5th Sunday of Easter

Collection	St John's	St Thomas
First	GA £466.27, NGA £450.56	GA £10.00, NGA £40.90
Monthly Standing Orders	£3,818.00	£2,990.00
Monthly Building Fund	GA £30.90	GA £50.00
Vocations	GA £ , NGA £	GA £155.00, NGA £13.95
St Anthony's	£48.40	£5.10

Vocations and Ecclesiastical Students (St Thomas only)
​This collection pays for our Paisley seminarians studying in Rome.  Currently we have three students whose seminary fees are £20,000 per year. As well donating at Mass you can also donate to this collection by visiting our Diocesan website www.rcdop.org.uk and clicking on ‘Online Parish Offertory’. 
 
New Gift Aid Envelopes for those who Pay Tax
Envelopes are available to collect from the link corridor between the Sacristy and the Church house for those who pay their First Collection weekly by envelope.
For those who pay their First Collection by STANDING ORDER/PAYA you also have envelopes for your Second Collection (12 x Monthly Building Fund / 9 x Diocesan Second Collection).
 
May, Month of Our Lady
Rosary & Benediction today at 3pm in St John's and in St Thomas' on 22nd & 29th May.
 
Congratulations
We congratulate the children of St Mark's & St John's on receiving their First Holy Communion and of St Thomas' and St Mark's on receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation. St John's pupils receive Confirmation this Monday evening. We continue to pray that they grow and develop in their faith life and love of God.
 
St Thomas
No Morning Masses this week except for funeral on Thursday.
 
100 Club Draw March/ April
Bernadette Rocks No 13
Frank Doherty No 142.
Still to collect!
 
A Series of Talks on the Divine Praises for Young Adults
The next talk of the series Blessed be Jesus Christ: True God by Fr Matthew Carlin will take place on Wednesday 18th May at 7pm in St. Mirin’s Cathedral and will be followed by Benediction and an opportunity to socialise over drinks.  A list of all other talks can be found on the Diocesan website www.rcdop.org.uk
 
Month Pro-Life Mass
The monthly Pro-Life Mass is on Wednesday, 18th May at 7:30pm at Holy Cross, 113 Dixon Ave, G42 8ER. Adoration begins at 6:15pm. All welcome.
 
Funeral in St John's
William Young on Wednesday 18th May.
Funeral in St Thomas
Sarah McKinstry on Thursday 19th May.
 
Carfin Day
The Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to Carfin, led by Bishop John Keenan, will take place on Sunday 22nd May 2022. Mass of Anointing of the Sick will be celebrated at 3pm followed by the Rosary Procession which will take place at 5:30pm. Catering facilities are available at the shrine.
 
We pray for those who have died recently
Jean Baillie, Anne Church, Catherine Greville, Olga McGlade, Sadie McKinstry, Sarah Ann Walker, and Alexander Young;
and 1st month's mind of
Nancy Wilson;
the 6 months' mind of
Helen Markey,  and Isobel McGuire;
the 9 months mind of
Kevin Markey;
and for the Anniversaries of
Sadie Blair, John Buchanan, Wilma Cook, Catherine Deighan, Nancy Devine, Vincent Dougan, Maria Fleming, Pat Gaughan, William Gore, Anne Hailstones, Patricia Hair, Ricky Hassan, Mary Hendry, Angela Kelly, Catherine Kerins, Stuart Millar, Nancy Mitchell, Maria McGlone,  John & Tilly McGorrian, Alice McGuire, Joseph McKee, Danny McQuade, Thomas Pearson, John & Sadie Quinn, Jean Ryan (Florida), Elizabeth Sim, Margaret Stevenson, Nancy Taylor, Hugh & Mary Wilson.
 
Warning – Scam Emails Pretending to be from Parish Priests or the Diocese
Parishioners please be aware there have been a number of scams email pretending to be from Parish Priests, asking for payments to be made or for vouchers to be purchased on behalf of a priest. The latest emails are not from our official @rcdop.org.uk domain but even if they appeared to be - do NOT RESPOND to the emails. Our Diocesan policy is that we will never email you to make any purchase or bank transfer on our behalf. If you do get such an email, please contact your Parish Priest preferably by phone or create a new email to the Parish (i.e. do not reply to the one you received).