Christmas Dinners

St. Conval’s in Linwood has, through the generosity of local Parishes managed to send out 100 meals each week and a way of supporting local families in the St. Benedict’s Cluster who are in need. We intend again to provide 100 Christmas Dinners cooked in our Hall Kitchen and a goody bag of toys and Gifts also and so we appeal for your support. Any donations of food, toiletries new Toys or Cash will be gratefully received (Outer door of Church House Porch is unlocked and donations can be left in the Porch). Any we cannot use ourselves we will pass on to local Foodbanks. Thank you for your support!

Donations for Migrant Help – Diocese of Paisley Christmas Appeal

Due to an overwhelming response to this appeal
we have moved the last day for drop off to 
Friday 26th November   
A huge thanks to everyone who has donated. 

Street Pastors in Inverclyde are recruiting Following a long period of inactivity due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Inverclyde Street Pastors are back out in the community from 10pm to 4am at weekends and making a very useful contribution
to the local community. They have also been out on daytime patrols. They need to recruit more Christians for this role.  Please contact their  Co-ordinator -
Alistair McAlees at 
  inverclyde@streetpastors.org.uk 
or telephone Alistair on
            07740 201 853
regarding possible arrangements.
Anyone interested will be able, if they would like, to come out with the Street Pastors as an observer on one of their patrols to see first-hand what Street Pastors do.
 

More information on Street Pastors in Scotland is available at
 www.scotland.ascensiontrust.
org.uk
 

The Pioneer Total Abstinence Association of the Sacred Heart

is an international organisation for Roman Catholic teetotalers that is based in Ireland.

Its members are commonly called Pioneers. While the PTAA does not advocate prohibition, it does require of
its members complete abstinence from alcoholic drink. It also encourages devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
as an aid to resisting the temptation of alcohol. Pioneers wear a lapel pin called
a Pioneer pin with an image of the Sacred Heart, both to advertise the organisation and to alert others not to offer them alcohol. The association publishes
a monthly magazine, The Pioneer.

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Matt can be considered the patron of men and women struggling with alcoholism. He was born in Dublin, where his father worked on the docks and had a difficult time supporting his family. After a few years of schooling, Matt obtained work as a messenger for some liquor merchants; there he began to drink excessively. For 15 years—until he was almost 30—Matt was an active alcoholic.
One day he decided to take “the pledge” for three months, make a general confession and begin to attend daily Mass. There is evidence that Matt’s first seven years after taking the pledge were especially difficult. Avoiding his former drinking places was hard. He began to pray as intensely as he used to drink. He also tried to pay back people from whom he had borrowed or stolen money while he was drinking.
Most of his life Matt worked as a builder’s laborer. He joined the Secular Franciscan Order and began a life of strict penance; he abstained from meat nine months a year. Matt spent hours every night avidly reading Scripture and the lives of the saints. He prayed the rosary conscientiously. Though his job did not make him rich, Matt contributed generously to the missions.
After 1923, his health failed, and Matt was forced to quit work. He died on his way to church on Trinity Sunday. Fifty years later, Pope Paul VI gave him the title venerable. His Liturgical Feast Day is June 19.

Venerable Matt Talbot is the Patron Saint of:
Alcoholics
Recovery from Substance Abuse and Addictions
Sobriety

Faith, Family and Fraternity - A Call to Service
Supporting our clergy, serving in our parishes, helping the needy and developing our personal and family faith with like minded men. And much more………

Does that sound like you? If you are a man aged 16 or over the Knights of
St Columba could be your answer. Province 1 of the KSC is recruiting in the Diocese NOW.
For more information on how to join Britain’s largest Catholic laymen's organisation, phone John O’Donnell on 07854 886425 or email: pgk@glasgow.ksc.org.uk     

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Human Rights Day is held annually on December 10. It is a celebration to mark the day in 1948 that the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Its adoption provided a yardstick for measuring international standards of human rights. Apart from the Bible, the UDHR holds the world record for the most translated document. The translations have been instrumental in informing everyone across the globe about their rights. The champion of the worldwide observance of Human Rights is the High Commissioner of Human Rights. He plays a vital role in coordinating the yearly observation of the Human Rights Day.

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Diocese of Paisley Caritas Commission Newsletter
(June 2021) 




For parishes in the East Renfrewshire Council area,
please contact:
Lisa MacLeod - East Renfrewshire Macmillan Money Advice Team Telephone: 0141 577 8420 Email:
lisa.macleod@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk

Paisley Diocese Caritas Commission is working with Macmillan Cancer Support’s new ‘Improving the Cancer Journey’ Service to provide a range of practical supports for your parishioners and their families to help deal with the impact of cancer. 

Online Marriage Counselling available during Covid 19 Crisis. 
Paisley Diocese has a Counselling Service for Catholics Married in the Catholic Church with our dedicated Catholic Marriage Counsellor.

If you are concerned about your relationship and feel you are both unable to reach a conclusion alone, it is likely that you will benefit from marriage counselling.
The counsellor is there to maintain a neutral, non-judgmental position. For information or advice please email in confidence. counselling@rcdop.org.uk

Our Diocesan Catholic Marriage Counselling has already helped many couples. Here are some testimonies: 
"I was at a loss as to where to turn to and saw the counselling service.  I wasn't sure if anything was going to help our relationship at that point but I really wanted to try.  After the first session felt relief that we had got a lot of things out .  The sessions have made us talk much more about things day to day not allowing them to build up.  We respect each other more and, most importantly, we listen to each other - properly listen.  It's the best thing we have ever done for us." (Anonymous). 

"By us deciding to come to counselling my husband and I learned to dialogue in the right way and through this understood each other more and this helped sort out many problems we had between us and our families. Since counselling we have learned to love and appreciate each other more and forgive more freely without resentments. We are so glad we went" (Anonymous). 

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“Grandparents are the uniting
link between generations
 to transmit to the young the experience of life and faith.”   Pope Francis                                            
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL PARISH FOR YOUR GRANDPARENTS MINISTRY – AND JOIN TODAY!

The Catholic Grandparents Association is a global organization of the faithful. An integral part of the Catholic Grandparents Association is establishing and working with Grandparents ministries at diocesan and parish level. These act as prayer and support groups for Grandparents. Grandparents have a unique vocation that must be fostered and cherished in the spirit of St. Joachim and St. Anne, the Grandparents of Jesus and parents of Mary.

If you are unable to locate a Ministry in your area and are interested in starting a new Ministry, please email us at
info@catholicgrandparentsassociation.com
or phone us at 085 8704722 Ireland, 01328 560 333 UK or 888-510-5006 in the US.