cornwallis neé
Shaw 2014, Ambrose Armstrong 1976, Matilda Brannan 1970, Billy Magee 2002,
Joe and Nan McConnell, Canon
John Walls 2010, Matilda Brannan, Simon Brannan, Mennotti Carrino,
Odina Carrino, Paul Gerard Brown 1986, Father Charles Barclay 2001, Bernard
Cassidy 1994, Margaret Dolan 1959, Frances Hackett 1997, James
McFarlane 1976, Aldegonda Brogi, Pietro Brogi, Maria Gillen 2001, Sister
Teresita of Jesus (Valenti), Matthew Johnson 2012, Catherine McCutcheon 2002
and Michael Reilly 1995 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 £641.88 and the Maintenance
Fund collection to £309.36 - 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 Katrina Pollock at 5.30 pm and
Margaret Brawley 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
Next week's Children's Liturgy helpers are Jacqueline
Waugh and Emma Paterson for the pre-fives, Maria Paterson and George Kidd
for Primaries 1, 2 and 3 and Andrena Hughes and Michelle Morton for Primary
4.
SUNDAY TEAS
Next
Sunday's teas will be served by Sharon McLaughlin's team.
ASH
WEDNESDAY
Wednesday of this week is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. It is a day
for fasting and not taking meat. Blessed ashes will be distributed at both
Masses and at Mass in Saint
Peter's Primary School and Saint
Matthew's Academy, Saltcoats.
POPE FRANCIS'S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR FEBRUARY
Pope Francis's prayer of February is that all those who are afflicted, especially
the poor, refugees, and marginalised, may find welcome and comfort in our
communities.
CONFIRMATION
Very many thanks to everyone who helped at the Confirmation. It was a happy,
prayerful and meaningful celebration. If anyone wants a digital group photograph
of the children who were confirmed, please email me on CanonMatt@SaintPeterInChains.net
and I will send one.
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?
YOUNG CARERS' PROJECT
Please read the notice about the need for volunteers for a Young Carers' Project.
BINGO NIGHT
A fundraising Bingo Night will be held on Friday 24 March at 7.00 pm to raise
funds for Aidan Hughes of our parish 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.
JUMBULANCE PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES
There will be a Jumbulance Pilgrimage to Lourdes at Easter 2017. A group will
travel from our diocese to Lourdes on Thursday 27 April returning Saturday
6 May 2017. The travel is by medically-adapted coach and is particularly suited
to those unable to fly for health reasons and/or those who wish to be in a
smaller group. Places are available for sick pilgrims, helpers, nurses and
carers. The group travels with a doctor, nurses and chaplain and can cater
for almost all needs. Please phone Alison Neil on 07749 555955 or email her
on amd.neil@outlook.com for more details.
TAIZÉ RETREAT
Inner Life and Solidarity is a retreat for people aged sixteen to thirty-five
which takes place in Birmingham from Friday 28 April to Monday 1 May. It is
led by Brother Paolo and the Taizé community. In the wake of a number
of international events which have underlined divisions in our societies,
this retreat will celebrate the commitment lived out by Christians and others
of goodwill. Prayer, workshops, social time, forums and visits around the
ethnically diverse communities of Birmingham will all come together to make
this retreat special. Do you need some time in prayer? Do you have exams pressure?
Do you want to give some time to God? Transport, accommodation, meals and
registration are included for £100. For booking and information. contact
info@StephenMcGrattan.org.uk. There is further information at www.taize.fr/birmingham.
HCPT LOURDES GROUP 376 RACE NIGHT
HCPT Lourdes Group 376 is holding a Race Night on Friday 3 March in Ardrossan
Civic Centre. The first race starts at 7.45 pm. Tickets cost £3 and
include a light supper. The group is travelling to Lourdes at Easter with
eight adults from our local area who require additional support. For tickets,
please phone Esther Coulter on 464692 or Josephine Coulter on 602179. All
are welcome.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
The World Day of Prayer is taking place this year in the Church of the Nazarene,
Glasgow Street, Ardrossan on Friday 3 March at 2.00 pm. Five local churches
are taking part and this year's service has been written by women from the
Philippines. Please come and take part.
SAINT JOHN'S KEEP FIT
There are Keep Fit classes every Monday from 2.00 to 3.00 pm in Saint John's
Church Hall, Stevenston. New members are welcome.
POVERTY AT HOME AND ABROAD
What are we to do? What should be our Christian response? There will be an
Ecumenical Event with song, prayer, reflection and information in Saint
John’s Church, Stevenston on Sunday 26 February at 3.00 pm to
look at Poverty in Scotland and abroad. Arthur West, a lifelong campaigner
against Poverty and for Social Justice, will speak. about his experiences.
Please bring a tin for the Foodbank. The event should last no more than forty-five
minutes. Fair Trade tea and coffee will be served afterwards.
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.
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.