Vigil Mass (Saturday) 5.00pm. Holy Mass at 9.30 & 11.00am on Sunday.

Weekday Masses: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 9.30am.

Service of the Word & Holy Communion: Friday at 9.30am.

Confessions (Sacrament of Reconciliation & Penance) on Saturdays at 4.30pm, and again immediately after Vigil Mass on request.

Your prayers, please for our parish family: Eileen Reynolds, Paul Kearney, Guy Whaley, Lorraine Pollock, Joe & Anne McDade: their carers, those in hospital and residential homes, including the staff, and for all suffering in mind and body today: Lord, bless them with your grace and peace.

RECENTLY DIED: Patricia Girot, Aaron Reed, Tony Astley,Billy Dunn,           Sean Barrett and Paul Murray.

ANNIVERSARIES:  Janel Zawadzski, Sylvia Zawadzka, MgrHarry Farrelly RAF and        Fr Colm Fox (Parish Priest of St Fillan’s 1985 -88) - grant them eternal rest, O Lord.

THANK YOU from Fr Patrick McCallion of the St Patrick’s Missionary Society (The Kiltegan Fathers) whose simple, but inspired homily/appeal last weekend raised more than £1,180. Thank you for your immense generosity, in difficult times for many.  We assure Fr Pat of our continued prayers and welcome always at St Fillan’s.

SVdP: the feast day of St Vincent de Paul takes place this Wednesday. Thank you for your continued support of thework of SVdP Conference in St Fillan’s. However, more active members are required to cover the significant work in-hand. Please consider supporting our parish SVdP Conference in this way: the compassion of Christ in action. Thanks be to God for our SVdP society. Happy Feast Day on Wednesday!

BUILDING WORKS around side porch and toilets moved forward this week with skilled help of plumbers and plasterers.  It is hoped that the joinery works – still outstanding in that area, will be concluded in the week-ahead. Then the major building works, following the survey, will begin.  Step by step, it will be achieved.  Thank you to all those who have recently completed gift aid/ standing orders and to one parishioner for a generous donation of £500 –in support of the above.

SAFEGUARDING: new course for church volunteers. Training dates available: next Tuesday, 26th September, at St Mary’s Hall, Houston St, Greenock and Saturday 7th October, at 10am at St Mirin’s Cathedral Hall, Paisley. Please endeavour to attend above, if required.  Thank you for your continued commitment.

PRAYER FOR THE SYNOD (October, Rome)

We stand before You, Holy Spirit, as we gather together in Your name.  With You alone to guide us, make Yourself at home in our hearts; teach us the way we must go and how we are to pursue it. We are weak and sinful; do not let us promote disorder.  Do not let ignorance lead us down the wrong path nor partiality influence our actions.  Let us find in You our unity so that we may journey together to eternal life and not stray from the way of truth and what is right.  All this we ask of You, who are at work in every place and time, in the communion of the Father and the Son, forever and ever.  Amen.

forward this week with skilled help of plumbers and plasterers.  It is hoped that the joinery works – still outstanding in that area, will be concluded in the week-ahead. Then the major building works, following the survey, will begin.  Step by step, it will be achieved.  Thank you to all those who have recently completed gift aid/ standing orders and to one parishioner for a generous donation of £500 –in support of the above.

SAFEGUARDING: new course for church volunteers. Training dates available: next Tuesday, 26th September, at St Mary’s Hall, Houston St, Greenock and Saturday 7th October, at 10am at St Mirin’s Cathedral Hall, Paisley. Please endeavour to attend above, if required.  Thank you for your continued commitment.

PRAYER FOR THE SYNOD (October, Rome)

We stand before You, Holy Spirit, as we gather together in Your name.  With You alone to guide us, make Yourself at home in our hearts; teach us the way we must go and how we are to pursue it. We are weak and sinful; do not let us promote disorder.  Do not let ignorance lead us down the wrong path nor partiality influence our actions.  Let us find in You our unity so that we may journey together to eternal life and not stray from the way of truth and what is right.  All this we ask of You, who are at work in every place and time, in the communion of the Father and the Son, forever and ever.  Amen.