EASTER SACRAMENTS
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
Will be celebrated in our parish between Saturday 8th and Saturday 15th May. Our P4 boys and girls are also preparing for the Sacrament of Penance & Reconciliation and a number of children are preparing for Baptism.
CONFIRMATION
Will be celebrated in our parish between Monday 17th May and Thursday 20th. May. Once again this year, Fr. Gerry will preside at the Confirmations with the mandate of Bishop John.
Please keep all the children and their families in your prayers.
ADULT EDUCATION TALKS
The Diocesan Adult Education team invites you to our next talk on Monday 19th. April at 6.30pm on The Sacraments of Vocation (Marriage & Holy Orders) by Fr. Jonathan Whitworth. Here is the link to join the webinar:
https://zoom.us/j/93317740892?pwd=Skk0LzBpVUN0bXMraklqNDAvOEhQZz09
Passcode: 361919
THANK YOU to all who continue to support the parish by putting their Offertory Collection through the door of the house or by standing order or by saving the collection money till we can come back to Mass. Your continuing support is much appreciated.
Thank you for £1461.70 donated in the Offertory Collection last weekend.
SCIAF LENTEN CAMPAIGN
This year’s SCIAF campaign is focussed on South Sudan, where a generation of children with disabilities are locked out of an education and trapped in a cycle of poverty.
Frequent conflict has left behind a legacy of fear, displacement and despair, making it one of the world’s poorest and most fragile states.
Children with disabilities were already the most vulnerable in society. Now, the coronavirus pandemic has deepened already existing levels of poverty, putting them at greater risk.
Many children with disabilities in South Sudan are not able to go to school or, later on, to work and earn a living. They may have no access to support services or hospitals for treatment. They may face stigma and exclusion.
This year £1 = £2: From the 12 February to 11 May, all public donations to our WEE BOX, BIG CHANGE appeal will be doubled by the UK government.
You can learn more about the WEE BOX, campaign on SCIAF’s website at
Your Wee Boxes and Packs can be collected from the door of the Presbytery as we did with the Ashes for Ash Wednesday, during day time from after Mass today (Sunday).
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO FOR LENT?
Please ask our M.P., Mr. Ronnie Cowan, to support an amendment to the Trade Bill to help stop forced abortion and other human rights abuses in Xinjiang, China.
There is extensive evidence that many women in the Uyghur Muslim community in Xinjiang, China are being subjected to forced abortions. Lord Alton is proposing an amendment to the Trade Bill, to help put international pressure on the Chinese Communist Party to stop the practice of forced abortions, and other human rights abuses, that are being committed against the Uyghur community. The amendment passed in the Lords on 23rd. February by 367 votes to 214, and is likely to be voted on in the House of Commons shortly.
Please contact our M.P., Mr. Ronnie Cowan, asking him to support the amendment. More information is available on the Genocide Response website, which can be accessed by visiting this link:
To contact Mr. Cowan, M.P.:
Email:
Telephone: 01475 721 877
Local Office: 20 Crawfurd Street, Greenock
Twitter: @ronniecowan
Facebook:
YouTube: Ronnie Cowan MP
PARISH PRAYERS
We pray for all who are ill or housebound: in particular, we remember:
John O’Donnell, Nancy Mew,
Jessica Glover, Caroline McNeil, Joanne King, Eugene McMahon, Teddy O’Neil.
All those who are suffering from the consequences of the current pandemic.
We pray for all who have died recently, R.I.P.
Gerry Russell,
Mary King,
Finlay Monaghan,
Mrs. Pilarz,
Andy McMonagle,
Frances Docherty.
We remember those whose anniversaries are at this time.
Sadie McGrory,
James Cameron,
Teresa & Jimmy Crawley
Tom Healy,
Margaret McIntyre.
THE INNOCENTS
Pregnancy testing and counselling done in confidence, Mondays and Thursdays 7.00-9.00pm. Tel. 743809
YEAR OF ST. JOSEPH
PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH
Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer,
Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
To you God entrusted his only Son;
in you Mary placed her trust;
with you Christ became man.
Blessed Joseph, to us too,
show yourself a father
and guide us in the path of life.
Obtain for us
grace, mercy and courage,
and defend us from every evil.
Amen.
POPE FRANCIS’ INTENTIONS
APRIL
Universal Intention:
Fundamental Rights
We pray for those who risk their lives while fighting for fundamental rights under dictatorships, authoritarian regimes and even in democracies in crisis.
Protecting your Privacy
The privacy notice contained on our website is that of the Diocese of Paisley, St. Patrick’s is a Catholic parish of the Universal Church in the Diocese of Paisley, which is led by Bishop John Keenan, in communion with our Holy Father Pope Francis, in Greenock.
We want you to know that Diocese of Paisley respects the information we hold on you and that we take the security of your information very seriously.
New data protection rules, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), come into effect on May 2018. These regulation will give people greater control over how companies and organisations use their personal information.
We have updated our Privacy Notice in line with GDPR, which sets out information on how we hold and handle your data. It includes:
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what kind of information we collect
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how we use it
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when we may need to share it
Many thanks for your understanding. You can read our full Privacy Notice at by clicking here or a hard copy can be requested from the Parish.
NEW OFFERTORY ENVELOPES are available from the Parish Hall after Mass this weekend. Gift Aid on the left and Non– Gift Aid on the right of the Hall.