Conquerors – Youth 2000 – 25th-29th August 2016, The Roman Catholic Shrine of Our Lady, Walsingham – 1,500 young adults between the ages of 16-35 & families will join a 5 day festival with talks, workshops, live worship & laughter between new friends. If you are interested in receiving £100 towards your trip, please call 0141 847 6130 for more information.

Youth of the diocese have a new place to meet up...St Mirin's Chaplaincy Centre will be open for the celebration of Holy Mass and other events throughout the coming months. Like our facebook & Twitter as regular notices will be posted on these sites. https://www.facebook.com/st.mirins.chaplaincy.centre https://twitter.com/StMirinsCC

Dear brothers and sisters,   We are gathered this evening on the Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima, the ninety-ninth anniversary of the first apparition, in fact, to install or new canons.  I am happy to present them to you and am grateful to them -Fr David Cotter, Fr Danny McLoughlin, Fr Eddie Cameron, Fr Michael McMahon, and Fr David Boyd for having accepted my invitation to become Canons of the Cathedral Chapter.  Fr David is, of course, an Honorary Canon in appreciation of his work as Diocesan Administrator. 

I am happy to announce that Fr David Cotter, Fr Danny McLoughlin, Fr Eddie Cameron, Fr Michael McMahon, and Fr David Boyd have accepted my invitation to become Canons of the Cathedral Chapter. Fr David is of course an Honorary Canon in appreciation of his work as Diocesan Administrator; he now becomes a member of the Chapter, and I am delighted to announce too that Fr Patrick Brannan and Fr Willie Crawford become Honorary Canons. I am thankful to them for taking on this role which is also recognition of their standing in the local Church and am delighted to welcome them into the Cathedral Chapter in Mass of Installation Friday 13th May, the Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima, in St. Mirin’s Cathedral.

CALLED AND CHOSEN WEEK 3 At the end of June we will celebrate the ordination of Rev. Matthew Carlin to the priesthood. Matthew’s ordination will be the first for our Diocese in over ten years. The ordination provides all of us with a unique opportunity to reflect on the Rite of Ordination and how it speaks to us as we all follow our different vocations in the Church. In this our third week of reflections, we’ll reflect on the promises made by our Priests at their ordination. Please follow our reflections on the paisley vocations Facebook and twitter. Accompanying booklets should be available in your parish. If you wish a pdf copy of the booklet please e-mail Father John Morrison johnmorrison1976@gmail.com or visit the Diocesan website http://rcdop.org.uk.

Delegates gathered at Notre Dame High School Greenock for the second Synod session on Satur-day 7th May - there was a real sense of being part of something exciting and inspiring. This week’s theme was on developing our faith.

Audio recording from the Synod session on Saturday 7th May. Click the link to listen. https://goo.gl/ccaG5g

We are delighted to announce the opening of St. Mirin's Chaplaincy Centre, with the celebration of Holy Mass, on Sunday 15th May at 5pm. Please spread the word about our Chaplaincy & Young Adult Centre. Come along and join in the celebration! If you could email or call to let us know you will be attending, it would be greatly appreciated. colettesweeney@rcdop.org.uk or call 0141 847 6130/6135