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Saturday
27 October
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Vigil
Mass at 4.30pm
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Holy Mass at 10.00am |
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Sunday
28 October
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Sunday Mass at 10.00am |
Sunday Mass at 11.30am |
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Monday
29 October
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Service of the Word at 10.00am | Holy Mass at 10.00am |
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Tuesday
30 October
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Holy Mass at 10.00am | Service of the Word at 10.00am |
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Wednesday
31 October
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Holy Mass at 10.00am and 7.00pm | |
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Thursday
1 November
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Holy Mass at 7.00pm | Holy Mass at 11.00am |
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Friday
2 November
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Holy Mass at 10.00am | Holy Mass at 7.00pm |
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Saturday
3 November
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Vigil
Mass at 4.30pm
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Holy Mass at 10.00am |
PARISH CENTRE EVENTS |
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Sunday
28 October
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11.30am |
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Monday
29 October
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9.30
to 11.30am |
Parents
and Toddlers |
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Tuesday
30 October
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9.00
to 11.00am 3.45pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilitation |
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Wednesday
31 October
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9.30
to 11.30am 3.45pm |
Parents
and Toddlers |
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Thursday
1 November
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Friday
2 November
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9.30
to 11.30am 11.00am |
Parents
and Toddlers Tea, coffee and chat in the Snug after Benediction |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Tommy Mulhern, Michael Bradley and James Chushan who died recently and
James Delahunt 1976, Cecilia Hilferty 2001, James McDermid 2003, John O'Neill 2012, Mary Brodie 1997, Ellie Graham 2016, Mary Haran 1995, Daniel Mathieson 1962, Joseph McGoogan 2008, Catherine Ramsay 2012, Gloria Rosendale 2014, 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, baby Lily Heron 2016, Thomas Kilbane 1983, Hugh McKay 1982, Eileen Taylor 2005, May Cusick 2009, Teresa Kelly 1978, Sarah Sammons 1970, Elizabeth Anne Tait 2004 and Mary Timmons 2011 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 Father Duncan, the parish office or contact WebsiteAuthor@SaintPeterinChains.net.
SUNDAY MASS TIMES
Sunday Mass times in Saint Peter's are 5.30pm Vigil and 10.30am. Sunday Mass times in other local parishes can be seen here.
SACRAMENT OF FORGIVENESS
The Sacrament of Forgiveness is celebrated on Saturdays between 4.45 and 5.15 pm and at other times on request.
READERS
Next weekend's readers are Katrina Pollock at 5.30pm and Robert Cooper at 10.30am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group 1 at 5.30pm and Group 2 at 10.30am.
MUSIC MINISTRY
Next weekend's musicians are George McGrattan at 5.30pm and Saint Peter's Primary School choir at 10.30am
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 Andrena Hughes and Jacqueline Smith for Primary 4.
ALL SAINTS DAY MASSES
Please remember that Thursday 1 November is the Solemnity of All Saints and
is a Holiday of Obligation. There will be a Vigil Mass on Wednesday 31 October
at 7.00pm and on the day at 10.00am. Please put this Feast Day in your diary.
Thanks!
CELEBRATION OF ALL SOULS
Friday 2 November is the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed. Holy Mass
will be at 10.00am as usual. We will remember all our deceased friends and
relatives.
HALLOWEEN - THE TRUE STORY
We've
all heard the allegations. Halloween is a pagan rite dating back to some pre-Christian
festival among the Celtic Druids that escaped Church suppression. Even today,
modern pagans and witches continue to celebrate this ancient festival. Nothing
could be further from the truth. The origins of Halloween are, in fact, very
Christian. Halloween falls on 31 October because of a Pope and its observances
are the result of medieval Catholic piety. Halloween falls on the last day
of October because the Feast of All Saints or All Hallows falls on 1 November.
The feast, in honour of all the saints in heaven, used to be celebrated on
13 May but Pope Gregory III, who died in 741, moved it to 1 November, the
dedication day of the All Saints Chapel in Saint Peter's at Rome. Later, in
the 840s, Pope Gregory IV commanded that All Saints be observed everywhere
- and so the holy day spread to Ireland. The day before was the feast's evening
vigil, All Hallows Eve or Hallowe'en. In 998, Saint Odilo, the abbot of the
powerful monastery of Cluny in Southern France, added a celebration on 2 November.
This was a day of prayer for the souls of all the faithful departed. This
feast, called All Souls Day, spread from France to the rest of Europe - so
now the Church had feasts for all those in heaven and all those in purgatory.
What about those in the other place? It seems Irish Catholic peasants wondered
about the unfortunate souls in hell. After all, if the souls in hell are left
out when we celebrate those in heaven and purgatory, they might be unhappy
enough to cause trouble - so it became customary to bang pots and pans on
All Hallows Eve to let the damned know they were not forgotten. Our traditions
on this holiday centres around dressing up in fanciful costumes. This custom
arose in France during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Late medieval
Europe was hit by repeated outbreaks of the bubonic plague - the Black Death
- and she lost about half of her population. It is not surprising that Catholics
became more concerned about the afterlife. More Masses were said on All Souls'
Day and artistic representations were devised to remind everyone of their
own mortality. We know these representations as the Dance of Death which was
commonly painted on the walls of cemeteries and shows the devil leading a
daisy chain of people - Popes, kings, ladies, knights, monks, peasants, lepers,
et cetera - into the tomb. Sometimes the dance was presented on All Souls'
Day itself as a living tableau with people dressed up in the garb of various
states of life. But what about witches? Well, they are one of the last additions.
