In many of the countries where we serve our life-changing meals, school playgrounds are beginning to fill with happy children once more. Children in Zambia, Liberia and Haiti are already returning to the classroom, and schools in Malawi, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe are expected to open again soon. Sadly, schools in India and Kenya look set … [Read more…]
To sign up for the Novena please visit https://mailchi.mp/rcdop.org.uk/novena-to-st-therese I encourage you to join me in asking the Little Flower’s intercession so that in these unprecedented times, in her words, we may both ‘trust God that we are exactly where we are meant to be’ and, at the same time, ‘not forget the infinite possibilities that are … [Read more…]
The feast of St Mirin will be celebrated this Tuesday, 15th September. It is a Solemnity in the town of Paisley, and a Feast in the rest of the Diocese. This takes precedence over the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. The memorial of Our Lady of Sorrow is transferred to Thursday 17th September in the … [Read more…]
Collections: 6th September Collection Gift Aid: £165.00 Non- Gift Aid: £102.00 Gift Aid Building Fund: £223.00 St Anthony’s: £82.00 Monthly Standing Orders: £1,677 Pro-life Gift Aid: £45.30 Second Collection Sunday 13th September: Holy Places This collection was due to take place in April but was cancelled due to the Covid outbreak. It is now … [Read more…]
He was born in Verdu, Catolonia, Spain in 1581. In 1610 as a young man he sailed to Cartagena, now Columbia to be a missionary and was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1615. Cartagena was a rich port and a centre for the slave trade. Although the slave trade had been condemned by Pope Paul … [Read more…]
This Sunday marks the beginning of Vocations Awareness Week here in Scotland, a time of dedicated prayer for Vocations to the Priesthood, Diaconate and Consecrated Life. Ordinarily, during Vocations Awareness Week, we would celebrate our Diocesan Vocations Mass at the Cathedral and host our Vocations Conference for S6 pupils. Regrettably, due to the ongoing public … [Read more…]
The Neilston Together Hub Totnosh, since the Bank is closed for a refurbishment is opened on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10-1pm, at least till the end of September. Funding comes from the Scottish Government to support our Covid response in the community. You can pop by and say an outdoors hello and have a … [Read more…]
It was St Peter who founded the Church in Rome. However, St Paul preached there under house arrest and was martyred in Rome around Ad 67. In today’s passage St Paul speaks about love fulfilling the law, all is summed up in the single command “love your neighbour as yourself”. When we live our life … [Read more…]
Ezekiel was both a Priest and a Prophet and prophesied to his fellow Jews during the Babylonian exile. When the people initially were taken into exile, the city of Jerusalem and King Solomon’s temple were still intact. It is only when both are destroyed that the people take Ezekiel seriously as he had prophesied their … [Read more…]
Congratulations to Monsignor Cunningham, our former Parish Priest who celebrates 60 years as a Priest this Friday the 11th of September. We thank him for his faithful service to the Church, the Diocese of Paisley and to all the people he has ministered to, over these last 60 years. We remember him very fondly here … [Read more…]