St. Patrick's, Greenock, Scotland
Parish Priest: Very Rev G.J.Gallagher
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
Congratulations to our P4 children who celebrated their First Holy Communion yesterday (Saturday). Please continue to keep all the children in your prayers.
FINANCE
THANK YOU for last week’s Offertory Collection which came to £943.91 and for the second collection for the Building Fund which came to £708.20.
NEXT WEEKEND
Special Collection for Communications to support the work of the Office of Communications and Evangelisation of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland as it continues to share the Gospel through digital media, press, social media, broadcasting and evangelisation initiatives across the country.
SCIAF WEE BOXES
Thanks to everyone who has already returned their Wee Box. If you haven't yet done so, please return your Wee Box THIS weekend.
NEW OFFERTORY ENVELOPES
Thanks to everyone who has already lifted their new envelopes. Envelopes are still available for collection if you haven't already done so.
Gift Aid Envelopes are allocated by name and may be collected from the back porch of the church.
Non–Gift Aid Envelopes may be freely chosen and are at the side doors of the Church.
If you would like to sign a Gift Aid on behalf of the parish or would prefer to give by Standing Order, please see Fr. Gerry.
PARISH HALL EVENTS
TEAS & COFFEES in the Hall after 11.00am Mass on Sunday.
PARISH STALL Confirmation and First Holy Communion cards are now available from the Stall.
QUIZ NIGHT in our Parish Hall on Sunday 24th. May at 7:30pm.
200 CLUB Congratulations to the winner of the April Draw:
No. 150 Gillian Watters.
Thanks to all who support the parish through the 200 Club.
POPE LEO’S PRAYER INTENTIONS
May 2026
That everyone might have food
That everyone, from large producers to small consumers, be committed to avoid wasting food, and to ensure that everyone has access to quality food.
THE INNOCENTS
Pregnancy testing and counselling done in confidence, Mondays and Thursdays 7.00-9.00pm. Tel. 743809
PARISH PRAYERS
We pray for all who are ill or housebound: in particular, we remember:
Brian Bradley, Joan Birt,
Annabelle Melville, Tommy Gallacher, Margaret McGarry, Chris Jones,
Sandi Bray, George Bennett,
Michael Fitzharris, Gina Robb,
Isobel Diorio, Anne Faller,
Nan Scullion, Lexi Kerr (baby),
Linda Scott, Maureen Hanvey,
Emma Sinclair, Maureen Houston,
Anne Kane, Jessica Glover,
Caroline McNeil, Joanne King
We pray for all who have died recently, R.I.P.
Paul Marner,
Martin Docherty,
Margaret McGillivray,
John Johnstone.
We remember those whose anniversaries are at this time, R.I.P., especially:
Rev. Canon Edward C. Kavanagh,
Assistant Priest here, 1927-1932,
Rev. John H. Fitzimmons,
Assistant Priest here, 1989-1990,
Christopher John Leck.
Eternal rest, grant unto them, O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.
May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Amen.
INVERCLYDE ROYAL HOSPITAL
We have a catholic chaplaincy team who are happy to visit patients in the hospital for non-emergency visits. Please let Fr. Gerry know that you or your relative would like a visit from a catholic chaplain.
QUESTIONS ABOUT ADMISSION TO HOLY COMMUNION
1. There still seems to be some confusion around about the question of divorce and admission to Holy Communion. If you are divorced but have not re-married and you are not “living with someone”, then you are not barred from participating at Mass or Holy Communion. Indeed, the conditions for you to receive Holy Communion are the same as for everyone else; you must be in a state of grace and you must fast for one hour before receiving Holy Communion. People were told in the past that if they got divorced, they were “excommunicated” - this “information” was not correct.
If you have divorced and then remarried “outside the Church”, or if you are “living with someone”, then you are still very welcome to come to Mass but that may change your situation about admission to Holy Communion.
2. If at one time you “married outside the church” and your situation has since changed, (e.g. if your spouse, sadly, has died, or if that marriage has ended) and you have not re-married “outside the church” or started “living with someone” then you can be re-admitted to Holy Communion. The conditions for you to receive Communion are the same as for everyone else; you must be in a state of grace and you must fast for one hour before receiving Holy Communion.
3. If you are in any of these situations (or other marriage situations) and are not sure about how to proceed, please talk to one of our priests or deacons about it and they will be happy to help.
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 Leo XIV, 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.