BULLETIN
2
APRIL 2017
FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT IN YEAR
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CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
1 April
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Mass at 10.00 am Nan and Bertie Lidden |
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Sunday
2 April
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Sunday Mass at 10.30 am for the congregation |
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Monday
3 April
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Mass at 10.00 am for John Berry |
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Tuesday
4 April
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Mass at 10.00 am for Anne and Andrew Murphy |
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Wednesday
5 April
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Stations of the Cross at 9.40 am |
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Thursday
6 April
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Mass
at 7.00 pm |
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Friday
7 April
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Mass at 10.00 am by Father Gerry
Magee for Danny McMail |
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Saturday
8 April
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Mass at 10.00 am for an for Easter intention |
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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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Saturday
1 April
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Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Sunday
2 April
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Sunday Mass at 10.00 am |
Sunday Mass at 11.30 am |
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Monday
3 April
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Requiem Mass at 10.00 am |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Tuesday
4 April
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Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
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Wednesday
5 April
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Mass at 10.00 am |
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Thursday
6 April
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Mass at 1.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Friday
7 April
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Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
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Saturday
8 April
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Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Saturday
1 April
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10.00 to 1.00 pm | Jumble Sale and Coffee Morning |
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Sunday
2 April
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11.30 am |
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Monday
3 April
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8.00
to 6.00 pm 7.30 pm |
Scallywags
Aftercare |
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Tuesday
4 April
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8.00
to 6.00 pm |
Scallywags Aftercare |
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Wednesday
5 April
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8.00
to 6.00 pm 7.30 pm |
Scallywags
Aftercare |
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Thursday
6 April
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8.00
to 6.00 pm 12.15 to 4.15 pm |
Scallywags
Aftercare |
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Friday
7 April
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8.00 to 6.00 pm | Scallywags Aftercare |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Bernard Muir (Kilwinning) and David Wright who died recently;
Margaret Murphy, Monsignor John O'Farrell 2008, Pope John Paul II 2005, James
Smith 1959, Archie McFarlane, Harry Quinn 1993, Patrick Tomelty 2004, Annie
Adam 1997, Mattie Friel 1995, Barbara Henderson, Frank McCaffrey 2012, Jane
Mullen 2003, Annie Murphy 1981, Agnes Ward 2001, Margaret Boyd 2004, George
Lee 1992, James Wilson 2013, Daniel Thomas Gilmour 2013, Frank Grogan, Michael
McNamara 2008, Father Tom McCann 2009, Joseph & Jessie Stevens, Mary Tinney
2004 and Father Jim Boyd SCJ 2002 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 567.90 and the Scottish Catholic
International Aid Fund collection to £1180.23 - 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 Julie Coldwell at 5.30 pm and
Patricia Milligan at 10.30 am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group 1 at 5.30
pm and Group 4 at 10.30 am.
CHILDREN’S
LITURGY
Next week's Children's Liturgy helpers are Geraldine
Butcher for the pre-fives, Frances Gemmell and Gayle Paterson for Primaries
1, 2 and 3 and Emma Paterson and Michelle Morton for Primary 4. Canon
Matt would like to meet with those who assist with the
Children's Liturgy. I will contact you in the next few days about meeting
after Easter. We need to sort out a few details and see if we can remedy the
situation where it appears that more adults than children go out each Sunday.
SUNDAY TEAS
Next
Sunday's teas will be served by Sharon McLaughlin's team.
LENT
Lent is a period of six weeks made as a journey to Easter. It is a time to
fast, pray and give alms. Every one of us is able to make our own decisions
about what we need to do to make our lives more acceptable to God. We can:
- do without things we don't really need
- take time to pray so that we can listen to what God asks of
us
- share what we have with others in more need through the Scottish
Catholic International Aid Fund and other ways
- attend Stations of the Cross on Friday mornings at 9.40 am
CONFESSION BEFORE EASTER
We will celebrate the Sacrament of Forgiveness together within Mass on Thursday
6 April at 10.00 am in Saint
John’s Church, Stevenston at 1.30 pm in Saint
Mary's Church, Saltcoats and at 7.00 pm in Saint Peter's.
PARISH ACCOUNTS
The parish accounts are available this weekend as are Gift Aid and Bankers
Order forms. Please remember Gift Aid can only be used if you pay tax.
EASTER FUNDAY
An Easter Funday will be held in the Parish Centre on Saturday 8 April from
11.00 am to 3.00 pm. There will be a bouncy castle, face painting, egg and
gingerbread men decorating contest, cakes, raffle tea and coffee. The cost
is £2 per child ny paying at the door. There is unlimited access to
the bouncy castle for up to thirteen year olds and adults accompanying go
free. All funds raised will be to support Bethany Collins in her year volunteering
in Honduras as a teacher with the educational charity, Project Trust. All
are welcome.