The greetings card industry added them in the late 1800s. Halloween was already
ghoulish so why not give witches a place on greeting cards? The Halloween
card failed - although it has seen a recent resurgence in popularity - but
the witches stayed. So, too, in the late 1800s, ill-informed folklorists introduced
the jack-o'-lantern. They thought that Halloween was druidic and pagan in
origin. Lamps made from turnips, not pumpkins, had been part of ancient Celtic
harvest festivals so they were translated into the Halloween celebration.
The next time someone claims that Halloween is a cruel trick to lure your
children into devil worship, why not tell them the real origin of Halloween
and invite them to discover its Christian message, along with the two greater
and more important Catholic festivals that follow it?
JUST FOR A LAUGH …
A man had two of the best tickets for the Scottish Cup Final. As he sits down,
another man comes along and asks if anyone is sitting in the seat next to
him. "No" he says, "the seat is empty." "This is
incredible!" said the man, "who in their right mind would have a
seat like this for the Scottish Cup Final, the biggest sporting event of the
year, and not use it?" He says, "Well, actually, the seat belongs
to me. My wife was supposed to come with me, but she passed away. This is
the first Cup Final we haven't been to together since we got married."
"Oh... I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible. I guess you couldn't
find someone else, a friend or relative or even a neighbour to take the seat?"
The man shakes his head... "No. They're all at the funeral."
NOVEMBER
LISTS FOR NEXT WEEK
Please take with you the envelope for the November Lists so that we can pray
for our deceased family and friends during the month of November. Please write
the names of deceased family members and friends and bring it to Church next
Sunday. If you can, please include a donation for the Masses - thank you.
The Lists will be brought to the altar during November at the Offertory.
Lord, welcome into your kingdom our departed relatives and friends.
WOULD YOU LIKE A VISIT AT HOME FROM THE SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY?
Our
parish Saint Vincent de Paul Society
is very willing to come for a visit, a chat, a catch-up or to help with anything
as we enter the winter months. Please call them and they will get back to
you to arrange a suitable time. They are here to support and help in any way
they can. Please call 07722 246169 and leave a message.
IN AND AROUND THE CHURCH
I am very grateful for all the work and maintenance that has been done in
the past weeks. The entire floor of the Parish Centre main hall has been revarnished.
Two new extinguishers have been placed in the Church. The back lights behind
the Tabernacle have been renewed and will need further work this week. The
tiles at the front door of the Parish Centre were damaged, causing a trip
hazard, and have now been fixed. We will be assessing what we can do with
the metal portacabin in the back garden this week. Many thanks to our parishioners
for all their hard work and for generously giving their time. Thank you!
PARISH DIARIES 2019
The Saint Peter Parish pocket diaries are now available this weekend. They
look really good. Please get your diary today at the Church repository - first
come, first served!
CHURCHES' HOMELESS ACTION NORTH AYRSHIRE (CHANA)
More than seventy people every month present as homeless to North Ayrshire
Council. We propose to make up toilet bags for those who need them. We are
asking each participating Church to concentrate one toiletry item for immediate
use and one cleaning item for use when a person gets a house. We have been
allocated shower gel and all-purpose cleaner. Please use the CHANA basket
in the foyer of the Church. Thank you for your continued generosity. Care
and Share @ the Kirkgate is a drop-in for those affected by homelessness,
with soup and sandwiches provided. It runs every Friday in the Kirkgate Hall,
Chapelwell Street, Saltcoats, from 12.30 to 2.00pm. If you can help, call
CHANA on 07585 665751.
CHERNOBYL CHILDREN'S LIFELINE
Can you make a difference in a child's life. Ayrshire Link is looking for
families to host two children for two or four weeks in June or July 2019.
This is a very rewarding experience and you will be supported twenty-four
hours a day. The children will take part in a full four week program. If you
would like more information, please phone 07813 650411.
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.
KNIT AND KNATTER
Don't feel alone during the long winter months. Please come along and join
us in the Snug on a Wednesday afternoon between 1.00 and 3.00pm. Spend some
enjoyable time knitting - tuition is available - and "knattering"
over a cup of tea and coffee. Needles and wool will be provided free of charge.
If you make your own way there, your transportation back home can be arranged
when required. A suggested donation of £1 towards the Church maintenance
would be appreciated. All are welcome!
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 £637.52 and the Missio
Scotland collection to £813.60 - thanks.
SUNDAY
TEAS
Tea and coffee will be served after the 10.30am Mass next Sunday in the Parish
Centre by Maria Boyle's team.
50/50 CLUB
Congratulations to our October winners who each receive £25 - 59 Sienna
Boyle, 125 Michelle Morton, 233 Clare Anderson and 234 Michael Sweeney. Well
done! The next draw will be on Sunday 11 November. Please remember to let
us know if you change address as all prizes come in the post direct to the
winners each month. The Promoter can be contacted on 469006 or through the
Parish Office on 464063. Many thanks for your continued support of the 50/50
Club.
SPRED GALLOWAY BLACK TIE CHARITY BALL
SPRED Galloway cordially invites you to ite inaugural black tie Charity Ball
in the Dumfries Arms Hotel, Cumnock, on Saturday 9 March 2019 from 6.30pm
to 12.30am. There will be a drinks reception followed by a three course dinner
with a glass of wine, tea, coffee and shortbread. There will be dancing to
the live band On The Edge, a charity raffle and auction. The ticket price
is £35 per person. Return transport from Ayr, Girvan, Kilmarnock and
Prestwick to the Dumfries Arms is available. The hotel has rooms available
at a competitive bed and breakfast rate for attendees of the ball. For further
information, please contact the office on 01292 738068 or email info@SpredGalloway.org.uk.
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.
VISITORS
Are you visiting us for Holy Mass? Please know that you are very welcome.
During the 10.30 am Holy 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 Holy Mass, tea, coffee
cakes and buns are available in the Parish Centre. At both of our weekend
Holy 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.