24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 11th September 2022

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 11th September 2022

  • Vigil Mass (Saturday) 5.00pm. 9.30 and 11.00am Mass on Sunday.  
  • Weekdays: Holy Mass: this week, on Monday and Tuesday at 9.30am.  
  • Confessions: Sacrament of Penance & Reconciliation at 4.30pm on Saturdays.
  • Rosary: before each weekday Mass (except when a Requiem Mass is scheduled)

TODAY: Special Collection for Vocations (Church Students’ Fund)

ILL: Dolly Cameron, Michael McCabe, Tony Gallacher, Mauro Mancini and for all those who have asked for our prayers in the parish family: those at home and their carers, those in hospital and residential homes, including the staff, and for all suffering in mind and body, especially those alone: Lord, bless them with your grace.  

DIED: Patrick Doherty (Dunfermline) Winnie McFadden (Ayrshire) James Church (Greenock) and HM The Queen, Elizabeth II.

ANNIVERSARY: Sr Ann Catherine McColl, Thomas (Tommy) Farrell, Fiona MacNeil and Fr Donald Bonnar, grant them eternal rest, Lord.  

FOCUS of PRAYER for SEPTEMBER: The Holy Cross & Our Lady of Sorrows:    

MORE SERVERS REQUIRED: if suitable, see Fr Andrew or Sister Mary Frances.          

SVdP: Annual Financial Statement now on Parish Website. Thanks for continued generosity.

THANK YOU: for your great generosity to last week’s Building Fund Collection - £818.83.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:  

Vocations Mass - Thursday 15th September (7pm) at St Mirin’s Cathedral. Marking 75 years since the foundation of the Diocese of Paisley by Pope Pius XII in 1947.

Mass of Blessing for Married Couples: St Mirin’s Cathedral, Sunday 18th Sept. at 12oo.

Venerable Margaret Sinclair Pilgrimage - on Sunday 18th September at St Patrick’s, Cowgate, Edinburgh EH1 1NA at 2pm: time of quiet, stillness, prayer and reflection.  

***National Pilgrimage to Carfin at 3pm on Sunday 25th September (Relics of St Bernadette) Possibility of booking a coach, if interested in attending this unique event, place name(s) on sheet at main door on noticeboard. ***

Youth to Lourdes Pilgrimage 2023 (29th June - 7th July) details from Fr Andrew.