BULLETIN
7
MAY 2017
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER IN YEAR
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CHURCH SERVICES
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Saturday
6 May
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Mass
at 10.00 am for Helen McGee |
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Sunday
7 May
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Sunday Mass at 10.30 am for the congregation |
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Monday
8 May
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Mass at 10.00 am for the Brady and Hilferty families |
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Tuesday
9 May
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Mass at 10.00 am for Joe Clark and David Wright |
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Wednesday
10 May
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Mass at 10.00 am for Mary Murray |
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Thursday
11 May
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Mass at 7.00 pm for Brian Casselles |
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Friday
12 May
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Funeral Service at 9.00 am for Roseann Ward at Holmsford Bridge Crematorium,
Dreghorn |
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Saturday
13 May
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Mass at 10.30 am for Julia Paterson's one
hundredth birthday |
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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
6 May
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Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
First Communion Mass at 11.00 am |
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Sunday
7 May
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Sunday Mass at 10.00 am |
Sunday Mass at 11.30 am |
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Monday
8 May
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Service at 10.00 am |
Mass at 10.00 am |
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Tuesday
9 May
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Service at 10.00 am |
Requiem Mass at 10.00 am |
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Wednesday
10 May
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Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
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Thursday
11 May
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Requiem Mass at 10.00 am |
Service at 7.00 pm |
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Friday
12 May
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Service at 10.00 am |
Service at 10.00 am |
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Saturday
13 May
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First
Communion Mass at 12 noon Vigil Mass at 4.30 pm |
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Saturday
6 May
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2.00 to 5.00 pm | Saint Vincent de Paul Society |
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Sunday
7 May
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11.30
am |
Tea
and Coffee after Mass |
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Monday
8 May
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8.00
am to 6.00 pm 7.30 pm |
Scallywags
Aftercare |
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Tuesday
9 May
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9.00
to 11.00 am 3.45 pm 7.30 pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilitation |
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Wednesday
10 May
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3.45 pm |
Irish Dancing |
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Thursday
11 May
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6.00
to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Brownies |
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Friday
12 May
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9.30 to 11.30 am | Parents and Toddlers |
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Saturday
13 May
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11.30 am | Private Function |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Julia Paterson whose one hundredth birthday falls on Saturday, the Feast of
our Lady of Fatima;
Roaseann Ward of our parish, Brian Casselles (Auchinleck) and Mary Murray
(Ireland) who died recently;
Jean Agostini 1978, Josephine Brady 1953, Josephine Cunningham 2000, Margaret
Long 1999, Margaret O'Neill 2009, Margaret Stevens 2007, Williamina (Wilshie)
Boyle 2014, Annie Hilferty 1959, Simon Smyth 2001, Mary Kelly 2013, John McCracken
1949, Joe Moran 2008, Elizabeth Hendry 1987, Frank Nils Matthews 2003, Josephine
Mulligan 2008, Angela Murray 1991, Thomas Algeo 2013, Robert Ferguson 2005,
Nicholas McIntee 2004, Francis Moran 1999, Theresa Smith 1997 and Matthew
Black 2015 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 £654.47 and the Maintenance
Fund collection to £284.04 - 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 Margaret Munn at 5.30 pm and Angela
Body and Ami Paterson 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 Maria
Paterson-Kidd and George Kidd for the pre-fives and Claire Sweenie and Linda
Martin for Primaries 1, 2 and 3. Canon
Matt had the opportunity to meet with the Children's Liturgy
volunteers on Monday evening to thank them for the work they do Sunday by
Sunday. I raised the question of the small number of children who come to
Mass, or rather, are brought to Mass and the fact that we can always do with
a few more adult volunteers. Please give this some thought.
SUNDAY TEAS
Next
Sunday's teas will be served by Sadie Gilmour's team.
JULIA
PATERSON
Julia Paterson celebrates her one hundredth birthday on Saturday. The morning
Mass is moved to 10.30 am and it is followed by a Tea Party in the Parish
Centre. Everyone who can make it is invited.
SACRAMENTS OF FORGIVENESS AND HOLY COMMUNION
Our young parishioners in Primary 3 will celebrate the Sacrament of Forgiveness
for the first time on Monday evening at 7.00 pm. Our young parishioners in
Primary 4 will receive Holy Communion for the first time - ten on Sunday 14
May at 10.30 am and nine on Sunday 21 May at 10.30 am.
CLOTHING
APPEAL IN AID OF CHERNOBYL CHILDREN'S LIFELINE
Another group of ten girls is coming from the Ukraine to Ayrshire in July
for four weeks. We always try and supply the children with some good second
hand clothing to wear while they are here and then to take home with them.
We are very short this year and are looking for clean good quality second
hand clothing for girls aged between nine and thirteen years. We need jeans,
jumpers, hoodies, sweatshirts, tee-shirts, leggings and jackets. I thank you
in advance for your continued support of our charity and I hope you get the
chance to meet the children when they visit Saint
John’s Church, Stevenston. If you have anything to donate or would be
interested in finding out more about the charity please contact us on 01294
461234 or 07813 650411. Michael
and Lisa Lafferty
50/50 CLUB
The 50/50 Club welcomes new members for only £15 annually with a chance
of winning prizes and supporting the parish at the same time. Membership forms
are available at the back porch and can be returned to the Parish Office or
the Promoter Mrs Myriame Sammons on 469006. When we increase membership, we
can also increase prize money. If you feel lucky why not join now?
CATHEDRAL SUNG EVENING PRAYER FOR EASTERTIDE
Evening Prayer of the Church will be sung in Saint Margaret's Cathedral, Ayr
on Sunday 7 May at 6.00 pm. You will be very welcome.
HOLY FATHER'S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR MAY
Pope Francis's prayer intentions
for May are for Christians in Africa - that Christians in Africa, in imitation
of the Merciful Jesus, may give prophetic witness to reconciliation, justice,
and peace.
FORMING INTENTIONAL DISCIPLES
The Forming Intentional Disciples has now got together and will meet on a
Tuesday evening for the next six weeks.
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.
FLOG IT!
The BBC One antiques series, Flog It!, will be holding a valuation day at
Culzean Castle, Maybole on Thursday 18 May 2017 between 9.30 am and 4.00 pm.
You are invited to bring along your antiques and collectables and have them
valued free of charge by the team of experts. All are welcome. Parking and
admission are free.
THANKS
Thank you for all the prayers, cards, flowers, mass cards and kindness received
during Alfie's recent illness. Your thoughts are very much appreciated and
Mass will be offered in thanks. Alfie
and Evelyn Agostini
SAINT PETER'S CHILDREN'S CENTRE NURSERY AND SCALLYWAGS AFTERCARE
The following will be open in the Parish Centre during term time:
Saint Peter's Children's Centre Nursery
- Monday to Friday, 8.50 am to 12 noon,
three to five years Nursery
- Tuesday to Thursday, 1.00 to 3.00 pm,
two to three years Nursery
Scallywags Aftercare
- Monday to Friday, 3.00 to 6.00 pm
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.