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Saturday
25 May
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Vigil
Mass at 4.30pm
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Holy Mass at 10.00am |
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Sunday
26 May
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Sunday Mass at 10.00am |
Sunday Mass at 11.30am |
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Monday
27 May
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Service of the Word at 10.00am | Holy Mass at 10.00am |
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Tuesday
28 May
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Holy Mass at 10.00am | Service of the Word at 10.00am |
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Wednesday
29 May
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Requiem Mass at 10.00am | Vigil Mass at 7.00pm |
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Thursday
30 May
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Holy Mass at 10.00am | Holy Mass at 11.00am |
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Friday
31 May
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Holy Mass at 10.00am |
Service of the Word at 10.00am |
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Saturday
1 June
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Vigil Mass at 4.30pm | Holy Mass at 10.00am |
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Sunday
26 May
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11.30am |
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Monday
27 May
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9.30
to 11.30am |
Parents
and Toddlers |
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Tuesday
28 May
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9.00
to 11.00am 5.00 to 8.00pm |
Cardiac
Rehabilitation |
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Wednesday
29 May
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9.30
to 11.30am |
Parents
and Toddlers |
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Thursday
30 May
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Friday
31 May
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11.00am | Tea, coffee and chat in the Snug after Benediction |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Derek Findlay (Glasgow), Winifred Rourke and Dennis Kelly who died recently;
Bobby Flood 2018, Joseph Higgins 2006, Robert and Margaret Monan 1977, Lily Peppard 2004, Georgina Akins 1962, Mary Lynn Beattie 1998, Bernard Little 1999, Sarah Ramsay 2000, Desmond Langan 2005, Jim Little 1945, Andrew McCarroll 1967, Hugh McEvoy 2016, William McNeil 2007, William Stewart 2006, Kenny Breen 2018, Gerald Kelly 2014, Des Madine 1982, Brian Towie 2013, Cameron Walsh 1987, Joseph Bale 2011, Simon Brannan, James Kyle 1992, Sadie Grant 2001, Anthony Lundie 2010, Maria Manfredini 2018, Isabella McCarroll 1968, Anne-Marie McLaughlin 2017, Kathleen Conway 1989, Bessie Grant (McCourt) 2002, Dora Grogan 2010, Canon Nicholas Murphy 1992 and Pat Walker 1999 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. If members of your family or friends are in need of our prayers, please tell Father Duncan or the parish office. If they are in hospital, Reverend Bill Corbett on 01292 521208 - assisted each week by the priest on call - is the chaplain to Crosshouse Hospital and can be contacted through the ward. Ayr Hospital and the Ayrshire Hospice have an on-call chaplaincy.
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.
SOLEMNITY OF THE ASCENSION
The Solemnity of the Ascension this year will be on Thursday 30 May. Ascension Day is a Holyday of Obligation. Holy Mass will be at 10.00am and 7.00pm. The nine days from Ascension to Pentecost is a special time to pray for the coming of the Holy Spirit. We begin the Novena to the Holy Spirit on Friday 31 May.
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 Marade Griffin at 5.30pm and Ami Paterson at 10.30am.
ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group 1 at 5.30pm and Group 3 at 10.30am.
MUSIC MINISTRY
Next weekend's musicians are the Choir 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, Andrena Hughes for Primaries 1, 2 and 3 and Jacqueline
Smith and Emma Paterson for Primary 4.
PASTORAL
VISIT FROM BISHOP NOLAN
We welcome Bishop Nolan this weekend
to Saint Peter's for his regular Pastoral Visit. We welcome our Bishop and
his message to us.
THE LONELY EMBER
A
member of the Parish Church who previously had been attending services regularly,
stopped going. After a few weeks, the Parish Priest decided to visit him.
It was a chilly evening. The Parish Priest found the man at home alone, sitting
before a blazing fire. Guessing the reason for his Parish Priest's visit,
the man welcomed him, led him to a big chair near the fireplace and waited.
The Parish Priest made himself comfortable but said nothing. In the grave
silence, he contemplated the play of the flames around the burning logs. After
some minutes, the Parish Priest took the fire tongs, carefully picked up a
brightly burning ember and placed it to one side of the hearth all alone.
Then he sat back in his chair, still silent. The host watched all this in
quiet fascination. As the one lone ember's flame diminished, there was a momentary
glow and then its fire was no more. Soon it was cold and 'dead as a doornail'.
Not a word had been spoken since the initial greeting. Just before the Parish
Priest was ready to leave, he picked up the cold, dead ember and placed it
back in the middle of the fire. Immediately it began to glow once more with
the light and warmth of the burning coals around it. As the Parish Priest
reached the door to leave, his host said, "Thank you so much for your
visit Father, and especially for the fiery sermon. I shall be back in Church
next Sunday."
JUST
FOR A LAUGH
Two ninety-year-old men, Mike and Joe, have been friends all of their lives.
When it's clear that Joe is dying, Mike visits him every day. One day Mike
says "Joe, we both loved rugby all our lives and we played rugby on Saturdays
together for so many years. Please do me one favour - when you get to Heaven,
somehow you must let me know if there's rugby there." Joe looks up at
Mike from his death bed, "Mike, you've been my best friend for many years.
