St. Patrick's, Greenock, Scotland
Parish Priest: Very Rev G.J.Gallagher
Welcome!
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We are called, through our Baptism, to live in and by the Presence of Christ in Word and Sacrament. Through His call we live, gratefully, the life God has given us and proclaim the Good News through our word and deed.
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SUNDAY MASS: Saturday Vigil; 5.30pm Sunday: 11.00am
Sunday Readings: 5th. Sunday of Lent: Year A
WEEKDAY MASS: Monday-Saturday: 10.00am
Weekday Readings: 4th. Week of Lent
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Monday-Friday: 9.30-9.50am
PENANCE & RECONCILIATION: Saturday: 10.30am & 4.45-5.15pm
Divine Office: 5th. Week of Lent Psalms: Week 1
Baptism: Sunday after 11.00am Mass by prior arrangement
Marriage: Please give at least 6 month’s notice of Marriage.
MASS THIS WEEK
Monday- Wednesday: 10:00am.
Additional Masses for Lent in Our Area
Saint Mary's
Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 8.30am
Saint Laurence's
Wednesday: 6.00pm.
St. Ninian’s, Gourock
Tuesday & Thursday: 6.00pm
DEANERY DAYS OF PENANCE & RECONCILIATION
Monday 30th. March:
St. Francis’ Church, Port Glasgow:11.00am-6.30pm.
THE GOSPEL: John 11.1-45
'I am the resurrection and the life.’
Both Martha and Mary, for all their difference in response to Jesus, open with the same words of greeting (or faith, or reproach?). Behind this sentence lies a deep-felt sense that the presence of Jesus and the reality of death are incompatible with each other. Can we journey to Good Friday, and through our own encounters with mortality, with such certitude?
HOLY WEEK & EASTER 2026
In Holy Week the Church celebrates the mysteries of salvation in Christ’s latter days on earth, beginning with his entry into Jerusalem where he was acclaimed as Messiah.
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PALM SUNDAY OF OUR LORD’S PASSION
Every Mass today commemorates the Messianic entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.
Mass: Saturday Vigil: 5:30pm: Sunday: 11:00am.​
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TUESDAY
SACRAMENT OF PENANCE & RECONCILIATION
6:30—7:30pm,
with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.
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WEDNESDAY
THE MASS OF THE CHRISM @ 7:00pm
St. Mirin’s Cathedral, Paisley.
The coach will leave from the Church at 5:30pm.
The Mass of the Chrism demonstrates in a special way the unity of the Bishop with his Presbyterium (his priests). The priests of the Diocese renew the promises of their Ordination. The Bishop blesses the OILS of CATECHUMENS and of THE SICK. He consecrates the HOLY CHRISM which is used in the celebration of the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Orders.
THE PASCHAL TRIDUUM
By the celebration of the Paschal Triduum, that is, of the Death, Burial and Resurrection of her Spouse, the Church means to make present and to fulfill the mystery of the Pasch, the passing over of the Lord from this world to the Father.
HOLY THURSDAY
EVENING OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
SOLEMN CELEBRATION OF THE LORD’S SUPPER @ 6:30pm
NIGHT PRAYER at the Altar of Repose @ 9:00pm
This evening the Church celebrates Christ’s INSTITUTION OF THE EUCHARIST of the ORDER OF PRIESTS and of his NEW COMMANDMENT (to love one another as he has loved us). For the Lord Jesus, the night he was betrayed, offered his body and blood in the form of bread and wine to his Father, gave them to the Apostles to eat and drink and commanded them and their priestly successors to offer them in memory of him. In this way he showed his love to the end.
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GOOD FRIDAY
THE PASSION AND DEATH OF OUR LORD
Today the Church recalls her origin from the side of Christ her Lord and Spouse, and prays for the salvation of the whole world. DAY OF FAST AND ABSTINENCE. There will be a collection for the Holy Places at this Liturgy.
MORNING PRAYER in the Church @ 10:00am
SOLEMN COMMEMORATION OF THE LORD’S PASSION AND DEATH @ 3:00pm
Liturgy of the Word with the Reading of St. John’s Passion
Veneration of the Cross
Holy Communion
Way of the Cross & Veneration of the Cross @ 6:30pm
HOLY SATURDAY
AT THE TOMB OF CHRIST
Today the Church pauses at the Lord’s tomb, contemplating his Passion, Death and Descent into the Underworld, awaiting his Resurrection in prayer and fasting.
MORNING PRAYER in the Church @ 10.00am
HOLY SATURDAY NIGHT
THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD
The Easter Vigil on Saturday night is the “mother of all vigils” celebrated during the night Christ rose from the dead. Keeping watch, the Church awaits his resurrection and celebrates it in the Sacraments. Accordingly, the entire celebration takes place at night.
SOLEMN VIGIL OF THE LORD’S RESURRECTION Saturday @ 8:00pm
CEREMONY OF THE FIRE
CHRIST OUR LIGHT
LITURGY OF THE WORD
LITURGY OF BAPTISM
THE FIRST MASS OF EASTER
EASTER SUNDAY
Mass @ 11:00am.
We will renew our Baptismal Promises at both Masses today.
OCTAVE OF EASTER
Each Day this week is celebrated as EASTER DAY.
MASS: Monday–Saturday: 10.00am
EASTERTIDE
The fifty days from Easter Sunday to PENTECOST are celebrated in joyful exultation as one great feastday, one “GREAT ALLELUIA!”, for CHRIST IS TRULY RISEN!