GLENIFFER SINGERS
The Gleniffer Singers are performing a summer concert at Saint Andrew's Episcopal
Church, South Crescent Road on Friday 5 May 2017 at 7.30 pm. There will be
an easy listening programme with songs from the musicals and film, popular
and folk, gospel and secular music. Tickets costing £10 for adults and
£6 for children include refreshments after the concert and can be booked
by emailing stuart_mitchell_99@yahoo.com.
PARISH LOURDES GROUP QUIZ NIGHT
Our next fundraiser to assist financially with sick pilgrims going to Lourdes
in July will be a Quiz Night on Friday 28 April at 7.30 pm in the Parish Centre.
Tickets cost £5 and it is a Bring Your Own Bottle evening. We depend
on your continued support and appreciate any donations of prizes for the raffle.
Please contact any committee member, the Parish Office or Harry on 469006
for tickets.
CHURCH MUSIC
We now have the assistance of John and Phil McKenzie leading the singing at
the 10.30 Mass as well as Andrena Hughes - others would be more than welcome.
George McGrattan and the parish choir cover the Vigil Mass. Saint
Peter's School choir assists on the first Sunday of each month. Some former
members of the Saint Peter's choir who are now at Saint
Matthew's Academy, Saltcoats are getting together to cover Mass once a
month. Would anyone like to join them? They hope to sing on Sunday 19 March
at the 10.30 am Mass. Feel free to join them.
FORMING INTENTIONAL DISCIPLES
There is an invitation to take part in a study group based on the idea of
Forming Intentional Disciples for six Tuesdays after Easter. We hope to start
with an introductory evening on Tuesday 25 April in Saint Peter's Presbytery.
The sessions begin at 7.00 pm with ten minutes of quiet prayer before the
Blessed Sacrament and end at 9.00 pm after ten minutes of prayer before the
Blessed Sacrament. Each session, with the prayer time, is based on pre-reading
two chapters of Forming Intentional Disciples by Sherry Weddell, published
in 2012, and sharing our thoughts on what is said. The programme is in use
in the Diocese of Plymouth to whom we are grateful for advice. The books are
yours to keep and there is a discounted charge of £12 for them. To register
interest. please email ParishOffice@SaintPeterInChains.net or phone 464063
during office hours before 1 April to allow us to gauge interest and purchase
the books.
PALM SUNDAY NATIONAL YOUTH GATHERING
Young people aged 11 to 25 are invited to mark the beginning of Holy Week
with other young Catholics from Scotland on Palm Sunday, 9 April, at Saint
Mary's Monastery, Perth for an afternoon of bishops' teaching, Mass, and social
time with a buffet dinner. The cost including transport by coach from Galloway
diocese is £5. For more information or to book a place, please contact
Father Stephen McGrattan on
info@stephenmcgrattan.org.uk or 01563 521832.
YOUTH FOR LOURDES BINGO NIGHT
Congratulations and thanks to all who worked so hard to raise £1600
for Youth For Lourdes.
PARISH LOURDES GROUP QUIZ NIGHT
Our next fundraiser to assist financially with sick pilgrims going to Lourdes
in July will be a Quiz Night on Friday 28 April at 7.30pm in the Parish Centre.
Tickets cost £5 and it is a Bring Your Own Bottle evening. We depend
on your continued support and appreciate any donations of prizes for the raffle.
Please contact any committee member, the Parish Office or Harry on 469006
for tickets.
LEGION OF MARY ACIES CEREMONY
Ayrshire Curia will hold their yearly consecration to our Lady on Sunday 2
April at 3.00 pm in Saint
Mary's Church, Largs. There will be Rosary, Benediction and a
homily followed by tea and coffee. All are welcome.
EMBRACING CHANGE
Churches' Homeless Action North Ayrshire (CHANA) gratefully thanks you for
your overwhelming generosity in the last few months. Many homeless and deprived
children received a good Christmas gift and there are sufficient presents
left over to cover birthdays. As there is now a stockpile of cleaning items,
pyjamas, socks et cetera, there will be a break till after Easter when a fresh
appeal will be made. Thank you for your support.
MARY'S MEALS BACKPACK APPEAL
Thank you for your generosity in the past. We are still collecting all items
listed in the magazine but are particularly looking for the following items
- coloured pencils, pencil cases, sharpeners, twelve inch rulers, dessert
spoons and tennis balls or balls of a similar size. Please put any items in
the blue box marked Mary's Meals in the Church porch.
ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF ANOTHER LANGUAGE (ESOL)
English for Speakers Of another Language is a practical way of helping refugees.
There are eleven Syrian Refugee families living in North Ayrshire with more
to come. Volunteer ESOL tutors can provide in-class support to learners of
English in groups or teach ESOL learners with specific needs on a one-to-one
basis. If you think this is for you, a meeting has been arranged in Saint
John's Hall, Stevenston on Tuesday 4 April at 11.00 am when Susan Larmour
from Ayrshire Community Trust will explain what is involved.
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.
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.
OZANAM CENTRE, GLASGOW
The Saint Vincent de Paul Society
usually collects toiletries for the Ozanam Centre in Glasgow - for Homeless
people - during Lent. There is a box in the porch.
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.