If it's at all possible, I'll do this favour for you." Shortly after
that, Joe passes on. At midnight a couple of nights later, Mike is awakened
from a sound sleep by a blinding flash of white light and a voice calling
out to him, "Mike, Mike." "Who is it?" asks Mike sitting
up suddenly. "Who is it?" "Mike, it's me, Joe. I have some
really good news and a little bad news." "Tell me the good news
first," says Mike. "The good news," Joe says "is that
there is rugby in heaven. Better yet, all of our old friends who died before
us are here, too. Better even than that, we're all young again. Better still,
it's always springtime and it never rains or snows - and, best of all, we
can play rugby all we want and we never get tired." "That's fantastic"
says Mike. "It's beyond my wildest dreams! So, what's the bad news?"
"You're in the team for this Saturday."
DIOCESAN LOURDES FUND ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP
Envelopes for the Diocesan Lourdes Fund Annual Membership are available on
the pews. Please take one and return it to the box at the back of the Church
next weekend. Thank you.
50/50 CLUB
Congratulations to the 50/50 Club May winners - 179 Margaret McAuliffe, 57
Aidan Hughes, 136 Elizabeth Petrie and 196 Kevin Meina who each win £25.
Please bring any outstanding payments up to date before the June draw. Many
thanks to all members for their continued support. New members are welcome
at any time. Just contact the 50/50 Club promoter, Myriame Sammons on 469006.
SAINT PETER'S RAINBOWS AND BROWNIES
Parents please note there will be no meeting of Saint Peter's Rainbows and
Brownies this Monday due to the school holiday. We return next Monday at usual
times. Thank you.
BIG THANK YOU FOR THE SCOTTISH CATHOLIC INTERNATIONAL AID FUND (SCIAF) WEE
BOXES
A big thank you to all our parishioners who handed in their SCIAF Wee Boxes.
The amount raised so far is £1467.70.
REFURBISHMENT OF THE CHURCH ORGAN
Saint Peter's has a very fine organ, called a Walker Organ. It desperately
needs a complete refurbishment and repair. At the moment, it is not working.
The costs are extensive and will include an entire month of work. The estimate
is around £9000. If any parishioner would like to make a special contribution
to the Church organ, please add it to the second collection at the weekend
Masses or hand it in to Father Duncan or the Parish Office, marked Organ Collection.
Thank you in anticipation for all your support and generosity.
IN
AND AROUND THE CHURCH
I'm very grateful for work and repairs being done recently. The perimeter
wall fence has been repainted along with the back garden fencing and doors
and benches. New door hooks have been placed at the front Church door, loose
tiles have been repaired at the Parish Centre and a new Tabernacle Key chain
has been organised. Thank you for all the hard work!
NEW
EMAIL ADDRESSES
To comply with the recent changes to Data Protection Act, Saint Peter's has
two new email addresses. If you are contacting the Parish Office, please use
Ardrossan@GallowayDiocese.org.uk. If you wish to contact Father
Duncan personally, then use Duncan.McVicar@GallowayDiocese.org.uk
- thanks!
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 £583.70 and the Maintenance
Fund collection to £282.95 - thanks very much. On
Good Friday this year, we have a special collection for the Holy Places. The
amount raised was £338.54. Sincere thanks for all the support and generosity.
APPEAL
FROM THE XAVERIAN FATHERS
Next weekend, we welcome the Xaverian Fathers who will be making an appeal
for their ministry and missionary work. Please be as generous as you can.
Thank you!
THE POWER OF BEAUTY
How many times have we been challenged over the years by someone who has left
the Church or harbours distrust for anything Catholic? A common misconception
that they are quick to express is that the Church simply must sell all the
religious art at the Vatican and other major basilicas around the planet to
help the poor. What's the purpose, they'll argue, for all the grandeur? If
the Church were really concerned about our troubled world, then surely this
type of effort would go a long way in sending a Christian message of charity
and more importantly, they'll claim, to make a real difference. They forget,
refuse to acknowledge or are unaware of all the good the Church does through
various Catholic organisations, religious orders, missions, and volunteer
agencies, working diligently and quietly in every corner of the earth to address
many crucial humanitarian needs. They also have yet to understand, whether
consciously or subconsciously, how beauty in its many forms touches the soul
and reveals the glory of God. I was glued to the news coverage of the devastating
fire at the famous Notre Dame cathedral in Paris during Holy Week. In addition
to the heroic efforts of the fire chaplain and others who risked safety to
save precious relics, as well as the people on the street praying the Hail
Mary or spontaneously singing Ave Maria, I was moved by the comments from
the people on the street about what Notre Dame meant to them. A statement
from an American woman was particularly powerful. She called in on her mobile
phone to share her feelings, choking back the tears as she was telling the
news anchor on live network television that visiting the Cathedral has caused
her to think about becoming Catholic. She explained that, although she never
considered herself to be all that religious, her many visits to Notre Dame
made it impossible for her not to be transcended and to wonder how such a
place could be built with human hands. The magnificence of the cathedral was
just so overwhelming that she was eager to acknowledge very publicly that
it brought her to another place. Despite the strongly secularised culture
of France and Europe - with so many cynics, critics and fallen-away Catholics
- nearly a billion pounds was raised in fewer than two days. Is it possible
that this tragedy is turning into a triumph of sorts? That those who may have
criticised the majesty of such sacred places in the past are now realising
how such grandeur and beauty touches our hearts, minds and souls? As Saint
Paul tells us in Romans, 'all things work for good' (Rom 8:28). For whatever
reason, God allowed this to happen - not to mention it happened during the
holiest of weeks - giving us another chance to rise up again and recognise
God in beauty.
SUNDAY TEAS
Tea and coffee will be
served after the 10.30am Mass next Sunday in the Parish Centre by Sharon McLaughlin's
team.
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.
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
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 10.30am 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.
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.