Pentecost Sunday

Pentecost Sunday 19th May 24
 
COLLECTIONS
First Collection GA: £484.70 NGA £800.12                               
Monthly Standing Orders: £5,194.
Communications GA £586.60. NGA £485.87                           
Monthly Paya Charity Donations £ 490.00                           
Vocations GA 10.00                                                                       
St Anthony’s Box: £78.32
 
Sick and Retired Clergy Collection - 19th May: We thank God for the gift of these priests and keep them in our prayers. In 2022 our two special collections and Friends Campaign raised £50,953 which represents 37% of our expenditure of £136,824 i.e. a shortfall of £85,871, which was met by the Sick & Retired Priests Investment income.

World Day of Children: Weekend of 25th & 26th May. On announcing this, Pope Francis said, “Like Jesus, we want to put children at the centre and care for them”, and posed the question, “What kind of world do we wish to pass on to the children who are growing up?”

Funeral this week:  Jonathan Morrin on Tuesday 21st May at 10.00am.
 
Diocesan Pilgrimages to Rome & Assisi for the Jubilee Year 2025: Bishop John will be leading two pilgrimages to Rome & Assisi during the Jubilee Year 2025. Both pilgrimages will include 5 nights in Rome & 2 nights in Assisi. Flights with Jet2 from Glasgow Airport. The Pilgrimages are from 5-12 May 2025 & 12-19 September 2025. More details, including costs and booking contacts are available on the Diocesan website at rcdop.org.uk/2025RomeAssisi
 
Carfin Legion of Mary: The bus will leave the church at 1.30pm and leave Carfin at 6pm on Sunday 26th May. Price £10.00. To book place please put name on list in the porch.

St Luke’s Parent Council Fundraiser: There is a Ladies Night to raise funds for the school. It is on Friday 7th June at 7.30pm in Fereneze Golf Club. Tickets are £5 and can be purchased by calling Marie on 07939593110.

Young Families: Young couples (married or soon-to-be) and their little ones are invited to a get-together at St Mirin's Cathedral Hall on Sat 25th May at 4pm. Tea and coffee will be provided, but don't forget to bring snacks for yourselves and your children. For more information, contact Nikolas Paul: [email protected].

Mass for Marriage: All who wish to celebrate the gift of marriage, especially engaged and married couples, to the Diocese of Paisley's Annual Mass for Marriage is at 11am on Sunday the 26th of May in St Mirin's Cathedral. A celebratory reception in the hall will follow. Details of those celebrating significant anniversaries can be emailed to Rebecca Harrison at the Marriage and Family Office: [email protected].
 
A Rachel's Vineyard retreat for spiritual and emotional healing after abortion: This will be held north from Wednesday 26th – Friday 28th June. This confidential, supportive retreat is powerful for anyone who has been affected by their own or someone else’s abortion experience. Please call/text Sr Andrea on 07816 942824 or email at [email protected]. For more details, see www.rachelsvineyard.org.uk  
 
Diocesan Vocations Mass: On Thursday, 12th September, we will celebrate the Diocesan Vocations Mass at St. John’s, Port Glasgow (6.30pm). Bishop John invites you to attend this Mass and to pray between this Sunday Pentecost) and the 12th of September for an increase in Vocations to the Priesthood, Diaconate and Consecrated Life.  You may find it suitable to offer a daily Rosary or a visit to the Blessed Sacrament for this intention.
 
Pray for Life Novena:  Sign up to the Novena at prayforlife.ie for your daily intention, accompanied by a short reflection and suggested actions to help build a culture of life. The Feast of the Visitation is a celebration of joy in new life, even in challenging circumstances, and we pray for a return to a society that values and protects all human life from the moment of conception to its natural end. 
 
Diocesan Podcast: The Diocese of Paisley Podcast has launched a series of podcasts which are available to listen to now at www.rcdop.org.uk/podcast, as well as on all the major streaming platforms. Do you have a story you’d like covered? Email [email protected]. We are also looking for media students or those interested in podcasting to help with recordings. These will be paid opportunities. The Communications Commission carries out its work under the Patronage of Blessed Carlo Acutis: “God has written a unique and unrepeatable story for each of us, but he lets us write the ending."
 
We pray for those who have died recently: Susan Daly, Jonathan Morrin, Phyllis Stuart and for the Anniversaries of Frank Hannigan, John Hegarty, Angela Kelly, Sarha Lockerbie, John & Matilda Mc Gorrian, Sarah Mc Gowan, Patrick Mc Grath, Frank Mc Guire, Hugh & Mary Wilson, Fr. Vincent E. Grace, Canon James Byers, Canon Ferdinand C. Tritschler, Fr. Thomas Mahon.